Privacy Policy

Our website address is: https://ellemate.co.

PRIVACY

Please review our Privacy Policy below, which also governs your use of Ellemate Services, to understand our practices in relation to how we handle your personal information.

 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

When you use any Ellemate Services, or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically and you consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting general notices on the Ellemate Website. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

 LICENSE AND ACCESS

Subject to your compliance with these Conditions of Use and your payment of any applicable fees, Ellemate or its content providers grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sub-licensable license to access and make personal and non-commercial use of the Ellemate Services. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of any aspect of the Ellemate Services, or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of any Ellemate product provided or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. All rights not expressly granted to you in these Conditions of Use are reserved and retained by Ellemate. No part of the Ellemate Website may be reproduced, duplicated, copied, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of Ellemate. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of Ellemate without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other “hidden text” utilizing Ellemate’s name or trademarks without the express written consent of Ellemate. You may not misuse the Ellemate Services. You may use the Ellemate Services only as permitted by law. The licenses granted by Ellemate terminate if you do not comply with these Conditions of Use.

 YOUR ACCOUNT

If you use Ellemate Services, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer or mobile device, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. Ellemate reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in its sole discretion.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS

Ellemate attempts to be as accurate as possible, and we do our best to make sure that product descriptions or other content of any Ellemate Service are complete, reliable, current, and error-free. If a Ellemate product purchased from the Ellemate website is not as described, you should contact Ellemate Customer Service department at 1-531-300-1700 or by email at [email protected].

 ORDER PROCESSING

We charge your credit card immediately upon order placement.

We do not ship to PO boxes or APO addresses or internationally. We do not ship to Puerto Rico, Alaska or Hawaii. We reserve the right to refuse any orders which are paid for by international credit cards and to refuse service to any account or individual that we believe may be utilizing fraudulent credit card details.

 OTHER BUSINESSES

Ellemate partners with certain third parties that provide links to the Ellemate Services and it does not assume any responsibility or liability for the actions, product, and content of all these and any other third parties. You should carefully review their privacy statements and other conditions of use.

 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THE ELLEMATE SERVICES AND ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE ELLEMATE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY ELLEMATE ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING.

ELLEMATE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE ELLEMATE SERVICES, THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE ELLEMATE SERVICES UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE ELLEMATE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ELLEMATE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

ELLEMATE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE ELLEMATE SERVICES, INFORMATION OR CONTENT INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH ELLEMATE SERVICES, ELLEMATE’S SERVERS OR SERVERS PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTY COMPANIES FOR ELLEMATE, OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SENT FROM ELLEMATE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

ELLEMATE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF ANY ELLEMATE SERVICES, OR FROM ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS OR OTHER SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE ELLEMATE SERVICES,  THIS INCLUDES BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. 

DISPUTE RESOLUTION BY BINDING ARBITRATION.

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS.

(A). Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to any Ellemate product including, but not limited to, claims of personal injury and/or property damage, shall be submitted to arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance to its then existing Consumer Arbitration Rules. The AAA Rules are available online at www.adr.org, or by calling the AAA at 800.778.7879.   The Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9 of the U.S. Code) shall govern the interpretation, enforcement, and proceedings relating to this arbitration.

(B). Arbitration is more informal than a lawsuit in court. It uses a neutral arbitrator instead of a judge or jury, allows for more limited discovery than in court, and is subject to very limited review by courts. Arbitrators can award the same damages and relief that a court can award. By agreeing to arbitration, the parties understand and agree that they are waiving their rights to maintain other available resolution processes, such as a court action or administrative proceeding, to settle their disputes.

(C). Any claim shall be brought only in the party’s individual capacity, and shall not in any case be brought by the party as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class or representative proceeding.

(D). A party who intends to seek arbitration must first send to the other, by certified mail, a written Notice of Dispute (“Notice”). The Notice to Ellemate should be addressed to Ellemate’s Corporate Office located at 14800 Yankee Hill Rd, Bennet, NE 68317 (“Notice Address”). The Notice must (a) describe the nature and basis of the claim or dispute; and (b) set forth the specific relief sought. If an agreement to resolve the claim is not reached within 30 days after the Notice is received, any party may commence an arbitration proceeding. During the arbitration, the amount of any settlement offer made by a party shall not be disclosed to the arbitrator.

(E). There shall be one arbitrator. The arbitrator shall have the power to rule on his or her own jurisdiction, including, but not limited to, any objections with respect to the existence, scope, or validity of the arbitration provision or to the arbitrability of any claim or counterclaim.   The arbitrator’s award shall be binding on all parties, and judgment upon the award may be entered by any court of competent jurisdiction.

APPLICABLE LAW

By using any Ellemate product or Ellemate Service you agree that the substantive law of the state of Delaware and applicable federal law will govern in the event of a dispute between you and Ellemate any disputes.

MODIFICATION, AND SEVER-ABILITY

We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, it shall not affect the validity and enforce-ability of any remaining condition.

WAIVER

If you breach these Conditions of Use and we take no action, we will still be entitled to use our rights and remedies in any other situation where you breach these Conditions of Use.

If you breach any of the Conditions of Use, and Ellemate elects not to enforces its rights against you, such a waiver by Ellemate shall NOT be deemed to be, or construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such breach, or a waiver of any other term, covenant, or Ellemate’s rights as contained herein,

OUR CONTACT DETAILS

Ellemate’s corporate address is 14800 Yankee Hill Rd, Bennet, NE 68317.

If you have any questions about Ellemate Services or have questions about a Ellemate product, please contact Ellemate’s Customer Service department at 1-531-300-1700 or email at [email protected].

Privacy Policy

ELLEMATE – PRIVACY STATEMENT

Notice last updated: [1/1/2020]

  1. Our Commitment to Privacy

Your privacy is very important to us at Ellemate and its affiliates, hereinafter also “we” and/or “us”and/or “Ellemate”.  To better protect your privacy we provide this privacy policy (“Privacy Notice”) explaining our information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected, used and shared. To make this Privacy Policy easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personal data may be requested.

We strongly urge you read this Privacy Policy and make sure you fully understand our practices in relation to personal data, before you access or use any of our services. If you read and fully understand this Privacy Policy, but remain opposed to our practices, you must immediately leave our website, and avoid or discontinue all use of any of our services. Where you have read this Privacy Policy but would like further clarification, please contact us at [email protected].

  1. Important Information

2.1 The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to provide you with clear explanation of what personal data we collect, when, why and how we collect, use and share your personal data and it explains your statutory rights. This Privacy Policy is not intended to override the terms of any contract you have with us, nor any rights you might have under applicable data privacy laws. 

2.2 Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information on our website or offline from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13. Parents and guardians should supervise their children’s activities at all times. If we learn we have collected or received personal data from a person under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a person under 13, please contact us at [email protected].

2.3 Note that our website contains links to third party websites which we are not responsible for. Please review the privacy policies of such third-party websites should you visit these websites. This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy or information practices of any third parties.

2.4 Our website uses cookies and other tracking technology to automatically collect certain data concerning its interactions with visitors. Some of this information may include personal data. We explain more about the information we collect using cookies and tracking technology in paragraph ‎10.

  1. What Information Do We Collect and How Do We Collect It

3.1 GENERALLY

We collect the following information from visitors to our website. This is also the information we have collected about visitors to our website in the past 12 months. The source of all personal information we collect is the website visitors themselves.

Categories of Personal Information

Specific Types of Personal Information Collected

Identifiers

Name, email address, telephone number, street address information; information to set up and access your Ellemate account.

Electronic Information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual

Information you post in public spaces on our site or provide us by using our social media accounts or by allowing us to access your social media accounts (such as name, opinions, blogs).

Commercial information

Information about your purchases, the consumption habits of yourself and members of your household

Internet or other electronic network activity information

Your browser type, operating system, IP address, domain name, number of times you visited the website, dates you visited the website, date and time of an online request, the time required to download information you requested, error codes generated while your browser is in contact with our website and the amount of time you spent viewing the website.

Professional or employment-related information

Curriculum Vitae (CV) information (if you apply for a job at Ellemate); position at your company (if you contact us on behalf of a company).

3.2 Personal data is collected when you voluntarily submit it through a website form, if you register with or use one of our website or online services. Our website automatically collects certain data concerning its interaction with visitors that facilitate operation, management and planning. Some information that may constitute personal data (such as your browser type, operating system, IP address, domain name, number of times you visited the website, dates you visited the website, date and time of an online request, the time required to download information you requested, error codes generated while your browser is in contact with our website and the amount of time you spent viewing the website) may be collected via cookies and other tracking technologies.

Aggregate Information (such as how many times visitors log onto our website) or other unidentifiable information may also be collected. Aggregated and unidentified data are not subject to this Privacy Policy. We explain more about our use of cookies and tracking technologies in paragraph 10.

3.3 If you register or contact us as an individual, we will collect your name, email address, telephone number, address information (together, “identification data”); information about your household (“household composition data”), the consumption habits of you and members of your household (“consumption data”), information about the device you use to access our website or online services (“device data”), payment and credit card information (“payment data”), information to set up and access your Ellemate account (“login data”).

3.4 If you register or contact us on behalf of a company, we will collect company identification data, identification data from the company representative, company composition and consumption data, device data, payment data and login data.

3.5 If you contact us by other offline methods in order to buy our products or services or by using one or more of the contact means provided offline, we will collect identification and payment data as relevant for the sale and delivery of the goods and services or to respond to your query or complaint and, as far as necessary, for the handling and fulfilment of the order and ongoing provision of our services.

3.6 If you engage with us through social media e.g. Water Blog, Recipe Site, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, we collect login information and any personal data you voluntarily provide, such as opinions in blog or recipe entries, or messages you post on our social media pages. If you upload content, including your personal data, to a social network and then tag our website, your submission will be subject to that social network’s terms of use and privacy Policy, even where you post on an official Ellemate page on the social network. We do not have control over these terms of use and privacy policies, and have not reviewed their adequacy. You should therefore review these before submitting any personal data.

3.7 If you apply to one of our open positions published in our careers sites, by sending us contact details and CV (“applicants personal data”) via the relevant application on our website, or through any other means provided by us (e.g. social media),we will collect such applicants personal data in order to process your application.

3.8 Third parties may also share information about you with us. For example, our business partners may give us information about you. We may receive information from commercial sources such as companies who compile information about shoppers and their preferences.

3.9 We combine information from different sources. For example, we may combine information we have collected offline with information we collect online. We combine information we have collected across third-party sites, including social media sites. We combine information across devices such as computers and mobile devices. We may also combine information from third parties with information we already have. We may use this information to generate inferences about you and for the other purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

  1. How Do We Use Your Personal Data?

4.1 GENERALLY

The following are the business or commercial purposes for which we use each category of personal information. Details about the information we collect for each category are provided above. More details about the business or commercial purposes are provided below.

Categories of Personal Information

Business or commercial purposes pursuant to the CCPA

Specific purposes (further details appear below this chart)

Identifiers

Providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments Auditing relating to a current transaction with the customer

GENERALLY

To provide our products and services To verify your identity To communicate with you To improve our products and services and prevent fraud

Information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual

Providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments

Auditing relating to a current transaction with the customer

GENERALLY

To provide our products and services To verify your identity To communicate with you To improve our products and services and prevent fraud

Commercial information

Providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments

Auditing relating to a current transaction with the customer

GENERALLY

To provide our products and services To verify your identity To communicate with you To improve our products and services and prevent fraud

Internet or other electronic network activity information

Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, prosecuting those responsible for that activity

Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration

Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality of the service and to improve, upgrade or enhance the service Debugging to identify and repair errors

GENERALLY

To provide our products and services To verify your identity To communicate with you To improve our products and services and prevent fraud

Professional or employment-related information

 

To process job applications

4.2 To provide our products and services

We collect personal data in order to offer our products and/or services and their functions. We may use the information collected in order to validate your order or subscription, to process your payment (for instance of a monthly fee in the case of a subscription) and to provide the products and services that you requested, ordered or to which you subscribed. We will also use your personal data as far as necessary for the handling and fulfilment of your order as well as to provide customer support.

We also use this information for marketing and customer management purposes, to maintain our relationship with you, with a view to providing stellar customer experience.

4.3 To verify your identity

We may use the information collected from you to verify your identity. We may also use this information to establish and set up your account, verify or re-issue a password, log your activity and contact you from time to time;

4.4 For internal business purposes such as:

4.4.1 to improve our products in order to make them fit for our customers’ needs and to draw insights in relation to possible improvements;

4.4.2 to improve our services to you and customize your browsing experience. Some of the information (particularly the information collected by cookies and other tracking technology) helps us improve our website; better understand the visitors who come to our Services and what content is of interest to them; and

4.4.3 to track any fraudulent activities and other inappropriate activities and monitor content integrity on our website.

4.5 To process job applications

We collect applicants’ personal data solely for Ellemate’s internal recruitment purposes including for: identifying applicants, evaluating their applications, making hiring and employment decisions, and contacting applicants by phone or in writing.

4.6 To communicate with you

We use your personal data to respond to your queries and/or complaints about our products or services, and to provide you important information about your account and your products e.g.

  1. Direct Marketing:

We may use your personal data, including information related to your order, such as your address for direct marketing purposes. We may for example send you emails to inform you of news and updates about our products and services. This may be in the form of email, post, SMS, telephone or targeted online advertisements. Where required by law, we will obtain your consent prior to sending you such marketing information.

5.1 To protect your privacy and ensure you have control over the use of your personal data, we will always give you the opportunity to “opt out” of direct marketing when you contact us in relation to a product or service or you receive any email, text or other direct marketing communication. If you opt out of getting marketing email messages, you may continue to receive non-marketing email messages from us where permitted by law.

5.2 You have a right to prevent direct marketing of any form at any time – this can be exercised by following the opt-out link attached to each communication, by changing privacy settings within your Ellemate account or by sending an email to [email protected]. If you want to review or update the information you have provided us, you can click “my profile” at our website’s home page and edit the information. If you have not been asked already to provide your email address and a password, we will ask you to do it before changes are made, so as to prevent others from accessing and altering your personal data.

5.3 Based on the information we have about you, we take steps to limit direct marketing to a reasonable and proportionate level, and to send you communications which we believe may be of interest or relevance to you, based on the information we have about you.

  1. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data:

6.1 We will only collect, use or share your personal data for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy where we are satisfied that:

6.1.1 our use of your personal data is necessary to perform a contract or take steps to enter into a contract with you. For example, in order to provide our product and our services it will be necessary for us to process certain personal data such as your address, phone number, identification data and payment data to create your user account or fulfil your order. Also, we carry out this processing for the purpose of knowing our customer and maintaining our relationship with you, with a view to providing a stellar customer experience; or

6.1.2 our use of your personal data is necessary to support legitimate interests that we have as a business to provide products and services to our customers, provided it is conducted at all times in a way that is proportionate, and that respects your privacy rights. For example, we strive to always improve our products and services in order to make them fit our customers’ needs. For this reason, we process personal data such as consumption habits, device information and household composition and draw insights in relation to possible improvements; or

6.1.3 our use of your personal data is necessary to comply with a relevant legal or regulatory obligation that we have. For example, to maintain appropriate business records, to comply with lawful requests by public authorities and to comply with applicable laws and regulations or as otherwise required by law; or

6.1.4 you have provided your consent to us using your personal data for that purpose (e.g. where you provide us with marketing consents or opt-in to additional services).

Where the basis of processing is your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent, and therefore prevent that processing, at any time. 

  1. How We Protect and Store Your Personal Data

7.1 Data Security

7.1.1 To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect. Some of the steps we take are placing confidentiality requirements on our staff and service providers; destroying or permanently anonymizing personal data if it is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected. Ellemate will comply with applicable laws in the event of any breach of the security, confidentiality or integrity of your personal data and, where we consider appropriate or where required by applicable law, notify you via email, text or conspicuous posting on our website in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, in so far as it is consistent with (i) the legitimate needs of law enforcement, or (ii) any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system.

7.1.2 However, the security of personal data depends in part on the security of the device used to communicate with us, the security you use to protect your login information, and the security provided by your internet access service provider. We make commercially reasonable efforts to make the collection and security of information consistent with this Privacy Policy and all applicable laws and regulations. Where you have a Ellemate username, login or password, you are responsible for keeping this information confidential. We ask you not to share a username, login or password with anyone.

7.2 Data Retention

7.2.1 We may retain your data as long as necessary to provide our products and services, and beyond such time to the extent legally permitted and based on our legal obligations (e.g. in relation to invoice retention) or legitimate interests (e.g. in retaining data for the purposes of responding to possible disputes or complaints or for possible reactivation of subscriptions). 

7.2.2 In addition, we maintain a data retention policy which we apply to information in our care. Where your data is no longer required, we will ensure it is securely deleted or anonymized.

7.2.3 Please note that Ellemate may retain applicants’ personal data submitted to it for no longer than two years after the applied position has been filled or closed. This is done so we could re-consider applicants for other positions and opportunities at Ellemate; so we could use their information as reference for future applications submitted by them; and in case the applicant is hired, for additional employment and business purposes related to his/her work at Ellemate. If you previously submitted applicants personal data to Ellemate, and now wish to access it, update it or have it deleted from Ellemate’s systems, please contact us at [email protected].

  1. We May Share Your Personal Data

Ellemate may share your personal data with third parties (or otherwise allow them access to it) only in the following manners and instances. These are also the categories of third parties with whom Ellemate has disclosed personal information in the preceding 12 months.

8.1 within the Ellemate family of companies. This includes current and future Ellemate subsidiaries, affiliates, and joint venture partners. We may also share information with third parties with which we have an ownership interest or commercial relationship, such as companies whose products we distribute or whose products we think you might find interesting.

8.2 with any third parties to whom the relevant Ellemate entity subcontracts all or part of this processing. The purpose of this transfer will be to help manage our business and deliver services. For instance, we may transfer your personal data to a service provider to the extent necessary to complete an order and deliver your product. Other instances may include transfers to e-marketing service providers, hosting providers and any other relevant roles. Note that we do not sell your personal data to any third party and have not done so in the preceding 12 months. These third parties have agreed to confidentiality restrictions and use any personal data we share with them or which they collect on our behalf solely for the purpose of providing the contracted service to us.

8.3 where permitted by local data protection laws, Ellemate may disclose or otherwise allow others access to your personal data pursuant to a legal request, such as a subpoena, legal proceedings, search warrant or court order, or in compliance with applicable laws, if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so, with or without notice to you. If warranted, we may also allow access to this information in special emergencies where physical safety is at risk.

8.4 We may disclose any personal data or other information obtained from or about you, to third parties in connection with a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or sale of all, or substantially all, of our assets, to the extent that this is necessary for the process.

  1. Transferring Personal Data Globally

9.1 Your personal data may be transferred and stored outside your place of residence, that are subject to different standards of data protection. Particularly, if you live in the EU, you should be aware that your personal data may be shared with, and transferred to, Ellemate affiliates and third-party service providers who are located outside the EU. We will take appropriate steps to ensure that transfers of personal data are in accordance with applicable law and carefully managed to protect your privacy rights and interests and transfers are limited to countries which are recognized as providing an adequate level of legal protection or where we can be satisfied that alternative arrangements are in place to protect your privacy rights. To this end:

9.1.1 we will ensure that transfers within Ellemate and its affiliates will be covered by an agreement entered into by members of Ellemate Group (an intra-group agreement) which contractually obliges each member to ensure that personal data receives an adequate and consistent level of protection wherever it is transferred within the Group;

9.1.2 where we transfer your personal data outside Ellemate or to third parties who help provide our products and services, we will obtain contractual commitments from them to protect your personal data. Some of these assurances are well recognized certification schemes like the EU – US Privacy Shield for the protection of personal data transferred from within the EU to the United States; or

9.1.3 where we receive requests for information from law enforcement or regulators, we will carefully validate these requests before personal data is disclosed.

You have a right to contact us for more information about the safeguards we have put in place (including a copy of relevant contractual commitments) to ensure the adequate protection of your personal data when this is transferred as mentioned above.

  1. Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Ellemate uses certain monitoring and tracking technologies (such as cookies, beacons, pixels, tags and scripts). These technologies are used in order to maintain, provide and improve our services on an ongoing basis, and in order to provide our customers with a better experience. For example, thanks to these technologies, we are able to maintain and keep track of our customers’ preferences and authenticated sessions, to better secure our services, to identify technical issues, user trends and effectiveness of campaigns, and to monitor and improve the overall performance of our services.

Please note that third party services placing cookies or utilizing other tracking technologies through our services may have their own policies regarding how they collect and store information. Such practices are not covered by our Privacy Policy and we do not have any control over them.

10.1 Do-Not-Track Signals and Similar Mechanisms.

10.1.1 Some web browsers transmit “do-not-track” signals to websites. Because the standards for these signals are still under development, we currently do not take action in response to these signals.

10.2 Cookies

10.2.1 Our website uses cookies, web beacons and similar technologies (“Cookies“) to track information provided to us by your browser when you use our website. Cookies are small text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded and may be stored on any of your devices that enable internet usage e.g. your computer, smartphone or tablet – like a memory for a web page. We use several different types of cookies. 

10.3 We use the following cookies on our website:

10.31.1 necessary cookies

Necessary cookies are essential and help you navigate our website. This helps to support security and basic functionality and are necessary for the proper operation of our website, so if you block these cookies we can’t guarantee your use or the security during your visit.  

10.3.1.2 functionality cookies

Functionality cookies are used to provide you the best user experience. These cookies are, for instance, used to personalize content for you in line with your location. It also allows our website to remember choices made (like turning off use of cookies or which location you have previously selected) to provide more personal features.

10.3.1.3 Performance cookies

Performance cookies help us to understand the behavior of users of our website. This allows us to continuously improve our website to provide the best information in support of our project aims. These cookies are also used to help us understand how effective our website is. For instance, these cookies tell us which pages visitors go to most often and if they get error messages from web pages.

10.3.1.4 All of the Cookies are managed by third parties, and you may refer to the third parties’ own website privacy notifications for further information. In particular, we use Google Analytics, which allow us to assess how you and other web users use our website, and this information is essential in helping us to continuously improve our website’s functionality. They can be preserved from 30 minutes to two years. The information generated by these cookies about your use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google Inc on servers in the United States.

10.4 Control your cookie settings:

Once you have given us your agreement to the use of cookies, we shall store a cookie on your computer or device to remember this for next time. Internet browsers allow you to change your cookie settings, for instance to block certain kinds of cookies or files. You can therefore block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies, you may not be able to access all or parts of the website, due to the fact that some may be functionality cookies. For further information about deleting or blocking cookies, please visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.  

  1. Your Rights in Relation to Your Personal Data

11.1.1 Depending on where you live, you may have certain additional rights, such as the right to request access to your personal information or to request deletion of your personal information.

11.1.2 Requests should be submitted to [email protected]. These rights are not absolute, and we will respond to all requests we receive in accordance with applicable laws. The Your California Rights section below provides additional information for California residents.

11.2 Your Rights as a California Resident

11.2.1 California “Shine the Light” Law

If you reside in California, you have the right to ask us one time per year for information about our disclosure, if any, of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. To make a request, please contact us [email protected]. Please indicate that you are a California resident making a “Shine the Light” inquiry. We reserve our right not to respond to requests submitted other than by the means specified in this section, if the request is not labelled or sent properly, or if the request does not have complete information.

 11.2.2 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

We have explained our privacy practices in full in the other sections of this Privacy Policy. 

Disclosure of Personal Information We Collect About You

You have the right to know:

  • The categories of personal information we have collected about you;
  • The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected;
  • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting personal information;
  • The categories of third parties with whom we share personal information, if any;
  • The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

  • Delete your personal information from our records; and
  • Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

Please note that we may not delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

  • Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
  • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
  • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
  • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
  • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
  • Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
  • Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Protection Against Discrimination

You have the right to not be discriminated against by us because you exercised any of your rights under the CCPA. This means we cannot, among other things:

  • Deny goods or services to you;
  • Charge different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties;
  • Provide a different level or quality of goods or services to you; or
  • Suggest that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

Please note that we may charge a different price or rate or provide a different level or quality of goods and/or services to you, if that difference is reasonably related to the value provided to our business by your personal information.>/p>

Designate an authorized agent to submit CCPA requests on your behalf

You may designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. To do so, you need to provide the authorized agent written permission to do so and the agent will need to submit to us proof that they have been authorized by you. We will also require that you verify your own identity, as explained below.

If you would like to exercise any of your CCPA rights as described in this Privacy Policy, please: 

11.3 We may ask you for additional information to confirm your identity and for security purposes, before disclosing the personal data requested to you, by using a two or three points of data verification process, depending on the type of information you require. If you have a password protected account with Ellemate, we may ask to verify your request through the account’s existing authentication methods. If you request that we disclose or delete your information, we will require you to re-authenticate with your account.

11.4 We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law, for instance if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. 

  1. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update and change this privacy statement from time to time, to keep it up to date with legal requirements and the way we operate our business. Please regularly check these pages for the latest version of this Privacy Policy.

  1. 13.Contact Information

13.1 If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise any of your rights as described in paragraph 11, you can contact us at:

email address: [email protected].

We will attempt to resolve any complaints regarding the use of your Personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

 

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