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Last Updated: October 11, 2024

1. Introduction and Scope

Invitation.codes (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how your personal information is collected, used, and disclosed by Invitation.codes. This Privacy Policy applies to our websites (ex: www.invitation.codes, invitation.app), our mobile applications, and our Chrome extension (collectively, our “Service”).

Invitation.codes is a social platform where members can post deals, share information on brands offering referral programs, engage in discussions, and connect with other users. Our Service is intended for users who are 18 years of age or older.

By accessing or using our Service, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.

2. Information Collection

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Service, including:

2.1 Information you provide to us:

• Account information: When you create an account, we collect your name, email address, and other information you provide. If you choose to sign up using Google Authentication, we will receive certain information from your Google account as permitted by your Google account settings.
• Profile information: You may choose to provide additional information in your profile, such as a profile picture, bio, location, and links to your social media accounts.
• User Content: We collect the content you create, upload, or receive from others when using our Service. This includes your posts about deals, referral programs, comments, messages in groups or direct messages, and any other content you share.
• Referral and deal information: Information about referral programs, deals, and promotional offers that you share on the platform.
• Communications: If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you, such as your name, email address, the contents of a message or attachments you may send us, and other information you choose to provide.
• Payment Information: When you upgrade your plan or make a purchase, we collect payment information, which may include credit card numbers, billing addresses, and other financial data necessary to process the transaction. Please note that we do not store full credit card information on our servers. Instead, we use trusted third-party payment processors who handle the actual transaction.
• Referral Links and Posted Content: The links, referral codes, and other information you post on our platform may contain identifiable information about you or your accounts with other services. Please be mindful of the information you choose to share.

2.2 Information we collect automatically:

• Usage Information: We collect information about your interactions with the Service, such as the pages or content you view, your searches, and other actions on the Service.
• Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access the Service, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
• Location Information: With your consent, we may collect and process information about your actual location using various technologies to determine location, including IP address, GPS, and other sensors.
• Log Data: Our servers automatically record information created by your use of the Service, which may include IP address, browser type, operating system, referring/exit pages and URLs, number of clicks, and how you interact with links on the Service, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information. This includes the use of Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel to help us understand how our Service is being used. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

3. Use of Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our Service;
• Create and manage your account;
• Process transactions and send related information about deals and referral programs;
• Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
• Respond to your comments, questions, and requests;
• Communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, and events, and provide other news and information we think will be of interest to you;
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Service;
• Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of Invitation.codes and others;
• Personalize and improve the Service and provide content, features, or advertisements that match user profiles or interests;
• Facilitate contests, sweepstakes, and promotions and process and deliver entries and rewards;
• Serve and measure the effectiveness of advertising and promotional content.
• Process payments and prevent fraudulent transactions;
• Analyze the content posted by users to improve our services and ensure compliance with our terms of service;

4. Sharing of Your Information

We may share personal information about you as follows:

• With other users of the Service, in accordance with the privacy settings you select and the nature of your interactions (e.g., when you post a deal or participate in a group discussion);
• With vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf, including Google for authentication and analytics services, and Facebook for advertising services;
• In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with any applicable law, regulation, or legal process;
• If we believe your actions are inconsistent with the spirit or language of our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of Invitation.codes or others;
• In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company;
• With advertisers and advertising networks to select and serve relevant advertisements;
• With your consent or at your direction.
• With payment processors and financial institutions necessary to process transactions;

We may also share aggregated or de-identified information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

5. Your Choices and Controls

You have several choices regarding the information we collect and how it’s used:

• Account Information: You may update, correct, or delete your account information at any time by logging into your account settings. Please note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.
• Location Information: You can choose whether or not to allow the app to collect and use real-time information about your device’s location through your device settings. If you block the use of location information, some parts of the Service may become inaccessible or not function properly.
• Cookies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Service.
• Promotional Communications: You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by following the instructions in those communications or by adjusting your notification settings in your account. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.
• Ad Choices: You may be able to opt out of receiving personalized advertisements from companies who are members of the Network Advertising Initiative or who subscribe to the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising. For more information about this practice and to understand your options, please visit: http://www.aboutads.info and http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.
• Third-party Services: You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, and you can control Facebook ad preferences through your Facebook account settings.
• Posted Content: You can delete or modify most content you post on our platform. However, please note that even if you remove information from your profile or delete your account, copies of that information may remain viewable elsewhere to the extent it has been shared with others, it was otherwise distributed pursuant to your privacy settings, or it was copied or stored by other users or third parties using caching technologies.

6. Data Retention

We store the information we collect about you for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it. We may retain certain information for legitimate business purposes or as required by law. As a small, indie-made application, we regularly review our data retention practices to ensure we’re not storing unnecessary data.

For legal and tax purposes, we may retain basic information about transactions for a period of time as required by law.

7. Security

Invitation.codes takes reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We implement industry-standard security practices and regularly update our systems to protect your information. However, no internet or electronic communications transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, email sent to or from the Services may not be secure. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via email. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any information to Invitation.codes via the Internet.

When processing payments, we use industry-standard encryption to protect your financial information.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our Service is restricted to users who are 18 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 18 or knowingly allow such persons to register for the Service. If you are under 18, please do not attempt to register for the Service or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a person under age 18, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us.

9. International Data Transfers

We are based in the United States and the information we collect is governed by U.S. law. By accessing or using the Service or otherwise providing information to us, you consent to the processing, transfer, and storage of information in and to the U.S. and other countries, where you may not have the same rights and protections as you do under local law.

While we primarily target users in the United States, we recognize that we may have users from other countries. If you are located in the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that we may transfer information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction. We will take all necessary measures to ensure that transfers out of your jurisdiction are adequately protected as required by applicable data protection laws.

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Last Updated” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

support@invitation.codes

Invitation.codes

12. Additional Information for Certain Jurisdictions

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include:

• The right to access personal information we hold about you
• The right to request the correction or deletion of your personal information
• The right to object to or restrict our processing of your personal information
• The right to receive a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the “Contact Us” section. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Please note that in some circumstances, we may not be able to fully comply with your request, such as if it is frivolous or extremely impractical, if it jeopardizes the rights of others, or if it is not required by law, but in those circumstances, we will still respond to notify you of such a decision.

13. California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have the rights outlined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These include:

• The right to know what personal information we collect about you and how we use and share it
• The right to request deletion of your personal information
• The right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information
• The right to non-discrimination for exercising your CCPA rights

To exercise your rights under the CCPA, please contact us using the information in the “Contact Us” section.

14. User-Generated Content and Public Information

Invitation.codes is a platform that allows users to share deals, referral codes, and other information. Please be aware that any information you post publicly on our Service will be visible to other users and could be collected and used by others. We cannot control how others may use information that you make public. We strongly encourage you to be mindful of the information you share, especially information that could be used to identify you personally or link to your accounts on other services.

15. Protecting Our Platform and Users

We reserve the right to review, remove, or modify any content posted on our platform that we believe violates our terms of service, infringes on intellectual property rights, or poses a risk to our users or our platform. We may also use automated systems to detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive behavior. If we believe your use of the platform poses a risk to our community or violates our terms, we may suspend or terminate your account.

16. Third-Party Services

Ezoic

This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”). Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including to display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website. The details of the Ezoic Policy are available here.

Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel

We use Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel to help us understand how our Service is being used. These services may collect information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel to improve our Service.

Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information.

Facebook Pixel allows us to measure, optimize and build audiences for advertising campaigns served on Facebook. It enables us to see how our users move between devices when accessing our website and Facebook, to ensure our Facebook advertising is seen by our users most likely to be interested in such advertising by analyzing which content a user has viewed and interacted with on our website.

17. Automated Systems

We may use automated systems to help us detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive behavior on our platform. These systems may analyze user activity, content, and other data to identify potential violations of our terms of service or suspicious activities. While we strive for accuracy in these automated processes, they may not be perfect and could result in false positives. If you believe your account or content has been incorrectly flagged or removed by our automated systems, please contact us for review.