WasteBazaar Privacy
Policy
Updated
at 2023-06-06
WasteBazaar (“we,” “our,”
or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how
your personal information is collected, used, and disclosed by WasteBazaar.
This Privacy Policy applies to our website, and its associated subdomains (collectively, our “Service”) alongside our application, WasteBazaar. 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.Definitions and key terms
To help explain things as clearly as possible in this Privacy
Policy, every time any of these terms are referenced, are strictly defined
as:
* Cookie: small amount of data
generated by a website and saved by your web browser. It is used to identify
your browser, provide analytics, remember information about you such as
your language preference or login information.
* Company: when this policy mentions
“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” it refers to WasteBazaar
LLC, 3, Joseph BamigboyeStreet , Onikanga Gaa-Akanbi
Ilorin Kwara State Nigeria. that is responsible for
your information under this Privacy Policy.
* Country: where WasteBazaar
or the owners/founders of WasteBazaar are based, in
this case is Nigeria
* Customer: refers to the company,
organization or person that signs up to use the WasteBazaar
Service to manage the relationships with your consumers or service users.
* Device: any internet connected device
such as a phone, tablet, computer or any other device that can be used to visit
WasteBazaar and use the services.
* IP address: Every device connected to
the Internet is assigned a number known as an Internet protocol (IP) address.
These numbers are usually assigned in geographic blocks. An IP address can
often be used to identify the location from which a device is connecting
to the Internet.
* Personnel: refers to those
individuals who are employed by WasteBazaar or are
under contract to perform a service on behalf of one of the parties.
* Personal Data: any information that
directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a
personal identification number — allows for the identification or
identifiability of a natural person.
* Service: refers to the service
provided by WasteBazaar as described in the relative
terms (if available) and on this platform.
* Third-party service: refers to
advertisers, contest sponsors, promotional and marketing partners, and others
who provide our content or whose products or services we think may
interest you.
* You: a person or entity that is
registered with WasteBazaar to use the Services.
What Information Do We Collect?
We collect information from you when you visit our app, register on our site,
place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey or fill out a
form.
*Name / Username
* Phone Numbers
* Email Addresses
*Password
We also collect information from mobile devices for a better user experience,
although these features are completely optional:
·
Location
(GPS): Location data helps to create an accurate representation of your
interests, and this can be used to bring more targeted and relevant ads to
potential customers.
·
Camera
(Pictures): Granting camera permission allows the user to upload any picture
straight from the app, you can safely deny camera permissions for this app.
How Do We Use The
Information We Collect?
Any of the information we collect
from you may be used in one of the following ways:
* To personalize your experience
(your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
* To
improve our app (we continually strive to improve our app offerings based on
the information and feedback we receive from you)
To improve customer service (your
information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service
requests and
support needs)
* To
process transactions.
* To
administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature
* To
send periodic emails
When does WasteBazaar
use end user information from third parties?
WasteBazaar will collect End User Data necessary to
provide the WasteBazaar services to our customers.
End users may voluntarily provide us with information they have made available
on social media websites. If you provide us with any such information, we may
collect publicly available information from the social media websites you have
indicated. You can control how much of your information social media websites
make public by visiting these websites and changing your privacy settings.
When does WasteBazaar
use customer information from third parties?
We receive some information from the
third parties when you contact us. For example, when you submit your email
address to us to show interest in becoming a WasteBazaar
customer, we receive information from a third party that provides automated fraud
detection services to WasteBazaar. We also
occasionally collect information that is made publicly available on social media
websites. You can control how much of your information social media websites
make public by visiting these websites and changing your privacy settings.
Do we share the information we
collect with third parties?
We may share the information that we
collect, both personal and non-personal, with third parties such as
advertisers, contest sponsors, promotional and marketing partners, and others
who provide our content or whose products or services we think may interest
you. We may also share it with our current and future affiliated companies and
business partners, and if we are involved in a merger, asset sale or other
business reorganization, we may also share or transfer your personal and
non-personal information to our successors-in-interest.
We
may engage trusted third-party service providers to perform functions and
provide services to us, such as hosting and maintaining our servers and the
app, database storage and management, e-mail management, storage marketing,
credit card processing, customer service and fulfilling orders for products and
services you may purchase through the app. We will likely share your personal
information, and possibly some non-personal information, with these third
parties to enable them to perform these services for us and for you.
We
may share portions of our log file data, including IP addresses, for analytics
purposes with third parties such as web analytics partners, application
developers, and ad networks. If your IP address is shared, it may be used to
estimate general location and other technographics such as connection speed,
whether you have visited the app in a shared location, and type of the device
used to visit the app. They may aggregate information about our advertising and
what you see on the app and then provide auditing, research and reporting for
us and our advertisers. We may also disclose personal and non-personal information
about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we,
in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate in order to respond to
claims, legal process (including subpoenas), to protect our rights and
interests or those of a third party, the safety of the public or any person, to
prevent or stop any illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity, or to
otherwise comply with applicable court orders, laws, rules and regulations.
Where and when is information
collected from customers and end users?
WasteBazaar will collect personal information
that you submit to us. We may also receive personal information about you from third
parties as described above.
How Do We Use Your Email Address?
By submitting your email address on
this app, you agree to receive emails from us. You can cancel your
participation in any of these email lists at any time by clicking on the
opt-out link or other unsubscribe option that is included in the respective
email.
We only send emails to people who have authorized us to contact them, either
directly, or through a third party. We do not send unsolicited commercial emails,
because we hate spam as much as you do. By submitting your email address, you
also agree to allow us to use your email address for customer audience
targeting on sites like Facebook, where we display custom advertising to
specific people who have opted-in to receive communications from us. Email
addresses submitted only through the order processing page will be used for the
sole purpose of sending you information and updates pertaining to your order.
If, however, you have provided the same email to us through another method, we
may use it for any of the purposes stated in this Policy.
Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future
emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each
email.
How Long Do We Keep Your
Information?
We keep your information only so
long as we need it to provide WasteBazaar to you and
fulfill the purposes described in this policy. This is also the case for anyone
that we share your information with and who carries out services on our behalf.
When we no longer need to use your information and there is no need for us to
keep it to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, we’ll either remove
it from our systems or depersonalize it so that we can't identify you.
How Do We Protect Your Information?
We implement a variety of security
measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an
order or enter, submit, or access your personal information. We offer the use
of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted
via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment
gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with
special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information
confidential. After a transaction, your private information (credit cards,
social security numbers, financials, etc.) is never kept on file. We cannot,
however, ensure or warrant the absolute security of any information you transmit
to WasteBazaar or guarantee that your information on
the Service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by a breach
of any of our physical,
technical, or managerial safeguards.
Could my information be transferred
to other countries?
WasteBazaar is incorporated in Nigeria.
Information collected via our website, through direct interactions with you, or
from use of our help services may be transferred from time to time to our
offices or personnel, or to third parties, located throughout the world, and
may be viewed and hosted anywhere in the world, including countries that may
not have laws of general applicability regulating the use and transfer of such
data. To the fullest extent allowed by applicable law, by using any of the
above, you voluntarily consent to the trans-border transfer and hosting of such
information.
Is the information collected through
the WasteBazaar Service secure?
We take precautions to protect the
security of your information. We have physical, electronic, and managerial procedures
to help safeguard, prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and
correctly use your information. However, neither people nor security systems
are foolproof, including encryption systems. In addition, people can commit
intentional crimes, make mistakes or fail to follow policies. Therefore, while
we use reasonable efforts to protect your personal information, we cannot
guarantee its absolute security. If applicable law imposes any non-disclaimable duty to protect your personal information, you
agree that intentional misconduct will be the standards used to measure our
compliance with that duty.
Can I update or correct my
information?
The rights you have to request
updates or corrections to the information WasteBazaar
collects depend on your relationship with WasteBazaar.
Personnel may update or correct their information as detailed in our internal
company employment policies. Customers have the right to request the
restriction of certain uses and disclosures of personally identifiable information
as follows.
You can contact us in order to (1)
update or correct your personally identifiable information, (2) change your
preferences with respect to communications and other information you receive
from us, or (3) delete the personally identifiable information maintained about
you on our systems (subject to the following paragraph), by cancelling your
account. Such updates, corrections, changes and deletions will have no effect
on other information that we maintain, or information that we have provided to
third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy prior to such update,
correction, change or deletion. To protect your privacy and security, we may
take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your
identity before granting you profile access or making corrections. You are
responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account
information at all times.
You should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove each and
every record of the information you have provided to us from our system. The
need to back up our systems to protect information from inadvertent loss means
that a copy of your information may exist in a non-erasable form that will be
difficult or impossible for us to locate. Promptly after receiving your
request, all personal information stored in databases we actively use, and
other readily searchable media will be updated, corrected, changed or deleted,
as appropriate, as soon as and to the extent reasonably and technically
practicable. If you are an end user and wish to update, delete, or receive any
information we have about you, you may do so by contacting the organization of
which you are a customer.
Personnel
If you are a WasteBazaar
worker or applicant, we collect information you voluntarily provide to us. We
use the information collected for Human Resources purposes in order to
administer benefits to workers and screen applicants. You may contact us in
order to (1) update or correct your information, (2) change your preferences
with respect to
communications and other information you receive from us, or (3) receive a
record of the information we have relating to you. Such updates, corrections,
changes and deletions will have no effect on other information that we
maintain, or information that we have provided to third parties in accordance
with this Privacy Policy prior to such update, correction, change or deletion.
Sale of Business
We reserve the right to transfer information to a third party in the event of a
sale, merger or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of WasteBazaar or any of its Corporate Affiliates (as defined
herein), or that portion of WasteBazaar or any of its
Corporate Affiliates to which the Service relates, or in the event that we
discontinue our business or file a petition or have filed against us a petition
in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding, provided that the third
party agrees to adhere to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Affiliates
We may disclose information (including personal information) about you to our
Corporate Affiliates. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "Corporate
Affiliate" means any person or entity which directly or indirectly
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with WasteBazaar,
whether by ownership or otherwise. Any information relating to you that we
provide to our Corporate Affiliates will be treated by those Corporate
Affiliates in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Governing Law
This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of Nigeria without regard to its
conflict of laws provision. You consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts in connection with any action or dispute arising between the parties
under or in connection with this Privacy Policy except for those individuals
who may have rights to make claims under Privacy Shield, or the Swiss-US framework.
The laws of Nigeria, excluding its conflicts of law rules, shall govern this
Agreement and your use of the app. Your use of the app may also be subject to
other local, state, national, or international laws.
By using WasteBazaar or contacting us directly, you
signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy
Policy, you should not engage with our website, or use our services. Continued
use of the website, direct engagement with us, or following the posting of
changes to this Privacy Policy that do not significantly affect the use or
disclosure of your personal information will mean that you accept those
changes.
Your Consent
We've updated our Privacy Policy to
provide you with complete transparency into what is being set when you visit
our site and how it's being used. By using our app, registering an account, or
making a purchase, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its
terms.
Links to Other Websites
This Privacy Policy applies only to
the Services. The Services may contain links to other websites not operated or
controlled by WasteBazaar. We are not responsible for
the content, accuracy or opinions expressed in such websites, and such websites
are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by us.
Please remember that when you use a link to go from the Services to another
website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and
interaction on any other website, including those that have a link on our
platform, is subject to that website’s own rules and policies. Such third
parties may use their own cookies or other methods to collect information about
you.
Cookies
WasteBazaar uses "Cookies" to identify the
areas of our website that you have visited. A Cookie is a small piece of data
stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser. We use Cookies to
enhance the performance and functionality of our app but are non-essential to
their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality like videos
may become unavailable or you would be required to enter your login details
every time you visit the app as we would not be able to remember that you had
logged in previously. Most web browsers can be set to disable the use of
Cookies. However, if you disable Cookies, you may not be able to access
functionality on our website correctly or at all. We never place Personally
Identifiable Information in Cookies.
Blocking and disabling cookies and
similar technologies
Wherever you're located you may also set your browser to block cookies and
similar technologies, but this action may block our essential cookies and
prevent our website from functioning properly, and you may not be able to fully
utilize all of its features and services. You should also be aware that you may
also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, site preferences)
if you block cookies on your browser. Different browsers make different
controls available to you. Disabling a cookie or category of cookie does not
delete the cookie from your browser, you will need to do this yourself from
within your browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more
information.
Payment Details
In respect to any credit card or other payment processing details you have
provided us, we commit that this confidential information will be stored in the
most secure manner possible
Kids' Privacy
We collect information from kids under the age of 13 just to better our
services. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has
provided Us with Personal Data without your permission, please contact Us. If
We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age
of 13 without verification of parental consent, We
take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
Changes To
Our Privacy Policy
We may change our Service and policies, and we may need to make changes to this
Privacy Policy so that they accurately reflect our Service and policies. Unless
otherwise required by law, we will notify you (for example, through our
Service) before we make changes to this Privacy Policy and give you an opportunity
to review them before they go into effect. Then, if you continue to use the
Service, you will be bound by the updated Privacy Policy. If you do not want to
agree to this or any updated Privacy Policy, you can delete your account.
Third-Party Services
We may display, include or make available third-party content (including data,
information, applications and other products services) or provide links to
third-party websites or services ("Third- Party Services").
You acknowledge and agree that WasteBazaar shall not
be responsible for any Third-Party Services, including their accuracy, completeness,
timeliness, validity, copyright compliance, legality, decency, quality or any
other aspect thereof. WasteBazaar does not assume and
shall not have any liability or responsibility to you or any other person or
entity for any Third-Party Services.
Third-Party Services and links thereto are provided solely as a convenience to
you and you access and use them entirely at your own risk and subject to such
third parties' terms and conditions.
Tracking Technologies
* Google
Maps API
Google Maps API is a robust tool that can be used to create a custom map, a
searchable map, check-in functions, display live data synching with location,
plan routes, or create a mashup just to name a few.
Google Maps API may collect information from You and from Your Device for
security purposes.
Google Maps API collects information that is held in accordance with its
Privacy Policy.
Information about General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR)
We may be collecting and using information from you if you are from the
European Economic Area (EEA), and in this section of
our Privacy Policy we are going to explain exactly how and why is this data
collected, and how we maintain this data under
protection from being replicated or used in the wrong way.
What is GDPR?
GDPR is an EU-wide privacy and data
protection law that regulates how EU residents' data is protected by companies
and enhances the control the EU residents have, over their personal data.
The GDPR is relevant to any globally operating company and not just the
EU-based businesses and EU residents. Our customers’ data is important
irrespective of where they are located, which is why we have implemented GDPR
controls as our baseline standard for all our operations worldwide.
What is personal data?
Any data that relates to an
identifiable or identified individual. GDPR covers a broad spectrum of
information that could be used on its own, or in combination with other pieces
of information, to identify a person. Personal data extends beyond a person’s name
or email address. Some examples include financial information, political
opinions, genetic data, biometric data, IP addresses, physical address, sexual
orientation, and ethnicity.
The Data Protection Principles include requirements such as:
* Personal data collected must
be processed in a fair, legal, and transparent way and should only be used in a
way that a person would reasonably expect.
* Personal data should only be
collected to fulfil a specific purpose and it should only be used for that
purpose.
Organizations must specify why they need the personal data when they collect
it.
* Personal data should be held
no longer than necessary to fulfil its purpose.
* People covered by the GDPR
have the right to access their own personal data. They can also request a copy
of their data, and that their data be updated, deleted, restricted, or moved to
another organization.
Why is GDPR important?
GDPR adds some new requirements
regarding how companies should protect individuals' personal data that they
collect and process. It also raises the stakes for compliance by increasing
enforcement and imposing greater fines for breach. Beyond these facts it's
simply the right thing to do. At WasteBazaar we
strongly believe that your data privacy is very important and we already have
solid security and privacy practices in place that go beyond the requirements
of this new regulation.
Individual Data Subject's Rights -
Data Access,Portability and
Deletion
We are committed to helping our
customers meet the data subject rights requirements of GDPR. WasteBazaar processes or stores all personal data in fully
vetted, DPA compliant vendors. We do store all conversation and personal data
for up to 6 years unless your account is deleted. In which case, we dispose of
all data in accordance with our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, but we
will not hold it longer than 60 days.
We are aware that if you are working with EU customers, you need to be able to
provide them with the ability to access, update, retrieve and remove personal
data. We got you! We've been set up as self-service from the start and have
always given you access to your data and your customers data. Our customer
support team is here for you to answer any questions you might have about
working with the API.
California Residents
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires us to disclose categories
of Personal Information we collect and how we use it, the categories of sources
from whom we collect Personal Information, and the third parties with whom we
share it, which we have explained above.
We are also required to communicate information about rights California
residents have under California law. You may exercise the following rights:
* Right to Know and Access. You
may submit a verifiable request for information regarding the: (1) categories
of Personal Information we collect, use, or share; (2) purposes for which
categories of Personal Information are collected or used by us; (3) categories
of sources from which we collect Personal Information; and (4) specific pieces
of Personal Information we have collected about you.
* Right to Equal Service. We
will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.
* Right
to Delete. You may submit a verifiable request to close your account and we
will delete Personal Information about you that we have collected.
* Request that a business that
sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like
to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
We do not sell the Personal
Information of our users.
For more information about these rights, please contact us.
California Online Privacy Protection
Act (CalOPPA)
CalOPPA requires us to disclose categories of
Personal Information we collect and how we use it, the categories of sources from
whom we collect Personal Information, and the third parties with whom we share
it, which we have explained above.
CalOPPA users have the following rights:
* Right to Know and Access. You
may submit a verifiable request for information regarding the: (1) categories
of Personal Information we collect, use, or share; (2) purposes for which
categories of Personal Information are collected or used by us; (3) categories
of sources from which we collect Personal Information; and (4) specific pieces
of Personal Information we have collected about you.
* Right to Equal Service. We
will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.
* Right to Delete. You may
submit a verifiable request to close your account and we will delete Personal
Information about you that we have collected.
* Right to request that a
business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's
personal data.
If you make a request, we have one
month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights,
please contact us.
We do not sell the Personal Information of our users.
For more information about these rights, please contact us.
Contact
Us
Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
* Via Email: support@wastebazaar.com