RECURRENT VENTURES
PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated and Effective Date: January 26, 2023
Introduction
Recurrent Ventures Inc., together with its subsidiaries and its affiliates, (“Recurrent,” “us,” “we,” or “our”) offers digital media services through a variety of online offerings (our “Websites”). This Privacy Policy applies to the websites which link to this policy and explains how Recurrent collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you visit our Websites or otherwise interact with us. Note that this Website and some of our applications may have supplemental terms which would govern in the event of a conflict with this Privacy Policy.
Our privacy practices are subject to the applicable laws of the places in which we do business, so we have added region-specific terms that only apply to customers located in certain geographic regions, or as required by applicable laws.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our website homepage or sending you a notification). Your continued use of the Website or Services following any changes means that you have accepted, consent to, and agree to be bound by such revised Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.
This Privacy Policy includes the following sections:
This Privacy Policy describes Recurrent’s practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing (“processing”) your personal information when you use our Services, which include when you:
This Privacy Policy also applies to personal information we collect from third parties about you.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to:
Personal information (sometimes called “personal data”) is a broadly defined term whose legal definition varies across jurisdictions. When used in this Privacy Policy, “personal information” includes information that is reasonably capable of identifying a particular individual (including through their device) either alone or when combined with information from other sources.
The personal information we collect about you depends on the nature and context of your interaction with our Recurrent and our Services. It may also depend on various choices you make about how to use the Services we offer, the functionality and features you choose or enable, your location, the devices you us to interact with our services, and applicable law. The following describes the personal information we collect about you and the way we collect it.
We collect the following categories of personal information you provide to us, including the following:
We may allow others to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our or their behalf across the web and in mobile applications. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and other technologies to collect information about your visits to websites that use our Services and other websites and applications, This information may be used by Recurrent and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our Services and other websites, and better understand your online activity. Please review the “Your Privacy Preferences” section of this Privacy Policy to learn more.
The information we collect using these technologies includes:
We mostly collect personal information directly from you or based on your interaction with our Websites, but we may also obtain information about you from other sources. For example, we may collect information about you from third parties, including but not limited to identity verification services, credit bureaus, mailing list providers, and publicly available sources. Additionally, if you create or log into your account through a social media site or third-party service (like Facebook or Google), we will have access to certain information from that service, such as your name, email address, and profile picture, in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by such social media site or third-party service.
Even if you are not a registered user of our Services, your information might still be collected. Some users may choose to share information about their contacts, including their name, email address, phone number, or other information. Users may also post or comment with personal information about other users (though we discourage it).
We may use your personal information for a variety of reasons. Depending on how you interact with our Services, these include using personal information for:
Besides using your personal information ourselves, we may share your personal information with the following:
With the parties whom you authorize. If you consent to or authorize us to share personal information with third parties.
Business services providers. These are those persons or entities with whom we have a relationship to provide business operations services and support. These providers may include the following:
Marketing and advertising providers. These include advertising, direct marketing, and lead generation providers, affiliate marketing program providers, retargeting platforms, data brokers, ad networks, marketing consultants, and similar service providers.
Affiliates. Between and among our current and future parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and other companies under common control and ownership.
Legal compliance parties. Persons to whom we believe it is necessary or appropriate to provide information, such as pursuant to a subpoena or a court order, to respond to requests from public and government authorities including public and government authorities outside your country of residence, to enforce our Terms and Conditions, to protect our operations, to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
Reorganization. Persons involved in the consideration, negotiation, and completion of a business transaction, including the sale, merger, consolidation, acquisition, change in control, transfer of substantial assets, bankruptcy, or reorganization, and any subsequent integration.
Authorized disclosures: To any party when authorized by the individual to whom it pertains to share it.
We reserve the right to use and disclose information that is non-personal Information in any manner permitted by law except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy.
Recurrent users may have the ability to post content to one or more Recurrent forums or webpages, such as user-submitted pages, chat rooms, and bulletin boards. You should be aware that when you voluntarily disclose personal information in any forum, that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other people. You are responsible for the personal information you choose to submit in these instances. Please take care when using these features. You may request and obtain removal of such posted content by contacting us at compliance@recurrent.io and specifically identifying the content to be removed. Please be advised that any such removal does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of all traces of the content posted on the Recurrent forums.
We will retain your personal information only for so long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information; the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information; the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means; and the applicable legal requirements. In some circumstances, you may ask us to delete your information. Additionally, we may anonymize your personal information (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
We have implemented and maintained reasonable security procedures and practices, appropriate to the nature of the information, to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure. However, no security measure is perfect, so we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information. Data protection laws vary among countries, with some providing more protection than others. Regardless of where your information is processed, we apply common protections described in this policy.
If you are a client or business partner of ours, then the contract between your company and Recurrent shall prevail over this Privacy Policy to the extent of any conflict.
We are located and operate in the United States. By submitting personal information to us, you understand that we may transfer your personal information to country foreign to you, including the United States, for processing. The laws that apply to the use and protection of personal information in the United States, or other countries or jurisdictions in which we transfer or process personal information, may be different from the laws and protections in your country. These transfers may include transfers to our service providers located in foreign jurisdictions. Whenever we engage a service provider, we require that its privacy and security standards adhere our requirements and applicable privacy laws.
You can control the collection and use of personal information for some of our processing activities. This includes:
Emails from Recurrent: During the registration for a Website, you should be presented with an opt-in to receive email communications. If you wish to no longer receive email communications, you can click on the “unsubscribe” link located at the bottom of the email, or email Recurrent at compliance@recurrent.io to let us know, and we will remove you as soon as possible. Opting out of marketing or newsletter emails will not opt you out of all emails—we may need to send you transactional or similar emails related to your Recurrent account, purchases, legal or contractual updates, or similar topics. You are not able to opt-out of these emails.
Text messages: You may opt out of automated text notifications at any time by replying “STOP,” or any alternative keyword we have shared with you. You may still receive communications from Recurrent regarding safety issues, such as messages related to your account, even if you have opted out.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies by default, but you can alter how your browser responds to cookies by adjusting the settings. Information about managing cookies for popular web browsers can be found in the links below:
Safari (Desktop) and Safari Mobile (iOS).
Many websites, including ours, employ Google Analytics. To opt out of Google Analytics data collection, follow these instructions from Google. To learn more about how Google uses personal information visit: www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
For more information about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web browsing information used for interest-based advertising purposes, please visit Your Ad Choices and Manage My Browser’s Opt-Outs. Your device may also include a feature (“Limit Ad Tracking” on iOS or “Opt Out of Interest-Based Ads” or “Opt Out of Ads Personalization” or “Opt Out of Interest-Based Ads” on Android) that allows you to opt out of having certain information collected through apps used for behavioral advertising purposes. If you opt-out, you will still receive advertisements, but they will not be delivered to you by such companies from whom you have opted-out based upon your behavioral data possessed by the companies from whom you have opted-out. The opt-out process through the Digital Advertising Alliance relies upon the placement of an opt-out cookie on your device, and you must repeat this process on each device or if your cookies are purged from your device. Cookie-based opt-outs are not effective on certain mobile services. Users may opt-out of certain advertisements on mobile applications or reset advertising identifiers via their device settings.
To learn how to limit ad tracking or to reset the advertising identifier on your iOS and Android device, click on the following links:
iOS – https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202074
Android – https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en
Some jurisdictions provide covered individuals with specific privacy rights which can be exercised against covered entities. Depending on the jurisdiction, these rights may include the following:
Recurrent will honor the privacy rights afforded to individuals in accordance with applicable law and will not discriminate against individuals for exercising their privacy choices under the law.
Exercising Your Privacy Rights
You may make a request at any time to exercise your access, deletion, correction, and restriction rights listed above by using our Privacy Portal or emailing us at compliance@recurrent.io. We will respond to your request within a reasonable period (if properly submitted) and in accordance with applicable law. If we need more time to process and respond to your request, we will notify you of that fact along with the reason for the delay. If we decline to act regarding your request, we will inform you of our decision and the reason for it, and, if applicable, with instructions on how you may appeal our decision.
Our Services are not intended for persons under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or process the personal information of individuals under the age of 16. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a child under 13 may have provided us with their personal information, please contact us at compliance@recurrent.io.
Our Legal Grounds for Processing Your Personal Information
When we process personal information about you to comply with legal requirements or to perform our obligations under a contract with you or with our customer through whom you use our offerings, failure to provide such information may prevent or delay our fulfillment of these obligations.
To the extent required by applicable law, we will collect your personal data with your consent, where required, and in accordance with our legitimate need to provide our Services.
Under European data protection laws, Recurrent is required to rely on one or more legal bases to collect, use, share, and otherwise process the information we have about you. We describe these legal bases and some accompanying examples in more detail below.
You may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time if you are of the opinion that the processing of personal data relating to you violates applicable law. If the complaint relates to provisions of the EU and UK GDPR, or Swiss data privacy laws, you can lodge such complaint with a supervisory authority in the Member State of your place of residence, your place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. You may identify the applicable supervisory authority based on your location on the European Data Protection Board website. If the complaint relates to provisions of the UK GDPR, you can lodge such complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. For contact details of your local Data Protection Authority, please see: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm
We have collected the following categories of personal data (or personal information) from or about consumers and customers and disclosed such personal data to third parties for a business purpose within the last twelve (12) months:
Categories of Personal Information | Categories of Sources From Which the Information Was Collected | Categories of Third Parties To Whom This Type of Personal Information Is Disclosed For a Business Purpose | Types of Third Parties With Whom This Category of Personal Information Is Shared/Sold |
Identifiers (e.g., name, signature, address, telephone email, IP address) | · You (or your device)
· Other Individuals · Business Services Providers · Affiliates · Governmental Entities |
· Business Services Providers
· Affiliates · Governmental Entities |
Marketing and Advertising Providers |
Customer Records (as defined in Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) | · You (or your device)
· Other Individuals · Business Services Providers · Affiliates · Governmental Entities |
· Business Services Providers
· Affiliates · Governmental Entities |
Marketing and Advertising Providers |
Protected classifications (e.g., age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status) | · You
· Other Individuals · Affiliates · Governmental Entities |
· Business Services Providers
· Affiliates · Governmental Entities |
We do not sell or share |
Biometric information | We do not collect | ||
Commercial information (e.g., your purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies) | · You (or your device) | · Business Services Providers
· Affiliates · Governmental Entities |
Marketing and Advertising Providers |
Internet/network activity (your browsing history, search history) | · You (or your device) | · Business Services Providers
· Affiliates · Governmental Entities |
Marketing and Advertising Providers |
Geolocation data | We may gather your geolocation based on your address, IP address, or other data associated with a particular location. If you are using company-equipment that collects geolocation, we may associate that geolocation with you. | · Business Services Providers | Marketing and Advertising Providers |
Sensory data (e.g., audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information) | We do not collect from consumers generally. Visitors to our physical locations (not open to the public) may have this data collection. | · Business Services Providers | We do not sell or share |
Professional or employment-related information (e.g., current or past job history or performance evaluations) | We do not collect from consumers generally. | ||
Education information | We do not collect from consumers generally. | ||
Inferences drawn from other personal information | We may make inferences about your preferences, likes, and interests based on personal information you provide to us. | · Business Services Providers
· Marketing and Advertising Providers |
Marketing and Advertising Providers |
Sensitive personal information (as defined by applicable law) | · You
· Other Individuals · Governmental Entities |
· Business Services Providers
· Affiliates · Governmental Entities |
We do not sell or share |
Residents of certain U.S. States have the rights indicated below as of the date in which the applicable laws granting such rights are effective, which are as follows:
California: January 1, 2023
Virginia: January 1, 2023
Colorado: July 1, 2023
Connecticut: July 1, 2023
Utah: December 31, 2023
Privacy Rights | Description | CA | VA | CO | CT | UT |
Access/Know | Request confirmation from us as to whether your personal information is being processed by Recurrent and, if so, access to such personal information. | X | X | X | X | X |
Deletion | Request that your personal information be deleted (subject to some limitations). | X | X | X | X | X |
Portability | Request that Recurrent provide a copy of the personal information concerning you that you have provided to us in a usable/readable format. | X | X | X | X | X |
Rectification/Correction | Request that Recurrent correct any inaccurate personal data relating to you (subject to limitations). | X | X | X | X | |
Restriction on Sharing for Cross-Context Behavioral or Targeted Advertising (called “sharing” under California law) | Request that Recurrent stop sharing of your personal information for purposes cross-contextual behavioral of targeted advertising purposes. | X | X | X | X | X |
Sales of Personal Information | Request that Recurrent stop selling personal information about you to third parties. | X | X | X | X | X |
Restriction on Automated Decision-Making or Profiling | Request that Recurrent stop using automated decision-making technology to evaluate you, create a profile of you, and make predictions about your future behavior. | X | X | X | X | |
Limiting the Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information | Request that Recurrent limit our use and disclosure of your “sensitive personal information,” as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CCPA), to the extent required by law. | X | X | X | X | X |
Right to Appeal | Appeal the denial of a privacy rights request under the relevant law | X | X | X |
If you would like to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information for cross-contextual behavioral or targeted advertising, you can do so here.
You may make a request at any time to exercise your privacy rights under applicable law by using our Privacy Portal. We will respond to your request within 45 days of receipt (if properly submitted). If we need more time to process and respond to your request, we will notify you of that fact along with the reason for the delay. In all cases, we will complete your request within 90 days from the date of our receipt of your properly submitted request. If we decline to act regarding your request, we will inform you of our decision and the reason for it, along with instructions on how you may appeal our decision.
California residents may submit CCPA requests themselves or using an authorized agent using our Privacy Portal or by emailing us at compliance@recurrent.io. CCPA requests are subject to our verification measures which vary depending on the type of request made and the sensitivity of the information you request. We may ask you to provide a few pieces of information to confirm your identity in our records. If you authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf, we may require the agent to provide proof that you gave the agent signed permission to submit the request and may verify the agent’s identity and authority to act on your behalf.
How We Respond To Do-Not-Track Signals & Global Privacy Controls: A “do-not-track” signal is a privacy preference feature in some web browsers that tells a website that a user does not want their online activity to be tracked. We currently support Global Privacy Control (GPC), a specification designed to allow internet users to notify businesses of their privacy preferences, such as whether or not they want to be tracked or have their personal information sold or shared with third parties for targeted advertising. It consists of a setting or extension in the user’s browser or mobile device and acts as a mechanism that our Websites can use to honor your privacy settings. GPC is available for an increasing number of browsers and browser extensions, click here to view the options. If you want to use GPC, you can download and enable it via a participating browser or browser extension. More information about downloading GPC can be found by clicking here. If your browser or device has enabled GPC, it will override your preferences selected in the cookie banner or privacy settings on this Website.
California Shine the Light Disclosures: California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits visitors to our Websites and users of our Services who are California residents to request, once a year, certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make a request, please send us an email at compliance@recurrent.io and include “Shine the Light Request” in the subject line.
Notice of Financial Incentive
We may offer our customers loyalty and other incentive programs that provide certain benefits, such as rewards and exclusive offers. We may also provide other promotional campaigns, such as sweepstakes, contests, or limited-time promotions (collectively, the “Programs”). When you sign up for one of these Programs, we typically ask you to provide your name and contact information (such as email address and/or telephone number). Because our Programs involve the collection of personal information, they might be interpreted as a “financial incentive” program under the CCPA. The value of your personal information to us is related to the value of the free or discounted products or services, or other benefits that you obtain or that are provided as part of the applicable Program, less the expense related to offering those products, services, and benefits to Program participants. Participation in a Program is governed by the applicable terms and conditions (including the official rules for any sweepstakes or contest or the promotional terms for any short-term promotion), which will also describe the financial incentives associated with the promotion and how to participate. You are not obligated to participate in any contest, sweepstakes, or short-term promotion and may terminate your participation at any time (as described in the survey terms and conditions). You may withdraw from participating in a Program at any time by contacting us using the designated method set forth in the applicable Program terms and conditions.
Although we do not “sell” “covered information” of Nevada “consumers” as those terms are defined under Chapter 603A of the Nevada Revised Statutes, you may contact us by sending an email to compliance@recurrent.io and registering your email address so that we can provide you notice in the event we should do so in the future. At that future point, you will then have an opportunity to exercise your opt-out rights under that law subject to our verification. You can contact us via compliance@recurrent.io if you need to subsequently update your contact email for such notices. It is your responsibility to keep your Nevada notice contact information current.
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or complaints about our privacy practices, please contact us at: compliance@recurrent.io.