Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 17th, 2022
WalterPicks LLC (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates www.WalterPicks.com and the WalterPicks App (collectively, the “Service”). This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information when you use the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. We use your Personal Information for providing and improving the Service. By using the Service, you understand and acknowledge that it controls the collection and use of. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service, accessible at www.WalterPicks.com/terms-of-service.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date above. We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time without advanced notice or your consent, unless otherwise required by law. You should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications to the modified Privacy Policy.
The Information We Collect and How We Use It
When you use the Service, we receive and collect certain information.
Information You Submit to us
To use the Service, you will need to create an account. When creating your account, we may collect Personal Information including, without limitation, your name, your email address and your telephone number.
In addition to the information described above, we may also collect: (i) information you provide when posting through the Service or communicating with other users of the Service; (ii) information you provide when you report a problem with the Service; (iii) records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us; (iv) your responses to surveys or promotions we may ask you to voluntarily complete; and (v) any other information you submit to us or which is included in any of your submissions.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Collection Technologies
Some information is automatically received and sometimes collected from you when you use the Service. This information may include information such as the following: (i) the name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet, including the Internet protocol (IP) address of the device you are using and the IP address of your Internet Service Provider; (ii) the type and version of Internet browser software or application you use and your operating system; (iii) the date and time you access the Service; (iv) the length of your stay on the Service; (v) information about your device, including the device's unique device identifier, mobile network information and device's telephone number; and (vi) demographic information and the languages used by the computer or mobile device. We may also collect general, non-identifying statistical information in connection with the use of the Service. With the exception of the IP address, this information is not personal information and cannot be used to individually identify you.
We use this information to monitor the usage of the Service, assess performance, ensure technological compatibility with your device, and understand the relative importance of the information provided on the Service. We may also use this data to conduct statistical analyses on usage patterns.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include cookies and similar technology such as a web-beacon (collectively, “cookies”), which are strings of information that can be stored on a user's device and is used to recognize you upon return to the Service. We use this type of technology to help us track how the Service is being used and interacted with, provide for preferences and improve service going forward. The cookies may be either session (only during your current session) and persistent (remains with you beyond current session). Visitors who do not wish to have cookies or similar technologies on their devices may opt out by either setting their privacy settings or choosing not to use the Service.
Do Not Track Requests and Signals
Do not track requests and signals are settings on some web browsers alerting websites that the visitor does not want to be tracked. Compliance with these requests and signals is optional and many websites do not follow these requests and signals. Along with many other websites, this website does not honor do not track requests or signals.
How We Use and Share Information
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Notice in connection with the following:
-To process and administer your account.
-To process, complete or otherwise act upon or respond to your request or reason for submitting that information.
-To register and/or verify you in connection with the Service.
-To communicate with you about your request or reason for submitting the information.
-To provide additional information to you about our Service.To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
-To our subsidiaries, affiliates and advisors.
Sale And Transfer Of Information To Third Parties
Unless we obtain your express permission, we share your Personal Information with third parties only under the limited circumstances below:
-For advertising within or outside of the Service.
-In response to judicial or other governmental subpoenas, warrants and court orders served on us in accordance with their terms, or as otherwise required by applicable law.
-To protect our respective rights or property, to enforce the provisions of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service, as well as to prevent harm to you or others.
-If we choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the transferred assets. Moreover, if we, or substantially all of our assets, were acquired, or if we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party.
-If you communicate with us, we will share your correspondence, with employees, volunteers, representatives or agents asked to address your correspondence. We may retain a copy of the communication for our records.
To carry out certain business functions, such as email delivery, marketing, improving or creating products, features or services available through the App, we hire other companies to perform services on our behalf. We may disclose information that we collect about you to these companies to enable them to perform these services, but they are required to safeguard the information and are not authorized to use it for any purpose inconsistent with the purposes or uses described above.
Links to third-party websites and applications
If you click on links within the Service that take you to third-party websites or applications, you will be subject to the third parties' privacy policies. We are not responsible for the actions of any third-party websites or applications. We encourage you to read the posted privacy policy of any and every website or application you visit. Any links within the Service are for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement unless otherwise specified.
Personal information about children
The Service is targeted for use only by adults. Accordingly, we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13. In the event that we discover that a child under the age of 13 has provided information to us, in accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protect Act (COPPA), we will delete the child's information from our files to the extent technologically possible. If you believe we have received information about a child under the age of 13, please contact us using the information provided below.
Rights of Users
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Personal Information processed by us, depending on your place of residency. In particular depending on where you reside, you may have the right to do the following:
-Withdraw your consent at any time. You have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Information.
-Object to processing of your Personal Information. You have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Information if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
-Access your Data. You have the right to learn if Personal Information is being processed by us, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Personal Information undergoing processing.
-Verify and seek rectification. You have the right to verify the accuracy of your Personal Information and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
-Restrict the processing of your Personal Information. You have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of your Personal Information. In this case, we will not process your Personal Information for any purpose other than storing it.
-Have your Personal Information deleted or otherwise removed. You have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of your Personal Information from us.
-Receive your Personal Information and have it transferred to another controller. You have the right to receive your Personal Information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Personal Information is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on your consent, on a contract which you are a part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
-Lodge a complaint. You have the right to bring a claim before your competent data protection authority.
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Rights Disclosure. If you are a California resident, the CCPA allows you to make certain requests about your Personal Information. Specifically, CCPA allows you to request:
-Information about the categories of Personal Information we collect or disclose about you;
-The categories of sources of Personal Information;
-The business or commercial purpose for collecting your Personal Information; and
-The categories of third parties with whom we share/disclose personal information. Such information is also set forth in this Privacy Policy.
-Provide access to and/or a copy of certain information we hold about you.
-Delete certain information we have about you.
-Provide you with information about the financial incentives that we offer to you, if any.
-The CCPA further provides you with the right to not be discriminated against (as provided for in applicable law) for exercising your rights.
We will consider all requests and provide our response within the time period stated by applicable law. Please note, however, that certain information may be exempt from such requests in some circumstances, which may include if we need to keep processing your information or to comply with a legal obligation. We will let you know where this is the case or if certain rights don’t apply in your country or state of residence. We also will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to a request, which might include, at a minimum, depending on the sensitivity of the information you are requesting and the type of request you are making, verifying your name, username and email address. You are also permitted to designate an authorized agent to submit certain requests on your behalf. In order for an authorized agent to be verified, you must provide the authorized agent with signed, written permission to make such request or a power of attorney. We may also follow up with you to verify your identity before processing the authorized agent’s request. Additionally, exercising your deletion right may mean that you may no longer be able to use the Service.
Where Personal Information is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in us or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us, you may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection. You should know that should your Personal Information be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether we are processing Personal Information for direct marketing purposes, you may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise your rights can be directed to us through the contact details provided below:
Email: Support@walterpicks.com
Address: 8 McNeil Circle, Hopkinton MA, 01748Phone: 508-624-9877