Privacy Policy

ARCHIVED 2024-10-02, DATE APPROXIMATE · VERSION 20241002_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20240801_rev01

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99	99	3.12. Links and Promotions. You may click through certain links or promotions that will enable you to purchase or use our Services provided by promotional partners or other sites or commerce providers. We may also partner with third parties to display advertising on our Website or to manage and serve our advertising on other sites and may share Personal Data with them for this purpose. Some of those entities may share with us certain information (including Personal Data) that you provide to them. By clicking through to those links or promotions, you agree to allow us to receive and use any shared information (including Personal Data), except credit card details (account number, expiration date) that you may provide to such entities, under the same terms as if you provided it to us directly. In addition, when you register for the Services, through our promotional partner, that partner may share your data with us (including Personal Data). For example, when you use an external social network (like your Facebook account) to log in to the Services or to interact with us in another way, you agree to allow us to receive and use any information (including Personal Data), from your social network profile and account (please see your social network's privacy policy or support documents for more information about sharing of information with connected accounts). You may share your information (including Personal Data) with other sites or entities, that create professional marketing lists, to receive special offers and promotions from its partners. Depending on their agreement with us and their privacy policy, these entities or sites may subsequently share your data with us (including Personal Data). Text, Inc. has no responsibility and assumes no liability if another such entity (e.g. website or commerce provider) collects, uses or shares any information (including Personal Data) about you in violation of its own privacy policy, or the applicable law.
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101	101	3.13. Children's personal data. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from anyone under the age of 16. If you notice We collect and process Personal Data of anyone under the age of 16 unintentionally, please contact us at [support@text.com](mailto:support@text.com) (or via support e-mail of the Services you use). We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet usage and to help enforce this Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Data through our Engagements.
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103	103	3.14. Cookie usage and other tracking technologies. By using our Engagements, you acknowledge and consent to our use of cookies and similar tracking methods which helps us make your experience better and understand how you use our Engagements. These technologies are used to ensure essential functionality, remember your preferences, improve your experience, and, in some cases, tailor ads to your interests, to gather certain information automatically upon your use or navigation of our Engagements or any sites where our Services are installed. We work with some third-party partners who may also set cookies on your device. Please note, We don't control these third-party cookies, and our Privacy Policy doesn't cover their services. You can learn more about how we use cookies and how to manage them in our [Cookies Policy](https://www.livechat.com/legal/cookies-policy/). Remember, if you limit the use of cookies, some features of our Engagements might not work as intended. For transparency, We and our authorized partners may use cookies and other similar tracking technologies, such as (but not limited to) pixels and web beacons, to gather information about users' (including Customers and Non-Customers) activities on Website and other sites where our Services are installed. to ensure tailored advertising based on your browsing activities and interests. These tools allow us to see what content is useful to you and help us provide more of what you like. Although you might not see them, they work in a similar way to cookies but are directly embedded in our web pages.
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105		3.15. Mobile analytics. We use mobile analytics software which allows us to better understand the functionality of our mobile software on your device. This software may record information such as how often you use the application, the events that occur within the application, aggregated usage, performance data, and where the application was downloaded from. We may link the information We store within the analytics software to Personal Data you submit within Engagements.
	105	3.15. Web and Mobile analytics. We use both web and mobile analytics software which allows us to better understand the functionality of our Services across various devices and platforms, allowing us to enhance user experience and improve performance. These analytics tools may record information such as how often you use our website or application, the events that occur during your interactions, aggregated usage, geographical location, performance data, and source where our Service was downloaded from or accessed. We may link the information We store within these analytics tools to Personal Data you submit within Engagements.
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107	107	3.16. Social media (features) and widget. Our Website includes social media features, enabling you to engage with content on social media platforms directly from the Website you are visiting. like the 'Facebook Like' button and widgets, a Twitter 'Share This' button, embedded content from YouTube or interactive mini-programs that run on our Website. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Website, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them.
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109	109	3.17. Comment system. In order to post comments on our Website (i.e. our blogs) you must sign into Facebook, Twitter, Disqus or Google, as We use 'social-media plugins' to allow you to leave comments on our blogs. No Personal Data is tied to your posts. You subscribe to our blogs by providing your email address. We will only use this Personal Data to send you an email notification when new blogs have been posted and when users comment on a blog that you previously have commented on. We will not use this information for any other purpose. You have the opportunity to opt-out of our blog e-mails by using the 'unsubscribe' button.
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111	111	3.18. Community, Forum and Testimonials. We may post Customers' testimonials on our Website which may contain Personal Data. We use the 'Twitter social plugin' to display our Customers' comments on our Website. In any other scenario, We do obtain the Customer's consent prior to posting the testimonial to post their names along with their testimonials. In addition, our Website may also offer publicly accessible forums. Please be aware that any information provided in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them.