Last updated 03/10/2019
By using the Website, and in particular by registering a Vlogfund account, you are consenting to the use of your information in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any of the provisions of this Privacy Policy, you should not use the Website. If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact us at support@vlogfund.com Please note that this Privacy Policy only applies to the Website. When using Platforms, you find links to other websites that enable you to share information with. Vlogfund is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other websites and we recommend that you review the privacy policies of each of these websites before connecting your Vlogfund account or sharing any personal data.
You don’t need to provide us with any personal data in order to visit the Website. However, certain Services do require that you register for a Vlogfund account and, by doing so, you will provide us with certain information:
– Your email address, username, and a password.
There is certain information that we collect automatically as the result of your use of the Platform. This information includes:
– The Internet Protocol (IP) address of the device from which you access the Platform
– The site that you visited immediately prior to visiting the Website
– The specific actions that you take on the Platform, including the pages that you visit, streaming, sharing a file
– Any search terms that you may enter on the Website
– The time, frequency and duration of your visits to the Platform
– Your browser type and operating system
– The nature of the device from which you are accessing the Platform, for example, whether you are accessing the Platform from a personal computer
or from a mobile device and its device-ID
– Your location data
– Information collected through cookies
– Information regarding your interaction with our email messages
We use the information that we collect about you for the following purposes:
– To operate and maintain your Vlogfund account, and to provide you with access to the Website and any Services that you may request from time to
time. Your email address or username combined with your password are used to identify you when you sign into the Platform.
– To provide you with technical support.
– Your email address will be used to send you service updates and notifications regarding your account,
newsletters, marketing messages and certain email notifications. For information about how to change your preferences, please contact us at
support@vlogfund.com. And to unsubscribe from newsletters, marketing messages and email notifications you can use
the internal Email unsubscribe. We use a third-party data processor to distribute the newsletter, MailChimp and therefore we will provide them
with your data. Please check MailChimp privacy policy (https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/) and notice that
MailChimp uses web beacons to gather information about the success of their email campaigns (e.g. when an email was opened, IP address).
– To analyze the use of the Platform, and the people visiting the Website and using the Services, in order to improve Vlogfund and customize it
to your needs and interests.
– To customize your use of the Platform and/or the content of any email newsletter or other material that we may send to you from time to time.
Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive information
you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer technology. We use technical and organizational measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or unauthorized access. Our security measures are improved
continuously in line with technical development.
You can delete your account on the Website at any time. Please bear in mind that, if you delete your account, all data associated with your account, will be deleted and may not be recoverable. If you want to delete your account, contact us here: support@vlogfund.com
In common with most other websites, we use cookies to help us understand how people use Vlogfund so that we can keep improving our platform. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. These text files can
be read by these websites and help to identify you when you return to a website. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your computer when you have gone offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you
close your web browser.
We use our own cookies to recognize you when you visit our website. This means that you don’t have to log in each time you visit, and we can remember your preferences and settings like your playlists.
You can choose to
have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since the browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify
your cookies. If you turn cookies off, some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly.
For purposes of promotion, our website also employs the Google ad tool „Google-AdWords“. As part of this, our website employs the analysis service „Conversion-Tracking“ from Google. If you access our site by way of a Google ad, a cookie is placed on your
computer. Cookies are small text files that your internet browser downloads and stores to your computer. These so-called „conversion cookies“ cease to be active after 30 days and are not used to identify you personally. If you visit certain pages of
our website while the cookie is still active, we and Google know that you, as the user, have clicked on ads placed on Google and were redirected to our site. Google uses the information obtained through „conversion cookies“ to compile statistics for our
website. These statistics tell us the total number of users who have clicked on our ad as well as which pages of our site were then accessed by each user. However, neither we nor other advertisers who use „Google-AdWords“ receive any kind of information
that can be used to personally identify users. You can prevent the installation of „conversion cookies“ by making the appropriate change to your browser settings. You can obtain the relevant data privacy policy from Google at the following link:https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. („Google“). Google Analytics uses „cookies“, which are text files placed on your computer to help the website analyze how visitors use the site. The information generated
by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports
on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the
information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not
be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. You can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and
IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.
We use “Google Optimize” a service that allows us to track the effects of various changes to a website (e. g. changes in input fields, design, etc.) within the framework of so-called “A/B tests”. This helps us to improve the usability according to the behavior of our users on the website. Google Optimize is a tool integrated with Google Analytics. Same with the Google Tag Manager, this is also a product of Google that allows us to manage website tags through a single interface. The Tag Manager does not collect personal information. The tool triggers other tags, which may collect data. The Google Tag Manager does not access this data. If disabled at the domain or cookie level, it will remain in effect for all tracking tags implemented with Google Tag Manager. If you do not wish to receive interest-based advertising, you can disable Google’s use of cookies for these purposes here.
We use the function remarketing or „similar audiences“ in AdWords of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter „Google“ on this website. Google uses cookies, which are stored on your computer, to help analyze how
users use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to a Google server in the US and stored there. The IP address is then deducted by Google to the last three digits,
an unambiguous assignment of the IP address is thus no longer possible. Google adheres to the privacy policy of the „US Safe Harbor“ agreement and is registered with the „Safe Harbor“ program of the US Department of Commerce. Google will use this information
to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other with website and internet related services. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required by law or where
such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Third-party providers, including Google, show ads on sites on the Internet. Third-party providers, including Google, use stored cookies to show ads based on previous visits by a user on
this website. You can always disagree with the data collection and storage for the purpose of remarketing with future effect by turning off the interest-based advertising on Google or disable the services on the website of the Network Advertising Initiative.
We point out, however, that you may not be able to use all features of this website in this case. By using this site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described above and for the purposes set out above.
We use a third-party email service, MailChimp, to manage our regular email communications to members and MailChimp act as a data processor on behalf of LIBS. MailChimp is a US company and has staff based outside the EEA, and stores your data in the US. MailChimp is certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield framework. When you sign up to our email services or register for an account, you agree to your data being stored in this way. As a subscriber to our email services, we may contact you from time to time.
As a data processor on behalf of LIBS, MailChimp will use your information to send you email alerts if you request them. You can find out more about how MailChimp collects and stores your information.
If you would like to receive the newsletter offered on the website, we need an e-mail address from you. Further data is not needed. This e-mail address is used to send the requested information and other marketing activities, such as Facebook advertising, which requires disclosure to third parties. You can revoke the granted consent to the storage of the e-mail address and its use of the stated purposes at any time, for example via the „unsubscribe“ link in the newsletter or the Facebook opt-out below the page.
Our website uses the Remarketing feature „Facebook Pixel“ of Facebook Inc. („Facebook“). This function is used for interest-based advertisements („Facebook Ads“). For this purpose, the Facebook pixel was implemented on our website. Via Facebook pixels, a direct connection to the Facebook servers is made when visiting the website. The Facebook server will be notified that you have visited this website and the information about your Facebook user account.
Information on the collection and use of data by Facebook, as well as your rights in this regard and ways to protect your privacy can be found in the privacy policy of Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. Alternatively, you can opt out of Facebook’s remarketing feature at https://www.facebook.com/settings/ads. – for this, you must be logged in to Facebook, or via the Opt-Out below the page.
This site also uses retargeting tags and Custom Audience provided by the company Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA. When you visit our sites with the help of remarketing tags, a direct connection between your browser and
the Facebook server is established. Facebook gets the information that you have visited our website with your IP address. This allows Facebook to assign your visit to our website to your user account. The information thus obtained we can use for the
display of Facebook Ads. We point out that we as a provider of the website have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and the use of it by Facebook. To use Custom Audience we point out that Facebook and third parties may use cookies, web
beacons or similar technologies to collect or request information on this website. Using the data obtained, we can shape our Facebook activities effectively and for example, show contributions or ads only for visitors of our website. The data collected
is only transmitted encrypted to Facebook and is anonymous to us that means the personal data of individual users are not visible to us. For more information about the privacy policy of Facebook and Custom Audience, please check
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ or
https://www.facebook.com/business/learn/facebook-ads-pixel.
If you do not want data acquisition via Custom Audiences, you can disable Custom Audiences here.
On our websit,e we use social-plugins of the social network Facebook. Our website employs components provided by facebook.com. Facebook is a service of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Each time our website receives an access
request equipped with a Facebook component, the component prompts your browser to download an image of this Facebook component. Through this process, Facebook is informed precisely which page of our website is being visited. When you access our site
while logged into Facebook, Facebook uses information gathered by this component to identify the precise page you are viewing and associates this information to your personal account on Facebook. Whenever you click on the “Like“ button, for example,
or enter a comment, this information is transmitted to your personal account on Facebook and stored there. In addition, Facebook is informed of your visit to our website. This occurs regardless of whether you click on a component or not. If you wish
to prevent the transfer to and storage of data by Facebook about you and your interaction with our website, you must first log out of Facebook before visiting our website. The data protection policies of Facebook provide additional information, in particular
about the collection and use of data by Facebook, your rights in this regard as well as the options available to you for protecting your privacy:https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they
choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices (in particular device’s
IP address (captured and stored only in anonymized form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only),a preferred language used to display our website). Hotjar stores this information
in a pseudonymized user profile. Neither Hotjar nor we will ever use this information to identify individual users or to match it with further data on an individual user. For further details, please see Hotjar’s privacy policy by clicking on this link.
You can opt-out to the creation of a user profile, Hotjar’s storing of data about your usage of our site and Hotjar’s use of tracking cookies on other websites by following this opt-out link.
We use the YouTube API services to provide relevant YouTube data to you to enhance the experience on our website. If you choose to connect your YouTube account to our service, the Google Privacy Policy located at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy will apply to you.
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website,
conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it’s release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours
or others‘ rights, property or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
There are a number of places on our website where you may click on a link to access other websites that do not operate under this Privacy Policy. These third-party websites may independently solicit and collect information, including personal information,
from you and, in some instances, provide us with information about your activities on those websites. We recommend that you consult the privacy statements of all third-party websites you visit by clicking on the „privacy“ link typically located at the
bottom of the webpage you are visiting. Vlogfund is not responsible for the content, data and / or information provided by the users of the platform. You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for your own Content and the consequences
of posting or publishing it. Vlogfund does not endorse any Content or any opinion, recommendation, or advice expressed therein, and Vlogfund expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with Content. Vlogfund also does not warrant that
such content is true, that it can serve a purpose or serve such purpose.
If you choose to connect your Vlogfund account to other apps or social networks such as Facebook and Google+ you may be sharing certain information with these apps or networks. Content that you share with Facebook will appear on your timeline and in
your Facebook friends’ newsfeeds. Content you share with Google will be seen by the people from your Google+ circles when they visit your Google+ profile, make relevant Google searches, on Google-served ads, and the services selected in your Google
account settings. If you do not want this information shared with Facebook or Google, please change your Settings on Vlogfund or your chosen network.
Vlogfund is a general audience site. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any Personal Data through the Site. We encourage parents and legal guardians
to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Data through the Site without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13
has provided Personal Data to Vlogfund through the Site, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases. Changes and updates to this Privacy Policy
We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. Any changes
to our Privacy Policy will always be available here so that Vlogfund users are always aware of what information we gather, and how we might use and share that information. Please be sure to check back here from time to time to ensure that you are aware
of any changes to this Privacy Policy.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since the browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct
way to modify your cookies.
If you turn cookies off, Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly. It won’t affect the user’s experience that makes your site experience more efficient and may not function properly.
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information.
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities
of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adspolicy/answer/6008942?hl=en
We use Google AdSense Advertising
on our website.
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out
of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions
with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser add on.
>Opt out of Facebook Pixel Tracking
>Opt out of Google Analytics Tracking
>Opt out of Twitter Tracking
>Opt out of Hotjar
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world)
that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at: https://consumercal.org/about-cfc/cfc-education-foundation/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa-3/
Users can visit our site anonymously.
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our homepage or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‚Privacy‘
and can easily be found on the page specified above.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes:
– On our Privacy Policy Page
Can change your personal information:
– By logging in to your account
We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
It’s also important to note that we do not allow third-party behavioral tracking
When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States‘ consumer protection agency,
enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.
We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old. Do we let third-parties, including
ad networks or plug-ins collect PII from children under 13?
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information
Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.
We will notify you via email
– Within 7 business days
We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere
to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.
– Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions
– Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.
– Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
– Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
– Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
– Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
– Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
– Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.
– Follow the instructions at the bottom of each email. and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.
vlogfund.com
Parkviewplace 104
Greenwood, South Carolina 29656
USA
support@vlogfund.com
Last updated on 03/10/2019