Effective Date & Last Modified January 14, 2018.
Please read this page carefully. By accessing our websites and receiving messages from one or more of our websites
Overview
This page provides you with types of information we collect when you use access our sites and/or Services, how we that information is used by us, and on what occasions we share your information.
ClipTipper LLC (ClipTipper) operates online shopping websites, including ClipTipper.com and Coupons.ClipTipper.com, and provides other online leas and services (“Services”). As we are based in the United States, your information will be transmitted to the US, held and processed by our firm in accordance with the Privacy Policy declared in this page.
Fundamentals
In this section, we go over key methods we use your information and how we seek to protect privacy. Of course, we encourage you to read these terms of Privacy Policy in their entirety.
- We typically collect two kinds of information about you: (a) PII (Personal Identification information) that you provide that personally identifies you (e.g., full name or phone number); and (b) non-PII information that does not personally identify you (e.g., the IP address of your PC or the type of browser you are using to access our website);
- This information is used to facilitate the functionalities of our websites, providing you ( the user) with a range of products and services related to online shopping
- In order to provide the user with a suitable experience while using our websites, we may disclose this information to authorized third parties including merchants, advertising and promotional partners and other service providers for these purposes;
- Through the use of “cookies,” , we provide advertising networks with means to provide advertising based on the anonymity of your information (see below);
- You may at any time opt-out of certain activities as set out below (see section VI);
- If you have any questions or concerns about privacy at ClipTipper, please contact us by clicking on this link.
- We designed our websites to suit adults aged 18 and over; Children 13 and under, in particular, are encouraged to refrain from entering PII info (see below) and consulting a parent or a guardian instead.
- We reserve the right to This Privacy Policy may change from time to time so please check this policy regularly. Any material changes will be notified to you by email as appropriate.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
We collect two kinds of information related to you: (a) Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”); and (b) Non-Personally Identifiable Information (“Non-PII”).
(a) Personally Identifiable Information: PII includes any information that identifies you as person. PII information is collected when the user (you) chooses to register with us or when you choose to participate in an interactive feature of our Sites (examples are: writing a review, filling a survey or asking for a promotion to be mailed to you). You may: (a) provide your name, mail/shipping address, email address, and your phone number when registering with our Sites; (b) provide certain demographic information about you such as age, gender, shopping preferences … etc.) when participating in a survey or poll; or (c) post a comment and/or review on our Sites.
(b) Non-Personally Identifiable Information: Non-Personal-Identifiable-Information is any information that does not identify the user of our site as a person. This includes PII which was provided as anonymous. We obtain non-PII either separately or together with your PII as described above. We collect certain non-PII from you when you access our Sites including IP addresses and information relating to your browser, operating system, ISP, the third party website from which your visit originated and how you used our websites such as the web pages you visit, and the duration of your visits.
HOW WE USE & SHARE THE INFORMATION COLLECTED
We use PII and non-PII info we collect to (a) improve user experience, (b) improve our websites, (c) collect additional research on what users would like to see in our websites.
We may share PII and non-PII information in the following ways:
We may disclose PII and Non-PII to:
1) Third party service providers who provide essential services such as statistical ranking
2) Site sponsors who provide promotions and discounts displayed on our sites
3) Our company and its affiliates, primarily for marketing purposes
4) Marketers who act on our behalf
5) Merchants who display their products and services on our sites
In addition, we use non-PII information in several statistical processes, analyzing site usage trends, advising merchants on which products are receiving more inquiries, and the like.
COOKIES AND PREFERENCE BASED ADVERTISING
i) Cookies are small filers that are placed in your computer (memory or disk) by our sites to facilitate functionalities you expect from our site as well as perform analytical functions. Cookies are non-PII information files by nature. You have the option to alter your browser to prevent cookies, the case in which you are expected to lose part of the functionality of our site.
ii) We also enable certain banner ads on our sites, which may result in a third party advertisers placing a cookie in your computer to facilitate a session you are going through or other activities. Again, you can alter your browser to restrict cookies if you prefer.
Please not that by opting out of cookies based on ads served by ClipTipper’s websites, you are not automatically opting out of cookies served by third party applications, each of which may have its own privacy poicy. Also, please not that many opt-out tools rely on opt-out cookies to perform their functionalities, meaning that opt-out would cease to function when you erase all cookies on of your computer or use a new web browser.
We may disclose PII or non PII information to comply with a request from the government or protect our rights. As well, we may do the same if there is reasonable concern for the general public.
SECURITY OF INFORMATION
While we focus on using advanced technologies such as firewalls and encryption to protect PII and non-PII data belonging to our customers, we would like to advise our users, however, that due to the increased sophistication of cyber attacks and other factors, we cannot guarantee the continuous safety of this data. Unfortunate incidents such as theft, loss, and other related circumstances may occur, the case in which we ill notify our users with details of such events through their registeration information.
YOUR OPTIONS & OPT-OUTS
In order to register in one of our websites, it is necessary to provide PII-type information (such as name and e-mail address) to personalize your experience and other causes. As such, we allow our users to change some their registration information. For convenience, personalization, and other reasons, we may retain prior user information (possibly temprorily).
While a ClipTipper member, you are welcome to choose to receive e-mails about deals, discounts, and product announcements. You can customize how many, what kind, and when to receive these e-mails. You can opt of these e-mails at any time. Our staff will process your request in a manner compatible with opt-in and opt-out members at the time.
ClipTipper members also have the privilege of receiving member-only advise and insights related to these offerings, including price trends.
REVISIONS
ClipTipper reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time to better show our changing business practices. We will provide the user (you) with a written notice of such changes by posting the new policy on our Sites or by email if the changes are essential.