Privacy Policy

Introduction 

Geekbull Inc. (“Geekbull,” “we,” “us” or “our”) understands that when you use our services, you are entrusting us with your personal information.  As a result, we have crafted this Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) with you in mind, so that we can protect your personal information and inform you of your privacy rights.  In this Privacy Policy, we explain our policies and procedures for data collection, use, maintenance, protection, and disclosure when you visit our website or use any of our services, including any applications provided by us (collectively, the “Services”).  This policy is effective as of February 16, 2021.

We will update this policy as we adjust our procedures to protect your information.  Before these changes go into effect, we will post the updated policies and procedures here, along with an effective date for the amended Privacy Policy.  Once we alter the policy, continued use of the Services on or after the effective date is considered consent to the amended Privacy Policy.

About Your Use of the Services

Automatically Collected Information

Automatic Information Collection

As is customary, the Services will collect information, including technical and routing information about your computer, without you being prompted. This may include geolocation data and internet or other electronic network activity such as device identifiers and advertising identifiers.  We use this information to optimize our Services for our users’ use.  

Cookies & Web Analytics  

Some information, including but not limited to IP addresses, operating systems, browsers, and browsing patterns, is either tracked or collected using “cookies” (which are small data files that a website places on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes) or “web beacons” (which are transparent pixel images that are used in collecting information about website usage).  We use these to ensure our content improves and meets your, and other visitors’, needs.  While most of the cookies we use will “disappear” when you finish browsing, we also use persistent cookies.  Persistent cookies stay on your device simply to ensure we recognize your device when you revisit the Services. 

Please note that there are options on most browsers (like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer) to disable cookies.  You can choose to use such features to disable cookies, but it may impact your use of certain functions included in the Services.  To learn more about your ability to manage cookies and web beacons, please consult the privacy features in your browser.

Google Analytics

We may use Google Analytics to collect information about your use of the Services.  Google Analytics collects certain information, such as how often you use the Services, the pages you visit, and the websites you used prior to using the Services. We may use the information received from Google Analytics to improve the Services. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the website, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with any other information collected from you. Although Google Analytics stores a permanent cookie on your machine to identify you as a unique user the next time you use the Services, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics is governed by the Google Analytics Terms of Use available at http://www.google.com/analytics/tos.html and the Google Privacy Policy available at http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html.  You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you by disabling cookies on your browser.

Tracking Disclosure

We do not respond to web browser “do not track” signals or other similar mechanisms.

Children Under the Age of 16 

The Services are not designed for children under the age of sixteen, and we do not collect information about children knowingly. If you believe that we have inadvertently collected information from a child of that age, please contact us. Our policy is to delete any information collected from or concerning a child under the age of 16 as quickly as possible.

External Links 

The Services contain links to third-party material, including other websites, such as ecommerce platforms.  This material is not affiliated with, or owned by, Geekbull and other websites may have their own terms and conditions and privacy policies. After you choose to follow the link and leave the Services, we are not responsible for the content of those websites, or their privacy policies. We have no control over what information they collect, or how they choose to use that information.

About the Data We Collect Generally

Other Information We Collect

When you use the Services, we may request personal information, including your name, address, email, birth date, telephone number, or other identifiers. When you view any content using the Services, we may also collect information related to such content.  This information is only collected when you present it to us, and we may use it for a variety of reasons, as explained in more detail below. 

Use of Personally Identifiable Information

We may use (and, where specified, share) your personal information for the following purposes:

Providing Services

We may use personal information to provide you with services that you have ordered or requested. We also use financial/credit card and payment information to process payments made through the Site and may need to share some of this information with delivery services, credit card clearing houses, and other third parties, such as PayPal, to complete the transaction.

Communication

When you contact us, we may use personal information (like your e-mail address) to reply and provide you with the services or information you requested.  We also may use your personal information to collect feedback on our Services and policies. 

Services Improvement

We reserve the right to use your personal information and browsing behavior to personalize the Services and improve the overall user experience.  We also may use personal information to evaluate response rates or gauge the usability of the Services. 

Protect Content 

In order to stop malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity from occurring on the Services, we may use identifying information to monitor users’ behavior.  Our attempts to prevent malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal Internet activity may cause some users to be suspended from the Services.

Data Processing 

We process your information so that we can improve the Services and deliver information that you have either already requested or that we believe you would be interested in.  Any information we transfer to a third-party processor that is not affiliated with Geekbull is done so as permitted by law.  We will enter into agreements with any such third party processors to ensure that they will not further collect, sell, or use your personal information except as necessary to perform data processing for us. In some of these cases, we process this information automatically, but in others we will ask your permission in advance.  Either way, your information helps us understand what our customers and visitors are looking for, and helps us operate as a better, more responsive business.  We always strive to respect your privacy. 

Data Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request and obtain information about, or copies of, your personal information that we process, where we obtained your information, the business or commercial purpose for collecting your information, the third parties with whom your information is shared, and whether our source of information is publicly accessible.  You may also have the right to correct your personal information, or object to its processing.  Lastly, you may ask us for information about when we typically delete stored information, or ask that information be anonymized or destroyed, depending on the situation and applicable laws.  

All of our processing is in support of our business.  Where we process your data based upon your consent, we recognize that you may withdraw consent if you wish to do so, and that you retain a right to your own data. 

Residents of California have the following rights with respect to their personal information:

· The right to know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources from which the personal information was collected, and the business purpose for collecting such information;

· The right to know whether and how we sell or disclose your personal information, to whom we sell or disclose your personal information, and the business purpose for selling or disclosing your personal information;

· The right to request a copy of the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you;

· The right to request that we not sell your personal information; and

· The right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected from you, in certain circumstances.

You may exercise any of these rights by contacting us at [toll free phone number] or by visiting [link to DSAR page]. Your decision to exercise these rights will not affect the goods or services we offer to you. For more information on your right to opt out from the sale of your personal information to third parties, click here: [link to notice of right to opt-out].

Upon receipt of a request to exercise your rights, we may request additional information in order to verify your identity. To the extent possible, we will utilize information already in our possession to verify your identity. Any information you provide in connection with such verification will be deleted as soon as practicable following your request.

You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. If you submit a request through an authorized agent, we may require that the authorized agent provide proof that the authorized agent has been authorized by you to act on your behalf and may still require you to verify your identity in accordance with the above.

You may view the following metrics for the previous calendar year by visiting [link to metrics page]:

• The number of requests to know that we received and complied with or denied;

• The number of requests to delete that we received and complied with or denied;

• The number of requests to opt-out that we received and complied with or denied; and

• The median number of days within which we substantively responded to requests to know, deleted or opt-out.

The following provides more information about our data collection activities in the last twelve (12) months:

  

Category of Information

Source of Information

Purpose for Collection

Third Parties to whom Information is Disclosed or Sold

 

Identifiers, such as real name, alias, unique personal   identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address,   birth date, gender, account name or other similar identifiers.

You and/or your use of the Services

To contact you; provide you with goods, services, or   information you request or we think you may be interested in; or to make our   products and services better

We only share your personal information with others who   help us contact you or otherwise make our products and services better. We also share your personal information for   marketing, promotion and advertising purposes. 

 

Other identifiers such as bank account number, credit   card number, debit card number, or other financial information.

You and/or your use of the Services

To provide you with goods, services, or information you   request or we think you may be interested in; or to make our products and   services better

We only share your personal information with others who   help us contact you or otherwise make our products and services better. We also share your personal information for   marketing, promotion and advertising purposes. 

 

Internet or other electronic network activity   information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history,   and information regarding your interaction with the Services, an application,   or advertisement

You and/or your use of the Services

To contact you; provide you with goods, services, or   information you request or we think you may be interested in; or to make our   products and services better

We only share your personal information with others who   help us contact you or otherwise make our products and services better. We also share your personal information for   marketing, promotion and advertising purposes. 

 

Geolocation data

You and/or your use of the Services

To contact you; provide you with goods, services, or   information you request and to ensure that you are using the Services solely   within regions in which we are permitted to offer the Services

We only share your geolocation data with others who   help us contact you or otherwise make our products and services better and as   necessary to ensure that the Services are not utilized outside the applicable   area in which the Services may be offered.

 

Inferences we draw from any of the information   identified above to create a profile about you reflecting your preferences

You and/or your use of the Services

To contact you; provide you with goods, services, or   information you request or we think you may be interested in; or to make our   products and services better

We only share your personal information with others who   help us contact you or otherwise make our products and services better. We also share your personal information for   marketing, promotion and advertising purposes. 

The specific pieces of information collected from California consumers differ by consumer and are available upon verifiable request.

Information Disclosure

We may need to disclose your personal information occasionally.  Most of our disclosures are necessary to complete a transaction or provide the information or service you have requested.  We also work with advertising partners to enable use to customize the advertising content you may receive, and we may share your personal information with such partners. In addition to this, we may disclose your information if needed to comply with a court order, law, legal proceeding, or request from the government.  We also reserve the right to disclose your information if we have the reasonable belief that such disclosure is fundamental to the safety of individuals associated with Geekbull or others unaffiliated with the company, or to report or investigate fraud or a crime. 

We reserve the right to transfer any information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets.  Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to require that the transferee use personal information provided to us in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. 

We do not sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age without affirmative authorization.

Security 

Security is important to us. We utilize standard and reasonable security methods, including administrative, technical and physical protections, to prevent the theft, access, alteration, destruction, or disclosure of your information.  Our methods are frequently tested and improved.  Nonetheless, no network, website, or communication using the Internet is perfectly secure.  We will attempt to protect your information, but we cannot guarantee the safety of any information you send to us, and you do so at your own risk.  In the unlikely case of a breach of private information, we will follow relevant laws and regulations to inform you of the breach. 

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about these policies, or how Geekbull protects your personal data, please feel free to contact: thegeek@geekbull.com