Privacy Notice for Endorsemii

Last updated: 11/14/2023

What does Endorsemii do?

Endorsemii is a positive endorsement platform that allows users to receive and give gold star reviews to highlight positive interactions and contributions within their network. Our platform, accessible at endorsemii.com, provides information about us and allows individuals and businesses to sign up as Endorsemii Users (to create and manage their endorsements) ("Endorsemii Services").

We are headquartered in Las Vegas, NV and operate globally. For more information about Endorsemii, please see the "About" section of our website at endorsemii.com/about

How does this Privacy Notice apply to me?

This Privacy Notice applies to the processing of personal information by Endorsemii as a controller. When we talk about Endorsemii acting as a "controller," we mean that Endorsemii determines the purpose and the means of the processing (i.e., we make decisions about how we will handle your personal information). This Privacy Notice does not address the processing of personal information by our Users (individuals or businesses using Endorsemii) in connection with their endorsement campaigns. If you are an influencer/content creator participating in an endorsement campaign and want to know how an Endorsemii User handles your personal information, please get in touch with the Endorsemii User directly and/or refer to any privacy notice provided by the Endorsemii User.

If you provide us with information about another person (e.g., if you are a representative of an individual or a business), you must provide them with a copy of this Privacy Notice and let that other person know that we use their personal information in the ways set out in this Privacy Notice.

What personal information do we collect?

The personal information that we may collect about you broadly falls into the following categories:

Information you provide voluntarily

When you sign up to become an Endorsemii User, an influencer/content creator, use or interact with our Endorsemii Services, visit our Platform, or participate in our campaigns, we may ask you to provide personal information voluntarily. For example, if you are an Endorsemii User, we will ask you to provide your email address, name, username, password, and billing information. If you are an influencer/content creator, we will ask for your contact information, social media profiles, and content preferences.

Information that we collect automatically

When you visit our Platform, use our Endorsemii Services, or interact with our campaigns, we collect certain information automatically from your device. This may include your IP address, device type, location data, usage data, and other technical information. We use this information for analytics, improving our services, and providing relevant campaign recommendations.

Information that we obtain from third-party sources

From time to time, we may receive personal information about you from third-party sources, such as marketing partners and service providers, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Why do we collect your personal information?

In general, we will use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To provide and deliver the Endorsemii Services and to assess, maintain, and improve the performance and functionality of the Endorsemii Services.


• To ensure the Endorsemii Services are relevant to you and your device, to notify you about changes to the Endorsemii Services, and to deliver targeted and/or localized content based on your user data, location, and preferences.


• For consumer research and to allow you to participate in surveys or interactive features of the Endorsemii Services.


• To provide customer support and to process and respond to requests, complaints, or reports.


• To monitor the usage of the Endorsemii Services and to detect, prevent, and address technical issues.


• To process payments for Endorsemii Users.


• To conduct business planning, reporting, and forecasting.


• To deliver promotional materials, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events that we offer that are similar to those you have already purchased or inquired about, unless you have opted out of receiving such information.


• For the administration of our business, including fulfilling and exercising our obligations and rights, exercising or defending legal claims, complying with our legal obligations and law enforcement requests, and managing the relationship with you.


• To verify your identity and detect fraud, including fraudulent payments and fraudulent use of the Endorsemii Services.


• To include Endorsemii User content as part of our advertising and marketing campaigns to promote Endorsemii.


• To inform our algorithms to deliver the most relevant recommendations to you, including User Profiles that you may be interested in.

Legal basis for processing personal information

Our legal basis for collecting and using personal information will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific circumstances in which we collect it. We may collect personal information from you only where we have your consent, where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect personal information from you or may otherwise need the personal information to protect your vital interests or those of another person. If we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your personal information is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal information). We require certain personal information to enter into a contract with you as an Endorsemii User. Without your personal information, we will be unable to provide you with the Endorsemii Services available to Endorsemii Users. If we collect and use your personal information in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), this interest will normally be to develop and improve the Endorsemii Services, provide additional functionality, ensure appropriate security, implement sensitive content warnings, and content moderation. We may have other legitimate interests, and if appropriate, we will make clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are. If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided under the "Contact Us" heading below.

Who may we disclose your personal information to?

We may disclose your personal information to the following categories of recipients:

• To our group companies, third-party service providers (e.g., to support the delivery of, provide functionality on, or enhance the security of our Platform or Endorsemii Services), or who otherwise process personal information for purposes described in this Privacy Notice or notified to you when we collect your personal information. A list of our current group companies is available here, and a list of our current service providers and partners is available here. We also facilitate third-party payment providers (see more details below);


• To the extent we introduce social media log-ins in the future, we may provide personal data to the relevant social media provider to facilitate such log-in;


• To any competent law enforcement body, regulatory authority, government agency, court, or other third party where we believe disclosure is necessary (i) as a matter of applicable law or regulation, (ii) to exercise, establish, or defend our legal rights, or (iii) to protect your vital interests or those of any other person;


• To an actual or potential buyer (and its agents and advisers) in connection with any actual or proposed purchase, merger, or acquisition of any part of our business, provided that we inform the buyer it must use your personal information only for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Notice; and


• To any other person with your consent to the disclosure.

In order to facilitate paid products and/or services within the Endorsemii Service, we use third-party payment processors. We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their privacy policies and their own terms and conditions. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by payment card industry data security standards ("PCI-DSS") as managed by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. The payment processors we work with are:

• Stripe (their privacy policy can be viewed here).


• PayPal (their privacy policy can be viewed here).


• Square (their privacy policy can be viewed here).

Disclosure of personal information to other countries

We may transfer your personal information to recipients located in countries outside the country where you are located. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country (and, in some cases, may not be as protective). We have implemented safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses or other appropriate safeguards, to protect your personal information when it is transferred outside your country.

How do we use cookies and similar tracking technology?

We use cookies and similar tracking technology to collect and track information about your use of our Platform and Endorsemii Services. For more information about how we use cookies and similar tracking technology and your choices, please see our Cookie Policy endorsemii.com/cookienotice .

How long do we retain your personal information?

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include the following:

• The length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide the Endorsemii Services to you (e.g., for as long as you have an Endorsemii User account or are an influencer/content creator participating in campaigns);
• Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject (e.g., certain laws require us to keep records of your transactions for a specified period of time before we can delete them);
• Whether retention is advisable considering our legal position (e.g., in the case of ongoing legal disputes);
• Whether retention is in line with our legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations.

How do we secure your personal information?

We take security seriously and have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the security of your personal information. We regularly review our security policies and practices to help ensure the safety of your personal information.

What are your rights in relation to personal information?

You have certain rights regarding your personal information, subject to applicable data protection laws. These rights may include the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the processing of your personal information. You may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information or to receive a copy of your personal information in a portable format. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the Data Request Form.

Depending on the country which you live in and the laws that apply to you, you may also have additional data protection rights. If you are resident in the UK or the European Economic Area, these rights include:

To request deletion of your personal information. You can do so at any time by completing our Data Request Form.

To object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information or request portability of your personal information. Again, you can exercise these rights by completing our Data Request Form.

To opt-out of marketing communications we send you at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking on the “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” link in the marketing e-mails we send you or completing our Data Request Form.

If we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

The right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority. (Contact details for data protection authorities in the European Economic Area, Switzerland and certain non-European countries (including the US and Canada) are available here and the UK here.)

We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Complaints

We take your privacy concerns seriously. If you have a complaint regarding our handling of your personal information or concerning our privacy practices, you may file a complaint with us using the contact details provided under the “Report an Issue” heading below. We will confirm receipt of your complaint and, if we believe necessary, we will open an investigation.

We may need to contact you to request further details of your complaint. If an investigation has been opened following a complaint made by you, then we will contact you with the result as soon as possible. In the unlikely circumstances we are unable to resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, you may contact the local privacy and data protection authorities in your jurisdiction.

Changes to This Privacy Notice

We may update our Privacy Notice from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. When we update our Privacy notice, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make. We will obtain your consent to any material Privacy Notice changes if and where this is required by applicable data protection laws.

You can see when this Privacy Notice was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this Privacy Notice.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, our privacy practices or if you would like to make a request about any personal information we may hold about you, including correction of personal information, please contact us:

By email using: support@endorsemii.com

By visiting this page on our Platform: endorsemii.com/contact

If you want to request any information about how we process, store or use your data or anything relating to personal information and privacy laws, please use our Data Request Form.

Supplemental Information for California Residents

The following section provides supplemental information to California residents, whose personal information we have collected. This section applies to the personal information we collected from California residents during the 12 months prior to the effective date of this Privacy Notice, depending on interactions with us.

1. Collection and Use of Personal Information

(a) Categories of Personal Information We Have Collected:

• Identifiers such as name, alias, postal address, online identifier (e.g., cookies) and other similar identifiers;


• Personal records such as payment information;


• Characteristics such as age, gender and other demographic data;


• Customer Accounts / Commercial information such as the User Profile, records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered;


• Online usage information such as Internet and other network activity information, such as, but not limited to, browsing history, search history and information on interactions with the Endorsemii Services;


• Geolocation data such as country and zip code;


• Sensory information such as recordings of customer service calls; and


• Inferences derived from personal information such as purchase preferences, interests and characteristics. There may be additional information that we collect that meets the definition of personal information under California law but is not reflected in a category, in which case we will treat it as personal information as required under California law, but will not include it when we are required to describe our practices by category of personal information.

(b) Categories of Sources of Personal Information that We Collect:

• Directly from you. For example, when you create an account, make a purchase, browse our Platform, or use the Endorsemii Services.
• Directly and indirectly from activity on the Platform and/or using the Endorsemii Services.
• Social networks (to the extent we introduce social media log-ins in the future).
• Service Providers who provide services on our behalf such as those used to fulfill orders, process your payments and requests, verify your information, monitor activity on the Platform and/or using the Endorsemii Services, provide analysis and analytics, maintain databases, administer and monitor emails and marketing, administer and send mobile messages, serve ads on this and other services, and provide consulting services.

2. Categories of Personal Information Disclosed

We may disclose the following categories of personal information to service providers for a business purpose, or, at your direction, with third parties such as sponsors of promotions, sweepstakes, or contests. We have disclosed the following:

Category of Personal Information Disclosed for a Business Purpose

• Identifiers;
• Personal records;
• Characteristics;
• Customer Accounts / Commercial information;
• Online usage information;
• Geolocation data;
• Sensory information;
• Inferences derived from personal information.

Categories of Recipients

• Service Providers;
• Group companies;
• Governmental authorities and agencies.

We do not sell personal information and we do not believe that our sharing of information would qualify as a sale under California law.

For the avoidance of doubt, we also do not sell personal information of individuals under 16 years of age.

3. California Privacy Rights

(a) Right to Know

You have the right to request that we disclose to you the following information about personal information we collect from you:

• Categories of personal information collected;
• Categories of sources of personal information collected;
• The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information;
• The categories of third parties with whom we share personal information;
• The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you over the past 12 months.

(b) Right to Request Deletion of Personal Information

You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information collected or maintained by us, subject to certain exceptions permitted by law.

(c) Right to Opt-Out of Sale of Personal Information

As mentioned above, we do not sell personal information and we do not believe that our sharing of information would qualify as a sale under California law. Nonetheless, if you are a California resident who has purchased products or services from us, you may submit a request to record your preference to opt out by emailing us at support@endorsemii.com.

(d) Right to Non-Discrimination

You have the right to not be treated in a discriminatory manner for exercising your privacy rights. We do not use the fact that you have exercised or requested to exercise any privacy rights for any purpose other than facilitating a response to your request.

4. Exercising Your California Privacy Rights

To exercise your rights, you can contact us:

• By email at support@endorsemii.com


• By visiting this page on our website: endorsemii.com/contact


• If you want to request any information about how we process, store, or use your data or anything relating to personal information and privacy laws, please use our Data Request Form.

Once we receive your request, we are required to verify that you are the person that is the subject of the request. This verification process consists of matching identifying information provided by you with the information we have about you in our records. Upon making a request, you will be asked to provide your name, email address, and request details. A confirmation email will be sent to the email address you provide to begin the process to verify your identity. If we cannot verify your identity, we will not be able to respond to your request.

You may designate an authorized agent to exercise any of the above privacy rights on your behalf, subject to the agent request requirements under California law.

Please note, for your safety and security, we will require authorized agents to provide proof of consent and designation of the authorized agent for the purpose of making the request, and will require authorized agents to provide information necessary to verify the identity of the individual who is the subject of the request. We may also require that an individual verify his/her own identity directly with us before we respond to an authorized agent’s request.

We reserve the right to deny requests in certain circumstances, such as where we have a reasonable belief that the request is fraudulent.

5. Do Not Track

California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser Do Not Track (DNT) signals. Because there currently isn’t an industry standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at this time.

6. California’s Shine the Light law

We do not share personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes absent your consent as defined by California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (“Shine the Light law”). To opt-out of future sharing with third parties for their direct marking purposes, contact us at support@endorsemii.com. Any such request must include “California Privacy Rights Request” in the first line of the description and include your name, street address, city, state, and ZIP code. Please note that we are only required to respond to one request per customer each year.

7. Changes

We reserve the right to change this Supplemental Information for California Residents from time to time. Changes shall become effective on the date they are posted.

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