1. Introduction
Welcome to Fondingo (Hereafter referred to as “Fondingo”, "Blog", "we", "us" or "our"). Fondingo consists of but is not limited to our website www.fondingo.com, blog, social media pages and any other platform we will provide our services in the future. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit our website www.fondingo.com (the "Website"). By using our Website, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our practices, please refrain from using our Website.
2. Information We Collect
2.1. Information You Provide to Us
We collect information from you when you register on our site, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey or fill out a form. When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address or phone number. You may, however, visit our site anonymously. We also collect information about your usage of our Website as well as information about you from the messages you post to the Website and the e-mails or letters you send to us. We use this information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the Website. We may also use this information to communicate directly with you, such as to send you email messages and push notifications, and permit you to communicate with others on the Website or on social media or invite others to join the Website.
2.2. Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technology
As you navigate through our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies including Google Analytics to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. This will generally include information about your location, your traffic pattern through our Website, and any communications between your computer and our Website. Among other things, we will collect data about the type of computer you use, your Internet connection, your IP address, your operating system, and your browser type. We collect this information for statistical purposes and to improve our Website. The information we collect using automatic data collection technologies is statistical data and does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service.
2.3. Cookies
We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Website to help customize the Website and improve your experience. When you access the Website, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Website. You may not decline web beacons. However, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or by modifying your web browser’s settings to notify you each time a cookie is tendered, permitting you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis.
2.4. Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content. We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including but not limited to:
3.1. To present our Website and its contents to you.
We use the information you provide to us to deliver and maintain the functionality of our Website. This includes personalizing your experience, providing you with access to the content and features you find most relevant, and ensuring the proper functioning of the Website.
3.2. To improve user experience.
The information collected through automatic data collection technologies, such as Google Analytics, helps us understand how users interact with our Website. This information enables us to optimize the user experience, make design and content improvements, and ensure that the Website is user-friendly and effective.
3.3. To communicate with you.
We may use your contact information, such as your email address, to send you relevant notifications, updates, and information related to our services. This may include responding to your inquiries, providing customer support, and sending administrative messages.
3.4. To personalize your experience.
We may use the information we collect to tailor the content, recommendations, and advertisements you see on our Website. This personalization is aimed at providing you with content that aligns with your preferences and interests.
3.5. To conduct research and analysis.
The data we gather, both from your interactions and automatic data collection, may be used for research, analysis, and reporting purposes. This enables us to understand trends, user preferences, and areas for improvement.
3.6. To protect our rights and interests
We may use the collected information to enforce our terms of service, protect our rights, privacy, safety, and property, and to comply with legal requirements.
3.7. For marketing and promotions
We may use your contact information to send you promotional materials, newsletters, and other marketing communications. You can choose to opt out of receiving such communications at any time.
3.8. Legal Compliance
We may use your information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes, including responding to lawful requests from law enforcement or government agencies.
3.9. For other purposes.
We may use your information for other purposes, in accordance with local laws, which will be disclosed to you at the time of collection or use.
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction, in accordance with local laws. We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:
4.1. To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
4.2. To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Fondingo's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Fondingo about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
4.3. To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
4.4 Legal Requirements.
We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
4.5. To enforce our rights.
We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
4.6. With your consent.
We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.
4.7. Aggregated Data.
We may disclose aggregated data about our users without restriction.
4.8. Third-Party Advertisers.
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Website. These companies may use information about your visits to the Website and other websites that are contained in web cookies and other tracking technologies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
5. Third-Party Links
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.
6. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
6.1. Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Website and we hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Website. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Website.
6.2. Third-party cookies
We reserve the right to permit third-party service providers to deploy cookies on our Website to facilitate advertising and analytics objectives. These cookies, sourced from third parties, are subject to the privacy policies stipulated by the respective third-party service providers.
7. Your Choices Regarding Information
7.1. Accessing and Updating Your Information
You may access and update your information by logging into your account profile page. If you wish to delete or deactivate your account, please email us at team.fondingo@gmail.com. Please note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes. We may also retain cached or archived copies of information about you for a certain period of time.
7.2. Opting Out of Email Communications
You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the instructions in those emails. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.
8. Data Security
We have established safeguards with the intent of safeguarding your personal information against unintended loss and unauthorized access, utilization, modification, and exposure. All payment-related transactions will be subject to encryption through SSL technology. Nevertheless, it is important to recognize that no form of data transmission over the internet or electronic storage can be entirely impervious, and we are unable to ensure absolute security for your information. We hold no liability for any efforts to bypass the privacy configurations or security protocols that we supply.
9. Children's Privacy
Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at team.fondingo@gmail.com.
10. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will post the new Privacy Policy on this page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at team.fondingo@gmail.com.