Privacy Policy

Date Last Revised: September 4, 2010

Store Vantage is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and security of information about our users and their organizations. StoreVantage Privacy Policy describes the information we collect, how the information is used and for what purposes, to whom we disclose the information, and how we safeguard your information.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at privacy@storevantage.com or by mail at:

Store Vantage
c/o Privacy Policy
336 Bon Air Center #255
Greenbrae, CA 94904

Information You Upload into Store Vantage

Store Vantage offers a scheduling, marketing and other business tools for small and mid-size businesses. All client and business data uploaded into our system are stored in a secure location. StoreVantage will not sell or rent any client data uploaded into our system. Only registered users, and employees and contractors as permitted by the users, can access their uploaded data.

Information Collection and Use

Store Vantage is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. By providing such information, you agree that StoreVantage may use that information in our discretion to deliver our services to you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We will not sell, share or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. StoreVantage collects information from our users at several different points on our website.

For certain services, we may request credit card or other payment account information. This information will be maintained in encrypted form on secure servers, or saved by third party financial institutions and credit card processing companies that adhere to our Privacy Policy.

Community Postings

You should be aware that certain categories of information, such as your community name, avatar or photo, list of friends, company profile, groups you belong to and your contributions, are considered publicly available outside the Store Vantage network and can be read, collected and used by others.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing a string of characters that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service, such as storing preferences.

Log Files

We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing

We may share aggregated demographic information with third parties in the case they would like to know aggregate demographics of our audience. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person. We do not share personally identifiable information with third parties.

We only share personal information with other companies or individuals outside of Store Vantage in the following limited circumstances:
  • We have your explicit consent. We require opt-in consent for sharing of any sensitive personal information.
  • We provide such information to affiliated companies or trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf. We require these parties to agree to process such information in compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
  • We are required by law or we have good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, (b) enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Store Vantage, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.

Links

Store Vantage may present links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed. We use this information to improve the quality of our services, customized content and advertising.

Other Sites

Store Vantage website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that StoreVantage is not responsible for the privacy policy of third party sites. We encourage our users to read the privacy policies of each and every website that collects personal, identifiable information.

User Communication

We may retain email or other communication you send to Store Vantage in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services.

Opt-Out

You may receive administrative communications that are related to the primary usage of our services. You may not opt-out of administrative emails. These administrative emails will not have any marketing, promotional or advertising materials in them. You are able to opt-out of non-administrative communication.

Ownership Transfer

If Store Vantage becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, we will ensure the confidentiality of any personal information involved in such transactions and provide notice before personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may change over time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. Our current Privacy Policy will be posted on our website, and we will provide a prominent notice if changes to the policy are significant, such as direct emails to users and notifications on the website.

Security

We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.

We restrict access to personal information to Store Vantage employees, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they fail to meet these obligations.