Buzask Privacy Policy

Effective  December 30, 2020

Buzask.com (“Buzask,” “we,” “us” and/or “our”) operates the website located at www.Buzask.com and related mobile applications and services (the “Service”) to enable visitors (“users,” “you,” “your”) to write reviews and share their daily experiences good or bad, to investigate new products, service or a place of business you would like to try, and to know about the experiences of other customers. This Privacy Policy describes how Buzask collects, uses and discloses information from visitors to our Service, including personally identifiable data (“Personal Data”).

Please be sure to read this entire Privacy Policy before using or submitting information through our Service. By using or submitting information through our service, you are indicating that you agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into Buzask Terms of Service.

Information We Collect:
When you interact with us through the Service, we may collect Personal Data and other information from you, as further described below:
 
Personal Data That You Provide Through the Service:
We collect Personal Data from you when you voluntarily provide such information to us, such as when you contact us with inquiries; respond to one of our surveys; register for an account with or access to the Service; request to be placed on mailing lists or otherwise use certain features of the Service. When you register for an account with Buzask, you must provide us with a first name and last name, an email address and password. You also have the option of providing additional information in your account profile or in connection with certain features of the Service, including but not limited to your name and a short bio about yourself. 
 
User Content: 
We collect and store information that you and other users upload, post, submit, publish, transmit, display or otherwise share through the Service (“User Content”). You acknowledge and agree that, to the extent that you include Personal Data in User Content, such Personal Data will be public, and we are not responsible for how others may use it. Please use caution and your best judgement when sharing or posting User Content. You can remove User Content that you have previously posted from publicly viewable areas of the Service by deleting it. 

Data You Provide about Others: 
We may also collect and store information about others that you provide to us through your use of the Service, such as when you share User Content with others through email or social media websites and services. 
By voluntarily providing us with Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You represent that the Personal Data you provide is true, accurate, current and complete, and that you have the authorization to provide it to us. If you provide Personal Data to the Service, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of Buzask and the authorized third parties referred to herein.

IP Addresses; Device ID Information: 
The requests you make to Buzask may contain your IP address (the Internet address of your computer). We may use visitors’ IP addresses for various purposes, including to display customized content and analyze and report upon usage of the Service; to diagnose and prevent service or technology problems affecting the Service; and to monitor and prevent fraud and abuse. We do not link your IP address to any Personal Data unless you are logged in to your Buzask account. If you access our Service on a mobile device, we may also collect your device identification number and request access to settings and location information for similar purposes and to personalize your experience with the Service.

Location Information: 
We may collect, use and share your location information to provide certain functionality, content or promotional material with location-based components. Location information includes, but is not limited to, any information we derive in order to identify your geographic position. We collect location information when you provide it to us directly in your account profile or in connection with purchases you make on or through the Service; we may also collect location information from the computer or mobile device you use to access the Service or through connected Social Networking Services, your wireless carrier or certain third-party service providers. The collection and tracking of your location information may occur even when the Service, including any mobile application, is not actively open and running. We may also use your location information in an aggregate way. 

Non-Identifiable Data:
When you interact with Buzask through the Service, we and third parties that may provide certain functionality on the Service, such as social media or advertising networks, use various technologies to passively collect information that cannot by itself be used to specifically identify you (“non-identifiable data”). Buzask may store such information itself or such information may be included in databases owned and maintained by Buzask affiliates, agents or service providers. We may use such information and pool it with other information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to the Service, the number of visitors to each page of our website and the domain names of our visitors' Internet service providers. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies, web beacons, flash cookies and similar files by Buzask only. Uses of these technologies by any third-party advertiser or website linked from the Service, including third parties with which we partner, are governed by each such advertiser or website’s privacy policy.

Aggregated Personal Data: 
In an ongoing effort to better understand and serve the users of the Service, Buzask conducts research on its customer demographics, interests and behavior based on the Personal Data and other information provided to us. This research may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis, and Buzask may share this aggregate data with its affiliates, agents and business partners or otherwise use it for any lawful purpose. This aggregate information does not identify you personally. Buzask may also disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our Service to current and prospective business partners and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.
 
Our Use of Your Personal Data and Other Information:
Buzask uses the Personal Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, we may use the Personal Data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by email to ask us a question or report an issue with the Service, we will use the Personal Data you provide to answer your question or resolve the issue.  Also, if you provide Personal Data in order to obtain access to the Service, we will use your Personal Data to provide you with access to and monitor your use of the Service. Buzask and its subsidiaries and affiliates (the “Buzask Related Companies”) may also use your Personal Data and non-identifiable data collected through the Service to help us improve the content and functionality of the Service, to better understand our users and to improve the Service.

Marketing: 
Buzask and its affiliates and partners may use your Personal Data and other information to communicate with you by email, or push notification to provide you with information about content, features, opportunities and promotions available through the Service that we think may be of interest to you. You may opt out of marketing emails or messages from us at any time by following the instructions in the email or message describing how to "opt-out" of receiving future communications or sending an “unsubscribe” message in reply. 

Disclosure of Your Personal Data:

Certain Business Partners: 
When we partner with other businesses to provide content or services, offer promotions or display advertisements related to your interests through the Service, we may share relevant Personal Data with these partners in connection with providing such services or features. For example, we may share your contact information with a business partner that is hosting a networking event in your area if you have indicated interest in participating in such events.
 
Business Transfers:
As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets. We cannot control how an acquiring or surviving entity may use or disclose such information.
 
Related Companies:
We may also share your Personal Data with the Buzask Related Companies for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Agents, Consultants, Vendors and Service Providers: 
Buzask, from time to time contracts other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples of such functions include mailing information, maintaining databases, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links),and performing customer service. When we employ another company to perform a function of this nature, we only provide such company with the information needed to perform its specific function. Buzask will take measures to ensure that such companies do not use your information for any other purposes.

As Required by Law and Similar Disclosures:
Buzask may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Buzask, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public or (iv) protect against legal liability.

With Your Consent: 
We may also disclose your Personal Data with your permission. You can use the Service without providing any Personal Data or registering for an account. If you choose not to provide any Personal Data, you may not be able to use certain features of the Service. However this Privacy Policy does not apply to any Personal Data collected by Buzask other than Personal Data collected through the Service. This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you provide to Buzask through the Service or through any other means. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of the Service, such as comment sections (collectively, “Public Areas”), any ideas for new products or services or modifications to existing products or services, and other unsolicited submissions (collectively, “Unsolicited Information”). All Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and Buzask shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute such Unsolicited Information to others without limitation or attribution.

People under the age of 13: 
Buzask does not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any Personal Data through the Service. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Data to Buzask through the Service,without adult supervision please contact us, and we will delete that information from our databases.

Links to Other Websites:
This Privacy Policy applies only to the Service. The Service may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by Buzask (the “Third-Party Sites”). The policies and procedures we describe here do not apply to the Third-Party Sites. The links from the Service do not imply that Buzask endorses or has reviewed the Third-Party Sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.

Social Networking Services:
Through the Service, we may offer you the opportunity to access certain social media and social networking websites and services that are owned and/or controlled by third parties (including, without limitation, Facebook and Twitter) (such websites and services, collectively, the “Social Networking Services”). When you elect to access and use the Social Networking Services, you will be sharing your information (which will include Personal Data, if you elect to provide us with such information) with those Social Networking Services. As with other Third-Party Sites, the information that you share with each Social Networking Service will be governed by the privacy policies and terms of service of the providers of such Social Networking Services and not by the policies and procedures we describe here. You may also be able to modify your privacy settings with the Social Networking Services to, for example, control what information the Social Networking Services disclose to other entities, including Buzask. When you log into the Service using a Social Networking Service account or otherwise link your Buzask account with a Social Networking Service account, we will collect relevant information necessary to enable the Service to access that Social Networking Service; however, you will provide any login information, like your password, directly to such Social Networking Service (and not to Buzask). As part of such integration, the Social Networking Service will provide Buzask with access to certain information that you have provided to such Social Networking Service and information about your use of such Social Networking Service, such as your profile picture and friends list. We will use, store and disclose such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and, if and to the extent applicable, the policies of such Social Networking Service. However, please remember that the manner in which Social Networking Services use, store and disclose your information is governed by the policies of the applicable Social Networking Service provider, and, as a result, Buzask shall not have any liability or responsibility for the privacy practices or other actions of Social Networking Services that may be enabled within and/or otherwise accessible through the Service..

Security: 
Buzask takes reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data you provide via the Service from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.By using the Service or providing Personal Data to us, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of the Service. If we learn of a security system’s breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically by posting a notice on the Service or by sending an email to you. By using our services you agree that any dispute over privacy or the terms contained in this Privacy Policy will be governed by the law of the Republic of South Africa and the adjudication of any disputes arising in connection with Buzask or the Service be in accordance with the Terms of Service.By providing your information you consent to any transfer and processing in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Other Terms and Conditions:
Your access to and use of the Service is subject to our Terms of Service.
 
Changes to Buzask Privacy Policy:
The Service and our business may change from time to time. As a result, at times it may be necessary for Buzask to make changes to this Privacy Policy. Buzask reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time without prior notice. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Data. This Privacy Policy is effective on the date indicated above. Your continued use of the Service after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.

New Uses of Personal Data:
From time to time, we may desire to use Personal Data for uses not previously disclosed in our Privacy Policy. If our practices change regarding previously collected Personal Information in a way that would be materially less restrictive than stated in the version of this Privacy Policy in effect at the time we collected the information, we will make reasonable efforts to provide notice and obtain consent to any such uses as may be required by law.
Contact us if you have any questions about Buzask's Privacy Policy or the information practices of the Service by emailing support@Buzask.com.