Introduction
- The Privacy Policy of Phinests.com
(Phinests.com shall hereinafter be referred to as “Phinests”) describes all
matters relating to the collection, usage storage, sharing and protection
of your personal information resulting from your use or registration in Phinests.
This policy applies to all sites, applications and services related to Phinests,
regardless of the access to such services, such as through mobile devices.
- Reading, reviewing, and understanding this privacy policy is an important
issue for you, so you should review it from time to time.
- You may
visit Phinests without registering and creating a personal account. When you
decide to provide Phinests with your personal information for the registration
and creation of your account, you agree that such information will be sent
and stored in our servers or with a third party.
- This Privacy Policy
may be amended, changed or supplemented from time to time, so we encourage
you to read it regularly. The revised version of the Privacy Policy takes
effect immediately upon it being posted on Phinests. Your continued use of
Phinests shall be considered and express authorization from you for us to
continue processing your personal information in accordance with the terms
of the revised Privacy Policy.
Personal Information We Collect
from You
Upon your visit to Phinests or your interaction with ads
or other existing content, Phinests will automatically collect information
sent from your device, whether it be a computer, mobile phone or other electronic
device. Your use of Phinests is your implied consent to Use such information
for statistical or advertising purposes, including, for example, the following:
- Information collected through your interaction with Phinests, such
as your device number, device type, geographical information, internet connection
information, page view statistics, visits to and from Phinests, returned links,
ad data, protocol address, internet access information and any other such
information.
When you decide to register and create an account
on Phinests, we ask that you provide us with personal information that we
need to be able to meet your request. This may include your name, address,
and contact information (email address, address and phone number), date and
place of birth, and other personal information.
- Phinests
may collect information through cookie files (tracking records), internet
operators or similar technologies.
- Phinests may collect any information
you enter voluntarily, or those that you provide while you use any of its
services. Such information includes:
- Registration information
such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and other similar
information. In addition, we may need to verify this information to ensure
that you are not impersonating someone else or claiming a fake identity. We
may contact you directly through your mobile phone or email to verify your
identity.
- The information provided in context of the settlement of
disputes, or correspondences with Phinests.
- Phinests may receive
or collect additional information about you through third parties and add
it to your account information. This information may include: demographic
data, navigation data, contact information or additional data about you from
other sources such as public authorities to the extent permitted by law.
- Any information relating to your communication with our customer support
team, the results of your responses to an inquiry or a survey, and your feedback,
assessments and other comments relating to your use of, and interaction with,
Phinests or other users.
- Phinests is authorized to access the camera
of your electronic device and photo album when you add or modify any image
to Phinests.
Why and How Your Personal Information
Will Be Used
By using and registering on Phinests, you acknowledge
and agree that Phinests will use your personal information for the following
purposes:
- To enable you to access the services provided by us,
as well as in case the Phinests management or customer service teams need
to communicate with you by email or phone.
- To prevent potential harm,
or disclosure during an investigation with a competent authority, or when
there is a possibility of prohibited or illegal activities, or when the conditions
for using Phinests are not complied with.
- To evaluate and improve
the quality of Phinests''s services, content or advertisements.
- To
communicate with you via e-mail, notifications, text messages or phone calls
to inquire about Phinests’s services for marketing purposes, updates, promotions,
or for any purposes as set out in this Privacy Policy or amended versions
of it.
- Phinests may log you to other sites related to Phinests by
using your same login, or Phinests may also provide services that enable you
to share your information on other third-party social networks.
- While
we shall exert efforts to maintain your privacy, we may be obliged to disclose
your personal information to governmental or private entities, or any other
third-party, if ordered to do so by a judicial ruling or similar legal order.
We may also disclose your personal information (i) if we believe it is necessary
to comply with the law and / or to cooperate with any law enforcement agency,
(ii) if we believe that disclosing your personal information is necessary
to prevent any physical harm or financial loss to any third-party, (iii) to
report illegal activity, (iv) to investigate a potential violation of Phinests’s
terms and conditions, (v) or for any other similar reasons.
- In the
event of the sale of Phinests, your personal information may be disclosed
to any potential buyer for the purpose of proceeding with the sale or the
any necessary due diligence.
- We do not sell or rent any of your personal
information to third-parties in the normal course of business and will not
share your personal information with third-parties except in accordance with
this Privacy Policy.
- By registering on Phinests, you expressly agree
to receive promotional emails, messages about our services and emails regarding
changes and new features on Phinests from time to time.
- We may use
comments you made regarding Phinests for marketing purposes. By writing these
comments, you expressly agree to allow us to use such comments for marketing
purposes in general.
Sharing Your Personal Information With
Other Users
We cannot guarantee the privacy of your personal information
when you share it with other members and users. Therefore, Phinests is not
responsible for any damages arising out of such sharing of information. You
are solely responsible for maintaining your personal information. You must
always review and abide by our Privacy Policy and terms of use before sharing
any of your personal information with any other member.
Links to Third-Party
Websites
- Unless otherwise provided herein, this Privacy Policy’s
application is limited to the usage and transfer of information Phinests gathers
from you. Phinests has no right to control the privacy policies of other websites
associated with Phinests that you may be subject to.
- Phinests may
contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the terms and
conditions or the privacy policies of those websites. Therefore, we recommend
that you read the privacy policies and terms and conditions of each website
you visit.
Cookies
- Phinests uses cookies (small
files placed on your device) when you visit certain pages and sections to
speed up browsing, use, as well as for other reasons.
- The cookies
we use do not disclose any personal information about you, they rather help
us to follow up and improve your experience throughout Phinests and also contribute
to our follow-up to which sections are the most visited. You always have the
freedom to refuse to use cookies if your browser permits, although doing so
will prevent you from receiving the optimal experience of using Phinests.
- Some companies that advertise on Phinests may look at cookies and Phinests’s
network settings for commercial or advertising purposes. Such companies, which
are considered third parties in this Privacy Policy, follow such data and
statistics via internet protocols for the purpose of improving the quality
of their ads and to measure their effectiveness. In addition, these companies,
as per our agreements with them, are entitled to use technical means (cookies,
network settings, and specific JavaScript code) for the same purposes mentioned
above, which is to develop the advertising content of these companies and
measure the effectiveness of these ads, without any other goals which may
cause harm to Phinests users.
Preventing the Use of Spam and
Deceptive Messages
- Phinests will not hesitate to take action
against those who misuse or abuse it. As a user, you are not authorized to
add other Phinests users to your mailing list (e-mail or post) for any purpose.
If you notice that there are those who abuse Phinests, please inform us immediately
by contacting the Phinests management or customer service team to enable us
to take any necessary legal action.
- Messages exchanged on Phinests
are electronically and manually scanned and filtered for spam, viruses, phishing
attacks and other malicious, illegal or prohibited activities or content,
despite the fact that we are not required to do so.
- To report any
objectionable or deceptive messages you receive impersonating Phinests, please
forward the message to (info(at)phinests.com).
If you need more
information or have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please feel free
to contact our website or our customer service team.