Privacy Policy for Getitoutofhere.ca
Introduction
Getitoutofhere.ca (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our classified ads website located in Canada. By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect personal and non-personal information from you in several ways, including when you:
- Register for an account
- Post or respond to classified ads
- Interact with our website (e.g., browsing, clicking on links)
- Engage with our services such as Google Analytics, Google AdSense, X (Twitter) Ad Services, Google Cloud Vision and Together.AI
Personal Information: This may include your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you voluntarily provide during registration or interaction with our website.
Non-Personal Information: This includes technical data such as your IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, and other usage statistics gathered through security and tracking technologies. This also includes the title, content and tags from an ad listing.
Server Logs: We keep server logs for up to 14 weeks before the log files are rotated. These logs contain technical data such as your IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, timestamps, URLs of pages on our site you visited, and other information generated by the Apache web server about your interaction with our systems. These logs are necessary for security and functionality purposes.
2. How We Use Your Information
The information we collect is used to:
- Facilitate and improve the functionality of the classified ads site
- Provide customer support
- Display relevant ads via Google AdSense, X (Twitter) Ads
- Process interactions and recommendations through Together.AI and Google cloud vision
- Comply with legal requirements
- Processing payments through Stripe
- Understand user and bot behavior using statistics and analytics
3. Stripe (Payment processing)
When you make a purchase through this site, your payment details are processed by Stripe. Your personal and credit card information is stored on their servers. We don’t keep this information on our servers. When your delete your getitoutofhere.ca account, your Stripe customer object is also deleted. However, Stripe will still retain the transaction information from any purchases that have been made.
4. Use of Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to:
- Recognize your preferences and improve your user experience
- Serve personalized ads through Google AdSense, X (Twitter) Ads
- Understand user and bot behavior
Third-Party Cookies: Some cookies and other tracking technologies are used by third-party services such as Google Analytics, Google AdSense, X (Twitter) Ads.
Anonymized data: Google analytics uses IP anonymization.
5. Consent and Agreement to Tracking
Upon visiting our website, a popup will appear informing you of our use of cookies and tracking technologies. You will be required to click “I accept” before any tracking scripts (e.g., Google AdSense, X (Twitter) Ads) are loaded. By agreeing, you consent to the collection and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
6. How We Protect Your Information
We take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encryption, secure server hosting, and restricted access to your information.
7. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell or rent your personal information. However, we may share information with third parties under the following circumstances:
- With service providers like Stripe, Google AdSense, Google Analytics, X (Twitter) Ads to analyze and enhance website and advertising functionality
- To comply with legal obligations or enforce our terms of service
- To assist in moderation of ad listings we submit the title, content and tags from a new listing to together.ai . We also submit your images to Google cloud vision for initial moderation.
- During a business transfer, such as a merger or acquisition
Please note that personal information stored directly by our website is separate from any information stored by third-party service providers (e.g., Google AdSense, X (Twitter) Ads).
8. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access, correct, or delete your personal information
- Withdraw your consent to the use of cookies and tracking technologies at any time
- Opt-out of receiving marketing communications
You can delete your account by visiting this page. You can also withdraw your consent to the use of cookies and tracking technology. contact us by email at [email protected] with your privacy requests . If you wish to request the removal or modification of personal data collected by these third parties, you can visit the following links:
https://myadcenter.google.com/controls
https://myaccount.google.com/data-and-privacy
https://help.x.com/en/safety-and-security/privacy-controls-for-tailored-ads
https://optout.aboutads.info/
https://optout.networkadvertising.org/
We send requests from our IP address to together.ai . We don’t send your personal information to together.ai . We only send the title, body and tags of the ad listings you submit to our system. You can read their privacy policy here:
https://www.together.ai/privacy
We use google analytics. You can learn more about opting out here:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and your continued use of the site after such changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact us at:
Getitoutofhere.ca
[email protected]
204-998-2171
Last Updated: November 13th 2024