PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: December 24, 2024
1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how AgVend, Inc. (“AgVend” “we,” “us”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information. It governs Personal Information we collect through our website(s), microsite(s), and mobile website(s) (collectively, “Sites”) and Personal Information we collect from you or third parties through any other means to provide our services or perform other business activities (collectively, “Services”). The Policy does not apply to Personal Information we collect in an employment context or that we process as a service provider on behalf of other data controllers. By accessing or using our Sites or Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information that personally identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with you (“Personal Information”):

  • Personal identifiers and contact information such username, password, name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, and social media profiles.
  • Commercial information such as records of our Services, communications between you and us, payment information, record of attendance at events or participation in surveys, biographical information you provide in connection with the Services which may include photographs you provide;
  • Professional/employment information such as job title, employer, occupation, and professional associations or qualifications;
  • Internet & electronic network information such as device ID, IP address, and other data collected through log files or similar technologies about your device or use of the Sites that can be associated with you; and
  • Inferences such as your preferences, interests.

We may collect Personal Information from you in a variety of contexts including:

  • Access registration. In order for you to access certain portions of the Sites, you may be required to register on the Sites and create an account. When you register, you must provide certain Personal Information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, and/or other contact information.
  • Events. If you attend an event and we scan your badge, we may collect certain information (name, title, company name, address, country, phone number, email address);
  • Community registration. If you register for an online community that we provide, we may ask you to provide a username, photo or other biographical information, such as your occupation, location, social media profiles, company name, areas of expertise and interests;
  • Log files. If you use and interact with our Sites, we may automatically collect information about your device and your usage of our Sites through log files and other technologies, some of which may qualify as Personal Information;
  • Surveys. If you voluntarily submit certain information to our Sites, such as filling out a survey about your experience, we collect the information you have provided;
  • Office visits. If you visit our offices, you may be required to register as a visitor and to provide your name, email address, phone number, company name, and time and date of arrival.

We may also obtain Personal Information from third parties such as referral sources, data brokers, or other customers.

We may collect or use information in an anonymized, aggregated, or de-identified format (“Anonymized Information”). We may use and disclose Anonymized Information for any and all purposes permitted by applicable law. We will not attempt to re-associate the Anonymized Information with identifiable individuals.

3. Data Collection Tools.

Cookies and Automated Tools

We and third parties may use cookies (small text files placed on your device to identify your device and browser), log files, web tags, beacons, pixels, session recordings, embedded scripts, and other automated tools (collectively “cookies”) to collect personal information and usage data, track your interaction with our Sites and Services, improve the experience of the Sites and Services, and conduct cross-context behavioral or targeted advertising (collectively “targeted advertising”). Many web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your web browser to decline certain types of cookies; however, some features of our Sites may not work if you delete or disable cookies.

We may use the following types of cookies and other automated tools:

  • Strictly Necessary: These cookies are essential to operate the Sites and provide you with services you have requested.
  • Functional: These cookies enable certain features or non-essential functionality on our Sites. For example, we might use these cookies to recognize you and remember your preferences or settings when you return to our Sites so we can provide you with a more personalized experience.
  • Performance Cookies: These cookies help us and third parties understand how our Sites work and who visits them. For example, these cookies allow us to measure and improve the performance of our Sites, determine which pages are the most and least popular, and see how visitors move around the Sites.
  • Advertising Cookies: If used, these cookies allow us and third parties to learn more about you, including your use of our Sites and other websites, and advertise products or services that might interest you.

User activity information may be associated with additional information about a user’s session and Personal Information, if provided by the user.

If you arrive at our Sites by “clicking through” from another website, then certain information about you that you provided to that other website, such as the terms you searched that led you to our Sites, may be transmitted to us and we may use it. You should review the Privacy Policy of any website from which you reached our Sites to determine what information the operator collects and how it uses such information. We may retain information about you provided to us by other websites and will use it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Such information may be associated with other Anonymized Information or Personal Information.

Targeted Advertising

We may work with third-party advertisers, search providers, and ad networks (“Advertisers”) to learn more about you and show you ads or other content that we believe would be relevant to you. Advertisers may collect and use information about your use of our Sites or Services as well as other websites and services. These companies may use cookies to collect and use your information. We and/or Advertisers may also append other data to the data collected by Advertisers to create an interest profile of individual users. Our Privacy Policy does not cover use by an Advertiser of information that they collect from you.

Some Advertisers that collect information for targeted advertising are members of the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) or the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), both of which maintain websites where people can opt out of targeted advertising from their members. If you want to reduce the targeted advertising you receive, you can visit the DAA Consumer Choice Page and/or the NAI Consumer Opt-Out Page. These opt-outs may be device and browser specific.

Information from Advertisements

If you arrive at our Sites via an advertisement (e.g., banner ad), we may collect information regarding the advertisement with which you interacted and your interactions (e.g., item clicked, date and time).

Google Analytics

One tool we use is Google Analytics. For more information about Google Analytics, including how it collects and processes Personal Information and Anonymized Information, please review Google’s Safeguarding Your Data disclosure.

4. How We Use Your Information

We may store, process and use Personal Information we collect for our business purposes including, without limitation, in order to:

  • Providing the Sites and Services: to create customer accounts, allow customers to create profiles, process payments, respond to requests for information, keep customers informed about the status of their Services, and for general account servicing and customer support purposes;
  • Marketing and analytics: to market our and third parties’ products and services and perform analytics;
  • Other company communications: to otherwise communicate with you;
  • Website analytics: to analyze your use of our Sites, including the use of cookies and third- party analytics services;
  • Product research and development: to conduct research and analysis for maintaining, protecting, developing, and improving our Sites and Services;
  • Business operations: to evaluate, develop, and improve business operations, conduct audits, resolve technical issues, and perform business administration and other normal business activities;
  • Compliance: to comply with legal requirements, industry standards, contractual obligations, our policies, and take actions that we deem necessary to preserve and enforce our rights and the rights of others;
  • Information security and fraud prevention: to verify your identity and operate information security and anti-fraud programs; and
  • Other purposes: as otherwise described to you at the point of collection, with your consent, or as otherwise required by law.
5. How We May Disclose Your Personal Information

We may disclose Personal Information to third parties as follows:

  • To our current and future affiliates and subsidiaries for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy;
  • To our authorized service providers and suppliers who provide services to us such as website hosting, payment processing, data analysis, information technology and related infrastructure services, customer service, email delivery, auditing, and similar services for the purpose of enabling them to provide such services;
  • To third parties, including Advertisers, for marketing and/or analytics purposes;
  • To other third parties at your request such as if you choose to make certain information available to other users of our Services;
  • As necessary or appropriate to comply with legal processes and/or to respond to requests from governmental authorities or to protect the rights, property or personal safety of AgVend or its employees or other users;
  • In connection with a proposed or actual merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets, or similar corporate transaction;
  • To any entity for any products, services or companies we may acquire as reasonably necessary to complete the acquisition; and
  • For additional purposes with your consent or as described to you at the point of collection.
6. California Privacy Disclosures

California Shine the Light Disclosure – Your Privacy Rights

We do not sell California residents’ Personal Information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

California “Do Not Track” Disclosure

Do Not Track is a web browser privacy preference that causes the web browser to broadcast a signal to websites requesting that a user’s activity not be tracked. Currently, our Sites do not respond to “do not track” signals.

7. Data Security

We are committed to maintaining the security of your Personal Information and take what we believe are reasonable and industry-recognized safeguards designed to protect against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized access, disclosure, or use of your Personal Information. Nevertheless, transmissions over the Internet are never entirely secure and we cannot guarantee the security or the preservation of the integrity of any transmitted data. Please consider this fact before transmitting any Personal Information or information that you consider confidential through the Sites or Services. The Personal Information we collect may be processed and stored on servers in several countries, including the United States, by us or our service providers. By submitting Personal Information via the Sites or Services you consent to such storage and processing in such locations.

8. Managing your Personal Information; Contact Information

You may access, update, alter, or delete your basic user profile information by editing your user profile. However, if you would like us to correct, update or delete the Personal Information that you have provided to us, you may contact us via email at support@agvend.com or by sending a letter to the following postal address below that includes your name, email address, account identification, and purpose of the request:

AgVend Inc.
Attn: Customer Service
Address: 201 W. 5th Street, 11th Floor, Austin, TX 78701

You may also contact us at the foregoing email address or mailing address for any other privacy-related concerns, including to opt out of any promotional emails or certain other marketing-related communications.

9. Use by Children

The Sites and Service are intended for use by persons who are 18 years of age or older. If you are under 18 years of age, you are prohibited from using the Sites and Services. If we discover that we have collected any Personal Information from a child under the age of 18, we will suspend the associated account and remove that information from our database.

10. Third Party Websites and Services

This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the policies and practices of third parties or other organizations that are not AgVend service providers, including policies and practices related to privacy and security, data collection, processing, use, storage, and disclosure. Such parties include any third party operating any site or service to which the Sites or Services link (and the inclusion of a link on the Sites or in the Services does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service), and any mobile or other application provider, social media Services, operating system provider, wireless service provider, or device manufacturer, in each case used in connection with your use of the Sites or Services.

11. Revisions and Updates

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this page states when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy and your use of the Sites or Services following such update constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we collect, use, and disclose Personal Information.