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Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Last Modified: 02/21/2022

Introduction

The ENTERTAINER companies worldwide, its subsidiaries, affiliates (collectively, the "ENTERTAINER", "Company," "we," "us," or "our") recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of all consumers ("you" or "user") who access and/or use, whether as a guest or a registered user, our websites, or portions of our websites, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through our websites, any webpages, our online or offline mobile applications that run on smart phones, tablets and other devices which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and our sites (all of which are collectively called our "Sites").

This Privacy Policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit this and all of our Sites (regardless of where you visit it from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE

PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy aims to give you information on how the Company collects and processes your personal data through your use of any of its Sites, including any data you may provide through this Site when you register or sign in on any of our Sites, purchase a product or service or take part in a competition.

It is important that you read this Privacy Policy together with any other privacy notice or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This Privacy Policy supplements these other notices and is not intended to override them.

PERSONS UNDER AGE OF 13 YEARS

The Sites are not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. Our Sites are not intended for use by persons under 13 years of age without legal parental or guardian consent. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on our Sites without legal parental or guardian consent. We do not knowingly collect personal information from persons under 13 if such information is provided without legal parental or guardian consent. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on our Sites, or on or through any of their features register on the Sites, make any purchases through our Sites, use any of the interactive or public comment features of our Sites or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or any screen name or user name you may use without legal parental or guardian consent. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a person under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a person under 13 for which there is no legal parental or guardian consent, please contact us.

CONTROLLER

The Company is made up of different legal entities. This Privacy Policy is issued on behalf of the Company so when we mention "Kringle&co", "KringleandCo.net""Santa Mel", "Jingles", "Joy Claus""we", "us" or "our" in this Privacy Policy, we are referring to the relevant company responsible for processing your data.

We have appointed a data protection officer ("DPO") who is responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact the DPO using the details set out below.

CONTACT DETAILS

Attention: Data Protection Officer

Email address: S[email protected]

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the relevant supervisory authority for data protection issues. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the relevant supervisory authority so please contact us in the first instance.

For any questions or comments relating to this Privacy Policy or the manner in which we collect and use your personal data, please contact us. 

CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY AND YOUR DUTY TO INFORM US OF CHANGES

This version was last updated on 02/21/2022. 

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

THIRD-PARTY LINKS

The Sites may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our Sites, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website or other site you visit.

2.THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).

Depending on which of our products and/or services you use and how you interact with our Sites, we collect different kinds of information from or about you. We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together follows:

  • Identity Data includes first name, last name, address, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender.
  • Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, location, email address and/or telephone numbers.
  • Financial Data includes payment card details, Electronic Payment Companies (Vemo, PayPal and Ca$hApp) and Business Check numbers for use of payment.
  • Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.
  • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, make and model (mobile phones only), operating system, hardware version, platform, device settings and other technology identification on the devices used to access our Sites, file and software names and types, device identifiers, time zone setting and location, device locations such as through GPS, Bluetooth or WiFi signals, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, connection information such as the name of your mobile operator or ISP, browser type, language and time zone, mobile phone number and IP address.
  • Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our Sites, products and services including redemption of our offers, how you use your devices to access our Sites, including the screens you visit and searches you make.
  • Special Categories of Personal Data includes details about your race or ethnicity or religion.
  • Other Data includes:
    • photos or other data uploaded onto any of our Sites by you or shared with other users of our Sites by you via our Sites;
    • communications with us via social media platforms, email, electronic messages and other electronic and non-electronic communications;
    • third party partner information related to how you use our third party partners, such as your reviews of our merchant partners or other service providers.
    • your networks and connections made available to us, depending on the permissions you have granted, from your mobile and desktop devices' address book contacts, and other social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter.
  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences

We also collect, use and share aggregated data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Site feature. However, if we combine or connect aggregated data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We do not collect the following Special Categories of Personal Data: your philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data. Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

IF YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE PERSONAL DATA

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods or services). In this case, we may have to cancel a product or service you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

3. HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

  • Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
    • apply for or purchase our products or services;
    • create an account or register on our Sites;
    • subscribe to our service or publications;
    • request marketing to be sent to you or further services to be provided to you;
    • enter a competition, promotion or survey;
    • correspond with us (online or offline including via email addresses and phone numbers), if you contact us;
    • post material on our Sites; or
    • give us some feedback.

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of our Sites or transmitted to other users of our Sites or third parties (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access to certain pages, you may set certain privacy settings for such information by logging into your account profile or by contacting us. Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of our Sites with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

  • Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our Sites, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs, web beacons, and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other Sites employing our cookies.
  1. Cookies: We automatically capture some information through the use of cookies. A cookie is a small file that is placed onto your desktop or mobile device when you visit our Sites in order to enable certain features and functionality of our Sites. Our cookies can be categorized into four types, each of which is outlined below
  • Category 1: Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential for enabling our Sites to provide certain of your requested services such as retaining your shopping bag items.
  • Category 2: Performance cookies. Performance cookies collect anonymous information on the users of our Sites to enable us to improve the operation of our Sites. For example, we utilise cookies to help us understand how customers arrive at and browse or use our Sites, and highlight improvement areas such as navigation, shopping experience and marketing. The data stored by these cookies does not include personal details from which an individual's identity can be established.
  • Category 3: Functionality cookies. These cookies retain choices you make such as member ID, email ID and other preferences in order to help you avoid having to re-enter the information as you navigate through our Sites, including the shopping cart.
  • Category 4: Targeting or advertising cookies. These cookies collect information about your browsing habits to allow us to provide advertising relevant to you and your interests. The cookies retain information about the websites you have visited. This information is shared with other parties such as advertisers on an anonymous basis. Your personally identifiable information such as your name and address is not shared with such third parties. For example, we use third party companies to provide you with more personalised advertisements when you visit certain third party websites.
  1. Web beacons: Pages of our Sites and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an e-mail and collect other related website and app statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain app content and verifying system and server integrity).

We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.

4.HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
  • Where we need to perform a contract we have with a third party to provide you a product or service.
  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
  • Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email, text message or other means. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us.

PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE WILL USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.