Privacy Policy

VYLLAGE is dedicated to protecting Your personal information and informing You abouthow We use it. This privacy policy applies to transactions and activities and data gathered through the VYLLAGE Platform. Please review this privacy policy periodically as We may revise it without NOTICE. Each time You use the VYLLAGE Platform or provide Us with information, by doing so You are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy at that time.

Data We Collect from You

In order to operate the VYLLAGE Platform and to provide You with information about products or services that may be of interest to You, We may collect “personal information” (i.e. information that could be used to contact You directly (without using the VYLLAGE Platform) such as full name, postal address, phone number, credit/debit card information, or email address) or “demographic information” (i.e. information that You submit, or that We collect, that is not personal information; this may include, but is not limited to, zip code, hometown, gender, username, age/birth date, browsing history information, searching history information, and registration history information). We will also collect the contact information of Your friends, if You choose to connect Your contacts and address book information with VYLLAGE and Your login credentials to Your social network accounts, such as Facebook and Twitter, if You choose to connect those accounts with your VYLLAGE account. You represent and warrant that You have the authority to provide Us with any such contact information. Demographic information is divided into two categories:

How We Use Personal Information

We use Your email address and Your other personal information to help Us efficiently operate the VYLLAGE Platform, to contact You in connection with Your transactions and other activities on the VYLLAGE Platform (including, but not limited to, confirmation emails, or important news that could affect Your relationship with VYLLAGE), to forward trip information to You from other Users, to forward trip information from You to other Users, and to contact You and others to suggest potential matches. We use Your contact information to find and connect with Your friends (when instructed by You). These types of communications are known as “Operational Communications.” In some cases, Operational Communications may also contain commercial messages, such as banner ads and special offers.

To operate the VYLLAGE Platform, including processing Your transactions and supporting Your activities on the VYLLAGE Platform, We may share Your personal information with Our agents, representatives, contractors and service providers so they can provide Us with support services such as email origination, receipt or support services, customer relationship management services, and order fulfillment. We require these entities not to use Your information for any other purpose. By purchasing, or registering or making reservations for, products or services offered or sponsored by third parties on the VYLLAGE Platform, or electing to receive communications (such as emails or material by mail) or electing to participate in contests, sweepstakes or other programs (such as discount or rewards programs), offered or sponsored by third parties on the VYLLAGE Platform, You consent to Our providing Your personal information to those third parties. Those third parties may use Your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies. You will need to contact those third parties to instruct them directly regarding Your preferences for the use of Your personal information by them. Additionally, You agree that We may use and disclose all such information so submitted to such third parties in the same manner in which We are entitled to use and disclose any other information You submit to Us. Any third party with whom We are allowed to share Your personal information is authorized to use Your personal information in accordance with Our contractual arrangements with such third parties and in accordance with their own privacy policies, over which We have no control, and You agree that We are not responsible or liable for any of their actions or omissions. Those who contact You will need to be instructed directly by You regarding Your preferences for the use of Your personal information by them.

How to Edit Your Information

VYLLAGE provides You with the ability to access and edit Your personal information. To update Your personal info, click Settings in the VYLLAGE menu. There You can view, update and correct Your account information.

So that We can protect the integrity of sensitive data, there are certain pieces of information, such as Your age, that You cannot alter Yourself.

Our databases automatically update any personal information You edit in Your profile, or that You request We edit. Information transmitted through boards, chats, polls or through any other means remain in Our databases and become the property of VYLLAGE upon submission. Keep this in mind if You decide to communicate personal information through any of these applications.

Information Retention

To preserve the integrity of Our databases, standard procedure calls for Us to retain information submitted by members for an indefinite length of time. VYLLAGE understands Your submissions as consent to store all Your information in one place for this indefinite length of time, if We so wish. If required by law, as is the case to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), We will nullify member information by erasing it from Our database. We will also respond to written member requests to nullify account information. Also, by using the VYLLAGE Platform, You do hereby represent and warrant that You understand and agree that all information submitted by You through the VYLLAGE Platform or otherwise to VYLLAGE becomes the property of VYLLAGE and may be used in the sole discretion of VYLLAGE in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use.

Choice/Opt-Out

VYLLAGE provides Users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from Us and Our partners at the point where We request information about the visitor. VYLLAGE gives Users the option to remove their information from Our database, to not receive future communications or to no longer receive Our service.

Special Cases in Which We Share Personal Information

Your personal information may be passed on to a third party in the event of a transfer of ownership or assets, or a bankruptcy. We may also disclose personal information when We determine that such disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable law, to cooperate with law enforcement or to protect the interests or safety of VYLLAGE or other visitors to the VYLLAGE Platform. We also may disclose Your personal information to Our subsidiary and parent companies and businesses, and other legal entities and businesses with whom We are under common corporate control. Whenever personal information is disclosed under this paragraph, We may also disclose Your demographic information along with it, on a non-anonymous basis. All of Our parent, subsidiary and legal entities and businesses that receive Your personal information or non-anonymous demographic information from Us will comply with the terms of this privacy policy with respect to their use and disclosure of such information. Our Security Precautions

Your VYLLAGE Profile is password-protected so that only You and authorized VYLLAGE employees have access to Your account information. If You have registered for VYLLAGE using Facebook Connect, then Your login and password shall be the same as Your Facebook login and password. To maintain this protection, do not give Your password to anyone. VYLLAGE staff will never proactively reach out to You and ask for any personal account information, including Your password. If You share a computer, You should sign out of Your VYLLAGE account and close the browser window before someone else logs on. This will help protect Your information entered on public terminals from disclosure to third parties.

VYLLAGE makes every effort to ensure that Your information is secure on its system. VYLLAGE has staff dedicated to maintaining Our privacy policy as set forth herein and other privacy initiatives, periodically reviewing Web security and making sure that every VYLLAGE employee is aware of Our security practices. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result,VYLLAGE cannot guarantee the security of any information You transmit to Us, and You do so at Your own risk. If You have any further questions on this issue, refer to VYLLAGE Terms of Use. VYLLAGE expressly disclaims any liability that may arise should any other individuals obtain the information You submit to the VYLLAGE Platform.

VYLLAGE has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under Our control. Your information may be transferred to and maintained on computer networks which may be located outside of the state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction in which You reside, and the country or jurisdiction in which these computer networks are located may not have privacy laws as protective as the laws in Your country or jurisdiction. The VYLLAGE Platform may contain links to other web sites. We are of course not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. We encourage Our Users to be aware when they leave the VYLLAGE Platform to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by the VYLLAGE Platform. If You have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of VYLLAGE, or Your dealings with VYLLAGE, You may contact us at service@vyllage.net

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