Last Updated on September 14, 2017
General
The Discoverlist Web site (“Site”) and Mobile Application (“Discoverlist”, “we,” “our,” or “us”) are part of a social platform that inspires its users to showcase travel experiences through photos, videos, comments, and messaging (collectively, the “Services”). We are thankful that you have decided to engage with our community, and would like to ensure that we maintain a strict privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) that serves to protect you and your information. The following describes our Privacy Policy, how and when personally identifiable information is obtained, utilized, disclosed and protected throughout our Site. Our Site and Mobile Application is intended solely for use by persons 13 years of age or older. All persons under 13 years of age are prohibited.
What information do we collect?
We gather information to enhance and personalize your overall user experience. When you create an Account, you will provide some personally identifiable information, such as your name, sex, location, date of birth, password and email address. If you access the Services through Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter credentials, we may automatically collect certain information, such as your name, picture, location, date of birth, gender, and email address. All information that is obtained through Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter will be used in accordance with the respective policies.
As permitted by law, we may use your contact information to send you information about our Services, when we feel such information is important. You may unsubscribe from these messages through your Account settings, although we reserve the right to contact you even if you unsubscribe when we believe it is necessary in connection with the Services, such as for Account recovery purposes. Please note that we do not rent, sell, or share your personally identifiable information with third parties or nonaffiliated companies, except in cases where you have granted permission.
We reserve the right to produce and share “aggregate” information. This aggregate information is data we collect about a segment of our users which does not contain any personally identifiable information. We may use this data to generate quantitative and qualitative information and statistics about our users. This aggregate data may be based on geo-location, demographics, usage activity, or related subject matter.
You have the right to decide how much personally identifiable information to disclose, and may change your preferences at any time. As you navigate through our Site and Mobile Application, you will come across some areas that require additional information. You have the right to refuse to submit this information, but this may deny access to specific Discoverlist features and experiences. Additionally, it will restrict our ability to provide you with a superior experience. The following provides an expanded list of some of the information we collect:
Account Sign-Up Information – When you sign up, we obtain information that will be used to generate a user profile, which includes your name, date of birth, email, location, and similar attributes that are personally identifiable.
User Content and Communication Data – We collect and store all user-generated content such as posts, instant messages, comments, reviews, and other interaction with the user community. You should not distribute any personally identifiable information to other users. Additionally, you may review your profile settings to decide whether you would like your profile to be public or private. Our default setting will create a public profile upon sign-up.
Location and Device Data – When you visit the Site or Mobile Application, we may collect and link geo-location data to other information we have collected about you for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. This geo-location data provides your current location. You may stop sharing your location data by adjusting your mobile device’s location services settings. We may also retrieve information that relates to your specific device which may include IP address, operating system, push notification settings, and related data.
Cookies and other Automated Data Collection Technologies – A “cookie” is just one or more pieces of information stored as text on your machine. Typically, a web server sends a cookie and the browser stores it. The browser then returns the cookie to the server the next time the page is referenced. We utilizes cookies to gather information that will improve user experience. Some of the ways we may use cookies include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) to enable you to securely access the Site and its functionalities, (2) to remember the choices you make on the Site, (3) for web marketing purposes, such as to understand your use of the Site and your online activities, and to present you with relevant offers and advertisements tailored to your interests, (4) managing and improving the performance and design of the Site, or (5) to increase the effectiveness of ad delivery. At any time, you may delete these cookies by adjusting the appropriate settings on your web browser. We may also collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services. Because there is not yet a consensus on how companies should respond to web browser-based or other do-not- track (“DNT”) mechanisms, we do not respond to web browser-based DNT signals at this time.
Information Disclosed with the Intent to Protect our Company, its Employees, or Other – We also reserve the right to access, read, preserve, and disclose any information as it reasonably believes is necessary to (1) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, (2) enforce our Terms of Use agreement, including investigation of potential violations hereof, (3) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, (4) respond to user support requests, or (5) protect our rights, property or safety, our users and the public. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and spam/malware prevention.
Information Disclosed to Service Providers – Sometimes we contract with or employ individuals or companies to assist with development of our Site or Mobile Application. We may need to share some information with these services providers to complete certain tasks. We expect and request that these service providers uphold our level of security with any information we share.
Company Marketing Information – We reserve the right to send you Company-related marketing information, newsletters, and any other commercial solicitations to our users. This information may include sweepstakes, contests, or similar prize-granting opportunities. Any personally identifiable information that is shared to enter the prize-granting opportunity will be safeguarded. It is your choice as to whether you would like to submit this information. You can opt-out from receiving this kind of communication in your profile settings or by sending us notification to support@discoverlist.com
Advertisement and Third Party Interaction – We allow third parties to develop advertising that our users may find interesting and/or beneficial. These third parties may utilize collected information to establish customized ads for our users. At times, some of these third parties may utilize cookies or cookie-like features to obtain trend information that relates to user engagement with particular ads. We remind users to visit and review all agreements associated with the third party. We are not responsible for any activity or behavior that occurs outside of our Site or Mobile Application.
How will the information be stored?
Your account information will be protected by a password for your privacy and security. You need to help prevent unauthorized access to your Account and Personal Information by selecting and protecting your password appropriately and limiting access to your computer and browser by signing off after you have finished accessing your Account. We seek to protect Account information to ensure that it is kept private; however, we cannot guarantee the security of any Account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors, may compromise the security of user information at any time. We otherwise store all of our information, including your IP address information, using techniques reasonably designed to secure the information. We do not guarantee or warrant that such techniques will prevent unauthorized access to information about you that we store, Personal Information or otherwise. In certain jurisdictions, we will retain your information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which the information was collected, depending on the purposes for which the information was collected, the nature of the information, any contractual relationship we may have with you, and our legal or regulatory obligations. We will then destroy your information or anonymize the information for statistical and analytical purposes in accordance with applicable law.
Can I delete/terminate my account?
If you would like to discontinue use of your account, you may do so by emailing support@discoverlist.com. If you terminate your Account, any information you provided will no longer be accessible via your Account. However, given the nature of sharing on the Services, any public activity on your Account prior to deletion will remain stored on our servers and will remain accessible to the public.
Updates to our Privacy Policy
We anticipate changes to our Privacy Policy as we obtain new guidance from governmental agencies and develop enhancements throughout our platform. We will notify you of any changes to our Privacy Policy. If you have any additional concerns, you may contact us at support@discoverlist.com