MarketWurks Privacy Policy
This privacy policy governs your use of the software application MarketWurks (“Application”) that was created by MarketWurks, Inc. The Application is designed for market managers to administer public marketplaces (such as farmers markets, bazaars or food truck events) as well as vendors to signup and manage their account, and public attendees to get general information about the market and vendors.
information the Application obtains and how is it used
User Provided Information
The Application obtains the information you provide when you use the Application. Providing information or interacting with the Application is optional. However, please keep in mind that you may not be able to use some of the features offered by the Application unless you provide certain details (such as, but not limited to email address).
When you use the Application, you generally provide personally identifiable information such as your name, email address, mailing address, a login password of your choice and other information about yourself or your business; (b) anonymized usage statistics and analytics; (c) information you provide us when you contact us for help; (d) credit card information for payment of market fees or other online purchases using our secure payment provider(s), and; (e) information you enter into our system when using the Application, such as contact information.
We may also use the information you provided us to contact your from time to time to provide you with important information, required notices and marketing or promotions.
Automatically Collected Information
In addition, the Application may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of device you use, the IP address of your device, your operating system, the type of Internet browser(s) you use, and information about the way you use the Application.
No collection of precise location information
This Application does not collect precise information about the location of your device.
third parties
Aggregated, anonymized data is periodically transmitted to external services (such as Google Analytics) to help us improve the Application and our service. We will share your information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement.
As a vendor, when you submit your information to a market, the market reserves the right to post some of that information to their website or vendor directory as per each market's privacy policy and operating procedures. Only information you voluntarily provide (such as in the market's signup form) can be shared, so you are expected to use your judgement and caution when submitting information. MarketWurks hosts that signup form and saves that information in a database in such a way that only the market who asked you for this information will have access to it as well as trusted MarketWurks personnel who manage this database and software.
We may disclose User Provided and Automatically Collected Information:
- as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process;
- when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request;
- with our trusted services providers who work on our behalf, do not have an independent use of the information we disclose to them, and have agreed to adhere to the rules set forth in this privacy statement.
- if MarketWurks is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of this information, as well as any choices you may have regarding this information.
opt-out rights
You can stop all collection of information by the Application easily ceasing to use the Application and/or uninstalling it in the case of a mobile or desktop application. You can also request to opt-out via email, at [email protected]. Please include the market name and vendor name for which you wish to opt out and what information about you or your company should be purged from our system.
Data Retention Policy, Managing Your Information
We will retain User Provided data for as long as you use the Application and for a reasonable time thereafter. If you’d like us to delete User Provided Data that you have provided via the Application, please contact us at [email protected] and we will respond in a reasonable time.
Security
We are concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your information. We provide physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect information we process and maintain. For example, we limit access to this information to authorized employees and contractors who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our Application. Please be aware that, although we endeavor provide reasonable security for information we process and maintain, no security system can prevent all potential threats or security breaches.
Changes
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. We will notify you of any changes to our Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy here and/or informing you via email if we have your email address on file. Continued use of the Application is deemed approval of all changes.
Your Consent
By using the Application, you are consenting to our processing of your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy now and as amended by us. "Processing,” means using cookies on a computer, web-browser and/or device or using or touching information in any way, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, deleting, using, combining and disclosing information.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding privacy while using the Application, or have questions about our practices, please contact us via email at [email protected].
