Privacy policy (effective from 25 May 2018)

Welcome to the web site (the “Site”) of WERKIN. (“WERKIN”, “we”, “us” and/or “our”). This Site is operated by WERKIN and has been created to provide information about our company and its community marketplace for local activities, and experiences (the “Services”) to our users (“you”, “your”). This Privacy Policy sets forth WERKIN’s policy with respect to information including personally identifiable data (“Personal Data”) and other information that is collected from Site visitors and users of the Services.

Information we collect

When you interact with us through the Site or the Services, we may collect Personal Data and other information from you, as further described below:

Personal Data That You Provide Through the Site: We collect Personal Data from you when you voluntarily provide such information such as when you register for access to the Services, use certain Services, contact us with inquiries or respond to one of our surveys.

For example, we collect contact information, location, payment information, and other information that you provide to us. Wherever WERKIN collects Personal Data we make an effort to provide a link to this Privacy Policy. By voluntarily providing us with Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of WERKIN and authorized third parties.

Non-Identifiable or Aggregated Data: When you interact with WERKIN through the Site or Services, we receive and store certain personally non-identifiable information. Such information, which is collected passively using various technologies, cannot presently be used to specifically identify you. WERKIN may store such information itself or such information may be included in databases owned and maintained by WERKIN affiliates, agents or service providers. This Site may use such information and pool it with other information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to our Site, the number of visitors to each page of our Site, the domain names of our visitors' Internet service providers, and how our users use and interact with the WERKIN Service. Also, in an ongoing effort to better understand and serve the users of the Services, WERKIN often conducts research on its customer demographics, interests and behaviour based on the Personal Data and other information provided to us. This research may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis. WERKIN may share this non-identifiable and aggregate data with its affiliates, agents and business partners, but this type of non-identifiable and aggregate information does not identify you personally. WERKIN may also disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our services to current and prospective business partners, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.

We use your Personal Information (in some cases, in conjunction with your Non-Identifying Information) to provide the Service, complete your transactions, and administer your inquiries.

Certain Non-Identifying Information would be considered a part of your Personal Information if it were combined with other identifiers (for example, combining your zip / postcode with your street address) in a way that enables you to be identified. But the same pieces of information are considered Non-Identifying Information when they are taken alone or combined only with other non-identifying information (for example, your viewing preferences). We may combine your Personal Information with Non-Identifying Information and aggregate it with information collected from other WERKIN Users (defined below) to attempt to provide you with a better experience, to improve the quality and value of the Service and to analyze and understand how our Site and Service are used.

Cookies

In operating this Site, we may in the future also use a technology called "cookies." A cookie is a piece of information that the computer that hosts our Site gives to your browser when you access the Site. Our cookies help provide additional functionality to the Site and help us analyze Site usage more accurately. For instance, our Site may set a cookie on your browser that allows you to access the Site without needing to remember and then enter a password more than once during a visit to the Site. In all cases in which we use cookies, we will not collect Personal Data except with your permission. On most web browsers, you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they will allow you to take advantage of some of the Site’s features.

Our use of your personal data and other information

WERKIN uses the Personal Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, we may use the Personal Data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by email, we will use the Personal Data you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem. Also, if you provide Personal Data in order to obtain access to the Services, we will use your Personal Data to provide you with access to such services and to monitor your use of such services. WERKIN and its subsidiaries and affiliates (the “Related Companies”) may also use your Personal Data and other personally non-identifiable information collected through the Site to help us improve the content and functionality of the Site, to better understand our users and to improve the Services. WERKIN and its Related Companies may use this information to contact you in the future to tell you about services we believe will be of interest to you. If WERKIN intends on using any Personal Data in any manner that is not consistent with this Privacy Policy, you will be informed of such anticipated use prior to or at the time at which the Personal Data is collected.

Our disclosure of your personal data and other information

WERKIN is not in the business of selling your information. We consider this information to be a vital part of our relationship with you. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share your Personal Data with certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:

Business Transfers: As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets. 

Related Companies: We may also share your Personal Data with our Related Companies for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Agents, Consultants and Related Third Parties: WERKIN, like many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples of such functions include mailing information, maintaining databases and processing payments. When we employ another company to perform a function of this nature, we only provide them with the information that they need to perform their specific function.

Legal Requirements: WERKIN may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of WERKIN, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability.

Merchants: If you choose to purchase an activity through the WERKIN Service, then we will share the contact information you provided to the applicable Merchant (as defined in the Terms of Use) so that the Merchant may contact you through the WERKIN Service. You agree that such Merchant may contact you through the WERKIN Service solely for the purpose of providing their services. 

Your choices

You can use parts of the Site without providing any Personal Data. If you choose not to provide any Personal Data, you may not be able to use certain Services.

Transfer of data abroad

Your personally identifiable information is collected, used, transferred to, processed and stored on servers located and operated in Ireland and Western Europe. Therefore, if you reside outside of these countries, in order to provide the services to you, we may send and store your Personal Data outside of the country where you reside or are located, to Ireland and Western Europe.

This data may also be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our suppliers. Such staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the provision of CRM services, marketing campaigns, and support services on our behalf.

Our collection and use of your personal information is subject to EU laws related to privacy and use of Personal Data and information.  These laws, including what is determined to be “Personal Data and/or information,” are different and may be less protective than those applicable to you in your country of residence.

By accepting the terms of this policy you acknowledge, agree and consent to (1) the transfer to, storage and processing of personal information on servers located outside of the country where you reside, (2) our collection and use of your personal information as described herein and in accordance with the laws of the EU that may be different and may be less protective than those in your country and (3) that you are taking a risk by using the Site and Services.

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your Personal Data is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy. All information you provide to us is stored manually in our databases or electronically on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password, which enables you to access certain parts of our Site or Apps, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Exclusions

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any Personal Data collected by WERKIN other than Personal Data collected through the Site or Services. This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you provide to werkin through this Site or through any other means. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of the Site, such as bulletin boards (collectively, “Public Areas”), any ideas for new products or modifications to existing products, and other unsolicited submissions (collectively, “Unsolicited Information”). All Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and WERKIN shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, distribute and exploit such Unsolicited Information without limitation or attribution.

Children

WERKIN does not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not submit any Personal Data through the Site. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Data on this Site without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 18 has provided Personal Data to WERKIN through this Site, please contact us, and we will endeavour to delete that information from our databases.

Other web sites and services

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Site, and does not apply to information you provide directly to a Merchant. This Site may contain links to other web sites or services not operated or controlled by WERKIN (the “Third Party Sites”). The policies and procedures we described here do not apply to the Third Party Sites. The links from this Site do not imply that WERKIN endorses or has reviewed the Third Party Sites or Merchants. We suggest contacting those sites or Merchants directly for information on their privacy policies.

Security

WERKIN takes reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data provided via the Site from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet, email or other electronic transmission is ever fully secure or error free, so you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us in this way.

Changes to WERKIN’s privacy policy

The Site and our business may change from time to time. As a result, at times it may be necessary for WERKIN to make changes to this Privacy Policy. WERKIN reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time without prior notice. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Data. This Privacy Policy was last updated on the date indicated above. Your continued use of the Site after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.

Contacting WERKIN

To keep your Personal Data accurate, current, and complete, please contact us as specified below. We will take reasonable steps to update or correct Personal Data in our possession that you have previously submitted via this Site or Services. Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions about WERKIN’s Privacy Policy or the information practices of this Site. You may contact us anytime at privacy[at]getwerkin[dot]com.

Your rights

You have certain rights with how your Personal Data is processed which are described below. In some circumstances, we may not be able to fully comply with your requests, or we may ask you to provide us with additional information in connection with your request, which may be Personal Data, for example, if we need to verify your identity or the nature of your request. In such situations, however, we will still respond to let you know of our decision. 

  • Right to be informed - You have the right to know how your data is being processed.

  • Right of Access - You have the right to access and request copies of your data that’s being collected.

  • Right of Rectification - You have the right to modify or update your personal data if incorrect data is being used.

  • Right to Erasure - You have the right to delete any personal data that has been collected.

  • Right to Restriction - You have the right to prevent a company from processing certain types of personal data.

  • Right to Data Portability - You have the right to access your personal data and transfer it between controllers.

  • Right to Object - You have the right to withdraw consent to the processing of your data for public interest, marketing or research.

  • Right to Reject Automated Decisions - You have the right to object to your data being processed by automatic systems.

To make any of requests described above, contact us anytime at privacy[at]getwerkin[dot]com.

This privacy policy is effective from 25 May 2018.