Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy details the privacy practices of Also, Inc. and its directly and indirectly held subsidiaries (“Also.,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). Please read below and learn how we collect, use and share your information through a variety of digital means, including any of our websites, social media pages, marketing activities and other activities that link or refer to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”).

Personal information we collect

Information you provide to us. Personal information you may provide to us through the Services or otherwise includes:

• Contact data, such as your first and last name, salutation, email address, phone number, billing and mailing addresses.

• Communications data based on our exchanges with you, including when you contact us through the Services, social media, or otherwise.

• Marketing data, such as your preferences for receiving our marketing communications and details about your engagement with them.

• Other data not specifically listed here, which we will use as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

Automatic data collection. We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your interaction over time with the Services, our communications and other online services, such as:

• Device data, such as your computer or mobile device’s operating system type and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, RAM and disk size, CPU usage, device type (e.g., phone, tablet), IP address, unique identifiers (including identifiers used for advertising purposes), language settings, mobile device carrier, radio/network information (e.g., Wi-Fi, LTE, 3G), and general location information such as city, state or geographic area.

• Online activity data, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, the website you visited before browsing to the Services, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times and duration of access, and whether you have opened our emails or clicked links within them.

• Communication interaction data such as your interactions with our email, text or other communications (e.g., whether you open and/or forward emails) – we may do this through use of pixel tags (which are also known as clear GIFs), which may be embedded invisibly in our emails.

Cookies and similar technologies. Some of the automatic collection described above may be facilitated by the following technologies:

• Cookies, which are small text files that websites store on user devices and that allow web servers to record users’ web browsing activities and remember their submissions, preferences, and login status as they navigate a site. Cookies used on our sites include both “session cookies” that are deleted when a session ends, “persistent cookies” that remain longer, “first party” cookies that we place and “third party” cookies that our third-party business partners and service providers place.

• Local storage technologies, like HTML5, that provide cookie-equivalent functionality but can store larger amounts of data on your device outside of your browser in connection with specific applications.

• Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, which are used to demonstrate that a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked. 

How we use your personal information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes or as otherwise described at the time of collection:

Service delivery and operations. We may use your personal information to:

• provide, operate, and improve the Services and our business;

• communicate with you about the Services, including by sending order updates, Services-related announcements, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;

• provide support for the Services, and respond to your requests, questions, and feedback.

Marketing and advertising. We and our service providers may collect and use your personal information for marketing purposes:

• Direct marketing. We may send you direct marketing communications and may personalize these messages based on your needs and interests. You may opt-out of our marketing communications as described in the Opt-out of marketing section below.  

Service improvement and analytics. We may use your personal information to analyze your usage of the Services, improve the Services, improve the rest of our business, help us understand user activity on the Services, including which pages are most and least visited and how visitors move around the Services, as well as user interactions with our emails, and to develop new products and services.

Compliance and protection. We may use your personal information to:

• comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas, investigations or requests from government authorities;

• protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims);

• audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements or our internal policies;

• enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Services; and 
  prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.  

With your consent. In some cases, we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use or share your personal information, such as when required by law.

Cookies and similar technologies. In addition to the other uses included in this section, we may use the Cookies and similar technologies described above for the following purposes:

• Technical operation. To allow the technical operation of the Services, such as by remembering your selections and preferences as you navigate the site.

• Functionality. To enhance the performance and functionality of our services.

• Advertising. To help our third-party advertising partners collect information about how you use the Services and other online services over time, which they use to show you ads on other online services they believe will interest you and measure how the ads perform.

• Analytics. To help us understand user activity on the Services, including which pages are most and least visited and how visitors move around the Services, as well as user interactions with our emails. For example, we may use Google Analytics for this purpose. You can learn more about Google Analytics and how to prevent the use of Google Analytics relating to your use of our sites here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. 

How we share your personal information

We may share your personal information with the following parties and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, in other applicable notices, or at the time of collection.  

Subsidiaries. Our corporate parent and any directly and indirectly held subsidiaries.

Service providers. Third parties that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Services or our business (such as hosting, information technology, customer support, email delivery, marketing, consumer research and website analytics). 

Professional advisors. Professional advisors, such as lawyers, auditors, bankers and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.

Authorities and others. Law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties, as we believe in good faith to be necessary or appropriate for the Compliance and protection purposes described above. 

Business transferees. We may disclose personal information in the context of actual or prospective business transactions (e.g., investments in Also, financing of Also public stock offerings, or the sale, transfer or merger of all or part of our business, assets or shares), for example, we may need to share certain personal information with prospective counterparties and their advisers. We may also disclose your personal information to an acquirer, successor, or assignee of Also as part of any merger, acquisition, sale of assets, or similar transaction, and/or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership in which personal information is transferred to one or more third parties as one of our business assets.

Your choices

Opt-out of communications. You may opt-out of marketing-related emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the email, or by contacting us. Please note that if you choose to opt-out of marketing-related emails, you may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails.  If you receive text messages from us, you may opt out of receiving further text messages from us by texting “STOP” to +18669307564 or click the unsubscribe link (where available) in any text message to cancel.

Cookies.  Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, the Services may not work properly. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your browser and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. You can also configure your device to prevent images from loading to prevent web beacons from functioning.

Blocking images/clear gifs: Most browsers and devices allow you to configure your device to prevent images from loading. To do this, follow the instructions in your particular browser or device settings.

Advertising choices. You may be able to limit use of your information for advertising through the following settings/options/tools:

• Browser settings. Changing your internet web browser settings to block third-party cookies.

• Privacy browsers/plug-ins. Using privacy browsers and/or ad-blocking browser plug-ins that let you block tracking technologies.

• Platform settings. Google and Facebook offer opt-out features that let you opt-out of use of your information for interest-based advertising. You may be able to exercise that option at the following websites:

  • Google: https://adssettings.google.com/

  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/about/ads

• Ad industry tools. Opting out of ads from companies that participate in the following industry opt-out programs:

  • Network Advertising Initiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp

  • Digital Advertising Alliance: https://optout.aboutads.info

  • AppChoices mobile app, available at https://www.youradchoices.com/appchoices, which will allow you to opt-out of ads in mobile apps served by participating members of the Digital Advertising Alliance.

• Mobile settings. Using your mobile device settings to limit use of the advertising ID associated with your mobile device for advertising purposes.

You will need to apply these opt-out settings on each device and browser from which you wish to limit the use of your information for advertising purposes.

We cannot offer any assurances as to whether the companies we work with participate in the opt-out programs described above. 

Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

Declining to provide information. We need to collect personal information to provide certain services. If you do not provide the information we identify as required or mandatory, we may not be able to provide those services.

Other sites and services

The Services may contain links to websites and other online services operated by third parties. In addition, our content may be integrated into web pages or other online services that are not associated with us. These links and integrations are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. We do not control websites, mobile applications or online services operated by third parties, and we are not responsible for their actions. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites, mobile applications and online services you use.

Security

We employ a number of technical, organizational and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

International data transfer

We are headquartered in the United States and may use service providers that operate in other countries. Your personal information may be transferred to the United States or other locations where privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your state, province, or country.

Children

The Services are not intended for use by anyone under 18 years of age. If you are a parent or guardian of a child from whom you believe we have collected personal information in a manner prohibited by law, please contact us. If we learn that we have collected personal information through the Services from a child without the consent of the child’s parent or guardian as required by law, we will comply with applicable legal requirements to delete the information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the Services or other appropriate means. Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the modified version (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your use of the Services after the effective date of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acknowledging that the modified Privacy Policy applies to your interactions with the Services and our business.

How to contact us

• Email: privacy@ridealso.com

• Mail: Also, Inc., Attn: Privacy Department, 630 Hansen Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304