Effective: December 1, 2018
Welcome to the website and/or mobile application of HIMAS,
Inc. (“HIMAS”, “we”, “us” and/or “our”). We have
prepared this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, protect and
disclose information and data when you use the HIMAS website (“Website”)
and any HIMAS software, including any HIMAS mobile applications (the “App(s)”)
or other services offered by HIMAS from time to time (collectively, the
Website(s), App(s) and services are referred to as “Services”). “You”
refers to you as a user of the Services.
For the purpose of the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC
(the Directive), the data controller is HIMAS, Inc. of 35-A Ganciang Street,
Basak-San Nicolas, Cebu City.
Please read the following carefully to understand our views
and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. We draw
your attention in particular to “International Data Transfer” and
“Communications.” BY USING THE SERVICES YOU CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
Background/Managing Your Information
Preferences
HIMAS provides an online platform that connects massage
therapists (“Therapists”) with individuals that want to purchase and/or
receive massage therapy (“Customers”).
You can always review, correct, or update your Personal
Information by changing the relevant settings in your HIMAS account. Applicable
law (such as the Directive) may also give you the right to access, update and
correct inaccuracies in information about you in our custody or control. If you
wish to exercise this right, please contact us at privacy@HIMAS.com.
Communications
With your consent, we may send you marketing emails and SMS
text messages, such as newsletters, offers and promotions. You can opt out of
receiving marketing and promotional emails by changing notification settings on
the Website or in our Apps or clicking the unsubscribe mechanism provided in an
email or other electronic communication. If you opt out, we may still send you
non-marketing emails, SMS text messages or other communications, which include
transactional information about your accounts and our business dealings with
you. If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please
contact us at privacy@HIMAS.com. .
Information We Collect
Personal Information
We collect personally identifiable information, such as your
name, username, email address, mailing address, phone number, photo (if you
choose to provide it) and other personally identifiable information when you
sign up for or use the Services (“Personal Information”). Personal Information
shall, for the purposes of this Privacy Policy include “personal data” as
defined in the Directive or as otherwise defined under applicable law.
Specifically, HIMAS may request that Therapists provide: (i) first and last
name, (ii) email address, (iii) mailing address, (iv) phone number, (v) bank
account number and routing number, and (v) address of the bank account holder. HIMAS
may request that Customers provide: (i) first and last name, (ii) email
address, (iii) mailing address, (iv) phone number, (v) massage preferences, and
(vi) payment account information such as a credit card number with the name as
shown on the card and billing zip or postal code, expiration month and year and
CVV2. If you choose not to provide the requested information, you may not be
able to use some or all of the features of the Services. We may also collect
other Personal Information from you when you access the Services and/or other
parts of the Website and/or Apps and elect to provide Personal Information.
We also collect transaction details related to your use of
the Services, including the service requested, date, time and location where
the service was provided, amount charged, and other related transaction
details. The Services facilitate communications between Therapists and
Customers. In connection with facilitating these communications, we may receive
call or SMS message data, including the date and time of the call or SMS
message, the parties’ phone numbers, and the content of the SMS message. We use
this information solely for the purpose of facilitating such communications.
Our App may collect certain additional information
automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you
use, your mobile device’s unique device ID, the IP address of your mobile
device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browsers you
use, and information about the way you use the App. We may also use GPS
technology (or other similar technology) to determine your current
location. For example, if you permit the App to access location services
through the permission system used by your mobile operating system, we may also
collect the precise location of your device when the App is running in the
foreground or background. We may also determine your approximate location from
your IP address.
Usage Data and Activity
We may collect and aggregate information or content about
the use of our Website or Apps in a way that does not directly identify an
individual user (“Usage Data”). Usage Data helps us understand trends in
our users’ needs so that we can better consider new features or otherwise
tailor or enhance our Services. This Privacy Policy in no way restricts or
limits our collection and use of Usage Data, and we may share Usage Data about
our users with our third party service providers for various purposes,
including to help us better understand our customers’ needs and improve our
Services. For example, each time you use the Website or Apps, we may
automatically collect the type of Web browser you use, the pages you view, how
you interact with links on the Services and the time and duration of your use
of the Website or Apps. We may use such information and pool it with other
information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to our Website
or users of the Apps, the number of visitors to each page of our Website,
number of App downloads, aggregated details related to use of the Services etc.
Cookies and Web Beacons
We use cookies (a small text file placed on your computer to
identify your computer and browser). We may also use Web beacons (a file placed
on a website that monitors usage). We may use both session cookies (which
expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on
your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and
interactive experience on our Site. We use cookies and Web beacons to improve
the experience of the Website and Services, such as pre-populating your
username for easier login. Most Web browsers are initially set up to accept
cookies. At this time, HIMAS does not recognize automated browser signals
regarding tracking, including “do-not-track” signals. However, you can opt-out
of interest-based advertisements by following the instructions under
“Interest-Based Advertising” below. You can remove persistent cookies and
change your privacy preferences by following directions provided in your
Internet browser’s “help” directory. However, certain features of the Services
may not work if you delete or disable cookies. Some of our Service Providers
may use their own cookies and Web beacons in connection with the services they
perform on our behalf, as further explained below.
How We Use Information and When We
May Share and Disclose Information Generally
We may use your Personal Information for the purpose for
which it was provided, including without limitation for the purposes described
further below:
- Provision and Monitoring of the Services: We will use your Personal Information to provide you with access to and to support your use of the Services, to administer your account, process payments and to better understand your use of the Services. For example, if you are a Customer, we may provide your Personal Information to a Therapist to facilitate the Therapist’s provision of Services to you and if you are a Therapist, we may provide your Personal Information to a Customer to facilitate the Customer’s receipt of Services. We also may send or facilitate communications between Customers and Therapists. We will also give you the opportunity to store, review and edit Personal Information and other information in your account.
- Surveys and Other Special Offers: From time to time, we may offer our users the opportunity to participate in surveys and other special offers. If you elect to participate in these services, we will collect certain Personal Information in order to provide you with the surveys and other special offers.
- Questions and Requests: If you contact us by e-mail or otherwise, we will use the Personal Information you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem.
- Contacting You About Other Products, Services and Events: If you opt-in, HIMAS and/or third parties may use your Personal Information to contact you in the future to tell you about products, services and events that may be of interest to you. You can unsubscribe at any time.
- Research and Data Analysis: In an ongoing effort to better understand and serve the users of the Services, HIMAS may conduct research on its users’ demographics, interests and behavior based on Usage Data and other information. This data may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis, and HIMAS may share this data with advertisers, researchers, business partners, publications, and other third parties. This information will not identify you personally.
- Service Improvement: We may use your Personal Information, aggregated Personal Information and other information collected through the Services to help us improve the content and functionality of the Website or Apps, to better understand our users and to improve the Services.
Information You Make Available to
Others
By using the Services, including creation of a profile on HIMAS
or submission of public queries, you may make certain of your Personal
Information available to others, such as your name, your username, and your
picture. This information may be accessed by users who use the Services and may
be accessed by commercial search engines. You should exercise caution before
posting any Personal Information on a public area of the Services.
Service Providers
From time to time, we may establish a business relationship
with other businesses that we believe to be trustworthy and have privacy
practices consistent with ours, including our affiliates (“Service Providers”).
For example, we may contract with Service Providers to provide certain
services, such as hosting and maintenance, payment processing, data storage and
management, marketing and promotions and customer research/analytics. We only
provide our Service Providers with the information necessary for them to
perform these services on our behalf. Each Service Provider must agree to use
reasonable security procedures and practices, appropriate to the nature of the
information involved, in order to protect your Personal Information from
unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Service Providers are prohibited from
using or disclosing Personal Information other than as specified by HIMAS.
Interest-Based Advertising
We may use third party advertising companies to serve
advertisements on our behalf on our and other websites across the Internet, and
to track and report on the performance of those advertisements. These entities
may use cookies, web beacons and other technologies to identify your device
when you use the Services and to report certain information about your visits
to our Services and other websites (such as web pages you visit and your
response to ads) in order to measure the effectiveness of our marketing
campaigns and to deliver ads that are more relevant to you, both on and off our
Services. We do not share your Personal Information with third parties for the
third parties’ direct marketing purposes unless you provide us with consent to
do so.
Other Transfers
We may share Personal Information and Usage Data with
businesses controlling, controlled by, or under common control with HIMAS. If HIMAS
is merged, acquired, or sold, or in the event of a transfer of some or all of
our assets or equity, we may disclose or transfer Personal Information and
Usage Data in connection with such prospective or completed transaction.
Compliance with Laws and Law
Enforcement
HIMAS and its Service Providers may disclose Personal
Information to applicable US, UK, Canadian or other regulatory, government or
law enforcement officials, courts or private parties if, in our discretion, we
believe it is necessary or appropriate in order to respond to legal requests
(including court orders and subpoenas), to protect the safety, property or
rights of HIMAS or of any third party, to prevent or stop any illegal,
fraudulent, unethical, or legally actionable activity, or where required or
permitted under applicable US, UK, Canadian or other foreign law.
Be Careful When You Share
Information with Others
Please be aware that whenever you share information on a
publicly available page or any other public forum, others may access that
information. In addition, please remember that when you share information in
any other communications with third parties, that information may be passed
along or made public by others. This means that anyone with access to such
information can potentially use it for any purpose, including sending
unsolicited communications. You should exercise caution before posting any
Personal Information on a public available page.
Exclusions
This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited
information you provide to HIMAS through the Services or through any other
means. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public
areas of the Website, such as bulletin boards, 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 HIMAS shall be free, and you hereby grant HIMAS the right,
to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such Unsolicited Information to
others without limitation or attribution.
Security
We maintain reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural
safeguards in an effort to protect the confidentiality and security of Personal
Information in our custody and control. However, no data transmission over the
Internet or other network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result,
while we strive to protect information transmitted on or through the Services,
we cannot and do not guarantee the security of any information you transmit on
or through the Services, and you do so at your own risk.
Links
Our Website and Apps may contain links or integrate with
other websites and online services. HIMAS is not responsible or liable for any
damage or loss related to your use of any third-party website or online service
or for the privacy practices of such third parties. You should always read the
terms and conditions and privacy policy of a third-party website or online
service before using it, whether directly or in connection with your use of the
Services.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from
children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently
received Personal Information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete
such information from our records.
International Data Transfer
Please be aware that your Personal Information and
communications may be transferred to, stored at, processed and maintained on
servers or databases located outside your jurisdiction of residence (such as
outside of the EEA), including, but not limited to the United States, where
data protection and privacy regulations may not offer the same level of
protection as in other parts of the world. By using this Site, you agree to
this transfer, storing and/or processing.
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that
your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
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 site; any
transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we
will use strict procedures and security features in an effort to prevent loss,
theft and unauthorized access, use and disclosure.
Privacy Policy Changes
From time to time, we may change this Privacy Policy. If we
change this Privacy Policy, we will give you notice by posting the revised
Privacy Policy on the Website and Apps and sending an email notice to you using
the contact information provided by you. Those changes will go into effect on
the effective date shown in the revised Privacy Policy. By continuing to use
the Services, you consent to the revised Privacy Policy.
PLEASE PRINT A COPY OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY FOR YOU RECORDS
AND PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE FREQUENTLY FOR ANY CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
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