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• Privacy Policy

We have created this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our commitment to maintaining the privacy and accuracy of your personal information. We take all reasonable precautions to ensure the personal information we collect, use and disclose is accurate and current. However, the accuracy of that information depends largely on the information you provide.

This site is not directed at or intended for use by persons under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect, store or disclose personal information of persons under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please immediately exit from the site and do not use or access this site unless and until we receive verified parental consent for your continued use. We will take relevant action to delete the personal information of persons under the age of 13 where we learn such information has been collected and stored through the site without verified parental consent.

BUYANDSHARE collects aggregated, non-personal statistical information on site visitors such as:

1. your server IP address;
2. the date and time of your visit to the site;
3. the pages you accessed and the documents downloaded;
4. the duration of your visit to the site;
5. the previous site you have visited;
6. the type of web browser you are using; and
7. other information provided by your browser's HTTP headers

BUYANDSHARE also collects user submitted information such as:

1. BUYANDSHARE account information, including name and email address;
2. location information, including city, state and postcode;
3. reviews, responses, opinion and ratings of merchants, stores, products and services

Please note, when you voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information on the BUYANDSHARE site via reviews or postings, that information, along with any substantive information disclosed in your communication, can potentially be collected, correlated and used by third parties.

Cookies are small pieces of information sent to your browser to authenticate, track, and maintain specific information about your interactions with a site. BUYANDSHARE uses cookies to remember who you are when you log-in, to tracking your browsing patterns and to customize and improve our site. The type of information we collect depends on what information and services you access and use, but generally do not contain or are not tied to your personal information.

We may also use cookies for anonymous profiling purposes to tailor advertising to your preferences. You may opt-out of this anonymous profiling by contacting us. You can instruct your browser to refuse cookies, although this may prevent access to or limit some of the information of services contained on the site.

If you wish to access and use BUYANDSHARE’s My Account, you must register and create a user account. All information you provide when registering for My Account including your name, address, email address, telephone number or other details can be viewed, modified or deleted at any time by contacting us or by accessing the "My Account" section of the site.

Registered users who wish to close their account should send an email to customercare@buyandshare.org If requested, BUYANDSHARE will use commercially reasonable efforts to functionally remove your personal information from the site. Given the nature of the BUYANDSHARE site, it may be impossible to remove all details and some residual personal information may remain on the site.

BUYANDSHARE is an online environment that allows people to compare merchants, products, stores and prices. All of this information is aggregated and made available in a convenient form. To accomplish this, some users write reviews, articles, opinions or responses about merchants, products, stores and prices and post this information to the site. These postings can then be accessed and read by other BUYANDSHARE users. To fulfill this purpose of the site, we need to display a limited amount of personal information, so that users are able to evaluate the trustworthiness of a particular contribution.

BUYANDSHARE does not use or disclose your personal information for a purpose other than that for which it was collected, unless such use or disclosure would be reasonably expected or, if you give us your consent. Unless you contact us to indicate otherwise, you consent to your personal information being used to:

1. establish an BUYANDSHARE user account;
2. contact you for any purpose related to your account or your use of the site;
3. verify your identity;
4. market products, services and special offers to you;
5. assist you to subscribe to any newsletter or other promotions we offer or may in the future offer and to manage and administer those services;
6. make changes to your profile;
7. respond to any queries or feedback you may have;
8. inform you of ways the information or services provided to you could be improved;
9. research and develop our services;
10. maintain and develop our business systems;
11. display and aggregate your postings, including ratings, opinions, articles, comments and reviews;
12. allow other users of the site to contact or send postings and messages to you;
13. gain a better understanding of your information service requirements; and
14. conduct appropriate checks for credit-worthiness or fraud.

We reserve the right to transfer your personal information in the event of a transfer of ownership of BUYANDSHARE, such as an acquisition by or merger with another company. In such an event, BUYANDSHARE will notify you (by displaying a notice in your BUYANDSHARE user account) before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

BUYANDSHARE will notify you when your personal information may be provided to third parties in ways other than explained above, and you will have the option to prevent such information sharing.

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our site. These companies may use information (not personal or contact details) about your visits to this web site to measure advertising effectiveness and to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

BUYANDSHARE may contain links to third party sites. These linked sites are not under our control. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and do not know whether cookies or other tracking devices are used on linked sites. We recommend that you review the privacy policies of each site you visit before disclosing your personal information.

All personal information held by BUYANDSHARE is stored on secure servers that are protected in a controlled environment. You should be aware however that due to the open nature of the Internet, information exchanged via the Internet may be accessed and used by people other than those for whom the data is intended. If you provide or send us any personal information, it is sent at your own risk. Although we endeavor to keep your personal information secure, BUYANDSHARE will not be held responsible for any unauthorized access and use of your personal information.

BUYANDSHARE.com is securing the credit card payment processing component of the BUYANDSHARE.com service in 128 bit SSL encryption which is a very high standard of encryption. All sensitive card information from the customer's browser going to the bank server for processing is encrypted and secure.

To help us keep your personal information secure, you should at all times keep your password, username and BUYANDSHARE account details used on the BUYANDSHARE site confidential. Furthermore, be cautious in doing online transactions at Internet Cafe's or any unknown computer device. Chances are, there can be Malware installed where data can be captured. If you become aware of unauthorized usage of your password, user-name or account you should contact us immediately.

To keep this information current and accurate, BUYANDSHARE will review and update this Privacy Policy and post the changes here.

You may reach us from Mondays through Fridays 9am-6pm at:
Address: Experience Commerce Group, Inc. 2/F Neptune Street, Makati City Philippines.
Telefax no. 632 8964588
Email address: customercare@buyandshare.org