Legiit Online Marketplace, Inc., a South Carolina corporation (hereinafter known as "Provider," "Legiit," "us," or "we") currently owns and operates the mobile application known as Legiit Freelance Marketplace (the “Application”) and the website known as www.legiit.com (the "Site"). The Application and the Site shall be collectively referred to as the “Service”.
The term "you" refers to the community member or viewer of the Service. If you do not agree with any terms in this Privacy Policy ("Policy"), please discontinue use of the Service. Please read this privacy policy (the "Policy") carefully to understand how we use your personal information. By accessing or using this Service, you agree to this Policy. This Policy may change from time to time. If there are any material changes to how your personal information is used, we will notify you. Your continued use of the Service after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for update.
To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used and what rights you have in relation to it. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
At Legiit we care about your privacy. We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We do not disclose it to others except as disclosed in this Policy or required to provide you with the services of the Site and the Application, meaning - to allow you to buy, sell, share the information you want to share on the Service; to contribute on the forum; pay for products; post reviews and so on; or where we have a legal obligation to do so.
We collect information that you provide us or voluntarily share with other community members, and also some general technical information that is automatically gathered by our systems, such as IP address, browser information and cookies to enable you to have a better user experience and a more personalized browsing experience.
We will not share information that you provide us in the process of the registration - including your contact information - except as described in this Policy.
Information that you choose to publish on the Service (photos, videos, text, music, reviews, deliveries) - is no longer private, just like any information you publish online.
Technical information that is gathered by our systems, or third party systems, automatically may be used for Service operation, optimization, analytics, content promotion and enhancement of user experience. We may use your information to contact you - to provide notices related to your activities, or offer you promotions and general updates, but we will not let any other person, including sellers and buyers, contact you, other than through your community member profile on the Service.
Your personal information may be stored in systems based around the world, and may be processed by third party service providers acting on our behalf. These providers may be based in countries that do not provide an equivalent level of protection for privacy as that enjoyed in the country in which you live. In that case, we will provide for adequate safeguards to protect your personal information. You can exercise your rights over your personal information, by opening a Customer Relations ticket. If you do not have an active Legiit account, please contact us at [email protected]. More details about the rights applicable to you are in the long version of the Policy. The above are just the highlights. We encourage you to read more about the information we collect, how we use it, understand the meaning of cookie (no, you can’t eat it) and more in the long version of our Policy below.
Legiit Online Marketplace, Inc. (including Legiit Inc., Legiit International Ltd. and its affiliates) respects your privacy and is committed to protect the personal information of its community members - buyers, sellers, and visitors browsing the Service ("Community Members"). We believe that you have a right to know our practices regarding the information we may collect when you visit and/or use the Service. This Policy explains our privacy practices for the Service provided by Legiit. By accessing and/or using the Service and its related sites, applications, services, goods and/or registering for a Legiit account, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy, including to our collection, use, disclosure, processing and retention of your personal information in accordance with the terms set forth in this Policy. This privacy statement applies to all Provider-owned websites, domains, and applications. You can also learn how to limit sharing of information in this Policy.
When you register to the Service we ask you to provide certain personal information, including first and last name, a valid email address, location, and username and password. We may collect additional information such as physical address, telephone number, billing information, credit card information, or other contact details and additional authentication information, to provide you with the services you need (such as payment or withdrawal of funds, sending physical goods), or to ensure the marketplace integrity (for example, prevention of fraud).
In addition, we collect information while you access, browse, view or otherwise use the Service. In other words, when you access the Service we are aware of your usage of the Service, and may gather, collect and record the information relating to such usage, including geo-location information, IP address, device and connection information, browser information and web-log information, and all communications recorded by Community Members through the Service. We use that information to enhance user experience, personalize your browsing experience as well as monitor the Service for preventing fraud and inappropriate content or behavior. We may also collect supplemental information obtained from third parties such as demographic and navigation data.
Additionally, in order to improve your online experience at Legiit, we have implemented impression reporting. While you view our ads, we may gather user Global Unique Identifier, HTTP request data such as, community member agent, IP, host, url, country/continent from which request made, browser info, and device/operating system/operating system version.
Once you register, your username and most recent login time is made public and is visible to all Community Members of the Service. Additional information that is made public and is visible to all Community Members of the Services includes photos you upload, your published portfolio, ratings, and other optional information you may choose to add to your profile, such as your geographic location.
You directly provide us with most of the information we collect. You do this by filling out the registration details on the Service, and by posting and sharing additional information voluntarily. This can include information about sellers, Community Member's location, sharing of portfolio, ratings and feedbacks by buyers and anything you choose to add to your community member profile. We also collect technical information indirectly and automatically through our systems. This information may include logging your Internet Protocol (IP) address, software configuration, operating system and use of cookies (cookies are small files sent from us to your computer and sometimes back). Cookies ultimately help us improve your navigation and ease of use of the Service. You can find further information about Cookies in this Policy below, under "Cookies". We may also collect information from commercially available sources such as data aggregators and public databases.
We may use your personal information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent. Where relevant under applicable laws, all processing of your personal information will be justified by a "condition" for processing. In the majority of cases, processing will be justified on the basis that:
We will use your personal information for the following business purposes:
We will ask for your consent before using information for a purpose other than those set out in this Policy.
Direct marketing:
We apply a general rule of keeping personal information only for as long as is required to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected unless otherwise required by law. However, we will not keep your personal information for longer than one (1) year past the termination of your community member account. If we do not have a legitimate business reason to process your personal information, then we will delete it or anonymize it or securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. However, in some circumstances we may retain your personal information for longer periods of time. We may retain your information for the following purposes:
Our Service is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 should provide any personal information to or on the Service. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Parents and guardians should at all times supervise their children's activities. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that personal information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at [email protected].
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
We may combine your personal information with information we collect automatically or obtain from other companies and use it to improve and personalize our services, content and advertising. If you do not wish to receive marketing communications from us, you can opt-out through the link attached to each communication or by sending an email to [email protected]
We may provide your personal details to third parties, only in order to operate the Service, provide our services to you, fulfill obligations imposed on us by applicable laws and regulations, and prevent fraud and illegal activities, as detailed below:
Some of the personal information you provide to us may be stored or processed on our behalf by third party suppliers and data processors located in the United States, whose laws may differ from the jurisdiction in which you live. Whether to third parties or internally, any transfers of personal information from the European Economic Area ("EEA") to countries not deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection are governed by European Union (EU) standard contractual clauses, or in the case of the United States, the EU - US Privacy Shield, and/or equivalent data transfer regulations to protect the security and confidentiality of personal information. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal information is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy. We use SSL encryption when collecting or transferring sensitive data such as credit card and personal information.
When you visit the Service, we may use industry-wide technologies such as "cookies" (or similar technologies), which store certain information on your computer and which will allow us, among other things, to enable automatic sign-in to the Service, make your browsing much more convenient and effortless and allow us to test user experience and offer you personalized browsing or promotions. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Service, our services, or other websites you visit. By continuing to use this Service, you are agreeing to our placing cookies on your computer or device in accordance with the terms of this Policy.
The Service uses cookies to collect statistical data about its use, to tailor the Service's functionality to suit personal preferences and to assist with various aspects of Service operation. These files contain a variety of information such as information about Legiit webpages visited by you, the length of time you visited the Service, data about how you came to visit the Service, areas viewed by you within the Service, and additional information. Cookies remain on your device for the period described below.
The following is a more detailed explanation of the types of cookies we use:
Google will use the information collected for the purpose of evaluating your use of our Service on our behalf, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to activity and internet usage to us. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser as described below. Furthermore, you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in. This creates an opt-out cookie which prevents the further processing of your data. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please see Google's help pages and privacy policy.
If you prevent these cookies, we cannot guarantee how the Service will perform for you.
Once you have given us your agreement to the use of cookies, we shall store a cookie on your computer or device to remember this for next time, so that we can store your preferences and save you time on subsequent visits by eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same data. You may set your browser to block all cookies, including cookies associated with our services, or to indicate when a cookie is being set by us. You should do this through the browser settings for each browser you use. Please be aware that some of our services will not function if your browser does not accept cookies. However, you can allow cookies from specific websites by making them "trusted websites" in your internet browser.
You can use the 'help' option in your internet browser for more details.
If you share the use of a computer or device, accepting or rejecting the use of cookies may affect all users of that computer or device.
Information on deleting or controlling cookies is also available at www.aboutcookies.org (note that this website is not provided by Legiit, and we therefore cannot ensure its accuracy, completeness or availability). It is important to remember that many of our services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled. For example, cookies may, in certain cases, save you from the need to enter usernames and passwords, and allow session continuity.
Please note that the Service may contain links to third party sites and if you link to a third party Service from the Service, any data you provide to that Service and any use of that data by the third party are not under the control of Legiit and are not subject to this Policy. You should consult the privacy policies of each Service you visit. This Policy applies solely to personal information collected by our Service. If you upload content, including your personal information, to a social network and then tag the Service, your submission will be subject to that social network's terms of use and privacy policy, even where you post on an official Legiit page on the social network. We do not have control over the terms of use and privacy policies of any third parties, and have not reviewed their adequacy. You should therefore review these before submitting any personal information and contact them directly if you have questions.
We take great care in maintaining the security of the Service and your personal information and in preventing unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, destruction or damage to it through industry standard technologies and internal procedures. We contractually ensure that any third party processing your personal information equally provide for confidentiality and integrity of your data in a secure way. The transmission of data via the internet is not completely secure, and although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the Service; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your data, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.
Community Members who have registered to the Service agree to keep their password in strict confidence and not disclose such password to any third party.
Further information about our data security practices can be provided on request.
You have all of the following rights in respect of your personal information:
We may ask you for additional data to confirm your identity and for security purposes, before disclosing data requested to you. We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law. We may also decline to process requests that jeopardize the privacy of others, are extremely impractical, or would cause us to take any action that is not permissible under applicable laws. Additionally, as permitted by applicable laws, we may need to retain certain personal information for a limited period of time for record-keeping, accounting and fraud prevention purposes.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact us by email at [email protected] or call us at . You can also write to us at 2411 N. Oak Street Founders Centre Suite 201, Unit 105 E, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29577.
In addition to the above rights, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a local supervisory authority for data protection.
California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits California residents that are users of our Service to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to [email protected].
We take steps to ensure that the personal information we collect is accurate and up to date, and we provide you with the opportunity to update your information through your account profile settings. In the event that you believe your information is in any way incorrect or inaccurate, please let us know immediately. We will make sure we investigate the matter and correct any inaccuracies as quickly as possible where necessary or give you ways to update it quickly or to delete it - unless we have to keep that information for legitimate business or legal purposes. When updating your personal information, we may ask you to verify your identity before we can act on your request. If for any reason you have a problem with deleting your personal information, please contact Legiit's Customer Support by email at [email protected] and we will make reasonable efforts to delete any such information pursuant to any applicable privacy laws.
You can review and change your personal information by logging into the Service and visiting your account profile page.
If you delete your User Generated Content ("UGC"), as defined in the Legiit Terms of Use and Licensing Agreement, from the Service, copies of your UGC may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Service users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Service, including UGC, is governed by our Terms of Service.
We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time, so please re-visit this page frequently. Changes to this Policy are effective as of the stated "Last Update" and your continued use of the Service on or after the Last Update date will constitute acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, those changes. If any material changes are made, we will notify you by posting a notification on the Service or sending you a notification.
To exercise any of your rights in connection with your personal information, we kindly ask that you open a Customer Relations ticket. Please include all the relevant details, so your ticket can be handled correctly. We will process any requests in line with any local laws and our policies and procedures. If you do not have an active Legiit account, please contact us at [email protected].
If you have any questions (or comments) concerning this Policy or the data we hold on you, please email us at [email protected]