This Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) explains how PromoText Services LLC, its affiliates, and its subsidiaries (“benies.ai,” “us,” “our,” and “we”) use your information and applies to all who use our websites and platforms – including mobile applications, touch technologies, electronic services, social networking sites, interactive features, online services or any of our described online activities we own or control (collectively, the “Service”). For terms that govern the use of the Service, please review the Service’s Terms of Service.
By using the Service, you acknowledge you have read the terms of this Privacy Notice. If you do not want your information handled as described in this Privacy Notice, please do not provide us with your information or interact with the Service.
We may modify this Privacy Notice at any time. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by electronic message or by means of notice on the Service prior to the change becoming effective. You can determine when this Privacy Notice was last revised by referring to the effective date above.
Information we collect
We may collect the following categories of personal information from and about you:
- Identifiers: such as your name, postal addresses, email addresses, social networking website user account names, telephone numbers, or other addresses at which you are able to receive communications.
- Demographic information: such as your age, birthdate.
- Commercial information: such as information that enables us to determine lifestyle, interests, and activities, including purchasing tendencies and order history (such as the memberships, coupons and Memberships and/or Digital Coupon you purchase and redeem); areas of interest; information collected through your interactions with social networks; information about persons for whom you have purchased benies Memberships and/or Digital Coupon as gifts or who have bought benies Memberships and/or Digital Coupon as gifts for you; and information about friends who refer you or whom you have referred.
- Location information: such as information related to your state/province, city, or neighborhood, and, if you agree, more specific location information that is provided through the GPS functionality on mobile devices used to access the Service.
- Financial information: such as information collected from you as needed to process payments for benies Memberships and/or Digital Coupon and or other products or services that you buy, or as provided by you to administer your participation in optional services and programs, such as your payment card number, expiration date, and card verification number.
- Internet and network activity information: such as information about your browsing behavior, search history, and interactions with websites and advertisements, including data from cookies, pixel tags, and web beacons.
- Inferences regarding preferences and other characteristics: such as our assessment of the types of products or services you may have an interest in.
How information is collected
- From you: We collect information that you submit to us. For example, when you use the Service; make a purchase; register to receive information, products, or services available through the Service; or interact with us in other ways. We will collect any information you voluntarily provide, and we may also request optional information to support your use of the Service. We also collect any information that you voluntarily enter into any postings, comments, or forums within the Service.
- From your device: When you use the Service, we may collect information about the devices you use to access the Service, including hardware model, operating system and version, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, and other unique device identifiers, mobile network information, and information about the device’s interaction with our Service. We also collect information about how you use our Service, including your access times, browser types, and language. This type of data enables us to understand how often individuals use parts of the Service so we can analyze and improve it. To collect this information, we use cookies and web beacons, and other similar technologies.
- Location information: We may collect different types of information about your location, including general information, such as the city, state, and/or zip code associated with your IP Address, and, if you agree, more specific location information that is provided through the GPS functionality on mobile devices used to access the Service. We may use such location information to customize the Service, including advertising that is presented to you. In order to do this, your location information may be passed along to our affiliates, agents, vendors or advertisers. You may be able to disallow our collection of certain location data through your device or browser settings, for example, by disabling “Location” services for the benies application in iOS privacy settings.
- Social media networks and other third parties: We may obtain information about you or your use of the Service from third party sources, such as our vendors, like web hosting providers, analytics providers, or advertisers. You may give us permission to access your information from services offered by third parties, including social media networks. The information we obtain from third party services depends on your account/privacy settings with those third parties and the third parties’ privacy policies, so be sure to check those policies and to adjust your settings to meet your preferences. When you access the Service through social media networks and other third party platforms, you are authorizing benies to collect, store, and use such information and content in accordance with this Privacy Notice. Please keep in mind that any information provided to us by a third party may also be subject to that third party’s privacy policy.
How we use information
We may use information collected as described in this Privacy Notice to:
- Operate, maintain, and improve the Service and other programs, features, and functionality related to the Service;
- Provide you with interest-based ads, push notifications, communications, and offers for products and services from us and our business partners, including based on your precise geolocation;
- Facilitate and fulfill orders – for example, for benies memberships, Memberships and/or Digital Coupon and other services, including tracking redemption;
- Process and confirm bookings with our partners;
- Process your payments;
- Evaluate your eligibility for certain types of offers, products, or services that may be of interest to you, and analyze advertising effectiveness;
- Answer your questions and respond to your requests;
- Perform analytics and conduct customer research;
- Communicate and provide additional information that may be of interest to you about benies and our business partners, sometimes by combining your information with information we obtain from other sources;
- Send you reminders, technical notices, updates, security alerts, support and administrative messages, service bulletins, marketing messages, and requested information, including on behalf of our business partners;
- Administer rewards, surveys, sweepstakes, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored by us or our business partners;
- Manage our everyday business needs, such as administration of the Service, forum management, fulfillment, analytics, fraud prevention, and enforcement of our corporate reporting obligations and Terms of Service, or to comply with the law;
- Verify your requests made pursuant to this Privacy Notice;
- Enhance other information we have about you to help us better understand you and determine your interests.
We also may use information collected as described in this Privacy Notice with your consent or as otherwise required or permitted by law.
The benies App uses your geolocation, including your precise geolocation, consistent with this Privacy Notice as described above to deliver location-based offers, products or services that may be of interest to you.
Security of personal information
benies uses 3rd party providers and their encryption to secure your personal information i.e. Stripe Credit Card Services. For example, we use industry-standard encryption technology to secure financial account information. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. If you have any questions about security on our website, you can contact us at support@benies.ai.
Retention of personal data
We will retain your personal data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you close your account, we will retain your personal data for a period where it is necessary to continue operating our business effectively, to maintain a record of your transactions for financial reporting purposes or fraud prevention purposes until these purposes no longer exist, and to retain as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Privacy practices of third parties
This Privacy Notice only addresses the use and disclosure of information by benies through your interaction with the Service. Other websites that may be accessible through links from the Service and our co-branded websites may have their own privacy notices and personal information collection, use, and disclosure practices. Our business partners may also have their own privacy notices. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the privacy notices provided by these other parties prior to providing them with information or taking advantage of a sponsored offer or promotion.
Your rights regarding personal information
You have certain rights with regard to your personal information:
- You have the right to update your personal information.
- You have the right to request a portable copy of your personal information.
- You have the right to request that benies delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions allowed under applicable law.
- You have the right to know that we will not sell your personal information to any 3rd party service at any time.
- You have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising any of the above-listed rights.
- In addition to the above rights, you can update or remove financial account information by deactivating and deleting your benies account.
Questions about this notice or about security on our website? Contact support@benies.ai.
