PRIVACY POLICY

Uptip Privacy Policy

DATE OF LAST REVISION: OCTOBER 14, 2020

Welcome to the website (the "Site") of Uptip, Inc. ("Uptip", "we", "us" and/or "our"). This Site is operated by Uptip and has been created to provide tipping and rating services and information about our company (together with the Site, the "Platform") to our Platform users, which include service workers and their customers ("you", "your", “customer”, “worker”). This Privacy Policy sets forth Uptip's policy with respect to information including personally identifiable data ("Personal Data") and other information that is collected from users to the Site and Platform.

Tipping and Rating Platform

Our Platform allows customers to provide tips, ratings and feedback to workers in the service industry, such as hair stylists, housekeepers, bellmen, concierges, valets, baristas and others. In order to use the Platform, you may need to authenticate, register for or log into our Platform and Third-Party Systems such as payment processors, banks, social media sites and others. We will collect relevant information necessary to enable the Platform to access that Third-Party System and your data and content contained within that Third-Party System ("Login Credentials"). We store your Login Credentials long enough to enable linking to the Third-Party System.

When you enable the Platform to link content and data between Third-Party Services, the Third-Party Service will provide us with access to certain information that you may have provided to the Third-Party Service, and we will use, store and disclose such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the rules you set to govern the linking. Please remember that the manner in which Third-Party Services use, store and disclose your information is governed by the policies of such Third-Party Service, and Uptip shall have no liability or responsibility for the privacy practices or other actions of any Third-Party Services that may be enabled within the Platform.

We may retain certain personally non-identifiable information related to the data or content linked between Third-Party Services (for example, date sent, link configuration, names of the Third-Party Services), for the purpose of improving our Platform and as described below in the "Aggregated Personal Data" section.

Third-Party Payment Processor

We use a third party payment processor to process payments made to us. In connection with the processing of such payments, we do not retain any personally identifiable information or any financial information such as credit card numbers. Rather, all such information is provided directly to our third party processor, Stripe, whose use of your personal information is governed by their privacy policy, which may be viewed at https://stripe.com/us/privacy.

Information We Collect

When you interact with us through the Platform, we may collect Personal Data and other information from you, as further described below:

Personal Data That You Provide Through the Platform: We collect Personal Data from you when you voluntarily provide such information, such as when you contact us with inquiries, respond to one of our surveys, register for access to the Uptip Platform or use certain Uptip Platform. Wherever Uptip collects Personal Data we make an effort to provide a link to this Privacy Policy. You can choose at any time to opt out by contacting support at support@uptip.co, you can also contact us to opt out of your information being used for purposes other than it was originally collected.

By voluntarily providing us with Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data to the Platform, you acknowledge and agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of Uptip and the authorized third parties referred to herein located in the United States. The Personal Information that you provide can be accessed at any time through your account or you can contact our customer support at support@uptip.co if you need help accessing your account.

Cookies: In operating the Platform, we may use a technology called "cookies." A cookie is a piece of information that the computer that hosts our Platform gives to your browser when you access the Platform. Our cookies help provide additional functionality to the Platform and help us analyze Platform usage more accurately. For instance, our Platform may set a cookie on your browser that allows you to access the Platform without needing to remember and then enter a password more than once during a visit to the Platform. In all cases in which we use cookies, we will not collect Personal Data except with your permission. On most web browsers, you will find a "help" section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on because they allow you to take advantage of some of the Platform's features.

Aggregated Personal Data: In an ongoing effort to better understand and serve the users of the Uptip Platform, Uptip often conducts research on its customer demographics, interests and behavior based on the Personal Data and other information provided to us. This research may be compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis, and Uptip may share this aggregate data with its affiliates, agents and business partners. This aggregate information does not identify you personally. Uptip may also disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our Platform to current and prospective business partners, and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.

We will keep any information that you provide to us until such time as you delete your account with Uptip.

Our Use of Your Personal Data and Other Information

Uptip will not sell or rent to any third party any of the personal information or data that you provide to us. Uptip uses the Personal Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, we may use the Personal Data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by email, we will use the Personal Data you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem. Also, if you provide Personal Data in order to obtain access to the Uptip Platform, we will use your Personal Data to provide you with access to such services and to monitor your use of such services. Uptip and its subsidiaries and affiliates (the "Uptip Related Companies") may also use your Personal Data and other personally non-identifiable information collected through the Platform to help us improve the content and functionality of the Platform, to better understand our users and to improve the Uptip Platform. Uptip and its affiliates may use this information to contact you in the future to tell you about services we believe will be of interest to you. If we do so, each communication we send you will contain instructions permitting you to "opt-out" of receiving future communications. In addition, if at any time you wish not to receive any future communications or you wish to have your name deleted from our mailing lists, please contact us as indicated below.

If Uptip intends on using any Personal Data in any manner that is not consistent with this Privacy Policy, you will be informed of such anticipated use prior to or at the time at which the Personal Data is collected.

Our Disclosure of Your Personal Data and Other Information

You can visit the Platform without providing any Personal Data. If you choose not to provide any Personal Data, you may not be able to use certain Uptip services.

Uptip is not in the business of selling your information. We consider this information to be a vital part of our relationship with you. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share your Personal Data with certain third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:

Business Transfers: As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets. In cases of onward transfer of personal information to third parties of data of EU and Swiss individuals received pursuant to the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield, Uptip remains liable.

Related Companies: We may also share your Personal Data with our Related Companies for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy. Agents, Consultants and Related Third Parties: Uptip, like many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples of such functions include mailing information, maintaining databases and processing payments. When we employ another company to perform a function of this nature, we only provide them with the information that they need to perform their specific function. Business Partners: If one of our business partners refers you to us, we may disclose Personal Data pursuant to our agreement with that business partner. We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices of our business partners. Legal Requirements: Uptip may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Uptip, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Platform or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability.

EU-U.S. & Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield

Uptip complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States. Uptip has certified to the Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles. Uptip is subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/.

In compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, Uptip commits to resolve complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. EU and Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our Privacy Shield policy should first contact Uptip at: support@uptip.co.

Uptip has further committed to refer unresolved Privacy Shield complaints to PrivacyTrust, an alternative dispute resolution provider located in the United Kingdom. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint from us, or if we have not addressed your complaint to your satisfaction, please contact Communications House, 26 York Street, London, W1U 6PZ for more information or to file a complaint. The services of Communications House are provided at no cost to you.

Finally, as a last resort and in limited situations, EU and Swiss individuals may seek redress from the Privacy Shield Panel, a binding arbitration mechanism.

In cases of onward transfer of personal information to third parties of data of EU and Swiss individuals received pursuant to the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield, Uptip remains liable.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

To the extent provided for by law and subject to applicable exceptions, California residents have the following privacy rights in relation to the Personal Information we collect:

  • The right to know what Personal Information we have collected and how we have used and disclosed that Personal Information;

  • The right to request deletion of your Personal Information; and

  • The right to be free from discrimination relating to the exercise of any of your privacy rights.

Exercising Your Rights: California residents can exercise the above privacy rights by emailing us at: support@uptip.co

Verification: in order to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access or deletion, we may require you to verify your login credentials before you can submit a request to know or delete Personal Information. If you do not have an account with us, or if we suspect fraudulent or malicious activity, we may ask you to provide additional Personal Information for verification. If we cannot verify your identity, we will not provide or delete your Personal Information.

Authorized Agents: you may submit a request to know or a request to delete your Personal Information through an authorized agent. If you do so, the agent must present signed written permission to act on your behalf and you may also be required to independently verify your identity with us.

Exclusions

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any Personal Data collected by Uptip other than Personal Data collected through the Platform. This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you provide to Uptip through the Platform or through any other means. This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of the Platform, such as bulletin boards (collectively, "Public Areas"), 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 Uptip shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, and distribute such Unsolicited Information to others without limitation or attribution.

If you are invited to join a Uptip team account, and you accept the invitation, you are agreeing that certain of your information will be shared with the team account holder and other team members. In particular, the team account holder will have access to your name, email address, avatar (if any) and task usage, and other team members will have access to your name, email address and avatar (if any). Any information you share via a team account, including Zaps you create or Third-Party Platform you link to, will be available to all team members of the team account you have joined. You are solely responsible for any information you share via a team account, which is posted at your own risk.

Children

Uptip does not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any Personal Data through the Platform. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Data on the Platform without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Data to Uptip through the Platform, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.

Links to Other Web Sites

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Platform. The Platform may contain links to other web sites not operated or controlled by Uptip (the "Third-Party Sites"). The policies and procedures we described here do not apply to the Third-Party Sites. The links from the Platform do not imply that Uptip endorses or has reviewed the Third-Party Sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy policies.

Security

Uptip takes reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data provided via the Platform from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error free. In particular, email sent to or from the Platform may not be secure. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via email. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any Personal Data to Uptip via the Internet.

Changes to Uptip's Privacy Policy

The Platform and our business may change from time to time. As a result, at times it may be necessary for Uptip to make changes to this Privacy Policy. Uptip reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time. If we do this, we will post the changes to this Privacy Policy on this page and will indicate at the top of this page the date these terms were last revised. We will also notify you, either through the Service user interface, in an email notification or through other reasonable means. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Data. Any such changes will become effective no earlier than fourteen (14) days after they are posted, except that changes addressing new functions of the Service or changes made for legal reasons will be effective immediately. This Privacy Policy was last updated on the date indicated above. Your continued use of the Service after the date any such changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the new Privacy Policy.

Other Terms

Your access to and use of the Platform is subject to the Terms of Service at https://uptip.co/terms/.

Contacting Uptip

To keep your Personal Data accurate, current, and complete, please contact us as specified below. We will take reasonable steps to update or correct Personal Data in our possession that you have previously submitted via the Platform. Please also feel free to contact us if you have any questions about Uptip's Privacy Policy or the information practices of the Platform.

All disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms of Service will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of a court of competent jurisdiction located in Wilmington, Delaware, and each party irrevocably consents to such personal jurisdiction and waives all objections to this venue.

You may contact us as follows: support@uptip.co.