PRIVACY NOTICE
Last updated October 3, 2022
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at The Miilk, Inc.
("Company", "we",
"us", "our"). We are committed to
protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you
have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our
practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us
at contact@themiilk.com.
When you visit our website
https://www.themiilk.com (the
"Website"), and more generally, use any of our services
(the "Services", which include the Website), we appreciate that you are
trusting us with your personal information. We take your privacy very
seriously. In this privacy notice, we seek to explain to you in the
clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and
what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to
read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in
this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue use
of our Services immediately.
This privacy notice applies to all information collected through our
Services (which, as described above, includes our Website), as well as,
any related services, sales, marketing or events.
Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand
what we do with the information that we collect.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect personal information that you
provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when
you register on the Website, express an interest in obtaining
information about us or our products and Services, when you participate
in activities on the Website or otherwise when you contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your
interactions with us and the Website, the choices you make and the
products and features you use. The personal information we collect may
include the following:
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process
your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument
number (such as a credit card number), and the security code associated
with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by Stripe. You
may find their privacy notice link(s) here:
https://stripe.com/privacy.
Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the
option to register with us using your existing social media account
details, like your Facebook, Twitter or other social media account. If
you choose to register in this way, we will collect the information
described in the section called "HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?"
below.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete
and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal
information.
Information automatically collected
In Short: Some information — such as your Internet
Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is
collected automatically when you visit our Website.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or
navigate the Website. This information does not reveal your specific
identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device
and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device
characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs,
device name, country, location, information about how and when you use
our Website and other technical information. This information is
primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Website,
and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and
similar technologies.
2. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
In Short: We only share information with your
consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect
your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.
We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following
legal basis:
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Consent: We may process your data if you have
given us specific consent to use your personal information for a
specific purpose.
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Legitimate Interests: We may process your data
when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business
interests.
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Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered
into a contract with you, we may process your personal information
to fulfill the terms of our contract.
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Legal Obligations: We may disclose your
information where we are legally required to do so in order to
comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial
proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a
court order or a subpoena (including in response to public
authorities to meet national security or law enforcement
requirements).
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Vital Interests: We may disclose your information
where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take
action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected
fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any
person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which
we are involved.
More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your
personal information in the following situations:
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Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your
information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any
merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or
a portion of our business to another company.
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Third-Party Service Providers. We may also share
Information with other third-party companies with which we have a
business relationship or hire to perform services on our behalf. For
example, we may hire a third-party company to help us send and
manage email, and we might provide that third-party company with
your email address and certain other Information for them to send
you an email message on our behalf. Similarly, we may hire
third-party companies to host or operate some of our Services and
related computers and software applications. These third-party
service providers have access to personal information needed to
perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
Further, they must process that information in accordance with this
Privacy Notice and as permitted by applicable data protection
law.
3. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking
technologies to collect and store your information.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons
and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about
how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is
set out in our Cookie Notice.
4. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our
services using a social media account, we may have access to certain
information about you.
Our Website offers you the ability to register and login using your
third-party social media account details (like your Facebook or Twitter
logins). Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile
information about you from your social media provider. The profile
information we receive may vary depending on the social media provider
concerned, but will often include your name, email address, friends
list, profile picture as well as other information you choose to make
public on such social media platform.
We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are
described in this privacy notice or that are otherwise made clear to you
on the relevant Website. Please note that we do not control, and are not
responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your
third-party social media provider. We recommend that you review their
privacy notice to understand how they collect, use and share your
personal information, and how you can set your privacy preferences on
their sites and apps.
5. WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?
In Short: We are not responsible for the safety of
any information that you share with third-party providers who
advertise, but are not affiliated with, our Website.
The Website may contain advertisements from third parties that are not
affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, online services
or mobile applications. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of
data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third
parties is not covered by this privacy notice. We are not responsible
for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any
third parties, including other websites, services or applications that
may be linked to or from the Website. You should review the policies of
such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your
questions.
6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We keep your information for as long as
necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice
unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is
necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a
longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax,
accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will
require us keeping your personal information for longer than.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your
personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such
information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your
personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will
securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further
processing until deletion is possible.
7. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or
market to children under 18 years of age.
We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18
years of age. By using the Website, you represent that you are at least
18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to
such minor dependent’s use of the Website. If we learn that personal
information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we
will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly
delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we
may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at
contact@themiilk.com.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your
personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such
information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your
personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will
securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further
processing until deletion is possible.
8. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your
account at any time.
If you are a resident in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully
processing your personal information, you also have the right to
complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can
find their contact details here:
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
If you are a resident in Switzerland, the contact details for the data
protection authorities are available here:
https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may
email us at contact@themiilk.com.
Account Information
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in
your account or terminate your account, you can:
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Log into your account settings and update your user account.
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or
delete your account and information from our active databases. However,
we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud,
troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms
of Use and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are
set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose
to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you
choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain
features or services of our Website. To opt-out of interest-based
advertising by advertisers on our Website visit
http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
Opting out of email marketing: You can unsubscribe from
our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link
in the emails that we send or by contacting us using the details
provided below. You will then be removed from the marketing email list —
however, we may still communicate with you, for example to send you
service- related emails that are necessary for the administration and
use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other
non-marketing purposes. To otherwise opt-out, you may:.
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Note your preferences when you register an account with the
site.
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Access your account settings and update preferences.
9. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile
applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can
activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your
online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no
uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals
has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser
signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your
choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is
adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that
practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.
10. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California,
you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal
information.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The
Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request
and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about
categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third
parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all
third parties with which we shared personal information in the
immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident
and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in
writing to us using the contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a
registered account with the Website, you have the right to request
removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Website. To
request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact
information provided below, and include the email address associated
with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will
make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Website, but please
be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed
from all our systems (e.g. backups, etc.).
11. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as
necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.*
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version
will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version
will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material
changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently
posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a
notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently
to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
12. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact our
Data Protection Officer (DPO), Hongseok Kim, by email at
contact@themiilk.com, or by post to:
The Miilk, Inc.
Hongseok Kim
1900 Embarcadero Rd #202
Palo Alto, CA 94303
United States
13. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to
request access to the personal information we collect from you, change
that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to
review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit:
https://www.themiilk.com.