LA TOURAINE, INC. PRIVACY POLICY

 

Effective Date & Last Modified: October 19, 2021

 

I.          INTRODUCTION

 

La Touraine, Inc. ("us", "we", “our”, or "La Touraine") is committed to respecting the privacy rights of its members, visitors, and all users of DirtCheapPOV.com (the "Site"). We created this La Touraine, Inc. Website Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") to give you confidence as you visit and use the Site and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and protection of your privacy. The Privacy Policy will explain how we use the personal information you give to us to maximize your experience using the Site.

 

This is an important legal agreement between you and La Touraine. You signify your agreement to this Privacy Policy by using the Site or providing your personal information to La Touraine. If you do not agree with any term in this Privacy Policy, please do not provide La Touraine with your personal information or use the Site.

 

Sexually Explicit Material

 

This Site contains sexually explicit material and is not intended to be viewed by anyone under the age of 18 or who has not reached the age of majority in their community. Membership and access to the Site are expressly and strictly limited to adults at least 18 years of age who have reached the age of majority in their community.

 

Changes To This Privacy Policy

 

We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to add to, change, update, or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the Site and without any other notice to you. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site, but will not apply retroactively. We recommend that you periodically check this page for updates. Your continued use of the Site indicates your agreement to the updated Privacy Policy.

 

In the event that we elect to share Cookies (see Section IV.B for more information about our use of Cookies) information in the future, you will be notified via an update to this Privacy Policy or notice posted to the Site and at that time have the option to cease using the Site and/or terminate your membership. Your continued use of the Site after receiving such notice indicates your agreement to the sharing of Cookies information.

 

Users From Outside Of The United States

 

The Site is hosted in the United States and is governed by United States law. Be aware that your Personal Information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated if you are using the Site from outside the United States. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using the Site, you consent to your Personal Information being transferred to our facilities, and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy, in the United States.

 

Applicability To Other Websites

 

The Privacy Policy is only applicable to the Site, and not to any other websites that you may be able to access from the Site, each of which may have data collection, storage, or use practices and policies that differ materially from this Privacy Policy. Your selection of an ad banner or link may redirect you from the Site to another site controlled by us or a third party website. Our other sites may have a privacy policy that is materially different from this Privacy Policy. We have no control over, and will have no liability for, any third party websites, materials, or for the privacy practices of any such third party website. Please read the privacy policy for any site you visit as third parties may treat your information differently. You should direct any concerns regarding any external link to the third party site's administrator or webmaster.

 

Personal Information Defined

 

“Personal Information” is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

 

II.        OUR BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

We will only process your personal information if we have a legal basis for doing so. Our legal bases are: processing necessary for the performance of a contract with you; processing to comply with our legal obligations; processing in pursuit of our legitimate interests; and/or processing to establish or defend a legal claim.

 

III.       YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

Under certain circumstances, you may have the following rights:

 

• the right to ask us to provide you access to the Personal Information we hold about you;
• the right to correct your Personal Information;

• the right to request erasure or blocking of your Personal Information that is processed in breach of the law;

• the right to object on legitimate grounds to how we process your Personal Information (in certain circumstances we may not be able to stop using your Personal Information, but we will tell you why in those circumstances); and

• withdrawal of consent (use the unsubscribe option which is in all of our marketing emails to stop receiving marketing material from us).

 

To exercise such rights, or if you have any questions about how we collect, store and use your Personal Information, refer to Section VII below.

 

IV.       INFORMATION COLLECTION POLICY

 

A.        PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED.

 

1) In order to become a member of the Site and/or to purchase products offered through the Site, you are required to provide certain Personal Information to one of our transaction processors (the "Processing Agent").

 

2) Personal Information includes the following categories of information: (a) your name, user name, and email address ("Contact Data"); (b) your zip code ("Demographic Data"); and (c) your credit card, telephone, and/or account number ("Financial Data"). The Processing Agent provides us with your Contact Data and Demographic Data, which we store and use as described herein. The Processing Agent does not provide us access to your Financial Data and therefore we have no ability to collect, store, or transfer that information. The Processing Agent’s terms and privacy policy is available on the page where you provide your Financial Data and may be materially different from this Privacy Policy. Please read such policy as it will describe how the Processing Agent treats your information.

 

3) If you create an account, we may require you to provide your email address. This email address may be used to send you a confirmation email, which you can use to activate your account. We may also use your email address to provide promotional materials and updates on products and services, and to contact you regarding updates, changes or modifications to Site, the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and/or your account.

 

4) If you communicate with us by email, post messages to any of our chat groups, bulletin boards or forums, or otherwise complete online forms, surveys, or contest entries, any information provided in such communication may be collected as Personal Information. Any information that you disclose in chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups is available to the public. Please take note that you should exercise caution when deciding to publicly disclose any Personal Information.

 

B.         COOKIES.

 

1) In order to collect certain information, we utilize small pieces of data that are placed on your when you visit the Site ("Cookies"). Some Cookies are stored in your web browser and become inactive when you close your web browser or turn off your computer ("Session Cookies"). Other Cookies are longer lasting and reside on your hard drive ("Persistent Cookies"). Persistent Cookies remain on your computer until the Persistent Cookies expire or are manually deleted. Persistent Cookies may contain email addresses or usernames, but that data is encrypted and can only be interpreted by us.

 

2) We use Cookies to recognize you when you return to the Site, which allows for easier login, customization of your experience, and overall Site efficiency. We also set Cookies for various tracking and user profiling purposes, such as identifying the pages you visit, the links you click, and the searches you conduct while on the Site. Additionally, we use cookies to optimize the Site, track sales and to facilitate payout agreements with our affiliates when appropriate.

 

3) In the administration of the Site, we use third party software solutions, including without limitation services such as NATS and Google Analytics, which also utilize Cookies ("Third Party Cookies"). Through the use of internal methods and the use of Third Party Cookies, we, and our partners, which may include third party service providers, advertisers, advertising networks and platforms, agencies, and other partners (collectively, “Partners”) may use automated means to collect various types of information about you, your computer or other device used to access the Site. A representative, non-exhaustive list of the types of information automatically tracked and collected includes the following categories of information when you visit the Site: (a) your IP address (which allows us to determine your geographic location); (b) domain servers; (c) type of computer used to access the Site; and (d) type of web browser used to access the Site; and (e) the type of handheld or mobile device used to view the Service (e.g. iOS, Android) (collectively "Traffic Data").

 

4) We have access to information contained in third party software solutions, however, that data is anonymous. With that exception, at this time, we do not share information collected by Third Party Cookies with other third parties.

 

5) Most web browsers allow a user to disable Cookies. While allowing Cookies is not a requirement for membership or use of the Site, if you elect to disable Cookies, some features of the Site features will not function properly as the Site was not designed to operate without Cookies. You cannot choose to continue without certain necessary cookies, which are required to operate the Site.

 

6) We may work with certain third-party companies that use techniques other than HTTP cookies to recognize your computer or device and/or to collect and record information about your web surfing activity, including those integrated with our Services. Please keep in mind that your web browser may not permit you to block the use of these techniques, and those browser settings that block conventional cookies may have no effect on such techniques.

 

7)  At this time, the Site does not respond to Do Not Track browser settings. Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your browser to let the websites you visit know that you do not want them to collect certain information about your online activities over time and across third party websites or online services.

 

For more details about Do Not Track, visit this Do Not Track webpage.

 

V.         PERSONAL INFORMATION USE POLICY

 

A.         OUR USE OF INFORMATION.

 

1) La Touraine, our Partners, and the Processing Agent may use Contact Data to provide account status, to create an account, to provide promotional materials and updates on our products and services, and to contact the user when necessary.

 

2) The Processing Agent uses your Financial Data to verify your qualifications for certain products or services, to create accounts, and to provide and bill you for such products and services when appropriate.

 

3) We use your Personal Information and Traffic Data to customize and tailor your experience on the Site, displaying content that we think you might be interested in and according to your preferences.

 

4) We uses your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer the Site. Your IP address is used to help identify you and to gather broad Traffic Data information as described in Section IV.B. above.

 

B.         SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION.

 

We share certain categories of information we collect from you in the ways described in this Privacy Policy.

 

·         We share Demographic Data with advertisers and other third parties only on an aggregate basis whereby you are not personally identifiable.

·         We share Contact Data with other companies who may want to send you information about their products or services, unless you have specifically requested that we not share Contact Data with such companies. If you do not want us to share your Contact Data with any third parties, please email us at policies@naughtyamerica.com or select the "opt-out" box on our online forms, but please understand that such a request will likely limit your ability to take advantage of all of the features and services we offer on the Site.

·         We may also share Contact Data and Financial Data with our business associates, including the Processing Agent, who assist us by performing core services including without limitation hosting, billing, transaction processing, fulfillment, or data storage and security related to the operation of the Site.

·         We may disclose your Personal Information at the request of law enforcement or government agencies or in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process to establish, protect, or exercise our legal or other rights or to defend against a legal claim or as otherwise required or allowed by law.

·         We may disclose your Personal Information to investigate or prevent your violation of any contractual or other relationship with us or your illegal or harmful activity. 

·         In the event we undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of our assets may continue to process your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

 

C. USER CHOICE REGARDING COLLECTION, USE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.

 

You may choose not to provide us with any Personal Information. In such an event, you can still access and use the Site; however you will not be able to access and use those portions of the Site that require your Personal Information (such as paid or members-only content).

 

If you do not wish to receive information and promotional material from us or from our business associates, you may select the appropriate "opt-out" option each time we ask you for Personal Information or edit your personal profile settings in the manner described in Section VI.B below.

 

D.        YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits users that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for such third parties’ direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, contact us by email at policies@naughtyamerica.com. 

 

VI.       CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

A.         SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.

 

We take reasonable steps to maintain the security of your Personal Information; however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us, so you do so at your own risk.

 

 

B.         LOST OR STOLEN INFORMATION.

 

You must promptly notify us if your credit card, username, or password is lost, stolen, or used without your permission through the procedure provided in the Terms of Service (https://www. dirtcheappov.com/terms-of-service.html). 

 

VII.     CONTACT US

 

All membership questions can be answered by submitting a ticket at: www.support.latouraineinc.com.

 

All other questions, comments, and concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, the Personal Information we have about you, and to notify us about a complaint regarding how we use your Personal Information, email policies@naughtyamerica.com. If you are a European data subject, you may lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority at any time.