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Effective as of 5.08.2013

Altruistic Apps, LLC (“Altruistic Apps”) respects your concerns about privacy. This privacy statement governs your use of the [School Smart Shop] Application (“Application”) on your mobile device and the Altruistic Apps website. This privacy notice describes how Altruistic Apps collects and uses the personal information you provide. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information. The phrase “personal information” refers to information by which you or the device you are using to connect to the Internet can be identified. The Application obtains the information when you download and register the Application.

Geo-Location Services

Some services on this site make use of location-based data. If you allow these services, we will collect information about the Wi-fi routers closest to you and the cell IDs of the towers closest to you.

We use this information to provide the requested location-based service, not to identify you. You will be asked for your permission each time a location-based service is requested.

Location based services allow us to:

• Provide you content based upon your location.
• Check you in to a store or other location.
• Provide you local search results.
• Provide you special local offers.
• Map routes and provide directions to locations that you specify.
• Enable you to share your location with friends.

You may choose not to share your geo-location details with us by adjusting the device’s location services settings. Please contact your device manufacturer for instructions on changing your device’s settings.

Personal Information We Collect

• Contact Information such as name, email address, mailing address, phone number.
• The school which you wish to support
• Usage activity about how you interact with the Application
• Information about your mobile device such as your mobile device id (similar to a website IP address), device type, and mobile service carrier.

We Use This Information To:

· Send you notifications with suitable coupons

· Send you marketing communications

· Display information based on the school you wish to sponsor

Cookies

In addition, when you visit our website or use the Application, we may collect certain information by automated mean, such as “cookies” and “web beacons”. A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor‘s computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. A “web beacon,” also known as an Internet tag, pixel tag or clear GIF, is used to transmit information back to a web server. We also may use third-party website analytics tools that collect information about visitor traffic on our website and mobile applications. The information we may collect by automated means includes:

• Information about the devices our visitors use to access the Internet (such as the IP address and the device, browser and operating system type)
• URLs that refer visitors to our website
• Dates and times of visits to our website
• Information on actions taken on our website (such as page views and site navigation patterns)
• A general geographic location (such as country and city) from which a visitor accesses our website
• Search terms that visitors use to reach our website

In order to serve you in the best capacity possible, we use "cookies" to store and to, on occasion, track user information. Our use of cookies helps us understand how you are using our website and Application. They allow us to improve the security, content, navigation, personalization features and functionality of our website. Additionally, we use cookies to track and improve marketing performance by gathering anonymous data for statistical purposes and improve the services and products offered to you. Cookies are not used to collect or disseminate any of your personal information. Like many websites, if you choose to disable cookies on your computer browser settings you will be unable to fully take advantage of our website. Our advertising and marketing partners may also use their own cookies; we are not responsible for their activities and policies on the issue.

Sharing Your Information

We will share your information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement.

We may provide your personal information to companies that provide services to help us with our business activities such as offering customer service. These third parties are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.

We may disclose your personal information

• as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process.
• when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.
• if Altruistic Apps is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
• to any other third party with your prior consent to do so.

Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Information

We offer you choices regarding the collection, use and sharing of your personal information. You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. When you receive promotional communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further promotional communications from us and you will have the opportunity to “opt-out” by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the promotional e-mail you receive or by contacting us directly at info@altruisticappsllc.com

Despite your indicated e-mail marketing preferences, we may send you administrative e-mails regarding the Application or our website, including, for example, administrative confirmations, and notices of updates to our Privacy Policy if we choose to provide such notices to you in this manner.

If you use our services provided through mobile devices, you may have additional choices, including over whether location services are enabled. Additionally, if you use other social media services in connection with the Application, the providers of these services may provide you with additional choices concerning the types of data shared with Altruistic Apps.

Access and Correction

You may obtain a copy of certain personal information we maintain about you or update or correct inaccuracies in that information using the online account you may establish on our websites. In addition, if you believe other personal information we maintain about you is inaccurate, you may request that we correct or amend the information by contacting us as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section of this Privacy Notice. If we deny an access request, we will notify you of the reasons for the denial.

Third Parties

The Application and website may contain links to other websites or may make third-party applications available to our users. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites or applications. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of each and every website they visit or application they use. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through Altruistic Apps and does not apply to these third-party websites or applications. The ability to access information of third parties from Altruistic Apps, or links to other websites or locations, is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such third parties, their products, their services, other websites, locations or their content.

Certain merchants may expressly require you to submit information at the point of purchase when you use your coupon, and may separately request certain information from you as necessary to redeem the offer and credit the intended school, or for their own purposes. A merchant’s collection and use of any information shall be governed by that merchant’s own privacy policy and we have no control and are not responsible for any misuse of personal information by such any merchant. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the privacy statements provided by these other parties prior to providing them with information or taking advantage of a coupon or offer.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. When you provide sensitive information to us, we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission, or method of electronic storage, is entirely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that the security measures we have in place to safeguard personal information will never fail, or that those measures will always be effective. We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services contact us at. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Notification of Privacy Statement Changes

We may update this privacy statement to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on our website prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices. You agree that any subsequent use by you of our website or Application following any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of all such changes.

Children

Altruistic Apps does not direct its website or the Application to knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us at info@altruisticappsllc.com. We will delete such information from our files within a reasonable time.

California Residents

If you are a California resident, you may request that we provide to you (i) a list of the categories of personal information about you that Altruistic Apps has disclosed to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes during the calendar year preceding your request, (ii) the names and addresses of such third parties, and (iii) if the nature of the third parties’ business cannot reasonably be determined from their names, examples of the products or services marketed, if known to Altruistic Apps, sufficient to give you a reasonable indication of the nature of the third parties’ business. To submit your request, please e-mail info@altruisticappsllc.com.

How To Contact Us

You can contact us about this privacy statement by writing or email us at the address below:

info@altruisticappsllc.com
Altruistic Apps LLC
170 Chicago St.
Cary, IL 60013