V2U Research Inc ("us", "we" or "our") operates https://v2uresearch.com the "V2U site" or the "Service")
We are registered under Ontario Corporation Number (OCN/BIN) 1000897819.
This page informs you of our policies relating to the collection, use & disclosure of personal data when you use our Service & the choices you have associated with that data.
We use your data to provide & improve the service. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms & Conditions, accessible from https://v2uresearch.com/pages/terms-and-conditions.
Overview:
Privacy is of great concern to most users on the internet and is a critical part of a satisfactory user experience. We at V2U Research Inc are aware of & sensitive to the privacy concerns of our subscribers & other visitors to the website. Whether you are a customer of our various products & services or a visitor to our site, we assure you that we do not collect personal information from you unless you provide it to us.
You should be assured that we do not provide or sell personal information about our customers or site visitors to vendors that are not involved or affiliated with V2U Research Inc products or services.
Information Collection & Use:
We collect different types of information for various purposes to provide & improve our Services to you. The types of data we collect are listed below.
Personal Information/Data:
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
• Email address
• First name and last name
• Usage Data
• Watchlists or Portfolio Data (can include transactions)
We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.
Usage:
We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Location:
We may use information about your location if you give us permission to do so (“Location Data”). We use this data to provide features of our Service, to improve and customize our Service.
You can enable or disable location services when you use our Service at any time, through your device settings.
Tracking & Cookies:
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.
Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Examples of Cookies we use:
• Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
• Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
• Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Use of Data:
V2U Research uses the collected data for various purposes:
• To provide and maintain our Service;
• To notify you about changes or updates to our Service;
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so;
• To provide customer support and administrative purposes;
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service;
• To monitor the usage of our Service;
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues;
• To provide updates on the status of any application you may have submitted;
• To contact you regarding any information or other content that you have posted to the SWS website;
• To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
Your Choice:
You may, of course, decline to share your personally-identifiable information with V2U, in which case V2U will not be able to provide to you some of the features and functionality found on the service. If you are a Registered User (as defined in the Terms of Use) with a registered account on the service, you may update, correct, or delete your account information and preferences at any time by going to https://v2uresearch.com/user/profile
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting your account access or making corrections to your information. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.
Retention of Data:
V2U will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
V2U will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Disclosure of Data:
V2U does not share your personally identifiable information with other organizations for their marketing or promotional uses without your express consent.
V2U may disclose automatically collected and other aggregate non-personally-identifiable information with interested third parties to, among other things, assist such parties in understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the service.
V2U may disclose User information to affiliated companies or other businesses or persons to provide website hosting, maintenance, and security services; conduct data analysis and create reports; offer certain functionality, and assist V2U in improving the V2U Service and creating new services features. We require that these parties process such information in compliance with this Privacy Policy, we authorize only limited use of such information, and we require these parties to use reasonable confidentiality measures.
Disclosure for Law Enforcement:
Under certain circumstances, V2U may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Legal Requirements:
V2U may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
• To comply with a legal obligation;
• To protect and defend the rights or property of V2U Research Inc;
• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service;
• To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public;
• To protect against legal liability.
Security of Data:
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
If V2U learns of a security systems breach, then we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. By using V2U's Service or providing personal information to us, you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security and privacy issues relating to your use of the service. V2U may post a notice on the official website if a security breach occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing.
Your Rights:
V2U aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.
Whenever made possible, you can update your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to change your Personal Data, please contact us to make the required changes.
If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
In certain circumstances, you have the right:
• To access and receive a copy of the Personal Data we hold about you;
• To rectify any Personal Data held about you that is inaccurate;
• To request the deletion of Personal Data held about you.
You have the right to data portability for the information you provide to V2U. You can request to obtain a copy of your Personal Data in a commonly used electronic format so that you can manage and move it.
Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
Payments:
We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).
We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.
The payment processor we work with is Stripe. Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://stripe.com/us/privacy
Children's Privacy:
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 ("Children"). For that reason, V2U does not knowingly collect or maintain personally identifiable information from persons under 13 years of age, and no part of the service is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use or access the service at any time or in any manner. Any person who provides their personal information to V2U through the service represents that they are 13 years of age or older. If V2U learns that personally identifiable information of persons less than 13 years of age has been collected without verifiable parental consent, then V2U will take the appropriate steps to delete this information from our servers.
Changes to this Privacy Policy:
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We may let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.