PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy was last updated on: August 1, 2023
1. Introduction
This "Privacy Policy" is for residents and persons located within the United States and Canada. For all other visitors, please visit the international version of our Privacy Policy Ici. We want you to be familiar with how we collect, use, and share your Personally Identifiable Information (defined below). This Privacy Policy outlines the type of information that we collect and receive from and about you via the Earnut Sites and Features and our Services (both as defined below), and our data practices related thereto, with additional disclosures for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, Utah and Virginia residents in the U.S. State Privacy Notice section below. To the extent that there is a conflict between this Privacy Policy and the U.S. State Privacy Notice section, the U.S. State Privacy Notice section will control as to residents of those states. Please review this Privacy Policy carefully, especially before providing any Personally Identifiable Information through the Earnut Sites and Features or our Services. The Earnut Sites and Features and our Services are generally operated in and controlled from the United States of America unless otherwise stated.
Earnut Sites and Features and our Services may collect and use location-aware and cross-device data for advertising and other purposes.
IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO HAVE US COLLECT, USE, AND SHARE INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE ANY OF THE Earnut SITES AND FEATURES OR OUR SERVICES.
Notice of Terms of Use, Including Arbitration: Your use of the Earnut Sites and Features and our Services is subject to our Conditions d'utilisation, which includes binding individual arbitration of any disputes which may arise in connection with such use. Please note that your use of the Earnut Sites and Features or our Services constitutes your express agreement to our Terms of Use, including its arbitration provisions and class action waiver. Please read the Terms of Use—including the arbitration provisions—carefully, and do not use any of the Earnut Sites and Features or our Services if you do not agree.
Earnut, LLC and its Affiliates (defined below) (collectively, “Earnut,” “we,” “our” or “us”) own and operate a number of different services, including, without limitation Earnut.com, and others that may be added from time to time (collectively, the “Earnut Sites”). This Privacy Policy applies to the Earnut Sites and to all of the features, websites, mobile applications, Internet browser extensions, emails, online services and other functionalities (collectively, the “Features”) available via or related to the Earnut Sites, whether accessed via a computer, mobile device, or other devices you use (each a "Device" and collectively, “Devices”), or otherwise (collectively, the “Earnut Sites and Features”), the services available on or through the Earnut Sites and Features, including our emails and other electronic communications (collectively, “our Services”). Unless specifically stated, such as in the U.S. State Privacy Notice section, this Privacy Policy only covers information we collect through Earnut Sites and Features and our Services and does not cover any information we receive or collect offline or that is collected by any unrelated websites or companies to which we may provide links. Please contact us with any questions regarding this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices as instructed in Section 20 of this Privacy Policy below.
2. Information We Collect Directly
When you visit any Earnut Sites and Features or use any of our Services, you may share and/or we may automatically collect information that identifies you personally. In this Privacy Policy, “Personally Identifiable Information” (or “PII”) refers to any information that can reasonably be used to identify, contact or locate you; provided, however, that the U.S. State Privacy Notice section applies a definition of personal information under applicable state law that may be broader than PII. Examples of PII may include, without limitation, your name, your precise geo-location, your credit card number, your email address, your mailing address, and your phone number. We also collect, and may create from PII, information about you that is not PII (“Non-PII”). If we combine PII collected via Earnut Sites and Features or our Services with other of your PII or with Non-PII, that combined data will be treated as PII subject to this Privacy Policy.
PII and Non-PII may be collected on, through, or in connection with any of the Earnut Sites and Features or our Services. For example, we may collect PII and/or Non-PII when you create or register for an account with us, fill out surveys, join a mailing list, upload receipts, correspond with us, enter one of our sweepstakes or contests, choose to submit testimonials, stories, photos or the like, or otherwise volunteer or provide information about yourself. You may also choose to install and use optional Internet browser extensions, add-ons, or similar plug-in software and technologies (each an "Extension" and collectively, “Extensions”) which may collect and use your information in a variety of ways. The Extensions also provide other features and access to Offers (defined below), and allow you to monitor your earnings, customize your account information or experience, and other activities. If you install an Extension, we will automatically track certain websites you visit to allow us to provide the aforementioned features and to correlate your browser history, merchant visits, and Earnut Sites and Features engagements to provide better Services and Offers to you. In addition, Tracking Technologies (defined below) may be placed on your Devices when you install and use Extensions or when you click on an affiliate or Ad Network (defined below) link within a shopping-rewards feature. Your browsing activity on our merchant partners’ websites and other websites you visit may be tracked by cookies, Extensions, or other Earnut Sites and Features having such tracking capabilities. We may also use GPS or similar geo-location technology to determine the geo-coordinates of where you or your Device are located. In addition, our mobile applications may collect, among other things, certain information automatically, including, but not limited to the type of mobile Device you use, your mobile Device’s unique device identifier (“UDID”), the IP address of your mobile Device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browsers you use, and information about the way you use the mobile application.
If you don’t provide us with or allow us to collect your PII, we generally will be unable to provide you with our Services and you may be unable to use the Earnut Sites and Features.
You may be able to limit data collection by changing the settings on your Device (but our services and features may lose functionality as a result), or as otherwise explained in the sections below.
3. Information We Receive from Third Parties
We may also receive and supplement the information we directly collect from or about you with information from third parties, including Trusted Third Parties (defined below), and to the extent it is combined with PII collected via Earnut Sites and Features or our Services, it will be governed by this Privacy Policy. If you are on a third party website or service and you opt-in to receive information from us, the third party may forward to us your email address and other information about you so that we may contact you as requested. In addition, we may receive information from Third Party Services to ensure that you properly receive any qualified Offers and for our other Data Purposes (defined below). We may also supplement and combine the PII we collect about you with outside records from third parties in order to enhance our ability to provide you with Offers and for our other Data Purposes, and to the extent it is combined with PII collected via Earnut Sites and Features or our Services, it will be governed by this Privacy Policy.
4. Use and Sharing of Information
We use your PII and non-PII we collect about you in order to: (i) provide you with our Services; (ii) operate and improve the Earnut Sites and Features; (iii) provide advertising, content, surveys, location-based deals, special offers, promotions, and other rewards opportunities (collectively, “Offers”); and (iv) for other marketing, administrative, operational, business, and commercial purposes subject to applicable law and not inconsistent with this Privacy Policy or other notice by us at collection (collectively, our “Data Purposes”). We may use and disclose Non-PII for any purpose subject to applicable law and not inconsistent with this Privacy Policy or other notice by us at collection. Without limitation, your PII and non-PII may be used by itself, aggregated, or combined with unique identifiers (such as Earnut-assigned identifiers, UDIDs, etc.), and shared with (a) our parent companies, subsidiaries, sister companies, trusted agents and affiliated Services that we own and/or operate (“Affiliates”); and (b) our service providers, vendors, advertisers, merchants, survey partners, joint business ventures, and other trusted third parties (collectively, “Trusted Third Parties”) (some of whom may offer Third Party Services (defined below)), for purposes related to our business, including, without limitation, advertising, attribution, measurement of campaigns, analytics and research, and our other Data Purposes as permitted by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no phone number you provide to us or one of our mobile service providers (currently Airship, Twilio, Telesign, and Button) for purposes of sending you a link for downloading a mobile app, special offer, a security verification, text (SMS) marketing, or otherwise, will be used or shared with any third party to be used for any other purpose, except as may be permitted or required by law or legal process or with your consent or at your direction.
5. Friend Referrals
We may provide you with an opportunity to invite your friends, family, and acquaintances (“Friends”) to use our Services. If you elect to use our referral service for informing a Friend about any of our Services, you may provide us with your Friend’s name and email address. Through our referral service, you may have the ability to direct us to automatically send the Friend one or more emails or other communications, on your behalf, inviting them to visit or register for our Services (which invite may include additional subsequent reminders and communications). You must have your Friend’s consent to provide us with his or her information for this purpose and should not knowingly give us referral information for any person not permitted to use the Earnut Sites and Features, including, without limitation, a child under the age of 13, a person whose account has previously been suspended or deactivated, or a person who resides or is located in a territory where use of the Earnut Sites and Features is not authorized.
6. Community Features and User Content
The Earnut Sites and Features may provide you the opportunity to participate in, make available, and/or post text (e.g., questions, comments, and suggestions), images, audio, videos, or other content (collectively, “User Content”) publicly through our blogs, chat rooms, forums, interactive features, public-facing member profile, third-party social networking services or other communication functionality (“Community Features”). Please note that certain information, such as your username, Service start date, earning preferences, qualified rewards, profile picture and other profile information we believe will help motivate you and others to participate in our program may be publicly displayed on the Earnut Sites and Features along with User Content. User Content may also contain metadata, which may contain information about or relating to you, that we may also collect, share and use. Anything posted through Community Features is publicly available. This means that others will have access to that User Content and may use it or share it with third parties; this is beyond our control. If you choose to voluntarily disclose PII in the User Content and/or on the Community Features, that information will be considered publicly available information as well. The protections of this Privacy Policy will not apply to publicly available information. In addition, by posting through our Community Features, you are agreeing that we may use your User Content (and excerpts from your User Content) in connection with our Data Purposes.
7. Third Party Services
The Earnut Sites and Features contain links to, or otherwise enable the opportunity to interact with (e.g., Facebook button), other websites, and other services provided by Trusted Third Parties (such as when you link to their site to take a survey or transact with them to qualify for rewards) that we do not own, operate nor control (“Third Party Services”). In addition, because aspects of the Earnut Sites and Features include third-party Offers, Third Party Services may collect your information based on your interaction with those Offers, including via Tracking Technologies (defined and discussed below). In addition, by interacting with Offers via Earnut Sites and Features or our Services, you authorize and direct us to share your PII and non-PII with Third Party Services making Offers, and for them to share Offer-related activity data and other information with us. This helps us and them make and fulfill Offers, including making it easier for you to sign up for Offers, facilitating your communications or transactions with them, authenticating and/or validating your identification, crediting you with any qualified rewards, and for our other Data Purposes. Except as legally required for our service providers, the privacy and other practices of Third Party Services are not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we are not responsible for their privacy or other practices. We encourage our users to be aware of and to read the privacy statements, terms of service and similar disclosures and conditions of Third Party Services that collect PII or other data before visiting or otherwise interacting with those services.
For more information on Third Party Services, see sections 8, 9, 11 and 12 of this Privacy Policy (Advertising Networks, Session Replay and Analytics Companies, Card Linked Offers Programs et Social Features).
8. Advertising Networks
Companies that host networks connecting advertisers with delivery platforms for digital advertising (collectively, “Ad Networks”), which are Third Party Services, may provide advertising based on your interests, as reflected in your use of Earnut Sites and Features and our Services, as well as your use of other websites and services. Some of these Ad Networks may place persistent cookies or other Tracking Technologies (defined below) on your Devices, allowing them to recognize you and/or your Device each time they send you an online advertisement. Ads themselves may also include Tracking Technologies. In this way, Ad Networks may compile information about where you see advertisements online and determine which ads you click on, so, for instance, that we and they may provide you with Offers or advertisements believed to be of most interest to you. We are not the data controller for the cookies or other Tracking Technologies that may be placed by these third parties on your Devices, nor do we have responsibility for these third parties’ privacy policies or information collection practices. You may limit or remove such cookies and Tracking Technologies through your Device settings; for more information, visit section 10(ii) (What Are My Cookie Choices?) below.
9. Session Replay and Analytics Companies
We use certain third-party analytics and/or other technology providers to help us understand how you use Earnut Sites and Features or our Services, and these companies may set their own cookies and other Tracking Technologies on your Devices. For example, we may use third-party services to record and review your interactions with the Earnut Sites and Features and our Services, including mouse movements, clicks, page visits, keystrokes/key touches, and other details, including any PII that you provide. These “session replay” services help us organize and analyze your interaction data for our Data Purposes, including to improve and prevent fraud related to Earnut Sites and Features and our Services. By using any of the Earnut Sites and Features or our Services, you expressly consent to the recording and sharing of your PII and other data with third-party “session replay” services and other analytics providers.
We may also use Google Analytics and similar third-party analytics providers to track visitors’ activity on our website. Google Analytics and similar third-party analytics providers may also use web browsing data and other data analysis to improve their own products. For more information on how to limit this activity, including to learn about the opt-out mechanism Google offers, visit section 10(ii) (What Are My Cookie Choices?) below. These and other Trusted Third Parties may collect information about you, including but not limited to your online activities over time and across different websites and services, when you use the Earnut Sites and Features or our Services, or other online websites and services.
10. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
1. Use of Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We set and access, and third parties (including Trusted Third Parties) may set and access, cookies, web beacons, embedded scripts, pixels, tags, software development kits (“SDKs”), session replay tools, and other tracking technologies (collectively, “Tracking Technologies”) on your Devices in connection with your use of Earnut Sites and Features or our Services. Such third parties (“Cookie Operators”) may collect information across various channels using Tracking Technologies for purposes of delivering more relevant Offers to you or other Business Purposes. We may use a variety of Tracking Technologies in connection with our Data Purposes. Tracking Technologies may automatically capture PII and other information, including, without limitation, your IP Address, UDID, and browser or operating system type and version, and may detect whether your Device or software has certain capabilities such as a microphone or webcam access. We and Third Party Services generally use Tracking Technologies and the information they generate to support the Earnut Sites and Features and our Services or Third Party Services, including, for instance: (i) by offering you surveys, shopping, and other targeted Offers; (ii) for identity verification; (iii) for analytics; (iv) to ensure compliance with our programs; and (v) to identify and honor your choices (such as opt-outs). Tracking Technologies may also be used as follows: (a) to provide you with convenience when you access the Earnut Sites and Features or our Services by remembering that you have visited us before and by remembering your username, password and other user information, and your preferences to help you avoid future re-entry of certain information; (b) to allow us and Third Party Services to understand or predict your interests so we and they can personalize your experience on Earnut Sites and Features or our Services and elsewhere online, across Devices, web browsers, email, mobile and other applications.
In doing so, we and Third Party Services may link the information collected from Tracking Technologies, and from other sources, with other of your PII and non-PII, and we and they may track your web-browsing and other activity in order to provide you with Offers and for our or their other Data Purposes); (c) for analytical and statistical purposes, quality control, validation and verification purposes, and to improve the services we and Third Party Services offer; and (d) Third Party Services may link the information we share with them (or that they collect) to cookies stored on your browser or Devices, and they may collect information such as your IP address, UDID, browser or operating system type and version, and demographic or inferred-interest information. Third Party Services may use this information to recognize you across different channels and platforms, including but not limited to, computers, mobile devices, and Smart TVs, over time for advertising, analytics, attribution, and reporting purposes. For example, Third Party Services may deliver an advertisement to you in your web browser based on a purchase you made in a physical retail store, or they may send a personalized marketing email to you because you visited a particular website. Our mobile applications may include Tracking Technologies that share your Device’s precise geo-location and other details about your Device (like hardware characteristics, a variety of sensor data, and a list and history of installed third-party applications) with Third Party Services who may use this information to generate Offers for you, for advertising, attribution, measurement of campaigns, analytics, and research, and their or our other Data Purposes. See instructions to limit or disable such tracking in section 10(ii) below; but be aware that limiting such tracking will affect some Device or mobile application functionality and may limit your ability to use our Services, complete Offers and earn rewards.
2. What Are My Cookie Choices?
Cookies may include a small data file which is stored on your systems. We use both session cookies and persistent cookies. For the session cookies, once you close your browser, the cookie terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on your hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed or disabled by following your web browser help-file directions.
You can exercise control over browser-based cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser, and mobile Devices may offer ad and data limitation choices. Please note that when you use cookie control tools, you will have to change your settings for each browser and Device you use, and your limitation on cookies can limit the functionality of online services you use, including Earnut Sites and Features and our Services. Use the help function on your browser or click on the applicable links below to learn more:
If you block cookies in this manner, Earnut Sites and Features and our Services (including the ability to complete Offers and earn rewards), may not operate as intended.
One use of cookies is interest-based advertising, which uses your activity information to help provide you with more relevant Offers. To learn more about internet-based advertising in general, and exercise certain opt-outs that some Ad Networks provide, which may include use of geo-location, cross-device data-directed, and/or “audience matched advertising” ads, please visit the following ad industry self-regulatory resources.
We support these self-regulatory programs and expect the Ad Networks we work with to do so as well. If you’d like to opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics, simply install this add-on to your browser: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We are not responsible for the completeness, accuracy or effectiveness of any third-party cookie-choice programs or tools. If you exercise these choice controls they may need to be compiled on each browser and Device you use, and if they use a cookie to signal your opt-out, your choice may no longer be recognizable if you later clear or block cookies. Not accepting cookies (or opting out of cookies), installing ad blocking technologies, and/or disabling analytics providers may make certain features of the Earnut Sites and Features and our Services unavailable to you and may affect our ability to validate whether or not you qualified for a reward by successfully completing an Offer.
Note that your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to websites and online services you visit. At present, we do not believe that there is a consensus among industry participants as to what “Do Not Track” means in this context. Like many websites and online services, we currently do not alter our practices when we receive a “Do Not Track” signal from a user’s browser.
11. Card Linked Offers Programs
We may offer a service enabling you to enroll a qualifying payment card in order to earn rewards or benefits when you make qualifying transactions with participating merchants (a “CLO Program”). Your participation in a CLO Program is further governed by our. If you participate in a CLO Program and provide your payment information for that purpose, we and Third Party Services (including, without limitation, Braintree Payments (a division of PayPal, Inc.), Visa, Inc., Rewards Network, and Figg, Inc.) will have the right to use and share the transaction information generated in such CLO Program (“CLO Transaction Data”) for the purposes of operating and improving the CLO Program, including, without limitation: (a) to confirm whether you qualify for an Offer; (b) to confirm whether a specific transaction occurred or rewards were earned (for example, the date and amount of your purchase and the last 4 digits of your card number so the merchant can verify your purchase if there is a missing or disputed transaction); (c) to allow participating merchants and others to assess the results of their campaign and analyze ways to improve or optimize a CLO Program and its Offers; (d) to create a record of the CLO Transaction Data and thereafter maintain and use such CLO Transaction Data in connection with operating the CLO Program; and (e) to provide information in response to a request from a government authority or a payment organization involved in a transaction with you, a merchant, another relevant Trusted Third Party, or others. By participating in a CLO Program, you authorize and direct the sharing, exchange, and use of CLO Transaction Data described above and herein by and among us and Third Party Services, applicable payment card networks, and participating merchants. Please visit the Card Linked Offer Service Terms to learn more about the data collection, use, and sharing practices related to the CLO Program. If you would like to opt out of card linking and CLO Transaction Data collection in connection with a CLO Program, please visit the card linking section of the applicable Service and remove any payment cards that you no longer wish to be associated with the CLO Program.
12. Social Features
Certain functionality on Earnut Sites and Features or our Services may permit interactions that you initiate between our Services and third-party social media services (“Social Media Services”) such as Google, Apple, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter (“Social Features”). Examples of Social Features include enabling you to “like” or “share” content from our Services with Social Media Services; to log-in to our Services using your username and password for Social Media Services; to transmit content to or from our Services to or from your account on Social Media Services; and to otherwise connect our Services to Social Media Services. Enabling or interacting with Social Features may also set one or more cookies or other Tracking Technologies on your Devices. Please refer to the terms of use and privacy policies of such Social Media Services offering such Social Features. If you choose to use Social Features, information you post or provide access to may be shared with and publicly displayed on our Services or on such Social Media Services. Similarly, if you post information on a Social Media Service that references any of our Services (e.g., by using a hashtag associated with any of our Services in a tweet or status update), your post may be published on the Earnut Sites and Features in accordance with the terms of the Social Media Services and our Conditions d'utilisation. In addition, we may receive information about you if other users of a Social Media Service give us access to their profiles and you are one of their “connections,” or information about you is otherwise accessible through your connections’ web pages, profile pages, groups you or they belong to, or similar pages on such Social Media Service.
The information we collect in connection with Social Features is subject to this Privacy Policy. The information collected by any Social Media Service via Social Features remains subject to their privacy practices, including whether they continue to share information with us, the types of information shared, and your choices with regard to what is visible to others on such Social Media Service.
13. Disclosure of Data
In addition to the types of disclosure and sharing of data described throughout this Privacy Policy, we may disclose your PII and non-PII as described in this section. We may disclose your PII and non-PII when required by law, or where we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a judicial or administrative proceeding, a criminal investigation, a court order, or legal process served on us. We may also share your PII and non-PII at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, or if we in our sole discretion believe there to be a credible situation that requires us to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud or abuse, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or violations of our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy for any of the Earnut Sites and Features or our Services. We may also use IP addresses, UDID or other Device, activity or session identifiers to identify users, and we reserve the right (in our sole discretion) to do so in cooperation with Third Party Services, as well as copyright owners, Internet service providers, wireless service providers, or law enforcement agencies, without notice to you. We may also share your PII with Third Party Services in connection with their performance of services to, or on behalf of, the Earnut Sites and Features or our Services (and vice versa) and for our Data Purposes. In addition, if you use our mobile applications, we may share your current geo-location with Third Party Services so that we or they may provide you with Offers based on your location, for our Data Purposes, and for advertising, attribution, measurement of campaigns, analytics and research. Please see section 15 (Updating Your Information, Choice and Opt-Out) below for information about how you can opt out of such sharing.
We may share or sell aggregate or individualized information about you that may include, without limitation: (1) your PII and related information; (2) your use of the Earnut Sites and Features and our Services; (3) Third Party Services and other websites you visit; and (4) your geo-location and information derived therefrom. We share this information with Trusted Third Parties for the purpose of providing you with Offers and for our Data Purposes.
14. Business Transactions
In the event Earnut or any of its Affiliates is involved with a business transition, such as a financing, merger, consolidation, restructuring, acquisition by another company, sale or assignment of rights or assets (or a portion thereof), or other company change, we may transfer your and other users’ information, including PII and non-PII, and other business data in connection with that business transaction (e.g., to a subsequent owner or operator of Earnut or any of our Services, or any affiliates, agents, service providers, or partners of the foregoing), including during the course of any due diligence process (collectively, “Business Transactions”).
15. Updating Your Information, Choice and Opt-Out
You are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of any information you submit to us, such as your contact information. If you have any questions about updating your information, privacy choices and/or opting out of certain programs, services, and data activities, please visit section 20 (Contact) below for more information and instructions to contact us. You may opt out of receiving marketing emails by: (i) following the opt-out instructions provided to you in those emails; (ii) visiting your account settings or similar features on the relevant Earnut Sites and Features; or (iii) contacting us as provided in section 20 (Contact Us) below. Please note that as long as you remain registered with or a user of any of the Earnut Sites and Features or our Services, even if you opt out of marketing emails, you may still receive administrative and transactional emails, such as notices about service and status updates and changes to our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy. If you sign up to receive text (SMS) messages from the Earnut Sites and Features, you may unsubscribe from any text SMS messages received by replying “STOP”. If you do not wish to receive advertisements, content, surveys, promotions, Offers, or rewards from us by virtue of your installation of our Extensions, you should not install or should uninstall such Extensions. You may remove or disable cookies and/or opt out of interest-based advertising as described above in section 10(ii) (What Are My Cookie Choices?) and you may clear your browser history in accordance with the system settings of your web browser. You may also opt out of providing your geo-location information to us by turning off the location services for your Device located in your account settings (if available) or in your Device settings. If you do not want our mobile applications to collect any PII or non-PII about you, you should uninstall the application using the standard uninstall procedures that may be available as part of your mobile Device or via the mobile application marketplace or network where you obtained the mobile application.
16. Notification of Privacy Policy Updates
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time via updates. If we decide to make an update with material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will provide notice of the update by sending you an administrative email and/or posting links to the updated Privacy Policy in places on the Earnut Sites and Features deemed appropriate by us so our users are always aware of what PII and other information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances it may be shared with others. Your continued use of any of the Earnut Sites and Features and our Services after delivery of the administrative email to you, or after the update links are posted, constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy as to any continued use of the Earnut Sites and Features and our Services, including our future use of PII or other information previously or thereafter collected in accordance with the updated Privacy Policy. If you do not accept the changes, please immediately discontinue your use of any Earnut Sites and Features and our Services and close your account with us.
17. Children's Privacy
The Earnut Sites and Features and our Services are for general audiences, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information (as defined by the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”)) from children younger than the age of 13. If you are under the age of majority (18 in most states and provinces), you should use the Earnut Sites and Features and our Services only with the permission and guidance of your parent or guardian. If you are under 13, you should not use our Service. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child younger than 13, we will take actions as required by COPPA.
If a California resident is known to us to be under 16 years of age, we will obtain any required expressed opt-in consent to any sale of their personal information collected by the Earnut Sites and Features or our Services, in accordance with the CCPA and applicable regulations thereunder. California minors also have certain rights to remove their own public posts on the Earnut Sites and Features. More information is included in section G (Additional Notices for California Residents) of the U.S. State Privacy Notice below.
18. Security
We maintain security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the PII and other information under our control. Please be advised, however, that the Internet and other technologies and communication channels are, by their nature, not entirely secure, and your PII and non-PII may therefore be subject to interception or loss which is beyond our reasonable control. While we strive to protect your PII and non-PII, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any PII or non-PII you transmit to us or that we otherwise collect, and any transmission is done at your own risk. Accordingly, as permitted by applicable law, we assume no responsibility or liability for disclosure of your PII or non-PII due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third-party access, or other causes beyond our reasonable control.
19. Location of Processing and Applicable Law
Although we generally maintain our user data in the United States, it is possible that some of the data processing may occur outside of the United States, carried out by companies or individuals under contract with us. While the data protection laws of these countries may vary, we will make every reasonable effort to protect your PII in accordance with this Privacy Policy. By using the Earnut Sites and Features and our Services, you consent to this transfer of your PII and non-PII to any server used by Earnut or its service providers from time to time.
If you are not a resident of the United States or Canada, please consult the international version of our Privacy Policy Ici and be aware that data protection laws in the United States and Canada (as well as the legal procedures for courts, governmental authorities, and parties in civil litigation to obtain access to our user data) may differ substantially from the laws and procedures in your country of residence. In addition, if you submit your PII to us, you are consenting to the processing, storage, use and transfer of that PII within the United States as provided in this Privacy Policy.
The interpretation and application of this Privacy Policy shall be governed by the laws of the United States and the State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Except as otherwise expressly provided in our Conditions d'utilisation, your use of the Earnut Sites and Features or our Services are not intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than that of the United States and the State of California.
20. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or your use of any Earnut Sites and Features or our Services, please visit our Help Center or contact options (located or accessed from the applicable Earnut Sites and Features footer or from main menu options). For questions relating to our privacy practices (other than California residents making CCPA requests), please visit the Privacy section of the appropriate Help Center. If your question is not answered in the Help Center, you can submit a privacy-related request by submitting a ticket to our Customer Support team for the appropriate Service. To contact us by mail, send your correspondence to the following address and specify the Earnut Sites and Features or our Services you are using along with your request, question or concern:
U.S. STATE PRIVACY NOTICE
This U.S. State Privacy Notice (“Notice”) applies to “Consumers” as defined respectively under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (together, the “CCPA”), the Colorado Privacy Act, Connecticut’s Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring, Chapter 603A of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, and all laws implementing, supplementing, or amending the foregoing, including regulations promulgated thereunder, as well as any additional U.S. state privacy laws now or hereafter applicable to the Company (collectively, “U.S. State Privacy Laws”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Notice shall have the meanings given to them under the relevant U.S. State Privacy Laws or (if applicable) in other sections of our Privacy Policy.
Applicability:
- Section A of this Notice provides notice of our data practices, including our collection, use, disclosure, and sale of Consumers’ personal information or personal data under relevant U.S. State Privacy Laws (collectively, “PI”).
- Section B of this Notice provides information regarding Consumers’ rights under relevant U.S. State Privacy Laws and how Consumers may exercise them.
- Section C of this Notice provides additional information for California residents only.
For California residents, the term “Consumer” is not limited to data subjects acting as individuals regarding household goods and services and includes data subjects in a business-to-business context (e.g., as a service provider or customer, or an employee of a service provider or customer). This is not the case in the other states.
Non-Applicability, Human Resources: This Notice does not apply to our job applicants, current or former employees, or independent contractors (“Personnel”) in connection with their PI collected in connection with such relationship with the Company; however, our California Personnel may obtain a separate privacy notice that applies to them by contacting our Human Resources department at [email protected].
A. Notice of Data Practices
The description of our data practices in this Notice covers the twelve (12) months prior to the Effective Date and will be updated at least annually. Our data practices may differ between updates to this Notice; however, if materially different from this Notice, we will provide supplemental pre-collection notice of the current practices, which may include references to other privacy policies, notices, or statements. Otherwise, this Notice serves as our notice at collection.
We may receive or collect your PI directly from you or from your Devices, from Third Party Services, or from other individuals and businesses, as well as public sources of data.
Generally, we Process your PI to provide you our Services and as otherwise related to the operation of our business, including for one or more of the following Business Purposes: Performing Services; Managing Interactions and Transactions; Security; Debugging; Providing Advertising & Marketing Services; Quality Assurance; Processing Interactions and Transactions; and Research and Development. We may also use PI for other Business Purposes in a context that is not a Sale or Share under applicable U.S. State Privacy Laws, such as disclosing it to our Service Providers, Contractors, or Processors that perform services for us (“Vendors”), to you, or to other parties at your direction or through your action (e.g., Third Party Services that you interact with in response to Offers); for the additional purposes explained at the time of collection (such as in the applicable privacy policy or notice); as required or permitted by applicable law; to the government or private parties to comply with law or legal process; and in Business Transactions (collectively, “Additional Business Purposes”). Subject to restrictions and obligations under U.S. State Privacy Laws, our Vendors may also use your PI for Business Purposes and Additional Business Purposes and may engage their own vendors to enable them to perform services for us.
We may also use and disclose your PI under this Notice for Commercial Purposes, which may be considered a “Sale” or “Share” under applicable U.S. State Privacy Laws, such as when Trusted Third Parties collect your PI via third-party cookies, and when we Process PI for certain advertising purposes. In addition, we may make your PI available to third parties for their own use via third-party cookies or otherwise.
As permitted by applicable law, we do not treat deidentified data or aggregate consumer information as PI and we reserve the right to convert, or permit others to convert, your PI into deidentified or aggregate consumer information, and may elect not to treat publicly available information as PI. We have no obligation to re-identify information or keep it longer than we need it to respond to your requests. Data exempt from U.S. State Privacy Laws are not included in this Notice.
B. Your Consumer Rights and How to Exercise Them
We provide Consumers the privacy rights described in this section pursuant to the requirements of their applicable state’s law, provided any such request meets the requirements for a Verifiable Consumer Request (defined below). For residents of states without applicable U.S. State Privacy Laws, we may consider requests under this section but will apply our discretion in whether and how we process them. We may also apply state law rights in states with U.S. State Privacy Laws prior to the effective date of such laws in our discretion.
To submit a request to exercise your Consumer privacy rights under U.S. State Privacy Laws, or to submit a request as an authorized agent, please follow the instructions at our Consumer Rights Request page here or email your request to the following address: [email protected]. Please be aware that we do not accept or process requests through other means (via phone, fax, chats, social media, etc.). More details on the request and verification process are provided in Section C (How We Process Your Consumer Privacy Requests) below. The Consumer rights we accommodate are as follows:
i. Right to Limit Sensitive PI Processing
With regard to PI that qualifies as Sensitive PI under U.S. State Privacy Laws, if you elect to provide us with that Sensitive PI, you will have consented to our collection and processing of such Sensitive PI. You may submit an opt-out request Ici. However, under applicable U.S. State Privacy Laws, you can limit certain Sensitive PI Processing with the exception of the following processing purposes or any other permitted purposes under such U.S. State Privacy Laws:
- To perform our Services at your request or at your direction;
- To prevent, detect, and investigate security incidents, fraudulent activity, illegal actions, etc.;
- For short term transient use, including, but not limited to, non-personalized advertising as part of your interaction with our Services; and
- To maintain or service accounts, provide customer service, process or fulfill Offers, orders and transactions, verify customer information, process payments, or provide similar services.
ii. Right to Know/Access
Residents of California, Colorado, and Virginia are entitled to access PI maintained by the Company up to twice in a 12-month period. Residents of Connecticut and Utah are entitled to access PI maintained by Company once in a 12-month period, with subsequent requests subject to a service fee.
a) Categories (available for California Residents only)
California residents have a right to submit a request for any of the following for the period that is 12-months prior to the request date:
- The categories of PI we have collected about you.
- The categories of sources from which we collected your PI.
- The Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes for our collecting or Selling your PI.
- The categories of third parties to whom we have shared your PI.
- A list of the categories of your PI disclosed for a Business Purpose and, for each, the categories of recipients, or that no disclosure occurred.
- A list of the categories of your PI sold and, for each, the categories of recipients, or that no sale occurred.
b) Specific Pieces (Transportable Copies)
You may request to confirm if we are Processing your PI and, if we are, to obtain a transportable copy of your PI that we have collected and are maintaining, as required by applicable U.S. State Privacy Laws. If you wish to receive specific pieces of your PI, we will attempt to honor requests for specific pieces of your PI where reasonably possible. We have no obligation to re-identify information or to keep PI longer than we normally retain it or longer than we are required to under applicable law to comply with access requests.
iii. Do Not Sell / Share / Target for Advertising
Various U.S. State Privacy Laws have broad and differing concepts of “Selling” PI for which an opt-out is required, with some states including PI transfers for non-monetary consideration and other states only including PI transfers for monetary consideration. California also has an opt-out from “Sharing” for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising purposes (use of PI from different businesses or services to target advertisements across websites or apps). Other states have an opt-out of “Targeted Advertising” (defined differently, but also addressing tracking, profiling, and targeting of advertisements). We may Sell or Share your PI and/or use your PI for Targeted Advertising, as these terms apply under U.S. State Privacy Laws. However, we provide you with an opt-out of Sale/Sharing/Targeting that is intended to combine all of these various state opt-outs into a single opt-out available regardless of which U.S. State Privacy Law is applicable to your PI.
Ad Networks and other Trusted Third Parties may associate cookies and other Tracking Technologies that collect PI about you on Earnut Sites and Features or in connection with our Services, or otherwise Collect and Process PI that we make available about you. We understand that making your PI available on Earnut Sites and Features or in connection with our Services, or otherwise, to Trusted Third Parties could be deemed a Sale and/or Share under some U.S. State Privacy Laws and thus we will treat such PI (e.g., cookie ID, IP address, and other online IDs and internet or other digital activity information) collected by Trusted Third Parties that are not limited to acting as our Service Provider (or Contractor or Processor), as a Sale and/or Share and subject to your right to make a Do Not Sell/Share/Target opt-out request. We will not Sell your PI, Share your PI for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising, or Process your PI for Targeted Advertising if you make a Do Not Sell/Share/Target opt-out request as follows:
Opt-out for non-cookie PI: If you want to limit our Processing of your non-cookie PI (e.g., your email address or web browsing activity) for Targeted Advertising, or opt-out of the Sale/Sharing of such PI, you may make an opt-out request here.
Opt-out for cookie PI: If you want to limit our Processing of your cookie-related PI for Targeted Advertising, or opt-out of the Sale/Sharing of such PI, you may exercise an opt-out request by following the instructions on our Consumer Rights Request page here, or by clicking the link to update Your Cookie Choices. This cookie management tool enables you to exercise such an opt-out request and enable certain cookie preferences on your Device. Since your browser opt-out is designated by a cookie, if you clear or block cookies on your Device, your preferences may no longer be effective, and you will need to enable them again via our cookie management tool.
Opt-out preference signals ("OOPS", as they are known in California; also known as global privacy control or GPC): Some of the U.S. Privacy Laws require businesses to process OOPS or GPC signals, which are signals sent by a platform, technology, or mechanism, enabled by individuals on their devices or browsers, that communicate the individual's choice to opt-out of the Sale and Sharing of PI. To use an OOPS/GPC, you can download a compatible internet browser or a plugin for on your current internet browser and follow the settings to enable to OOPS/GPC. We have configured the settings of our consent management platform to receive and process OOPS/GPC signals on our website, as explained by our consent management platform here. We process OOPS/GPC signals with respect to any Sales and Sharing of PI with Trusted Third Parties that may occur via cookies or other Tracking Technologies, as discussed above and apply it to the specific browser on which you enable OOPS/GPC. We do not: (1) charge a fee for use of our service if you have enabled OOPS/GPC; (2) change your experience with any product or service if you use OOPS/GPC, although it may affect our ability to accurately track your activities for crediting your account with qualified rewards; or (3) display a notification, pop-up, text, graphic, animation, sound, video, or any interstitial in response to the OOPS/GPC, except for indicating whether we recognize the signal.
We may disclose your PI for the following purposes, which are not a Sale or Share: (i) if you direct us to disclose PI; (ii) to comply with a Consumer rights request you submit to us; (iii) disclosures amongst the entities that constitute Company as defined above, or as part of a Business Transaction; and (iv) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.
iv. Right to Delete
Except to the extent we have retention rights under applicable law, you may request that we delete your PI. Our retention rights include, without limitation:
- To complete transactions and services that you have requested;
- For security purposes;
- For legitimate internal Business Purposes (e.g., maintaining business records);
- To comply with law and to cooperate with law enforcement; and
- To exercise or defend legal claims.
Please also be aware that making a deletion request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal or deletion of PI or content you may have posted. Under certain U.S. State Privacy Laws, your deletion right may apply only to PI that we collected directly from you.
v. Correct Your PI
Consumers may bring inaccuracies they find in their PI that we maintain to our attention, and we will act upon such a report as required by applicable law. You can also make changes to your PI in your online account in the account settings section of the account. That will not, however, necessarily change your PI in other places where we may maintain it.
C. How We Process Your Consumer Privacy Requests
To submit a request to exercise your Consumer privacy rights, or to submit a request as an authorized agent, please follow the instructions at our Consumer Rights Request page here or email your request to the following address: Earnut, [email protected] and we will respond with the appropriate web submission form for you to use for the submission of your request. To submit a Do Not Sell/Share/Targeting Request for cookie-related PI or the right to limit Sensitive PI processing, click Ici. Please be aware that we do not accept or process requests through other means (via phone, fax, chats, social media, etc.).
i. Your Request Must be a Verifiable Consumer Request
As permitted or required by applicable U.S. State Privacy Laws, any request you submit to us must be a Verifiable Consumer Request, meaning that when you make a request, we may ask you to provide verifying information, such as your name, e-mail, phone number and/or account information. We will review the information provided and may request additional information (e.g., transaction history) to ensure we are interacting with the correct individual. We will not fulfill your Right to Know (Categories), Right to Know (Specific Pieces), Right to Delete, or Right to Correction request unless you have provided sufficient information for us to reasonably verify you are the Consumer about whom we collected PI. We do not verify opt-outs of Sell/Share/Target or Limitation of Sensitive PI requests unless we suspect fraud.
You are not required to create a password-protected account with us to make a Verifiable Consumer Request, but you may use your password-protected account to do so. If we suspect fraudulent or malicious activity on or from the password-protected account, we may decline a request or request that you provide further verifying information.
We verify each request as follows:
- Right to Know (Categories) (available for California residents only): If you do not have a password-protected account, we verify your Request to Know Categories of PI to a reasonable degree of certainty, which may include matching at least two data points provided by you with data points maintained by us, which we have determined to be reliable for the purpose of verifying you. If we cannot do so, we will refer you to this Notice for a general description of our data practices.
- Right to Know (Specific Pieces): If you do not have a password-protected account, we verify your Request To Know Specific Pieces of PI to a reasonably high degree of certainty, which may include matching at least three data points provided by you with data points maintained by us, which we have determined to be reliable for the purpose of verifying you together with a signed declaration under penalty of perjury that you are the Consumer whose PI is the subject of the request. If you fail to provide requested information, we will be unable to verify you sufficiently to honor your request, but we will then treat it as a Right to Know Categories Request if you are a California resident.
- Do Not Sell/Share/Target & Limit Sensitive PI: No specific verification required unless we suspect fraud.
- Right to Delete: If you do not have a password-protected account, we verify your Request to Delete to either (i) a reasonable degree of certainty, which may include matching at least two data points provided by you with data points maintained by us, or (ii) a reasonably high degree of certainty, which may include matching at least three data points provided by you with data points maintained by us, depending on the sensitivity of the PI and the risk of harm to the Consumer posed by unauthorized deletion. If we cannot verify you sufficiently to honor a deletion request, you can still make a Do Not Sell/Share/Target and/or Limit Sensitive PI request.
- Correction: If you do not have a password-protected account, we verify your Request to Correct PI to either (i) a reasonable degree of certainty, which may include matching at least two data points provided by you with data points maintained by us, or (ii) a reasonably high degree of certainty, which may include matching at least three data points provided by you with data points maintained by us, depending on the sensitivity of the PI and the risk of harm to the Consumer posed by unauthorized correction.
To protect Consumers, if we are unable to verify you sufficiently, we will be unable to honor your request. We will use PI provided in a Verifiable Consumer Request only to verify your identity or authority to make the request and to track and document request responses, unless you also gave it to us for another purpose.
ii. Agent Requests
Authorized agents may exercise rights on behalf of California Consumers, but we reserve the right to also verify the Consumer’s identity directly as described above. Authorized agents must contact us by submitting a request through our Consumer Rights Request page Ici and indicating in the open text field that they are submitting the request as an agent. We will require the agent to demonstrate authority to act on behalf of the Consumer by providing, for example, evidence of the agent’s identity, proof of registration with the California Secretary of State (if the agent is a business), and at least one of the following evidencing proof of the agent’s legal authority to act on behalf of the individual Consumer: (i) presenting a Power of Attorney granted under the Probate Code that we can reasonably verify; or (ii) signed permission by the Consumer.
We may also require the Consumer to verify their own identity directly with us and to directly confirm with us that they provided the authorized agent permission to submit the request. In addition, residents of Colorado and Connecticut may use an agent to make an opt-out request subject to reasonable verification of agent authority and consumer identity. In the absence of any of the general conditions detailed above, we are entitled to reject any request submitted through an agent. In addition, the agent is subject to the verification standards applicable to the type of request(s) made.
iii. Appeals (Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia residents only)
If you are a resident of Colorado, Connecticut, or Virginia, you may appeal Company’s decision regarding a request by contacting us at [email protected] with the following subject line: "CRR Appeals Request".
iv. Our Responses
Some PI that we maintain is insufficiently specific for us to be able to associate it with a Consumer (e.g., clickstream data tied only to a pseudonymous browser ID). We do not include that PI in response to those requests. If we deny a request, in whole or in part, we will explain the reasons in our response. We will make commercially reasonable efforts to identify Consumer PI that we Process to respond to your Consumer request(s). In some cases, particularly with voluminous and/or typically irrelevant data, we may suggest you receive the most recent or a summary of your PI and give you the opportunity to elect whether you want the rest. We reserve the right to direct you to where you may access and copy responsive PI yourself. We may also refuse to act upon a request that is excessive, repetitive, unfounded, or overly burdensome. Consistent with applicable U.S. State Privacy Laws and our interest in the security of your PI, we will not deliver to you your Social Security number, driver’s license number, or other government-issued ID number, financial account number, an account password, or security questions or answers, in response to a Consumer privacy rights request; however, you may be able to access some of this information yourself through your account if you have an active account with us.
D. Non-Discrimination/Non-Retaliation
We will not discriminate or retaliate against you in a manner prohibited by applicable U.S. State Privacy Laws for your exercise of your Consumer privacy rights. We may charge a different price or rate, or offer a different level or quality of good or service, to the extent that doing so is reasonably related to the value of the applicable data.
E. Notice of Financial Incentive Programs
We may offer rewards or other benefits (“Incentives”) from time-to-time to Consumers that provide us with PI, such as name, phone number, e-mail address, IP address, or geo-location. You may opt-in to Incentives by subscribing to our [Incentive programs we may offer from time-to-time. If you subsequently wish to withdraw from such programs, the method for doing so will be explained in the program Terms of Use, and you may do so at any time. For more information, including valuation notice, see our Notice of Financial Incentives here.
F. Our Rights and the Rights of Others
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, we may collect, use and disclose your PI as required or permitted by applicable law and this may limit or affect your rights under U.S. State Privacy Laws. In addition, we are not required to honor your requests to the extent that doing so would infringe upon our or another person’s rights or conflict with applicable law.
G. Additional Notices for California Residents
This Notice provides additional information on our online practices and the rights of California residents related to Earnut Sites and Features and our Services.
i. California Minors Erasure
If you are a California resident under eighteen (18) years of ago who has posted content or information on Earnut Sites and Features or our Services, you can request removal by contacting us at the mailing address set forth in the Contact Us section above detailing where the content or information is posted and attesting that you posted it. We will then make reasonably good faith efforts to remove the post from prospective public view or anonymize it so you cannot be individually identified to the extent required by applicable law. This removal process cannot ensure complete or comprehensive removal. For instance, third parties may have republished or archived content by search engines and other means that we do not control.
ii. Affirmative Opt-In for Sale or Sharing of PI of California Residents Under 16 Years of Age
We do not knowingly Sell or Share the PI of California residents under the age of sixteen (16), unless we receive affirmative opt-in authorization from (i) the under-16 California resident if he or she is at least 13 years of age, or (ii) the parent or guardian of the California resident if he or she is less than 13 years of age. If you think we may have unknowingly Sold or Shared PI of a California resident under 16 years of age without the appropriate affirmative opt-in authorization, please report that to us as described in the Contact section above.
iii. Shine the Light
We provide California residents with the option to opt-out to sharing of “personal information,” as defined by California’s “Shine the Light” law, with third parties (other than with Company affiliates) for such third parties own direct marketing purposes. California residents may exercise this opt-out, request information about our Shine the Light law compliance, and/or obtain a disclosure of third parties we have shared information with and the categories of information shared. California residents may make such a request, or inquire further about our compliance with this law, by emailing [email protected] or mailing us at the address set forth in the Contact section above. You must put the statement “Shine the Light Request” in the body of your correspondence. In your request, please attest to the fact that you are a California resident and provide a current California address for your response. This right is different than, and in addition to, CCPA rights, and must be requested separately. We are only required to respond to one request per person each year. We are not required to respond to requests made by means other than through the provided e-mail address or mailing address (requests by phone, fax, chats, social media, etc.). We are not responsible for requests that are incomplete or not labeled and sent properly.
