Apptech is an online service that provides an instant platform for customer care reporting by users directly to business owners and operators alike. Businesses such as eateries, restaurants, hotels, resorts, inns, and lots more can be catered for. Our website, mobile properties, and related applications (collectively, our “Website”) are part of the Apptech group of companies, which is owned and operated by Apptech Gateway International Ltd (Apptech). Details about Apptech can be contacted are below.
We understand that providing information online involves a great deal of trust on your part. We take this trust very seriously and make it a high priority to ensure the security and confidentiality of the personal information you provide to us when you visit our Website or use our services. Before submitting your/any personal information to us, please read this Policy carefully to learn about our privacy practices. By visiting Apptech’s website, www.Apptech.com, or using an Apptech mobile application (an “Application” or “App”) on a mobile phone, tablet, or similar device (a “Device”) or in connection with other sites or services, you are accepting the practices described herein.
What information we collect from you
How we use your information
With whom we share your information
How you can access your information
Your choices with respect to the collection and use of your information
How we protect your information
Children’s privacy
External links
Visiting our Website Globally
Changes to this Privacy Policy
How you can contact us
What information we collect from you
In General.
We receive and store any information you enter on our Website or give us in any other way. This includes information that can identify you (“personal information”), including your first and last name, telephone number, postal and email addresses, user name and password, and billing information (such as your credit card number, cardholder name, and card expiration date). We may also request information about your personal preferences and choice when considering surveys and brief Q&A format. You can choose not to provide information to us, but in general some information about you is required in order for you to receive relevant offerings from Apptech and its partners and enjoy other benefits of being a registered member. For example, only registered members are able to post reviews, participate in discussion forums, email Apptech content to themselves and others, access members-only information and enter surveys, contests, or competitions such as raffles and or sweepstakes. In addition, some information is also required in order for you to ask us a question or initiate other transactions on our site.
Information from Other Sources.
We also may periodically obtain both personal and non-personal information about you from affiliated entities, business partners and other independent third-party sources and add it to other information about you. For example, if you visit Apptech by “clicking through” from a site operated by one of our business partners, and you have registered with that partner, then information about you that you have provided to that partner may be shared with us, such as contact information and demographic information. As another example, if you access third party services, such as social media services, through our Website or before coming to our Website, we may collect information such as your user name, password, and other information made available to us through those services. We will work with our existing partners and potential future partners to improve and personalize your use of our Website in accordance with the practices outlined in this section and Policy.
Automatic Information.
We may automatically collect some information from your computer or Device when you visit Apptech. For example, we will collect session data, including your IP address, Web browser software, and referring website. We also may collect information about your online activity, such as content viewed, pages visited, and searches and/or purchases facilitated or made. One of our goals in collecting this automatic information is to help us understand the interests and preferences of our users and customize your user experience.
Payment Information.
If you make travel purchases with third-party suppliers facilitated by Apptech, we will collect payment information from you, including your credit card number, cardholder name, expiration date, authentication code, and billing address. We will securely transmit this information to the supplier of the purchase to complete the transaction. Please note that the supplier processes your payment, not Apptech, unless otherwise specified. You agree to review and be bound by the supplier’s policies and procedures before making a purchase through Apptech.
Location Information and Other Information from Devices.
When you use an Application on a Device, we will collect and use information about you in generally similar ways and for similar purposes as when you use the Apptech website. In addition, we may collect information about your location if you have instructed your Device to send such information to the Application via the privacy settings on that Device, or if you have uploaded photos tagged with location information. We may use the location information collected from your Device or photos to enhance your use of the Application by providing you with relevant content and contextual advertising. For example, we may use your location to assist you with your social activities. You can change the privacy settings of your Device at any time, in order to turn off the functionality to share location information with the Application and/or the functionality to tag your information with location information. Please note that turning off location sharing may affect certain features of our App. If you have any queries about the privacy settings of your Device, we suggest you contact the manufacturer of your Device or your mobile service provider for help.
Cookies and Other Web Technologies.
Cookies are small data text files and can be stored on your computer’s hard drive or your Device (if your Web browser permits). Apptech, its affiliated websites, and Apps use cookies for the following general purposes:
To help us recognize your browser as a previous visitor and save and remember any preferences that may have been set while your browser was visiting our site. For example, if you register on our site, we may use cookies to remember your registration information, so you do not need to log into our site each time you visit. We also may record your password in a cookie, if you checked the box entitled “Save this password for automatic sign-in.” Please note that member IDs, passwords, and any other account-related data included in such cookies are encrypted for security purposes.
To help us customize the content, experience, and advertisements provided to you on our websites and Apps and on other websites across the Internet. For example, when you access a web page, a cookie is automatically set by us, our service providers, or our partners to recognize your browser as you navigate on the Internet and to present you with information and advertising based on your apparent interests. See Display of Advertising/Your Choices for more information about our online advertising practices and your choices.
To help measure and research the effectiveness of features and offerings, advertisements, and email communications (by determining which emails you open and act upon).
The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers should tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable most types of cookies. Please note that if you refuse to accept cookies, you may not be able to access many of the travel tools offered on our sites.
Our sites also may use Web beacons (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags or Web bugs), which are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, that are placed in the code of a Web page. We use Web beacons to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our sites to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our site from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, and to improve site performance. We also may allow our service providers to use Web beacons to help us understand which emails have been opened by recipients and to track the visitor traffic and actions on our site. This helps us measure the effectiveness of our content and other offerings.
Display of Advertising/Your Choices.
Data collected to serve you with relevant advertising
Apptech and its affiliated websites are committed to providing you with relevant content and information across our sites. To do this, we may collect information about your social activity-related searches and other site activities, such as whether you are looking for a particular style and or type of restaurant, hotels, and use this information to serve you with ads on our sites or elsewhere online that match your apparent interests. So, for example, if you search or locate your device whilst vacationing in Florida within an Apptech driven location/business and for a particular Apptech supported business, the Apptech app may alert you of such businesses within your area.
We do not share your personal information (such as email addresses) with unaffiliated third parties so they can serve you with advertisements. You can choose not to receive relevant online advertising on other websites.
Data collected by business partners and ad networks to serve you with relevant advertising
Advertisements you may see on the Apptech group of company’s sites are served by Apptech or its service providers. But we may also allow third parties to collect information about your online activities through cookies and other technologies. These third parties include (1) business partners, who collect information when you view or interact with one of their advertisements on our sites, and (2) advertising networks, who collect information about your interests when you view or interact with one of the advertisements they place on many different websites on the Internet. The information gathered by these third parties is used to make predictions about your characteristics, interests or preferences and to display advertisements on our sites and across the Internet tailored to your apparent interests.
Please note that we do not have access to or control over cookies or other technologies these third parties may use to collect information about your interests, and the information practices of these third parties are not covered by this Privacy Policy. Some of these companies are members of the Network Advertising Initiative, which offers a single location to opt out of ad targeting from member companies.
Response to Do Not Track signals
Your web browser may transmit a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) signal to TripAdvisor and other websites. Because of differences in web browsers’ default settings and the manner in which browsers incorporate DNT signals, it is sometimes unclear to site operators whether site visitors have selected the DNT setting themselves, or whether they are aware that they have a choice in determining the setting. Apptech may or may not currently respond to DNT signals. Once the Internet industry and Law has settled on standards related to this issue and Apptech recognizes such standards, we may reevaluate this approach.
How we use your information
Apptech may use the information we collect about you for the following general purposes: for registration and to manage your account, including to allow your access to and use of our site; to communicate with you in general, including to provide information about Apptech and offers/opportunities from the Apptech group of companies; to enable us to publish your reviews, forum posts, and other content to the Apptech community of users and business operators; to facilitate your acceptance and or purchase of products and or services on offer; to respond to your questions and comments; to measure interest in and improve our products, services, and Website; to notify you about special offers and products or services available from us or our partners that may be of interest to you; to otherwise customize your experience with Apptech, including customizing the information shown to you; to solicit information from you, including through surveys; to resolve disputes or troubleshoot problems; to prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities; to enforce our Terms of Use; and as otherwise described to you at the point of collection.
If you have signed up as the owner or manager of a business or listed your business with our owners/operators section, we will send you email messages at the email address you provide to us or send you real time or delayed information via your Apptech online platform.
With whom we share your information
Apptech may share your information with the following entities:
Only businesses/suppliers whom meet the Apptech code for moral and ethical standards (MES) will be offered the opportunity of any such information sharing.
Third-party vendors who provide services or functions on our behalf, including business analytics, payment processing, customer service, marketing, public relations, distribution of surveys or sweepstakes programs, and fraud prevention. We may also authorize third-party vendors to collect information on our behalf, including, for example, as necessary to operate features of our Website or to facilitate the delivery of online advertising tailored to your interests. Third-party vendors have access to and may collect information only as needed to perform their functions and are not permitted to share or use the information for any other purpose.
Business partners with whom we may offer products or services in conjunction. You can tell when a third party is involved in a product or service you have requested because their name will appear either with ours or separately. If you choose to access these optional services, we may share information about you, including your personal information, with those partners. Please note that we do not control the privacy practices of these third-party business partners but do however request they use best efforts to meet the Apptech MES .
Referring Websites. If you were referred to Apptech from another website, we may share your registration information, such as your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number and social preferences, about you with that referring website. Other than as required or influenced by Law, we have not placed limitations on the referring websites’ use of personal information and we encourage you to review the privacy policies of any website that referred you to Apptech.
Related/Endorsed/Approved Companies within our corporate group. We may share your personal information within the Apptech Group of companies, which could mean both domestic and international corporate affiliate companies and websites. This sharing enables us to provide you with information about products and services, both social related and other, which might interest you. To the extent that our group as a whole may have access to your information, they will follow practices that are at least as restrictive as the practices described in this Privacy Policy. They also will comply with applicable laws governing the transmission of promotional communications and, at a minimum, give you an opportunity in any commercial email they send to choose not to receive such email messages in the future.
We also may share your information if we believe, in our sole discretion, that such disclosure is necessary…
To comply with legitimate and enforceable subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases we reserve the right to raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us.
To investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal or suspected illegal activities; to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of Apptech, our customers, or others; and in connection with our Terms of Use and other agreements.
In connection with a corporate transaction, such as a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
If you choose to create a profile on Apptech, certain information in your profile may be publicly viewable and identifiable via your screen name. You will have the ability to view your profile as members of the public will see it. Additionally, if you choose to participate in any of our member-to-member communications programs, other Apptech members may contact you by using Apptech as an intermediary; however, Apptech will not share your email address with any other members nor display it any public manner. All Apptech members have the option to turn off the member-to-member communication features at any time.
Other than as set out above, you will be notified when personal information about you will be shared with third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to have us share such information.
We also may share aggregate or anonymous information with third parties, including advertisers and investors. For example, we may tell our advertisers the number of visitors our Website receives or the most popular social destinations. This information does not contain any personal information and is used to develop content and services we hope you will find of interest.
How you can access your information
We take reasonable steps to ensure that your information is relevant to its intended use, accurate, and complete. You can access and update your contact information by visiting the Member Profile page on the Apptech Website or Mobile app. You can close your Apptech account by contacting us. We will send you an email to confirm your request. Please note that after you close an account, you will not be able to sign in or access any of your personal information. However, you can open a new account at any time. Please also note that we may retain certain information associated with your account in our archives, including for analytical purposes as well as for recordkeeping integrity.
Your choices with respect to the collection and use of your information
As discussed above, you can choose not to provide us with any information, although it may be needed to take advantage of certain features offered by Apptech.
You also can add or update information and close your account as described above. If you decide to close your Apptech account, we will deactivate your account and remove your profile information from active view. Please note, however, that we may retain in our files some information associated with your account and past transactions for purposes including backups, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, investigations, and compliance with legal requirements.
As a registered Apptech member/user, you can modify your email subscription choices at any time on the Member Profile page. Whether registered as a Apptech member/user or not, you also will be given the opportunity to unsubscribe from promotional messages in any such email/communication we send. Please note that we reserve the right to send you other communications, including service announcements, administrative messages, and surveys relating either to your Apptech account, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
Email Communications. Apptech wants to make it easy for you to take advantage of social activity related opportunities on our Website/app. One way we do this is by sending you email or alert messages that contain information about your apparent social activity related interests. For example, if you search for a Apptech supported restaurant or hotel in New York, we may send you an email message or alert your device of such reminding you about special related offers in New York. Similarly, if you receive an email about New York social activity and demonstrate an interest in such, by affirmatively clicking on a link about New York activity in the email, you may receive an email/alert about New York social activity offers. We believe these email messages will provide you with useful information about social related special offers available through our sites. Please note that you will have the opportunity to choose not to receive these email messages in any such email we send.
The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Please note that if you refuse to accept cookies from Apptech, you will not be able to access portions of our site and thus take full advantage of the offers available.
How we protect your information
We want you to feel confident about using Apptech, and we are committed to protecting the information we collect. While no website can guarantee security, we have implemented appropriate administrative, technical, and physical security procedures to help protect the personal information you provide to us. For example, only authorized employees are permitted to access personal information, and they only may do so for permitted business functions. In addition, we use encryption when transmitting your personal information between your system and ours, and between our system and those of the parties with whom we share sensitive information, and we employ firewalls and intrusion detection systems to help prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your information.
Children’s privacy
Apptech is a general audience site and does not offer services directed to children. Should an individual whom we know to be a child under age 13 send personal information to us, we will delete or destroy such information as soon as reasonably possible unless expressly permitted by a parent or guardian.
External links
If any part of the Apptech Website links you to other websites, those external websites do not operate under this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you examine the privacy statements posted on those other websites to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information.
Visiting our Website
PLEASE BE INFORMED AND COMPREHEND THAT APPTECH IS AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY DOMICILED FROM BELIZE AND LICENSED WITHIN SOUTH EAST ASIA, UNLESS REQUIRED BY LAW ITS PRODUCTS AND OR SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE ON A GLOBAL BASIS WITHOUT RESTRICTION ON OUR END. IT IS YOU THE USERS SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE/APP AND OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND ARE LEGALLY PERMITTED IN THE/YOUR JURISDICTION OF USE.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Apptech may change or modify this Privacy Policy in the future. We may periodically note the date that revisions were last made to this Privacy Policy at the bottom of this page, and any revisions will take effect upon posting. We will notify our members of material changes to this Privacy Policy by either sending a notice to the email address you provided to us or by placing a notice on our Website. We encourage you to check this Privacy Policy from time to time to review the most current version.
How you can contact us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
C/O APPTECH GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL LTD
DOMICILED ADMIN OFFICE
BELIZE.
Call Recording and Monitoring.
Please be aware that calls to and from Apptech may be recorded. We may use the call recordings to monitor our customer service for quality or compliance purposes, to check the accuracy of the information you provide us, for fraud prevention purposes, or to provide training to our staff. We will retain the call recordings for as long as reasonably necessary to perform such activities and then delete them when appropriate. Any personal information obtained from you during the call will be treated in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Policy.
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