Introduction
Aventura-X (“us,” or “we”, “our”) respects your privacy and want you to understand how we may collect personal information about you through our website: http://www.aventura-x.com ; and how that information may be used, maintained and, in some cases, shared. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) sets forth the privacy practices and policies governing our Website.
“Personal information”, is any information that enables us to identify you, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as your name, identification number, location data, online identifier or one or more factors specific to you. Personal information includes “sensitive personal information” and “pseudonymized personal information” but excludes anonymous information or information that has had the identity of an individual permanently removed. By using or accessing our website or by providing personal information to us on or through the website, you consent to the collection, use, transfer, and disclosure of that information in accordance with this privacy policy and applicable law.
Site Use Information
Aventura-X may collect technical information relating to each time a visitor comes to our Website, including the IP address of visitors to our Website. Such information is considered personal information under this Privacy Policy. We may also collect information about your use of our Website, including number of visits, average time spent on the Website, pages viewed, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page, and any phone number used to call us. Gathering this information helps us to improve the content we offer. You do not have to register with our Website before we can collect this information. We may share with third parties this information or other data on an aggregated basis without the use of any information that personally identifies you.
Information You Provide to Us
Aventura-X gathers and retains personal information about you, including name, email address, physical address, phone number, or other personal or background information when you voluntarily submit it to us. Before you can utilize some portions of our Website, we may require that you request access to those portions by providing us with your contact information, a username and a password. If you provide us with a telephone number or an email address, you expressly agree that we, or our authorized agents, can use that information to contact you about your access request or your account, or about Aventura-X and its associated activities.
If you submit personal information of others to Aventura-X, you represent and warrant that you have the necessary consent or authority to do so. We may keep any information that you provide to us indefinitely.
How We Use Information
We use your personal information according to the terms of the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of our use. We will only process your personal information, including sharing it with third parties, where (1) you have provided your consent which can be withdrawn at any time; (2) the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party (including your registration or agreements with us); (3) we are required by law; (4) processing is required to protect your vital interests or those of another person; or (5) processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate commercial or regulatory interests, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. We use the personal information you give us, that we collect through social networking activities and that we receive through financial transactions:
(a) to carry out our obligations arising from your registration and any other agreement entered into between you and us;
(b) to identify you and communicate with you;
(c) to update and communicate with you regarding your account as required;
(d) to provide you with the information and services you request from us;
(e) to conduct our regulatory activities and to conduct research and analysis;
(f) to respond to your questions and provide related services;
(g) to improve the Website;
(h) to enhance your experience with Aventura-X’s outreach;
(i) to communicate with you about new or existing Aventura-X activities and other information (j) that Aventura-X believes is relevant and useful to its visitors, where you have not opted out of receiving such information;
(k) to send you third party information that Aventura-X believes is relevant and useful to you, where you have given your consent;
(l) to notify you about changes to our activities or related services or to ask you to provide feedback;
(m) to enable you to participate in a conference, seminar or complete a survey;
(n) to administer and protect our business and Website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data); or
(o) to process and consider you for employment at Aventura-X.
We use the aggregate, anonymous site use data collected to perform statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of visitors to the Website; to measure user interests regarding specific areas of the Website; and to analyze how and where best to use our resources. Without such data, we would not know which parts of the Website are the most popular, and we would not be able to change and update the content and services appropriately.
Financial Transactions
If you submit a transaction using the Aventura-X’s payment system, you will be engaging in a financial transaction through our Website, http://www.aventura-x.com. In any such transaction, you will be asked to provide certain financial information, such as your credit or debit card information, to effectuate a sales transaction. We retain such information for our records, and may also transfer it to a third party for payment processing. We use technology designed to encrypt the transmission of data to us through the system, as well as financial information we receive, transfer or maintain. If you submit financial information through our Website, such information is submitted directly and securely to a third-party payment processor; Aventura-X does not receive or retain any financial information submitted through such financial transactions.
Cookies Policy
Like most website, we may employ “cookies” or similar technologies on certain pages of our Website. Cookies make the use of the Website easier by, among other things, saving your preferences. We may also use cookies to deliver content tailored to your interests. We may use information collected with cookies to statistically analyze usage of our Website, and to improve and customize our content and other offerings.
Types of cookies we may use on our Website include:
Session cookies: These temporary cookies expire and are automatically erased whenever you close your browser window. We may use session cookies to grant our users access to content and to enable actions such as remembering application or payment information as you are in the process of entering it.
Persistent cookies: These cookies usually have an expiration date in the distant future and remain in your browser until they expire, or you manually delete them. We may use persistent cookies to better understand usage patterns so we can improve the Website for our users. For example, we may use a persistent cookie to associate you with your account or to remember your choices on the Website.
Third-party cookies: We may permit third-party service providers to place cookies through our Website to provide us with better insights into the use of the Website or user demographics or to provide relevant services to you. These third parties may collect information about a user’s online activities over time and across different websites when he or she uses our Website. For example, we may use a third-party tool to analyze usage patterns of the Website. Such a tool may generate a cookie to capture information about your use of the Website which the third-party provider uses to compile reports on website activity for us and to provide other related services. The third-party provider may use a portion of your IP address to identify its cookie. We do not control the use of third-party cookies or the resulting information and we are not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties. In particular, our Website may use Google Analytics to collect and process data. For more information on Google Analytics, please see Google’s privacy policy and Google Analytics help pages (located at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ and https://support.google.com/analytics/?hl=en#topic=3544906). To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Disclosing Information to Third Parties
We will not share, rent, sell or otherwise disclose any personal information that we collect about you through our Website, except in any of the following situations or otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. You request or authorize the release of your personal information.
We may disclose personal information to our third-party contractors and payment processors who perform services for us in connection with the Website, or to complete or confirm a transaction or series of transactions that you conduct with us. We may also disclose personal information to service providers or suppliers if the disclosure will enable that party to perform business, professional or technical support for us.
We may disclose personal information as part of a transfer of the assets or related interests of Aventura-X. We do not guarantee that any entity receiving such information in connection with one of these transactions will comply with all the terms of this Privacy Policy.
We may disclose personal information to comply with the law, applicable regulations, governmental and quasi-governmental requests, court orders or subpoenas, or to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements, or to protect our rights, property or safety or the rights, property or safety of our users or others. We reserve the right to release information that we collect to law enforcement or other government officials, as we, in our sole and absolute discretion, deem necessary or appropriate.
In accordance with our regulatory function, we post to our Website certain information reported to Aventura-X by individuals and entities, that may include personal information such as names of reporting entities’ personnel, business and mailing addresses, and phone numbers. The reporting individual or entity is responsible for obtaining any necessary consent or authority for disclosure of such personal information.
Security
We use technology designed to encrypt the transmission of data to us through our Website, including through our payment systems. In addition, we take steps to protect all user data we collect against any unauthorized access. However, you should keep in mind that the Website is run on software, hardware and networks, any component of which may, from time to time, require maintenance or experience problems or breaches of security beyond our control.
While we take steps to protect your personal information and keep it secure, you also play a role in protecting your information. You must maintain the security of your online transactions by not sharing your passwords and account information with any unauthorized parties.
Please also be aware that despite our best intentions and the guidelines outlined in this Privacy Policy, no data transmission over the Internet or encryption method can be guaranteed to be a hundred (100%) percent secure. Aventura-X cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or from our Website, and therefore, you use our Website at your own risk.
Links to Other Websites
Our Website may contain links to other websites, including social media websites hosted by third-party providers; however, this Privacy Policy only addresses the Aventura-X’s use and disclosure of your information collected through our Website, if any. If you choose to link to an external website from our Website, you will leave our Website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties or the content of linked websites. We encourage you to read the applicable privacy policies and terms and conditions of such parties or websites.
Child Privacy
If you are under the age of 18, please do not use or access the Website. It is not our intention to collect or use personal information from anyone under 18 years of age, and we will not knowingly do so. If we are made aware that we have collected any personal information from children under the age of 18, we will delete such information from our system, if asked to do so.
Consent to Transfer of Information from Outside of the United States
If you access the Website from outside of the United States, information that we collect about you will be transferred to servers inside the United States and maintained indefinitely, which may involve the transfer of information out of your country of origin. By allowing us to collect information about you, you consent to such transfer and processing of your data. We will not collect your personal information through the Website unless you have provided it to us voluntarily or the collection is pursuant to the regulatory activities of Aventura-X. In situations other than those listed in this Privacy Policy, you will be informed if your personal information will be disclosed to third parties and will have the opportunity to opt out of such disclosure, unless such disclosure to third parties is pursuant to the regulatory activities of Aventura-X or is otherwise required by law.
Governing Law
By choosing to visit our Website or provide information to us, you agree that any dispute over privacy or the terms contained in this Privacy Policy will be governed by the law of the State of New York. You also agree to abide by any limitation on damages contained in our Terms of Use, or other agreement that we have with you.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may occasionally amend this Privacy Policy to reflect Aventura-X’s activities and user feedback and we reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. If at any point we decide to use personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will endeavor to notify you of such changes prior to implementing them by posting a revised Privacy Policy with a new “Last Updated” date, displaying the word “updated” next to the Privacy Policy link on each page of the Website or otherwise. The use of your information is subject to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in effect at the time of use. The provisions contained in this Privacy Policy supersede all previous notices or policies regarding our privacy practices with respect to our Website. Please check the “Last Updated” legend at the top of this page to see when this Privacy Policy was last revised. We encourage you to check frequently to see the current Privacy Policy to be informed of how Aventura-X is committed to protecting your information and providing you with improved content on our Website in order to enhance your experience.
Contact
If you have any questions or complaints regarding our Privacy Policy or our Website, please contact us at info@aventura-x.com.