Local Postal LLC (hereinafter referred to as we, us or our) operates a platform and community marketplace that helps people form offline experiences and relationships directly with one another, where they can offer their business locations or other accessible locations for package deliveries by Local Postal registered businesses and by Local Postal registered customers to have their packages delivered at those locations, whether through our website or our mobile applications (Platform). This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you about how we treat Personal Information that we process about you. If you do not agree to any part of this Privacy Policy, then we cannot provide the Platform or Services to you, and you should stop accessing the Platform and deactivate your Local Postal Account. You can find out more about how to deactivate your Local Postal Account at www.localpostal.com
Where the definition of a term does not appear in this Privacy Policy (such as Local Postal businesses, Local Postal locations, Content, Services etc.), it shall be given its definition as outlined in our Terms of Services. LOPO(s) means businesses who offer their business location to be used for package deliveries. Affiliates means companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and non-financial companies. Aggregated Information means information about all of our users or specific groups or categories of users that we combine together so that it no longer identifies or references an individual user. Data Controller means Local Postal LLC, the company responsible for the use and processing of Personal Information. Third Parties means companies or persons not related by common ownership or control (i.e. non-affiliates) or other unrelated individuals. Third Parties can be financial and non-financial companies, or persons other than you and Local Postal LLC. Personal Information means information (which may include sensitive information) relating to a living individual who is or can be identified either from that information or from that information in conjunction with other information that is in, or is likely to come into, the possession of the Data Controller.
We receive, store and process information, including Personal Information, that you make available to us when accessing or using our Platform and Services. Examples include when you
We also receive, store and process information, possibly including Personal Information, when you access or use our Platform and Services, including but not limited to:
When you use certain features of the Platform, in particular our mobile applications we may receive, store and process different types of information about your location, including general information (e.g. IP address, zip code) and more specific information (e.g. GPS-based functionality on mobile devices used to access the Platform or specific features of the platform). If you access the Platform through a mobile device and you do not want your device to provide us with location-tracking information, you can disable the GPS or other location-tracking functions on your device, provided your device allows you to do this. See your device manufacturer's instructions for further details
You may use your contact information, such as your email address, or phone number to create or customize your account or to enable certain account features, for example, for login verification. If you provide us with your email address or phone number, you agree to receive emails to that email address, text messages to that phone number, as the case may be. We may use your contact information to send you information about our Platform and Services, to market to you, and to help prevent spam, fraud, or abuse
We may also receive, store and process Log Data, which is information that is automatically recorded by our servers whenever you access or use the Platform, regardless of whether you are registered with Local Postal LLC or logged in to your Local Postal Account, such as your IP Address, the date and time you access or use the Platform, the hardware and software you are using, referring and exit pages and URLs, the number of clicks, device event information, pages viewed and the order of those pages, and the amount of time spent on particular pages
Local Postal LLC uses cookies and other similar technologies, such as mobile application and other device identifiers, on the Platform. We may also allow our business partners to use their cookies and other tracking technologies on the Platform. As a result, when you access or use the Platform, you will provide or make available certain information to us and to our business partners. While you may disable the usage of cookies through your browser settings, we do not change our practices in response to a "Do Not Track" signal in the HTTP header from your browser or mobile application. We track your activities if you click on advertisements for Local Postal services on Third-Party platforms such as search engines and social networks, and may use analytics to track what you do in response to those advertisements. We may, either directly or through Third Parties engage to provide services to us, also continue to track your behavior on our own Platform for purposes of our own customer support, analytics, research, product development, fraud prevention, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, investigation, as well as to enable you to use and access the Platform and pay for your activities on the Platform. We may also, either directly or through Third-Parties engage to provide services to us, track your behavior on our own Platform to market and advertise our services to you on the Platform and Third-Party websites. Third Parties that use cookies and other tracking technologies to deliver targeted advertisements on our Platform. You may also be able to control advertising cookies provided by publishers, for example Google's Ad Preference Manager. Please note that even if you choose to opt-out of receiving targeted advertising, you may still receive advertising on or about the Platform -- it just will not be tailored to your interests. In addition, if you disable cookies, you may lose some of the features and functionality of using our Platform, Application and Services, as cookies are necessary to track and enhance your use and access
Our Platform may use social plugins which are provided and operated by Third-Parties, such as Facebook's Like Button. As a result of this, you may send to the Third-Party the information that you are viewing on a certain part of our Platform. If you are not logged into your account with the Third-Party, then the Third Party may not know your identity. If you are logged into your account with the Third Party, then the Third Party may be able to link information about your visit to our Platform to your account with them. Similarly, your interactions with the social plugin may be recorded by the Third Party
We may, either directly or through Third-Parties engage to provide services to us, review, scan, or analyze your communications with other LOPOs exchanged via the Platform for fraud prevention, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, investigation, product development, research and customer support purposes. For example, as part of our fraud prevention efforts, the Platform may scan and analyze messages and attachments to mask contact information and references to other websites. This helps to prevent fraudulent actors from asking customers to send them money outside of the Platform, such as by bank transfer or other money transfer methods. We may also scan, review or analyze messages for research and product development purposes to help make search, requesting of services and user communications more efficient and effective, as well as to debug, improve and expand product offerings. We will not review, scan, or analyze your communications for sending Third-Party marketing messages to you. We will also not sell these reviews or analyze communications to Third Parties. We will also use automated methods to carry out these reviews or analyze where reasonably possible. However, from time to time we may have to manually review some communications. By using the Platform, you consent that Local Postal LLC, in its sole discretion, may, either directly or through Third-Parties engage to provide services to us, review, scan, analyze, and store your communications, whether done manually or through automated means
We may transfer, store, use and process your information, including any Personal Information to the United States. By using the Platform, you consent to transferring your data to the government. Your Personal Information may be transferred, stored, used, processed and disclosed as follows
Local Postal LLC will only share information it collects about you with Affiliates or Third Parties in line with your state's law
If Local Postal LLC undertakes or is involved in any merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets or bankruptcy or insolvency event, then we may sell, transfer or share some or all of our assets, including your Personal Information. In this event, we will notify you before your Personal Information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy
You may review, update, correct or delete the Personal Information in your Local Postal Account. If you would like to correct your information or cancel your Local Postal Account entirely, you can do so by logging in to your Local Postal Account. Please also note that any reviews, forum postings and similar materials posted by you may continue to be publicly available on the Platform in association with your first name, even after your Local Postal Account is cancelled
We are continuously implementing and updating administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information against unauthorized access, destruction or alteration. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, and no method of storing electronic information, can be 100% secure. So, we cannot guarantee the security of your transmissions to us and of your personal information that we store
The Platform will contain links to other websites not owned or controlled by Local Postal LLC. Local Postal does not have any control over Third-Party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies, web beacons or other files on your device, or collect and solicit personal information from you. They will have their own rules about the collection, use and disclosure of personal information. We encourage you to read the terms of use and privacy policies of the other websites that you visit. Some portions of the Platform implement Google Maps/Earth mapping services, including Google Maps API(s). Your use of Google Maps/Earth is subject to Google's terms of use (located at www.google.com/intl/en_us/help/terms_maps.html) and Google's privacy policy (located atwww.google.com/privacy.html), as may be amended by Google from time to time
We may change how we collect and then use personal information at any time and without prior notice, at our sole discretion. We may change this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you either by posting the changed Privacy Policy on the Platform or by sending an email to you. We will also update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we let you know of changes through an email communication, then the date on which we send the email will be deemed to be the date of your receipt of that email. It's important that you review the changed Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to agree to the changed Privacy Policy, then we will not be able to continue providing the Platform and Services to you, and your only option will be to stop accessing the Platform and Services and deactivate your Local Postal LLC Account. You can find out more about how to deactivate your Local Postal Account at www.localpostal.com
Local Postal uses "cookies" in conjunction with the Platform to obtain information. A cookie is a small data file that is transferred to your device (e.g. your phone or your computer) for record-keeping purposes. For example, a cookie could allow the Platform to recognize your browser, while another could store your preferences and other information. Your browser may allow you to set how it handles cookies, such as declining all cookies or prompting you to decide whether to accept each cookie. But please note that some parts of the Platform may not work as intended or may not work at all without cookies
Your opinion matters to us! If you'd like to provide feedback to us about this Privacy Policy, please email us at info@localpostal.com. For all other questions or concerns, please email us at info@localpostal.com