Privacy Policy

1. Preamble
2. Our Principles
3. Personal Information Slowdash Collects
4. What Slowdash does with the Personal Information
5. Disclosures of Personal Information
6. Security of Personal Information Collected via the Website; OpenID
7. Data Usage Policy: Non Personal Browsing and Site Usage Information
8. Reorganization or Spin-Offs
9. Children
10. Third-Party Sites
11. Special Note to International Users
12. Changes and Updates to this Privacy Policy
13. Using this Privacy Policy for Your Own Purposes

This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains the collection, use, and disclosure of “personal information” by Slowdash Ltd. (“Slowdash”), a United Kingdom company, with its registered office at 43 Overstone Road, London W6 0AD, UK. This Privacy Policy includes products and services provided through the Mobento website that Slowdash operatesat www.mobento.com (the “Website”).

This Privacy Policy also explains our commitment to you with respect to our use and disclosure of non personal browsing and site usage data that Slowdash collects as the provider of the Website. That commitment is contained in a “Data Usage Policy,” below.

As used in this policy, “personal information” means information that would allow a party to identify you such as, for example, your name, address or location, telephone number or email address. By accessing the Website, you are accepting and agreeing to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Our Principles

Slowdash is committed to handling responsibly the information and data we collect about you through our Website, whether personal information or non personal browsing and site usage data. We have designed our Privacy Policy and our Data Usage Policy consistent with the following principles (the “Principles”):

1. Privacy policies and data collection and use policies should be human readable, comprehensive, and easy to locate;
2. Only the minimum amount of information reasonably necessary to provide you with services should be collected and maintained, and only for so long as reasonably needed or required;
3. Slowdash recognizes that it has responsibilities under the UK Data Protection Act of 1998 (the "Act"). We attempt to process any personally identifiable information relating to you in accordance with the Act.

Personal Information Slowdash Collects

We may collect personal information at several places on the Website, including without limitation:
• when you provide us with your personal information such as by sending an email to us, filling in profile data, or signing up to receive a newsletter or our events listing;
• when you subscribe to one of our email discussion lists or register to establish a user account on our Website;
• when you purchase merchandise; and
• when you provide personal information in connection with your participation in any of the forums we make available to our community.

What Slowdash does with Personal Information

Emails. We use the personal information you provide to us when you send us emails or events listing in order to respond to your request — for example, to reply to your email or to send you communications about news and events related to Slowdash. All emails sent to us are archived.

The Website. When you provide personal information to create your account and establish a password and profile. We use that personal information to establish and maintain your accounts, provide you with the features we provide for account holders, and for the purpose of contacting you about upcoming news and events relevant to Slowdash.

Participating in Our Community: Registered Users. When you register to obtain a user account on the Website (any such person, a “Registered User”), you may be asked to provide personal information to create your account and establish a password and profile. Providing your real name is optional. Your real name, nickname, Facebook name, or the username portion of your email address may be associated with any content you contributed. We may also use that personal information to establish and maintain your membership and provide you with the features we provide for Registered Users, and for the purpose of contacting you about upcoming news and events relevant to Slowdash. You may be permitted to use your user account information to sign in to other websites or services provided by Slowdash or its partners or affiliates. In that case, your personal information provided to such other website or service would be subject to the terms of use and privacy policy of such other website or service.

Any other personal information that we may collect which is not described specifically in this Privacy Policy will only be collected and used in accordance with the Principles.

Disclosures of Personal Information

In general, it is not Slowdash’s practice to disclose personal information to third parties. We may share personal information in two instances:

First, Slowdash may share personal information with our contractors and service providers and partners in order to maintain, enhance, or add to the functionality of the Website.

Second, we may disclose your personal information to third parties in a good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) take action regarding suspected illegal activities; (b) enforce or apply our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy; (c) comply with legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order; or (d) protect our rights, reputation, and property, or that of our users, affiliates, or the public.

If Slowdash is required to provide a third party with your personal information (whether by subpoena or otherwise), then provided we have collected and retained an email address for you, Slowdash will use reasonable means to notify you promptly of that event, unless prohibited by law or if Slowdash is otherwise advised not to notify you on the advice of legal counsel.

Security of Personal Information Collected via the Website

Slowdash has implemented reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to and unlawful interception or processing of personal information that Slowdash stores and controls. However, no website can fully eliminate security risks. Third parties may circumvent our security measures to unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. We will post a reasonably prominent notice to the Website if any such security breach occurs.

Data Usage Policy: Non Personal Browsing and Site Usage Information

Our Data Usage Policy covers how we maintain and use information about you that is collected by our Website and server logs.

Non Personal Browsing Information We Collect. When you use the Website, our servers (which may be hosted by a third party service provider) may collect information indirectly and automatically (your IP address and browser type, for example) and about your activities while visiting the Website. In addition, whenever you use your user name and password to log into a Slowdash website, our servers (which may be hosted by a third party service provider) keep a log of the websites you visit and when you visit them.
No Linking. We do not intentionally link browsing information or information from our server logs to the personal information you submit to us. We use this information for internal purposes only, such as to help understand how the Website is being used, to improve our Website and the features we provide, and for systems administration purposes. Slowdash may use a third party analytics provider to help us collect and analyze non personal browsing information through operation of our Website for those same purposes.
No Selling or Sharing. Except in the unique situations identified in this Privacy Policy, Slowdash does not sell or otherwise voluntarily provide the non personal browsing information we collect about you or your website usage to third parties.
Notice. If Slowdash is required to provide a third party with your non personal browsing information, then Slowdash will use reasonable means to notify you promptly of that event, unless Slowdash is prohibited by law from doing so or is otherwise advised not to notify you on the advice of legal counsel. Any other non-personal information that we collect which is not described specifically in this Privacy Policy will only be collected and used in accordance with the Principles.

Reorganization or Spin-Offs

Slowdash may transfer some or all of your personal and/or non personal browsing information to a third party as a result of a reorganization, spin-off or similar transaction. Upon such transfer, the acquirer’s privacy policy will apply. In such event, Slowdash will use reasonable efforts to notify you and to ensure that at the time of the transaction the acquirer’s privacy policy complies with the Principles.

Children

The Website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We will never knowingly request personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without requiring parental consent. Our Terms of Use specifically prohibit anyone using our Website from submitting any personally identifiable information about persons under 13 years of age. Any person who provides their personal information to Slowdash through the Website represents that they are 13 years of age or older.

Third-Party Sites

The Website may include links to other websites. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party sites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other websites.

Special Note to International Users

The Website is hosted in the European Union. If you are accessing the Website from the United States, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use and disclosure that differ from the laws of the United Kingdom, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the EU which does not have the same data protection laws other regions. By providing your personal data you consent to:
• the use of your personal data for the uses identified above in accordance with the Privacy Policy; and
• the transfer of your personal data to the United Kingdom as indicated above.

Changes and Updates to this Privacy Policy

We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When we do, we will also revise the Effective Date below. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.

Using this Privacy Policy for Your Own Purposes

The Slowdash Privacy Policy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. You are free to use and adapt this Privacy Policy for your own purposes. However, please keep in mind that this policy, as written, may not be completely suitable for your situation. Slowdash strongly encourages you to seek the advice of your own attorney or counsel before using this Privacy Policy.

Questions?

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at support@mobento.com