Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
iWanty.com Privacy Policy
1. General
This Privacy Policy outlines Iwanty’s practices for collecting, using, storing, sharing, and safeguarding your personal information. It applies to www.Iwanty.com and all associated websites, applications, services, and tools (“Services”). Iwanty serves as the data controller for these Services, regardless of the access method, including mobile devices.
Scope and Consent
By utilizing Iwanty and its associated Services, you provide explicit consent to Iwanty for the collection, utilization, disclosure, and retention of your personal info as outlined in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
Iwanty reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy periodically. We recommend reviewing it regularly. Important changes to the Privacy Policy will be announced on our website. The updated Privacy Policy will be effected immediately upon its initial posting on our website.
2. Types of Personal Information We Collect
You have the choice to browse our website without creating an account. But if you give us your personal information, you consent to its transmission and storage on our servers. The types of information we collect include:
Information we collect
If you visit our website, you’ll use our services, or interact with our content, we automatically collect information from your computer and other accessing equipment.
We collect information from your interactions with our website and services, including but not limited to:
- Device ID
- Device type
- Geo-location information
- Computer and connection details
- Page view statistics
- Traffic data to and from www.Iwanty.com
- Referring URL
- Ad data
- IP address, and standard web log information.
We also gather information through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies.
Types of Information you Provide to us
We collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us when using our services. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Information provided during registration for an account or specific services
- Additional information shared through social media or third-party services
- Correspondence details, including dispute resolution and website communication
- Location information, including a device identifier, if enabled
- Resume submission through our careers page
Information from Other Sources
We may obtain additional information about you from third parties and combine it with our existing account information. This may include:
- Demographic data
- Browsing data
- Additional contact details
- Data from other sources, like public authorities.
3. Utilization of Your Personal Information
By utilizing our Services, you acknowledge and provide consent for us to use your personal info for the following purposes:
- Giving you access to our Services and Customer Support via email or telephone.
- Preventing, detecting, and investigating potentially illegal activities, fraud, and security breaches, and enforcing our Terms of Use.
- Personalizing, measuring, and improving our Services, content, and advertisements.
- Contacting you via email, push notification, text message (SMS), or telephone to inquire about our Services and the services of companies within Iwanty’s “corporate family” for targeted marketing activities, updates, and promotional offers based on your message preferences, or for any purposes stated in this Privacy Policy.
- Providing you with other requested services as described during the information collection process.
- Considering you as a candidate if you upload your resume through our careers page.
Sharing information with and registering on social media sites
We may provide sign-on Services that allow you to access the Website or related websites using your login credentials. Additionally, we may offer Services that enable you to share information with third-party social media platforms like Facebook, Google Plus, and Twitter.
If you grant us access to personal information stored on third-party websites, the extent of access will depend on your browser settings and consent.
By connecting your third-party account to your Iwanty account and consenting to our access to information from these accounts, you agree to the collection, use, and storage of such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Transfer of your personal information to third parties
We may disclose your personal information to third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable legislation and regulations.
As further described under Section 4, we will not disclose your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We may share your personal information with the following:
- Classifieds Group companies may collaborate to offer combined content and services like registration and customer support. This collaboration also helps prevent, detect, and investigate potentially illegal activities, policy violations, fraud, and data security breaches. It supports decision-making on products, websites, applications, services, tools, and communication.
- The Classifieds Group companies will send you marketing messages only if you have explicitly requested their services. They will handle your personal information in compliance with their respective privacy policies.
- We engage service providers, including financial service providers, marketing agencies, and technical support, to assist in delivering our Services on the website. In such cases, Iwanty retains control over your personal information. If you list an ad, your listing or business address may be displayed on a map within your ads (including in the Iwanty mobile application) through Google Maps, which involves transferring information to Google.
- We may disclose your personal information to certain third parties, such as intellectual property rights holders, supervisory authorities, tax authorities, police, and regulatory authorities if required by law or in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
We may disclose your personal information to comply with legal obligations and court orders or to prevent, detect, or prosecute criminal offences such as fraud, deceit, or misconduct. We may also share your information to maintain our policies or protect the rights and freedoms of others.
- Other third parties if you have given consent to do so through Iwanty, for example, in a partnership or collaboration.
- Companies that we plan to merge with or that acquire us as part of a reorganization process.
- We may provide personal information to an intellectual property owner or their representative if they believe that an advertisement violates their rights. Before sharing personal information, an agreement will be entered with the IP owner, specifying that the information will only be used for legal proceedings, obtaining legal advice, or addressing inquiries from the advertiser.
In our commitment to safeguard your privacy and maintain a secure website, we will not disclose your personal information to third parties without a court order or formal government request unless we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to prevent potential harm, financial loss, or report suspected illegal activities.
Transfer of your personal information to third parties
We may disclose your personal information to third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable legislation and regulations.
As further described under Section 4, we will not disclose your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We may share your personal information with the following:
- Classifieds Group companies may collaborate to offer combined content and services like registration and customer support. This collaboration also helps prevent, detect, and investigate potentially illegal activities, policy violations, fraud, and data security breaches. It supports decision-making on products, websites, applications, services, tools, and communication.
- The Classifieds Group companies will send you marketing messages only if you have explicitly requested their services. They will handle your personal information in compliance with their respective privacy policies.
- We engage service providers, including financial service providers, marketing agencies, and technical support, to assist in delivering our Services on the website. In such cases, Iwanty retains control over your personal information. If you list an ad, your listing or business address may be displayed on a map within your ads (including in the Iwanty mobile application) through Google Maps, which involves transferring information to Google.
- We may disclose your personal information to certain third parties, such as intellectual property rights holders, supervisory authorities, tax authorities, police, and regulatory authorities if required by law or in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
We may disclose your personal information to comply with legal obligations and court orders or to prevent, detect, or prosecute criminal offences such as fraud, deceit, or misconduct. We may also share your information to maintain our policies or protect the rights and freedoms of others.
- Other third parties if you have given consent to do so through Iwanty, for example, in a partnership or collaboration.
- Companies that we plan to merge with or that acquire us as part of a reorganization process.
- We may provide personal information to an intellectual property owner or their representative if they believe that an advertisement violates their rights. Before sharing personal information, an agreement will be entered with the IP owner, specifying that the information will only be used for legal proceedings, obtaining legal advice, or addressing inquiries from the advertiser.
In our commitment to safeguard your privacy and maintain a secure website, we will not disclose your personal information to third parties without a court order or formal government request unless we have a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to prevent potential harm, financial loss, or report suspected illegal activities.
Information you share on www.Iwanty.com
Our website facilitates sharing advertisements and other information among users, making this shared content accessible to others. It’s important to consider how you share your personal information with others, especially since our website allows direct contact between buyers and sellers.
You bear full responsibility for the personal information you choose to share through our website, and therefore, we cannot guarantee the privacy or security of the information shared with other users.
If you use a shared computer or access our website from an internet café, we strongly advise you to log off after each session. To prevent the shared computer from remembering your credentials, it is recommended to clear cookies and browse history related to our website.
As described in this Privacy Policy, your data controller may transfer data to other members of our corporate family. These members may process and store your personal information on servers in our data centers worldwide.
4. Marketing Purposes
By using our services, you acknowledge and agree that we may utilize the information we collect to send you personalised offers and contact you via telephone regarding products or services provided by Iwanty or other companies within the Classifieds Group.
Rest assured, we will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes unless we have obtained your explicit consent. However, we may combine your information with data acquired from other companies to enhance and personalize our services and features.
Suppose you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us. In that case, you can modify your preferences in your Iwanty account, if applicable, or utilize the unsubscribe link provided in the marketing communication you have received.
5. Advertising
Iwanty complies with the principles of the AdChoices program established by the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (DAAC). If you prefer not to participate in our personalized advertising based on your personal information or our retargeting/tracking programs, you can opt out.
You can do so by following the instructions in the relevant advertisement or by visiting the AdChoices website provided by the DAAC and utilizing the opt-out mechanism.
Please note that opting out does not guarantee that you will not see any advertisements. It simply means that these advertisements will not be personalized for you through cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies.
6. Use of Cookies Access
When utilizing our services, we and our service providers may employ cookies (data files stored on your phone or mobile device’s storage), web beacons (electronic images embedded in a web page’s code), or similar technologies. These cookies assist in user identification, enhance your experience on our website, measure the effectiveness of promotional activities, and ensure trust and safety throughout our platform.
7. Review and Rectification of Your Personal Information
We are unable to make changes to your personal information or account details. However, you can modify your information by logging into your Iwanty account. Please note that once you have placed a classified ad, altering the listing or deleting your message may be impossible.
If you wish to close your account (where applicable), kindly submit a request to us via this link. We will process your request within a reasonable timeframe and handle your personal information in compliance with applicable laws.
Alternatively, you can contact our customer support to access any personal information stored by us that is not directly accessible through the Iwanty platform unless we are legally exempt from providing such access. Please be aware that we may charge a fee, not exceeding the maximum amount allowed by law, to cover any associated costs.
If your information is factually incorrect, incomplete, or no longer relevant for the purposes we process it, you can request that we modify or delete the information. Such requests will be handled in accordance with applicable laws.
8. Protection and retention of your personal information
We prioritize protecting your information by implementing technical and administrative security measures, such as firewalls, data encryption, and physical and administrative access controls for our data and servers. These measures are in place to mitigate the risks of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration. However, if you suspect that your account has been abused, please get in touch with us using the contact form provided.
We only retain personal information for as long as legally required and delete it once it is no longer necessary for the abovementioned purposes.
9. Additional Information
Abuse and unsolicited commercial communications (“spam”): We have a strict policy against abusing our website. Adding other Iwanty users to your mailing list (via email or postal mail) for commercial purposes without their explicit consent is not permitted, even if a user has purchased from you.
If you encounter any abuse on our website, such as spam or spoof emails, please report it to us. Using our member-to-member communication resources to send spam or any content that violates our Terms of Use is prohibited.
We may automatically scan messages for spam, viruses, phishing attempts, and other malicious or prohibited content to ensure your security. Please note that we do not retain messages sent through these resources permanently.
Third Parties: Unless explicitly stated otherwise in this Privacy Policy, the provisions of this policy only apply to the use and transfer of information collected by us. We do not have control over the privacy policies of third parties that may apply to you.
We will indicate which privacy policy applies when we collaborate with third parties or utilize third-party tools to provide specific services. We encourage you to ask questions before disclosing your personal information to others.