Last Updated: 2 April 2024
Farmers Market ("Farmers Market," the "Company," "we," "us," and "our") respect your privacy
and commit to protecting it in accordance with this privacy policy. This policy outlines the various
types of information we may collect from you when you access or use our platforms, as well as
our methods for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, sharing, and disclosing that
information.
Information We Collect and How We Use It
We may gather, store, and utilize information when you utilize our platforms, aiming to optimize,
enhance, and refine our service and your experience on our platforms. Additionally, this
information is employed to personalize your interactions and showcase pertinent advertising,
search results, business information, and engaging content.
The information we collect includes:
Account Information
This encompasses the details you provide when signing up, such as name, username, email
address, password, gender, phone number, and profile picture. You have the option to provide
or withhold such information when signing in through third-party websites like Instagram and
Facebook. The information you furnish during sign-up is stored by us.
Public Content
Content like reviews, photos, bookmarks, profile picture, username, and other details you share
on our platforms is publicly accessible to us and other users. This information may be utilized
and shared with businesses and third parties.
Activity and Browsing Information
This includes the categories you browse, features you use, time spent on our platforms,
interactions with business pages, businesses browsed, home page engagements, ad clicks, and
selected locations. Information provided by your device, such as mobile device type, IP address,
carrier, location, and browser type, may also be stored.
Your Preferences
Preferences like location and language that you provide to us.
Your Preferences
Search terms entered and the corresponding results. We store and utilize your search terms to
enhance your experience.
Your Communications
Reviews posted on business pages and responses received from businesses. Any information,
comments, queries, or other communications directed to us may be stored.
How We Share the Information We Collect
Information Shared with Businesses and Third Parties
Certain information you provide, excluding personal names, may be shared with business
members. This information remains confidential, and businesses are responsible for translating
it into advertisements, notifications, or other communications. Additionally, your information may
be shared with third parties for marketing purposes.
Legal Purposes
Information may be shared with legal entities, including law enforcement or government
agencies, to comply with legal purposes or in response to violations of Terms and Conditions or
this Privacy Policy, aiming to protect individuals from threats, harm, offenses, or violations of
country laws.
Social Networks
Interactions with social media features on our platforms or using social media credentials for
sign-in are governed by the privacy policy of the respective social media service.
Third Parties
The methods employed by third parties to collect your information include:
Advertisers:
Information may be shared with advertisers for targeted advertising. Advertisers
are contractually obligated to protect the confidentiality of your information, but we are not
responsible for information entered directly on advertisers' links, websites, or other
communication modes.
Service Providers:
Third-party service providers may be engaged for various functions,
including support, maintenance, security, quality assurance testing, payment processing, and
technical support. Information about you may be provided to these providers only for the
performance of their functions.
Aggregate Information:
Information may be shared collectively with users on our platforms for
statistical purposes, such as total reviews posted, ad clicks, and total engagements with
notifications.
Businesses on Farmers Market
Information about you may be shared with businesses on Farmers Market, especially public
information when posting content on the respective business's page.
Business Members
Business members may receive your information, both public and private, under contractual
agreements ensuring its specified use. Business members may also receive information about
your activity on their page and our platforms.
Links
Our platforms may contain links to unaffiliated third parties. We do not share your information
with them, and we are not responsible for your activities or information shared on their websites.
Controlling Your Personal Data
Other users cannot view or collect your personal information unless you publicly post relevant
personal information on our platforms. You are accountable for the public content you post,
including personal information. Exercise caution in your public content to minimize the risk of
personal identification.
Data Retention
While you can remove your reviews, photos, and other public content, we will retain the
information for internal use. Business listings, reviews, and ratings cannot be removed by
businesses terminating their accounts.
Security
We adhere to industry standards to protect information submitted during the access and use of
our platforms. While we strive to secure your personal information, total security cannot be
guaranteed.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be subject to changes in the future. The latest update will govern the
collection, use, and sharing of information from or about you. Continued access or use of our
platforms implies acceptance of new Privacy Policy changes.
Contact Information
If you believe that Farmers Market has not adhered to this Privacy Policy, you may contact us
via our support phone: +965 41049743.