Farmers Market - Privacy Policy

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.