VENELITE LLC (“VENELITE”) values your privacy. To learn more about what personal and user data VENELITE collects, uses, retains and shares; how we protect your personal data; and what choices and means of control you have over your personal data, please read this statement in its entirety. This Privacy Policy was last updated on February 15, 2023. If we make important changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post a notice on our website and/or contact our customers as appropriate or as required by applicable law
This statement describes VENELITE’s customer privacy practices for our VENELITE -branded global websites and app, VENELITE services, VENELITE customer sales and marketing activities, and VENELITE customer services and support functions, among others. This statement does not apply to VENELITE employee data practices. Please also note that certain VENELITE websites, or app and software experiences may have links to third-party websites or services. In most cases, those third-party resources are subject to the privacy practices and policies of those third parties and not VENELITE.
VENELITE may collect certain categories of data about you when you use our websites; use our services; receive our marketing communications; interact with our customer service and support teams; and in other contexts. The data we collect can be broadly categorized as follows:
VENELITE has various uses for your personal and user data you provide to us. Here are the principal contexts in which we may use, retain and share your personal and user data:
The following table provides further information on some of the specific types of personal or user data we may collect from you, how we use it and with whom we may share it:
DATA COLLECTED | PURPOSES OF USE | THIRD PARTIES WITH WHOM WE MAY SHARE IT |
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First and Last Name | Account Management, Sales, Marketing & Social Media, Customer Service & Support; Job Applications and Employment Screening, Board Advisory, Consulting, Non-Executive Director Screening | VENELITE subsidiaries and affiliates; Portfolio Companies, Vendors and Suppliers; Marketing agencies who handle campaigns on behalf of VENELITE |
Identifiers (e.g. social security number, driver’s license number, passport number) | Account Management, Identity Verification, Credit Check. | VENELITE subsidiaries and affiliates; Portfolio Companies, Vendors and Suppliers |
Contact Information (e.g., phone, email, mailing/billing/shipping/home address) | Account Management, Sales, Marketing & Social Media, Customer Service & Support; Job Applications and Employment Screening, Board Advisory, Consulting, Non-Executive Director Screening | VENELITE subsidiaries and affiliates; Portfolio Companies,Vendors and Suppliers; Marketing agencies who handle campaigns on behalf of VENELITE |
Biometric Information (e.g. copies of photo identification). | Account Management, Identity Verification, Credit Check. | VENELITE subsidiaries and affiliates; Portfolio Companies, Vendors and Suppliers; |
Payment Information (e.g., credit/debit card) | Sales, Customer Service & Support | Vendors and Suppliers |
Username and Password | Account Management, Sales, Customer Service & Support | Vendors and Suppliers |
Full/Partial Date of Birth | Sales, Marketing & Social Media, Customer Service & Support; Job Applications and Employment Screening, Board Advisory, Consulting, Non-Executive Director Screening | VENELITE subsidiaries and affiliates; Portfolio Companies,Vendors and Suppliers; Marketing agencies who handle campaigns/contests on behalf of VENELITE |
Answers to Account Security Questions | Account Management, Customer Service & Support | Vendors and Suppliers |
Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses | Web, Network and Product Security; Marketing & Social Media; Customer Service & Support | VENELITE subsidiaries and affiliates; Vendors and Suppliers |
Social Media Profile Information | Marketing & Social Media, Customer Service & Support | Vendors and Suppliers; Marketing agencies who handle campaigns/contests on behalf of VENELITE |
Employment Background and Screening Information | Job Applications and Employment Screening, Board Advisory, Consulting, Non-Executive Director Screening | VENELITE subsidiaries and affiliates; Vendors and Suppliers, Portfolio Companies |
Cookies are small pieces of data that are sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer. Websites, including VENELITE ’s sites, use cookies to help remind us who you are when you visit our site; to help you navigate our site during your visits; and to save preferences and shopping cart contents for you so you will not have to re-enter them. VENELITE may also use cookies to store and help track information about you, including for online advertising purposes and specifically to determine which interest-based ads to display. Where required by applicable law, VENELITE will acquire consent from you prior to using certain cookies during your VENELITE website experience or will offer you the opportunity to choose which types of cookies to enable or disable. To review or change your cookie preferences on our site, please click here. To serve and manage cookies, and related technologies such as tags and website data analytics tools, VENELITE may use products and services hosted by companies such as Google, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. These services may collect information, such as your IP address, sent by your browser or via cookies. The use of such cookies is relatively standard. Most browsers are initially set up to accept them. However, if you prefer not to store cookies, you can choose to:
You should also understand that some features of the VENELITE website might not function properly if you do not accept cookies. If you do not know how to control or delete cookies or would like to opt-out of receiving certain targeted ads based on your browsing history, you may wish to visit https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/, https://www.aboutads.info/, or https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/ for detailed guidance, including opt-out instructions. If you would like to opt-out of certain third party supported Internet advertising and behavioral targeting services, please visit any of the following:
For additional information: https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-protect-your-privacy-online
VENELITE’s websites, products and services are intended for adults aged 18 and older. Typically, if we become aware that we have collected personal data from persons aged 17 and under, we will take appropriate steps to delete and purge that data.
VENELITE intends to retain personal data only as long as necessary to complete the purposes of use described above in Section 2. When those purposes have been fulfilled, we will securely delete personal data as appropriate. However, we may retain your personal data as long as any of the following circumstances apply:
While VENELITE may share personal data it collects pursuant to the purposes described above in section 2, VENELITE does not sell personal data. If VENELITE did decide to sell personal data at any point, we would provide appropriate notice and consent mechanisms to individuals as required by applicable laws. In addition, please note that if VENELITE or any of its businesses or operations were to be sold to another entity at any point, that sale could involve the transfer of personal data held by VENELITE to the acquiring organization. In such a circumstance, VENELITE would provide appropriate notice and consent mechanisms to individuals as required by applicable laws.
VENELITE may collect, process, use, retain and transfer personal data across borders in order to fulfill our purposes of use as described above in Section 2. This may include transfers of personal data to countries that may not have equivalent privacy or data protection laws to those in your own country. However, regardless of where we transfer personal data to, VENELITE takes appropriate steps to ensure that your personal data complies with consistent standards of care. This includes signing contracts between VENELITE affiliates and with our vendors and suppliers to make sure that both parties are following consistent privacy and security principles, processes and protections. For transfers involving European personal data, VENELITE uses Standard Contractual Clauses with its partners.
VENELITE believes that privacy and security go hand-in-hand. We use appropriate physical, technical, and administrative controls to protect the personal data we are responsible for. That includes encryption and other enhanced security measures, where appropriate or required. We also take appropriate steps to make sure that our vendors, suppliers and certain other partners adopt consistent standards of protection for the personal data that VENELITE is responsible for. However, it is important to note that no technology is guaranteed to be invulnerable to threat or attack. Therefore, please be sure to exercise care when using any website, service or product. If technology you use is configured with privacy or security controls or features, please be sure to utilize those.
If you have a VENELITE account, you may have the ability to review, correct, amend or delete your personal data through your account profile. To do so, please visit your account and click on “Profile” and then “Personal Details”. In addition, under this privacy statement and certain applicable laws, you may submit a request to VENELITE to review, correct, amend or to delete your personal data that VENELITE has about you. You may also have the right to request a machine-readable copy of your personal data. To submit such a request to VENELITE, please contact us at info@venelite.com. Please note that we will review, respond to and act upon such requests as soon as possible and in accordance with applicable laws. We are also required to verify your personal identity before granting you access to your personal data. If you have a VENELITE account, we may verify your personal identity by requiring you to sign into your account. If you do not have a VENELITE account, or an email address on file with us, then we may request additional limited information from you in order to verify your identity. Please note that if you do not have an account with VENELITE , or an email address on file, or if we are unable to verify your identity in our records, we may deny your request. You may also use an authorized agent to submit a request under this section on your behalf. If you choose to have an authorized agent submit such a request on your behalf, VENELITE will require: (i) You to provide the authorized agent written permission to do so; and (ii) your agent to verify their identity directly with VENELITE. VENELITE may deny a request from an agent that does not meet these requirements. In addition, you have the right to raise questions or complaints with your applicable national data protection authority at any time.
If you have any additional questions, complaints or concerns regarding privacy at VENELITE. Please feel free to reach us at the following: Email: info@venelite.com.
If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. To learn more about your California privacy rights, visit https://www.caprivacy.org. A business subject to California Civil Code section 1798.83 is required to disclose to its California customers, upon request, the identity of any third parties to whom the business has disclosed personal information within the previous calendar year, along with the type of personal information disclosed, for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. Please note that under California law, businesses are only required to respond to a customer request once during any calendar year. To make a request, please send an email to info@venelite.com.
For citizens of the European Union, please contact info@venelite.com for requests and inquiries regarding the data retained and managed by this portal and your rights to be forgotten related to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If at any time you wish to opt-out of the above Privacy Policy, you may do so by contacting us by email info@venelite.com. If at any time you decide to opt-out by contacting us at the above email, Venelite will use commercially reasonable efforts to cease the sharing or use of your information after a reasonable amount of time to process such a request. However, please be advised that certain Services require the sharing of your information in order to service your activity on our Services. In such a case, it may be necessary for us to terminate your use of such services and your User Account.