Privacy Policy
Last updated: Feb 13, 2024
Welcome to Tariff Hippo Canada. This Privacy Policy is meant to help you understand how we collect, use, and share information to operate, improve, develop and help protect our services, or as otherwise outlined in the Policy. This includes how we collect and process your personal information such as when you visit the Tariff Hippo site, use Tariff Hippo services applications on (the “App”), or when you interact with us via our various avenues such as on our live chats, e-mail communications or social media platforms. This Privacy Policy applies to our Services except where otherwise noted.
Contents
- What personal information we collect
- Why we use personal information
- Who we share your personal information with
- Cookies, analytics and similar tracking technologies
- Your privacy rights and preferences
- Data Retention
- Security of your information
- Legal Basis for Processing
- How to contact us
- Updates to our Privacy Policy
1. What Personal Information We Collect
Tariff Hippo may collect your personal information to which you have provided upon registration and login.
Company Information
The sources from which we collect this personal information fall into three categories: Information you provide, Information we collect automatically, Information we collect from other sources. See below for more information on the types of personal information in each category.
- Standard identification information provided upon registration.
- Purchase Information details provided for the services you order.
- Profile Information connected to your Tariff Hippo membership.
- Geolocation Data if your location is made available from your mobile device.
- User Generated Content provided by you in any content.
- Feedback and Support Communications that details of your communications/interactions with us.
The following information is collected automatically while using Tariff Hippo:
- Information generated through use of the Services through My Product information loaded to Tariff Hippo.
- Information from your device: Device Data, including IP address, identifiers, type, mobile carrier, browser type and language, operating system, and location.
- Usage Data: Information about how your device interacts with our Services.
- Internet or Other Network Activity: Information including browsing or search history.
- Location Information: Collected if you choose to share your location.
2. Why We Use Personal Information
Personal Information is used for the following purposes:
To provide you with the Services
- To communicate with you
- For analytics, research and product and Service improvement purposes
- For quality assurance and training purposes
- To ensure the security and integrity of our Services
- To comply with any applicable law and/or regulations
- For safeguarding and defending our vital interests and exercising any rights, asserting any claims any other lawful business purpose
To provide you with the Services.
Tariff Hippo uses data to operate, improve, maintain and personalise our Services.
To communicate with you.
Supporting and communicating with you when you require it.
For analytics, research and product and Service improvement.
Tariff Hippo works every day to improve your experience by using data.
For personalization and analytics.
To improve our services and product offerings.
To ensure the security and integrity of our Services.
Providing a safe and secure environment is key to providing a responsible platform.
To comply with any applicable law and/or regulations, legal proceedings.
We use data to investigate disputes or claims related to our Services.
For safeguarding and defending our vital interests and exercising any rights, asserting any claims and any other lawful business purpose.
This includes any incidental business purpose related to or in connection with any of the above.
3. Who We Share Your Personal Information With
We may disclose your personal information to the following categories of recipients:
- Service Providers: Third Party Service Providers and Business Partners.
- Potential Buyers (and their agents and advisors).
4. Cookies, Analytics And Similar Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies such as pixel tags/web beacons and social media widgets (collectively “Cookies”) to collect and use personal information about you. For further information about the types of Cookies we use, why, and how you can control Cookies, please see our Cookies Policy.
5. Your Privacy Rights And Preferences
At Tariff Hippo, we put Clients first and respect your ability to exercise your privacy rights and choices. Depending on the country in which you are located, we respect your ability to know, access, correct, transfer, restrict the processing of, and delete your personal data.
6. Data Retention
Tariff Hippo retains the personal information we receive as described in this Privacy Policy for as long as you use our Services or as necessary to fulfil the purpose(s) for which it was collected.
7. Security Of Your Information
We take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We maintain commercially reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect against unauthorized use, disclosure or access of personal information.
8. Legal Basis For Processing
Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned, applicable laws and the specific context in which we collect it.
9. How To Contact Us
If you have any questions about our privacy practices, this Privacy Policy, or would like to contact us, you can do so by visiting our contact page or by email at privacy@tariffhippo.com.
10. Updates To Our Privacy Policy
There will be occurrences that will require us to update our Privacy Policy. In the event we need to update the policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you. We will obtain your consent to any material Privacy Policy changes if and where this is required by applicable data protection laws. We make it visible to when this Privacy Policy has been last updated by making note of this “last updated” date displayed at the top of this link.