Privacy Policy of My Carnival Match
Privacy Policy of My Carnival Match
This Website collects some Personal Data from its Users.
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Owner and Data Controller
My Carnival Match LLC. — E 35th Street, Suite 5, Brooklyn, NY 11203 (USA)
Owner contact email: contact@mycarnivalmatch.com
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or
through third parties, there are: Trackers; Usage Data; number of Users;
session statistics; scroll-to-page interactions; clicks; time zone; page
events; first name; last name; email address; payment info; device
information; password.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the
dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts
displayed prior to the Data collection. Personal Data may be freely provided
by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using
this Website.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Website is mandatory
and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Website to
provide its services. In cases where this Website specifically states that
some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data
without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome
to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by this Website or by the
owners of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of
providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other
purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published
or shared through this Website.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized
access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools,
following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the
purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be
accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the
operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system
administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service
providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications
agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The
updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Place
The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other
places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring
the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about
the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the
section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Retention time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be
processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been
collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal
obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
The purposes of processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its
Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests,
protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties),
detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following:
Analytics, Advertising, Remarketing and behavioral targeting, Heat mapping
and session recording, Displaying content from external platforms, Handling
payments, Registration and authentication, Access to third-party accounts,
Platform services and hosting, Tag Management, Traffic optimization and
distribution, Registration and authentication provided directly by this
Website and Connecting Data.
For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the
User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of
Personal Data”.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the
following services:
Access to third-party accounts
This type of service allows this Website to access Data from your account on
a third-party service and perform actions with it. These services are not
activated automatically, but require explicit authorization by the User.
Stripe account access (Stripe, Inc.)
This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on
Stripe, provided by Stripe, Inc.
Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last
name; payment info; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy.
Advertising
This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising
communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of
banners and other advertisements on this Website, possibly based on User
interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose.
Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they
may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored
to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this
Website.
For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant
services.
Services of this kind usually allow Users to opt out of such tracking. Users
may learn how to opt out of interest-based advertising more generally by
visiting the relevant opt-out section in this document.
TikTok conversion tracking (TikTok Inc.)
TikTok conversion tracking is an analytics and behavioral targeting service
provided by TikTok Inc. that connects data from the TikTok advertising
network with actions performed on this Website. The TikTok pixel tracks
conversions that can be attributed to TikTok ads and enables to target
groups of Users on the base of their past use of this Website.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy.
Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) (Meta Platforms, Inc.)
Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) is an analytics service provided
by Meta Platforms, Inc. that connects data from the Meta Audience Network
with actions performed on this Website. The Meta pixel tracks conversions
that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Meta Audience
Network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy –
Opt out.
LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) (LinkedIn Corporation)
LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) is an analytics and
behavioral targeting service provided by LinkedIn Corporation that connects
data from the LinkedIn advertising network with actions performed on this
Website. The LinkedIn Insight Tag tracks conversions that can be attributed
to LinkedIn ads and enables to target groups of Users on the base of their
past use of this Website. Users may opt out of behavioral targeting features
through their device settings, their LinkedIn account settings or by
visiting the AdChoices opt-out page.
Personal Data processed: device information; Trackers;
Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy –
Opt Out.
Google Ads conversion tracking (Google LLC)
Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google
LLC that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions
performed on this Website. In order to understand Google's use of Data,
consult their partner policy and their Business Data page.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy.
Google AdSense (Google LLC)
Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC. This
service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of this Website and
User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered. Users may
decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to:
Google Ad Settings.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult their partner policy
and their Business Data page.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy –
Opt Out.
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and
analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC)
Google Analytics 4 is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC
(“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use
of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with
other Google services. Google may use the Data collected to contextualize
and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. In Google Analytics
4, IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before Data
is logged in any data center or server. Users can learn more by consulting
Google’s official documentation. In order to understand Google's use of
Data, consult their partner policy and their Business Data page.
Personal Data processed: number of Users; session
statistics; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy –
Opt Out.
Meta Events Manager (Meta Platforms, Inc.)
Meta Events Manager is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.
By integrating the Meta pixel, Meta Events Manager can give the Owner
insights into the traffic and interactions on this Website.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy –
Opt out.
Connecting Data
This type of service allows the Owner to connect Data with third-party
services disclosed within this privacy policy. This results in Data flowing
through these services, potentially causing the retention of this Data.
Zapier (Zapier, Inc.)
Zapier is a workflow automation service provided by Zapier, Inc. that
automates the movement of Data between (third-party) services.
Personal Data processed: device information; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy.
Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms
directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them. Such
services are often referred to as widgets, which are small elements placed
on a website or app. They provide specific information or perform a
particular function and often allow for user interaction.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages
where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Google Maps widget (Google LLC)
Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google LLC that
allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy.
Gravatar (Automattic Inc.)
Gravatar is an image visualization service provided by Automattic Inc. that
allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages. Please
note that if Gravatar images are used for comment forms, the commenter's
email address or parts of it may be sent to Gravatar – even if the commenter
has not signed up for that service.
Personal Data processed: email address; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy.
YouTube video widget (Google LLC)
YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC that
allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy.
Handling payments
Unless otherwise specified, this Website processes any payments by credit
card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers.
In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide
their payment details and personal information directly to such payment
service providers. This Website isn't involved in the collection and
processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification
by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been
successfully completed.
Stripe (Stripe, Inc.)
Stripe is a payment service provided by Stripe, Inc.
Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last
name; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy.
Heat mapping and session recording
Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of this Website that
Users interact with most frequently. This shows where the points of interest
are. These services make it possible to monitor and analyze web traffic and
keep track of User behavior.
Some of these services may record sessions and make them available for later
visual playback.
Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Corporation)
Microsoft Clarity is a session recording and heat mapping service provided
by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft processes or receives Personal Data via
Microsoft Clarity, which in turn may be used for any purpose in accordance
with the Microsoft Privacy Statement, including improving and providing
Microsoft Advertising.
Personal Data processed: clicks; page events;
scroll-to-page interactions; time zone; Trackers.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy.
Platform services and hosting
These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of
this Website, therefore allowing the provision of this Website from within a
unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner
– e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management,
e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of
Personal Data.
Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers,
making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data
are stored.
Hostinger (Hostinger UK Limited)
Hostinger is a hosting service provided by Hostinger UK Limited.
Personal Data processed: device information; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United Kingdom –
Privacy Policy.
Registration and authentication
By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Website to identify them
and give them access to dedicated services. Depending on what is described
below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services.
In this case, this Website will be able to access some Data, stored by these
third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.
Some of the services listed below may also collect Personal Data for
targeting and profiling purposes; to find out more, please refer to the
description of each service.
Stripe OAuth (Stripe, Inc.)
Stripe OAuth is a registration and authentication service provided by
Stripe, Inc. and is connected to the Stripe network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy.
Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website
By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Website to identify them
and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected
and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data
collected are only those necessary for the provision of the service
requested by the Users.
Direct registration ()
The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the
Personal Data directly to this Website.
Personal Data processed: email address; password; Trackers;
Usage Data.
Remarketing and behavioral targeting
This type of service allows this Website and its partners to inform,
optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Website by the
User.
This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to
collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage
the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
Services of this kind usually allow Users to opt out of such tracking. Users
may learn how to opt out of interest-based advertising more generally by
visiting the relevant opt-out section in this document.
TikTok Remarketing
TikTok Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service
provided by TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited or by TikTok Inc.,
depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing, that connects the
activity of this Website with the TikTok advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
Place of processing: United Kingdom –
Privacy Policy;
United States –
Privacy Policy.
Tag Management
This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on
this Website in a centralized fashion. This results in the Users' Data
flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of
this Data.
Google Tag Manager (Google LLC)
Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC. In
order to understand Google's use of Data, consult their partner policy and
their Business Data page.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy.
Traffic optimization and distribution
This type of service allows this Website to distribute their content using
servers located across different countries and to optimize their
performance. Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics
and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter
communications between this Website and the User's browser.
Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to
determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal
Information of the User are transferred.
Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by
Cloudflare Inc. The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all
the traffic through this Website, i.e., communication between this Website
and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from this
Website to be collected.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; various types of Data as
specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States –
Privacy Policy.
Information on opting out of interest-based advertising
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in
this document, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of
interest-based advertising within the dedicated section of the Cookie
Policy.
Cookie Policy
This Website uses Trackers. To learn more, Users may consult the
Cookie Policy.
Further Information for Users
Legal basis of processing
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the
following applies:
- Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.
-
Provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with
the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
-
Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which
the Owner is subject.
-
Processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest
or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner.
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Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests
pursued by the Owner or by a third party.
In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis
that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of
Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement
necessary to enter into a contract.
Further information about retention time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be
processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been
collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal
obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
Therefore:
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Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a
contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such
contract has been fully performed.
-
Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate
interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes.
Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests
pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by
contacting the Owner.
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The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period
whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such
consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain
Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal
obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted.
Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to
rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after
expiration of the retention period.
The rights of Users based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the
Owner.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent
permitted by law:
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Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right
to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the
processing of their Personal Data.
-
Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right
to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out
on a legal basis other than consent.
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Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data
is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain
aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing
processing.
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Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to
verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or
corrected.
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Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the
right to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner
will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
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Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed.
Users have the right to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
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Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller.
Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used
and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it
transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.
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Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim
before their competent data protection authority.
Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis for Data transfers
abroad including to any international organization governed by public
international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and
about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.
Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of
an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the
legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such
processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to
justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for
direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time,
free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User
objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will
no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Owner is
processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to
the relevant sections of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through
the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of
charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always
within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any
rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will
be communicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal
Data has been disclosed unless this proves impossible or involves
disproportionate effort. At the Users’ request, the Owner will inform them
about those recipients.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in
Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from
improper use of this Website or the related Services. The User declares to
be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request
of public authorities.
Additional information about User's Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this
Website may provide the User with additional and contextual information
concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal
Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Website and any third-party
services may collect files that record interaction with this Website (System
logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be
requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at
the beginning of this document.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any
time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Website
and/or – as far as technically and legally feasible – sending a notice to
Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly
recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last
modification listed at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of
the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where
required.
Definitions and legal references
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other
information — including a personal identification number — allows for the
identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically through this Website (or third-party
services employed in this Website), which can include: the IP addresses or
domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Website,
the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request,
the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the
file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the
server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin,
the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User,
the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within
the Application) and the details about the path followed within the
Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and
other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT
environment.
User
The individual using this Website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides
with the Data Subject.
Data Subject
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Processor)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which
processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this
privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Owner)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which,
alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the
processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the
operation and use of this Website. The Data Controller, unless otherwise
specified, is the Owner of this Website.
This Website (or this Application)
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.
Service
The service provided by this Website as described in the relative terms (if
available) and on this site/application.
European Union (or EU)
Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the
European Union include all current member states to the European Union and
the European Economic Area.
Cookie
Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's
browser.
Tracker
Tracker indicates any technology – e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web
beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting – that enables the
tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the
User’s device.
Legal information
This privacy policy relates solely to this Website, if not stated otherwise
within this document.
Latest update: December 22, 2024