Forage Privacy Policy

Last Updated Date: February 12, 2024

Forage B.V., (“Forage”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) facilitates connections between our users (“users”) and our partner brands (“Partners”) through providing users with the ability to engage with, and purchase products from, our Partners without installing or downloading our Partners’ mobile applications through specially curated pop-up applications such as App Clips on iOS and Instant Apps on Android devices.

This Privacy Policy describes Forage’s privacy practices in connection with the getforage.co website; Forage’s App Clips, and the Forage native mobile application (each an “App,” and collectively, the “Apps”); and any other website or mobile application that we own or control and which posts or links to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Service”), and the rights and choices available to individuals with respect to their information.

Forage may provide additional or supplemental privacy policies to individuals for specific products or services that we offer at the time we collect personal information. These supplemental privacy policies will govern how we may process the information in the context of the specific product or service.

This Privacy Policy applies to the personal information we collect directly from our users and governs the interactions between us and our users. Your information may be collected, used and processed by one of our Partners. For more information on how your information may be collected, used and processed by our Partners please review the “Partner” portion of the “How We Share Your Personal Information” section of this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to how our Partners may use our users personal information. Please review the applicable Partner’s privacy policy to learn more about how it handles your personal information. We do not control how our Partners use your personal information.

Personal Information We Collect

  • Information you provide to us.
  • Personal information you provide to us through the Service or otherwise may include:
  • Transaction Data, such as information required to process an order you make through the Services.
  • Transaction data may include your first and last name, email and mailing addresses, and phone number.
  • Account Information, such as your username and password that you may set to establish an online account with us.
  • Content you choose to upload to the Service, such as text, along with the metadata associated with the files you upload.
  • Feedback or correspondence, such as information you provide when you contact us with questions, feedback, or otherwise correspond with us online.
  • Demographic Information, such as your city, state, country of residence, postal code, and age.
  • Precise geolocation information, such as when you authorize our mobile application to access your location.
  • Financial information, such as financial account numbers or payment card information.
  • Transaction History, such as information about payments to and from you and other details of products or services you have purchased from our Partners.
  • Usage information, such as information about how you use the Service and interact with us, including information associated with any content you upload to the websites or otherwise submit to us, and information you provide when you use any interactive features of the Service.
  • Marketing information, such as your preferences for receiving communications about our Service and future offerings, and details about how you engage with our communications.
  • Other information that we may collect which is not specifically listed here, but which we will use in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
  • Information we obtain from third parties.

We may receive personal information about you from third-party sources. For example, a business partner may share your contact information with us if you have expressed interest in learning about our products and services. We may also obtain personal information from other third parties, such as marketing partners, publicly available sources, and data providers.

Forage B.V. may maintain pages for its services on social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, and other third-party platforms. If you visit or interact with our pages on these platforms, the platform provider's privacy policy will apply to your interactions and their collection, use, and processing of your personal information. You or the platforms may provide Forage B.V. with information through the platform, and we will treat such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

If you choose to log in to our services via a third-party platform or social media network or connect your account on the third-party platform or network to your account through our services, Forage B.V. may collect information from that platform or network. This information may include your account details and other information related to your account on the third-party platform. You may also have the opportunity to provide us with additional information via the third-party platform or network, such as your email address.

We may receive personal information about you from third-party sources. For example, a business partner may share your contact information with us if you have expressed interest in learning about our products and services. We may also obtain personal information from other third parties, such as marketing partners, publicly available sources, and data providers.

Your Choices

In this section, we describe the rights and choices available to all users.

Access or Update Your Information. If you have registered for an account with us, you may review and update certain personal information in your account profile by logging into the account.

Opt out of communications. You may opt out of marketing-related emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the email, or by contacting us at unsubscribe@forage.co. You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails. If you receive marketing text messages from us, you may opt out of receiving further marketing text messages from us by replying STOP to our marketing message. If you provide your phone number to us, Forage B.V. may also send you operational notifications by SMS or text (such as, security codes and password reminders). You may opt out of such SMS communications by texting “STOP” to the telephone number or short code we used to contact you.

Cookies & Browser Web Storage. We may allow service providers and other third parties to use cookies and similar technologies to track your browsing activity over time and across the Service and third-party websites. Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, the Sites may not work properly. Similarly, your browser settings may allow you to clear your browser web storage.

Privacy settings and location data. We may make available certain privacy settings on the Service. From time to time, Users of our Service may also have the choice whether to allow us to access your precise location data. Your device settings may provide the ability for you to revoke our ability to access location data.

Targeted online advertising. Some of the business partners that collect information about users’ activities on or through the Service may be members of organizations or programs that provide choices to individuals regarding the use of their browsing behavior or mobile application usage for purposes of targeted advertising.

Users may opt out of receiving targeted advertising on websites through members of the Network Advertising Initiative by clicking here or the Digital Advertising Alliance by clicking here. Users of our mobile applications may opt out of receiving targeted advertising in mobile apps through participating members of the Digital Advertising Alliance by installing the AppChoices mobile app, available here, and selecting the user’s choices. Please note that we also may work with companies that offer their own opt-out mechanisms and may not participate in the opt-out mechanisms that we linked above.

In addition, your mobile device settings may provide functionality to limit our, or our partners’, ability to engage in ad tracking or targeted advertising using the Google Advertising ID or Apple ID for Advertising associated with your mobile device.

If you choose to opt-out of targeted advertisements, you will still see advertisements online but they may not be relevant to you. Even if you do choose to opt out, not all companies that serve online behavioral advertising are included in this list, so you may still receive some cookies and tailored advertisements from companies that are not listed.

Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

Choosing not to share your personal information. Where we are required by law to collect your personal information, or where we need your personal information in order to provide the Service to you, if you do not provide this information when requested (or you later ask to delete it), we may not be able to provide you with our services. We will inform you of what information is required to receive the Service by designating it as such at the time of collection or through other appropriate means.

Third-party platforms or social media networks. If you choose to connect to the Service via a third-party platform or social media network, you may have the ability to limit the information that we may obtain from the third party at the time you log in to the Service using the third party’s authentication service or otherwise connecting your account. You may then be able to control your settings through the third-party’s platform or service. If you withdraw our ability to access certain information from a third-party platform or social media network, that choice will not apply to information that we have already received from that third party.

Other Sites, Mobile Applications and Services

The Service may contain links to other websites, mobile applications, and other online services operated by third parties. These links are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. In addition, our content may be included on web pages or in mobile applications or online services that are not associated with us. We do not control third-party websites, mobile applications or online services, and we are not responsible for their actions. Other websites, mobile applications and services follow different rules regarding the collection, use and sharing of your personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites, mobile applications and online services you use.

Security Practices

The security of your personal information is important to us. We employ a number of organizational, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

International Data Transfers

We are headquartered in the Netherlands and may have service providers in other countries, and your personal information may be transferred to the Netherlands or other locations outside of your state, province, or country where privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your state, province, or country.

Children

As a general rule, children are not allowed to use the Service, and we do not collect personal information from them. We define "children" as anyone under 13 years old. If we learn that we have collected personal information of a child without the consent of the child’s parent or guardian, we will delete it. We encourage parents with concerns to contact us.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the Service. We may, and if required by law, will also provide notification of changes in another way that we believe is reasonably likely to reach you, such as via email (if you have an account where we have your contact information) or another manner through the Service.

Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the new terms and/or upon implementation of the new changes on the Service (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your continued use of the Service after the posting of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the terms of the modified Privacy Policy.

How to Contact Us

Please direct any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or privacy practices to info@getforage.co.