Privacy Policy

Last Updated: February 10, 2020

Thank you for visiting Code Platoon!

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, process, and disclose your information across the Code Platoon Website. If you see an undefined term in this Privacy Policy (such as “Content” or “Code Platoon Website”), it has the same definition as outlined in our Terms of Use. When this policy mentions “Code Platoon,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” it refers to the Code Platoon as the company that is responsible for your information under this Privacy Policy (the “Data Controller”).

Information We Collect

There are three general categories of information we collect.

We collect information you share with us when you use the Code Platoon Website.

  • Communications with Code Platoon and other Users. When you communicate with Code Platoon or use the Code Platoon Website to communicate with other Users, we collect information about your communication and any information you choose to provide.
  • Other Information. You may otherwise choose to provide us information when you fill in a form, conduct a search, respond to surveys, post to community forums, participate in promotions, or use other features of the Code Platoon Website.

Information We Automatically Collect from Your Use of the Code Platoon Website.

When you use the Code Platoon Website, we collect information about the services you use and how you use them.

  • Usage Information. We collect information about your interactions with the Code Platoon Website, such as the pages or other content you view, your searches for Listings, bookings you have made, and other actions on the Code Platoon Website.
  • Location Information. When you use certain features of the Code Platoon Website, we may collect different types of information about your general location (e.g. IP address, zip code) or more specific location information (e.g. precise location from your mobile GPS). Most mobile devices allow you to control or disable the use of location services for applications in the device’s settings menu.
  • Log Data. We automatically collect log information when you use the Code Platoon Website, even if you have not created a user account or are logged in. That information includes, among other things: details about how you’ve used the Code Platoon Website (including links to third party applications), IP address, access times, hardware and software information, device information, device event information (e.g., crashes, browser type), and the page you’ve viewed or engaged with before or after using the Code Platoon Website.
  • Cookies and Similar Technologies. We may use cookies and other similar technologies, such as web beacons, pixels, and mobile identifiers. We may also allow our business partners to use these tracking technologies on the Code Platoon Website or engage others to track your behavior on our behalf. While you may disable the usage of cookies through your browser settings, we do not change our practices in response to a “Do Not Track” signal in the HTTP header from your browser or mobile application. For more information on our use of these technologies, see our Cookie Policy.

Information We Collect from Third Parties.

We may collect information that others provide about you when they use the Code Platoon Website or obtain information from other sources and combine that with information we collect through the Code Platoon Website.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may receive additional information about you, such as demographic data or fraud detection information, from third party service providers and/or partners, and combine it with information we have about you. For example, we may receive background check results or fraud warnings from service providers like identity verification services for our fraud prevention and risk assessment efforts. We may receive information about you and your activities on and off the Code Platoon Website through partnerships, or about your experiences and interactions from our partner ad networks.

How We Use Information We Collect

We use, store, and process information about you to provide, understand, improve, and develop the Code Platoon Website, and to create and maintain a trusted and safer environment:

Provide, Improve, and Develop the Code Platoon Website.

  • Enable you to access and use the Code Platoon Website.
  • Operate, protect, improve and optimize the Code Platoon Website and experience, such as by performing analytics and conducting research.
  • Personalize or otherwise customize your experience by, among other things, ranking search results or showing ads based on your search, booking history, and preferences.

Create and Maintain a Trusted and Safer Environment.

  • Detect and prevent fraud, spam, abuse, security incidents, and other harmful activity.
  • Conduct investigations and risk assessments.
  • Verify or authenticate information or identifications provided by you (such as to verify your Accommodation address or compare your identification photo to another photo you provide).
  • Conduct checks against databases and other information sources.
  • Comply with our legal obligations.
  • Resolve any disputes with any of our users and enforce our agreements with third parties.
  • Enforce our Terms of Use, and other policies.

Provide, Personalize, Measure, and Improve our Advertising and Marketing.

  • Send you promotional messages, marketing, advertising, and other information that may be of interest to you based on your communication preferences (including information about Code Platoon or partner campaigns and services).
  • Personalize, measure, and improve advertising.
  • Administer referral programs, rewards, surveys, sweepstakes, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by Code Platoon or its third-party business partners.

Safety and Compliance with the Law

Code Platoon may disclose your information to courts, law enforcement or governmental authorities, or authorized third parties, if and to the extent we are required to do so by law or if such disclosure is reasonably necessary: (i) to comply with legal process and to respond to claims asserted against Code Platoon, (ii) to respond to verified requests relating to a criminal investigation or alleged or suspected illegal activity or any other activity that may expose us, you, or any other of our users to legal liability, (iii) to enforce and administer our Terms of Use or other agreements with Users, (iv) for fraud investigation and prevention, risk assessment, customer support, product development and debugging purposes, or (v) to protect the rights, property or personal safety of Code Platoon, its employees, its Users, or Users of the public.

We will attempt to notify Users about these requests unless: (i) providing notice is prohibited by the legal process itself, by court order we receive, or by applicable law, or (ii) we believe that providing notice would be futile, ineffective, create a risk of injury or bodily harm to an individual or group, or create or increase a risk of fraud upon Code Platoon’s property, its Users and the Website (collectively, “Risk Scenarios”). In instances where we comply with legal requests without notice for these reasons, we will attempt to notify that User about the request after the fact if we determine in good faith that we are no longer legally prohibited from doing so and that no Risk Scenarios apply.

Business Transfers

If Code Platoon undertakes or is involved in any merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or insolvency event, then we may sell, transfer or share some or all of our assets, including your information. In this event, we will notify you before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Aggregated Data

We may also share aggregated information (information about our users that we combine together so that it no longer identifies or references an individual user) and non-personally identifiable information for industry and market analysis, demographic profiling, marketing and advertising, and other business purposes.

Third Party Partners & Integrations

Code Platoon Website may contain links to third party Websites or services, such as third-party integrations, co-branded services, or third party-branded services (“Third-Party Partners”). Code Platoon doesn’t own or control these Third-Party Partners, and when you interact with them, you may be providing information directly to the Third-Party Partner, Code Platoon, or both. These Third-Party Partners will have their own rules about the collection, use, and disclosure of information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of the other Websites you visit.

Security

We are continuously implementing and updating administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your information against unauthorized access, loss, destruction, or alteration. However, the Internet is not a 100% secure environment so we can’t guarantee the security of the transmission or storage of your information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Code Platoon reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time in accordance with this provision. If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Code Platoon Website and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. We will also provide you with notice of the modification by email at least thirty (30) days before the date they become effective. If you disagree with the revised Privacy Policy, you may cancel your Account. If you do not cancel your Account before the date the revised Privacy Policy becomes effective, your continued access or use of the Code Platoon Website will constitute acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

CONTACT

If you have any questions or complaints about this Privacy Policy or Code Platoon’s information handling practices, you may email us at [info AT codeplatoon.org].