Partique

Privacy Policy

Welcome to www.partique.com (the “Website”) operated by Partique, LLC., a Connecticut limited liability company with offices at 75 Strickland Rd., Cos Cob, CT 06807(“Partique”, “we”, “our”, or “us”). We have provided this Privacy Policy as an explanation of the personally identifiable information (“PII”) we collect through this Website, how we use and share it and how the use of this information can benefit your experience on the Website as well as in connection with Parties.

Your Consent to This Privacy Policy

The Website offers visitors to the Website (“you” or “your”) the opportunity to browse and interact with certain features on the Website. By browsing or using this Website, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information by Partique as described herein.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Partique reserves the right to change how we handle the information we collect through the Website at any time. We will update this Privacy Policy to reflect any changes in our privacy collection and handling practices, and will indicate that changes to this Privacy Policy have been made by listing a new date under “Last Modified” at the end of this Agreement. Such changes will take effect immediately once posted to the Website.

Privacy Notices

This Privacy Policy may be supplemented or amended from time to time by “privacy notices” posted on this Website. These privacy notices provide a level of detail that we cannot provide in this more general description of our privacy practices. For example, certain pages of this Website may contain privacy notices providing details about the PII we collect on those pages, why we need that information, and choices you may have about the ways we use that information.

What type of Information does Partique collect?

Partique does not require you to provide us with any PII in order to browse certain generally available sections of the Website. However, if you choose to register on the Website, you will be required to provide certain PII to us. You may wish to register on our Website in order to receive information from Partique, to apply to become a party host, to register as a party guest, or to use certain interactive features of our Website. We endeavor to collect information only with your knowledge and with your permission if necessary. The types of PII that we may collect include your name, home, work and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers, date of birth, gender, lifestyle information such as leisure activities and names and ages of children,.

Why do we collect information and how do we use and share the PII we collect?

We collect this information so we can provide services to you and to the companies for which we create (and for which you may host) parties (”Sponsors”) that is responsive to your and their needs. This includes marketing and communications with you in relation to parties we may be organizing and performing market research via surveys to measure the effectiveness of our parties, your feelings about Sponsors’ products and services or to suggest parties you may find interesting. We may use your PII to provide you with information you may request regarding our company, parties, or other information you may request through our Website; to process your application to host a party; to process your application to join certain groups or programs through our Website; to process an application for employment you may submit through our Website; to maintain your online profile; to communicate with you regarding your profile or any parties you have requested to host or attend as a guest; to process your entry if you have entered any contests or sweepstakes on our Website; and to learn more about your needs and wishes to improve this Website and other aspects of our services. In addition, if you register on our Website as a potential host, party guest, or otherwise, we will add you to our general e-mail list.

Partique may provide your PII to entities who work on our behalf or with us. These entities may use your PII to provide you with materials or gifts related to a party you may host, to help fulfill your requests in connection with the Website and to help us communicate with you about different resources offered as part of the Website. For instance, we may transfer information submitted by you, including PII, to service providers and other third parties who assist us in running the Website.

We may share your PII with Sponsors. Our Sponsors are thrilled that many of you will be hosting and attending parties involving their brands, products or services, and they may wish to stay in contact with you following the completion of these parties. If you do not wish to be contacted by any of our Sponsors following completion of a party, feel free to opt out in any e-mail sent to you by a Sponsor, and the Sponsor will honor your request. Please keep in mind that opting out of further communication with a Sponsor who send you an e-mail will not be deemed an opt out request for communications from Partique, and opting out from communications from Partique will not preclude you from receiving further communications from any of our Sponsors with whom you have established a separate opt in relationship. If you wish to opt out of communications from Partique, please see the section on Opting Out, below.

Partique may also share your PII with other third parties for direct marketing purposes, and you acknowledge that the use and handling of your PII by such third parties will not be governed by the terms of this Privacy Policy. You may opt-out of such sharing of your PII, as described below.

We may also release your PII to third parties if we believe such release is necessary to comply with the law (e.g., a legal process or a statutory authorization, including in connection with infringement notices pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as described in our Terms of Service), to apply or enforce our customer agreements, to protect our rights or property, if we reasonably believe that a danger to any person requires disclosure of such PII, or as part of a corporate reorganization, consolidation, merger, or sale of substantially all of the assets of Partique.

Please keep in mind that some of the content you post to the Website is publicly viewable to all visitors to the Website or to certain third party recipients designated by you. Do not post any content to the Website or send any content to a third party that you don’t want others to see. In addition, please respect the privacy rights of others when posting information to the Website, and do not post any photos or video of individuals if such individuals would object to you doing so (in addition, all such postings must comply with the requirements for Registered User Content as set forth in our Terms of Service).

Opting Out of E-mail Communications

If you would rather us not share your PII with any third party for direct marketing purposes, please either (1) do not submit PII to Partique through the Website or (2) indicate your desire for us not to share your PII with Sponsors or other third parties for direct marketing purposes by submitting such a request in writing (an “Opt-Out Request”) to us at: Partique, LLC, 75 Strickland Rd., Cos Cob, CT 06807 or by email at Consumer-Privacy[at]partique.com.

Please note that we may not be able to comply with your Opt-Out Request immediately, and until we are able to comply with such request we may continue to use your PII as described in this Privacy Policy. Please note that after receiving your Opt-Out Request, we may continue to maintain your name and other PII to help us ensure that we can honor such request, to communicate to you about your account, and for other purposes not related to direct marketing.

If we receive your Opt-Out Request after having shared your PII with a third party for direct marketing purposes, Partique may not have the ability to control the use of such PII by such third party (or any other party to whom such third party may have transferred your PII), and in such an event you agree that Partique shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damages or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with the use of such PII by any such third party or resulting from any such transfer or disposition. If you are concerned about Partique sharing your PII with third parties or otherwise transferring or disposing your PII, you should not provide your PII to Partique.

What if I refer a friend to Partique?

You may decide to provide us with a friend's e-mail address or other information through our Website, by using our “refer a friend” function, our party invitation tool, or otherwise. If you use our "refer a friend" function, Partique will send only the specified e-mail message to your friend, as indicated on the page on which you type your friend’s e-mail address, and we will use the information you provide only to personalize and send the message to your friend. If you use our Website to invite a friend to a party you are hosting, we may send a separate e-mail to your friend explaining what the invitation and Partique are all about, and we or our Sponsors may send follow-up e-mails regarding the party you are hosting or a party hosted by a third party that you want your friend to be aware of. Whether you use the "refer a friend" function or invite your friend to a party you are hosting, we will not add your friend to our general mailing list unless your friend decides to register on our Website.

What other information does Partique collect?

We also may collect anonymous and aggregate information from you about your preferences in navigating the Website by using cookies, invisible pixels, web beacons, action tags and other methods. Cookies are small text files that identify your computer. We may use cookies to, among other things, monitor Website usage, customize Website features, identify your computer’s operating system and browser, and complete transactions. An action tag is a small, graphic image on a webpage that is designed to allow the website owner or a third party to monitor who is visiting a website by collecting the IP address of the computer to which the tag is sent, the URL of the webpage that the tag comes from and the time that such webpage was viewed. Tags may be associated with cookie information. We may also use such anonymous and aggregate information for promotional purposes.

If you do not want us to track such information about you, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse cookies when your browser alerts you to their presence. You can also adjust the settings in your browser to refuse all cookies. However, if your browser does not accept cookies, you may not be able to use or access certain features of our Website.

[Partique cookies are limited to our websites and those of our Sponsors only and are not designed to follow you when traveling on the Internet after leaving our website and the websites of our Sponsors. We track the usage of these websites in order to better meet your needs and to help to make it easier for you to find information in the future and to provide custom, personalized content and information. It also allows us to monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors and pages viewed. Please note that in addition to Partique cookies, various third parties may also place cookies on your computer’s hard drive. Neither Partique nor the Sponsors are responsible for the presence or absence of third party cookies or for the technological capabilities or practices employed by third parties in connection with third party cookies.

Partique also uses invisible pixels, sometimes called web beacons, to count how many people visit certain web pages. Information from invisible web pixels is used and reported in the aggregate and does not contain PII. Partique may use this information to improve marketing programs and content.

We may also collect non-personally identifiable information about you, such as your communications preferences, travel habits, pets you may own, food preferences and responses to promotional offers and surveys.

How can you access and update your information?

You always have the opportunity to review and change the information you provide to us by logging into the Website and entering in the new information yourself. We encourage you to regularly review and update your information as appropriate (e.g., in the event your home or e-mail address changes, or you wish to add an additional method for us to communicate with you). You can edit your name, contact information and preferences by logging into your account on the Website.

You may ask to have your account information removed from our active databases; however, as a security measure we "back up" the data stored on our systems, and such prior information may not be completely removed from archives of our databases. Therefore, you should not expect that all of your personal information will be completely removed from our databases in response to your requests.

What steps do we take to protect the security of your information?

Partique recognizes the importance of information security. We take reasonable precautions to protect the confidentiality and security of the personal information we collect through this Website. Additionally, we use physical and electronic security measures to protect your PII. However, it is important that you understand, that no website or database is completely secure or “hacker proof,” and we therefore cannot guarantee that your information will not be lost, disclosed or accessed by accidental circumstances or by the unauthorized acts of others.

In the course of processing your information, it may be necessary to transfer PII to third party service providers for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Statement. Currently these service providers are located within the United States. We generally require these third parties to take steps to protect your PII and abide by applicable privacy laws and regulations.

How is information handled for users outside of the United States?

If you are visiting this Website from a country other than the countries in which our servers are located (currently the United States), the various communications will necessarily result in the transfer of information across international boundaries. By visiting this Website and communicating electronically with us, you consent to the processing and transfer of your data as set out in this Privacy Policy. In addition, if you are located outside of the United States, you expressly consent to the transfer of your PII to Partique and (unless you have opted out of sharing your PII with third parties) its Sponsors or third party partners in the United States or in other countries in which our Sponsors or third party partners may be located.

Does Partique provide links to other websites?

Partique may provide links to other websites or resources of possible interest to you including those of our Sponsors Because we have no control over websites to which we provide links, the collection and use of your PII and other information by such websites shall be subject to the policies and procedures of such websites and not this Privacy Policy. We have no responsibility or liability for the practices, policies and security measures implemented by third parties on their web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of all of such sites as their policies may be materially different from Partique’s policies and to contact them to ask questions about their policies, practices and security measures before disclosing PII to them.

What are our policies regarding children?

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age or if under eighteen (18), an emancipated minor or possess parental or legal guardian consent in order to register on the Website provided that if you are under the age of fourteen (14) you may not registered on the Website under any circumstances. Partique requires the consent of a parent or guardian before an individual under the age of eighteen (18) may be considered as a potential host for a party featured on our Website and such consent must be provided for each individual Party. Certain Parties may only be hosted by Visitors who are over the age of twenty one (21). Partique does not knowingly collect PII from anyone under fourteen (14) years of age. If any children under fourteen (14) years of age wish to attend parties offered through Partique and the parents or legal guardian consent to and take full responsibility for their attendance at parties, we request that the parents or legal guardians of these children register on our Website rather than the children themselves, as we will not allow children under age fourteen (14) to register on our Website. If a person under the age of eighteen (18) provides us with PII without parental or legal guardian consent, we encourage the parent or legal guardian to contact us to have the information removed and to unsubscribe the minor from future Partique marketing communications.

Do we have a mechanism to address complaints about the handling of information that we collect?

If you have questions or concerns about any of our information collection or handling practices, please contact us:

by e-mail: consumer-privacy[at]partique.com

by telephone: 914-953-1052

by writing to us at: 75 Strickland Rd., Cos Cob, CT 06807