Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before accessing our Website and using Shellix Services. If you have any questions regarding this information or our privacy practices, please contact us at [email protected].
1. Overview
Shellix ("we," "us," or "Our") respects the privacy rights of its users and understands the importance of protecting and handling information collected about you under both the law and best practice. This Privacy Notice is written to comply with the Peruvian Legislation on Personal Data Protection Law - Law No 29733 Requirements and Article 13 and Article 14 of EU General Data Protection Regulation, i.e., Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR").
This Privacy Notice applies to personal information which we process relating to people who have:
- Registered for an account with us;
- Posted and listed your shop or website on our platform;
- Agreed to receive marketing information from us;
- Participated in surveys;
- Contacted us for inquiries and support.
This Privacy Policy also describes what rights you have regarding your data, how you give your consent, and how you can withdraw your consent. Shellix (together with its affiliates, the "Shellix") owns and operates this Website and services, including, without limitation, Shellix.xyz and others (collectively, the "Shellix Website"). This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") applies to Shellix Website and all of the features, including the services: any mobile applications, emails, online services, and other functionalities, whether accessed via a computer, mobile device, or otherwise, and the services available on or through the Shellix Website (the "Services").
2. Acceptance and Use
This Privacy Policy covers Shellix and its subsidiaries, including (collectively, "sellix.io, shoppy.gg, atshop.io and selly.gg stores, we, us, or our"). Using our Website, you signify acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy, which is considered your official consent to process your personal information, consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your data, as described further below. Suppose you are not comfortable with any aspect of this Privacy Policy. You should immediately discontinue any access to the Shellix website and services.
3. Who We Are
We provide a business directory service ("Shellix services") scraped automatically from third-party sites, via the Shellix website accessible at https://shellix.to. We are a directory listing website for external shops, using scraping in which we collect data from third-party such as sellix.io, shoppy.gg, atshop.io and selly.gg stores, etc., and we display it on the Shellix.xyz website so users can find products by name, seller, etc.
4. Summary of Personal Information and Use
We may collect or obtain Personal Data about you, and this information may be stored or processed out of your region through the following methods listed in this Privacy Policy. "Personal Data" means data, whether true or not, about an individual who can be identified from that data. Common examples of personal data could include name, identification number, and contact information.
5. Purposes of Data Collection
The following are examples of how we use your Personal Information:
- To provide our Directory Listing Services
- Creating an account for you
- Offering and improving the Website
- Surveys
- Communication
- User engagement
- Legal compliance
6. Data Protection Principles
We collect, process, and use personal data (under the definitions of the Peruvian Legislation on Personal Data Protection Law - Law No 29733 Requirements and Article 13 and Article 14 of EU General Data Protection Regulation, i.e., Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR")) to provide our services. Personal data means any information that enables us to identify you, directly or indirectly, such as full name, email, address, any form of identification number, or one or more factors specific to you or your beneficiary's identity. We are committed to complying with applicable data protection laws and will ensure that personal data is:
- Used lawfully, fairly, and transparently;
- Collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes;
- Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes;
- Accurate and kept up to date;
- Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about.
7. Types of Data We Collect From You
We may collect and process the following personal information about you:
- Personal Profile Information. If you register an account with us, we will collect the following: full name, email address, date of birth, bank account and payment information, and telephone number. We may publicly display the first name and last initial that you provide, as well as any photo or other content you submit through the account creation process, as part of your account profile.
- Correspondence Data. Any correspondence you send us.
- Activity. We store information about your use of the Service, such as your search activity, the pages you view, the date and time of your visits, businesses or stores you visited via the Shellix.xyz website, and purchases or transactions you make through the Service. We also store information that your computer or mobile device may provide to us in connection with your use of the Service, such as your browser type, type of computer or mobile device, browser language, IP address, WiFi information such as SSID, mobile carrier, phone number, unique device identifier, advertising identifier, location (including geolocation, beacon based location, and GPS location), and requested and referring URLs and mobile applications.
- Public Content. Your contributions to the Service are intended for public consumption and are therefore viewable by the public, including your photos, ratings, reviews, tips, lists, Collections, compliments, and edits to business page information. Your account profile is also intended for public consumption. You can limit the public nature of some of these activities through your account settings.
- Usage Data. We also collect usage data about you whenever you interact with our services. These may include which web pages you visit, what you click on, when you performed those actions, and so on.
- Professional Information. If you represent a business on Shellix, we may collect and display information about you related to your business activities, such as a shop name that may incorporate your name, or a publicly available business address that is also used as a home address. We will also collect and display information about your professional background that you choose to share with us through the Service. We may also collect your geographic location based on your IP address.
9. How We Use Your Data
We will only use your data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your data in the following circumstances:
- Provide our services to you
- Conduct further analysis on research data we have already collected
- In aggregated form to help us explain our research capabilities to our clients
- Request you to update your profile
- Invite you to participate in surveys about our products or services
- Monitor, detect and prevent fraud, improper activity and ensure Shellix's policy compliance
- Conduct research including secondary and follow-on research
- Evaluate how you and other users interact with our online services
- Protect Shellix and our users
- Conduct audits related to our current interactions with you
- Debug the site and service to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality
- Defend ourselves in litigation and investigations and prosecute litigations
- To comply with legal and regulatory obligations
10. With Whom We Share Your Data
Shellix only shares your personal information with third parties under the circumstances described below. We do not sell or otherwise disclose personal information we collect about you for monetary or other valuable consideration.
- Authorized vendors: We may share your data with third-party vendors that help us operate our Website, process payments, deliver our services, and comply with your instructions and contractual obligations. These include payment processors, content delivery networks (CDNs), cloud-based hosting services, monitoring services, email service providers, quality assurance and testing vendors, fraud and abuse prevention vendors, and customer relations management (CRM) vendors.
- Advertising and Analytics Partners: We may share usage data with third-party advertisers and analytics providers through cookies and other similar technologies. These third parties may collect information sent by your computer, browser, or mobile device in response to a request for content, such as unique identifiers, your IP address, or other information about your computer or device.
- Businesses on Shellix: We may share information from or about you (such as your city, and if you provide it, your age and gender), your device type, and your use of the Service (such as which shops you bookmark or if you visit a business's URL) with businesses on Shellix. You may adjust your account settings to increase or decrease the amount of information we share.
- Links: The Service may link to third party-controlled websites, like a business's URL. Except as set forth herein, we do not share your personal information with them, and are not responsible for their privacy practices.
- Certain legal obligations: Shellix may be required to disclose personal information if directed by a court of law or other governmental entities. We will attempt to give you prior notice before disclosing your information in response to such a request.
11. Data Subjects
For individuals who are located in the European Economic Area or Switzerland (collectively "EEA Residents"), data collected from you may be transferred or processed in Peru (collectively "Data Subjects"). When your data is collected, we rely on legal bases for processing your information. We generally only process your data where we are required to, where the processing is necessary to provide our services to you (or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract with you).
12. Your Data Privacy Rights and Choices
We enable you to make numerous choices about your data. Below are the data protection rights you have when using our services. You may choose not to provide us with certain information.
- Right to update or correct: If you wish to access, correct, update or request deletion of your personal information, you can do so at any time by contacting us through the customer services portal or at the information provided at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
- Right to access your data: If you request access to your data, we will confirm whether we hold your information and provide you with a copy, explaining how we process it and why, how long we store it for, and your rights associated with it.
- Right to delete your data: If you request the deletion of your personal information, we will erase it. Please note that we will need to retain any information required to fulfill our legal obligations or establish, exercise, or defend a legal claim.
- Right to restrict the processing of your data: You can ask us to restrict your personal information or request the portability of your personal information. You can exercise these rights by contacting us through the customer services portal or at the information provided at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
- Right to opt-out from receiving marketing emails: You have the right to opt-out of the email marketing communications we send you at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking on the "unsubscribe" or "opt-out" link in the marketing emails we send you. We will process your request within a reasonable time after receipt.
- Withdraw your consent: If we have collected and processed your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted before your withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
- Right to complaint: You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. Please contact us for more information, and we will send you a link or our data protection officer's address. The easiest way to submit your request to us is through our Customer support email found at the bottom of this Privacy Policy. We respond to all requests from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights under applicable data protection laws.
13. Data Security
We are committed to maintaining your data's security, having measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the data under our control. We employ modern and secure techniques to protect our systems from intrusion by unauthorized individuals, and we regularly upgrade our security as better methods become available. Our data centers and our partners utilize physical security measures to prevent unauthorized access to the facility. Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Therefore, although we use industry-standard practices to protect your privacy, we cannot (and do not) guarantee the absolute security of personal data.
14. Terms and Conditions
Please visit our Terms of Service page to learn more about our terms and conditions, which establishes the use and disclaimer governing our Website's usage.
15. Jurisdiction
The Supreme Court of Peru and the Peruvian Legislation on Personal Data Protection Law shall govern this privacy policy and other related services.
16. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
Shellix continually strives to implement new technologies and processes to protect you better, your privacy, and your use of the Shellix service. As a result, changes to this privacy policy may be made by Shellix from time to time. In no event will these changes result in the degradation of any security measures designed to protect you from unauthorized disclosure.
17. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at [email protected].