Last updated: May 26, 2023
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to ovarit.com and Ovarit LLC and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Ovarit LLC include ovarit.com and Ovarit. The Ovarit website is a link aggregator/online discussion site. You may opt to create an account to participate in discussions, upload content, and use other features. By using the Ovarit website, You consent to the data practices described in this statement.
In order to better provide You with products and services offered on Our Site, when You register for an account, Ovarit may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
E-mail Address
Usage Data
Please keep in mind that if You directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Ovarit's public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
We do not collect any personal information about You unless You voluntarily provide it to us. However, You may be required to provide certain personal information to Us when You elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on Our Site; (b) sending Us an email message; (c) submitting Your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on Our Site. To wit, We will use Your information for, but not limited to, communicating with You in relation to services and/or products You have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Ovarit collects and uses Your personal information for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain Our Service, including to monitor the usage of Our Service.
To manage Your account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
To contact You: To contact You by email regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
Ovarit does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.
Ovarit may disclose Your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Ovarit or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Ovarit; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Ovarit, or the public.
From time to time, Ovarit may contact You via email for the purpose of providing account confirmation, resetting Your password, notifying You of changes to Your payment subscriptions, announcing changes to this policy, or announcing security issues that may have impacted you.
If You would like to stop receiving communications via email from Ovarit, You may opt out of such communications by deleting Your account.
We may use an SMTP Service Provider to manage and send emails to you.
Our SMTP Service Provider is:
Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
We use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. Payment Processors).
We will not store or collect Your payment card details. That information is provided directly to Our third-party Payment Processors whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.
Our Payment Processor is:
Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://stripe.com/us/privacy
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of Our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit Our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
We use third party services to collect anonymous usage data on our website for the purpose of analytics.
Our Analytics Service Provider is:
Fathom Analytics is a privacy-focused analytics service that helps us understand our users' engagement and improve our website without tracking or storing personal data. The data collected by Fathom Analytics is fully anonymized and does not include personally identifiable information.
Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://usefathom.com/privacy
The Ovarit website may use "cookies" to help You personalize Your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on Your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to Your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save You time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that You have returned to a specific page. For example, if You personalize Ovarit pages, or register with Ovarit Site or services, a cookie helps Ovarit to recall Your specific information on subsequent visits. When You return to the same Ovarit website, the information You previously provided can be retrieved, so You can easily use the Ovarit features that You customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but You can usually modify Your browser setting to decline cookies if You prefer. If You choose to decline cookies, You may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Ovarit services or websites You visit.
We use both session and persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Type: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies allow Us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering Your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter Your preferences every time You use the Website.
Ovarit will retain Your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with Our legal obligations (for example, if We are required to retain Your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce Our legal agreements and policies.
Ovarit will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Your information, including personal information, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
Ovarit secures Your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Ovarit uses the following methods for this purpose:
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of Your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while We strive to protect Your personal information, You acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond Our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between You and Us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
We may store Your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom We have contracted.
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, We will:
Delete Your personal information from Our records; and
Direct any service providers to delete Your personal information from their records.
Please note that We may not be able to comply with requests to delete Your personal information if it is necessary to:
Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of Our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between You and us;
Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with Your expectations based on Your relationship with us;
Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
Otherwise use Your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which You provided the information.
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage Our users to be aware when they leave Our Site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Ovarit does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If You are under the age of thirteen, You may not use this website.
We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:
Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.
In any case, the Company 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.
The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.
You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:
Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, You can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal Data directly within Your account settings section. If You are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to Our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using Your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.
You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that We may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try Our best to respond to You as soon as possible.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.
Under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:
The right to notice. You must be properly notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.
The right to access / the right to request. The CCPA permits You to request and obtain from the Company information regarding the disclosure of Your Personal Data that has been collected in the past 12 months by the Company or its subsidiaries to a third-party for the third party's direct marketing purposes.
The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data. You also have the right to ask the Company not to sell Your Personal Data to third parties.
The right to know about Your Personal Data. You have the right to request and obtain from the Company information regarding the disclosure of the following:
The right to delete Personal Data. You also have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data that have been collected in the past 12 months.
The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your Consumer's rights, including by:
In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You are a California resident, You can email or call Us or visit Our "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" section or web page.
The Company will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving Your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonable necessary and with prior notice.
We do not sell personal information. However, the Service Providers We partner with (for example, Our advertising partners) may use technology on the Service that "sells" personal information as defined by the CCPA law.
If You wish to opt out of the use of Your personal information for interest- based advertising purposes and these potential sales as defined under CCPA law, You may do so by following the instructions below.
Please note that any opt out is specific to the browser You use. You may need to opt out on every browser that You use.
You can opt out of receiving ads that are personalized as served by Our Service Providers by following Our instructions presented on the Service:
The opt out will place a cookie on Your computer that is unique to the browser You use to opt out. If You change browsers or delete the cookies saved by Your browser, You will need to opt out again.
Your mobile device may give You the ability to opt out of the use of information about the apps You use in order to serve You ads that are targeted to Your interests:
You can also stop the collection of location information from Your mobile device by changing the preferences on Your mobile device.
Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals.
However, some third party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities. If You are visiting such websites, You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of Your web browser.
Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California's Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with Us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes.
If you'd like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below.
California Business and Professions Code section 22581 allow California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted.
To request removal of such data, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with Your account.
Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.
Ovarit reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You about significant changes in the way We treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in Your account, by placing a prominent notice on Our site, by announcing the change at ovarit.com/o/Announcements, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Ovarit welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy at:
Last update: Fri May 26 18:49:22 2023