Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 21, 2023

Strohat, LLC. dba AdviceHat (“AdviceHat” or “we” or “us” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes the types of Personal Information we collect when you interact with us, including but not limited to information provided when you access our websites (including www.advicehat.com) and however else you may interact with us (collectively, the “Service(s)” or “AdviceHat Service(s)”). This Policy applies to all AdviceHat Services, regardless of the platform or device used; it describes all Personal Information collected, used, transmitted, disclosed, stored, or maintained by us, including both electronic and paper records.

Please read this Policy carefully to fully understand how we collect, use, share, and protect your Personal Information. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Services.

This Privacy Policy explains:

Information We Collect and Use

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How We Disclose Personal Information

  1. Service Providers. We share any of the Personal information described above with service providers (including but not limited to payment processors, fraud detection vendors, service-related technology providers, and survey administrators) that provide services to you and us, including to help us maintain our databases and websites, administer emails, display content, and analyze website usage activity. For example, we may provide your personal identifiers and commercial information to communications and marketing vendors so they can send you marketing communications and other communications on our behalf. We require that service providers use Personal Information only for the purposes specified in our agreements.
  2. Our Partners From Whom You Have Request Information. We may share your personal identifiers and commercial information with other companies from whom you request to receive a specific product or service so they can market their products or services to you. If you do not want your Personal Information shared with these companies, you may contact us using the information in our “How to Contact Us” section below.
  3. Within Our Organization. We may share any of your Personal Information with parents, subsidiaries, joint venture partners, and other entities under common control subject to this Privacy Policy.
  4. Social Networks. You may interact with certain features of the AdviceHat Services that cause certain categories of Personal Information to be published to your social networks. To understand the precise categories of Personal Information shared in this manner, please review the privacy policies of the relevant social networks and/or log out of the applicable service before you use our online services.
  5. Public Disclosures Using Non-Restricted Services. As explained in the AdviceHat Terms of Service, information provided by you in the content of your calls, questions, answers, and other communications on our websites (including testimonials and community forum posts you submit), in Advisor profiles describing your experiences and qualifications, and in signatures attached to postings on our websites ("Posts") may not be private or confidential. Posts may be collected, copied, or used by others without your or our knowledge, and the security and other protective provisions of this Policy will not apply. Also, please keep in mind that publicly posting your account or contact information may result in the transmission of unsolicited messages from persons and entities over which we have no control. Please exercise caution and good judgment when disclosing any Personal Information to any public services, including in Posts on the AdviceHat Services. Note that we cannot be responsible for any online postings by a family member, friend, acquaintance or other person or entity outside of our control.
  6. If you wish to update or delete a Post, you may contact us using the “How to Contact Us” information below. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your Personal Information, in which case we will let you know and explain why.
  7. Sweepstakes, Contests, and Promotions. AdviceHat may offer sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions (“Promotion(s)”) that may require registration. By participating in a Promotion, you are agreeing to the terms, conditions or official rules that govern that Promotion, which may contain specific requirements of you, including, except where prohibited by law, allowing the sponsor(s) of the Promotion to use your name, voice and/or likeness in advertising or marketing associated with the Promotion. If you choose to enter a Promotion, Personal Information may be disclosed to third parties or the public in connection with the administration of such Promotion, including, without limitation, in connection with winner selection, prize fulfillment, and as required by law or permitted by the Promotion’s official rules, such as on a winners list.
  8. Business Transfers. In the event of a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets (whether by private sale, through operation of law, as part of a divestiture plan, or otherwise), your Personal Information, and any other information that we have collected, may be disclosed to the persons and/or entities assuming control of the relevant business unit or as otherwise necessary to complete the transaction as permitted by law or contract.
  9. Legal and Similar Disclosures. We may disclose Personal Information about you with law enforcement, the courts, our advisors, attorneys, and others who participate in the legal process, if necessary to do so by law or based on our good faith belief that it is necessary to enforce or apply our contracts, conform or comply with the law or is necessary to protect us, the users of the websites, or others.
  10. Otherwise with Your Consent or At Your Direction. In addition to the sharing described in this Privacy Policy, we may share information about you with third parties whenever you consent to or direct such sharing

Information on the AdviceHat Services

AdviceHat is a Saudi Arabia company and the AdviceHat Services are provided from the Saudi Arabia. If you are a user who resides outside the Saudi Arabia, please be aware that information we collect will be transferred to and processed in the Saudi Arabia and may be processed and stored in other countries outside the Saudi Arabia which may have data protection laws that differ from the laws in your country. By using the AdviceHat Services, or providing us with any information, you consent to the collection, processing, maintenance and transfer of such information in and to the Saudi Arabia and other applicable countries in which the privacy laws may not be as comprehensive as, or equivalent to, those in the country where you reside and/or are a citizen.

Information Processing and Transfer

We maintain procedural, technical, and physical safeguards to help protect against loss, misuse or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction of the Personal Information you provide via the AdviceHat Services. Unfortunately, no transmission of data is guaranteed to be completely secure. It may be possible for third parties not under our control to intercept or access transmissions or private communications unlawfully. Therefore, any transmission of Personal Information to us is made at your own risk.

We retain your account information and the information provided by you in the form of Posts indefinitely until such time that we determine it has no further commercial significance, at which time we may delete and/or aggregate and store it indefinitely. We may also retain and use this information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

How We Protect and Retain Your Information

We maintain procedural, technical, and physical safeguards to help protect against loss, misuse or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction of the Personal Information you provide via the AdviceHat Services. Unfortunately, no transmission of data is guaranteed to be completely secure. It may be possible for third parties not under our control to intercept or access transmissions or private communications unlawfully. Therefore, any transmission of Personal Information to us is made at your own risk.

We retain your account information and the information provided by you in the form of Posts indefinitely until such time that we determine it has no further commercial significance, at which time we may delete and/or aggregate and store it indefinitely. We may also retain and use this information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Third Party Links

The AdviceHat Services may from time to time contain links to third party websites/services for your convenience and/or information (for example, sites linking via banner ads). If you access other sites using the links provided, you may leave the AdviceHat Services. When you access these other sites, please understand that the operators of these websites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policies and terms of use, which may differ from ours. We do not endorse or control the policies or practices of third party websites that we do not control or operate.

You should always carefully read the privacy policy of any site you access in order to understand their specific privacy and information usage practices.

Children’s Personal Information

Except where otherwise indicated, we do not knowingly collect or store any Personal Information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child under the age of 13 has provided us with information without his or her consent, he or she should contact us at assistance@AdviceHat.co. As required by law, we will delete such information from our files within a reasonable time.

We may also delete Personal Information from our websites, as well as Posts and other information, from users we believe are under the age of 18.

Updates to this Privacy Policy

From time to time, we may revise this Policy to reflect changes in the law or technology, or changes in our practices regarding information collection and use. If we make material revisions to the way we collect or use your Personal Information so that we are using it for purposes or sharing data with third parties that you have not consented to, we will provide you with notice of those changes and may do so by announcing the change through the AdviceHat Services. You agree that we may notify you about material changes in the way we treat Personal Information by placing a notice on the AdviceHat Services. You should check our online services frequently for updates.

Any changes to this Policy will become effective as of the Effective Date on the top of this page. By continuing to use the AdviceHat Services after the most current Effective Date, you will be deemed to have understood and agreed to such changes. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy, as it may be amended from time to time, in whole or in part, please do not continue to use the AdviceHat Services.

Additional Terms

This Policy may be supplemented from time to time by additional terms, privacy statements, or notices that explain how we collect, use and share information in specific circumstances (“Additional Terms”). For example, Additional Terms may contain details about how we collect Personal Information in specific contexts.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy, contact us at assistance@AdviceHat.com.