Privacy Policy
Introduction to our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy of Truffles, LLC and its affiliated entities (referred to as the "Company", "we", "our" or "us") outlines how your personally identifiable information and other personal data will be collected, used, and shared in connection with your access to and/or use of information about our Company or our services through the Truffles, LLC Web Site. This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect and how we use that information. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please in accordance with “Contacting Us”, below.
Your use of the Truffles, LLC Web Site constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to all of the terms and conditions in this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Service, and any community guidelines, policies, or rules now in force or enacted in the future, and any amendments and additions to these Terms as we may publish from time to time, as well as your compliance with all applicable laws. The Terms, and any community guidelines, policies, or rules now in force or upon their future enactment, are incorporated by reference into this Privacy Policy and together form and are hereinafter referred to collectively as this “Agreement”. Any terms not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Terms of Service. This Agreement governs the use of the Truffles, LLC Web Site, and you are giving the Company permission to use and store such information consistent with this Agreement.
Truffles, LLC provides the Truffles, LLC Web Site to allow an individual who is registered with Truffles, LLC (a "Customer") to request and schedule a session/appointment with us as a Recipient to receive minimally invasive medical aesthetic service, medical grade aesthetician services and other skincare and wellness services from Truffles, LLC. As used herein, the term “User” refers to any user of the Truffles, LLC Web Site. As used herein, the term "Account" may refer to the registered account of a Customer. A User who requests a Treatment through the Truffles, LLC Web Site may be referred to as the "Recipient" of that Treatment.
Information We Collect
Personal Information
As part of the operation of the Truffles, LLC Web Site and the provision of our Services to you, we will collect both personally identifying and non-personally identifying information from you (collectively, “Collected Information”).
By accessing our website(s) (including the Site), registering an Account with the Truffles, LLC Web Site, or using our Services, you agree that we can collect and use the information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you are neither permitted nor authorized to register or maintain an Account with Truffles, LLC, request or provide Treatments via the Truffles, LLC Web Site, access our website(s), or otherwise use or interact with our Services.
The types of Collected Information are described below:
As part of the operation of the Truffles, LLC Web Site and the provision of Services to you, we will collect, store, and use data that is (or may be combinable with other data in such a way as to be) personally identifiable to you (“Personal Information”), including but not limited to the following:
- Contact Information – e.g. name, address, phone, email;
- Demographic Information – e.g. sex, age;
- Location Information – information about your geographic location or that of the device via which you access the Truffles, LLC Web Site;
- Protected Health Information –individually identifiable health information, which may include demographic data, medical histories, test results;
- Financial Information – information related to your banking or credit accounts;
- Tracking Information – information related to the device you use to access the Truffles, LLC Web Site, e.g. cookies and related technologies; and
- Other Information – miscellaneous information, e.g., your uploaded photograph, reviews you’ve submitted.
Other than General Information, which may include Protected Health Information aggregated and/or anonymous information that is de-identified, we do not sell your information to third parties, and only share Personal Information under limited circumstances, as described. These limited circumstances in which Personal Information may be shared with third parties exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent – this information will not be shared with any third parties. We employ industry standard security measures as described below..
Protected Health Information
Our collection and use of your Personal Information, which we receive pursuant to this Agreement, is not governed by HIPAA. We will collect and use your Personal Information, including non-HIPAA covered Protected Health Information, consistent with the terms of this Agreement.
When you use the Service to upload, transmit, or receive Protected Health Information, you agree that, to the extent applicable, you shall comply with all applicable state and federal laws including, but not limited to, the Privacy Laws. You represent and warrant that you will, at all times, comply with all laws directly or indirectly applicable to you that may now or hereafter govern the gathering, use, transmission, processing, receipt, reporting, disclosure, maintenance, and storage of Protected Health Information. You agree that the Company, and all other persons or entities involved in the operation of the Service, have the right to monitor, retrieve, store, review, and use Protected Health Information, if applicable, in connection with the transmission of any Protected Health Information.
Tracking Information
“Cookies” are elements of data that a website can send to your browser and store on your computer. The Truffles, LLC Web Site and aspects thereof, and communications therewith, may use cookies, tracking pixels and related technologies. Cookies may also be used to track how you use the Truffles, LLC Web Site. Our cookies are not designed to collect Personal Information, but in some instances, may be combinable with other information to be personally identifiable. Our system may automatically gather information about the areas you visit on our Site or Truffles, LLC Web Site and about the links you may select from within our site to other areas of the Internet or elsewhere online. For example, cookies may be used by the Truffles, LLC Web Site to initiate shopping cart reminder messages for transactions that may take place through the Truffles, LLC communications (i.e., cookies are used to help keep track of items you put into your shopping cart, including when you have abandoned your cart and this information is used to determine when to send cart reminder messages via SMS).
We may use such information in the aggregate to understand how our users as a group use the services and resources provided on our sites. We may link such usage information to Collected Information in order to securely verify your identity, to personalize aspects of your experience on the Truffles, LLC Web Site, to better understand which information or services are of greater value to our Users, and to send follow-up communications regarding our products and services to website visitors. As with all other Personal Information, we do not sell Tracking Information to third parties.
You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your browser. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. You can also erase cookies already stored on your computer. If you choose not to accept these cookies or if you erase them, your experience on the Truffles, LLC Web Site, and other websites, may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
Email and Text Messaging Communications
If you wish to unsubscribe from our email campaigns, please click on the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of any marketing email sent from us. If you opt out of our email marketing, we will still send you messages related to our transactions and relationship with you, such as appointment and/or order confirmations. If you wish to stop receiving text messages from us, reply STOP, QUIT, CANCEL, OPT-OUT, or UNSUBSCRIBE to any text message sent from us. For more information, see our Mobile Messaging Terms and Conditions.
Other Information
We may also collect other various data as part of the operation of the Truffles, LLC Web Site and the provision of our Services. We may also collect various other information, such as reviews, and your usage of promotional features. From time to time, Truffles, LLC may perform research (online and offline) via surveys. We may engage third party service providers to conduct surveys on our behalf. All survey responses are voluntary, and the information collected will be used for research and reporting purposes to help us better serve individuals by learning more about their needs and the quality of the products and services we provide. The survey responses may be utilized to determine the effectiveness of our Services, various types of communications, advertising campaigns and/or promotional activities. If an individual participates in a survey, the information given will be used along with that of other study participants. We may share anonymous individual and aggregate data for research and analysis purposes.
General Information
The Company may also collect, store, and utilize information related to the usage and operation of the Truffles, LLC Web Site and our Services that is aggregated, statistical, regional, anonymized, de-identified, or otherwise not identifiable to a natural person (collectively, "General Information"). The Company may publish or share, without restriction, General Information with third parties or the public. For example, the Company may compile and publish data related to numbers of registered Users, numbers of Treatments provided, Company revenue, average delivery time of Treatments, etc. We may also use General Information in order to help us improve our existing products and Services or develop new products and Services or we may sell or license anonymized or de-identified datasets derived from Collected Information for any lawful purpose, including but not limited to, supporting researchers in generating insights or to address hypotheses across a range of scientific, medical, clinical, or pharmaceutically-relevant questions. General Information is not Personal Information, and is expressly excluded from any restrictions in this Agreement upon Personal Information. As noted above, we provide and may sell General Information to third parties.
How Does the Company Use My Information?
We may use Collected Information to facilitate the use and operation of the Truffles, LLC Web Site and our Services, including the request and provision of Treatments, to service your Account, to communicate with you, to obtain your opinions on our Services, to send communications regarding our products and Services, to alert you to new features or information, and to improve the operation of the Truffles, LLC Web Site and our provision of Services to you. We may also collect and record information about usage of the Truffles, LLC Site in order to better serve our Users and enhance our products and Services.
Will the Company share my information?
The Company owns all the information collected from and about Users, as detailed in our Terms of Service. We do not rent, sell, or trade Personal Information to any third party. We may disclose or provide access to Personal Information to a third party in one of the following limited circumstances:
- Where necessary for security purposes, to protect against fraud or unauthorized transactions, to resolve Customer disputes or inquiries, or to respond to requests from persons who are acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity for you, or who hold a legal or beneficial interest in your Account;
- Where necessary for a third-party contractor, contracted by the Company, to perform services related to the Truffles, LLC Web Site;
- To perform necessary identity and professional verification;
- As permitted by applicable law, including in response to legal process or requests from government authorities;
- In the event we go through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, bankruptcy, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, we may disclose your Personal Information to the party or parties of such transaction, Accounts and Collected Information may be disclosed to the party or parties involved in such transaction.
What Happens When I Close My Account?
If you close your Account with us, we will make reasonable efforts to delete your Account and Personal Information collected about you. Please note that our ability to delete data is subject to any data retention requirements imposed by law, regulation, or court order, and to the operational needs of the Truffles, LLC Web Site. Upon deletion from our active storage or database environment, information may persist in archival form. We will endeavor, as is practicable, to periodically purge from archival storage information that has been so deleted from our active storage or database environment, but make no guarantees as to the timing or our ability to do so.
We do not knowingly allow Users under the age of 18 to use the Truffles, LLC Web Site, and we do not knowingly collect information from any person under the age of 18. Use of the Truffles, LLC Web Site or our Services by anyone under the age of 18 is a violation of our Terms of Service and is expressly prohibited. If a person has nonetheless provided false information in order to register an Account, that person’s Account is subject to closure and any data associated therewith is subject to deletion.
Security
The Company takes information security very seriously and has established physical and electronic security standards and procedures to protect against unauthorized access to Customer information. We use industry standard means such as physical, electronic and procedural safeguards, including, but not limited to data encryption and secure socket layer technology. We update and test our technology regularly to maintain and improve the protection of our Customers’ information. We restrict access of personal information to employees and service providers for legitimate business purposes to assist in providing services to you. Employees who violate our Privacy Policy are subject to disciplinary action.
Your Account is password protected. If you have reason to believe that your Account has been compromised or is no longer secure (e.g., because of activity you do not recognize, or because of a breach of your email, banking, credit, or any other financial or personal account), please immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us in accordance with “Contacting Us”, below.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions or concerns related to this Agreement, how to remove or modify your user information or related consents your Account, a Treatment, another User, or anything else regarding the Truffles, LLC or Services, please email us at info@trufflesaesthetics.com or write to us at:
Truffles, LLC
874 West Lanier Avenue
Fayetteville, Georgia 30214