Safe Communities, LLC, (“Safe Communities App”), and the Website having the URL http://www. safevendor.net (“Website”).  This Privacy Policy applies to both the Safe Communities App and Website.  Users who use Our Safe Communities App or Website are referred to in this Privacy Policy by such term or “User,” “You,” or “Your”  Users who register to use Our Safe Communities App are referred to as “Registered Users.”

What We Do

We provide Vendor and potential Vendor background investigation, research services, personal background investigations, public record investigation services, geo-location tracking of Vendors within the Communities using Global Positioning Systems (“GPS”) and other current and future technologies (“Geo-location tracking”) as such technologies become available (“Business Services). The term “Communities” in this Privacy Policy includes all businesses and residential properties, both for-profit and not for profit entities, and personal residential properties and facilities that use Our products and services.

Safe Communities, LLC collects certain personally identifiable information from Users to Our Website and from the use of Our Safe Communities App. Our Privacy Policy describes how We may use personally identifiable information and for what purposes. The use of Our Safe Communities App or Website is Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to companies We do not own.

Personally Identifiable Information / User of Personally Identifiable Information

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Personally Identifiable Information” means information that can be used to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a single person or can be used with other sources to uniquely identify a single individual and such individual’s location.  This may include a mobile phone which enables others to identify the phone’s unique ID and location, other mobile devices, text, texting, e-mails, photographs, all forms of video and other information including proprietary software We develop or use that may or can identify a user.  Throughout this Privacy Policy, We will use the term “User” to refer to any individual who visits or makes use of Our Safe Communities App or Website.

Our Safe Communities App and Website are designed solely for commercial business purposes. We are in compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and do not knowingly collect information on anyone under 13 years of age.  Users must register in order to use Our Safe Communities App.  A User inputs Personally Identifiable Information into Our Safe Communities App.

Our Safe Communities App is designed to give Us Personally Identifiable Information in order to conduct our Business Services. You must provide us with such information in order to use Our Safe Communities App. Such Personally Identifiable Information is disclosed by Us to designated individuals in the Communities which we serve. Law enforcement agencies may have access to such Personally Identifiable Information.  Users of our Safe Communities App and Website should anticipate that third parties will receive Personally Identifiable Information as described in this Privacy Policy.  We do not warrant, or guaranty that Personally Identifiable Information will remain private.  Registered Users assume the entire risk of using Our Safe Communities App to disclose Personally Identifiable Information. If a User desires to keep private certain Personally Identifiable Information, such information should not be disclosed when using  Our Safe Communities App or Website.  This Privacy Policy only applies to Us.  It does not apply to the Communities with whom we do business or third parties.  Registered Users should not expect that the Personally Identifiable Information they share using Our Safe Communities App is private. Such Communities may have their own privacy policies.  We recommend that a User review the privacy policy of each Community the User intends to provide goods and/or services prior to becoming a Registered User.

The Safe Communities Vendor ID® app collects location data to enable geofencing to automatically sign-in and sign-out from the community even when the app is closed or not in use.

How our Safe Communities App Works

Communities with Our Business Services. The Safe Communities App is intended to assist personnel responsible for maintaining security in the Communities with whom We serve to perform the security function.  The Safe Communities App permits Us to do background checks on Vendors and employees and agents of Vendors who seek to provide products and services to the Communities and residents of the Communities. The Safe Communities App also permits Geo-location Tracking of Registered Users through the use of GPS and other technology. Our Safe Communities App permits Us and certain individuals within the Communities to have specific information on when and where a Registered User is located within the particular Community as well as a history of such Registered User’s movements within such Community. Law enforcement agents may have access to such Registered User’s location and movements. While Our Safe Communities App programming is designed to limit Geo-location Tracking to within the boundaries of the particular Community in which the Registered User is providing goods and services, Geo-location technology data is such that no assurance can be given to Registered Users that Our Safe Communities App will not record movements within a reasonable distance outside the Community.

Users must first register to use Our Safe Communities App.  To begin the registration process, Users must first download the Safe Communities App to their mobile device from Our Website, Apple’s App Store, or the Google Play Store. Registration is only through the use of Our Safe Communities App.  We will issue you a personal identification number (“PIN”) to enter into the Safe Communities App to begin the registration process. You are solely responsible for maintaining security of the PIN and any password and/or account information. This may include the User’s mobile phone, which enables others to identify the phone’s unique ID and location, other mobile devices, text, texting, e-mails, photographs, all forms of video, and other information that may or can identify a Registered User.  Our Safe Communities App is designed for the free exchange of information supplied by Registered Users between and among Us and the Communities we serve.  Registered Users are solely responsible for the Personally Identifiable Information disclosed to Us in the registration process and when using Our Safe Communities App and/or Website.

Registered User's unrestricted authorization and consent for Us and the Communities to use Personally Identifiable Information and Geo-Location Tracking for Our Business Services

The use by a Registered User of Our Safe Communities App and/or Website is deemed such Registered User’s unrestricted authorization, and consent for Us and the Communities, Our respective employees, agents, clients, customers, successors, and assigns to the use of a Registered User’s Personally Identifiable Information and/or Geo-location Tracking information and to distribute and disclose such Personally Identifiable Information to third parties, including law enforcement agencies and in judicial proceedings, using any manner, method and technology (“Technology”) We deem appropriate in Our sole and absolute discretion, whether such Technology currently exists or in the future may exist, including, but not limited to electronic, digital, print, video and audio. Such Personally Identifiable Information and/or Geo-location Tracking information may be real-time and/or historical.

The Safe Communities Vendor ID® app collects location data to enable geofencing to automatically sign-in and sign-out from the community even when the app is closed or not in use.

Website and Safe Communities App Services

Both Our Safe Communities App and Website may contain links to partners, advertisers, and third-party Internet sites and services that may collect data in connection with products, services, and other activities provided for on such websites.  Such websites each have separate privacy and data collection practices, independent of Our Safe Communities App or Website.  We have no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions and are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Websites.

We may use third-party secured software to verify a User’s identity and address for Our Business Services.  If We have trouble processing the information you furnish Us, We may send You e-mails to assist You in using Our Website and/or Our Safe Communities App and other information relating to Our Business.  We will also use this information to communicate with Users.

Service-related Announcements / Warning Notice / Deletion of Account Notice

We may send You strictly service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if Our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, We might send You an e-mail or notice through the U.S. Mail. You will also receive a warning email or an email informing You that Your account has been suspended or terminated for a violation of Our Terms and Conditions or for any other reason, or no reason at all.  Such suspension or termination is in Our sole and complete discretion and with or without notice.

Customer Service

Based upon the personally identifiable information You provide Us, We may send You a Welcoming e­mail as well as other e-mails from time-to-time which may be of interest to You or relate to Our Business Services. We will also communicate with You in response to Your inquiries, to provide the services You request, and to manage Your account. We may communicate with You by email, U.S. Mail, or telephone. We will also use personally identifiable information to reset user names and passwords and to send e-mail to Registered Users relating to such resets.

Sharing Personally Identifiable Information

Users using any of Our services will have the option to receive information from companies and with unrelated third parties whom We believe may have products or services of interest to You; by “opting-in” for such services or clicking a hyperlink on Our Safe Communities App or Website. We may share certain Personally Identifiable Information with such companies so that they may communicate with You. Your ability to “Opt-out” of such third party services is dependent on such third parties privacy policies, which we do not control.  We may share Personally Identifiable Information about Our customer base with third parties to assist us in managing Our Website, Our Safe Communities App, marketing, and for business development and management purposes.

Agents and Affiliates

We use outside companies to manage and service Our Safe Communities App and Website. This may include a payment gateway service provider and other credit card processing companies to bill and collect payment from Users, including the Communities. These third-party companies are not owned by us. Such third parties may retain, share, store, or use personally identifiable information in order to process billing and payment, including repetitive billing purposes. We may use agents and affiliates to assist us in communicating with Our customers and potential customers who visit Our Safe Communities App or Website. These agents may receive Your personally identifiable information to assist us in contacting Our customers and potential customers.

We may partner with others to bring services and products that may be of interest to You. We expect, but cannot require, such partners, advertisers, and affiliates to respect the privacy of Our users. Third parties, including Our partners, advertisers, affiliates, and other content providers accessible through Our Website and Safe Communities App, may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. For example, during Your visit to Our Safe Communities App or Website You may link to, or view as part of a frame on Our Safe Communities App or Website page, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a third party.

Legal Disclaimer

We reserve the right to disclose Your personally identifiable information as required by law and when We believe that disclosure is necessary to protect Our rights and property, the rights and property of others, and/or to comply with judicial proceedings, court orders, or legal process.

We reserve the right to disclose Your personally identifiable information as required by law and when We believe that disclosure is necessary to protect Our rights and property, the rights and property of others, and/or to comply with judicial proceedings, court orders, or legal process.

We reserve the right to disclose Your personally identifiable information as required by law and when We believe that disclosure is necessary to protect Our rights and property, the rights and property of others, and/or to comply with judicial proceedings, court orders, or legal process.

Opt-Out

If You no longer wish to receive Our promotional communications, You may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each communication or emailing us at info@safevendor.net and list the subject of Your e-mail as “UNSUBSCRIBE.”

Log Files

As with most applications or websites, We may gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.

We may use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer Our Safe Communities App and Website, to track Users’ movements around the Safe Communities App or Website, and to gather demographic information about Our User base as a whole.

We may use third-party tracking vendors that use cookies and log files to track non-personally identifiable information about Users to Our Safe Communities App or Website in the aggregate and usage of Our Safe Communities App or Website.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We may use cookies on Our Safe Communities App or Website. We do not link the information We store in cookies to any personally identifiable information You submit while using either Our Safe Communities App or Website. While on Our Website or when using Our Safe Communities App, Our advertisers, promotional partners or other third parties may use cookies or other technology to attempt to identify some of Your preferences or retrieve information about You.

We may use both session ID cookies and/or persistent cookies.  We use session cookies to make it easier for You to navigate Our Safe Communities App and Website.  A session ID cookie expires when You close Your browser. A persistent cookie remains on Your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in Your Internet browser’s “help” file.

If You reject cookies, You may still use Our Safe Communities App or Website, but Your ability to use some areas of Our Safe Communities App or Website may be limited.

Objectionable Content / Notification To Us Deletion Of Account

If a User or Registered User believes that content on either our Safe Communities App or Website is objectionable because Our Safe Communities App or Website contains pornographic or other inappropriate or objectionable text, graphics, or images, such User or Registered User must immediately contact us by e-mail to info@safevendor.net and include: (1) a “screenshot” of the content such User or Registered User believes is objectionable, (2) the reason such content is objectionable and (3) the date and time the content appeared. “Objectionable Content” should appear in the Subject line of the e-mail.  We reserve the right in our sole and complete discretion to remove any content that we believe inappropriate for any reason, or for no reason. We reserve the right to cancel any Registered User account without notice and for any reason or no reason in Our sole and complete discretion.

Security

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once We receive it.  No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your personal information, We cannot guarantee its absolute security. We employ Extended Validation Secure Socket Layer (EV SSL) data encryption when data is transmitted over the Internet to our web site. We have installed layered firewalls and other security technologies to help prevent unauthorized access to our systems. Strong password protection protocols are used on our employees' computers, and employees are regularly trained on our security and privacy policies. The servers used to store user information are maintained in a secure physical environment with appropriate physical security measures as well as web-based servers.

Changes in this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time with or without notice in our sole and complete discretion, so please periodically visit Our Safe Communities App or Website to review it frequently. If We make material changes to this policy, We will notify You by a notice on Our Safe Communities App or Website or by e-mail.

Contact Us

If You have any questions or suggestions regarding Our Privacy Policy, please contact us at Info@safevendor.net or by US Mail or overnight courier service to Safe Communities LLC, 2701 Vista Parkway A-10, West Palm Beach, FL 33411, and place “Privacy Issues” in the subject line.

Terms and Condtions Of Use Of Safe Communities App and Our Website

Our Terms of Use of Our Safe Communities App and Website have important information for You.  Please review the Terms and Conditions. In the event of a conflict between such Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy, the Terms and Conditions of Use shall govern.