Fleek Privacy Policy

Created: December 28, 2020

 

At Fleek our mission is to provide the world with convenient access to maintain their beauty, style and looks. To do that, we need to collect, use, and share some of your personal information. This Privacy Policy is meant to help you understand how Fleek does that and how to exercise the choices and rights you have in your information.

Fleek’s privacy homepage provides additional information about our commitment to respecting your personal information, including ways for you to access and delete that information.

  1. The Scope of This Policy
  2. The Information We Collect
  3. How We Use Your Information
  4. How We Share Your Information
  5. How We Store and Protect Your Information
  6. Your Rights And Choices Regarding Your Data
  7. Children’s Data
  8. Links to Third Party Websites
  9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
  10. Contact Us

 

1 – The Scope of This Policy

This policy applies to all Fleek users, including clients and providers, and to all Fleek platforms and services, including our apps, websites, features, and other services (collectively, the “Fleek Platform”). Please remember that your use of the Fleek Platform is also subject to our Terms of Service.

 

2- The Information We Collect

When you use the Fleek Platform, we collect the information you provide, usage information, and information about your device. We also collect information about you from other sources like third party services, and optional programs in which you participate, which we may combine with other information we have about you. Here are the types of information we collect about you:

Information You Provide to Us

Account Registration. When you create an account with Fleek, we collect the information you provide us, such as your name, email address, phone number, birth date, and payment information. You may choose to share additional info with us for your profile, like your photo or saved addresses (e.g., home or work), and set up other preferences (such as your preferred pronouns).

Provider Information. If you apply to be a Provider, we will collect the information you provide in your application, including your name, email address, phone number, birth date, profile photo, and physical address. We collect the payment information you provide us, including your bank routing numbers, and tax information. Depending on where you want to work, we may also ask for additional business license or permit information. We may need additional information from you at some point after you become a Provider, including information to confirm your identity (like a photo ID or Driver’s License).

Ratings and Feedback. When you rate and provide feedback about clients or Providers, we collect all of the information you provide in your feedback.

Communications. When you contact us or we contact you, we collect any information that you provide, including the contents of the messages or attachments you send us.

Information We Collect When You Use the Fleek Platform

Location Information. The Fleek Platform collects location information (including GPS and WiFi data) differently depending on your Fleek app settings and device permissions as well as whether you are using the platform as a Client or Provider:

Providers: We collect your device’s precise location when you open and use the app, including while the app is running in the background when it is in Provider mode.

Usage Information. We collect information about your use of the Fleek Platform, including stylist information like the date, time, destination, service type, payment, and whether you used a promotional or referral code. We also collect information about your interactions with the Fleek Platform like our apps and websites, including the pages and content you view and the dates and times of your use.

Device Information. We collect information about the devices you use to access the Fleek Platform, including device model, IP address, type of browser, version of operating system, identity of carrier and manufacturer, radio type (such as 4G), preferences and settings (such as preferred language), application installations, device identifiers, advertising identifiers, and push notification tokens.

Communications between Clients and Providers. We work with a third party to facilitate phone calls and text messages between Clients and Providers without sharing either party’s actual phone number with the other. But while we use a third party to provide the communication service, we collect information about these communications, including the participants’ phone numbers, the date and time, and the contents of SMS messages. For security purposes, we may also monitor or record the contents of phone calls made through the Fleek Platform, but we will always let you know we are about to do so before the call begins.

Address Book Contacts. You may set your device permissions to grant Fleek access to your contact lists and direct Fleek to access your contact list, for example to help you refer friends to Fleek. If you do this, we will access and store the names and contact information of the people in your address book.

Cookies, Analytics, and Third-Party Technologies. We collect information through the use of “cookies”, tracking pixels, data analytics tools like Google Analytics, SDKs, and other third-party technologies to understand how you navigate through the Fleek Platform and interact with Fleek advertisements, to make your Fleek experience safer, to learn what content is popular, to improve your site experience, to serve you better ads on other sites, and to save your preferences. Cookies are small text files that web servers place on your device; they are designed to store basic information and to help websites and apps recognize your browser. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be accessed every time you use the Fleek Platform. You should consult your web browser(s) to modify your cookie settings. Please note that if you delete or choose not to accept cookies from us, you may miss out on certain features of the Fleek Platform.

Information We Collect from Third Parties

Third Party Services. Third party services provide us with information needed for core aspects of the Fleek Platform, as well as for additional services, programs, loyalty benefits, and promotions that can enhance your Fleek experience. These third-party services include background check providers, insurance partners, financial service providers, marketing providers, and other businesses. We obtain the following information about you from these third-party services:

Information to make the Fleek Platform safer, like background check information for providers;

Information about your participation in third party programs that provide things like insurance coverage and financial instruments, such as insurance, payment, transaction, and fraud detection information;

Information to operationalize loyalty and promotional programs, such as information about your use of such programs; and

Information about you provided by specific services, such as demographic and market segment information.

 Enterprise Programs. If you use Fleek through your employer or other organization that participates in one of our Fleek Business enterprise programs, we will collect information about you from those parties, such as your name and contact information.

Concierge Service. Sometimes another business or entity may order you a Fleek service. If an organization has ordered a service for you using our Concierge service, they will provide us your contact information and the location of your service.

Referral Programs. Friends help friends use the Fleek Platform. If someone refers you to Fleek, we will collect information about you from that referral including your name and contact information.

Other Users and Sources. Other users or public or third-party sources such as law enforcement, insurers, or media, may provide us information about you, for example as part of an investigation or to provide you support.

 

3 – How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information to:

  • Provide the Fleek Platform;
  • Maintain the security and safety of the Fleek Platform and its users;
  • Build and maintain the Fleek community;
  • Provide customer support;
  • Improve the Fleek Platform; and
  • Respond to legal proceedings and obligations.

Providing the Fleek Platform. We use your personal information to provide an intuitive, useful, efficient, and worthwhile experience on our platform. To do this, we use your personal information to:

  • Verify your identity and maintain your account, settings, and preferences;
  • Connect you to your clients and track their progress;
  • Calculate prices and process payments;
  • Allow Clients and Providers to connect regarding their service;
  • Communicate with you about your service and experience;
  • Collect feedback regarding your experience;
  • Facilitate additional services and programs with third parties; and
  • Operate contests, sweepstakes, and other promotions.

Maintaining the Security and Safety of the Fleek Platform and its Users. Providing you a secure and safe experience drives our platform, both in your home and on our apps. To do this, we use your personal information to:

Authenticate users;

  • Verify that Providers and their licenses meet the needed requirements;
  • Investigate and resolve incidents;
  • Encourage safe behavior and avoid unsafe activities;
  • Find and prevent fraud; and
  • Block and remove unsafe or fraudulent users from the Fleek Platform.

Building and Maintaining the Fleek Community. Fleek works to be a positive part of the community.

We use your personal information to:

  • Communicate with you about events, promotions, elections, and campaigns;
  • Personalize and provide content, experiences, communications, and advertising to promote and grow the Fleek Platform;
  • and Help facilitate donations you choose to make through the Fleek Platform.

Providing Customer Support. We work hard to provide the best experience possible, including supporting you when you need it.

To do this, we use your personal information to:

  • Investigate and assist you in resolving questions or issues you have regarding the Fleek Platform;
  • And provide you support or respond to you.

Improving the Fleek Platform. We are always working to improve your experience and provide you with new and helpful features.

To do this, we use your personal information to:

  • Perform research, testing, and analysis;
  • Develop new products, features, partnerships, and services;
  • Prevent, find, and resolve software or hardware bugs and issues; and
  • Monitor and improve our operations and processes, including security practices, algorithms, and other modeling.

Responding to Legal Proceedings and Requirements. Sometimes the law, government entities, or other regulatory bodies impose demands and obligations on us with respect to the services we seek to provide. In such a circumstance, we may use your personal information to respond to those demands or obligations.

 

4 – How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. To make the Fleek Platform work, we may need to share your personal information with other users, third parties, and service providers. This section explains when and why we share your information.

Sharing Between Fleek Users

Clients and Providers.

Client information shared with Provider: Upon receiving a service request, we share with the Provider the Client’s location, name, profile photo, rating, Client statistics (like approximate number of services and years as a Client), and information the Client includes in their Client profile (like preferred pronouns). Once the service is finished, we also eventually share the Client’s rating and feedback with the Provider. (We remove the Client’s identity associated with ratings and feedback when we share it with Providers, but a Provider may be able to identify the Client that provided the rating or feedback.)

Provider information shared with Client: Upon a Provider accepting a requested service, we will share with the Client the Provider’s name, profile photo, preferred pronouns, rating, and real-time location, as well as other information in the Provider’s Fleek profile, such as information Providers choose to add (like country flag and why you are a stylist) and Provider statistics (like approximate number of services and years as a Provider).

Although we help Clients and Providers communicate with one another to arrange services, we do not share your actual phone number or other contact information with other users. If you report a lost or found item to us, we will seek to connect you with the relevant Client or Provider, including sharing actual contact information with your consent.

Services Requested or Paid for by Others. Some services you receive may be requested or paid for by others. If you take one of those services using your Fleek Business Profile account, a code or coupon, a corporate credit card linked to another account, or another user otherwise requests a service for you, we may share some or all of your service details with that other party, including the date, time, charge, rating given, type of service, and location of your service.

Referral Programs. If you refer someone to the Fleek Platform, we will let them know that you generated the referral. If another user referred you, we may share information about your use of the Fleek Platform with that user. For example, a referral source may receive a bonus when you join the Fleek Platform or complete a certain number of services and would receive such information.

Sharing with Third-Party Service Providers for Business Purposes

Depending on whether you’re a Client or a Provider, Fleek may share the following categories of your personal information for a business purpose to provide you with a variety of the Fleek Platform’s features and services:

  • Personal identifiers, such as your name, address, email address, date of birth, and government identification number;
  • Financial information, such as bank routing numbers, tax information, and any other payment information you provide us;
  • Commercial information, such as service information, Provider/Client statistics and feedback, and Provider/Client transaction history;
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as your IP address, type of browser, version of operating system, carrier and/or manufacturer, device identifiers, and mobile advertising identifiers; and
  • Location data.

We disclose those categories of personal information to service providers to fulfill the following business purposes:

  • Maintaining and servicing your Fleek account;
  • Processing or fulfilling services;
  • Providing you customer service;
  • Processing Client transactions;
  • Processing Provider applications and payments;
  • Verifying the identity of users;
  • Detecting and preventing fraud;
  • Processing insurance claims;
  • Providing Provider loyalty and promotional programs;
  • Providing marketing and advertising services to Fleek;
  • Providing financing;
  • Providing requested emergency services;
  • Providing analytics services to Fleek; and
  • Undertaking internal research to develop the Fleek Platform.

For Legal Reasons and to Protect the Fleek Platform

We may share your personal information in response to a legal obligation, or if we have determined that sharing your personal information is reasonably necessary or appropriate to:

  • Comply with any applicable federal, state, or local law or regulation, civil, criminal or regulatory inquiry, investigation or legal process, or enforceable governmental request;
  • Respond to legal process (such as a search warrant, subpoena, summons, or court order);
  • Enforce our Terms of Service;
  • Cooperate with law enforcement agencies concerning conduct or activity that we reasonably and in good faith believe may violate federal, state, or local law; or
  • Exercise or defend legal claims, protect against harm to our rights, property, interests, or safety or the rights, property, interests, or safety of you, third-parties, or the public as required or permitted by law.

In Connection with Sale or Merger

We may share your personal information while negotiating or in relation to a change of corporate control such as a restructuring, merger, or sale of our assets.

Upon Your Further Direction

With your permission or upon your direction, we may disclose your personal information to interact with a third party or for other purposes.

 

5 – How We Store and Protect Your Information

We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide you and our other users the Fleek Platform. This means we keep your profile information for as long as you maintain an account. We retain transactional information such as services and payments for at least seven years to ensure we can perform legitimate business functions, such as accounting for tax obligations. If you request account deletion, we will delete your information as set forth in the “Deleting Your Account” section below.

We take reasonable and appropriate measures designed to protect your personal information. But no security measures can be 100% effective, and we cannot guarantee the security of your information, including against unauthorized intrusions or acts by third parties.

 

6 – Your Rights and Choices Regarding Your Data

As explained more below and on our privacy homepage, Fleek provides ways for you to access and delete your personal information as well as exercise other data rights that give you certain control over your personal information.

All Users

Email Subscriptions. You can always unsubscribe from our commercial or promotional emails by clicking Contact@fleekservices.com in those messages. We will still send you transactional and relational emails about your use of the Fleek Platform.

Push Notifications. You can opt out of receiving push notifications through your device settings. Please note that opting out of receiving push notifications may impact your use of the Fleek Platform (such as receiving a notification that your service provider has arrived).

Profile Information. You can review and edit certain account information you have chosen to add to your profile by logging in to your account settings and profile.

Location Information. You can prevent your device from sharing location information through your device’s system settings. But if you do, this may impact Fleek’s ability to provide you our full range of features and services.

Cookie Tracking. You can modify your cookie settings on your browser, but if you delete or choose not to accept our cookies, you may be missing out on certain features of the Fleek Platform.

Do Not Track. Your browser may offer you a “Do Not Track” option, which allows you to signal to operators of websites and web applications and services that you do not want them to track your online activities. The Fleek Platform does not currently support Do Not Track requests at this time.

Deleting Your Account. If you would like to delete your Fleek account, please visit our privacy homepage. In some cases, we will be unable to delete your account, such as if there is an issue with your account related to trust, safety, or fraud. When we delete your account, we may retain certain information for legitimate business purposes or to comply with legal or regulatory obligations. For example, we may retain your information to resolve open insurance claims, or we may be obligated to retain your information as part of an open legal claim. When we retain such data, we do so in ways designed to prevent its use for other purposes.

 

7 – Children’s Data

Fleek is not directed to children, and we don’t knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we find out that a child under 13 has given us personal information, we will take steps to delete that information. If you believe that a child under the age of 13 has given us personal information, please contact us at our Help Center.

 

8 – Links to Third Party Websites

The Fleek Platform may contain links to third-party websites. Those websites may have privacy policies that differ from ours. We are not responsible for those websites, and we recommend that you review their policies. Please contact those websites directly if you have any questions about their privacy policies.

 

9 – Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time as the Fleek Platform changes and privacy law evolves. If we update it, we will do so online, and if we make material changes, we will let you know through the Fleek Platform or by some other method of communication like email. When you use Fleek, you are agreeing to the most recent terms of this policy.

 

10 – Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about your privacy or anything in this policy, including if you need to access this policy in an alternative format, we encourage you to contact us.