Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 28 2025

 

Please read these Privacy Policy carefully before using the USA Accelerator website (the “Service”) operated by USA Accelerator (“us,” “we,” or “our”).

We  collect information through the Site, including personal information about you. The following terms  and conditions (the “Privacy Policy”) govern your participation in the use of the Site,  any other related products or services provided by USA Accelerator (taken together the “Service”). The Service is owned and operated by us. The Service is offered subject to your („you,” „your,” or the „User”) acceptance and agreement without modification of all of the terms and conditions  contained herein and all other operating rules, policies and procedures that may be put into  practice by or published from time to time on the Site by us. Some information you may provide to us voluntarily, while other information we gather through various means. We will retain that  information for as long as we have a legal or business purpose for it, unless otherwise stated here. Your personal information may be collected, processed and stored on servers in the United States and other countries. 

Our Site is not directed to children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information  from children under the age of 18, nor do we knowingly distribute such information  to third parties. If we become aware that we received personal information from someone under  the age of 18, we will take steps to delete such information from our records. If you believe we have personal information from someone under 18, please contact us at  info@usaaccelerator.com.

The following explains what we collect and how we collect it. Please read this privacy policy carefully. By using or accessing any part of the service, you agree to all terms and conditions of our privacy policy and the changes thereto. If you do not agree, do not use or access the service.

Information you voluntarily provide

You may provide us with information in order to use certain features of the Site.

Online purchases:

If you make a purchase, you will need to provide certain financial information. To pay for  your purchase through our Site you will be directed to a third party site where you will provide our third party payment processing company, currently with ClearEvent (www.clearevent.com) certain financial information, such as your debit or credit card  number , type and expiration date, along with your name and address. The payment processor will use and share information with us, as explained below. In order to provide information for your receipts, past orders and to facilitate future orders you may make, we collect your credit or debit card if you so choose; however, we do not store such data. We may also collect the information in your shopping cart, such as the specific products that you wish to order and the shipping information for those products, including the recipient’s first name, last name, mailing address, email address and telephone number.

Other information:

In addition to the above information that you provide voluntarily, you may have the  opportunity to provide us with information at other parts of our Site including but not limited to communications with us such as feedback through a form or contacting us via email, in in which cases we will collect your name and email address and any other content or  information you provide. We collect information you provide by participating in surveys, sweepstakes, contests, promotions or other solicitations as well as public postings on our Site including message boards, blogs, and reviews. We use and disclose the information collected as explained in this privacy policy. How we use and disclose that information is supplemented in the area where you provide the information.

Information we gather

Device, Site Visit and Technical Information:

When you access the Site through a web browser, we collect technical information that  identifies your computer, software, browser settings and Internet Service Provider (“ISP”),  such as your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, a unique number that is automatically  assigned to your computer when you access the web, the network MAC address, a unique number that is assigned to your network card by the manufacturer, network operator, browser type and version, operating system and version, domain name, device’s preferred language, country information configured in your browser, a randomly assigned, unique user identification number (“UID”) set by us, and/or other characteristics relating to your device, its software and the mode of communication with us as well as information regarding your  visit to the Site, such the date, time and duration of a visit, the specific webpages you visit,  the links you click throughout the Site, and/or the external websites from which you arrived at the Site or to which you link from the Site. For more information please see our Cookie Policy.

Do Not Track:

Do Not Track is a voluntary program among Internet advertisers that is intended to give  users the ability to opt-out of interest-based advertising. There are ways in which your  computer may transmit a „do not track” signal to certain websites and online services you visit, and currently no standard has been established. We do not respond to „do not track” signals, and the settings in your browser will have no effect on the site.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect to operate, maintain and improve the Site and our products and services, such as to respond to comments, questions and to provide customer service, send information including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts and support, administrative messages, communicate about promotions, upcoming events, and others products and services offered by us and/or by third parties, including through the use of contextual  and interest-based advertising, link or combine the information we collect with other information we get from third parties, to help understand your interests and provide you with better services, protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized or illegal activity, provide and deliver the products and services you request, identify you as a user in our system, such as when we feel it is  necessary to enforce compliance with our Terms of Use to protect the Site, customers, or other individuals, develop and  improve marketing and advertising for the Site, or for other purposes in operating the Site.

De-Identified Information:

We may create de-identified information records and „aggregate data” reports about how users use the Site, such as the number and frequency of visitors to the Site or the Apps, which may be derived from technical and/or personal information. This information cannot be traced readily back to you, your web browser or your mobile device. We may use this de-identified information for business purposes, such as to enhance the content of and improve the Site, for example by allowing us and third parties authorized by us to ascertain how often individuals use areas of the Site so that we may focus on and improve those areas. We may use technical data we gather to enable us or a third party to provide you with information about products and services while you are using the Site.

Mobile Phones:

We may use your mobile phone number for the purposes stated here, including for mobile SMS/MMS messaging or content in accordance with our mobile text terms of use. We can use the location and Wi-Fi information gathered to generate reports in order to provide specific services. We may also use this information to send you information about promotions, services or goods, and provide advertisements about promotions, services or goods that may be of interest to you. Third parties may process location data as a service provider to us, such as to facilitate marketing campaigns or to perform fraud detection and analysis on our behalf.

Advertising:

We use analytics services, advertising companies, advertising networks and advertising exchanges to help analyze how users use and navigate the Site and to engage in advertising on our behalf, on behalf of the retailers whose products and services are available on our Site. These companies may use data about your visits to the Site and other websites or mobile applications in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you which are offered by us or by our retailers.

Those companies are instructed to follow industry guidelines with regard to interest-based advertising, such as the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Principles for online behavior  advertising. Among other things, the ads that are displayed to you should have the AdChoices icon or a similar mechanism which you may click to direct you to a website where you may opt-out of interest-based advertising. If you would like more information about this practice and how to opt-out of receiving communications from these third-party advertising companies, please visit: Terms of Use

How we share your information

We share your information with others as follows:

Other Users:

. Some of your activity on and through the Site is public by default. This may include, but is not limited to, content you post publicly through message boards, blogs or reviews on the Site. If you choose to provide information using certain public features of the Site, that information may be governed by the privacy settings of those particular features and may be publicly available. Individuals reading such information may use or disclose it to other individuals or entities outside of our control and without your knowledge, and search engines may index that information.

Promotions:

If we sponsor surveys, sweepstakes, contests, promotions or other solicitations for third parties, we may share the information you provide with those third parties. We may also  share such information with third parties that provide marketing and advertising on our behalf, as well as with our retailers.

Your Transactions:

We may share your information to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it, such as: to purchase services or goods and have it shipped to you, or for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information, or with your consent, or to designated third parties approved by you. We may share financial information with our third-party payment processing company, our credit card gateway and fraud prevention partner, fraud detection partner, our remote checkout bot partner and any applicable retailers. To fulfill an online purchase order, we may share your purchase and shipping information with our third-party service providers, which will provide the information to the retailers from which your purchase is made. Generally, they will use the information for customer service, fulfillment, shipping and returns. The retailer may pass your information to third parties, such as shipping carriers like the US Postal Service, FedEx, UPS, and DHL. The use of your information by these parties is subject to their respective privacy notices. We may also share your purchase and contact information with third parties that provide marketing and advertising services on our behalf, as well as with our retailers.

Social Media:

We may share certain data, such as your telephone or email contact information, with social media outlets, like Facebook and Instagram, in connection with our agreement to share such information with them, in order to provide more targeted advertisements about goods and services from us or our retailers that may be of interest to you.

Third Party Service Providers:

We may share your information with third party service providers that assist us in operating the Site, for and on our behalf, such as a hosting company or email provider. They are instructed to use the information only to assist us in operating the Site. We may also share your information with third parties, such as sharing your feedback with our vendors to improve the Site. We may also share your information with third parties that provide marketing and advertising on our behalf, as well as with our retailers. 

We may share location data collected from your ISP, Sites, and/or the App via your mobile device with third parties that provide marketing and advertising on our behalf as well as for our retailers and third-party companies, who provide analytics services. 

We may share de-identified data concerning retail consumer behavior with third parties, including entities with whom we have entered into an agreement to provide such de- identified data for analytics or marketing purposes. We may also share with our retailers de-identified segment information, which is information that does not identify you personally, but allows the retailers to know more generally about the products being purchased through, and the consumers who are using, the Platform.

Required by law or to protect interests:

We may disclose your information to (i) comply with laws, rules, regulations, legal processes and governmental requests; (ii) enforce this privacy  policy and our terms and conditions including any investigation of potential violations thereof; (iii) detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, such as for fraud protection, credit risk reduction and spam/malware prevention; (iv) respond to user support requests; (v) avoid liability, or to protect our rights or property or the rights or property of anyone else, such as when a user is believed to be in violation of our terms and conditions; and/or (vi) protect the rights, property and safety of our companies, partners, contractors, customers, users and the public, such as to report suspected illegal activity to law enforcement.

Corporate Reorganization:

If we sell assets or the assets of a division or subsidiary to another entity or if we are acquired  by or merged with another entity, we may share with such entity information about users of the Site that is related to that part of our business that is sold to or acquired by or merged with the other entity.

Information security

We endeavor to protect the security of the information collected through the Site and implement generally accepted standards of information technology security designed to protect information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. It is not possible, however, to guarantee the security or integrity of information disclosed online due to, among other things, technological limitations and the fact that no data is accessible through or transmitted via the Internet is completely secure. Online orders on our Site involve processing of data by third parties, such  as retailers, online gift card providers, ticket agents, credit card processing companies, fraud detection service providers, issuing banks, card network issuers, shipping services, fulfillment  companies, and other parties in order to complete an order. Those parties with whom we contract are required to maintain reasonable measures designed to safeguard the security of the data they process; however, we do not otherwise have control over and are not responsible for their handling of such data. From time to time, we may use techniques designed to identify fraudulent activities. You agree to cooperate with all efforts as we may, in our sole discretion, deem necessary to identify attempted fraud. You further agree that if, for any reason, you or others acting on your behalf are suspected of fraud or other violations of our  terms and conditions we may, in our sole discretion, declare you to be in breach of our  terms and conditions, suspend, block and/or terminate your use of the Site, and/or seek  prosecution to the fullest extent of the law.

Links to other sites

The Site may have links to third party websites, services and applications, such as websites hosted by third party retailers (collectively, the “Third Party Sites”). When you click on such a link, you will leave the Site and be directed to the Third Party Site and when you leave the Site, you are no longer subject to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to Third Party Sites, and we do not review or endorse, and are not responsible for, any Third Party Sites, the content therein, or their privacy practices. This Privacy Policy also does not extend to anything that is inherent in the operation of the Internet, and therefore beyond USA Accelerator’s control, and is not to be applied in any manner contrary to applicable law or governmental regulation.

Non-US residents

Residents of other countries outside the United States of America (hereinafter the “US”), such as the European Union, may have other rights. As stated in our Terms of Use while you may be able to access our website as a user outside the US, we make no assurances or representations of any kind that the Site is suitable for use in the country in which you reside. By accessing the Site, or making a purchase, you consent to the processing of your personal information as provided in this privacy policy. You may withdraw that consent by contacting us at: info@usaaccelerator.com.

If you wish to object to or raise a complaint about how we have handled your personal information, you may contact us at info@usaaccelerator.com, who will investigate the matter. You may also be able to have your personal information transferred by contacting us at info@usaaccelerator.com. If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your personal data not in accordance with the law, you may complain to the data protection authority in your jurisdiction. Our Data Protection Officer can be reached at info@usaaccelerator.com for personal information collected pursuant to this privacy policy.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. All versions of the Privacy Policy are dated with the effective date of that version of the Privacy Policy, ie: the date on which the applicable version of the Privacy Policy was posted to the Site. Our use of information that we learn about you will be governed by the most recent Privacy Policy in effect. Your use of the Site signifies your assent to the most recent Privacy Policy in effect.