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Personal information is important to us
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We are committed to safeguarding personal privacy. We recognize that you
have a right to control how your personal information is collected and used. Providing personal
information is an act of trust and it is taken seriously. Unless given consent to do otherwise, we
will only collect and use personal information as set out below.
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Throughout this Privacy Policy, we refer to your 'personal information',
which means information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is
reasonably identifiable whether the information or opinion is true or not and whether the
information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not. Your full name, date of birth, home
address, home telephone number, mobile telephone number, email address and workplace contact details
are examples of information which may constitute personal information. Personal information may also
include information we may collect about your individual preferences.
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Trendster L.L.C has developed and implemented its Privacy Policy with
respect to personal information to reflect world best practice on privacy policies.
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In order to keep up with changing legislation and best practice, we may
revise this Privacy Policy at any time without notice. We will post any changes to this Privacy
Policy on our Websites, so we encourage you to check this Privacy Policy from time to time.
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In addition to the provisions of this Privacy Policy, there may also be
specific and additional privacy and consent provisions that apply to certain Collection Channels.
Because those specific and additional provisions also relate to your privacy protection, we
recommend that you review them wherever they appear. In the event of any inconsistency between the
provisions of this Privacy Policy and those other specific and additional provisions, the specific
and additional provisions will prevail.
Anonymity
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Where practicable, we will allow you to deal with us on an anonymous
basis. If this is practicable, our Collection Channels will only seek information in this way.
However, where it is not practicable for the purposes for which information is collected, we will
seek the information identified below. It will not be practicable to deal with you on an anonymous
or pseudonymous basis when we wish to send you direct marketing materials or need to provide you
with goods or services requested by you.
Kinds of Personal Information that Trendster L.L.C Collects and Holds
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Personal information that may be requested includes, but is not limited
to:
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contact information such as your full name, date of birth,
telephone number, mobile telephone number, current and valid email address, marital status,
kids, previously worked with, residential address and postcode;
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your social media handles and login details including usernames;
- location information;
- more detailed contact preferences;
- sensitive information about you;
- photographs of you;
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your occupation and information regarding your professional
history and professional interests;
- information regarding your education and qualifications;
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information regarding your personal interests and interesting
and relevant information about you;
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financial details including your bank account details and/or
Credit Card details;
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your online behavior and interests based on your online browsing
activity;
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Information about your preferences, interests, and experiences
with our products or services. This information is collected in order to tailor our
communications to you and continuously improve our products and services;
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information about your experience with our products or services
or third party products or services listed on a Website;
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The contact details of third parties. If you are asked to
provide details about other people, please ensure that these individuals are happy for their
details to be given to Trendster L.L.C and used for the purposes set out in this policy
(which may include using their details for marketing purposes); and
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Any other personal information which you provide directly to us.
Where you provide us with unsolicited personal information, we will retain this information
where it falls within our primary purposes for collection of personal information (as stated
in this privacy policy).
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When you use our Website, we may also collect personal information about
you in the following general categories:
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Usage and preference information: we collect information about
how you interact with our Website, including the pages you visit, your preferences and
settings that you choose. We may do this through the use of cookies and other similar
technologies that uniquely identify you;
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device information: we may collect information about your mobile
device such as the hardware model, operating system, preferred language, unique device
identifier and mobile network; and
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Other information: we may also collect and log information such
as your IP address, access dates and times, browser type and pages visited when you interact
with a Website.
Sensitive Information
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We will only collect sensitive information with your consent and where
you provide it to us directly. Where you provide us with any sensitive information (including, but
not limited to, information about your sexual orientation, religious beliefs, medical and/or
criminal history), we will only use this information for the purposes stated at the time of
collection will share this information with our trusted third parties in the manner stated on the
Website or in this Privacy Policy.
How Trendster L.L.C Collects and Holds Personal Information
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We will only collect or monitor any personal information about you with
your consent including as provided in this Privacy Policy or if it is otherwise lawful to do so. The
only personal information collected by us is what has been provided to or collected by us in
accordance with this Privacy Policy or has been provided to us lawfully by third parties.
Active Information Collection
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information may be collected (and combined) via our Collection Channels
if you:
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have previously provided us with personal information prior to
this Privacy Policy coming into effect, either directly from you personally or via a third
party;
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sign-up and/or register to become a member of any Collection
Channel;
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submit any content to or participate in any way via a Collection
Channel, including engaging with other users or taking part in campaigns;
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subscribe to any newsletters, updates, alerts or news and media
releases, or request launch or event information or information about our products or
services or other information services as well as third party products or services;
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complete and submit any forms or applications to us;
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contact us directly in person or via any medium including mail,
telephone, social media and commercial electronic messages (SMS (Short Message Service), MMS
(Multimedia Message Service), IM (Instant Messaging) and email) including via the contact
details listed on our Website;
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participate in any offers, promotions or marketing activities;
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interact with a Website for a specific purpose;
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interact with or browse a Website generally; or
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If you are a business we trade with, complete a credit
application.
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Personal information is requested in order to allow you to participate
in a Collection Channel, to facilitate or provide you with certain content, products or services,
and information about such content, products or services (including the uploading, access to, and
receipt of content on our Website, and purchase transactions undertaken on our Website), marketing
materials (including direct marketing materials), newsletters, electronic newsletters
(e-newsletters), news and media releases / launch information, and also to advise you of other
Trendster L.L.C or third party opportunities and products, services, offers, competitions or events
which may be of interest. No one is obligated to provide personal information. However, failure to
do so may result in you being unable to participate in a Collection Channel and Trendster L.L.C
being unable facilitate or provide you with certain content, products or services, products or
services information, upcoming opportunities and promotion, competition, offer or event information
or accept competition entries or other content from you (where applicable).
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We may also obtain your personal information from legitimate third party
sources including social media channels, list brokers and other data providers or organizations that
share data in circumstances where it is lawful and/or you have given permission for them to do so.
If you are a representative of a business we trade with, we may also obtain your credit history
information from a credit reporting body, and trade history information from references you provide
us with.
Children
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The collection of personal information is neither intended for, nor
directed to, persons who are under the age of sixteen (16) years old. Personal information will not
be collected by any person who is known by Trendster L.L.C to be under the age of sixteen (16)
without the consent of a parent or legal guardian. Persons under age sixteen (16) may only use our
Websites with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian.
Passive Information Collection
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As with many commercial websites and mobile and tablet applications, we
may also collect information which tells us about visitors to our Website. For example, we may
collect information about the date, time and duration of visits and which pages of our Website are
most commonly accessed. This information is generally not linked to the identity of visitors, except
where our Website is accessed via links in an email we have sent or where we are able to uniquely
identify the device or user accessing a Website. By accessing our Website via links in an email we
have sent and/or by accessing our Website generally including when you are logged into an account,
you consent to the collection of such information where it is personal information.
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As you navigate through our Website, certain information can be
passively collected (that is, gathered without you actively providing the information) using various
technologies, such as Unique Device Identifiers (UDI), cookies, Internet tags or web beacons, and
navigational data collection (log files, server logs, clickstream. This is dependent on the device
used and the method by which an individual connects to the Internet. Your Internet browser
automatically transmits to the Website you are browsing some of this anonymous information or
personal information, such as the URL of the website you just came from, the Internet Protocol (IP)
address, the UDI (if applicable) and the browser version your device is currently using. Our Website
may also collect anonymous information or personal information from your device through cookies and
Internet tags or web beacons. You may set your browser to notify you when a cookie is sent or to
refuse cookies altogether, but certain features of our Website might not work without cookies and
this may limit the services provided by our Website. Cookies and other technical methods may involve
the transmission of information either directly to us or to another party authorized by us to
collect information on our behalf.
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Our Website may use and combine such passively collected anonymous
information or personal information and/or information from various third party sources, including
as described above, and may combine this anonymous information or personal information with other
personal information collected from you to provide better service to Website visitors and users,
customize our Website based on your preferences, compile and analyze statistics and trends, provide
you with relevant advertising when you visit our Website or a third party website, and otherwise
administer and improve our Website for your use. We may combine your visitor session information or
other information collected through tracking technologies with personally identifiable information
from time to time in order to understand and measure your online experiences and to determine what
products, promotions and services are likely to be of interest to you. By accessing our Website, you
consent to information about you being collected, compiled and used in this way.
Purposes for which Trendster L.L.C collects, holds, uses and discloses personal information
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Personal information collected will be used for the following primary
purposes:
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For the purposes stated in a privacy collection statement on a
particular Collection Channel.
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To maintain the functionality of our Website, including the
provision of information to you relating to the content available on the Website and
e-commerce transactions conducted via the Website.
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To fulfil obligations in respect of any upload terms of use,
sale and purchase contract and/or any other contract between you and Trendster L.L.C.
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To send you any technical, administrative or legal notices
important to our Website.
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To allow you to create an account, login and use the
functionality of a particular Collection Channel including the Trendster L.L.C Website.
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To allow you to respond to opportunities, briefs or campaigns
created by other users of a Collection Channel;
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To allow you to publish posts to your social media channels via
a Collection Channel.
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To facilitate payments from you and to you via a Collection
Channel.
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To provide you with information about your transactions
(including uploading, access to, and receipt of content on our Website, and purchase
transactions undertaken on our Website), content, services and products.
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to provide direct marketing materials, events, special offers,
competitions and promotions in person and via any medium including mail, telephone and
commercial electronic messages (SMS (Short Message Service), MMS (Multimedia Messaging
Service), IM (Instant Messaging), email) or any other form of electronic, emerging, digital
or conventional communications channel.
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To provide you with relevant advertising when you use our
Website or that of a third party.
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To maintain our relationship with you.
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To render services related to our company (such as after sales
services and enquiries).
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To provide you with newsletters via mail and electronic
newsletters (e-newsletters) via commercial electronic messages.
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To respond to customer enquiries, complaints and complaints
handling.
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To improve our Website and system administration.
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To obtain opinions or comments about products and/or services
and to conduct other research and development.
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To record statistical data for marketing analysis and to conduct
market research.
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To share personal information with our group companies, our
promotional partners, trusted brands using a particular Collection Channel and their related
bodies corporate and agents, and other trusted third parties in the manner described below.
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If you are a business we trade with, to carry on our trading
relationship with you including identifying and contacting you, invoicing your correctly,
assessing the risks of providing credit to you or your business, and securing and recovering
any debts owed to us.
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Any other purpose as may be deemed reasonably necessary by
Trendster L.L.C in the circumstances.
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For the purposes described above, personal information may be shared
with Trendster L.L.C group companies, Trendster L.L.C promotional partners and their related bodies
corporate, and other trusted third parties (and their directors, servants and agents). Failure to
provide personal information may result in Trendster L.L.C being unable to provide you with certain
content, information, upcoming opportunity, promotion, event or product information and/or accept
content and promotion entries (where applicable).
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In order to operate our Website or deliver a service (including for
example, processing of credit card payments), personal information may also be shared with Trendster
L.L.C group companies, selected service providers and their related bodies corporate, and/or other
trusted third parties. Trendster L.L.C group companies, selected service providers and/or other
trusted third parties may be engaged by Trendster L.L.C to perform a variety of functions, such as
legal and accounting services, data storage, fulfilling orders, conducting market research,
processing credit card payments, assisting with promotions and providing technical services for our
Website. These companies may have access to personal information if needed to perform such
functions. Your credit card details are only used to facilitate your purchase. They are not used for
any other purpose and will never be supplied to a third party other than Trendster L.L.C or our
relevant service provider. If you are a business we trade with, we may disclose your information to
debt recovery agents or credit reporting bodies if necessary.
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We recognize the trust with which you provide personal information, and
except as stated in this Privacy Policy or as is otherwise lawful, such information will not be used
or disclosed for any other purposes without consent. However, Trendster L.L.C reserves the right to
use or disclose any information, including personal information, as needed to satisfy any law,
regulation or legal request, to protect the rights or property of Trendster L.L.C, any member of the
Trendster L.L.C group, or any member of the public, to protect the integrity of our Website, to
fulfil your requests, or to cooperate in any law enforcement investigation or an investigation on a
matter of public safety.
Contact by Trendster L.L.C
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Trendster L.L.C group companies (and their directors, servants and
agents), Trendster L.L.C promotional partners and their related bodies corporate or trusted third
parties (including users of a Collection Channel) and other selected service providers and other
non-Trendster L.L.C companies or professionals, may contact you via telephone, SMS (Short Message
Service), MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service), IM (Instant Messaging), email, post or any other form
of electronic, emerging, digital or conventional communications channel using the information
provided in order to contact you in respect of the primary purposes for collection of personal
information as stated above.
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Trendster L.L.C does not send advertising or marketing information
without obtaining prior consent, for example the consent contained within this Privacy Policy, or as
is otherwise lawful. If you receive communications from Trendster L.L.C which you do not wish to
receive, you may remove your name from the database in the manner indicated in the communication,
including by utilizing the functional unsubscribe/opt-out facility (if the communication is via
commercial electronic message) or by contacting Trendster L.L.C at the contact details in this
Privacy Policy. Please allow 30 days for this request to be processed.
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Despite removing your name from the database from receiving future
advertising and marketing information, Trendster L.L.C may send you non-commercial “Administrative
Emails”. Administrative Emails relate to a Trendster L.L.C user account and may include
administrative and transaction confirmations, requests and inquiries or information about a
particular Trendster L.L.C user account. If you do not wish to receive such communications from
Trendster L.L.C, you may remove your name from the database by utilizing the functional unsubscribe
facility.
Ability of others to view information
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Trendster L.L.C may provide areas on the Website where your information
can be viewed by others, including but not limited to:
- Gender
- Occupation
- Country of residence
- Nationality
- Age
- Account analytics
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Trendster L.L.C will only provide personal information to other parties
once the other party has shown interest in employing you for their campaigns. Such information
includes but is not limited to:
- Full name
- Address
- Contact information
Your right of access
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You have the right to access and review your personal information that
may be recorded on the Trendster L.L.C database. Information may be reviewed by contacting Trendster
L.L.C’s privacy officer at the contact details contained in this Privacy Policy. Please allow 30
days for this request to be processed.
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On a case by case basis Trendster L.L.C may determine that it is not
required to give an individual access to personal information to the extent that it is lawful for
Trendster L.L.C to do so. If such a determination is made then Trendster L.L.C will provide you with
a written notice.
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Where you are seeking information held on electronic file, or where you
are seeking hard copies of personal information, we reserve the right to charge reasonable handling/
postage fees as appropriate.
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With some personal information that may be stored, for example where it
is held on program tapes, it is not practical to provide this information to you without charging an
appropriate fee as we deem reasonable in those circumstances.
Changing and deleting the information we have about you
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Information contained on the database may be amended, or your
preferences for contact from us changed, by contacting Trendster L.L.C’s privacy officer at the
contact details contained in this Privacy Policy. Please allow 30 days for this request to be
processed.
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In the same way, a request may be made to delete personal information,
and all reasonable steps to delete the information will be made, except where it is required for
legal reasons. Deletion of information may result in us being unable to facilitate or provide you
with information about certain transactions (including the uploading, access to, and receipt of
content on a Website, and purchase transactions undertaken on a Website), other content, services or
product information, upcoming promotion, competition or event information, and/or provide certain
content, goods or services.
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We are not responsible for removing your personal information from the
lists of any third party who has previously been provided your information in accordance with this
policy.
Storage and security of personal information
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Trendster L.L.C will endeavor to take all reasonable steps to keep
secure any personal information recorded (including your credit card details), and to keep this
information accurate, up to date, complete and relevant. We ensure only those necessary have access
to your personal information. Personal information is stored on secure servers that are protected in
controlled facilities. This service may be performed on our behalf and data may be hosted by our
selected data storage providers.
Disclosure of personal information to overseas recipients
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In some cases, Trendster L.L.C may disclose your personal information to
overseas recipients. Trendster L.L.C employees, data processors and other trusted third parties are
obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by Trendster L.L.C. However,
security of communications over the Internet cannot be guaranteed, and therefore absolute assurance
that information will be secure at all times cannot be given. Trendster L.L.C will not be held
responsible for events arising from unauthorized access to personal information.
Trendster L.L.C and links to other websites
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Our Website may, from time to time, contain links to the websites of
other organizations which may be of interest to you. Their inclusion cannot be taken to imply any
endorsement or validation by us of the content of the third party website. Linked websites are
responsible for their own privacy practices and you should check those websites for their respective
privacy statements. Trendster L.L.C is not responsible, nor does it accept any liability, for the
conduct of companies linked to our Website.
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We may use third party advertisements on our Website. All third party
advertising, if paid for, is paid for by the relevant third party advertisers and are not
recommendations or endorsements by Trendster L.L.C or any of its affiliates. Trendster L.L.C is not
responsible for the content (including representations) of any third party advertisement on our
Website. Cookies may be associated with these advertisements to enable the advertiser to track the
number of anonymous users responding to the campaign. We do not have access to or control of cookies
placed by third parties.
Related Trendster L.L.C Websites
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All Websites operated by Trendster L.L.C will adhere to this Privacy
Policy. The policies on the Websites of some members of the Trendster L.L.C group may vary, however,
because of local customs, practices or laws.
Sale of the Company
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If Trendster L.L.C merges with, or is acquired by, another company, or
sells all or a portion of its assets, your personal information may be disclosed to our advisers and
any prospective purchaser’s adviser, and may be among the assets transferred. However, personal
information will always remain subject to this Privacy Policy.
Problems or queries
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If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, or any problems or
complaints about how we have collected, used, stored, handled and/or disclosed your personal
information, please contact our privacy officer via one of the following channels:
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Please allow 30 days for this request to be processed.
