Last updated May 1, 2021

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at InStok LLC (d.b.a OctoShop) (“ Company ”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our notice , or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at contact@instok.app .

When you visit our websites https://instok.org, https://octoshop.org, and use our browser extension (OctoShop), and other services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites and our services.

This privacy notice applies to all information collected through our browser extension (OctoShop), and/or any related browser plugins, services, sales, marketing or events (we refer to them collectively in this privacy notice as the "Services").

Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT

We automatically collect certain information such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics (fingerprint), device type, country, location, information about when you use our Services and other technical information either directly or using Google Analytics. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

We collect visits, product, purchase amount, and site information (product name, price, inventory, and other product metadata) when you visit an ecommerce website like Walmart, Target, Amazon, Best Buy, etc. We use this in order to do things like improve our product, build our product database, and help the community shop better. Data is only collected from e-commerce sites that we function on or plan to function on with our comparison, alert, or other shopping technology.

We collect analytics on interactions with our extension in order to detect issues and improve our product to serve you better. For example, knowing whether certain stores are preferred can help us prioritize those stores while displaying them to users. Understanding preferences on whether a user engages with a certain feature can allow us to enable or disable the feature for them. We also use this information to expedite bug fixes by gaining information about broken buttons, screens, etc and improving the user experience of our product.

We collect metadata and website content about the page a user is on (if a shopping based product page) or just the url in all other cases WHEN the user reports an issue using the report button in our extension, so we can take a look at that site and debug issues.

Information like tracked items and settings are also attached to the user account so we can send notifications, debug issues, evaluate our extension's price comparison and tracking performance, etc.

If you login with Google, Facebook, or Apple, we collect name and email addresses for your account. We do provide the option to skip login so you can use the extension without providing any personal details (though this login system is required to enable specific features like cashback rewards) if you are interested in using those features. 

We comply with all Chrome Web Store policies and DO NOT sell any personal information to any third party. 

2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short:  We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.

We use personal information collected via our Services for the purposes described below. 

We use the information we collect or receive:

• To enforce our terms, conditions and policies for Business Purposes, Legal Reasons and Contractual.
• To respond to legal requests and prevent harm. If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.
• To deliver services to the user. We may use your information to provide you with the requested service.
• For other Business Purposes. We may use your information for other Business Purposes, such as data analysis for our services (and partner services), identifying usage and purchase trends, debugging issues and resolving bugs, optimizing your user experience, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing and your experience.

3. HOW WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED?

In Short:  We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

• Data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.
• Where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, or legal process.
• Where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
• In the event of a merger or acquisition of OctoShop / InStok's assets to only a trusted and legitimate partner. You will be notified of this acquisition through email (if provided) or a notice on the website.
• We use third party partners - Skimlinks, Viglink, Linkbux, Comission Junction, and Wildfire to create affiliate links for our comparisons and to power our cashback / OctoGives programs. We only use these services as a passthrough to link to retailer / other ecommerce websites and do not share any other data with them. 

We use the tracking technology Google Analytics to determine user count and demographic information.

5. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice , unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements).

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

6. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.

7. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services , you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services . If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at contact@instok.app .

8. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

If you are resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.

9. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice .

10. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the Services , you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Services . To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Services , but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.

11. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?

In Short: Yes, we will update this policy as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

12. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at contact@instok.app.

13. LINKS AND INFORMATION SHOWN ON THIS WEBSITE.

All the information on our website comes from retail websites themselves. This website is just an aggregator / comparison tool that just lets you see the information in a single location. We may receive commissions for purchases made through some of the links at companies partnered with us on the site.

HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?