Terms & Privacy

TERMS OF USE

 

Last Modified on December May 1 st , 2021

 

Welcome to Vibesbnb. You should carefully read the following Terms of Use Agreement before using the Vibesbnb website and services or membership and content. The terms and conditions contained in this Terms of Use Agreement apply to each User (referred herein as “user,” “you,” or “your”) to the Vibesbnb web site.

 

1. BINDING EFFECT.

 

This is a legally binding agreement. By using the Site or any Services provided in connection with the Site, you agree to abide by these Terms of Use, as they may be amended by the Company at any time in its sole discretion and without specific notice to you. The Company will

post a notice on the Site any time these Terms of Use have been changed or otherwise updated. It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Use periodically, and if at any time you find these Terms of Use unacceptable, you must immediately leave the Site and cease all use of the Services and the Site. This Agreement constitutes the entire and only agreement between us and you, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, warranties and understandings with respect to the Site, the content, products or services provided by or through the Site, and the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

2. USERS UNDER 21 YEARS OLD

 

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). We do not collect any information from anyone under 21 years of age. Our website content is directed to people who are at least 21 years old or older. No users under 21 years old are

allowed to have access to any Content on the Vibesbnb website. Anyone over 18 must have Legal Guardian’s or Parent’s permission to access Site content as long as users are at least 18 years old. Please note that by allowing your child to register as a user on the Vibesbnb website, your child will be able to make reservations on the Vibesbnb website. While it is against our rules to post

personally identifiable information on the Vibesbnb website it is possible that your child may choose to do so. Thus, if you would prefer that your child does not have access to content on the Vibesbnb website, please block the domain name so your child cannot access the domain. Also, please note that by allowing your child to register as a user on the Vibesbnb Website, your

child will be subjected to mature content for the purposes of education and medical 420 experience and reservation information. Thus, if you would prefer that your child does not have access to education and recreation experience content on the Vibesbnb website, please do not allow your child to register on the Site.

 

3. DESCRIPTION OF SITES AND SERVICES.

 

The Vibesbnb website operates as a medicinal marketplace reservation service for host who are familiar with the culture and experience of 420. Users will be able to learn and create reservations with these host for exchange of payment for lodging. We do not condone any illegal activity.

 

4. YOUR OBLIGATIONS.

 

By registering or using the Site and Services in any way, you agree to the following:

 

a. You agree not to harass or threaten other users or members;

 

b. You agree not to use any harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially or ethnically offensive language;

 

c. You agree not to impersonate any Staff Member, including any Forum Moderators or Site operators;

 

d. If asked by a member of Staff to stop or change a behavior or action, you will do so;

 

e. You agree not to hack or make any attack on the server or website in any way.

 

f. You agree not to duplicate multiple accounts with the Site or Services;

 

g. You agree not to transmit or make available the Services or Site any advertising, promotional materials or any other forms of solicitation;

 

h. You agree not to transmit.

 

I. You agree not to disrupt the normal flow of the Site and dialogue or any Services, or otherwise act in a manner that negatively affects other people’s ability to use the Site or Services;

 

j. You agree not to collect or store personal data of minors.

 

k. You agree only to use your own credit card with the Services.

 

l. You agree not to use any Vibesbnb trademark, services mark or tradename, or any variation or misspelling thereof, in Your domain name(s) or any other part of Your Universal Record Locator (URL).

 

m. You agree not to purchase, register, bid on or utilize any Vibesbnb service, Inc. or Vibesbnb trademark, services mark or trade name, or any variation or misspelling thereof, in connection with any pay-for-placement or pay-per-click search engine system, including without limitation, Google AdWords and Yahoo! Sponsored Search..

 

5. PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS.

 

Attention credit card purchasers: Effective May 1st, 2020, the primary cardholder is fully held responsible for all purchases made using his/her credit card or PayPal account. Any purchase made using your credit card or PayPal Account will be assumed to be approved and authorized by you. Please keep your credit card or PayPal Account safe and monitor the use of your credit card or PayPal Account carefully. You are responsible for all additional users of your credit card or PayPal Account including but not limited to your children. Continued use of our websites, products, including services, constitutes your agreement to this condition. When you pay for an upgrade to our Membership Services or purchase items, you may pay with

a major credit card, PayPal, or any payment solution available on the Vibesbnb website. You agree to pay all fees and charges that you incur through your account, including, but not limited to, applicable taxes. You will also be responsible for charges for any products or services that you

purchase that are offered for sale through the Services. In addition, you are also responsible for paying any amounts billed to your credit card, even if your credit card company does not cover such costs. If we do not receive payment from your credit card issuer or its agent, you agree to pay all amounts due upon our demand. Your credit card issuer agreement governs your use of your designated credit card in connection with the Services, and you must refer to that agreement and not this Agreement to determine your rights and liabilities as a cardholder. If you are under 18 years old, you may make payments to Company only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

 

c. PRIVACY POLICY.

 

Company respects your privacy and permits you to control the treatment of your personal information. Company’s privacy policy is expressly incorporated into this Agreement by this reference. Additionally, on the issue of privacy, you hereby acknowledge that Company has the right to obtain certain identification information about your computer and its operating system, including IP addresses for identification purposes without any further notice to you. Company also has the right to obtain personal data from your connection to the Vibesbnb website in order to make certain demographic assumptions regarding the users of the Vibesbnb Website without any further notice to you..

 

6. PROHIBITED USES. 

 

Company imposes certain restrictions on your permissible use of the Site and the Services. You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate any security features of the Site or Services, including, without limitation,

 

(a) accessing content or data not intended for you, or logging onto a server or account that you are not authorized to access;

 

(b) attempting to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Services, the Site, or any associated system or network, or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization;

 

(c) interfering or attempting to interfere with services to any user, host, or network, including, without limitation, by means of submitting a virus to the Site or Services, overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mail bombing,” or “crashing;”

 

(d) using the Site or Services to send unsolicited e-mail, including, without limitation, promotions, or advertisements for products or services;

 

(e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or in any posting using the Services; or

 

(f) attempting to modify, reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reduce or attempt to reduce to a human-perceivable form any of the source code used by Company in providing the Site or Services. Any violation of system or network security may subject you to civil and/or criminal liability.

 

7. USER INFORMATION

 

You are required to register to use or access certain Content or Services on the Vibesbnb website, during which you will be asked to complete the registration process by providing the complete and accurate information requested on the online registration form, which includes your email

address, a user name and password. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, or if Company has reasonable grounds to suspect that the information is untrue, inaccurate or incomplete, Company may decide to suspend or terminate your user account and access to the Sites and Services..

 

8. PASSWORD SECURITY

 

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Password and you will be held responsible for all uses of your Password, whether or not authorized by you. Also, note that the security of your account is your responsibility. Company is not responsible in the event that your

account is “hacked”, or if your account or your computer is damaged by a virus, or of any other issues with your computer or your account. You agree to notify Company immediately on any unauthorized use of your account, user name, or password. If you report your account stolen, hacked, or in any way compromised, Company will suspend the account while the matter is

investigated. Following this investigation, Company will determine appropriate course of action in its sole and absolute discretion. Importantly, Company shall not be liable for any loss or changes in your account that you incur as a result of someone else using your password, either with or without your knowledge. You may be held liable for any losses incurred by Company, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents, and representatives due to someone else’s use of your account or password.

 

 

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 28, 2021

Vibesbnb exists to help build connections between people and make the world more open and inclusive. In short—to build a world where anyone can belong anywhere. We are a community built on trust. A fundamental part of earning that trust means being clear about how we use your information and protect your human right to privacy.

 

This Privacy Policy describes how Vibesbnb, Inc. and its affiliates (“we,” “us,” or “Vibesbnb”), process personal information that we collect through the Vibesbnb Platform. Depending on where you live and what you are doing on the Vibesbnb Platform, the supplemental privacy pages listed below may apply

to you. Please follow the links and review the supplemental information provided there with information about how we process personal information for those regions and services.

 

IMPORTANT SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Outside of the United States. If you reside outside of the United States, such as in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) visit our “Outside of the United States” page to learn about

(i) the controller(s) of your personal information

(ii) legal bases, including legitimate interests, for collecting and processing your personal information,

(iii) safeguards relied upon for transferring personal

information outside the EEA;

(iv) your rights, and (v) contact details of the controller(s) and Data

Protection Officer.

 

California and Vermont. If you reside in California or Vermont, visit our “California and Vermont” page to learn about specific privacy information that applies to you.

China. If you reside in the People’s Republic of China, which for purposes of this Privacy Policy does not include Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan (“China”), visit our “China” page to learn about your rights and other specific information that applies to you.

 

1. DEFINITIONS

Undefined terms in this Privacy Policy have the same definition as in our Terms of

Service (“Terms”).

2. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

2.1 Information needed to use the Vibesbnb Platform.

We collect personal information about you when you use the Vibesbnb Platform. Without it, we may not be able to provide you with all services requested. This information includes:

• Contact Information, Account, Profile Information. Such as your first name, last name, phone number, postal address, email address, date of birth, and profile photo, some of which will depend on the features you use.

• Identity Verification and Payment Information. Such as images of your government issued ID (as permitted by applicable laws), your ID number or

other verification information, bank account or payment account information.

 

2.2 Information you choose to give us. You can choose to provide us with additional personal information. This information may include:

• Additional Profile Information. Such as gender, preferred language(s), city, and personal description. Some of this information as indicated in your account settings is part of your public profile page and will be publicly visible.

• Address Book Contact Information. Address book contacts you import or enter manually.

• Other Information. Such as when you fill in a form, add information to your account, respond to surveys, post to community forums, participate in promotions, communicate with our customer care team and other Members, or share your experience with us. This may include health information if you choose to share it with us.

2.3 Information Automatically Collected by Using the Vibesbnb Platform and our Payment Services. When you use the Vibesbnb Platform and Payment Services, we automatically collect personal information. This information may include:

• Geo-location Information. Such as precise or approximate location determined from your IP address or mobile device’s GPS depending on your device settings. We may also collect this information when you’re not using the app if you enable this through your settings or device permissions.

• Usage Information. Such as the pages or content you view, searches for Listings, bookings you have made, and other actions on the Vibesbnb Platform.

• Log Data and Device Information. Such as details about how you’ve used the Vibesbnb Platform (including if you clicked on links to third party applications), IP address, access dates and times, hardware and software information, device information, device event information, unique identifiers, crash data, cookie data, and the pages you’ve viewed or engaged with before or after using the Vibesbnb Platform. We may collect this information even if you haven’t created an Vibesbnb account or logged in.

• Cookies and Similar Technologies as described in our Cookie Policy.

• Payment Transaction Information. Such as payment instrument used, date and time, payment amount, payment instrument expiration date and billing postcode, PayPal email address, IBAN information, your address and other related transaction details.

2.4 Personal Information We Collect from Third Parties. We collect personal information from other sources, such as:.

• Third-Party Services. If you link, connect, or login to the Vibesbnb Platform with a third party service (e.g. Google, Facebook, Instagram), you direct the service to send us information such as your registration, friends list, and profile information as controlled by that service or as authorized by you via your privacy settings at that service.

• Background Information. For Members in the United States, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, we may obtain reports from public records of criminal convictions or sex offender registrations. For Members outside of the United States, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and with your consent where required, we may obtain the local version of police, background or registered sex offender checks. We may use your information,

including your full name and date of birth, to obtain such reports.

 

• Enterprise Product Invitations and Account Management. Organizations that use our Enterprise products may submit personal information to facilitate account management and invitations to use enterprise products.

• Referrals and co-travelers. If you are invited to the Vibesbnb Platform such as a co-traveler on a trip, the person who invited you can submit personal information about you such as your email address or other contact information.

• Other Sources. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may receive additional information about you, such as references, demographic data or information to help detect fraud and safety issues from third party service providers and/or partners, and combine it with information we have about you. For example, we may receive background check results or fraud warnings from identity verification service providers for use in our fraud prevention and risk assessment efforts. We may receive information about you and your activities on and off the Vibesbnb Platform, or about your experiences and interactions from our partners. We may receive health information, including but not limited to health information related to

contagious diseases.

 

3. HOW WE USE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

3.1 Provide, Improve, and Develop the Vibesbnb Platform. We use personal information to:

• enable you to access the Vibesbnb Platform and make and receive payments,

• enable you to communicate with other Members,

• perform analytics, debug and conduct research,

• provide customer service,

• send you messages, updates, security alerts, and account notifications,

• if you provide us with your contacts’ information such as your friends or co-travelers, we may process this information: (i) to facilitate your referral invitations, (ii) to share your trip details and facilitate trip planning, (iii) for fraud detection and prevention, and (iv) to facilitate your requests or for any other purpose you authorize,

• personalize and customize your experience based on your interactions with the Vibesbnb Platform, your search and booking history, your profile information and preferences, and other content you submit, and

• enable your use of our enterprise products.

3.2 Create and Maintain a Trusted and Safer Environment. We use personal information to:

• detect and prevent fraud, spam, abuse, security and safety incidents, and other harmful activity,

• study and combat discrimination consistent with our Nondiscrimination Policy,

• conduct security investigations and risk assessments,

• verify or authenticate information provided by you,

• conduct checks against databases and other information sources, including background or police checks,

• comply with our legal obligations, protect the health and well-being of our Guests, Hosts, Hosts’ employees and members of the public,

• resolve disputes with our Members,

• enforce our agreements with third parties,

• comply with law, respond to legal requests, prevent harm and protect our rights (see section 4.5)

• enforce our Terms and other policies (e.g. Nondiscrimination Policy), and

• in connection with the activities above, we may conduct profiling based on your interactions with the Vibesbnb Platform, your profile information and other content you submit to Vibesbnb, and information obtained from third parties. In limited cases, automated processes could restrict or suspend access to the Vibesbnb Platform if such processes detect activity that we

think poses a safety or other risk to Vibesbnb, our community, or third parties. If you would like to challenge the decisioning based on the automated process, please contact us via the Contact Information section below.

3.3 Provide, Personalize, Measure, and Improve our Advertising and Marketing. We may use personal information to:

• send you promotional messages, marketing, advertising, and other information based on your preferences and social media advertising through social media platforms,

• personalize, measure, and improve our advertising,

• administer referral programs, rewards, surveys, sweepstakes, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by Vibesbnb or its third-party partners,

• analyze characteristics and preferences to send you promotional messages, marketing, advertising and other information that we think might be of interest to you, and

• invite you to events and relevant opportunities.

3.4 Provide Payment services. Personal information is used to enable or authorize third parties to use Payment Services:

• Detect and prevent money laundering, fraud, abuse, security incidents.

• Conduct security investigations and risk assessments.

• Comply with legal obligations (such as anti-money laundering regulations).

• Enforce the Payment Terms and other payment policies.

• With your consent, send you promotional messages, marketing, advertising, and other information that may be of interest to you based on your preferences.

• Provide and improve the Payment Services.

4. SHARING & DISCLOSURE

If you reside outside of the United States, learn about safeguards we rely on for transferring personal information to recipients outside of the EEA.

4.1 Sharing With Your Consent or at Your Direction. Where you provide consent, we share your information as described at the time of consent, such as when authorizing a third-party application or website to access your Vibesbnb account or participating in promotional activities by Vibesbnb partners or third parties. Where permissible with applicable law, we may use certain information about you, such as your email address, de-identify it, and share it with social media platforms, to generate leads, drive traffic to Vibesbnb or otherwise promote our products and services.

4.2 Sharing Between Members.

To help facilitate bookings or other interactions between Members, we may need to share certain information such as:

• When a booking request is made or dispute is submitted, certain information may be shared between Guest(s) and Host(s), including profile, name, names of any additional Guests, cancellation history, review information, age of guest (unless prohibited by applicable law),

dispute outcome (when applicable) and other information you choose to share and submit. When a booking is confirmed, additional information is shared to assist with coordinating the trip, like profile photo and phone number. When you as a Host have a confirmed booking, certain information is shared with the Guest (and the additional Guests they invite, if

applicable) to coordinate the booking, such as your profile, full name, phone number, and Listing address.

• When you as a Host invite another Member to host with you, you authorize that person to access and update your information and Member Content, including but not limited to certain information like your full name, phone number, Accommodation address, calendar, Listing information, Listing photos, and email address.

• When you as a Guest invite additional Guests to a booking, your full name, travel dates, Host name, Listing details, the Accommodation address, and other related information will be shared with each additional Guest.

4.3 Information You Publish in Profiles, Listings, and other Public Information.

You can make certain information publicly visible to others, such as:

• Your public profile page, which includes your profile photo, first name, description, and city.

• Listing pages that include information such as the Accommodation or Experience’s approximate or precise location description, calendar availability, profile photo, aggregated demand information (like page views over a period of time), and additional information you choose to share.

• Reviews, ratings and other public feedback.

• Content in a community or discussion forum, blog or social media post.

We may display parts of your public profile and other Content you make available to the public like Listing details on third-party sites, platforms and apps. Information you share publicly on the Vibesbnb Platform may be indexed through third-party search engines. In some cases, you may opt-out of this feature in your account settings.

4.4 Host Service Providers.

Hosts may use third-party services to help manage or deliver their services, such as cleaning services or lock providers. Hosts may use features on the Vibesbnb Platform to share information about the Guest (like check-in and check-out dates, Guest name, Guest phone number) with such third-party service providers.

4.5 Complying with Law, Responding to Legal Requests, Preventing Harm and Protecting our Rights. We may disclose your information to courts, law enforcement, governmental or public authorities, tax authorities, or authorized third parties, if and to the extent we are required or permitted to do so by law or where disclosure is reasonably necessary: (i) to comply with our legal obligations, (ii) to comply with a valid legal request or to respond to claims asserted against Vibesbnb, (iii) to respond to a valid legal request relating to a criminal investigation to address alleged or suspected illegal

activity, or to respond to or address any other activity that may expose us, you, or any other of our users to legal or regulatory liability (more information on Vibesbnb’s Law Enforcement Guidelines, (iv) to enforce and administer our agreements with Members, or (v) to protect the rights, property or personal safety of Vibesbnb, its employees, its Members, or members of the public. For example, if permitted due to the forgoing circumstances, Host tax information may be shared with tax authorities or other governmental agencies.

Where appropriate, we may notify Members about legal requests unless: (i) providing notice is prohibited by the legal process itself, by court order we receive, or by applicable law, or (ii) we believe that providing notice would be futile, ineffective, create a risk of injury or bodily harm to an individual or group, or create or increase a risk of fraud upon or harm to Vibesbnb, our Members, or expose Vibesbnb to a claim of obstruction of justice.

For jurisdictions where Vibesbnb facilitates the collection and remittance of Taxes where legally permissible according to applicable law, we may disclose Hosts’ and Guests’ information about transactions, bookings, Accommodations and occupancy Taxes to the applicable tax authority, such

as Host and Guest names, Listing addresses, transaction dates and amounts, tax identification number(s), the amount of taxes received (or due) by Hosts from Guests, and contact information. In jurisdictions where Vibesbnb facilitates or requires a registration, notification, permit, or license

application of a Host with a local governmental authority through Vibesbnb in accordance with local law, we may share information of participating Hosts with the relevant authority, both during the application process and, periodically thereafter, such as the Host’s full name and contact details,

Accommodation address, tax identification number, Listing details, and number of nights booked.

4.6 Programs with Managers and Owners.

We may share personal information of Hosts and Guests such as booking information, and information related to compliance with applicable laws such as short-term rental laws with landlords, management companies, and/or property owners (the “Building Management”), in order to facilitate

programs with Building Management. For example, guest booking and personal information, including guest contact information, may be shared with the Building Management of the building, complex, or community where a host lives and/or the listing is located, to facilitate hosting services,

compliance with applicable laws, security, billing, and other services.

4.7 Host Information Provided to Vibesbnb for Work Customers.

If a booking is designated as being for business or work purpose and (1) is made by a Guest affiliated with an Enterprise, (2) the Enterprise is enrolled in Vibesbnb for Work, we may disclose information related to the booking to the Enterprise (e.g., name of the Host, Accommodation address, booking dates, Listing details, etc.) to the extent necessary for the adequate performance

of Vibesbnb’s contract with the Enterprise and to provide the services. At the request of the Enterprise or the Guest, we may also share this information with third parties engaged by the Enterprise to provide support services.

4.8 Service Providers.

We share personal information with affiliated and unaffiliated service providers to help us run our business, including service providers that help us: (i) verify your identity or authenticate your identification documents, (ii) check information against public databases, (iii) conduct background or

police checks, fraud prevention, and risk assessment, (iv) perform product development, maintenance and debugging, (v) allow the provision of the Vibesbnb Services through third-party platforms and software tools (e.g. through the integration with our APIs), (vi) provide customer service, advertising, or payments services, (vii) process, handle or assess insurance claims or similar claims, or (viii) facilitate non-profit and charitable activities consistent with Vibesbnb’s mission.

 

These providers are contractually bound to protect your personal information and have access to your personal information to perform these tasks.

4.9 Business Transfers. If Vibesbnb undertakes or is involved in any merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or insolvency event, then we may sell, transfer or share some or all of our assets,

including your information in connection with such transaction or in contemplation of such transaction (e.g., due diligence). In this event, we will notify you before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

4.10 Corporate Affiliates.

To support us in providing, integrating, promoting and improving the Vibesbnb Platform, Payment Services, and our affiliates’ services, we may share personal information within our corporate family of companies that are related by common ownership or control. Some examples are:

• Sharing with Vibesbnb, Inc. Even if your country of residence is not the United States, your information will be shared with Vibesbnb. which provides the technical infrastructure for the Vibesbnb Platform.

• Sharing with Vibesbnb Payments. In order to facilitate payments on or through the Vibesbnb Platform, certain information as described in the “Outside of the United States” section, will be shared with the relevant Vibesbnb Payments entity.

• Sharing with Vibesbnb Ireland. Even if your country of residence is the United States, Japan or China, your information may be shared with Vibesbnb Ireland which provides customer support and other business operation services to other Vibesbnb entities.

• Sharing with Vibesbnb GSL. Even if your country of residence is not Japan, your information may be shared with Vibesbnb GSL which provides customer support and other business operation services to other Vibesbnb entities.

• Sharing with Vibesbnb China. Even if your country of residence is not China, some of your information will be shared with Vibesbnb China in the following circumstances:

o Public data. Information you share publicly on the Vibesbnb Platform.

o Creating a Listing. If you create a Listing in China, information shared includes: (i) your name, phone number, email address, and passport/ID details, (ii) information relating to the Listing (e.g., address), (iii) booking and check-in information relating to the Listing, such as Guest details as set out below in Host Services, dates, time and payment amounts, and (iv) messages between you and prospective and confirmed Guests at the Listing.

o Host Services. If you book a Host Service located in China, information shared includes: (i) your name, phone number, and email address (ii) booking and check-in information, including dates and time, (iii) messages between the Host and you or other Guests on the same booking, and (iv) the names, nationalities, gender, date of birth, and passport/ID details of any Guests.

o Sending Messages. If you send a message to a Host in relation to that Host’s Listing in China, information shared includes your name, profile picture and message content.

 

The data sharing described above is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and us to enable you to list or book Host Services in China and connect with Members in China, and vice versa. Where required under law or if you have expressly granted permission, Vibesbnb China will

disclose your information to Chinese government agencies without further notice to you. We’ll notify you in advance in specific situations where we apply any practices that differ from what is described in this Privacy Policy (including practices pertaining to disclosures to government agencies).

 

5. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

 

5.1 Analyzing your Communications.

We may review, scan, or analyze your communications on the Vibesbnb Platform for reasons outlined in the “How We Use Information We Collect” section of this policy, including fraud prevention, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, investigation, product development, research, analytics,

enforcing our Terms of Service, and customer support purposes. For example, as part of our fraud prevention efforts, we scan and analyze messages to mask contact information and references to

other sites. In some cases, we may also scan, review, or analyze messages to debug, improve, and expand product offerings. We use automated methods where reasonably possible. Occasionally we may need to manually review communications, such as for fraud investigations and customer

support, or to assess and improve the functionality of these automated tools. We will not review, scan, or analyze your messaging communications to send third-party marketing messages to you and we will not sell reviews or analyses of these communications.

 

5.2 Linking Third-Party Accounts.

You can link your Vibesbnb account with certain third-party services like social networks. Your contacts on these third-party services are referred to as “Friends.” When you direct the data sharing by creating this link:

• some of the information provided to us from linking accounts may be published on your public profile,

• your activities on the Vibesbnb Platform may be displayed to your Friends on the Vibesbnb Platform and/or that third-party service,

• a link to your public profile on that third-party service may be included in your Vibesbnb public profile,

• other Vibesbnb users may be able to see any Friends that you may have in common with them, or that you are a Friend of their Friend if applicable,

• other Vibesbnb users may be able to see any schools, hometowns or other groups you have in common with them as listed on your linked social networking service,

• information you provide to us from the linking of your accounts may be stored, processed and transmitted for fraud prevention and risk assessment purposes, and

• publication and display of information that you provide to the Vibesbnb Platform through this linkage is subject to your settings and authorizations on the Vibesbnb Platform and the third-party service.

 

5.3 Third-Party Partners & Integrations.

Parts of Vibesbnb may link to third-party services, not owned or controlled by Vibesbnb, such as Google Maps/Earth. Use of these services is subject to the privacy policies of those providers, such as Google Maps/Earth Additional Terms of Use, Google Privacy Policy (see for more information on how Google uses information), and Citi Privacy Policy. Vibesbnb does not own or control these third parties and when you interact with them you are providing your information to them.

 

6. YOUR RIGHTS

 

You can exercise any of the rights described in this section consistent with applicable law. See information on data subject rights requests and how to submit a request. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity and request before taking further action on your request.

 

6.1 Managing Your Information.

You can access and update some of your personal information through your Account settings. If you connected your Vibesbnb Account to a third-party service, like Facebook or Google, you can change your settings and unlink from that service in your Account settings. You are responsible for keeping

your personal information up to date.

 

6.2 Data Access and Portability.

In some jurisdictions, applicable law may entitle you to request certain copies of your personal information or information about how we handle your personal information, request copies of

 

personal information that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and/or request that we transmit this information to another service provider (where technically feasible).

 

6.3 Data Erasure.

In certain jurisdictions, you can request that your personal information be deleted. Please note that if you request the erasure of your personal information:

• We may retain your personal information as necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as prevention of money laundering, fraud detection and prevention, and enhancing safety. For example, if we suspend an Vibesbnb Account for fraud or safety reasons, we may retain information from that Vibesbnb Account to prevent that Member from opening a new Vibesbnb Account in the future.

• We may retain and use your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations. For example, Vibesbnb and Vibesbnb Payments may keep information for tax, legal reporting and auditing obligations.

• Information you have shared with others (e.g., Reviews, forum postings) will continue to be publicly visible on Vibesbnb, even after your Vibesbnb Account is cancelled. However, attribution of such information to you will be removed. Some copies of your information (e.g., log records) will remain in our database, but are disassociated from personal identifiers.

• Because we take measures to protect data from accidental or malicious loss and destruction, residual copies of your personal information may not be removed from our backup systems for a limited period of time.

 

7. SECURITY

While no organization can guarantee perfect security, we are continuously implementing and updating administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your information against unauthorized access, loss, destruction, or alteration.

 

8. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time in accordance with applicable law. If we do so, we will post the revised Privacy Policy and update the “Last Updated” date at the top. In case of material changes, we will also provide you with notice of the modification by email at least

thirty (30) days before the effective date. If you disagree with the revised Privacy Policy, you can cancel your Account. If you do not cancel your Account before the date the revised Privacy Policy becomes effective, your continued access to or use of the Vibesbnb Platform will be subject to the

revised Privacy Policy.

 

9. CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESPONSIBLE Vibesbnb ENTITIES

For questions or complaints about this Privacy Policy or Vibesbnb’s handling of personal information (i) If you reside in the United States contact Vibesbnb; (ii) for payments related matter please use the contact information provided in the Payments Terms of Service page, and (iii) if you reside outside

the United States, please use the contact information for your controller provided in the Outside of the United States page.