Last updated: 03/04/2025

Introduction

The Fretstep.com Privacy Policy is an attachment to the Fretstep.com Terms and Conditions agreement which is binding upon registration for membership with us. In this policy, we explain how we treat each of our members and other users accepting to submit any type of information to us. We will take the necessary steps to ensure that the information we collect is properly secured at all times, and we may adjust the terms of this policy at any time with or without notice in order to better protect your and our interests. The information we thrive to protect is which we collect from interactive real persons visiting the Fretstep online community. We may partner with third parties from time to time at our discretion to better secure your information.

Collecting Information

We collect various types of information from each potential member of our community. The information we collect may be but not limited to name, location, email, age, and other personal information. The purpose of use is to better serve our members pertaining to segmentation and marketing as well as services based on particular classification of the supplied data.

Financial Information

Fretstep currently DOES NOT STORE financial information of our members. We use well reputable third party payment systems to collect payments from our customers. In the future we may request financial information such as: credit card or bank account information AT AN OPTION if the user so chooses. Such data will be used solely for personalization of future shopping features in the Fretstep owned stores only, and such information will only be held by Fretstep.com. We will not require you to supply your Social Security number unless business transactions require us to make payments to you in which we will then collect it for tax reporting purposes.

Personality Information

Personality information is defined as data which people may consider to be not quite serious such as: religion, politics, hobbies, favorite food, height and other information of the same nature. We may also collect personality information which we consider to be quite reasonable for presenting you with services to enhance your Fretstep experience. Numerous types of personality data we request may be optional, and will not be required for someone to become a member but may be necessary for our pursuit of excellent community services.

Cookies

Cookies are small pieces of information stored on computers to collect information about particular visitors to a website. We WILL NOT use cookies in any unlawful manner to seek to collect your personal information without your permission. We will use cookies to track visitation activities which will better enable us to offer services and advertisements. We will not place third party cookies on your computer, and you agree that we will not be responsible for other websites you voluntarily visit which place cookies on your computer. By signing up for membership, you grant us permission use cookies about your usage and you may cancel that consent at any time simply by deactivating or cancelling your membership with us.

Log Data

When you visit Fretstep.com, our logs on our servers may collect general information about your visit such as IP address, web browser name and version, web browser language, time of visit, pages visited, sites from which you visited, and other general visiting information. We do not use our logs to store any personal information about you without your permission.

Sharing Information We Collect

By accepting to become a member of the Fretstep online community, you agree to grant us the authority to share your character, personality, or general information with our partners which we view reasonable. We WILL NOT share any financial information we collect from any or all of our users unless ordered by a court of law. Be advised that at times you may be linked to third parties who may request your information, and they will have different privacy policies which will be in no way connected to Fretstep.

Opt In/Out

Some services we promote in the Fretstep community such as news letters, certain advertisements, special offers, contests, and services may require an opt in/out selection. At the time of registration, some features about your account will automatically be opted in, which you may change at any time in your account settings section. You may also contact us by email with concerns about our optional services.

Disclosure to Law

You agree that part or all of your information we hold may be distributed to the authorities of the law if so needed as part of investigations, or if needed by the local or federal government for any other reason. We will secure your information to the fullest extent unless the law possesses reasonable and legitimate cause for access.

Transfer of Company or Interests

In the event that Fretstep.com or its parent company is bought or sold, your entire information will be transferred to the new owner, and this privacy policy may be altered or replaced by another policy.

Security

Your security is quite important to us, and we ensure you that we work at our maximum potential to safeguard your information. As stated in the terms of use, your information will be encrypted in our databases with limited access to some of our employees.

Changing your Information

You may change any or all of your information at any time in your account settings at your discretion, unless indicated otherwise in the account settings. Certain information may not be changed like your account number, and other stated information if any.

Our Policy towards Children

As demonstrated in the main section of the terms of use, we have a quite SERIOUS policy towards protecting children. We have rules and policies in place to protect children from certain areas and or features of the community, which may not be suitable for children under the age of 18, but parents have all control over what their children can submit to our databases. Children under the age of 18 whom are not liberated minors, must have a professional agent or a parent or guardian accept our terms before becoming a member of Fretstep.com. Parents should monitor what their children do with our services and the information children provide to us. We will not be responsible for damages caused as a result of a parent or guardian failing to monitor his or her child under 18 years old thus resulting in illegal activities.

Third Party Links

We may place multiple third party links on our site with products and services we consider to be useful in better serving our members and other visitors. We will not be responsible for actions of third parties including information collection and manipulation. Be advised that third parties may possess their own privacy policies, which will not be in connection in any way with this policy.

Conclusion

Fretstep.com will continue to pursue perfection in the online community service business as well as our advertising and entertainment areas. We value every credible submission to our system and the more you choose to provide, the better we will be able to serve you. If you feel your privacy has been violated by anyone in our community, please submit a dispute report as indicated in the terms of use.

Please be at liberty to contact us with any concern about our Privacy Policy by email by writing to us at:

Fretstep.com
Privacy Department
legal@fretstep.com