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Introduction
At Vibeforge, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where all individuals feel valued, respected, and empowered. Our mission is to create a space that embraces diversity in all forms and ensures fair treatment, access, and opportunities for everyone.
Our Commitment
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Diversity: We celebrate and welcome individuals from all backgrounds, cultures, identities, and perspectives. We believe that diversity enhances creativity, innovation, and collaboration.
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Equity: We strive to eliminate barriers and provide fair treatment by addressing systemic inequalities. Our policies, practices, and decision-making processes are designed to ensure that all individuals have the resources and support they need to succeed.
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Inclusion: We are dedicated to fostering an environment where everyone feels heard, valued, and included. We actively promote dialogue, participation, and representation across all levels of our platform.
Guiding Principles
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Respect and Dignity: All members of our community are expected to treat each other with respect, kindness, and professionalism.
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Zero Tolerance for Discrimination: Vibeforge strictly prohibits discrimination, harassment, or exclusion based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, or any other protected characteristic.
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Accessibility: We are committed to ensuring our platform is accessible to all users, including those with disabilities.
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Accountability: We hold ourselves and our community accountable for upholding these principles. Violations of our DEI policy will be addressed promptly and appropriately.
Implementation & Continuous Improvement
Vibeforge continuously evaluates and updates its DEI initiatives to ensure effectiveness and alignment with best practices. We encourage feedback from our community and remain committed to ongoing learning and growth in our DEI efforts.
What We Believe
Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is at the core of Vibeforge’s values. By fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment, we strive to empower our community and drive positive change. Together, we build a stronger, more equitable future for all.
In order for us to maintain and improve our platform and services, VibeForge assesses a 5% commission on Tips, Marketplace Sales, and Content Monetization. Unlike other platforms we DO NOT assess a fee for Fundraising request.
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Malicious Emails
A malicious email can look just like it comes from a financial institution, an e-commerce site, a government agency or any other service or business...
- Contact the company directly – using the information provided on any account statement, on the company’s official website or on the back of a credit card.
- Search for the company online – but not with the information provided in the email.
Spam
- Spam is the electronic equivalent of junk mail...
- Enable filters on your email programs: Most ISPs and email providers offer spam filters.
- Report spam: Most email clients offer ways to mark an email as spam.
- Own your online presence: Consider hiding your email address from online profiles.
Phishing
Phishing attacks use email or malicious websites (clicking on a link)...
Spear Phishing
Spear phishing involves highly specialized attacks against specific targets...
Spam & Phishing on Social Networks
Spam, phishing and other scams aren’t limited to just email...
Tips to Avoid Being a Victim
- Don’t reveal personal or financial information in an email...
- Check the security of the website before entering sensitive data.
- Pay attention to the website’s URL....
- Verify email requests by contacting the company directly...
- Keep a clean machine. Keep all software updated...
What to Do if You Are a Victim
- Report it to appropriate personnel...
- Contact your financial institution if you believe accounts are compromised.
- Monitor for unauthorized charges.
- Report the attack to local police, FTC or IC3.
Protect Yourself With These Tips
- When in doubt, throw it out: Suspicious links should be avoided...
- Think before you act: Be cautious of urgent messages or too-good-to-be-true offers.
- Make your password a sentence: Use positive, memorable 12+ character phrases.
- Unique account, unique password: Don’t reuse passwords across accounts.
- Lock down your login: Enable two-factor authentication or biometrics.
Additional Resources
Malware & Botnets
Viruses
Viruses are harmful programs that can be transmitted to devices in many ways...
Spyware
Spyware can download itself without your permission...
- They can download themselves without your permission.
- They can make your computer do unwanted things or steal your information.
Botnets
Botnets are networks of infected computers controlled remotely by criminals...
Ransomeware
Ransomware locks your data and demands payment for access...
Download the Michigan Cyber Command Center’s Ransomware Resources.
As part of our commitment to you, our servers track all IP addresses connecting to our platform and the accounts they are associated with. This information only provided to Law Enforcement in cases of emergency or legal issues arising from actions taken from your account.
Participants must be 15 years old or older. (All platform rules will be enforced in addition to Safe Space Guidelines)
If you are uncomfortable, give a limited introduction of yourself such as first name only, use an avatar that does not show your face.
If you are uncomfortable with having your face on screen you can turn video function off, or put it on to introduce yourself and then switch off.
A pronoun is how you refer to someone, for example using she or they. Please ask people what their pronouns are if you are meeting them for the first time. Use their correct pronouns, even if the words are unfamiliar to you. If you make a mistake and refer to someone with the wrong pronoun, apologize and move on.
Don’t make assumptions about someone’s identity and think about the ways that people from minority groups may be impacted in different ways by the issues you discuss. Be aware that your experiences as a gay, lesbian, bi, trans, queer or non-binary person are not necessarily the same as everybody else in the group/platform. Be aware of any position and privileges you may bring regarding for example your race, your class, your gender identity, your ability or your age. Try not to make generalizing statements such as 'All gay men hate women'.
Racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, ableism, fatphobia, ageism or discrimination on basis of ethnicity, immigration status, or religious, cultural, and/or spiritual beliefs, or any other kind of oppressive behavior is unacceptable and will be challenged. Please do not use slurs that are not yours to use: e.g if you are white do not use racial slurs, even if you are being critical of them. Please give a choice for people to interact without having to talk if they don’t want to, If they are neurodivergent, do not tell people off if they want to talk about a subject, give space to people to go at their own pace.
There is a zero tolerance policy to sexual harassment. This means no pornography and/or nudity of any kind, including but not limited to, adult pornography, Anime, child pornography, "adult content" and/or the written word of a sexual nature. This also means no inappropriate sexual comments or sexually based jokes, songs or taunts. (Platform wide rules apply as well.)
Try to use clear, uncomplicated language and to avoid any acronyms and in-jokes. If you mention a theory or person, please give a brief description of who they are, no matter how well known you believe they are.
Give people a heads up if you are going to discuss something that others might find upsetting. Sometimes upsetting things happen and we need to be able talk about how we deal with them as a community. It’s important to have a space where we feel able to do this, and we hope that this event will provide that. However, not everyone is able to talk about everything all the time, so let people know if you are going to talk about something potentially upsetting, such as mental illness or domestic abuse. You can also do this informally by asking ‘is it okay if I talk about X thing?’ Be sure to wait for a couple of responses before posting about your topic of discussion.
|Please be aware that it is difficult for those belonging to marginalized groups or minority groups to participate in discussions online. Do not hijack the conversations even if it is appropriate for you to speak on certain topics. Try to give less confident and quieter people a chance to speak.
We will ask everybody to respect the fact that not everybody is “out” everywhere outside of our platform so if you use other social media platforms, please do not share any contact information or identifiable information of other people without their explicit consent.
Social Media
Everything in our safe space guidelines also extends to social our media platforms, including X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, and SNAPchat, so keep that in mind when using social media.
Groups are a big part of VibeForge and group administrators play a large role in making sure that everyone enjoys participating in groups on VibeForge. To make sure that group leaders are all on the same page we wrote the following list of general Group Leader Guidelines we would like all group leaders to follow. Just remember, participation on VibeForge is always subject to our Legal & Privacy Policies.
See a need, fill a need, start a Group or Page
Have a new idea for a group? Can't find a group that speaks to you? Want to start a group to promote your business, event or organization. Then just do it already. Start a new group.
Love Your Group or Page
The fun part is getting your group off the floor. A little bit of time and love will go a long way in creating a successful group. Here are some tips:
- Choose a good name for your group: something that is descriptive and calls to people.
- Write a good group description: people want to know what they are joining.
- Start new discussion on a daily basis: people are always looking for good discussions.
- Tell people about your group: friends, like minded people… anyone who might enjoy it.
- Just be yourself and have fun with it: fun and authenticity, nothing is more important.
Here are some baseline Group & Page Rules you can use
- Be Respectful – Treat all members with kindness. No hate speech, bullying, or harassment.
- No Spam or Self-Promotion – Avoid excessive self-promotion, repetitive posts, or irrelevant links.
- Stay On-Topic – Keep discussions relevant to the group’s purpose. Off-topic posts may be removed.
- No Misinformation – Do not share false or misleading content. Verify sources before posting.
- No Explicit or Inappropriate Content – Keep all content suitable for the community. No nudity, violence, or offensive material.
- Respect Privacy – Do not share personal information or private conversations without consent.
- Follow Platform Guidelines – Adhere to the rules of the social media platform.
- Admin Decisions Are Final – Moderators have the right to remove posts and members who violate rules.
- Report Issues, Don’t Engage – If you see a rule-breaking post, report it to the admins instead of escalating the situation.
- Have Fun & Contribute Positively – Engage in meaningful discussions and help create a welcoming community
Find Good Group Moderators to help you out
What makes a good group moderator? Someone who shares your vision for the group. Someone who will contribute regularly to the group and help you moderate and maintain it. You can never have enough good group leaders to help you out. What happens if it does not work out with one of the group leaders you choose? No worries. A group owner can not only add new moderators to the team but remove any of them if needed.
We are very open minded -- but certain content is a no-go
Certain topics are prohibited on VibeForge. Some of them are for legal reasons and others are from limitations put on us by banks and credit card companies. You can have intellectual discussions, but you cannot post content that is considered obscene by community standards such as: Nudity, Porn, or any acts that portray violence against others including animals. See our Legal & Privacy policies for a platform wide explanation of prohibited content. As group owners and moderators, we would appreciate you moderating these subjects appropriately. If we have to moderate your content, you will be notified via a private message of the content that was removed for violations of our guidelines and policies. You as a group owner can (and we encourage it) write your own group guidelines so long as they do not interfere with platform wide rules and guidelines.
Don't Let People Ruin It For Others
We want you to encourage healthy debate but there is a big difference between that and a discussion which has degraded into people attacking one another. Aggressive personal attacks, criminal accusations, making fun of, trolling, flaming, bullying, racial slurs or any other type of malicious behavior that lowers the quality of a discussion needs to be moderated quickly before things get out of control and ruin the experience for everyone.
Example:
"I think you are dumb f*** with two peas for a brain for wanting to kick a poor defenseless animal. You should be dragged out into the street and get karate chopped by Chuck Norris."
Now this needs to be edited or removed.
Taking Care of Your Group
When you come across any content that needs to be moderated we recommend you remove it and email the poster to explain to them why it needed to go. Copying and pasting the original content back is always appreciated so that they don't lose any of the good stuff while just removing the bad stuff. In addition to moderating content you can also close and re-open a discussion to give people the chance to cool-down and gather their thoughts. If a member of your group continuously causes problems then we recommend you ban them from your group. Once you ban a member from your group it's a good idea to send a friendly head's up to us at report@vibeforge.co and let us know what is going on.
If We Get Any Reports About Content in Your Group or Page
We always recommend to members of the community that they first contact you if they see or are having any problems in your group. But if we do get a report about content in your group that breaks any of our Community Guidelines or Legal & Privacy policies we will investigate and if we have to act on the report we will inform you, the group owner, of anything we did in your group. In the case of cross-posts, member deletions, and spam we will not notify you, the group owner, if we remove content from your group.
Inactive Group & Page Owners
We know that sometimes things happen, and situations change. So, if a group owner is no longer able to be active in the moderation of their group and we feel that members are at a disadvantage as a result, we will consider finding a new group owner to take the place of the inactive group owner. Of course, we'd always prefer that the group owner takes the initiative and finds a suitable replacement for themselves.
The Platform Administrators Are Here To Help You Out Whenever You Need It
The platform Administrators are VibeForge support team. If you have any questions, need a second opinion or just want our platform administrators to take care of something for you because you are not comfortable handling it yourself please don't hesitate to email them at support@vibeforge.co.
Last updated January 9th, 2025
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Marketplace connects thoughtful consumers around the world with creative entrepreneurs. It’s an ecosystem where people of all backgrounds inspire each other and build relationships through making, selling, and buying unique goods. We want everyone on Marketplace to feel safe, and fostering an inclusive environment is our priority. This policy explains the kind of behavior we prohibit on Marketplace to make sure we all have a positive experience. This policy is a part of our Terms of Use. By using Marketplace, you’re agreeing to this policy and our Terms of Use. On Marketplace, you cannot discriminate based upon:
• Race
• Color
• Ethnicity
• National origin
• Religion
• Gender
• Gender identity
• Sexual orientation
• Disability
• Any other characteristic protected under applicable law
It is your responsibility as a seller or buyer to know your local laws and any other legal regulations on discrimination that might apply to you. Whether you’re listing items or using community spaces on Marketplace, discrimination is not allowed. Examples of prohibited behavior on Marketplace include, but are not limited to: Refusal of service based on membership in one or more protected group
• Derogatory or demeaning remarks against protected groups listed above
• Racial slurs
• Posts that support or glorify current or historical hate groups
If you think discrimination has occurred on Marketplace, please report it by e-mailing legal@vibeforge.co and we will investigate. If you see a listing on Marketplace which you believe violates our Prohibited Items Policy, we encourage you to flag the item by using the Report this item to Marketplace link at the bottom of each listing page. We have a timely review process for all reports.
Terms of Service
By using the Marketplace site (the "Website") or establishing an account with Marketplace and using the Marketplace service (the "Service"), you agree to the following terms and conditions (the "Marketplace User Agreement").
I. Overview Importantly, although Marketplace is commonly referred to as an online marketplace, it is not a traditional "retailer." Instead, Marketplace acts as a venue to match buyers and sellers. Marketplace is not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers and does not transfer legal ownership of items from the sellers to buyers. As a result, Marketplace has no control over the items advertised, or the ability of sellers to sell items or the ability of buyers to pay for items.
Definitions "Your Information" is defined as any information you provide to Marketplace or other users in the registration, in the listing process (which includes photographs and descriptions), in any public message area (including the Forums or the feedback area) or through any email feature. You are solely responsible for Your Information, and Marketplace acts as a passive conduit for your online distribution and publication of Your Information. "Your Activities" include, for example, listing items, posting comments in any public message area (including the Forums or the feedback area), and email.
Dispute Resolution Marketplace's goal is to make you happy. In the event a dispute arises between you and Marketplace, please email Marketplace at support@vibeforge.co and we will work quickly towards a solution. We encourage you to report all user-to-user disputes to your local law enforcement, postmaster general, or a certified mediation or arbitration entity.
General Overview: Terms
- You acknowledge that you must be 18 years or older to use this site or establish an account.
- You acknowledge that you bear sole responsibility for keeping your password secure.
- You agree not to use Marketplace for any illegal or unauthorized purpose.
- You agree to comply with all local laws regarding online conduct and acceptable content.
- You are solely responsible for your conduct and any data, text, information, screen names, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, links or any other content that you submit, post or display on the Website.
- You agree not to modify, adapt or hack the Marketplace or modify another website so as to falsely imply that it is associated with Marketplace.
- You agree not to solicit, harass or impersonate Marketplace members.
- You agree not to transmit any worms or viruses or any code of a destructive nature.
Furthermore, while Marketplace discourages certain conduct and content on the Website, you acknowledge and agree the Website is a venue and as such is not responsible for the content posted on it. You agree to use the Website at your own risk.
General Overview: Conditions
- Marketplace reserves the right to modify or terminate any service for any reason at any time, with or without notice.
- Marketplace reserve the right to alter this Marketplace User Agreement at any time. If alterations constitute a material change to the Terms of Use, to be determined at the sole discretion of Marketplace, Marketplace will notify you via e mail according to the preference expressed on your account.
- Marketplace reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time.
- Marketplace may remove content (by way of example but without limitation: items, item descriptions, chat text, booth text, and information submitted in the forums) that Marketplace determines is unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable or violates any party's intellectual property, Marketplace Terms of Use, Marketplace Privacy Policy, or any other policy documents and community guidelines as posted on Marketplace. Marketplace has no obligation to do so, however.
- The Service makes it possible to post images hosted on Marketplace to outside websites. This use is accepted. However, pages on other websites which display images hosted on Marketplace must provide a link back to Marketplace from each photo to its photo page on Marketplace.
- Marketplace will terminate your account without notice if your account is used for hosting graphic elements of web page designs, icons, smilies, buddy icons, forum avatars, badges and other non-photographic elements on external websites.
- You can remove your profile at any time by deleting your account. This will also remove any private images you have stored in the system. By uploading images and item description content to Marketplace, you agree to allow other Marketplace users to view them and you agree to allow Marketplace to display the images and content on Marketplace, or in emails from Marketplace, and store the images, item description, profile and other content.
- All Marketplace graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and service names are registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks. Marketplace's trademarks or name may not be used, including as part of trademarks and/or as part of domain names, in connection with any product or service in any manner that is likely to cause confusion.
II. Membership Eligibility
Marketplace's services are free, but available only to individuals who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. Marketplace's services are not available to children (persons under the age of 18) or to temporarily or indefinitely suspended Marketplace members. If you are a under the age of 18, you can use this service only in conjunction with, and under the supervision of your parents or guardians. If you do not qualify, please do not use Marketplace. Further, you also agree not to transfer or sell your account (including feedback) or User ID.
III. Purchasing/Buyer Obligations and Guidelines
A buyer is obligated to complete the transaction of a purchase of an item on Marketplace in any shop within three (3) days. A buyer is obligated to immediately pay in full if using PayPal by clicking the payment button during checkout. A seller must abide by all of Marketplace's policies and the seller's own individual shop policies and sell and the item as described. Likewise, a seller must abide by the seller's own individual policies when dealing other issues, for example, issues of damage and returns. Buyers remorse is not a valid reason for requesting a refund from a seller. Prior to making a purchase, buyers should review all sellers policies regarding refunds, returns, and seller policies.
IV. Listing/Seller Obligations and Guidelines
Marketplace's Fees and Credit Policy
Changes to the Fees and Credits Policy and the fees for our services are effective after Marketplace provides you with at least fourteen (14) days' notice of the changes by posting the changes on Marketplace. However, Marketplace may choose to temporarily change Marketplace's Fees and Credits Policy and the fees for Marketplace's services for promotional events (for example, free listing days) and such changes are effective when Marketplace posts the temporary promotional event on Marketplace. Marketplace may, at Marketplace's sole discretion, change some or all of Marketplace's services at any time. In the event Marketplace introduces a new service, the fees for that service are effective at the launch of the service. Unless otherwise stated, all fees are quoted in U.S. Dollars (USD). Unless granted an exception by Marketplace, Marketplace requires all seller accounts to provide a nationally accepted ID card, drivers license or passport for the purposes of verification of their identity, and for payment of fees and services rendered. You are responsible for paying all fees associated with using Marketplace's service and Marketplace and all applicable taxes. Fees for our services will be described once they are determined.
Listing Description: You must be legally able to sell the item(s) you list for sale on the Site. You must describe your item and all terms of sale on the listing page of the Site. Your listings may only include text descriptions, graphics, pictures and other content relevant to the sale of that item. All listed items must be listed in an appropriate category. Each listing must accurately and completely describe the item/items for sale in that listing. If the "in stock" quantity is more than one, all items in that listing must be identical. Each unique item must have its own listing. Listings may not contain outbound links that direct users off of Marketplace.
Binding Sale: All sales are binding. If you, as a seller, receive a purchase request (order) you are obligated to complete the transaction with the buyer in a prompt manner, unless there is an exceptional circumstance, such as: (a) the buyer fails to meet the terms of your listing (such as payment method), or (b) you cannot authenticate the buyer's identity.
Termination: Without limiting any other remedies, Marketplace, without notice, may suspend or terminate your account if Marketplace suspects, in its sole discretion, that you (by information, investigation, conviction, settlement, insurance or escrow investigation, or otherwise) have violated any of Marketplace's policies set out in this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, or any other policy documents or community guidelines, or you have engaged in an improper or fraudulent activity in connection with Marketplace. If Marketplace terminates a listing or your account, if you close your account, or if the payment of your seller fees cannot be completed for any reason, you remain obligated to pay Marketplace for all unpaid fees plus any penalties, if applicable. If the seller's account is not paid in full and becomes past due, Marketplace reserves the right to attempt to collect past due fees by charging the seller's card on file. The seller risks additional penalties such as the suspension of privileges and/or termination of the account and other collection mechanisms (including retaining collection agencies and legal counsel). If you have a question or wish to dispute a charge, contact Marketplace support.
Manipulation: The price stated in each Marketplace Item Description must be an accurate representation of the sale. Manipulation refers to activities whereby the price no longer accurately represents the monetary value of the transaction. For example manipulative activities include, but are not limited to, intentionally stating one price in the Item Description but charging a higher price to the buyer, altering the item's price prior to a sale for the purpose of avoiding Marketplace transaction fees, and hacking into another account and altering prices. Neither buyer nor seller, may manipulate the price of any item for any reason. Sellers have up to 90 days from the date of the transaction to request refunds on the final value fees. Final value fee refund requests on transactions outside of 90 days will not be honored.
V. Usage Guidelines
Third Party Content; Identity Verification: You understand that the Marketplace, including Marketplace booth chat, acts only as a marketing platform and technical interface between users and that Marketplace does not itself verify the qualifications of users, nor does it evaluate or control in any ongoing manner exchanges between users. Any opinions or statements expressed by a user are of those of the user alone, and are not to be attributed to Marketplace. Marketplace cannot and does not assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, safety, reliability, timeliness, innocuousness, legality or applicability of anything said, written, posted, displayed or otherwise made available by any user. You understand that you may be exposed to content that you find offensive to you, and that you use the Marketplace at your own risk. Please use caution, common sense, and practice safe trading when using Marketplace. Please note that there are also risks of dealing with underage persons or people acting under false pretense. Additionally, there may also be risks dealing with international trade and foreign nationals. By using Marketplace, you agree to accept such risks and that Marketplace (and our officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures and employees) is not responsible for any and all acts or omissions of users on Marketplace Marketplace uses many techniques to verify the accuracy of the information Marketplace's users provide to Marketplace when they register on Marketplace. However, because user verification on the Internet is difficult, Marketplace cannot and does not confirm each user's purported identity. Thus, Marketplace has established a user-initiated feedback system to help you evaluate with whom you are dealing. Marketplace also encourages you to communicate directly with potential transaction partners through the tools available on Marketplace. You may also wish to consider using a third party escrow service or services that provide additional user verification.
Prohibited, Questionable and Infringing Usage; Restricted Activities: Your Activities which results in Your Information (or any items listed) on Marketplace shall not: (a) be false, inaccurate or misleading; (b) be fraudulent or involve the sale of illegal, counterfeit, stolen items or items which violate the Terms of Use in any way; (c) infringe upon any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary or intellectual property rights or rights of publicity or privacy; (d) violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising); Marketplace also does not permit the listing of items that have been identified by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) as hazardous to consumers and therefore subject to a recall; (e) be defamatory, trade libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing; (f) be obscene or contain child pornography (g) contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, easter eggs or other computer programming routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information; (h) create liability for us or cause us to lose (in whole or in part) the services of our ISPs or other suppliers; and (i) link directly or indirectly to or include descriptions of goods or services that: (aa) are prohibited under this Agreement, the Privacy Policy, or other policy documents and community guidelines as posted on Marketplace or; (bb) are identical to other items you have for sale but are priced lower; (cc) are concurrently listed for sale on a web site other than Marketplace's (this does not prevent linking to or advertising an Marketplace item from another web site); or (dd) you do not have a right to link to or include. Furthermore, you may not list any item on Marketplace (or consummate any transaction that was initiated using our service) that, by paying to us the listing fee or the final value fee, could cause us to violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation, or that violates the Terms of Use.
Access and Interference: Marketplace may contain robot exclusion headers. Much of the information on Marketplace is updated on a real time basis and is proprietary or is licensed to Marketplace by Marketplace's users or third parties. You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access Marketplace for any purpose without our prior express written permission. Additionally, you agree that you will not: (i) take any action that imposes, or may impose, in our sole discretion, an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (ii) copy, reproduce, modify, create derivative works from, distribute or publicly display any content from the Site without the prior expressed written permission of Marketplace and the appropriate third party, as applicable; (iii) interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activities conducted on the Site; or (iv) bypass our robot exclusion headers or other measures we may use to prevent or restrict access to Marketplace.
Feedback Integrity; Feedback Export: You may not take any actions that may undermine the integrity of the feedback system. Marketplace may, without prior notice, limit the number of purchases and listings, which you may place on Marketplace based upon the level of your feedback. If you earn a low percentage feedback rating, your account will automatically be flagged for staff review, at which time your membership may be fully or partially suspended, and you may be unable to list or buy. You acknowledge that your feedback consists of comments left by other users and a composite feedback number compiled by Marketplace. Further, you acknowledge that the composite number, without the feedback comments, does not convey your full user reputation. Because feedback ratings are not designed for any purpose other than for facilitating transactions between Marketplace users, you agree that you shall not market or export your Marketplace feedback rating in any venue other than a Marketplace operated website.
VIII. Miscellaneous Terms and Coditions
Breach: Without limiting other remedies available, Marketplace may, without prior notice, limit your activity, immediately remove your item listings, warn Marketplace's community of your actions, issue a warning, temporarily suspend, indefinitely suspend or terminate your membership (without refunding any fees) and refuse to provide our services to you if: (a) you breach this Agreement or other policy documents and community guidelines this Terms of Use incorporates by reference; (b) Marketplace is unable to verify or authenticate any of Your Information; or (c) Marketplace believes that your actions may cause financial loss or legal liability for you, Marketplace's users or Marketplace. No Warranty: MARKETPLACE, MARKETPLACE'S SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND MARKETPLACE'S SUPPLIERS PROVIDE MARKETPLACE'S WEB SITE AND SERVICES "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY. MARKETPLACE, MARKETPLACE'S SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND MARKETPLACE'S SUPPLIERS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.
Limitation On Liability: IN NO EVENT SHALL MARKETPLACE, AND (AS APPLICABLE) MARKETPLACE'S SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES OR MARKETPLACE'S SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR SITE, OUR SERVICES OR THIS AGREEMENT (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE). MARKETPLACE'S LIABILITY, AND (AS APPLICABLE) THE LIABILITY OF MARKETPLACE'S SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AND SUPPLIERS, TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT OF FEES YOU PAY TO MARKETPLACE IN THE 12 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACTION GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY, AND (B) $100. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Indemnification: YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD MARKETPLACE AND (AS APPLICABLE) MARKETPLACE'S PARENT, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES, HARMLESS FROM ANY CLAIM OR DEMAND, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES, MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY DUE TO OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE DOCUMENTS IT INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE, OR YOUR VIOLATION OF ANY LAW OR THE RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY.
Legal Compliance: You agree to comply with all applicable domestic and international laws, statutes, ordinances and regulations regarding your use of our service and your listing, purchase, solicitation of offers to purchase, and sale of items.
Privacy Policy
Your privacy At Marketplace, we take your privacy very seriously. This privacy policy (the "Policy") applies to our website vibeforge.co. This policy describes how Marketplace collects and handles your personal information when you use our Site. This Policy only covers Marketplace and the information we collect on the Site and does not extend to people, or companies that Marketplace does not employ or manage. We reserve the right to modify this Policy. We will notify you of substantial changes to this Policy by telling you about them in the forums. Should we make a material change to the manner in which we handle your collected personal information, we will place a prominent notice on the Site, or notify you by email prior to the change becoming effective.
• We do not share your personal information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
• We will not give personal information to advertisers;
• We do not tolerate spam;
You may occasionally be notified by email of announcements from Marketplace; you may opt out of these announcements at any time by using the unsubscribe link contained in each email announcement.
Information we collect Our main purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with an enjoyable, customized, and efficient experience on our Site. It is our policy to never willfully disclose any personal information about our registered users to the general public without their consent. Marketplace collects information from you when you register and conduct certain activities on the Site. We collect your full name, valid telephone number, contact/billing information, email address, and shipping address. Most of this information is collected only when you decide to become a seller on the site. Each Member must create a unique user id and password. We also provide you the opportunity to create a profile on the Site, which, depending on your preferences can be public or private. Please note that any information you select to provide in your public profile or via other public areas of the Site can be viewed and used by other Members of these forums to send you unsolicited messages. Marketplace is not responsible for the personal information users' elect to disclose in public forums and we encourage you to use discretion. When you elect to email a friend about the Site, we request their email address to fulfill your request. We use this third party personal information to send this one time email and for no other purposes. In the event that you select to import your contacts, we shall not store your password but shall access your information specifically for the purpose of updating your address book. We do not use the third party personal information of your contacts that you store in your account for any promotional purposes, or any purpose not explicitly requested by you. We post testimonials on the Site. These testimonials include users' names. We obtain users' permission prior to posting testimonials on the Site. We are not responsible for the personal information a user elects to share within their testimonial. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at support@vibeforge.co. We collect some information from your browser. This includes your IP address and the name of the page you requested. This information helps us to diagnose problems with our servers and administer the Site. Basically, your IP address helps us in identifying you and your specific needs. Cookies and other tracking technology: We also collect information from cookies, which are software tags that are stored by a browser onto your hard drive. These bits of information are general in nature and they allow us to customize our Site to fit your specific preferences. Cookies also allow you to log onto or navigate through specific sections of our Site without having to re-enter certain information. You can decline the use of cookies, if any, through your browser. We tie cookie information to users' to user accounts in order to track users who set up duplicate accounts. However, we don't make this information publicly visible/available in any way. On occasion we may also employ Web Beacons and clear Gifs on the Site to track information and traffic on the Site. A Web Beacon is a small 1x1 image that allows a Site to monitor site traffic. Third Party Cookies: We may from time to time engage third parties to track and analyze non-personally identifiable usage and volume statistical information from visitors to our Site to help us administer our Site and improve its quality. Such third parties may use cookies to help track visitor behavior. Such cookies will not be used to associate individual website visitors to any personal information. Our third party partners employ clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web Bugs), images, and scripts that help them better manage content on our Site. We do [not] tie the information gathered to our Customers’ or Users’ personal information.
How is my information used? The information collected from Marketplace Members is used to improve product offerings, customize our Site's content and layout, and for marketing and statistical effort. Occasionally, we will send you emails about our new services or promotions. You can always opt-out of receiving any information from us by updating your account preferences in your account or by using the unsubscribe link contained in each email. To change access, delete, or modify any of your personal information can be accomplished by logging into your account on the Site. We do reserve the right to send users service and notification emails, which are considered a part of your account; given that these messages are not promotional in nature, you generally cannot opt-out of account notifications without deleting your account.
Who will see my personal information? Our number one priority is to keep your personal information private and confidential. We will not willfully disclose your personal information to third parties. And we will not rent or sell your personal information to anyone. However, certain personal information will be made available to others in the process of using our Site. This information includes:
- Other visitors to our Site may view your user ID, rating, city, profile (which includes multiple fields you may elect to fill out or leave blank), and other items you have for sale;
- In order to complete the transaction, the buyer and seller are provided with each other’s email and postal address;
- When making an offer, the seller can view your user ID, rating and your city.
Of course, once you provide personal information to a buyer or seller on our Site, Marketplace has no control over how that information is used by the other individual. You should discuss any privacy concerns you may have with any individual you meet through our Site, as the only protection you will have is whatever terms you agree to directly with the other individual. Marketplace will disclose your personal information to others under the following circumstances:
• You consent to share the information;
• To law enforcement where a formal request has been made such as in responding to subpoenas, court orders or legal process;
• Your actions on our Site are, or appear to be, in violation of the Terms of Service and disclosure of this information will assist in efforts to enforce the Terms of Service;
• You post a listing, which Marketplace believes in its sole discretion, may create liability for Marketplace and disclosure of this personal information may minimize or eliminate its liability.
To our service providers: we employ the services of a third-party payment processor on the Site to fulfill payment when a purchase is executed. This third party isn't authorized to utilize your personal information for any other purposes. We also employ the services of a third party shipping agent.
Nothing in this Policy shall limit, prohibit, or otherwise deny the ability of Marketplace to (1) transfer, assign, or sell its assets, including, without limitation, the assets of our Site, to a third party or (2) dispose of its assets in any manner through bankruptcy or similar proceeding. Marketplace also makes no representations regarding, and disclaims all liability arising out of, or related to, the accuracy or completeness of the information it collects and discloses through our Site. In the event of a business transfer of assets, which could include your personal information, we shall notify you by email or by a notice on the Site of any significant changes to the information practices governing your personal information.
Minors: (those under the age of 18) are not eligible to use Marketplace unless they use our Site through a parent or guardian who is a registered Member of Marketplace.
Your Responsibilities: We go to great lengths to protect all of your information on our Site. In order to help us maintain the security of your personal information, we ask that you do not share your password with anybody. Sharing this information could put you and your rating as a buyer/seller at risk. If you lose control of your password or you think that somebody has obtained unauthorized access to your account, immediately change your password. Please contact us at support@vibeforge.co if you have any questions. We employ industry accepted standards in protecting your personal information during your use of the Site and have established physical and electronic safe guards to protect your information. The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number) on our order forms, we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). No method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot and do not guarantee that your information will not suffer unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure or access. By using our Site, you acknowledge these risks.
Data Retention: We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services contact us at support@vibeforge.co. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Blog Disclosure: If you use a bulletin board, blog, or chat room on this website, you should be aware that any personal information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other members of these forums, and can be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personal information that you choose to submit in these forums. To request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum, contact us at support@vibeforge.co. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
Third-Party Sites: The Site contains links to other web sites. Marketplace is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these other web sites. You will need to check the policy statement of these others web sites to understand their policies. If you access a linked site, you may be disclosing your personal information. Marketplace is not responsible for the personal information you may disclose by accessing other web sites through Site links.
Behavioral Targeting / Re-Targeting: We partner with a third party ad network to either display advertising on our Site or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our ad network partner uses cookies and Web beacons to collect non-personally identifiable information about your activities on the Site and other web sites to provide you targeted advertising based upon your interests. You can adjust your Google ad settings here
Single Sign-On: You can log in to our Site using sign-in services such as Facebook Connect or an Open ID provider. These services will authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share certain personal information with us such as your name and email address to pre-populate our sign up form. Services like Facebook Connect give you the option to post information about your activities on the Site to your Facebook profile page to share with others within your network.
Social Media Widgets: Our Site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button [and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site]. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Site , and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing the Feature.
EU Data Subject Rights: Lawful Grounds. If you reside in the European Economic Area or Switzerland (collectively the “EU”), we rely on the following lawful grounds under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) to process (collect, store, and use) your personal data: (a) it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you; (b) our or a third-party’s legitimate business interest; or (c) your consent. Data Transfer Notice. We are located in the United States and transfer your personal data for processing in the United States. We make the transfer to the United States in the absence of an adequacy decision because it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, or with your explicit consent. Individual Rights and Data Subject Requests. We provide you tools to change access, delete, or modify any of your personal information by logging into your account on the Site. You may also contact us at privacy@vibeforge.co to request access to, transfer of, and rectification or erasure of your personal data, or restriction of processing, or to object to processing of your personal data. Please specify the nature of your request and the information that is the subject of your request. We may require you to submit additional information necessary to verify your identity and status as an EU data subject. We will respond to your request within 30 days. If we are processing your personal data based upon the lawful ground of your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent for such processing at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before it is withdrawn. To withdraw consent, email us at privacy@vibeforge.co
We want to hear from you
- Your opinion truly counts. Our Site was designed to serve the needs of our Members. Please contact us with any questions or comments. You may do this by sending an email to support@vibeforge.co
Compliance Status
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we are striving to attain the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1). These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML, adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email: support@vibeforge.co
Screen-reader and keyboard navigation
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
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Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all of the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
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Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside of it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
• Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
• Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
• Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
• ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
• Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
• Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Additional UI, Design, and Readability Adjustments
1. Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
2. Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over 7 different coloring options.
3. Animations – epileptic users can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
4. Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
5. Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
6. Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
7. Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
Browser and Assistive Technology Compatiblity
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers), both for Windows and for MAC users.
Notes, Comments, and Feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs, there may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to support@vibeforge.co for assistance.
Last updated January 10th, 2025
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Queerlinq LLC, doing business as VibeForge (“VibeForge", “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 this privacy notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at support@vibeforge.co
When you visit our website at https://vibeforge.co (the "Website"), and more generally, use any of our services (the "Services", which include the Website), we appreciate that you are trusting 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 Services immediately.
This privacy notice applies to all information collected through our Services (which, as described above, includes our Website), as well as any related services, sales, marketing or events.
Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information that we collect.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
6. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
7. WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?
8. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
9. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
10. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
11. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
12. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
13. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
14. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Website, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Website (such as by posting messages in our online forums or entering competitions, contests or giveaways) or otherwise when you contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Website, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
Personal Information Provided by You. We collect names; email addresses; usernames; passwords; contact preferences; gender; sexual orientation; location; and other similar information.
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by Paypal. You may find their privacy notice link(s) here: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full.
Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, like your Facebook, Twitter or other social media account. If you choose to register in this way, we will collect the information described in the section called "HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS" below.
Information automatically collected
- Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic usage and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Website and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type and settings and information about your activity in the Website (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called 'crash dumps') and hardware settings).
- Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet or other device you use to access the Website. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system configuration information.
- Location Data. We collect information data such as information about your device's location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type of settings of the device you use to access the Website. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Locations settings on your device. Note however, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.
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 Website for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.
We use the information we collect or receive:
- To facilitate account creation and logon process. If you choose to link your account with us to a third-party account (such as your Google or Facebook account), we use the information you allowed us to collect from those third parties to facilitate account creation and logon process for the performance of the contract. See the section below headed "HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS" for further information.
- To post testimonials. We post testimonials on our Website that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and the consent of the testimonial. If you wish to update, or delete your testimonial, please contact us at legal@vibeforge.co and be sure to include your name, testimonial location, and contact information.
- Request feedback. We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Website.
- To enable user-to-user communications. We may use your information in order to enable user-to-user communications with each user's consent.
- To manage user accounts. We may use your information for the purposes of managing our account and keeping it in working order.
- To send administrative information to you. We may use your personal information to send you product, service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
- To protect our Services. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our Website safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).
- To enforce our terms, conditions and policies for business purposes, to comply with legal and regulatory requirements or in connection with our contract.
- 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.
- Fulfill and manage your orders. We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Website.
- Administer prize draws and competitions. We may use your information to administer prize draws and competitions when you elect to participate in our competitions.
- To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may use your information to provide you with the requested service.
- To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may use your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the use of our Services.
- To send you marketing and promotional communications. We and/or our third-party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. For example, when expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our Website, subscribing to marketing or otherwise contacting us, we will collect personal information from you. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time (see the "WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS" below).
- Deliver targeted advertising to you. We may use your information to develop and display personalized content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
- For other business purposes. We may use your information for other business purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Website, products, marketing and your experience. We may use and store this information in aggregated and anonymized form so that it is not associated with individual end users and does not include personal information. We will not use identifiable personal information without your consent.
3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
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.
- Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.
- Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
- Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
- Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
- Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:
- Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.
5. DO WE USE GOOGLE MAPS?
In Short: Yes, we use Google Maps for the purpose of providing better service.
This Website uses Google Maps APIs which is subject to Google's Terms of Service. You may find the Google Maps APIs Terms of Service here. To find out more about Google’s Privacy Policy, please refer to this link. We obtain and store on your device ('cache') your location. You may revoke your consent anytime by contacting us at the contact details provided at the end of this document.
6. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our services using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.
Our Website offers you the ability to register and login using your third-party social media account details (like your Facebook or Twitter logins). Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile information about you from your social media provider. The profile Information we receive may vary depending on the social media provider concerned, but will often include your name, email address, friends list, profile picture as well as other information you choose to make public on such social media platform.
We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this privacy notice or that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant Website. Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third-party social media provider. We recommend that you review their privacy notice to understand how they collect, use and share your personal information, and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.
7. WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?
In Short: We are not responsible for the safety of any information that you share with third-party providers who advertise, but are not affiliated with, our Website.
The Website may contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, online services or mobile applications. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this privacy notice. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services or applications that may be linked to or from the Website. You should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.
8. 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). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, 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.
9. 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, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Website is at your own risk. You should only access the Website within a secure environment.
10. 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.
If you are resident in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at legal@vibeforge.co.
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:
â– Log in to your account settings and update your user account.
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Website. To opt-out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on our Website visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
Opting out of email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contacting us using the details provided below. You will then be removed from the marketing email list – however, we may still communicate with you, for example to send you service-related emails that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes. To otherwise opt-out, you may:
â– Access your account settings and update your preferences.
11. 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. At this stage, 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.
12. 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 Website, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Website. 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 Website, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g. backups, etc.).
13. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice 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.
14. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at legal@vibeforge.co or by post to:
HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please email support@vibeforge.co. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
To enhance your account security, go to Settings > Security > Two-Factor Authentication, and enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). Follow the instructions to link your mobile device.
To change your email address, navigate to Settings > Account Settings, and update your email. Don't forget to save the changes.
If you're having trouble logging in, please ensure that your email and password are correct. If you've forgotten your password, use the "Forgot Password?" option. If the issue persists, contact our support team.