1. Introduction

Valentine Enterprises, Inc. (“VEI,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the Site veiusa.com (the “Site”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

2. Applicable Information

This policy applies to information pertaining to you, such as your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and other identifiers, we collect:

· On the Site.

· In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and the Site.

· Directly from you in voluntary submissions, such as when you sign up for newsletters, promotions, or updates, or when you participate in surveys or interactive features of the Site.

· When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

It does not apply to information collected by:

· Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by VEI or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or

· Any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Site.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you must not use the Site. By accessing or using the Site, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of the Site after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

3. Information We Collect and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Site, including information:

· By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);

· That is about you but individually does not identify you; and/or

· About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Site, and usage details.

We collect this information:

· Directly from you when you provide it to us.

· Automatically as you navigate through the Site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.

· From third parties, for example, our business partners.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through the Site may include:

· Information that you provide by filling in forms on the Site. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use the Site or posting material to the Site. We may also ask you for information when you enter a contest or promotion sponsored by us, and when you report a problem with the Site.

· Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.

· Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.

· Your search queries on the Site.

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted”) on public areas of the Site, or transmitted to other users of the Site or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions”). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we may limit access to certain pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Site with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with the Site, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

· Details of your visits to the Site, which may include traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Site.

· Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve the Site and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

· Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.

· Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize the Site according to your individual interests.

· Speed up your searches.

· Recognize you when you return to the Site.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

· Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to the Site. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for cookies, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

· Web Beacons. Pages of the Site and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie non-personal information collected automatically to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or that you provide to us.

 

4. How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

· To present the Site and its contents to you.

· To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.

· To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.

· To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.

· To notify you about changes to the Site or any products or services we offer or provide though it.

· To allow you to participate in interactive features on the Site.

· In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.

· For any other purpose with your consent.

5. Sharing of Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and we may disclose information that does not identify any individual without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

· To our subsidiaries and affiliates.

· To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.

· To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of VEI’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by VEI about users of the Site is among the assets transferred.

· To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.

· For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

· With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

· To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

· To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.

If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of VEI, our customers, or others.

6. Data Security

We implement industry-standard measures (e.g., encryption, firewalls, access controls) to protect your data. However, no electronic transmission or storage is entirely secure. We

encourage you to use strong passwords and notify us immediately of any suspected breaches. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of the Site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

7. Your State Privacy Rights.

State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information.

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia provide (now or in the future) their state residents with rights to:

· Confirm whether we process their personal information.

· Access and delete certain personal information.

· Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature processing purpose (excluding Iowa and Utah).

· Data portability.

· Opt-out of personal data processing for:

     · targeted advertising (excluding Iowa);

     · sales; or

     · profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (excluding Iowa and Utah).

· Either limit (opt-out of) or require consent to process sensitive personal information.

· The exact scope of these rights may vary by state.

To exercise these rights, contact us at info@veiusa.com. We will respond within the time required by law.

8. Third-Party Links

The Site may link to external websites not governed by this policy. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices. Review their policies before submitting personal data.

9. Children’s Privacy

The Site is not directed at children under 13 (or 16 under GDPR). We do not knowingly collect their data. If we become aware of such information, we will delete it promptly. Parents/guardians may contact us to request removal.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy to reflect legal, technical, or operational changes at any time without notice. Material revisions will be posted here with an update date. Your continued use of the Site after the update date constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms.

11. Contact Us

For questions, requests, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy, email us at info@veiusa.com.