Privacy Policy


Effective Date: March 22, 2024

BENJI is a pet adoption app for trusted connections and the exchange of helpful information, goods, and services. We use "BENJI" here to refer to the BENJI websites and our iOS and Android applications (also referred to as our "Service"). We also use "BENJI", "we", "us" and "our" to refer to BENJI, California non-profit organization, which provides our Service. The use of our Services is subject to the 'Terms of Use', of which this Privacy Policy is a part. Certain capitalized terms used but not defined in this Privacy Policy are defined in the Terms of Use.

This Privacy Policy explains how BENJI collects and uses your personal information to provide our services to you. Unless otherwise indicated, this Privacy Policy applies to all our websites, domains, apps, products, services, and features in all geographies in which BENJI offers its Services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, applications, or services that display or link to other Privacy Policies.

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this page.

We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our privacy practices and the ways in which you can exercise choice over these practices. The practices described in this Privacy Policy are subject to applicable laws in the locations in which we operate; this means that we only engage in the practices described below in a particular location if permitted under the laws of that location.

How Do We Collect and Use Your Information?

We collect and process information about you with your consent and/or as necessary to provide the products and services you use, operate our business, meet our contractual and legal obligations, protect the security of our systems and our customers, or fulfill other legitimate interests.

We collect information about you in various ways when you use our Services, including information you provide directly, information collected automatically, and information collected via third-party data sources.

When you are asked to provide information, you may decline. But if you choose not to provide information that is necessary for certain products or features, those products or features may not be available or function correctly.

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information you provide directly to us, as follows:

Account Information

includes personal information we collect when you create an account, create or edit your profile, or list your Pet Products and Services through the Service. Account information includes your name, email address, location, phone number, website, and any other account-related information you choose to provide.

We use this information to:

  • - create and register your account on the BENJI Service;
  • - provide, maintain and improve our Service;
  • - enable communications between you and other Service Users;
  • - send you technical notices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages;
  • - present you with content that is relevant to you; and
  • - communicate with you about items, services and promotions, offered by BENJI LLC. and third parties, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you.

Communication Information

Includes the content of any communications you send and receive through the Service, such as messages or reviews, communications you send and receive when you participate in any other interactive features of the Services, or your communications to or from BENJI (including the content of any recorded telephone calls).

We use this information to:

  • - provide, maintain and improve our Services;
  • - detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal or unauthorized activities and protect the rights and property of BENJI LLC. and others; and
  • - respond to your comments, questions and requests and provide customer service.

Content and Files

We use this information to:

  • - create and register your account on the BENJI Service;
  • - provide, maintain and improve our Service;
  • - enable communications between you and other Service Users; and
  • - detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal or unauthorized activities and protect the rights and property of you and others.

Identification Information

We may collect certain personal information from you for purposes of verifying your identity or assisting with your creation of a payment account. We use Stripe for identity verification. Stripe collects your name, date of birth, and social security number ("Identity Information"), as well as information about the devices that connect to its services. All Identity Information used to verify the Service User is held by Stripe and Stripe may use the Identity Information to operate and improve the services it provides, including fraud detection. You can learn more about Stripe and read its privacy policy at https://stripe.com/privacy.

We use this information to:

  • - detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal or unauthorized activities and protect the rights and property of BENJI and others; and
  • - create a payment disbursement account with our third-party payment processor on your behalf.

Information Security

BENJI LLC. takes reasonable measures designed to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration and destruction. Please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or through mobile applications is 100% safe. Therefore, although we use commercially reasonable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children

The Service is not intended for use by children under 13 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without the consent of the child's parent or guardian as required by law, we will delete it.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the Service. If required by law we will also provide notification of changes in another way that we believe is reasonably likely to reach you, such as via email or another manner through the Service. Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the modified version (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting). In all cases, your continued use of the Service after the effective date of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy.

How to contact us

Email: info@findbenji.com

BENJI - CA non-profit