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PRIVACY POLICY AND COOKIE STATEMENT
Welcome to viaakonnect.com

We’ve created an online space to help you find a unique and personally-tailored means of connection through a system of hosting and attending events. We have developed a simple set of guidelines for your convenience. Please take the time to carefully go through them so it that you may navigate our platform with ease and understanding.

We’re serious about guarding the privacy of our users. The outline of our privacy policy is determined to tackle all of your security concerns. This will be a brief in regards to how viaakonnect.com collects. Uses, processes and discloses your information. This policy applies to the collective host of our platforms including our websites, mobile applications and our social media accounts. Our site may contain links to independent third party websites.

Viaakonnect.com is not responsible for the privacy practices, provisions, utilities or contents of unaffiliated websites.

By sharing your information with us through the listing of a event or the search for one, as well as any extraneous tools or services provided on this site, you are expressly agreeing to the terms of our privacy policy. If you have further concerns about our practices please feel free to review our policy in full. We will be sure to take note of your feedback

Information We Gather

In order to render the highest quality services to our users, we may collect information about your visit. The information we gather includes your search history, IP address, screen resolution, browser used, operating system and settings, access times and referring URL. If you inquire, book, or post a listing on our web portal, we collect your personal information as follows: your full name, date of birth, email address and password. Please note that by providing us with your personal information, you are agreeing that you have the authorization to provide this information and that it is true, accurate and current

How We Use Your Personal Data

There are a number of reasons as to why we may collect your personal data. Our primary purpose of collecting your data is to provide you with the services you request and those which we believe will enhance your experience of our site. We may also collect it for the following reasons

Disclosure Of Information To Third Party Sources

We may disclose your personal data to carry out our policies where we are permitted or required to do so as applicable by law. Such as in response to a request by law enforcement or governmental authority, in connection with actual or proposed litigation, or to protect our property, people and other rights or interests.

If substantially all of our assets are sold or merged with another company, we will immediately notify you of the transaction and the acquiring entity shall be given access to your personal information. If we sell only a part of our business, the acquiring entity may still have access to your personal information without your consent and we will send you a notice regarding the sale.

We may also disclose your information to:
How Do We Protect Your Personal Information?

We keep the information we collect stored in our systems protected from unauthorized access and misuse. Our systems are configured with data encryption, as well as scrambling technologies and firewalls constructed to industry standards. Your personal information may only be accessed by authorized persons within our organizations, or our third party suppliers, who require the access to carry out the uses indicated in this privacy policy. We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to safeguard against unauthorized or illegal processing of your personal data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, your personal data. While no system is completely secure, we believe the measures executed by our site lessen your vulnerability and susceptibility to security problems to a level suitable to the type of data involved. We have security measures in place to protect our user database and access to this database is internally restricted.

Use Of Your Photographs and Videos

There may be photographers and/or videographers hired by Viaakonnect.com to record and capture videos and photographs of all the events present and/or attending and/or participating in events aggregated or organised by Viaakonnect.com. ‘Events present’ refers to users who have signed up with Viaakonnect.com and booked the event for themselves and the guests accompanying them i.e attendees whose entry/ticket is booked by the primary attendee through means of payment, a Viaakonnect.com ambassador, or any person present during/at the event who is invited by the host, in addition to any executives representing any brands associated to the event or any individual present at the event.

If you are participating in an event through any of the mediums or methods demonstrated above, you agree to and grant us the following permissions:

All the photographs and videos captured and recorded at the event, aggregated or organised by Viaakonnect.com are sole property of Viaakonnect.com We use these photographs and videos to expand our network and to invite people to be a part of our growing community. If you are hesitant about your privacy and do not wish to be captured or recorded at the events aggregated or organised by Viaakonnect.com.co, you can request the photographers and the videographers present at the venue not to do so. Simultaneously, you can also write to us info@viaakonnect.com and request us to not use your photographs and/or videos on our website and in all or any of our social media accounts. It is highly recommended that you request the photographer and/or videographer present at the event aggregated or organised by Viaakonnect.com not to capture or record your footage if it makes you uncomfortable, as they may not be always hired byViaakonnect.com. They may also be present on the request of the host (this refers to the host of the event or owner/organiser of the venue). Keep in mind that anyone present at our parties that may be hired by the host would do so under mutual understanding amongst both parties (host and the photographers and/or videographers). In such cases, the host should take your consent for capturing and recording videos and photographs and Viaakonnect.com will not be responsible for the photographs and videos captured at the event. Viaakonnect.com hosts must adhere to the host agreement, which sites that they must agree not to misuse any content generated at and through the event hosted and/or organised at their home and/or venue, which may be owned, rented or leased. However, it is advised to request the host or the photographers/videographers not to capture or record your photographs and videos for foreign uses and purposes.

Cookies and Tracking Tools

“Cookies” are a small files placed in your hard drive by us. They contains a string of alphanumeric characters — to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. This lets us help you log in faster and enhances your navigation through the site. Viaakonnect.com or Viaakonnect.com’s affiliates may use cookies for a number of purposes, which include keeping you logged in, showing you what you have previously viewed, analyzing your web page flow, customizing our services, remembering which page you were just on so you can be redirected back to it, and remembering your various selected preferences. We may use cookies to manage our users’ sessions and to store preferences, tracking information, and language selection. Cookies may be used regardless of whether you registered with us or not. This privacy policy solely covers Cookies used by Viaakonnect.com, and is not liable to cookies used by third party sources. You have the ability to either accept or decline the use of cookies on your computer, whether you are registered with us or not. Typically, you can configure your browser to not accept cookies. Web beacons may be used to track the traffic patterns of users from one page to another in order to maximize web traffic flow.

Phishing

If you receive an unsolicited email that appears to be from us or a party organizer that requests personal information (such as your credit card, login information, or password), or anything that asks you to verify or confirm your account/other personal information by clicking on a link, that email was likely to have been sent by someone trying to unlawfully obtain your information. This is sometimes referred to as a "phisher" or a "spoofer." Please note that we do not ask for this type of information in an email. Do not provide the information or click on the link. Be sure to contact our customer support at your earliest convenience if you get an email like this in order to alert us of the invasion.

How Long Will We Keep Your Personal Data?

We will retain your personal data only as long as is necessary for the purposes to which you consent under the Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy, or as is required by applicable law. After which, it will be removed from our system.

Changes To Privacy Policy

Viaakonnect.com. reserves the express right to change the terms of our privacy policy at our sole discretion. We will endeavor to notify you of material changes to how we use your personal information prior to implementing them, but will not be liable for any failure to do so. We may notify you by prominent notice on our website. However, we encourage you to review this privacy policy periodically. Note that by using the services after we post these changes, you indicate that you accept them

Your Consent

By using our website and signing up for our services, you consent to the collection and use of the previously mentioned information. This policy is subject to change. Privacy issues represent a growing concern for all web users. To keep up-to-date with our policies, please check this page frequently. We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions from this policy at anytime. By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.