Slope | Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice explains how Slope Inc., (“Slope,” “we”, “our” or “us”) collects, uses and discloses personal information about you when you access or visit our website at www.slopepay.com (the “Site”) or our services offered in connection with the Site (collectively with the Site, the “Service”).

From time to time, we may also provide you with additional privacy notices or disclosures, which may supplement or clarify our privacy practices or may provide you with additional choices or information about how we process your data. This Privacy Notice does not cover or apply to our processing of information about our employees or contractors or to our processing of information relating to our business customers (“Merchants”) or to their processing of information relating to their own customers. Our Merchants’ respective privacy policies govern their privacy practices, and so, customers and transacting users of our Merchants should refer to those privacy policies to learn how our Merchants process personal information.

1. Information we collect

We collect information that you provide in connection with the Service, information from third parties, and information that is collected automatically such as through the use of cookies and other technologies.

Information That You Provide
We collect personal information you provide us. The types of information we collect can include: your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, applicable interests, communication preferences, or any other personal information you choose to provide to us.

Information We Collect Automatically
We automatically collect certain information about your interactions with us or our Service, including:

• Device and Usage Information: We collect information about how you access our Service, including data about the device and network you use, such as your hardware model, operating system version, mobile network, IP address, unique device identifiers, browser type, and app version. We also collect information about your activity on our Service, such as access times, pages viewed, links clicked, and the page you visited before navigating to our Service.
• Information Collected by Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies: We (and those who perform work for us) use tracking technologies, such as cookies and web beacons, to collect information about your interactions with the Service. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve our Service and your experience, see which areas and features of our Service are popular, and count visits. Web beacons (also known as "pixel tags" or "clear GIFs") are electronic images that we use on our Service and in our emails to help deliver cookies, count visits, and understand usage and campaign effectiveness.

Transacting Users
For transacting users with one of our Merchants, we may also obtain personal information from third parties that such users may use to connect and disclose their financial information with our Service. For example, transacting users may elect to authorize Plaid, Inc. to disclose certain banking information with our Service, in which case both the Plaid, Inc. Privacy Policy and the Merchant’s privacy policy would apply.

Linking Slope account
If you choose to link your Slope account with your account with a merchant, we will link your Slope account with that merchant’s transaction page and provide you an option to pay with Slope every time you checkout with that merchant. Since you have linked your Slope account with the merchant’s checkout process, you no longer have to login to your Slope account to pay with Slope at that merchant, and the merchant has access to your account information to automatically process a transaction with Slope. You can always “unlink” your Slope account with a merchant at any time on the Slope portal.

2. How we use personal information

We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our Service. We also use the information we collect to:

• To communicate with you and respond to your requests, such as to respond to your questions and contact you about changes to the Service;
• For marketing and advertising purposes, such as to market to you or offer you with information and updates on our products or services we think that you may be interested in;
• For analytics and research purposes, including to monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Service;
• To detect, investigate, and help prevent security incidents and other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity and help protect the rights and property of Slope and others;
• To comply with contractual and legal obligations and requirements;
• To create de-identified, anonymized, or aggregated information; and
• For any other lawful purpose, or other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected or to which you consent.

3. How we disclose personal information

We may disclose your personal information in the instances described below:

• Service Providers and Vendors: We disclose personal information to third party service providers and vendors who perform services on our behalf, which may include web hosting service providers, technology support providers, email communications providers, analytics providers, and data storage providers.
• Corporate Transaction: We may transfer any information we collect in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including any shares in the company) or any portion or combination of our products, services, businesses and/or assets. Should such a transaction occur, we will use reasonable efforts to ensure that any transferred information is treated in a manner consistent with this Privacy Notice.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose personal information if we believe that disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. We may disclose personal information if we believe that your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or other policies, if we believe that you have violated the law, or if we believe it is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Slope, our Customers, visitors, or others.
• Advisors: We may disclose personal information with our lawyers and other professional advisors where necessary to obtain advice or otherwise protect and manage our business interests.
• Affiliates: Personal information is shared between and among Slope and our current and future parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries and other companies under common control and ownership.
• With Your Consent: We may disclose your information publicly or with another third party with your consent or at your direction.

With others in an aggregated or otherwise anonymized form that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

4. Your Choices

• Modifying or Deleting Your Information: If you have questions about reviewing, changing, or deleting your information, you can contact us directly at support@slope.so. We may not be able to modify or delete your information in all circumstances.
• Emails and Notifications: You can stop receiving promotional email communications from us by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link provided in such communications. You may also unsubscribe from receiving SMS text messages by replying “STOP” to the number sending the message. We make every effort to promptly process all unsubscribe requests.
• If you would prefer not to accept cookies, most browsers will allow you to: (i) change your browser settings to notify you when you receive a cookie, which lets you choose whether or not to accept it; (ii) disable existing cookies; or (iii) set your browser to automatically reject cookies. Please note that doing so may negatively impact your experience using the sites, as some features and services on our sites may not work properly. Depending on your mobile device and operating system, you may not be able to delete or block all cookies. You may also set your e-mail options to prevent the automatic downloading of images that may contain technologies that would allow us to know whether you have accessed our e-mail and performed certain functions with it.

5. How we use cookies and other tracking technology to collect information

We, and our third-party partners, automatically collect certain types of usage information when you visit our Site, read our emails, or otherwise engage with us. We typically collect this information through a variety of tracking technologies, including cookies, web beacons, embedded scripts, location-identifying technologies, file information, and similar technology (collectively, “tracking technologies”).

We, and our third-party partners, use tracking technologies to automatically collect information about your use of our Service and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in mobile apps, links clicked, and conversion information. Our online data partners or vendors may associate information from tracking technologies with other personal information they or others have about you, including your email. We (or our service providers on our behalf) may then send you communications and marketing to these emails. You may opt out of receiving this advertising by visiting https://app.retention.com/optout.

This information may be used by Slope and others to, among other things: (a) provide and monitor the effectiveness of our services; (b) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, usage, and demographic patterns on our Site; (c) diagnose or fix technology problems; (d) better understand your online activity; and (e) otherwise to plan for and enhance our services.

6. Analytics

We engage others to provide analytics services. These entities may use cookies or similar tracking technologies to collect information about your use of the Service, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages, click stream information, browser type, time and date you visited the site, and conversion information. This information is used by Slope and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand your online activity.

7. Links to third-party websites and services

For your convenience, our Site may provide links to third-party websites or services that we do not own or operate. We are not responsible for the practices employed by any websites or services linked to or from the services, including the information or content contained within them. Your browsing and interaction on any other website or service are subject to the applicable third party’s rules and policies, not ours. If you are using a third-party website or service, you do so at your own risk. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any site or service before providing any personal information.

8. Children’s privacy

Our services are not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we learn that any personal information has been collected inadvertently from a child under 13, we will delete the information as soon as possible. If you believe that we might have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us at support@slopepay.com.

9. Changes to privacy notice

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Notice from time to time in our sole discretion. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes in the way we treat personal data, we will provide additional notice (such as by sending an email to you or by placing a prominent notice on our Site). We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice regularly to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.

10. Contact us

For additional inquiries about this Privacy Notice, please send us an email at support@slopepay.com.