You provide, such as when you make a purchase, interact with our customer service team, visit the Marketplace, participate in a contest or sweepstakes, engage in a promotional activity or respond to a survey;

From third parties, such as analytics companies, advertising networks and cooperatives, demographic companies, third parties that provide us with information about you and the different devices you use online, and other third parties that we choose to collaborate or work with;

From social media platforms, digital media publishers, and networks that you use in connection with our Marketplace. For more information about social media platforms, digital media publishers, or network privacy practices, please review the privacy policies and settings of the social media platforms, digital media publishers and networks that you use;

Using cookies and automatic collection methods. For example, we and third parties we work with may collect information from the computer, tablet, phone, or other device that you use to access the Marketplace, or that you use to open an e-mail or click on an advertisement from us. This collection includes automatically collected information, and generally does not include personal information unless you provide it or choose to share it with us. Methods we use include:

Cookies (which may be session-based or persistent, and are typically small data files that are stored on your hard drive or in connection with your Internet browser);

Web beacons or tags (small images embedded into sites or e-mails that send information about your computer, tablet, phone or other device when you visit our Marketplace, or open an e-mail we send to you);

Flash cookies

Other technologies (which may be similar to or different than the methods noted above).

To provide you with merchandise, such as to: fulfill your orders and process your payments; to provide customer service, and to provide you with products that we think you will like;

To respond to you, such as when you: place an order, call us, make a request or inquiry; enter a contest or sweepstakes, complete a survey; or share a comment or concern;

For personalization of your experiences with us, the publishers and the merchants, including to remember your interests and preferences, and customize products we share with you;

For marketing and advertising, such as to: send you marketing and advertising communications; and to customize the marketing and advertising that we show you.

For analytics, such as to: understand how you use the Marketplace, understand how you shop with us, improve our Marketplace;

For legal and safety purposes, such as to: defend or protect us, our customers, or third parties, from harm or in legal proceedings; protect our rights; protect our security and the security of our customers, and employees; respond to court orders, lawsuits, subpoenas, and government requests; address legal and regulatory compliance; and notify you of product recalls or safety issues.

Our affiliates

Third parties and service providers that provide products or Marketplace to us, that help us market or advertise to you or that deliver merchandise, customer support, or Marketplace to you. For example, we share personal information with the Publisher in whose content or website you discovered the Marketplace so that they may provide you with advertising or marketing information, and we share personal information with the Merchants who provide the merchandise that you purchase, who fulfill the delivery of the merchandise, who provide the customer service to support the purchase and any return, and who may provide you with advertising or marketing information. We may use third parties or service providers to help with auditing interactions and transactions with you, addressing security, fixing errors, helping us with advertising or marketing, assisting with the processing of orders, providing customer service, calculating indirect tax, helping with our internal research, verifying service quality or safety, and performing any of the other actions or activities allowed under this Policy.

Parties to business transactions such as those we deal with in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, sales of assets, reorganizations, divestitures, dissolutions, bankruptcies, liquidations, or other types of business transactions. In these types of transactions, personal information may be shared, sold, or transferred, and it may be used subsequently by a third party; and

Additional third parties such as law enforcement, government entities, courts, or other third parties as required or allowed by applicable law, such as for the legal and safety purposes described under the “how We Use Information” section above, or otherwise to help prevent harm or fraud to us, you, our customers, or other third parties. We also may share personal information with third parties upon your request or with your approval, though we may not be able to accommodate all requests.