PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: February 18, 2023
In order to ensure transparency and give you more control over your Personal Information, we provide this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy“) which governs how we (together, “we“, “our” or “us“) use, collect, and store Personal Information we collect or receive from or about any individual who uses our website (the “Website”) and/or with whom we need to communicate in order to deliver our services.
This Privacy Policy applies to visitors to our site and the personnel of our business partners (“you“). On this Website, we provide information about our services. Our Website provides reviews about vendors in the tech field. If you are a visitor to our Website, you do not need to register to our Website in order to read the reviews; and we do not require you to provide us with your contact information such as your name, email, etc. You are required to provide your name and email only if you wish to write a review. Otherwise, we will only collect about you the information mentioned in Sections 8 and 9 below. If you click on a link leading to the website of one of the vendors reviewed on our Website, you will be directed to that Vendor’s website and subject to its terms and privacy policy. These vendors do not share your information with us, and we do not use it in any way.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, so you can fully understand our practices and your rights in relation to personal data. “Personal Data” or “Personal Information” means any information that can be used, alone or together with other data, to uniquely identify any living human being.
Important note: Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit in any way your statutory right, including your rights to a remedy or means of enforcement.
Definitions
- “Applicable Laws” means the CCPA, GDPR, and any other laws which apply to our services.
- “Business Representatives” means the personnel of our service providers, resellers, distributors, agents, and/or finders.
- “CCPA” means the California Consumer Privacy Act 2018.
- “GDPR” means the General Data Protection Regulation 679/2016.
- “Users” means individuals who browse and/or make use of our Website.
- “you” means Users, Business Representatives, and any individual we communicate with in order to operate our Website and deliver our services.
We process your Personal Information in the following use cases:
- When you browse or visit our Website;
- When you publish reviews, such as posting “likes” and comments on our Website;
- When we use the Personal Information of actual or potential Business Representatives, resellers, distributors, agents, and/or finders (e.g., contact details);
- When you interact with us on our social media profiles (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn).
Table of Contents:
- What information we collect, why we collect it, and how it is used
- How we protect and retain your Personal Information
- How we share your Personal Information
- Additional information regarding transfers of Personal Information
- Your privacy rights
- Use by children
- Interaction with third-party products
- Log files
- Analytic tools
- Specific provisions applicable under California privacy law
- Contact us
This Privacy Policy can be updated from time to time and, therefore, we ask you to check back periodically for the latest version of this Privacy Policy. If we implement significant changes to the use of your Personal Information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you by posting a notice on our Website or by other means.
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT, WHY WE COLLECT IT, AND HOW IT IS USED
| Specific Personal Information we collect | Why is the Personal Information collected and for what purposes? | Legal basis (GDPR only, if applicable) | Third parties with whom we share your Personal Information | Consequences of not providing the Personal Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When you browse or visit our website | Cookies, analytic tools, and log files | Marketing, analytics, statistics, etc. | For essential cookies – Legitimate interest; for optional cookies – Consent | Google – analytics, AWS – storage, Snowflake – BI, Tableau – BI, CDN – hosting, Hosting service (may change) |
| When you publish reviews, such as posting “likes” and comments on our website | Name, email address | To post reviews, likes, and comments on our website | Consent | Google – analytics, AWS – storage, Snowflake – BI, Tableau – BI, CDN – hosting, Hosting service (may change) |
| When we use the Personal Information of actual or potential Business Representatives, resellers, distributors, agents and/or finders (e.g., contact details) | Name, business and/or personal email, business and/or personal telephone number, workplace, position of the Business Representative | To communicate with you in order to manage our relationship with your workplace | Legitimate interest | Google – analytics, AWS – storage, Snowflake – BI, Tableau – BI, CDN – hosting, Hosting service (may change) |
| When you interact with us on our social media profiles (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn) | Your social media profile | Marketing | Consent; Legitimate interest | Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn |
HOW WE PROTECT AND RETAIN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include internal reviews of our data collection, storage, and processing practices, as well as physical security measures to protect against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal information.
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. After this period, we will delete your personal information securely.
HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may share your personal information with trusted service providers or partners to assist in the operation of our website and services, as described in this Privacy Policy. These third parties may include:
- Service Providers: We share information with vendors who provide us with services such as web hosting, analytics, customer support, and data processing.
- Business Transactions: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
- Legal Compliance: We may disclose your personal information if required by law or in response to valid legal requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which we or our affiliates, subsidiaries, or service providers maintain facilities. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of your personal information to countries outside of your country of residence, which may have different data protection rules than your country.
YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information under applicable data protection laws, including:
- Access: You can request to know what personal information we hold about you.
- Rectification: You can request that we update or correct your personal information.
- Erasure: You can request that we delete your personal information.
- Portability: You can request a copy of your personal information in a machine-readable format.
- Objection: You can object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Restriction: You can request the restriction of the processing of your personal information.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below.
USE BY CHILDREN
We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.
INTERACTION WITH THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS
Our website may include links to third-party websites or products. These third-party services are not covered by this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to read their privacy policies to understand how they handle your personal information.
LOG FILES
We collect certain information automatically when you visit our website, such as your IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps. This data helps us analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
ANALYTIC TOOLS
We use third-party analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to help us analyze how visitors use our website. These tools may use cookies and other technologies to collect and store information, such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited. This information helps us improve the user experience on our website.
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS APPLICABLE UNDER CALIFORNIA PRIVACY LAW
Under California law, residents of California are granted certain privacy rights. If you are a California resident, you have the right to request:
- Information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you in the past 12 months.
- A list of the third parties with whom we have shared your personal information.
- The ability to request deletion of your personal information.
To make a request, please contact us using the contact details provided below.