Tekata Privacy Policy

Tekata, LLC. (“Company”) is committed to respecting the privacy of all persons using the Company’s website at https://tekata.io/ and other associated websites owned or operated by or for the Company (the “Site”) and the Company’s proprietary online tools and applications, including the Tekata service (the “Service”).  This Privacy Policy describes the information gathering and dissemination practices for the Site and the Service.

In order to browse our Site, you are not required to provide any personally identifiable information.  However, if you do provide any such information through the Site, this Privacy Policy will apply to Company’s use of such information. Your use of the Service is governed by and subject to the Terms of Use and nothing herein shall modify the Terms of Use.

Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time.  We will post any Privacy Policy changes on the Site and Service and, if the changes are significant, we may provide a more prominent notice by sending you an email or other electronic alert or notice.

If you do not agree to the collection, use or sharing of your personal information as described herein, please do not use the Site or Service.

 

Information we collect

We may collect the following types of information:

Information you provide — Visitors to the Site are not required to disclose any personally identifiable information to browse the Site. Visitors to the Site may provide us with certain contact information if they wish to receive information from us or to register for the Service or our mailing list.

When you sign up for and use the Service, we ask you for some basic personal information.  This includes personally identifying information such as your name, email address and mobile telephone number.  We may also request or allow you to enter more detailed personal information, such as profile photo, employer, job position, project team, expertise, reasons for using the Service and similar information.  When you use our Service, you may provide additional information for use, handling and posting by Company in connection with the provision and maintenance of the Service, including information relating to your employer or your project.

Cookies — When you use the Service, we may send one or more cookies to your computer or use tags to track your use of the Service on your mobile device. We use the information provided by cookies or tags to improve the quality of our Service, including for storing user preferences, improving search results, and tracking user trends, such as how people use our Service.

Automatically collected Information; Log information — When you visit the Site or access the Service via a browser, application or other client our servers automatically record certain information. These server logs may include information such as your web request, your interaction with a service, how long you visit a page, how many times you visit a page, information you search for, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser or your account.  When you use the Service using your smartphone or other mobile device, we collect information regarding device type, operating system, IP address and device ID. We do not share with third parties, your personal information as linked with your IP address or device ID.

User communications — When you send email or other communications to us, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve our services. We may use your email address to communicate with you about our services; provided, however that we will provide you an opportunity to opt-in to any marketing messages.

 

How we use and share Information 

Responding to your Requests – If you have provided us information in connection with a request to receive information from us about our products or services or register for our mailing list, we will use your personally identified information to fulfill your requests and to send you our newsletter.  If you wish to unsubscribe from our mailing list, you may do so by contacting us at privacy-requests@tekata.io.

Administering the Service – We use information you provide and information we automatically collect to administer the Service, to allow you and other users to use the Service, and to diagnose problems with the Service.  If applicable, we use information to process payments for the Service.  We will also analyze your information and use of the Service in order to improve and customize your experience, including remembering information so you will not have to reenter it and provide access to your data. We may also use such information to contact you regarding Service changes, system maintenance and outage issues, account issues or otherwise troubleshoot problems.

Referrals – in connection with use of the Service, we may refer or suggest products or services available from third party service providers and vendors that may be useful to you, including in response to use of the Service.  If requested by you, or if you register for any of these third party services or products through the Service, we will provide your information as provided by you to the applicable service provider.

Company Service Providers – We will disclose information to our service providers that work on our behalf or with us to fulfill your information requests and to provide the Service.  We do not permit these providers to use your information other than as necessary to provide the services to us.

Other Disclosures – We may disclose your information if we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or other governmental or law enforcement request, (b) enforce our Terms of Use, including investigation of potential violations, (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or (d) protect against or mitigate harm to the rights, property or safety of Company, its users or the public as required or permitted by law.

With Permission – If we use your personal information in a manner different than the purpose for which it was collected or other than as disclosed in this policy, then we will ask for your consent prior to such use.

Aggregate and Non-personally Identifiable Information – We may also use your non-personally identifiable information, including as aggregated with other users’ non-personally identifiable information, to analyze use of our Service, including to improve the Service. We may also share such aggregate information with third parties.

Except as set forth herein or in our Terms of Service with respect to Third Party Providers, we will not provide your personally identifiable information to any unaffiliated parties for marketing or other purposes without your consent.

Data Retention.  If you provide personal information to us through the Service, you may request that we delete such personal information from our active system by sending an email to privacy-requests@tekata.io.  Upon your request or if you cancel your registration for the Service, we will take reasonable steps to remove your personal information from the Service in accordance with our standard processes, but in any event within 60 days; but you understand and agree that: (i)  We may retain non-personally identifiable information indefinitely; and (ii) copies of your information may be retained in our databases and backup files and systems, which information will be held by us in accordance with this policy and will be destroyed in accordance with our routine procedures. Even after you remove information from or delete your account, copies of that information may remain viewable elsewhere to the extent it has been shared, copied or stored by you or other users or has been archived.  We may retain certain information if required by applicable law or to prevent or investigate misconduct or fraud even if deletion has been requested.  . 

Corporate Events

If we become involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, your information may be included in the assets sold or transferred to the acquirer.  You hereby agree that we may transfer or assign the information we have collected from you in connection with any such event.   In the event of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors, we may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred or used.

Information security

We will take reasonable security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. However, we cannot guarantee its absolute security or that unauthorized persons will not access or use your personal information for improper purposes.  We are not responsible for third party circumvention of any privacy or security measures on the Site or Service.  You can reduce these risks by using common sense security practices such as choosing a strong password, using different passwords for different services, and using up to date antivirus software. In the event of a breach of security affecting personal information or data on our servers, we will take such notification and other steps as may be required under applicable law. You should report any security violations to us at privacy-requests@tekata.io.  

Accessing and updating personal information

You may update, change or correct your personal information through the Service.  We will update your account and information as requested, provided, that we may decline to update information if we determine it to be impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes or other historical data). In any case where we provide information access and correction, we perform this service free of charge, except if doing so would require a disproportionate effort.

Disclosures

Social Media Sites

We may have pages or other presence on various social networking sites or services, such as Facebook, Twitter and the like. Any information you post or provide through such sites and services will be subject to the policies of those sites and services. If you register for the Service through a social networking site, your personal information will be imported from such site to Company as permitted by the policies of such site.

Links

The Site or Service may provide links to third-party websites, including advertisers, for your convenience and information. If you access those links, you will leave the Company’s Site or Service.   We do not control those sites or their privacy practices, which may differ from our practices and policies. We do not endorse or make any representations about third-party websites. The personal data you choose to give to unrelated third parties is not covered by our Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any company before submitting your personal information.

Location of Servers

Our servers are located in the United States of America.   If you are accessing the Site and Service from outside the United States, please be advised that through your continued use of the Site or Service, which is governed by U.S. law and this Privacy Policy, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you consent to that transfer and the maintenance and processing of such information in the United States. If you are in the EU, our Data Protection Addendum shall apply.

Information of Children

The Service is not intended for use by minors under the age of eighteen (18).  If we learn that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information without verifiable parental consent, we will promptly take reasonable and appropriate actions to remove such user and delete any personal information from our servers.

Tracking

We do not track or collect personal data about your online activities once you leave the Site or Service.

 

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: privacy-requests@tekata.io.

 

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Last modified: June 8th, 2018