Privacy Policy
The explanations and information provided on this page are only general and high-level explanations and information on how to write your own document of a Privacy Policy. You should not rely on this article as legal advice or as recommendations regarding what you should actually do, because we cannot know in advance what are the specific privacy policies you wish to establish between your business and your customers and visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice to help you understand and to assist you in the creation of your own Privacy Policy.
Legal Disclaimer
Having said that, a privacy policy is a statement that discloses some or all of the ways a website collects, uses, discloses, processes, and manages the data of its visitors and customers. It usually also includes a statement regarding the website's commitment to protecting its visitors' or customers' privacy, and an explanation about the different mechanisms the website is implementing in order to protect privacy.
Different jurisdictions have different legal obligations of what must be included in a Privacy Policy. You are responsible for making sure you are following the relevant legislation to your activities and location.
Privacy Policy - The Basics
Generally speaking, a Privacy Policy often addresses these types of issues: the types of information the website is collecting and the manner in which it collects the data; an explanation about why is the website collecting these types of information; what are the website's practices on sharing the information with third parties; ways in which your visitors and customers can exercise their rights according to the relevant privacy legislation; the specific practices regarding minors' data collection; and much much more.
To learn more about this, check out our article " Creating a Privacy Policy ".
What to Include in the Privacy Policy
The personal data collected and used by Konfidas is limited strictly to the data necessary for us to provide you with services we supply in the course of our ongoing business services, while operating under the relevant data privacy protection and other regulatory obligations.
Access to your data, including physical access, is strictly limited to employees of Konfidas and its consultants on a “need to know” basis, all of whom are bound by contractual requirements of confidentiality and data privacy protections. See below for more information on the processing of personal data by third parties.
There may be rare circumstances in which we ask you for sensitive personal information, in order to provide you with services in our current area of business. In such a case, we will only use this information for these purposes and will delete it when the purpose for which the information was collected or processed is terminated, unless there is a legal obligation not to delete this information.
The data we may collect and process may be both general in nature (for example, for technical purposes) and, depending on the services you select and utilize, personal data such as your name, contact details, some identifying numbers, the name of your internet provider, your IP address, browser type and system software, as well as the websites you have visited before being transferred to the Konfidas website, including keywords used for searches and the sites from which you have been transferred (e.g., search engine or linked content).
There may be circumstances in which automatic processing of your personal data may occur. As is true of most organizations operating websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes but is not limited to IP addresses, type of browser, Internet service provider, referring and exit pages, operating systems, a date/time stamp and clickstream data. We may use this information to analyze trends, to administer the website and apps, to track users' movements through them and to gather information about our user base as a whole. We may link this automatically-collected data to personal data for legitimate business purposes, such as to detect and prevent fraudulent activity; and other legally-authorized purposes.
When we provide services to you that include an interface with the website, applications, and other electronic interfaces, you may also be directed to third-party processors with which we have contractual relationships. When we use such third-party processors, we rely on the third-party service provider to process personal data in order to provide certain services, Within the framework of our contracts with such external processors, we conduct a due diligence process with each of them in order to verify their compliance with relevant legal data protection rules and legislation applicable to the services they provide to us.
Please check the respective service provider's relevant data protection terms and compliance with applicable laws prior to usage of any such processor's services. The same applies to any links to and from websites of third-party networks, advertisers and affiliates.
Such third-party websites are governed solely by such third parties' data protection policies: you are advised to check any such third party's privacy policies and compliance with laws, prior to supplying them with any of your personal data to them.
Note that Konfidas may also disclose your data to a third party if we are required to do so by applicable law, court order or governmental regulation; or if such disclosure is otherwise authorized and necessary in support of any criminal or legal investigation or proceeding in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Konfidas may need to transfer the data submitted by you for the purposes described above to third parties in locations outside the country in which you are physically located. We undertake due diligence in order to ensure that said third parties maintain appropriate levels of data privacy in such third countries, for example by verifying the locations of servers on which their data is stored.
What to Include in the Privacy Policy
Konfidas processes your data under the following legal bases:
You have provided consent for the processing.
Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the you are party, or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract with us.
To comply with a legal obligation.
To protect your vital interests, or those of another natural person.
To perform a task carried out in the public interest.
Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Konfidas or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms as a data subject.
Konfidas processes your data under the following legal bases:
You have provided consent for the processing.
Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the you are party, or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract with us.
To comply with a legal obligation.
To protect your vital interests, or those of another natural person.
To perform a task carried out in the public interest.
Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Konfidas or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms as a data subject.
What to Include in the Privacy Policy
Konfidas takes all reasonable, industry-standard technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against loss, alteration, theft or access by unauthorized third parties.
We will not sell, share, transfer or use the data we collect from you, for purposes other than those stated expressly in this Policy.
We will delete your personal data where the business purpose for which the data was being collected or processed ceases to apply, or if applicable data protection regulation requires us to delete such personal data.
The above notwithstanding, Konfidas will not be liable or responsible in any way, including financially, for any damage or loss resulting from the improper use or any breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, your personal data.
What to Include in the Privacy Policy
This Cookies Policy applies to all activities of Konfidas with respect to the cookies that we collect and store in the course of our business activities, including through the website and other electronic interfaces with data subjects that we operate.
What's a cookie? A cookie is a small file sent from a website, which is then stored by your web browser. The information in the cookie can be used to recognize your last session with Konfidas. Cookies cannot install malicious software such as viruses on your device, and they do not store any of your personal data or account information.
Why do we use cookies? We use cookies to save and maintain Konfidas users' settings and selected preferences during browsing sessions, for saving repeating users' preferences for future use (e.g. accessibility and language selections and preferences), and for statistical analysis of the performance of websites and apps, trend analysis, and monitoring and identifying errors.
Where do cookies come from? Cookies originate from two types of sources: First -party and third-party. This classification refers to the internet domain that is placing the cookie.
First-party cookies are those set by a website that is being visited by the user.
Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the site being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that site this would be a third-party cookie.
Types of cookies include: strictly necessary, functionality, performance, session, and targeting. An explanation of each type can be found here and here.
Your control of cookies- You can control the use of cookies at your individual browser level, and instructions for managing cookie usage can be found for the following browsers, at (click on links): Google Chrome , Internet Explorer , Firefox , Safari and Safari Mobile. If you do not opt in to cookies, you may still use the websites and apps, but your ability to use some features may be limited or unavailable. Many browsers allow a private mode to be activated through which the cookies are always erased after the visit, and you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any claim or demand in this regard. If you wish to opt out of interest-based advertising, click <http://preferences-mgr.truste.com/>. If you are located in the European Union click <http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/>.
For any questions about this Policy, please be in touch with us via the email address: info@konfidas.com.
