This Privacy Policy (the âPolicy isâ) for the website located at https://synder.com (including its sub-domains and its mobile optimized versions), along with any and all products and services owned, offered and provided by CloudBusiness Inc., (collectively referred to hereinafter as âCloudBusinessâ, and also referred as usâ, âitsâ, âoursâ and/or âweâ).
This Policy shall be supplemented by our Terms and Conditions of Use, and any other guidelines, terms and policies made available by us from time to time, all incorporated herein by reference.
Cloudbusiness offers solutions and business accounting software development to small and medium businesses. Â You can choose from our products or develop with us your own, customized to your specific requirements. We are ready to help you to effectively manage your business online, as the result you can focus on issues that are more important.
Henceforth, this Policy is applicable to the information collected through your use of our platform, our downloadable mobile application software (if any), the Site, our websites, services and products, as applicable. As used herein and elsewhere, the words âcollectâ, âuseâ, âprocessâ, âtreatâ, âdiscloseâ and analogous shall be related to personally identifiable information (the âPIâ) and other data that we may collect from our users and/or visitors, including cookies inside a computer and mobile device IDs.
By registering with us or otherwise using our products and services, you thereto consent to the collection, transfer, processing, storage, disclosure and other uses of your PI as described in this Policy. We will also ask for your specific consent to certain parts of the service (i.e. newsletter subscription) via clickable boxes with legends similar or analogous to âI Acceptâ.
When you sign up for any of our account options, you will need to provide your name, surname, age, ethnicity, email address, gender, geo-location and phone number, among other information. We will store your personal data for the purposes of managing your collaboration with other users and persons, improve your user experience, send newsletters and contact you about inquiries for our services. If you do not wish to disclose any personal data, then your sole remedies shall be to close this web tab, delete your account and/or exit the Site.
Here at CloudBusiness, we work hard to earn and keep your trust; and therefore we adhere to the following principles in order to protect your privacy: (i) we will not sell or lease your PI to third parties; (ii) we will not disclose your PI with other users or third parties without your consent; (ii) any PI that you provide to CloudBusiness will be secured with industry standard safety protocols and technology.
We may collect both âNon-Personal Informationâ and âPersonal Informationâ about you. âNon-Personal Informationâ includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, aggregate user statistics, analytics, demographic information, web site usage information, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks. âPersonal Informationâ includes PI that can be used to personally identify you, such as your name, address and email address.
We will not share PI with third parties for marketing purposes without your permission. With your consent, these third parties may offer promotions (including email promotions) or sell items or services to you through our services.
For some of our partners, this information will be shared automatically. For other third parties, such as our affiliates, this information will only be shared with your explicit permission or if you choose to share it via your account or mobile deviceâs settings.
CloudBusiness may offer the functionality of using your third-party credentials (e.g. Microsoft, Slack, Google or Facebook) to execute single-sign-on, and in that manner we will also collect your PI as provided to us by such third-party platforms; such as your account data, text, archives, photos, bookmarks, info of your contacts and their common contacts, login data and profile information such as âabout meâ, âfriend listsâ and âinterestsâ.
You may also have the option of posting your activities on our services and other content to social media networks when you access content through our platform. For example, you may post to Facebook or Twitter that you used our services.
We will not collect more information when using such credentials beyond the PI such third parties generally disclose to us via their services. For more information, please refer to the terms and policies of such platforms.
We may share your PI with third parties for similar audience marketing purposes. Similar audience marketing is also called lookalike audience marketing. The third parties we share your PI with for this type of marketing include Facebook and/or Google. Using your PI for similar audience marketing or lookalike audience marketing helps us find new audiences (users and customers) based on similar interests to yours, thus helping us improve our marketing services. Your PI may be shared with Facebook and Google for this type of marketing. By using our website and agreeing to our privacy notice, you are giving your consent for your PI to be used for the marketing purposes described within this section.
If our business is sold or merges in whole or in part with another business that would become responsible for providing the website to you, we retain the right to transfer your PI to the new business. The new business would retain the right to use your PI according to the terms of this Policy as well as to any changes to this privacy notice as instituted by the new business.
We also retain the right to transfer your PI if our company files for bankruptcy and some or all of our assets are sold to another individual or business.
We use payment partners in order to bill and process any payments and subscriptions made via our platform and our services. These platforms will request you to disclose them sensitive information in order to complete purchases and operations related to our services. Such third-party payment processing platforms are governed by their own safety standards, policies and terms of use. We take great care in selecting our third party payment processing platforms, and stride to be aware of their operations and functionalities. We strongly advise our users to engage in online safety measures and practices in order to protect their financial information.
When you access our platform via a mobile device, we may use your mobile device ID (i.e. the unique identifier assigned to a mobile device by the manufacturer) and/or Advertising ID (for Apple iOS 6 and later) instead of cookies in order to recognize you, track the number of relevant ads displayed, and their performance and display.
The CloudBusiness platform may include location-based features used to provide our services, and will be used to collect, use and share precise location data from your mobile device (including its reported real-time geographic location) and also to calculate your position within a determined area fence. This information may be used to provide location-based notifications, check-ins, local search, social networking and other functionalities.
Process of Information Collected by CloudBusiness.
We use your information to provide and improve our services and products. By storing your PI on our secure servers, we are able to shorten your login process and allow you to modify your personal profile online. We will generally collect, use and disclose your PI to:
The information we collect is not shared with or sold to other organizations for commercial purposes, except to provide services youâve requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
If you do not wish to disclose any or part of your PI to us, you may still be able to use some of the functionalities of our products and services, though we will not be able to guarantee that you will be able to enjoy them at their fullest if you elect not to disclose it to us. Overall, your final remedies will be to close this web tab, delete your account with us and/or exit the Site.
As our user, you will generally be able to control and select the amount and type of PI you may disclose to us. We continuously try to improve our user experience, and strive to provide you the best choices for the disclosure, edition or removal of the PI being processed by us. Accordingly, we will undertake the open and transparent management of your PI and will: (i) inform you about how your personal information may be used and disclosed (including overseas); (ii) maintain the safety and integrity of your personal information; and/or (iii) enforce your individual right to access and correct your personal information.
We will retain your PI only for as long as it is reasonably necessary for our business purposes (e.g. as long as your account is active). We will also retain and use your PI for our compliance obligations, to resolve disputes among our users, and enforce our contracts with authorized third parties.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) allows individuals in the EU greater control over their personal data and grants them a number of rights with regard to how that data is processed, stored, and accessed.
For the purposes of the GDPR, in the European Union CloudBusiness is both a âdata controllerâ and a âdata processorâ of PI you provide to us for the primary purposes of providing you with our devices.
The section below covers the certain situations that you, as data subject, and we as a data controller, are most likely to see, but you should also carefully review the full list of data subject rights here: https://gdpr-info.eu/chapter-3/. You retain the right to access, amend, correct or delete your PI where it is inaccurate at any time. To do so, please [email protected].
Your privacy request must include, at the least, the following information: (i) your complete name, address and/or e-mail address in order for us to notify you the response to your request; (ii) attached documents establishing your identity; and (iii) a clear and concise description of the PI with regard to which you seek to enforce any of your privacy rights. If you request rectification, please indicate amendments to be made and attach documentation to back up your request.
Upon receipt of your privacy request, and after due review, we may then edit, deactivate and/or delete your PI from our products and services within thirty (30) days. Please take into account that we may not be able to delete all of your data from our secure databases or the databases of third parties to which your PI has already been disclosed. If that is the case, please contact such third parties directly in order to request enforcement of your privacy rights. In case of secure databases under our control where deletion is impossible, we will make such information inaccessible.
Security of Your Information.
We use industry standard protocols and technology to protect your registered user information and PI, such as Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and secure databases. Your PI is only accessible by a limited number of our employees who have special access rights. Overall, we implement and maintain reasonable security measures to protect our databases and records from unauthorized access, acquisition, destruction, use, modification or disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, please take into account that the Internet and related transmissions are not secure or error free communication means.
Additionally, if you post information on a public forum, message board, blog or bulletin board, any PI you elect to disclose therein there may or will be read, collected and/or used by other users of such forums and could be used by third parties to send you unsolicited messages.
We must reserve our right to disclose your PI when we or our affiliates, clients, contractors, licensors, officers, agents and/or representatives reasonably believe it necessary to protect our interests, or where you result to be in breach of our Terms and Conditions of Use and/or this Policy. Accordingly, we will have the right to disclose any and all collected PI and/or data, under the following circumstances:
We collect the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, aggregate information on what pages usersâ access or visit, and information volunteered by the consumer (such as survey information and/or website registrations).
We will send you service-related announcements on occasions when it is necessary to do so. For instance, if our Service is temporarily suspended for maintenance, or a new enhancement is released, which will affect the way you use our Service, we might send you an email.
Generally, you may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature. Based upon the PI that you provide us, we may communicate with you in response to your inquiries to provide the services you request and to manage your account. We will communicate with you by email or telephone, in accordance with your wishes. We may also use your PI to send you updates and other promotional communications.
If you no longer wish to receive those email updates, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each update or communication.
From time to time, we may place the so-called âcookiesâ in your computer in order to track and collect data regarding your use of our products and services. Cookies are small text files that our services transfer to you and that allow us permit us to recognize you and obtain data such as the environment in which our products are operating, OS type and version.
By agreeing to accept our use of cookies, you are giving us, and the third parties we partner with, permission to place, store, and access some or all the cookies described below on your computer:
We may also use cookies for:
Most web browsers can be set to disable the use of cookies. However, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to access features on our website correctly or at all.
We also use the so-called âbeaconsâ, which are small files, sometimes only a pixel in size, embedded onto the pages of our websites. Beacons are used to identify each of our pages in order to be analyzed by our system tools.
We may also collect and use the data contained in log files, which may include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider), the browser you used to visit our platform, the time you visited our platform and which sections you visited.
You can always configure your browser to refuse cookies and beacons. For more information, please visit www.allaboutcookies.com. Unlike cookies, device IDs cannot be deleted, but you can select to reset your Advertising IDs in the âSettingsâ section of your mobile device, among other settings.
We do not currently offer âdo-not-trackâ or similar mechanisms.
Our platform and our services may display hyperlinks to the websites of our commercial partners and other third parties. If you click on such links, you are choosing to visit such websites, and will be redirected there.
Please take into consideration that we are not responsible for the privacy and personal data practices undertook by such third parties (including any tools, cookies, information or content contained thereunto), and that we do not have control over the manner in which such third-parties may collect, process, treat or use your PI.
When you use such links to go to another website, our Policy and Terms are no longer into effect and your browsing thereof is in your own and final risk. In addition, any banner or ad that we may have on our platform does not constitute any endorsement of any third-party thereof.
From time to time, we may use Google Analytics, Ad Words, Double Click and/or Ad Sense tracking codes, and other third-party software tools (such as remarketing codes) in order to collect information and marketing analytics about the manner in which you browse our platform and services.
The served ads will be targeted based on your previous browsing history, and may include retargeting codes. For example, third-party vendors may show you CloudBusinessâ ads on certain websites across the Internet, even after you leave our platform. The collected information is anonymized, meaning it cannot be tracked back to individuals. Using such tools, we learn how to optimize, and serve ads based on a userâs past visits, providing you with a better user experience.
Our third-party vendors may also use cookies and beacons to track your Internet browsing in order to serve you ads based on what they or us believe to be of interest according to your browsing activities and consumer preferences. Henceforth, by using this platform, along with our products and services, you hereby consent to such disclosure, treatment and storage of PI. In order to enforce and uphold your right to privacy, you will always have the option to elect not to receive this type of advertising from us or third parties, now or in the future.
You can learn more about how to opt-out by browsing Googleâs opting-out and privacy pages located at www.google.com, or the Network Advertising Initiative website located at www.networkadvertising.org.
For more information on how Google collects and processes your data, visit https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. Â You can prevent Google Analytics from using your information by opting out at this link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Your PI may be accessed by us or our affiliates, agents, partners, advertisers or third-party service providers in the United States and other regions. The European Union has not found the United States and some other countries to have an adequate level of protection of PD under Article 45 of the GDPR. CloudBusiness relies on exceptions for specific situations as defined in Article 49 of the GDPR.
For European Union customers and users, by clicking the âI Acceptâ button or otherwise accepting the terms and conditions of our services through a clickable action or similar action, you hereby acknowledge, agree and accept that your PI may be transferred outside the European Union to the United States. We will use your PI to provide the goods, services, and/or information you request from us to perform a contract with you or to satisfy a legitimate interest of our company in a manner that does not outweigh your freedoms and rights.
Wherever we transfer, process or store your PI, we will take reasonable steps to protect it. We will use the information we collect from you in accordance with our Policy. By using our website, services, or products, you agree to the transfers of your PI described within this section.
In compliance with CalOPPA, we have hereby posted this conspicuous Policy to the public, indicating the PI being collected and the manner in which it may be disclosed and with whom. Accordingly, our users can may visit our platform using anonymous browsing, read this Policy linked from our home page, with the link including the word âPrivacyâ or similar. We also comply with Policy changes notification to our users, and provide mechanisms that allow our users to manage their PI personal information.
If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what Personal Information we collect, use, disclose or sell about you under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Additionally, you have the right to access and delete your Personal Information.
To exercise these privacy rights and choices, please follow the instructions below:
We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law, for instance, if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
Verification: Please note, we will take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling any of the above requests. If you maintain an account with us, we will verify your identity through existing authentication practices for the account (e.g., login and password). If you are not a registered member, we will verify your identity by matching two or three data points that you provide with data points that we maintain and have determined to be reliable for the purposes of verification (e.g., browser or device ID).
Authorized Agents: Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. In order to designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, you must provide written proof that you have consented to this designation unless the agent has power of attorney pursuant to California Probate Code sections 4000-4465. You must also verify your identity directly with us by providing a copy of your government issued identification.
Response Timing and Format: If you are a CloudBusiness customer with an account, we will deliver our written response to that account or via email. If you are not a CloudBusiness customer or do not have an account, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your preference. The response will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable.
Anti-Discrimination Right: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. But note that some of the functionality and features available to you may change or no longer be available to you upon deletion of your Personal Information.
We do not sell your Personal Information for money, but we use cookies and similar technologies.
Through the simple use of the platform and our products and services, you hereby represent and warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age âor olderâ as of the date of first access thereof. If you are still a minor (which may depend on the jurisdiction where you reside), you may access our products and services, only under the direct supervision of your parent or legal guardian. CloudBusiness does not knowingly collect any kind of information from persons under the age of thirteen (13). If we learn or have reason to suspect that any user is under the age of thirteen (13), we will delete any PI under that userâs account.
We reserve the right to amend, change, suspend and/or update our platform, our products, our services, this Policy and/or our Terms, in whole or in part, from time to time and at our sole and final discretion. Your continued use thereof after the last effective date of modifications thereof indicates your acceptance of such modifications. We will post any updates on our platform, and may also send you an email or otherwise notify you of any material changes to this Policy.
From time to time, this Policy may be translated into other languages for your convenience. The English language version of each of these documents shall be the version that prevails and governs your use of Site and our products and services. Upon the case of any conflict between the English language version and any translated version, the English language version will prevail.
If you have any questions or queries about us, our services, our Terms and Conditions of Use, and/or this Policy, please contact us as indicated on our website: https://synder.com/contact.
