General Principles of Confidentiality
Tech4biz shall process all Personal Data adhering to the general data processing principles:
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lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject (lawfulness, fairness, and transparency);
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collect and process Personal Data only for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes (purpose limitation);
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ensure that Personal Data is adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for relation to the purposes for which they are processed (data minimization);
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ensure that Personal Data is accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date (accuracy);
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ensure that Personal Data is kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed (storage limitation);
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process Personal Data in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organizational measures (integrity and confidentiality).
All and any information stored on Tech4Biz Platform is treated as strictly confidential. All information is stored securely and is accessed by qualified and authorized personnel only.
Information We Collect
We ask for and collect the following personal information about you when you use the Tech4Biz Platform. This information is necessary for the adequate performance of the contractual arrangement which is in place between you and us and to allow us to comply with our legal obligations. Failing to provide any of this data or decision to delete or object to the processing of any of such data may result in de-activation of your Tech4Biz Account.
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Account Signup Information.
When you sign up to Tech4Biz, we require you to provide minimum information - email address and password. In some particular cases we ask you to provide more information - such as your first and last name, identity verification, contact details. Such information is required when you are applying for a registration of domain name and indicated as the WHOIS information.
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Identity Verification.
To comply with the rules set forth by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") before the registration of the new domain name, Tech4Biz may collect identity verification information (such as images of your passport, national ID card, valid driving license or other documents as required or permitted by applicable laws).
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Payment Information.
To order and use features of the Tech4Biz Platform (such as web-hosting, domain name registration), we may require you to provide certain financial information in order to facilitate the processing of payments. We use 3rd party (payment processor) services, so we do not collect and store credit card information (we receive information about the payment status and store only last 4 credit card digits).
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Communications, Chats, Messaging.
When you communicate with Tech4Biz (using general inquiries window), we collect information about your communication and any information you choose to provide or disclose. In order to respond to your request, we may access information provided in your Tech4biz Account, purchase history, etc.
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Visitors and users of our User’s websites or services.
We may also collect information pertaining to visitors and users of our User’s websites or services (“Users-of-Users”), solely for and on our Users’ behalf.
Disclaimer
Please always take care and observe at least the following minimum requirements for the protection of your personal information:
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please omit using your name, address, telephone number, e-mail, personal identification number, date of birth, bank Account number, card number, other special (sensitive) data, etc. in the subject of the request or file name;
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please omit using your personal code, payment card number, and other financial information and details, health, family member details, or other specific (sensitive) data, in the texts of requests, e-mails or similar communication to us, and
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please make sure that the remaining personal data is only indicated to the extent necessary for the purposes for which the letter, request or inquiry is sent.
Information We Collect when You use the Platform
When you use the Tech4Biz Platform or contact us directly by any communication channel, we may collect information, including personal information, about the services you use and how you use them.
This information is necessary for the adequate performance of the contract between you and us, to enable us to comply with legal obligations and given our legitimate interest in being able to provide and improve the functionalities of the Tech4Biz Platform.
Tech4Biz processes this information on the legal basis of:
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Your consent;
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Conclusion and performance of contractual arrangements and obligations between Tech4Biz and the User;
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Pursuance of legitimate interests of Tech4Biz, as Data Controller and manager of Tech4Biz platform.
How We Use Your Data?
We use, store, combine and process information, including personal information, about you to provide, understand, improve, and develop the Tech4Biz Platform, create and maintain a trusted and safer environment and comply with our legal obligations.
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To Identify.
Personal identification information is collected and processed for the purposes of User identification as well use of services and domain name registration. Additionally, this information may be used to provide Users with support, letting them know about upcoming updates or improvements, providing information regarding changes of any Terms of Use (including changes to this Policy) as well as other important information.
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To Create and Maintain Trusted Environment.
We verify or authenticate information or identifications provided by you (such as ID number, email or phone numbers). We also use collected information to detect and prevent fraud, spam, abuse, security incidents, and other illegal and harmful activities.
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To Create Aggregated Statistical Data, to Carry out Market Research and Analysis
necessary for running out our business, to improve our services we use aggregated and/or inferred non-personal information enabling us to evaluate our customers’ needs, sales and other trends of our activities.
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To Stay Connected.
We use information about data usage, devices, operating systems to diagnose problems with our servers, to administer our Platform, adopt decision when to retire SDK's/OS versions, to identify characteristics of major users so that we may optimize our applications and services and make your browsing and purchasing experience more enjoyable.
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To Customize Marketing.
To provide more customized offers to our Users, we may conduct data analysis based on information you provide to us, your interactions with the Tech4biz Platform and its Users.
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To Send Service and Billing Messages.
Tech4Biz may also contact you with important information regarding our Services, or your use thereof. For example, we may send you a notice (through any of the communication channels available to us) if a certain Service is temporarily suspended for maintenance; reply to your support ticket or e-mail; send you reminders or warnings regarding upcoming or late payments for your current or upcoming subscriptions; forward abuse complaints regarding your hosting plan; or notify you of material changes in our Services. Such kind of communication is essential, for this reason, no opt-out possibilities are given to avoid receiving such Service and Billing Messages unless you are no longer a Tech4Biz User (which can be done by deactivating your Account).
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To Register Domain. In certain jurisdictions or pursuant to the rules of the ICANN or certain registries, domain name registration information has to be made available and accessible to the public through a "WHOIS" search. The WHOIS database is a publicly accessible database that lists the domain name registration information for a particular domain name, the name server(s) to which the domain name points, and the domain name's creation and expiration date. The domain name registration information you provide is stored by Tech4Biz and is made available to the public through WHOIS searches. Tech4Biz may deposit your domain name registration information with a third-party escrow provider to comply with ICANN requirements. At times, Users may receive solicitations that result from searches of the publicly available WHOIS database by other companies or individuals. Any such solicitations or e-mail communications do not come from Tech4Biz and Tech4Biz is not responsible for the use of WHOIS information by third parties. Tech4Biz acts only on the basis of ICANN rules and requirements.
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To get feedback.
We may contact you via email to invite you to review any services and/or products you received from us in order to collect your feedback and improve our services. We might use an external company, to collect your feedback which means that we will share your name, email address and reference number for this purpose.
Direct Marketing
When creating an Account at our Platform, you are free to opt-out from receiving various offers directly to your e-mail, phone or in your Account. We use provided contact details and your preferences for direct marketing by sending various offers or newsletters.
These direct marketing offers, depending on your preferences, may be personalized taking into account any other information which you have provided to us (e.g. location, social media profile information, purchase history etc.) or we have collected or generated from other sources as described below.
Right to object
If a User wishes to change their preferences for direct marketing, they may exercise such option at any time they wish by following the instructions to unsubscribe in the received email.
You are free to opt out of our newsletters at any time. You can do this by clicking on a link for that purpose at the bottom of our e-mail with the newsletters.
Other Uses of Your Personal Data
Developing Platform.
We use data, including public feedback, to conduct research and development for the further development of our platform in order to provide you and others with a better, more intuitive and personalized experience, drive membership growth.
Customer Support.
We use data to help you and fix problems. We use the data (which can include your communications) to investigate, respond to and resolve complaints and issues (e.g., bugs).
Aggregate Insights.
We use data to generate aggregate insights. We use your data to produce and share aggregated insights that do not identify you.
Security and Investigations.
We use data for security, fraud prevention and investigations. We use your data (including your communications) if we think it's necessary for security purposes or to investigate possible fraud or other violations of our Terms of User or this Policy and/or attempts to harm our Users.
Sources of Personal Data
We collect and receive your Personal data from yourself (including your device) as well as from the following sources:
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Social network operators (such as Facebook, Google, etc.);
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Third-party service providers, suppliers and our partners;
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Other legal sources.
Data Transfers and Use of Third-party Services
While collecting and processing your Personal Data, we may perform data transfers to various third parties.
1. With your consent
We will share your Personal Data with companies, organizations or individuals outside our group of companies when we have your consent to do so.
2. Where do we process your personal data?
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Users' Personal Information
may be maintained, processed and stored by Tech4Biz and our authorized affiliates and service providers in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Lithuania or Cyprus, and in other jurisdictions as necessary for the proper delivery of our Services and/or as may be required by law (as further explained below).
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Job Applicants Information
will be maintained, processed and stored in Lithuania, in the applied position's location(s), and as necessary, in secured cloud storage provided by our Third-Party Services.
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Tech4Biz affiliates and service providers (such as third-party data centres, servers, website design, administration services, online traffic and website analysis, statistics, direct marketing services, mailers, messengers, etc.),
that store or process your personal data as well as personal data of your users on Tech4Biz behalf are each contractually committed to keep it protected and secured, in accordance with industry standards and regardless of any lesser legal requirements which may apply in their jurisdiction (see below).
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Domain name registration data and identification data
is shared with third parties in accordance with ICANN rules.
We may share non-personally identifiable information publicly as well as with our partners - publishers, advertisers. For example, we may share information publicly to show trends about the general use of our platform.
If we are involved in a merger, reorganization, acquisition or sale, we will continue to ensure the confidentiality of any Personal Data and give all affected Users appropriate notices.
3. Data Localisation Obligations
If you reside in a jurisdiction that imposes "data localisation" or "data residency" obligations (i.e., requiring that Personal Information of its residents be kept within the territorial boundaries of such jurisdiction), and this fact comes to our attention, we may maintain your Personal Information within such territorial boundaries, if we are legally obligated to do so.
You acknowledge that while doing so, we may continue to collect, store and use your Personal Information elsewhere.
4. Targeting, advertising
We also use Facebook, Google, as well as other advertising and marketing tools. You should carefully read the privacy policy of these service providers.
4. Social Media Features
Our Services include certain Social Media features and widgets, single sign on features, such as the "Facebook Connect" or "Google Sign-in", the "Facebook Like" button, the "Share this" button or other interactive mini-programs ("Social Media Features"). These Social Media Features may collect information such as your IP address or which page you are visiting on our Website, and may set a cookie to enable them to function properly. Social Media Features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Services. Your interactions with these third parties' Social Media Features are governed by their respective policies.
5. Our Legal Obligation to Use or Disclose Personal Data
We will reveal your Personal Data to state and public authorities without your prior permission only when we are legally required to provide information, including taking legal action to defend our rights, as well as the cases, where we have a belief in good faith that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, enforce applicable Terms of Services, including investigation of potential violations, detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.
Other
We may share your personal data in manners other than as described above, pursuant to your explicit consent, or if we are legally obligated to do so.
Security
Tech4Biz has implemented security measures designed to protect the Personal Information you share with us, including physical, electronic and procedural measures. Among other things, we offer HTTPS secure access to most areas on our Services. We also regularly monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks, and regularly seek new ways and Third-Party Services for further enhancing the security of our Services and protection of our Visitors' and Users' privacy.
Regardless of the measures and efforts taken by Tech4Biz, we cannot and do not guarantee the absolute protection and security of your Personal Information, or any other User Content you upload, publish or otherwise share with Tech4Biz or anyone else.
We therefore encourage you to set strong passwords for your User Account and avoid providing us or anyone with any sensitive information of which you believe its disclosure could cause you substantial or irreparable harm.
Acceptance of This Policy
We assume that all Users of Tech4Biz Platform have carefully read this document and agree to its contents. If someone does not agree with this Policy, they should refrain from using our website, and mobile applications. We reserve the right to change our Policy at any time and inform by using the way as indicated in Section 17. Continued use of Tech4Biz website and mobile applications implies acceptance of the revised Policy.
This Policy is an integral part of Tech4Biz Terms and Conditions.
We will ask for your consent before using information for a purpose other than those set out in this Policy.
Amendments
Our Policy may change from time to time. We will post any Policy changes on our website and, if the changes are significant, we may consider providing a more explicit notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes).
Further Information
If you have any further questions regarding the data Tech4Biz collects, or how we use it, then please feel free to contact Data Protection Officer at the details as indicated above hereof.
