Privacy Policy of www.rippleeducation.co.uk

Owner and Data Controller

The Ripple Effect Ltd trading as Ripple Education.
8 Warren Street, Horden, Peterlee, SR8 4NA

Owner contact email: admin@rippleeducation.co.uk

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Usage Data; Trackers; first name; last name; phone number; company name; physical address; email address; ZIP/Postal code; various types of Data; city; website; county; country; Data communicated while using the service; device information; Universally unique identifier (UUID); unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Contacts permission; Microphone permission; Phone permission; Storage permission; NFC Reader permission ; Photo Library permission; Health Data read permission; calendar information; name; Data communicated in order to use the Service; User ID; username; date of birth; geographic position; VAT Number; workplace; profession; crash data; answers to questions; language; precise location; coarse location; social media accounts ; billing address; user content; contact info; state; Read only access; Read metadata; Sensitive settings management; budget; number of employees; house number; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Website is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Website to provide its services. In cases where this Website specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by this Website or by the owners of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Website.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorised destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organisational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

Place

The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.

Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.

Retention time

Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.

The purposes of processing

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Tag Management, Contacting the User, Access to third-party accounts, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Analytics, Displaying content from external platforms, Advertising, Backup saving and management, Collection of privacy-related preferences, Device permissions for Personal Data access, Handling activities related to productivity, Infrastructure monitoring, Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties, Interaction with live chat platforms, Location-based interactions, Managing data collection and online surveys, Platform services and hosting, Registration and authentication, Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website, Remarketing and behavioural targeting, Social features, SPAM protection and User database management.

For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.

Facebook permissions asked by this Website

This Website may ask for some Facebook permissions allowing it to perform actions with the User's Facebook account and to retrieve information, including Personal Data, from it. This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook Inc.

For more information about the following permissions, refer to the Facebook permissions documentation and to the Facebook privacy policy.

The permissions asked are the following: About Me, Access Friend Lists, Access Page CTA, Access private data, Access Requests, Activities, Age range, App Notifications, Basic information, Birthday, Books Actions, Business Management API, Chat, Checkins, Contact email, Create Events, Current City, Custom User Actions, Deals, device information, Email, Events, Export Posts, Friend subscriptions, Friends' Likes, Friends' Online Presence, Friends' Photos, Friends' Videos, Friends' Websites, Games and App Activity, Groups, Groups member info, Hometown, Insights, Instagram basic, Instagram manage comments, Instagram manage insights, Interests, Leads Retrieval, Likes, Link, List of Friends, Manage Advertisements, Managing Page Advertisements, Mobile Messaging on behalf of Page, News Feed and Wall, Online Presence, Page Messaging, Pages manage engagement, Pages manage metadata, Pages manage posts, Pages read engagement, Pages read User content, Pages User locale, Pages User timezone, Photos, Post Likes to my Wall, Publish Checkins, Publish content into groups, Publish to the Wall, Publish videos, Questions, Read advertisements, Read Group Content, RSVP to Events, Share, Show List of Managed Pages, Status, Status Updates, Tagged Places, Text Messaging, Trackers, Upload Photos, Usage Data, User location, User subscriptions, User Timeline Posts Access, User videos, Video upload, video.watches Action, Videos, Website, Whatsapp business management and Work History.

Device permissions for Personal Data access

Depending on the User's specific device, this Website may request certain permissions that allow it to access the User's device Data as described below.

By default, these permissions must be granted by the User before the respective information can be accessed. Once the permission has been given, it can be revoked by the User at any time. In order to revoke these permissions, Users may refer to the device settings or contact the Owner for support at the contact details provided in the present document.
The exact procedure for controlling app permissions may be dependant on the User's device and software.

Please note that the revoking of such permissions might impact the proper functioning of this Website.

If User grants any of the permissions listed below, the respective Personal Data may be processed (i.e accessed to, modified or removed) by this Website.

Contacts permission

Used for accessing contacts and profiles on the User's device, including the changing of entries.

Health Data read permission

Allows reading the User’s health Data.

Microphone permission

Allows accessing and recording microphone audio from the User's device.

NFC Reader permission

Allows this Website to read contact-less tags.

Phone permission

Used for accessing a host of typical features associated with telephony. This enables, for instance, read-only access to the “phone state”, which means it enables access to the phone number of the device, current mobile network information, or the status of any ongoing calls.

Photo Library permission

Allows access to the User's Photo Library.

Storage permission

Used for accessing shared external storage, including the reading and adding of any items.

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

• Access to third-party accounts

  This type of service allows this Website to access Data from your account on a third-party service and perform actions with it.
  These services are not activated automatically, but require explicit authorisation by the User.

  Facebook account access (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

  This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on the Facebook social network, provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.

  Permissions asked: About Me; Access Friend Lists; Access Page CTA; Access private data; Access Requests; Activities; Age range; App Notifications; Birthday; Books Actions; Business Management API; Chat; Checkins; Contact email; Create Events; Current City; Custom User Actions; Deals; device information; Email; Events; Export Posts; Friend subscriptions; Friends' Likes; Friends' Online Presence; Friends' Photos; Friends' Videos; Friends' Websites; Games and App Activity; Groups; Groups member info; Hometown; Insights; Instagram basic; Instagram manage comments; Instagram manage insights; Interests; Leads Retrieval; Likes; Link; List of Friends; Manage Advertisements; Managing Page Advertisements; Mobile Messaging on behalf of Page; News Feed and Wall; Online Presence; Page Messaging; Pages manage engagement; Pages manage metadata; Pages manage posts; Pages read engagement; Pages read User content; Pages User locale; Pages User timezone; Photos; Post Likes to my Wall; Publish Checkins; Publish content into groups; Publish to the Wall; Publish videos; Questions; Read advertisements; Read Group Content; RSVP to Events; Share; Show List of Managed Pages; Status; Status Updates; Tagged Places; Text Messaging; Trackers; Upload Photos; Usage Data; User location; User subscriptions; User Timeline Posts Access; User videos; Video upload; video.watches Action; Videos; Website; Whatsapp business management; Work History.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Google Drive account access (Google LLC)

  This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on Google Drive, provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service; email address; first name; last name; Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Linkedin account access (LinkedIn Corporation)

  This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on Linkedin, provided by LinkedIn Corporation.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  OneDrive account access (Microsoft Corporation)

  This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on OneDrive, provided by Microsoft Corporation.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; various types of Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Youtube account access (Google LLC)

  This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on Youtube, provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Advertising

  This type of service allows User Data to be utilised for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Website, possibly based on User interests.
  This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
  Some of the services listed below may use Trackers for identifying Users, behavioural retargeting i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behaviour, or to measure ads performance. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
  Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.

  LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) (LinkedIn Corporation)

  LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) is an analytics and behavioural targeting service provided by LinkedIn Corporation that connects data from the LinkedIn advertising network with actions performed on this Website. The LinkedIn Insight Tag tracks conversions that can be attributed to LinkedIn ads and enables to target groups of Users on the base of their past use of this Website.

  Users may opt out of behavioural targeting features through their device settings, their LinkedIn account settings or by visiting the AdChoices opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: device information; Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

  Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that connects data from the Meta Audience Network with actions performed on this Website. The Meta pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Meta Audience Network.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

  Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (Microsoft Corporation)

  Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking is an analytics service provided by Microsoft Corporation that connects data from the Microsoft Advertising network with actions performed on this Website.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); Universally unique identifier (UUID); Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

• Analytics

  The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behaviour.

  Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) (Google LLC)

  Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilises the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
  Google may use the Data collected to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.

  In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) with anonymised IP (Google LLC)

  Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilises the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
  Google may use the Data collected to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.
  This integration of Google Analytics anonymises your IP address. It works by shortening Users' IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.

  In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Meta Events Manager (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

  Meta Events Manager is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. By integrating the Meta pixel, Meta Events Manager can give the Owner insights into the traffic and interactions on this Website.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Backup saving and management

  This type of service allows the Owner to save and manage backups of this Website on external servers managed by the service provider itself. The backups may include the source code and content as well as the data that the User provides to this Website.

  Backup on Google Drive (Google LLC)

  Google Drive is a service to save and manage backups provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Collection of privacy-related preferences

  This type of service allows this Website to collect and store Users’ preferences related to the collection, use, and processing of their personal information, as requested by the applicable privacy legislation.

  iubenda Consent Database (iubenda srl)

  The iubenda Consent Database allows to store and retrieve records of Users’ consent to the processing of Personal Data, and information and preferences expressed in relation to the provided consent.
  In order to do so, it makes use of a Tracker that temporarily stores pending information on the User’s device until it is processed by the API. The Tracker (a browser feature called localStorage) is at that point deleted.

  Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service; Trackers.

  Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy.

  iubenda Privacy Controls and Cookie Solution (iubenda srl)

  The iubenda Privacy Controls and Cookie Solution allows the Owner to collect and store Users’ preferences related to the processing of personal information and in particular to the use of Cookies and other Trackers on this Website.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers.

  Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy.

• Contacting the User

  Contact form (this Website)

  By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorises this Website to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.

  Personal Data processed: city; company name; email address; first name; last name; phone number; physical address; Trackers; Usage Data; various types of Data; website; ZIP/Postal code.

  Mailing list or newsletter (this Website)

  By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Website. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Website or after making a purchase.

  Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; county; email address; first name; last name; phone number; physical address; Trackers; Usage Data; website; ZIP/Postal code.

• Device permissions for Personal Data access

  This Website requests certain permissions from Users that allow it to access the User's device Data as described below.

  Device permissions for Personal Data access (this Website)

  This Website requests certain permissions from Users that allow it to access the User's device Data as summarized here and described within this document.

  Personal Data processed: Contacts permission; Health Data read permission; Microphone permission; NFC Reader permission ; Phone permission; Photo Library permission; Storage permission.

• Displaying content from external platforms

  This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them.
  This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

  Google Fonts (Google LLC)

  Google Fonts is a typeface visualisation service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Google Maps widget (Google LLC)

  Google Maps is a maps visualisation service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Instagram widget (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

  Instagram is an image visualisation service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Calendly widget (Calendly, LLC)

  Calendly widget is a calendar content visualisation service provided by Calendly, LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: calendar information; email address; name; phone number; Trackers.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Google Calendar widget (Google LLC)

  Google Calendar widget is a calendar content visualisation service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Vimeo video (Vimeo, LLC)

  Vimeo is a video content visualisation service provided by Vimeo, LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  YouTube Data API (Google LLC)

  YouTube Data API is a video content visualisation service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate functions normally executed on YouTube so that Users can watch, find, and manage YouTube content directly on this Website.

  Through this Service, this Website may collect Data directly or indirectly on or from Users’ devices, including by making use of Trackers. Users may restrict such access to their Data via the security settings page provided by Google. Users may ask the Owner for further information about these privacy settings at any time through the contact details provided in this document.

  Data collected through the Service may also be used to help third parties deliver interest-based advertising. Users can opt out of third-party interest-based advertising through their device settings or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: Data communicated in order to use the Service; Data communicated while using the service; Usage Data; User ID; username.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

  YouTube video widget (Privacy Enhanced Mode) (Google LLC)

  YouTube is a video content visualisation service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
  This widget is set up in a way that ensures that YouTube won't store information and cookies about Users on this Website unless they play the video.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Universally unique identifier (UUID); Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  YouTube video widget (Google LLC)

  YouTube is a video content visualisation service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  YouTube IFrame Player (Google LLC)

  YouTube IFrame Player is a video content visualisation service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Through this Service, this Website may collect Data directly or indirectly on or from Users’ devices, including by making use of trackers. Users may restrict such access to their Data via the security settings page provided by Google. Users may ask the Owner for further information about these privacy settings at any time through the contact details provided in this document.

  Data collected through the Service may also be used to help third parties deliver interest-based advertising. Users can opt out of third-party interest-based advertising through their device settings or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: Data communicated in order to use the Service; Data communicated while using the service; Usage Data; username.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

• Handling activities related to productivity

  This type of service helps the Owner to manage tasks, collaboration and, in general, activities related to productivity. In using this type of service, Data of Users will be processed and may be retained, depending on the purpose of the activity in question.
  These services may be integrated with a wide range of third-party services disclosed within this privacy policy to enable the Owner to import or export Data needed for the relative activity.

  Google Workspace (Google LLC)

  Google Workspace is an integrated suite of cloud-based productivity, collaboration and storage services provided by Google LLC. Gmail or other G Suite services are not scanned by Google for advertising purposes. In addition, Google does not collect or use data inside these services for advertising purposes in any other way.

  Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; Data communicated while using the service; date of birth; email address; first name; geographic position; last name; phone number; physical address; Trackers; Usage Data; username; VAT Number; workplace.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Gmail (Google LLC)

  Gmail is a service that manages email communication provided by Google LLC. Such email communication is not scanned by Google for advertising purposes. In addition, Google does not collect or use data inside this service for advertising purposes in any other way.

  Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; Data communicated while using the service; email address; first name; geographic position; last name; phone number; physical address; profession; Trackers; Usage Data; username; VAT Number; workplace.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Calendly (Calendly, LLC)

  Calendly is a service provided by Calendly, LLC, that facilitates online scheduling of appointments.

  Personal Data processed: calendar information; email address; geographic position; name; phone number; Trackers.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Google Docs (Google LLC)

  Google Docs is an online text-editing and collaboration service provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data processed: city; company name; Data communicated while using the service; email address; first name; geographic position; last name; phone number; physical address; Trackers; Usage Data; username; VAT Number; workplace.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Google Sheets (Google LLC)

  Google Sheets is an online spreadsheet and collaboration service provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; Data communicated while using the service; date of birth; email address; first name; geographic position; last name; phone number; physical address; profession; Trackers; Usage Data; VAT Number; workplace; ZIP/Postal code.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Infrastructure monitoring

  This type of service allows this Website to monitor the use and behaviour of its components so its performance, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting can be improved.
  Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and mode of implementation of these services, whose function is to filter the activities of this Website.

  Crashlytics (Google LLC)

  Crashlytics is a monitoring service provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data processed: crash data; device information; Universally unique identifier (UUID).

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Crashlytics with User opt-in (Google LLC)

  Crashlytics with User opt-in is a monitoring service provided by Google LLC.

  This Website allows Users to choose to opt in to the collection of crash reports or analytics.

  Personal Data processed: crash data; device information; Universally unique identifier (UUID).

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Web Performance (Web Performance, Inc.)

  Web Performance is a monitoring service provided by Web Performance, Inc.Web Performance is a monitoring service provided by Web Performance, Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Datadog (Datadog, Inc.)

  Datadog is a monitoring service provided by Datadog, Inc.
  The way Datadog is integrated means that it filters all traffic of this Website, i.e., communication between the Application and the User's browser or device, while also allowing analytical data on this Website to be collected.

  Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties

  This type of service allows Users to interact with data collection platforms or other services directly from the pages of this Website for the purpose of saving and reusing data.
  If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service.

  Google Forms (embedded) (Google LLC)

  Google Forms (embedded) is a service for interacting with the Google data collection platform provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data processed: answers to questions; company name; country; Data communicated while using the service; email address; first name; language; last name; phone number; physical address; profession; Trackers; Usage Data; username; ZIP/Postal code.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Interaction with external social networks and platforms

  This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Website.
  The interaction and information obtained through this Website are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
  This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
  It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on this Website isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.

  Facebook Like button and social widgets (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

  The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Google Friend Connect (Google LLC)

  Google Friend Connect is a social interaction service provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation)

  The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the LinkedIn social network provided by LinkedIn Corporation.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Mix button and social widgets (Mix Tech, Inc.)

  The Mix button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Mix social network provided by Mix Tech, Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  YouTube button and social widgets (Google LLC)

  The YouTube button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the YouTube social network provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data processed: Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets (Pinterest, Inc.)

  The Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Pinterest platform provided by Pinterest Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Interaction with live chat platforms

  This type of service allows Users to interact with third-party live chat platforms directly from the pages of this Website, in order to contact and be contacted by this Website‘s support service.
  If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service. Moreover, live chat conversations may be logged.

  Facebook Messenger Customer Chat (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

  The Facebook Messenger Customer Chat is a service for interacting with the Messenger instant messaging app and platform provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service; Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Location-based interactions

  Non-continuous geolocation (this Website)

  This Website may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.
  Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorisation has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by this Website.
  The geographic location of the User is determined in a manner that isn't continuous, either at the specific request of the User or when the User doesn't point out its current location in the appropriate field and allows the application to detect the position automatically.

  Personal Data processed: coarse location; geographic position; precise location.

  Geolocation (this Website)

  This Website may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.
  Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorisation has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by this Website.

  Personal Data processed: coarse location; geographic position; precise location.

• Managing data collection and online surveys

  This type of service allows this Website to manage the creation, deployment, administration, distribution and analysis of online forms and surveys in order to collect, save and reuse Data from any responding Users.
  The Personal Data collected depend on the information asked and provided by the Users in the corresponding online form.

  These services may be integrated with a wide range of third-party services to enable the Owner to take subsequent steps with the Data processed - e.g. managing contacts, sending messages, analytics, advertising and payment processing.

  Data provided via online forms, managed directly (this Website)

  This Website makes use of online forms that can be used to collect Data about Users.

  Personal Data processed: answers to questions; billing address; city; company name; contact info; country; email address; first name; language; last name; name; phone number; physical address; profession; social media accounts ; Trackers; Usage Data; user content; workplace.

  Google Forms (Google LLC)

  Google Forms is a form builder and data collection platform provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data processed: answers to questions; city; company name; contact info; country; Data communicated while using the service; email address; first name; language; last name; phone number; physical address; profession; state; Trackers; Usage Data; username; workplace; ZIP/Postal code.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Meta lead ads (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

  Meta lead ads is an advertising and data collection service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that allows form-based ads to be shown to Users pre-populated with Personal Data from their Facebook profiles, such as names and email addresses. Depending on the type of advertisement, Users may be requested to provide further information.

  Form submission results in the collection and processing of these Data by the Owner under this privacy policy, and only for the specific purpose outlined on the form and/or inside this privacy policy, where provided.

  Users may exercise their rights, at any time, including the right to withdraw their consent to the processing of their Data, as specified in the section containing information about User rights in this privacy policy.

  Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; Data communicated while using the service; email address; first name; last name; phone number; physical address; profession; state; Trackers; Usage Data; ZIP/Postal code.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.

• Platform services and hosting

  These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of this Website, therefore allowing the provision of this Website from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data.
  Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

  Wix (Wix.com, Ltd.)

  Wix is a platform provided by Wix.com, Ltd. that allows the Owner to build, run and host this Website.
  Wix is highly customisable and can host websites from simple blogs to complex e-commerce platforms.

  Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; phone number; Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Israel – Privacy Policy.

• Registration and authentication

  By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Website to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
  Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, this Website will be able to access some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.
  Some of the services listed below may also collect Personal Data for targeting and profiling purposes; to find out more, please refer to the description of each service.

  Instagram Authentication (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

  Instagram Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. and is connected to the Instagram social network.

  Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Gmail permissions to access User Data (OAuth addition) (Google LLC)

  To provide its service, this Website uses restricted scopes for Gmail which allow access to User Data related to this Google service (as indicated below). This access is provided by Google LLC under strict terms. Here's what this means for such User Data:

  • The use of User Data is limited to providing or improving User-facing features. User Data will not be used for serving ads, including retargeting, personalised, or interest-based advertising.
  • User Data will be transferred to third parties only if necessary, to provide or improve User-facing features and as necessary to comply with applicable law or as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets with notice to Users.
  • Humans will not read the Data unless:
    • the Owner has obtained the User's affirmative agreement for specific messages;
    • it is necessary for security purposes and/or to comply with applicable law, or;
    • the use is limited to internal operations and the Data (including derivations) have been aggregated and anonymised.

  Personal Data processed: Read metadata; Read only access; Sensitive settings management.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Facebook Authentication (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

  Facebook Authentication is a registration and authentication service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. and is connected to the Facebook social network.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website

  By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Website to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data collected are only those necessary for the provision of the service requested by the Users.

  Direct registration (this Website)

  The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to this Website.

  Personal Data processed: budget; city; company name; country; county; email address; first name; house number; last name; number of employees; phone number; physical address; profession; state; Trackers; Usage Data; User ID; username; various types of Data; VAT Number; website; workplace; ZIP/Postal code.

• Remarketing and behavioural targeting

  This type of service allows this Website and its partners to inform, optimise and serve advertising based on past use of this Website by the User.
  This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioural targeting activity.
  Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
  Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.

  Google Signals (Google LLC)

  This Website uses Google Signals, a feature of Google Analytics, which will associate the visitation information that it collects from this Website with Google information from accounts of signed-in Google-account users who have consented to this association for the purpose of ads personalisation. This Google information may include User location, search history, YouTube history and Data from sites that partner with Google – and is used to provide aggregated and anonymised insights into Users' cross device behaviours.

  If a User falls under the described association, they may access and/or delete such Data via My Activity provided by Google.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Facebook Remarketing (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

  Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Meta Audience Network.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Meta Custom Audience (Meta Platforms, Inc.)

  Meta Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Meta Audience Network.

  Users can opt out of Meta's use of Trackers for ads personalisation by visiting this opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: email address; Trackers.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Google Ad Manager Audience Extension (Google LLC)

  Google Ad Manager Audience Extension is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Google LLC that tracks the visitors of this Website and allows selected advertising partners to display targeted ads across the web to them.

  In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Google Ads Remarketing (Google LLC)

  Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Google LLC that connects the activity of this Website with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.

  In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

  Users can opt out of Google's use of Trackers for ads personalisation by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  LinkedIn Website Retargeting (LinkedIn Corporation)

  LinkedIn Website Retargeting is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by LinkedIn Corporation that connects the activity of this Website with the LinkedIn advertising network.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

• Social features

  Inviting and suggesting friends (this Website)

  This Website may use the Personal Data provided to allow Users to invite their friends - for example through the address book, if access has been provided - and to suggest friends or connections inside it.

  Personal Data processed: various types of Data.

  Public profile (this Website)

  Users may have public profiles that other Users can display. In addition to the Personal Data provided, this profile may contain Users' interactions with this Website.

  Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; county; email address; first name; geographic position; last name; phone number; physical address; profession; state; username.

• SPAM protection

  This type of service analyses the traffic of this Website, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognised as SPAM.

  Google reCAPTCHA (Google LLC)

  Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC.
  The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.

  In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.

  Personal Data processed: answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Tag Management

  This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on this Website in a centralised fashion.
  This results in the Users' Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.

  Google Tag Manager (Google LLC)

  Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC.

  Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• User database management

  This type of service allows the Owner to build user profiles by starting from an email address, a personal name, or other information that the User provides to this Website, as well as to track User activities through analytics features. This Personal Data may also be matched with publicly available information about the User (such as social networks' profiles) and used to build private profiles that the Owner can display and use for improving this Website.
  Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails based on specific actions performed on this Website.

  ZoomInfo (ZoomInfo UK Ltd)

  ZoomInfo is a User database management platform with integrated tools for sales, marketing, and recruitment. It is provided by ZoomInfo UK Ltd.

  Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; email address; first name; last name; phone number; physical address; profession; Trackers; Usage Data; ZIP/Postal code.

  Place of processing: United Kingdom – Privacy Policy.

Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section of the Cookie Policy.

Further information about the processing of Personal Data

• Preference Cookies

  Preference Cookies store the User preferences detected on this Website in the local domain such as, for example, their timezone and region.

• Personal Data collected through sources other than the User

  The Owner of this Website may have legitimately collected Personal Data relating to Users without their knowledge by reusing or sourcing them from third parties on the grounds mentioned in the section specifying the legal basis of processing.
  Where the Owner has collected Personal Data in such a manner, Users may find specific information regarding the source within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.

• Equal protection of User Data

  This Website shares User Data only with third parties carefully selected to ensure that they provide the same or equal protection of User Data as stated in this privacy policy and requested by applicable data protection laws. Further information on data processing and privacy practices by third parties can be found in their respective privacy policies.

• localStorage

  localStorage allows this Website to store and access data right in the User's browser with no expiration date.

• Push notifications for direct marketing

  This Website may send push notifications to the User for the purpose of direct marketing (to propose services and products provided by third parties or unrelated to the product or service provided by this Website).

  Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then changing those settings for this Website or all of the apps on the particular device.

  Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of this Website.

  Besides applicable device settings, the User may also make use of the rights described under User rights in the relevant section of this privacy policy.

• Selling goods and services online

  The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.
  The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by this Website depends on the payment system used.

• Push notifications based on the User's geographic location

  This Website may use the User's geographic location to send push notifications for the purposes outlined in this privacy policy.

  Users may in most cases opt-out of receiving push notifications by visiting their device settings, such as the notification settings for mobile phones, and then changing those settings for some or all of the apps on the particular device.

  Users must be aware that disabling push notifications may negatively affect the utility of this Website.

Cookie Policy

This Website uses Trackers. To learn more, Users may consult the Cookie Policy.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Website or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User's Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Website may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Website and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Website (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Website and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.