Effective
date: 12/1/2018
1. Introduction
Welcome to Gridlex Inc
Gridlex
Inc ("us", "we", or "our") operates www.Gridlex.com and Gridlex mobile
application (hereinafter referred to as "Service").
Our
Privacy Policy governs your visit to www.Gridlex.com and Gridlex mobile
application, and explains how we collect, safeguard and disclose information
that results from your use of our Service.
We use
your data to provide and improve Service. By using Service, you agree to the
collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless
otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy
have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.
Our Terms
and Conditions ("Terms") govern all
use of our Service and together with the Privacy Policy constitutes your
agreement with us ("agreement").
2. Definitions
SERVICE means the www.Gridlex.com website
and Gridlex mobile application operated by Gridlex Inc
PERSONAL
DATA means data
about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those
and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our
possession).
USAGE
DATA is data
collected automatically either generated by the use of Service or from Service
infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
COOKIES are small files stored on your
device (computer or mobile device).
DATA
CONTROLLER means a natural or legal person who (either alone
or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which
and the manner in which any personal data are, or are to be, processed. For the
purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your data.
DATA PROCESSORS (OR
SERVICE PROVIDERS) means any natural or legal person who processes the
data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various
Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.
DATA SUBJECT is any living individual who is the
subject of Personal Data.
THE USER is the individual using our Service.
The User corresponds to the Data Subject, who is the subject of Personal Data.
3. Information
Collection and Use
We
collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide
and improve our Service to you.
4. Types
of Data Collected
Personal
Data
While using our Service, we may ask
you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be
used to contact or identify you ("Personal
Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited
to:
(a) Email address
(b) First name and last name
(c) Phone number
(d) Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal
code, City
(e) Cookies and Usage Data
We may use your Personal
Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and
other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving
any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe
link or by emailing at gridlex@gridlex.com.
Usage
Data
We may
also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service
or when you access Service by or through a mobile device ("Usage Data").
This
Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol
address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our
Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on
those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When you
access Service with a mobile device, this Usage Data may include information
such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP
address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile
Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Location Data
We may use and store information about
your location if you give us permission to do so ("Location Data"). We use this data to provide features of our
Service, to improve and customise our Service.
You can
enable or disable location services when you use our Service at any time by way
of your device settings.
Tracking Cookies Data
We use
cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service
and we hold certain information.
Cookies
are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique
identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your
device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and
scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our
Service.
You can
instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is
being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use
some portions of our Service.
Examples of Cookies we use:
(a) Session
Cookies: We use
Session Cookies to operate our Service.
(b) Preference
Cookies: We use
Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
(c) Security
Cookies: We use
Security Cookies for security purposes.
(d) Advertising
Cookies: Advertising
Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you
and your interests.
Other
Data
While using our Service, we may also
collect the following information: sex, age, date of birth, place of birth,
passport details, citizenship, registration at place of residence and actual
address, telephone number (work, mobile), details of documents on education,
qualification, professional training, employment agreements, non-disclosure
agreements, information on bonuses and compensation, information on marital
status, family members, social security (or other taxpayer identification)
number, office location and other data.
5. Use
of Data
Gridlex Inc uses the collected
data for various purposes:
(a) To provide and maintain our Service;
(b) To notify you about changes to our
Service;
(c) To allow you to participate in
interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so;
(d) To provide customer support;
(e) To gather analysis or valuable
information so that we can improve our Service;
(f)
To
monitor the usage of our Service;
(g) To detect, prevent and address
technical issues;
(h) To fulfill any other purpose for which
you provide it;
(i)
To
carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts
entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;
(j)
To
provide you with notices about your account and/or subscription, including
expiration and renewal notices, email-instructions, etc.;
(k) To provide you with news, special
offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we
offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired
about unless you have opted not to receive such information;
(l)
In
any other way we may describe when you provide the information;
(m) For any other purpose with your
consent.
6. Retention
of Data
We will retain your
Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this
Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent
necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required
to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and
enforce our legal agreements and policies.
We will also retain Usage
Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a
shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to
improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain
this data for longer time periods.
7. Transfer
of Data
Your
information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to - and maintained on
- computers located outside of your state, province, country or other
governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those
of your jurisdiction.
If you
are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us,
please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United
States and process it there.
Your
consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information
represents your agreement to that transfer.
Gridlex Inc will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data
is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer
of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless
there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and
other personal information.
8. Disclosure
of Data
We may disclose personal information
that we collect, or you provide:
(a) Disclosure
for Law Enforcement.
Under
certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Personal Data if
required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public
authorities.
(b) Business
Transaction.
If we or
our subsidiaries are involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal
Data may be transferred.
(c) Other
cases. We may disclose your information also:
(i)
To
our subsidiaries and affiliates;
(ii)
To
contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our
business;
(iii) To fulfill the purpose for which you
provide it;
(iv) For the purpose of including your
company's logo on our website;
(v) For any other purpose disclosed by us
when you provide the information;
(vi) With your consent in any other cases;
(vii)If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to
protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or
others.
9. Security
of Data
The security of your data
is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the
Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use
commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot
guarantee its absolute security.
10. Your
Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you
are a resident of the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA), you
have certain data protection rights, covered by GDPR. - See more at
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj
We aim to
take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use
of your Personal Data.
If you
wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to
be removed from our systems, please email us at gridlex@gridlex.com.
In certain circumstances, you have the
following data protection rights:
(a) The right to access, update or to
delete the information we have on you.
(b) The right of rectification. You have
the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate
or incomplete.
(c) The right to object. You have the
right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
(d) The right of restriction. You have the
right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
(e) The right to data portability. You
have the right to be provided with a copy of your Personal Data in a
structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
(f)
The
right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your
consent at any time where we rely on your consent to process your personal
information.
Please note that we may
ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. Please
note, we may not able to provide Service without some necessary data.
You have the right to
complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your
Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection
authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).
11. Your
Data Protection Rights under the California Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
CalOPPA
is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online
services to post a privacy policy. The law's reach stretches well beyond
California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivable
the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable
information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on
its website stating exactly the information being collected and those
individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. - See
more at:
https://consumercal.org/about-cfc/cfc-education-foundation/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa-3/
According to CalOPPA we agree to the
following:
(a) Users can visit our site anonymously;
(b) Our Privacy Policy link includes the
word "Privacy", and can easily be found on the page specified above on the home
page of our website;
(c) Users will be notified of any privacy
policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page;
(d) Users are able to change their
personal information by emailing us at gridlex@gridlex.com.
Our Policy on "Do Not Track" Signals:
We honor Do Not Track signals and do
not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track browser
mechanism is in place. Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web
browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.
You can enable or disable Do Not Track
by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.
12. Service
Providers
We may
employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), provide Service on
our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analysing how our
Service is used.
These third parties have
access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are
obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
13. Analytics
We may use third-party Service
Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
Google Analytics
Google
Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports
website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of
our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the
collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising
network.
For more
information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy
Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
We also
encourage you to review the Google's policy for safeguarding your data:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
Firebase
Firebase
is analytics service provided by Google Inc.
You may opt-out of certain Firebase features through your
mobile device settings, such as your device advertising settings or by
following the instructions provided by Google in their Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
For more information on what type of information Firebase
collects, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Fathom Analytics
Fathom
Analytics is analytics service provided by Conva Ventures Inc. You can find
their Privacy Policy here: https://usefathom.com/privacy/
Piwik / Matomo
Piwik or Matomo is a web analytics service. You can visit
their Privacy Policy page here: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy
Clicky
Clicky is a web analytics service. Read the Privacy
Policy for Clicky here: https://clicky.com/terms
Cloudflare
analytics
Cloudflare analytics is a web analytics service operated
by Cloudflare Inc. Read the Privacy Policy here:
https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
Statcounter
Statcounter is a web traffic analysis tool. You can read
the Privacy Policy for Statcounter here: https://statcounter.com/about/legal/
Flurry Analytics
Flurry Analytics service is provided by Yahoo! Inc.
You can opt-out from Flurry Analytics service to prevent
Flurry Analytics from using and sharing your information by visiting the
Flurry's Opt-out page: https://dev.flurry.com/secure/optOut.do
For more information on the privacy practices and
policies of Yahoo!, please visit their Privacy Policy page:
https://policies.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/privacy/policy/index.htm
Mixpanel
Mixpanel is provided by Mixpanel Inc.
You can prevent Mixpanel from using your information for
analytics purposes by opting-out. To opt-out of Mixpanel service, please visit
this page: https://mixpanel.com/optout/
For more information on what type of information Mixpanel
collects, please visit the Terms of Use page of Mixpanel:
https://mixpanel.com/terms/
Unity Analytics
Unity Analytics is provided by Unity Technologies.
For more information on what type of information Unity
Analytics collects, please visit their Privacy Policy page:
hhttps://unity3d.com/legal/privacy-policy
14. Advertising
We may use third-party Service Providers to show
advertisements to you to help support and maintain our Service.
Google AdSense DoubleClick Cookie
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve
ads on our Service. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its
partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Service or other
websites on the Internet.
You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick Cookie for
interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings web page:
http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
Bing Ads
Bing Ads is an advertising service provided by Microsoft
Inc.
You can opt-out from Bing Ads by following the
instructions on Bing Ads Opt-out page:
https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
For more information about Bing Ads, please visit their
Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/PrivacyStatement
AdMob by Google
AdMob by Google is provided by Google Inc.
You can opt-out from the AdMob by Google service by
following the instructions described by Google:
https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en
For more information on how Google uses the collected
information, please visit the "How Google uses data when you use our partners'
sites or app" page: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ or visit
the Privacy Policy of Google: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
AdButler
AdButler is an advertising service provided by Sparklit
Networks Inc.
For more information about AdButler, please visit their
Privacy Policy: https://www.sparklit.com/agreements.spark?agreement=privacy
Unity Ads
Unity Ads is provided by Unity Technologies.
You can opt-out from Unity Ads service by following the
instructions as described by Unity Technologies on their Privacy Policy page:
https://unity3d.com/legal/privacy-policy
For more information about Unity Technologies, please
visit Unity Technologies Privacy Policy:
https://unity3d.com/legal/privacy-policy
15. Behavioral
Remarketing
Gridlex Inc
uses remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to you
after you visited our Service. We and our third-party vendors use cookies to
inform, optimise and serve ads based on your past visits to our Service.
Google Ads (AdWords)
Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by
Google Inc.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display
Advertising and customise the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google
Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads
Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics
Opt-out Browser Add-on - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout - for your
web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the
ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google
Analytics.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google,
please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Bing Ads Remarketing
Bing Ads remarketing service is provided by Microsoft
Inc.
You can opt-out of Bing Ads interest-based ads by
following their instructions:
https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
You can learn more about the privacy practices and
policies of Microsoft by visiting their Privacy Policy page:
https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/PrivacyStatement
Twitter
Twitter remarketing service is provided by Twitter Inc.
You can opt-out from Twitter's interest-based ads by
following their instructions: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170405
You can learn more about the privacy practices and
policies of Twitter by visiting their Privacy Policy page:
https://twitter.com/privacy
Facebook
Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc.
You can learn more about interest-based advertising from
Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950
To opt-out from Facebook's interest-based ads, follow
these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217
Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for
Online Behavioural Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance.
You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through
the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/,
the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/
or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe
http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings.
For more information on the privacy practices of
Facebook, please visit Facebook's Data Policy:
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Pinterest
Pinterest remarketing service is provided by Pinterest
Inc.
You can opt-out from Pinterest's interest-based ads by
enabling the "Do Not Track" functionality of your web browser or by following
Pinterest instructions: http://help.pinterest.com/en/articles/personalization-and-data
You can
learn more about the privacy practices and policies of Pinterest by visiting
their Privacy Policy page: https://about.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
16. Payments
We may
provide paid products and/or services within Service. In that case, we use
third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).
We will not store or collect your payment card details.
That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors
whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy.
These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by
the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like
Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help
ensure the secure handling of payment information.
The payment processors we work with
are:
PayPal or Braintree:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed
at https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
FastSpring:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at http://fastspring.com/privacy/
Apple Store In-App Payments:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/ /
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203027
Google Play In-App Payments:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=us /
https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/u/0/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice&ldl=en
Stripe:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://stripe.com/us/privacy
WePay:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://go.wepay.com/privacy-policy
WorldPay:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://online.worldpay.com/terms/privacy
First Data:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed
at: https://www.firstdata.com/en_us/privacy.html
Authorize.net:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://www.authorize.net/about-us/privacy/
2Checkout:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://www.2checkout.com/legal/privacy/
Sage Pay:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at:
https://www.sagepay.co.uk/policies/privacy-policy
Square:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at:
https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy
Go Cardless:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://gocardless.com/legal/privacy
Elavon:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://www.elavon.com/privacy-pledge.html
Verifone:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://www.verifone.com/en/privacy
Moneris:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://www.moneris.com/legal/privacy-policy
WeChat:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at: https://www.wechat.com/en/privacy_policy.html
Alipay:
Their
Privacy Policy can be viewed at:
https://render.alipay.com/p/f/agreementpages/alipayglobalprivacypolicy.html
17. Links
to Other Sites
Our
Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you
click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We
strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for
the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or
services.
18. Children's
Privacy
Our
Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable
information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian
and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please
contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from
children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that
information from our servers.
19. Changes
to This Privacy Policy
We may
update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes
by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via
email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming
effective and update "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review
this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy
Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
20. Contact
Us
If you have any questions about this
Privacy Policy, please contact us:
By email:
gridlex@gridlex.com.