Taqtile,
Inc.
General
Privacy Policy
Effective
May 10, 2021
Your privacy is an important factor that Taqtile, Inc.,
and its affiliates (collectively, the “Taqtile,” “Us,” “Our”)
consider in the development of Taqtile’s software, website, products, and web
and mobile applications (collectively, the “Services”). As such, we are
committed to being transparent and open. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy
Policy”) explains generally how we receive information, which may
include personally identifiable data (“Personal Data”), what we do with
that information once we have it and our security measures. By using our Services
you hereby acknowledge and agree to the use of your information as noticed
herein.
PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY
POLICY CAREFULLY. BY USING OUR SERVICES, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL
INFORMATION AS OUTLINED BELOW. IF YOU REJECT ANY OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SERVICES.
1.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT.
1.1.
Our
Services may include: our software, website, products, and web and mobile
applications. Taqtile may collect different types of personal and other
identifiable information based on your use of the Services. Wherever Taqtile
collects Personal Data, we make an effort to provide a link to this Privacy
Policy.
When you create an account, use our website, purchase our products, or
otherwise use our Services, Taqtile collects the following types of information
from you:
(a)
Information
you provide us:
When you use our Services, you provide us with personal information that
include your name and contact information (e.g., email address, phone number,
etc.). You may also provide us with payment information, language, and
demographics information (e.g., geo-location information). Taqtile also
collects content that you create, upload, or receive from others (“User
Generated Content”) when using our Services, including communications
between you and Taqtile.
(b)
Information
collected during use of services: We collect information about the devices
that you use to use our Services. This includes device details (e.g., device
type, model, manufacturer, carrier name, crash reports, software installed),
data files or similar data structures stored on or associated with your
devices, data stored in connection with the device hardware, the device’s
operating system, and/or data sent to your devices by Taqtile. Taqtile may also
collect usage data or information about your activity in our Services, such as log
file information, the number of times you access our Services and the nature of
your use, your web request, how you interact with links or features on the
Services, the version of our software that you are using, login records, app
crash details, information automatically reported by your browser each time you
make a request to access our web page or our app, browser type and plugins,
failed commands sent out and the status of your set up.
(c)
Location
Information:
We may collect information about your location when you use our Services.
Location information can include Global Positioning System (GPS) location, Internet
Protocol (IP) address, access points, and information collected from nearby Bluetooth
Low Energy (BLE) devices.
(d)
Metadata
and other technical data associated with any user provided information or
content.
(e)
Cookies
and similar technologies to collect aggregated and anonymized data about our users.
1.2. We may also collect: (i) Non-Identifiable
Data. When you interact with Taqtile through the Services, we receive
and store certain personally non-identifiable information. Such information,
which is collected passively using various technologies, cannot presently be
used to specifically identify you. Taqtile may store such information itself or
such information may be included in databases owned and maintained by Taqtile,
affiliates, agents or service providers. The Services may use such information
and pool it with other information to track, for example, the total number of
visitors to our Services, the number of visitors to each page of our Services,
and the domain names of our visitors’ Internet service providers. It is
important to note that no Personal Data is available or used in this process. (ii)
Aggregated Personal Data. In an ongoing effort to better understand and
serve the users of the Services, Taqtile may
conduct research on its customer demographics, interests and behavior based on
the Personal Data and other information provided to us. This research may be
compiled and analyzed on an aggregate basis, and Taqtile may share this
aggregate data with its affiliates, agents and business partners. This
aggregate information does not identify you personally. Taqtile may also
disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our services to
current and prospective business partners and to other third parties for other
lawful purposes.
2.
HOW WE COLLECT YOUR
PERSONAL DATA AND OTHER INFORMATION.
2.1. Taqtile
may collect Personal Data that you provide directly to us when you contact us
or request information about the Services. By voluntarily providing us with
Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this
Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data to Taqtile, you acknowledge and
agree that such Personal Data may be transferred from your current location to
the offices and servers of Taqtile and the authorized third parties referred to
herein.
2.2. Taqtile
may use a number of tools to collect information about you, your computer
access points, and the web browser that you use to connect to our Services,
such as usage and preference information. For example, we may use cookies and
web beacons to collect information and personalize the Services to you.
(a) Cookies. Cookies are small data files generated by web servers and
stored in your computer for future access. We use Cookies for a variety of
reasons, including studying visitors’ use of Taqtile websites for the
purpose of improving usability. If you choose to visit the Taqtile websites,
you do not need to accept the use of our cookies. If you choose to accept the
use of our cookies, you may delete them after they have been placed on your
computer or your mobile device.
3.
OUR USE OF YOUR PERSONAL
DATA AND OTHER INFORMATION.
3.1. Taqtile
uses the Personal Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this
Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, we may use
the Personal Data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For
instance, if you contact us by email, we will use the Personal Data you provide
to answer your question or resolve your problem. Also, if you provide Personal
Data in order to obtain access to the Services, we will use your Personal Data
to provide you with access to such services and to monitor your use of such
services. Taqtile may also use your Personal Data and other personally
non-identifiable information collected through the Services to help us improve
the content and functionality of the Services to better understand our users
and to improve the Services. Taqtile may use this information to contact you in
the future to tell you about Services we believe will be of interest to you. If
we do so, each marketing communication we send you will contain instructions
permitting you to “opt out” of receiving future marketing communications. In
addition, if at any time you wish not to receive any future marketing
communications or you wish to have your name deleted from our mailing lists,
please contact us as indicated below.
3.2. If Taqtile
intends on using any Personal Data in any manner that is not consistent with
this Privacy Policy, Taqtile may inform you of such anticipated use prior to or
at the time at which the Personal Data is collected.
4. OUR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
AND OTHER INFORMATION.
4.1. Taqtile
is not in the business of selling your information. We consider this
information to be a vital part of our relationship with you. There are,
however, certain circumstances in which we may share your Personal Data with certain
third parties without further notice to you, as set forth below:
(a) Business
Transfers: As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or
assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution
or similar event, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets.
(b) Agents,
Consultants and Third Parties: Taqtile, like
many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain
business-related functions. Examples of such functions include mailing
information, maintaining databases and processing payments. When we employ
another entity to perform a function of this nature, we only provide them with
the information that they need to perform their specific function.
Additionally, we reserve the right to use third party analytics service
providers and advertising partners to collect personally identifiable information
about your online activities over time and across different websites when you
use our Services, including as described in this Privacy Policy. This Policy
does not apply to - and we are not responsible for - those other parties and
their use. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third parties
to learn about your choices about information they collect from you.
Furthermore, we partner with third parties to provide certain support services
to our users. These third parties are responsible for their own policies and
procedures to protect your information. Taqtile is not responsible for the
protection or use of information that users provide directly to any third party
in conjunction with the use of Taqtile’s Services. This privacy policy only
applies to information provided directly to or obtained directly by Taqtile
during your use of our Services.
(c) Legal
Requirements: Taqtile may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by
law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply
with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Taqtile,
(iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of
the Services or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability.
5.
YOUR RIGHTS.
5.1.
Your rights in relation
to your Personal Data are to:
(a)
Be informed about its
use;
(b)
Have access to your
information;
(c)
Correct any errors in
your Personal Data;
(d)
Have your Personal Data
deleted in certain situations.
(e)
Restrict how we use your
personal Data; and
(f)
Facilitate, where
feasible, the transfer of your Personal Data to other businesses at your
direction.
5.2.
Taqtile does not retain
your Personal Data longer than necessary (“Retention Period”). For
example, we may retain your Personal Data for the duration of performance of
its Services to you. After the Retention Period, the User Generated Content or
Personal Data may be permanently deleted or anonymized. If you would like your
Personal Data deleted once you no longer want to use our Services, please
submit a request in writing to john.mathieu@taqtile.com.
6.
SECURITY.
6.1. Taqtile
takes commercially reasonable steps and generally-accepted technical and
organizational security measures to protect the Personal Data provided via the
Services from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or
destruction. Taqtile uses security measures for any personal and account data
that we store (e.g., emails, phone numbers, etc.). Account-identifiable or
user-identifiable data collected through the Services may be encrypted and
stored on our internal databases. Taqtile will not sell or transfer account-identifiable data
to third parties. Any accessible data associated with your account or your
profile can be retrieved only if you provide us with your account identifier. Please
be reminded; however, that no Internet or email transmission or data storage is
ever 100% secure or error-free and that information on the Services may not be
accessed, disclosed, altered, or disclosed. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the
absolute security of any Personal Data. Please keep this in mind when disclosing
any Personal Data to Taqtile via the Internet.
6.2. Please
note that all payments for products and services are processed by
third-parties. Taqtile makes good-faith efforts to use third-party companies
which employ proper protections for private information. However, we have no
control over said companies; therefore, Taqtile exclusively disclaims any
obligation or liability for said third-parties processes and security measures.
7. SPECIAL
NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS. In general, Taqtile is not covered by the terms of
the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). However, in accordance with
California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California residents are entitled to know
that they may file grievances and complaints with California Department of
Consumer Affairs, 400 R Street, Ste 1080, Sacramento, CA 95814; or by phone at
916-445-1254 or 800-952-5210; or by e-mail to dca@dca.ca.gov. For more
information about protecting your privacy, you may wish to visit: http://www.ftc.gov.
8. Taqtile
complies with the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
framework regarding the collection, use, and retention of Personal Data from EU
member countries. If you are located outside the EU and choose to use the
Services or provide your information to us, your information may be
transferred, processed, and stored by our service providers in other non-EU
countries. Privacy laws may vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and the
privacy laws in certain countries may not be as protective as those in your
jurisdiction.
9. CHANGES TO THE
PRIVACY POLICY.
Taqtile hereby reserves it
right to modify/amend or otherwise change this Privacy Policy, as it deems
necessary or appropriate because of legal compliance requirements or changes in
Taqtile’s business practices. If you have provided us with an email address, we
will endeavor to notify you, by email to that address, of any material change
to how we will use personally identifiable information. If you do not agree
with our updated Privacy Policy, please do not use our Services.
10.
CONTACT
US.
If you have any further questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us in
writing, at Taqtile, Inc., 107 Spring Street,
Seattle, Washington 98104, or by email at john.mathieu@taqtile.com.