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RAINCLOUD Terms of Use
The RAINCLOUD Digital Platform Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) are defining the conditions under which you may access and use the Digital Platform and all the functionalities provided thereunder.
By accessing or using the Service or by logging into with your allocated User ID, you agree to be bound by this Terms of Use. The User undertakes to have legal ability and means required to access and use the Service and acknowledges to have read, understood and accepted without limitation or reservation the Terms of Use, which apply in addition to the Privacy Policy available at https://raincloud.network/
1. Definitions
Digital Platform: means the online platform named RAINCLOUD at https://www.raincloud.network, edited by Hivebrite and provided by RAINCLOUD, allowing User to benefit from the Service.
Data Protection Law: means the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation).
User Account: means a dedicated online account created by any visitor pursuant to Article 5.2 in order to access the Service.
Identifiers: means login and password or social login the User used to create the User Account.
Party or Parties: means the User and RAINCLOUD designated either individually or collectively.
Service: means the Digital Platform and all the functionalities provided thereto and described in this Terms of Use.
Service Content: means any data, text, files, information, usernames, images, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, sounds, works of authorship, applications, links, and other content or materials made available during the Service.
User or Users: means any person authorized by RAINCLOUD to access and use of the Service after creation of a User Account.
User Content: means any content created, posted, or shared by the User, on or through the Service including any information, data, photos and other content relating to the User.
2. Legal notice
2.1. The Service is provided by
Company Name: RAINCLOUD Limited
Registered office: 124-26 Lewis Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2JF
Incorporation Number: SC707021
E-mail: [email protected]
2.2. Hosting:
Google Cloud Platform
Company located at Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, Ireland
Registered in the Dublin Trade and Companies Register under the number: 752925594
Phone number: +353 1 436 1000
And
Amazon AWS
Company located at 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxenbourg
3. Term
The Terms of Use will come into effect on first access to the Service for the entire duration of use.
4. Description of the Service
The Service enables Users to connect with each other, build communities, or also do networking.
The Service comprises a suite of online services provided by RAINCLOUD, allowing the User to:
● Connect with people of RAINCLOUD, groups, businesses the User is interested in:
o Live feed: allows Users to have access to a newsfeed aggregating contents posted via the application. They can comment on the posts.
o Recommend: allows Users to suggest someone to be invited by the admin.
● Communicate with others by sharing content such as status, photos, videos, sending private messages, as well as creating events, groups, or startups.
o Directory: provide with the contact details of other Users.
o Private messages: allow Users to discuss by private messages.
o Virtual Trade Show: allows Users to create projects, products and services.
o Industry Thought Leadership: allows Users to post articles, documents and links.
o Company and institutions: allows Users to create a profile for corporations.
o Groups: Users can be part of groups with all the features of the application.
o Event organization: allows Users to create events.
● Ensure the safety and integrity of the Digital Platform with a reporting tool allowing the Users to signal contents and other Users.
● Participate in events organized by RAINCLOUD;
● Share job offers or apply to job offers published in the Digital Platform;
● Stay up to date with news about RAINCLOUD and activities in the Digital Platform:
o Email campaign: the User can receive emails campaigns from RAINCLOUD
o Notification: Users that have agreed to receive notifications sent by RAINCLOUD .
o Resource center: Users can upload files that are stored in the Digital Platform.
This Terms of Use govern the use of each component of the Service.
5. Access to the Service
Access to the Service shall be subject to the successful creation of a User Account as further described in Article 5.2 below.
5.1. Recommended Requirements for the access to the Service
It is recommended that the User must fulfill the following requirements prior to commencement of use of Services:
· the ability and means required to access the Services and to use it;
· the appropriate hardware (computer, smartphone...) and operating software and shall carry out the responsibility of the maintenance and the security;
· an Internet access from any access provider of the User’s choice; and
· an adapted configuration of the browser.
Users shall bear all the costs for accessing the Service.
5.2. Creation of the User Account
Interested users shall be required to complete the online registration form at the following address: https://RAINCLOUD.network/
The User is required to enter an array of information including but not limited to certain personal identification data such as name, surname, and email address.
The User agrees to provide only accurate and complete information when creating or updating his/her User Account.
The applicant will be notified of the successful creation of a User Account via the email address that has been provided in the online registration form. RAINCLOUD reserves the sole and absolute right to approve or decline the application without assigning any reasons whatsoever.
5.3. Access modalities
After the successful creation of a User Account, in order to benefit from the Services, the User must log-in with the email address and password the User used to create the User Account. Identifiers are personal and confidential. Users are responsible for keeping it secret and not disclose it to any third party in any form and for any reason whatsoever.
The User’s login can only be changed at the request of the User or at the initiative of RAINCLOUD. The User’s password is modifiable by the User through the User’s Account. The User is solely and entirely responsible for the use of the User’s Identifiers and undertakes to do everything possible to keep it secret and not to disclose them to anyone, in any form whatsoever and for any reason whatsoever. If the User forgets her/his password, the User can generate a new one by clicking on the link “Reset my password” available https://raincloud.network/
The User is solely responsible for the activity that occurs on its User Account and will be responsible to keep its Identifiers secure and for the use of his Identifiers by third-parties or for any actions or declarations made through his User Account, whether fraudulent or not, and guarantees RAINCLOUD against any request in this respect.
If the User has reason to believe that a person is fraudulently using identification elements or his User Account, she or he must immediately inform RAINCLOUD by e-mail at the following address [email protected]
The User is solely responsible for the improper access, damage, disruption, loss or theft and adverse consequences caused by its breach of the confidentiality of the Identifiers. In case of loss, misappropriation or unauthorized use of its password, the User shall immediately notify RAINCLOUD.
Users may not use another’s account without permission. A User Account may not be shared, transferred, or sold to other parties, nor are they to be used by or made available to any person or entity except the registered user.
6. No Service Fees
RAINCLOUD shall not charge the User any fees for the creation of the User Account and the Company reserves its rights to charge a fee for the use of the Services.
7. Intellectual property
7.1. Company’s ownership
The Service and the Service Content belong and shall remain the property of RAINCLOUD or its licensors as appropriate, and is protected by copyright, patent when applicable, trade secret and other intellectual property laws.
The User shall not acquire any of such rights title and interest (including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights such as copies, modifications, extensions and derivative works thereof) save as otherwise expressly set out in this Article 7.2 and the User shall take all necessary measures to this effect. All rights not expressly granted to Users are reserved and retained.
Any reproduction, representation, distribution, modification, adaptation or translation of these various Service Content, in whole or in part, in any form and current or future medium is strictly prohibited, except within the limit of the Terms of Use or with prior express authorization of RAINCLOUD. Any use of these Service Content not expressly authorized by RAINCLOUD shall constitute a violation of the Terms of Use and a violation of intellectual property rights.
Except as specifically permitted by this Terms of Use, User may not use or register any name, logo, brand or insignia of RAINCLOUD or any of its subdivisions for any purpose except with RAINCLOUD prior written approval and in accordance with any restrictions required by RAINCLOUD. These are the property of RAINCLOUD or are subject to rights to use, duplicate or represent/communicate to the public that have been granted to such.
RAINCLOUD is the producer of databases on the Digital Platform and RAINCLOUD is the owner of any databases made available. The User shall not extract or reuse a substantial qualitative or quantitative portion of the databases, including for private purposes.
7.2. User’s right of use
RAINCLOUD grants the User a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and revocable license to use the Service for User’s personal, non-commercial purposes. The User may only use the Digital Platform on devices that User owns or controls. User may use the Service and the Service Content only in the manner and for the purposes specified in this Terms of Use. Except as specifically permitted by this Terms of Use, User may not modify, transmit, produce, distribute, display, sell, license, broadcast, or otherwise make available in any form or by any means any part of the Service or the Service Content without the express written permission of RAINCLOUD.
In connection with the use of the Services and Service Content or User’s Content, the User is not authorized to, or cannot allow a third party to:
· violate any applicable laws, rules or regulations, notably cause damage or injury to any person or property, infringes any rights of third parties including but not limited to any intellectual property rights and privacy rights or perform any other illegal, harmful or fraudulent activities;
· probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network;
· remove, circumvent, disable, damage or otherwise interfere with any security measures of any network, computer or communications system, software application, or network or computing device;
· attempts to connect without permission and/or damage, in any way whatsoever, any users, hosts or networks;
· disturb, hamper, interfere or interrupt the access to or operation of the Service and Service Content including by transmitting any worms, viruses, spyware, malware or any other code of a destructive or disruptive nature.
8. User’s undertakings
The User represents and warrants that she or he retains ownership of all of his intellectual property rights in the User Content or that this User Content is subject to a license granted to the User by a third party holding these rights, under conditions allowing the User to freely use and/or transfer these elements for the purpose of using the Service, under the conditions described in this Terms of Use. RAINCLOUD does not claim ownership of the User Content.
The User holds RAINCLOUD harmless from all claims or actions brought by third parties on the grounds of an infringement of their rights, including, without limitation, publicity rights, copyrights, trademark and/or other intellectual property rights or privacy rights in the User Content.
By using the Service, the User represents and warrants that she or he has the legal right and capacity to enter into this Terms of Use in the User’s jurisdiction.
User warrants to be at least eighteen (18) years of age or older or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and is fully competent, to use the Service and to enter into and comply with this Terms of Use. If the User is under the age of sixteen (16) years, the User must obtain verifiable consent from a parent or legal guardian. The parent or legal guardian shall be able to provide consent to her or his child’s use of the Service and agree to be bound by this Terms of Use in respect to her or his child’s use of the Service.
Persons aged 13 years old or less are not authorized to access the Service.
9. User’s rules of conduct
User may not post content which includes, but is not limited to: (i) sexually explicit materials; (ii) obscene, misleading, libelous, slanderous, violent, hateful and/or unlawful content or profanity; (iii) content that infringes upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary right, or that is deceptive or fraudulent; (iv) content that promotes the use or sale of illegal or regulated substances, tobacco products, ammunition and/or firearms; and (v) gambling, including without limitation, any online casino, sports books, bingo or poker (“Objectionable Content”)via the Service.
User may not defame, stalk, bully, abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate people or entities and must not post private or confidential information via the Service, including, without limitation, the User or any other person's credit card information, social security or alternate national identity numbers, non-public phone numbers or non-public email addresses.
User must not create accounts with the Service through unauthorized means, including but not limited to, by using an automated device, script, bot, spider, crawler or scraper.
User must not attempt to restrict another User from using or enjoying the Service and must not encourage or facilitate violations of these Terms of Use.
Use of Service or the Service Content for any political purpose is strictly prohibited. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to: (1) activities that are illegal or fraudulent; (2) use that inaccurately implies endorsement, approval, or sponsorship by RAINCLOUD (or any individual officer or employee of RAINCLOUD); (3) use that can be confused with official communications of RAINCLOUD or its officers or employees; and (4) print or electronic mass mailings (sometimes known as "spamming"), solicitations for commercial services.
10. Reporting and moderation
In order to ensure the Digital Platform provides the best experience possible for everyone, if a User sees any inappropriate content, she or he must use the “Report as offensive” feature found under each post.
RAINCLOUD has no general obligation to monitor User Content nor to investigate whether facts or circumstances are revealing illicit activities. RAINCLOUD has set up a reporting tool allowing any User to notify illegal, abusive and harmful content.
The knowledge of such content is deemed effective when the hosting provider is notified of following:
· The notification date;
· The notifying User identity;
· The description of the facts in contention (possibly with screen shots of the content);
· As well as the reasons for which the content must be removed.
If a User Content is reported, RAINCLOUD reserves the right to withdraw the reported content and/or suspend or terminate the User Account of the User having originally published the reported content in the conditions set forth in Article 11.2.
11. Termination, suspension, or revocation of access
11.1. Deletion of the User Account by the User
At any time, the User may delete its User Account without notice by contacting RAINCLOUD at the address or email address mentioned in Article 15.
Deletion is effective immediately and all the data collected upon the subscription as well as the content published by the User on the Digital Platform is deleted after a period of one (1) year.
11.2. Suspension or termination of the User Account by RAINCLOUD in case of breach of the Terms of Use
RAINCLOUD retains the right to suspend User’s access to the Service to make all investigations necessary following a report made pursuant to Article 10 or in case of presumed breach of Terms of Use which may be remediated. The User whose User Account is suspended will be informed by RAINCLOUD of such a decision by email. The User has the possibility to send an email to RAINCLOUD to obtain additional information on the reasons for the suspension as well as to provide explanations and/or any element in order to demonstrate that the breach has been remediated. If the violation of Terms of Use is not remedied within one (1) month from suspension notification, RAINCLOUD reserves the right to terminate the applicable User’s Account and right to use the Service, in addition to any other rights or remedies available.
11.3. Deletion of inactive User Account
RAINCLOUD will delete inactive accounts after a continuous period of three (3) years the User has not used the Digital Platform. The User will be informed by email of the deletion of his or her account subject to prior notice of two (2) weeks allowing the User to object to such deletion.
12. Privacy; Confidentiality
By using the Service, User’s personal data, in the meaning of Data Protection Law, may be collected and processed by RAINCLOUD, in compliance with the RAINCLOUD Privacy Policy which can be found at https://raincloud.network/
RAINCLOUD will treat User Content as confidential information in accordance with this Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy.
13. Limitation of Warranty and Liability; Indemnification
RAINCLOUD is not responsible for the User’s device compatibility nor if the User is unable to connect due to any technical problem related to the Internet network or a failure in the User's computer facilities and equipment.
RAINCLOUD shall not be responsible for User’s System nor any problems arising from or related to User’s System or caused by the Internet. User is responsible for the security of the User System and the security of its access to and connection with the Services.
Insofar as it has not been reported in the conditions of Article 10, any document, information, data, or elements available via the Service, including User Content (“Information”) is provided without any guarantees, notably that the Information is comprehensive or accurate.
The User is solely responsible for the use of the Information and bears all the risks arising from your reliance on this Information. The Information is provided on the condition that the User can determine its interest for a specific purpose before use. Under no circumstances shall RAINCLOUD accept liability for any claims that may arise or arising from reliance on the said Information, its use or use of a product to which it refers.
The User is solely responsible for all User Content posted, and assumes all risks relating to its use by others and others’ reliance on its accuracy. The User acknowledges that, following the publication of the any content, its information will become accessible to all the Users on the Digital Platform and that as such, same information will be published, modified, translated, reproduced in any form and accessible, saved and reproduced by other Users and RAINCLOUD. RAINCLOUD will have no responsibility or liability in connection with the User Content.
RAINCLOUD expressly excludes any liability for events of any kind that may occur during any meeting organized between Users within the use of the Services.
14. Hypertext links
The Digital Platform may provide links to websites operated by third parties or other internet sources/networks, as well as data/information coming from third-party servers. RAINCLOUD does not endorse or accept responsibility for the content or the use of third-party websites and cannot be held liable for any damage following or in relation with use or the fact of having trusted the content/data/results available on such third-party servers, external sources or internet sites.
If a User uses third-party sites or content from third-party servers, User does so solely at User’s own risk. Links do not imply that the Company is affiliated or associated with any linked site.
15. Contact
For any questions regarding the Terms of Use, especially use of the Service or any claim, please email us at [email protected]
The User can use these contact details for any technical support request.
16. Miscellaneous
16.1. Governing Law and jurisdiction
This Terms of Use will be governed by the laws of the United Kingdom without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.
The User is informed, as consumer, of the possibility to use a conventional mediation procedure or any other alternative dispute resolution method.
The User can submit a dispute to the Online Dispute Resolution platform proposed by the European Commission, which may be accessed at the following address: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/
16.2. Change of Terms of Use
This Terms of Use are subject to change from time to time. Any changes will be posted to this page. Use of this Service or any Service Content after entering into force the new version of the Terms of Use will constitute the acceptance and the agreement to the modified Terms of Use. If the User disagrees with such modification of the Terms of Use, the User may terminate the Service and delete its User Account under the conditions set forth in Article 11.
16.3. Change of the Service
RAINCLOUD may further develop or modify the Service or the Service Content only to improve its quality. The User will be informed of such development/modification as soon as it is implemented.
16.4. Severability; Entire Agreement
Except in the case of invalidity of an essential clause, if any provision of this Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision, to the extent unenforceable, shall be struck, and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions. This Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policies, set forth the entire understanding and agreement between the User and RAINCLOUD with respect to the subject matter hereof.
16.5. Convention of proof
Electronic documents exchanged by electronic means between the User and the RAINCLOUD shall be regarded as writings having the same probative force as writings on paper in the meaning of applicable law. They may constitute faithful and durable copies in accordance with applicable law, so that the User is invited to keep them.
16.6. Force majeure
In no event shall RAINCLOUD be held liable for any breach of its contractual obligations resulting from a force majeure event as defined in applicable law and related jurisprudence.
Privacy Policy
The Company offers a platform for its users to connect and share relevant information with each other (hereafter, the “Platform”). The Platform is available at the following url address https://raincloud.network
Please read this Privacy Policy ("this Policy") prior to the use of any services offered through the Platform which shall be subject to a successful registration of a user account (hereafter, the “Users”).
The Company uses a solution called “Hivebrite”, which enables the import and export of user lists and data, the management of content and events, the organization of emailing campaigns and opportunity research and sharing as well as the management of funds and contributions of any kind.
In this regard, as a data controller, the Company is particularly aware and sensitive with regard to the respect of its Users privacy and personal data protection. The Company commits to ensure the compliance of the processing it carries out as data controller in accordance with the applicable provisions of the “Loi n°78-17 dated January 6, 1978, relative à l’informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés” and the EU Regulation EU 2016/679 regarding data protection dated April 27, 2016.
In order to do so, the Company has put in place this Policy which guarantees an optimal level of protection of its Users’ data.
1. COLLECTED PERSONAL DATA
1.1. When subscribing on the Platform
When subscribing on the Platform, the User is informed that its following personal data is collected:
· “Identity Data” may include forenames and last name, personal or job title and position, location, social media accounts, profile picture, or similar identifiers;
· “Contact Data” may include physical address, email address, and telephone number;
· “Transaction Data” may include requests for products and services you have made to us, or in relation to products or services that we have supplied to you;
· “Experience Data” may include university education, professional experience, and CV;
· “Technical Data” may include internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, platform and other technology on the devices used to access this Website;
· “Your Company Data” may include company name, company description, company size, company website, company industry, company product development stage, company last funding round, company total funding amount, company currently raising, company key investors, company headquarter country, company deck;
· “Matchmaking Data” may include why you are interested in joining the Platform, elaboration on why you are interested in joining the Platform, which industries the people you want to connect with come from, top 5 wishlist of companies you want to connect with;
· “Events Data” may include events you have attended, events you are interested in attending, and events you will be attending;
· “Usage Data” may include enquiries submitted by you, information supplied, and how you use our website;
· “Marketing Data” may include details on any preference that you have advised us of in relation to marketing communications from us;
The User warrants to only provide accurate, exhaustive, and regularly updated data regarding its identity, its content and any information in general. Under no circumstances shall the Company be liable for any data that is illegal contrary to public order provisions.
In the event the User does not consent to the collection of the above-mentioned data, it shall be informed that it cannot have access to the Platform.
1.2. During the use of the Platform
The User may validly publish, at its own initiative, any content on the Platform which shall be kept by the Company:
· “Identity Data” may include forenames and last name, personal or job title and position, location, social media accounts, profile picture, or similar identifiers;
· “Contact Data” may include physical address, email address, and telephone number;
· “Experience Data” may include university education, professional experience, and CV;
· “Your Company Data” may include company name, company description, company size, company website, company industry, company product development stage, company last funding round, company total funding amount, company currently raising, company key investors, company headquarter country, company deck;
· “Matchmaking Data” may include why you are interested in joining the Platform, elaboration on why you are interested in joining the Platform, which industries the people you want to connect with come from, top 5 wishlist of companies you want to connect with;
· “Events Data” may include events you have attended, events you are interested in attending, and events you will be attending.
The User warrants not to publish any content which contains, including but not limited to, any remarks/images/pictures, contrary to applicable legislation and regulations, to public order and good morals, or affecting the rights of third parties, including but not limited to:
· Identity fraud of a third person;
· Remarks/publish pictures or images that are violent, defamatory, offensive, malicious, obscene, inciting to discrimination or hatred, racist, xenophobic, anti-Semitic, condoning or approving war crimes, inciting to committing a crime, offense, act of terrorism, or contrary to the security of minors;
· Counterfeiting the intellectual property rights of a third person;
· Commercial canvassing or elements that could be qualified as unfair competition.
The User indemnifies the Company against (and to the extent applicable to its subcontractors) and hold the Company harmless from all losses and damages that may arise from any non-compliance of this policy by the User.
In any event, the Company shall not be liable for the content, accuracy, or up-to-date state of the information freely published by the User.
The User consents that, following the publication of the content, its information will become public on the Platform and that as such, same information will be published, modified, translated, reproduced in any form and accessible, saved and reproduced by other Users and the Company.
In most cases, Users post contents without previous moderation from the Company. The Company does not alter the content or information of the User, except under exceptional circumstances. The Company reserves its right to, without prior consent, unanimously, freely delete or amend the content or information posted on the Platform by the User, without prejudice to the Users.
In the case where the content posted on the Platform is in violation (or there is a suspected violation) with then-current privacy policy, applicable law or the rights of third parties, any person can inform the Company of the existence of such content at the following address: [email protected]
The User is informed that the Company does not collect any particularly sensitive data within the meaning of applicable legislation and regulations.
1.3. Cookie data
The Company informs the User that KIT UNITED, as well as its subcontractors, uses a tracking technology on its terminal such as cookies whenever the User navigates on the Platform.
A cookie is a message that, subject to the User settings, is sent to its terminal when the User navigates on a website. The aim is to collect data regarding the internet navigation of the User to send tailor-made services to its terminal (computer, mobile phone or tablet).
The cookies that are sent to the User’s terminal are detailed under Article 2.
The purpose of the process of the data collected through the cookies and the settings of such processing is detailed under Article 9.
2. THE PURPOSE OF THE DATA PROCESSING
The Company and its subcontractors collect, process and host personal data that are freely transferred by the User when accessing the services proposed by the Platform.
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Collected Data |
Purpose of the processing |
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When subscribing on the Platform: · “Identity Data” may include forenames and last name, personal or job title and position, location, social media accounts, profile picture, or similar identifiers; · “Contact Data” may include physical address, email address, and telephone number; · “Your Company Data” may include company name, company description, company size, company website, company industry, company product development stage, company last funding round, company total funding amount, company currently raising, company key investors, company headquarter country, company deck; · “Matchmaking Data” may include why you are interested in joining the Platform, elaboration on why you are interested in joining the Platform, which industries the people you want to connect with come from, top 5 wishlist of companies you want to connect with; |
· Access to the Platform; · Creation of a user account; · Access for the User to all functionalities of the Platform, meaning: posting content, joining events, joining and participating in forums and groups, messaging other users, creating company profiles; · Management of requests to access, amend, delete, limit and oppose. |
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When using the Platform: · “Identity Data” may include forenames and last name, personal or job title and position, location, social media accounts, profile picture, or similar identifiers; · “Contact Data” may include physical address, email address, and telephone number; · “Experience Data” may include university education, professional experience, and CV; · “Your Company Data” may include company name, company description, company size, company website, company industry, company product development stage, company last funding round, company total funding amount, company currently raising, company key investors, company headquarter country, company deck; · “Matchmaking Data” may include why you are interested in joining the Platform, elaboration on why you are interested in joining the Platform, which industries the people you want to connect with come from, top 5 wishlist of companies you want to connect with; · “Events Data” may include events you have attended, events you are interested in attending, and events you will be attending; |
· The use and feeding of the Platform; · Sending invitations for events organized by the Company or other Users, if the User has accepted to receive such invitations; · Sending offers from the Company or its partners if the User has accepted to receive such offers. |
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Cookies, trackers: · Add to calendar · Keep active session · The user/admin ID · User first connexion · Identify the user session · Admin ID · User search · Google analytics #1, #2, #3 #4. |
· Improve the quality of the services proposed by the Platform; · Improve the usage functionalities of the Platform; · Create statistics regarding the effective use of the Platform; · Enable the User not to have to reconnect to the Platform for every new navigation on the Platform; · Invite the User to events organized by the Platform; · Create statistics regarding the different levels of activity on the Platform. The cookies cannot allow to identify the User; · Enable the synchronization of the User’s LinkedIn profile; · Manage banking transactions. |
The Company only collects and processes the User’s personal data for the purpose for the optimal implementation and use of the Platform that is put at its disposal.
3. USER’S CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION OF DATA
The Company informs the User that no personal data within the meaning of applicable legislation and regulations shall be collected without the prior explicit consent of the User.
The User should review and agree to be bound by the provisions of this Policy prior to applying for a user account on the Platform.
The Company and its subcontractors commit to a lawful and fair collection of the User’s data, in full transparency and in compliance with the rights conferred to the User pursuant to applicable legislation and regulations.
4. LENGTH OF DATA RETENTION
The Company informs the User that the data is retained only during the length of the User’s subscription on the Platform.
Following the termination of said subscription, the data collected upon the subscription as well as the content published by the User on the Platform shall be deleted after a period of one (1) year.
In accordance with application legislation, cookie data will be automatically deleted thirteen (13) months following their placing on the User’s terminal.
Finally, the data regarding the identification of the Users in case of exercise of their rights pursuant to Article 6 shall be retained for (i) one (1) year in case of exercise of their access or rectification rights and (ii) three (3) years in case of exercise of their opposition right.
5. OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY
As data controller and in accordance with applicable legislation and regulations, the Company commits to:
· Only collect the Users’ data for the strict purpose as described under article 2 of then-current privacy policy;
· Keep a processing register;
· Put in place all necessary technical and organizational appropriate measures in order to ensure the security, confidentiality, integrity, availability and the resilience of the process systems and services;
· Limit the access to the Users’ data to the persons duly authorized to this effect;
· Increase awareness and train staff members regarding the processing of personal data;
· Guarantee to the Users their rights regarding the access, portability, erasure, rectification and opposition in relation to the collection and processing of their data;
· Notify the competent supervisory authority of any security breach presenting a serious risk regarding the rights and liberties of the Users within 72 hours of the occurrence of such a breach;
· Proceed with the deletion of the Users’ data in the event of an absence of any contact with the Company for a period of three (3) years;
· Only subcontract the processing of the Users’ data to KIT UNITED which, as subcontractor, has put all necessary technical and organizational measures in order to guarantee the security, confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of the processing systems and services.
For any additional information on KIT UNITED, you can consult the webpage available at the following address: www.hivebrite.com.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company reserves the right to appoint another or additional subcontractors to perform services in relation to the handling of the data so collected via the Platform as provided for in this policy.
6. EXERCISE OF THE USERS’ RIGHTS
The User is duly informed that it disposes at any time, meaning prior to, during or following the processing of data, to a right to access, copy, rectify, oppose, port, limit and delete its data.
The User can exercise its rights by sending an email to [email protected] provided that the User justifies its identity.
In addition, in the event the User considers that its rights have not been respected, the User of which the personal data is collected can file a reclamation before the competent supervisory authority. For any additional information, you can review your rights on the websites of the competent authorities.
The competent supervisory authorities are listed on the following website:
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.
7. HOSTING OF THE USERS’ PERSONAL DATA
The personal data collected by the Company is hosted by the following service providers:
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Host |
Nature of the hosting |
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Google Cloud Platform Gordon House. 4 Barrow St. Dublin, Ireland Privacy policy: |
Hosting of all data and content produced/provided by the User, as well as images, profile pictures and backups |
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Amazon AWS 38 avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855, Luxenbourg Privacy policy: |
8. DATA BREACH
In case of breach of its systems, or theft, deletion, loss, alteration, disclosure, unauthorized access, or any other malicious act, the Company commits, in the event the said breach presents a serious risk regarding the rights and freedoms of the Users, to notify the Users, within a period of seventy two (72) hours as of the occurrence of the breach, of (i) the nature of the breach, (ii) the probable consequences of the malicious act, (iii) the appropriate measures proposed to remedy the malicious act.
The malicious act presenting a serious risk regarding the rights and freedoms of the Users shall be notified to the competent supervisory authority.
The User is duly informed that the Company shall not be liable in case of breach of IT security which can cause damages to computer equipment, as well as in case of breach or malicious act by a third party targeting the system or the Platform.
9. COOKIE MANAGEMENT CONFIGURATION AND OTHER DATA
The User’s consent is requested through a banner at the bottom of the Platform homepage.
In case of consent, the User’s internet navigator shall automatically transmit to the Company the data collected and detailed under Article 1.2.
The User is informed that the cookies and trackers will be automatically deleted following a period of thirteen (13) months.
The User may at all times configure its navigator in order to prevent the creation of cookie files.
However, certain functionalities of the services proposed by the Platform may not function properly without cookies. In addition, even if most navigators are configured by default and accept the creation of cookie files, the User has the possibility to choose to accept the creation of all cookies other than the functional cookies or to systematically decline them or to choose the cookies it accepts depending on the issuer by configuring the following settings:
· Internet Explorer:
o Click on the settings menu, followed by “Internet Options”;
o Under the “General” tab on the upper-left hand side, scroll down to “Browsing history”;
o Check the "Temporary Internet files and website files," "Cookies and website data," "History," and "Download History" boxes;
o Click on “Delete”;
o Close out of Internet Explorer and reopen it for changes to take effect.
· Firefox:
o Click on your Tools bar;
o Click on “Preferences”;
o On the menu to the right, select "Privacy";
o Under the “history option”, there is a shortcut titled "clear your recent history", click on that;
o Select only the top four options and hit clear now.
· Safari:
o Click on “Safari” in the top left corner of the finer bar;
o Click on “Preferences”;
o Click on the “Privacy” tab;
o Click on “Manage Website Data”;
o Click on “Remove All”;
o Click “Remove Now”.
· Google Chrome:
o Click the Tools menu;
o Click on “More tools”;
o Clear browsing data;
o At the top, choose a time range.
o To delete everything, select “All time”;
o Next to "Cookies and other site data" and "Cached images and files", check the boxes;
o Click on “Clear data”.
In order to configure the data settings, please find below the recommendations of the Company:
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Data collected for the following purposes: |
Settings |
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General data enabling the proper functioning of the Platform and the improvement of the services proposed by the Platform. |
Data that is essential for the provision of services by the Company, non-configurable. |
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Data regarding the management of payment services proposed by the Platform, delinquencies and litigation. |
Data that is essential for the provision of services by the Company, non-configurable. |
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Data enabling the creation of User files;Mailing of commercial offers, advertisements or newsletters of the Company and/or its commercial partners if this has been accepted by the User. |
Management by the User in its login area;Unsubscribing to newsletters / commercial offers by clicking on the appropriate link; Request for deletion of the data base of the Company by writing to the following address [email protected] and subject to providing a proof of identity. |
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Compilation of statistics with the purpose of improving the functioning of the Platform notably by analysing the traffic of the Platform (modules which are more or less consulted, preferred routes, level of activity depending on the day of the week et hour of the day, etc.) and by adapting the Platform according to the needs and tastes of the Users (recognition of the User when it accesses the Platform). |
Clearance of cookie history in the navigator pursuant to the above instructions; Using the “incognito mode” whilst navigating;Request for deletion of the data base of the Company by writing to the following address [email protected] and subject to providing a proof of identity. |
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Management of requests to access, rectify, delete, limit and oppose. |
Request for deletion of the data base of the Company by writing to the following address [email protected] and subject to providing a proof of identity. |
10. PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS THE USERS’ DATA
The data of the Users is accessible only to the persons duly authorized to do so by the Company for administrative or maintenance purposes of the Platform to the exclusion of any commercial use, and if applicable, in order to enforce the rights exercised by the Users regarding their data (in particular the right to access, rectify, oppose, port and to be forgotten).
The Company informs the User that, except for hosting and payment services, it uses the following subcontractor:
The company KIT UNITED for its HIVEBRITE solution, a French société par actions simplifiée with a capital of 284.280,00 Euros, registered with the Paris Companies register under the number 75339171300017, having its registered office at 8, rue de la Grande Chaumière, 75008 – Paris.
Especially in light of any future developments of the applicable legislation and regulations, the Company reserves its right to unilaterally modify this Policy and commits to duly inform you if any such modification occurs.