Last Updated: November 2023
Machintel Corporation and its affiliates (“Machintel”) is a global marketing company. We help
our clients to improve how they advertise and market, through digital channels. We believe that
the responsible use of data supports business growth and builds strong relationships between
brand and consumer. Machintel values your privacy and is committed to protecting the privacy of
your information.
This Privacy Policy (or “policy”) describes how Machintel uses the personal information you
provide and the rights you have. We have created this Privacy Policy to help you
exercise your
rights.
1. Privacy Policy Overview
This Policy explains how we may Process your information. This Policy may be amended or updated
from time to time, so please check it regularly for updates.
Machintel owns and operates several interactive websites, mobile and connected applications, and
other online interactive features and services, including, emails, newsletters, chat areas,
forums, communities, sweepstakes and contests (collectively “services”). This Privacy Policy
applies to all information collected about you by Machintel, regardless of how it is collected
or stored, and describes, among other things, the types of information collected about you when
you interact with the services, how your information may be used, when your information may be
disclosed, how you can control the use and disclosure of your information, and how your
information is protected.
This policy covers information collected through Machintel and its affiliates listed as follows:
Within Machintel, our most important asset is our relationship with our clients and user
community. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and security of the
personal information of our customers, and want you to know how we protect your information
submitted or collected through your use of our services.
In part, the purpose of this policy is to notify users of Machintel’s policies and practices
with respect to their data. By using the services provided you have agreed to the Terms of Use
(or ToU); and this policy is a part of the ToU.
2. Information we Collect, Receive and Create about
You
We may collect or obtain information about you when you sign up, when you create profiles, pages
or contributions, when you use and interact with our services and when you make your personal
information public. In some cases, we may also receive information about you from third parties.
Data you provide when you sign up: This is, for example, username, password, subscription
information, and basic information about any other accounts you choose to associate with your
registration, like your LinkedIn, Facebook, or Google account.
Data you provide when you create profiles, pages or contributions: This is user generated
contributions, such as the contents of profiles, including your profile name, contact details
and any demographic information you choose to provide; as well as any comments and posts made in
forums. We seek to provide users with an opportunity to be a part of an online community and
communicate and share with others. This can include personal information that users choose to
share. We encourage all our users to make conscious choices about what they share online.
Machintel, including its affiliates and subsidiaries, is not responsible for the information you
disclose to the public using our services.
Inferences: We may infer data about you based on your interests, where you live, what
language(s) you speak, and other data we have access to.
Data we collect through your use of our services: We make and keep records when we provide
you support or assistance on our services. We may also collect information about how you
interact with our various services (or parts of our services) or third-party content you see on
our apps and sites. We also collect data on how you interact with the ads you see.
Data we receive from third parties: In some cases, we may receive information about you
from third parties, for example, social networking sites. Please note that this policy does not
cover the practices of third parties, including those that may disclose information to
Machintel.
The information we collect includes deviceid, lat / long, name, address, age, date of birth,
e-mail address, telephone number, ip addresses, cookies and site activity data. We may disclose
the information collected to unaffiliated third parties for any legally permissible purpose
including but not limited to marketing, advertising, publishing, lead generation, analytics and
contextual recommendations. Additionally, our site has areas in which you may post text, images,
and video. Any information posted in these areas is routinely archived. You can opt out of
providing this additional information by not entering it when asked, or if you have already
provided your information, you can opt out by emailing dpo@machintel.com
3. Data Processing and Retention
We process your personal information in order to provide you the best experience of our services.
We may also process your Information where the processing is necessary for the establishment,
exercise or defense of legal rights.
Below is a chart stating which categories of your personal information we process for which
purposes specifically, and how long we retain that data. Our processing of your data is subject
to your use of our service, your privacy preferences, and your account settings choices.
Personal Information
We may Process the following categories of Personal Information about
you:
Categories of personal information collected (see below for more
details)
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Purpose of Processing
_________
Legal Basis
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Retention Period
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Account Information (Personal Details): your name; postal address; telephone
and/or mobile number; email address; employer; username or log in details; password;
your public social media handles or profile(s); This information is focused on your
professional information.
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To provide use of our services as agreed in the ToU. |
For the life of the account and a reasonable and legally compliant time thereafter.
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App Data: For more information about a particular App or Tool and the data it
collects, please contact us at dpo@machintel.com. Please note, we may
collect
information from third-party apps.
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Maintain and improve service standards
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For the life of the account and a reasonable and legally compliant time thereafter.
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Audio, Video, and Other Electronic Data: audio, electronic, visual, or
similar information such as photographs, video submissions and call recordings.
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Promote user expression through our services and to conduct contests and
rewards.
___________
Legitimate Interest
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For the life of the account and a reasonable and legally compliant time thereafter.
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Consent Records: records of any consents you may have given, together with
the date and time, means of consent and any related information (e.g., the subject
matter of the consent). |
Comply with applicable laws and regulations and users’ choices.
___________
Legal Requirement
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For the life of the account and a reasonable and legally compliant time thereafter.
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Customer Records: electronic customer records containing personal
information, such as name, signature, address, telephone number, or any financial
information. |
To maintain service standards and provide users with the ability to communicate
efficiently and effectively with our company.
____________
Legitimate Interest
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Customer Records: electronic customer records containing personal information, such
as name, signature, address, telephone number, or any financial information.
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Customer Support: We may collect Personal Data through your communications
with our customer support team. Please ensure that no sensitive personal data is
submitted in connection with your requests for support (for example, health
information, political or religious beliefs, information about minors, etc.).
NOTE: Please ensure that no sensitive personal data is submitted in connection with
your requests for support (for example, health information, political or religious
beliefs, information about minors, etc.).
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Yes |
For the life of the account and a reasonable and legally compliant time thereafter.
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Demographic Information: gender; age/date of birth; nationality; salutation;
job title, company information, education, work experience and other professional
information; language preferences.
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Enable customer expression, maintain and improve service standards, and marketing.
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Demographic Information: gender; age/date of birth; nationality; salutation; job
title, company information, education, work experience and other professional
information; language preferences. |
Location Information: location data that describes the precise geographic
location of your device (“Precise Location Data”). This may include your physical
location and movements that allows us to periodically determine your geolocation,
such as your location in your state/province, city, or neighborhood. |
Maintain service standards, provide relevant content and marketing.
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Location Information: location data that describes the precise geographic location
of your device (“Precise Location Data”). This may include your physical location
and movements that allows us to periodically determine your geolocation, such as
your location in your state/province, city, or neighborhood.
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Profile Information and User Contributions: For certain Services, you may
choose to create a public profile, a project page or a profile page, and to share
Personal Data or make user contributions as part of the same. You may provide topics
of interest and a photograph (if you or another user posts a photo on the Service).
Please be aware, any Personal Data or contribution you choose to share in this way,
will be published, and made generally available to other users and third parties via
the websites. This user generated content is publicly available and we are not
responsible for the privacy practices of the other users or third parties who may
view and use that information. If you do not want your Personal Data or user
contributions to be accessible in this way, please do not post it. If you would like
to contribute to our IT community via a profile, a project page or a profile page,
but do not want to be identifiable to other users, you may use an alias or other
pseudonym to protect your identity, provided that the information you provide as
part of your Account Information must always be correct, accurate, and up-to-date.
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Enable customer expression, and provide use of our services as agreed in the
ToU.
____________
Legitimate Interest
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For the life of the account and a reasonable and legally compliant time thereafter.
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Inferences: such as inferences drawn from personal information to create a
profile reflecting preferences, characteristics, predispositions, behavior, and
attitudes. |
Marketing and to maintain and improve service standards.
____________
Legitimate Interest
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For the life of the account and a reasonable and legally compliant time thereafter.
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Transaction Information: information on how you interact with the Services,
including records of products or services purchased, obtained or considered ; other
information about how you use our Services, email, and other communications, and
applications; and other purchasing or use histories or tendencies, or searches for
and interactions with e-commerce opportunities, such as how you interact with our
merchants, business partners, and service providers, including, in some cases, the
items you purchase from those merchants.
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Performance of a contract, marketing, providing full use of our services as agreed
in the ToU.
_____________
Legitimate Interest
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For the life of the account and a reasonable and legally compliant time thereafter.
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Views and Opinions: any views and opinions that you or other users choose to
send to us, or publicly post about us on social media platforms or in the Services,
including on forums. |
Enable customer expression, maintain and improve service standards, and marketing.
____________
Legitimate Interest
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For the life of the account and a reasonable and legally compliant time thereafter.
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Device Information and Device ID: Device ID, which is a distinctive number
associated with a smartphone or similar handheld device. As well as, device
information, including Device type, operating system and software information, and
settings.
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Maintain and improve the quality of services
____________
Legitimate Interest
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For the life of the account and a reasonable and legally compliant time thereafter.
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Advertising Identifiers: A user-resettable identification number for
advertising associated with a device (e.g., iOS uses the Identifier for Advertising
(IDFA) and Android uses Google Advertising ID). |
Maintain and improve the quality of services
____________
Legitimate Interest
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For the life of the account and a reasonable and legally compliant time thereafter.
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Connectivity Data: WiFi connection, service set identifier (“SSID”),
International Mobile Subscriber Identity (“IMSI”) and International Mobile Equipment
Identity (“IMEI”). |
Marketing
____________
Legitimate Interest
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For the life of the account and a reasonable and legally compliant time thereafter.
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Cookies: Information collected through the use of cookies, eTags, Javascript,
pixel tags, device ID tracking, anonymous identifiers and other technologies,
including information collected using such methods and technologies about (i) your
visits to, and interaction and engagement with, the Services, Subject to your
privacy choices and settings, content and ads on third party websites, applications,
platforms and other media channels (“Channels”), and (ii) your interaction with
emails including the content and ads therein (collectively, “Online Data”).
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Maintain and improve the quality of services
____________
Legitimate Interest
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In compliance with our Cookie
Policy. |
Engagement Data: Information about (i) your visits to, and interaction and
engagement with the services, content and ads on third party websites, applications,
platforms and other media channels (“Channels”), and (ii) your interaction with
emails including the content and ads therein (collectively, “Online Data”), which
are collected through the use of cookies and cookie like technologies.
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Marketing
____________
Legitimate Interest
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In compliance with our Cookie
Policy. |
4. Sensitive Personal Information
We may process your precise location data where we have, in accordance with applicable law,
obtained your consent prior to processing your sensitive personal information.
We do not seek to collect or process other sensitive personal information, such as, race or
ethnicity, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership,
physical or mental health, or sex life. Where users choose to disclose sensitive personal
information within profiles, contributions or other free-text fields available through
Machintel, we do not use the sensitive information for any additional purpose without consent,
unless required to comply with laws, or prevent crimes.
5. Direct Marketing
We may use the contact details you provided us to reach out to you with information regarding
services that may be of interest to you, for example, upcoming promotions. You may unsubscribe
from the Machintel newsletter and email lists at any time by following the unsubscribe
instructions included in every email we send or you can manage your email subscriptions at any
time by editing your personal profile We will not send you any emails from a list you
unsubscribed from, but we may continue to contact you to the extent necessary for the purposes
of other Services you have requested or for additional emails you have signed up for.
6. Behavioral Advertising
Machintel and third parties, subject to your privacy choices and settings, may collect data
about your behavior while using our services in order to provide you with more relevant
interest-based advertising on other websites and applications, as well as our partners’
platforms and media channels. If you do not wish to receive this advertising, please contact us
at dpo@machintel.com
7. Cookies
We may collect information about you through the use of cookies and similar technologies on
our sites and apps, or your devices. We also may permit our third-party service providers to
perform various analytics functions and to provide you with more relevant or interest-based
advertisements using cookies.
Some third parties may choose to use their own cookies for the purposes of collecting
information relating to the viewing of their advertising. To learn more about how we use
cookies, and to manage your preferences, please see our Cookie Policy. This policy,
and our
Cookie Policy, are only intended to cover the use of cookies as they relate to Machintel
businesses.
8. Information We Share with Third Parties
Machintel Companies: Machintel owns multiple brands in the areas of technology, data,
publishing, intelligence, and events. We share your information with other businesses owned by
Machintel to assist us in the operation of our services, improve them, and further develop them.
We also share information with other Machintel companies for the purposes of targeted
advertising. If you would like to opt out of the sale or sharing of your data with other
Machintel companies, you can do so by contacting us at dpo@machintel.com.
Other Third-Parties: We may also share your personal information with the following:
- Relevant third-party provider, where our services use third party advertising, plugins or
content, subject to your privacy choices and settings, and our ToU.
- Merchants, business partners, or advertisers where you consented and chose to participate in
offers, contests, or other activities.
- Third-party Processors (such as analytic providers; data centers; etc.), located anywhere in
the world, subject to the requirements and limitations;
- legal and regulatory authorities, upon request, or for the purposes of reporting any actual
or suspected breach of applicable law or regulation;
- Any party as directed by a law enforcement agency or court, to the extent necessary for the
establishment, exercise or defense of legal rights;
- Law enforcement for the purposes of prevention, detection, or investigation of criminal
offenses and any legal proceedings associated with them.
- In the case of a full or partial acquisition, relevant third parties.
- Data a customer agrees to share, such as survey data.
Combine our behaviors with third party Segments, which will be used for the following uses:
- make audience Segments available to our customers for (1) the creation of audiences
(modeled and non-modeled), which can be exported to other platforms on behalf of our
customers for the purpose of targeted advertising and sale; and (2) use in analytics,
product research, development, and content personalization;
- license audience Segments to other platforms for sale to that platform's customers for
the creation of audiences for the purpose of targeted advertising, analytics, and sale;
- use audience Segments within DSPs, CRMs and other third party platforms.
On occasion Machintel will make available to potential advertisers, research firms, and business
partners aggregated results from research it has conducted regarding visitors to the Website.
Machintel may count, track, and aggregate visitor activity into our analysis of general traffic
flows to the Website and may merge this information into group data, which may then be shared on
an aggregated basis with potential advertisers, research firms, and business partners. In a
case, Machintel will only provide demographic information on an aggregated basis and does not
disclose individual user information.
9. Additional Information for Individuals in
Specific U.S. States
Depending on the specific privacy laws of your U.S. State, you may possess distinct rights
regarding your data privacy. These supplementary legal provisions oblige Machintel to furnish
individuals with specific details concerning the handling of their 'personal information' and
the entitlements granted to them under these laws.
Personal Information
In broad terms, "personal information" encompasses any data that can directly or indirectly
pertain to, describe, or reasonably link to an individual or household. This includes
particulars such as names, addresses, mobile device IDs, exact location information, IP and
cookie IDs, as well as inferences and biometric data.
The table below provides information on the types of "personal information" (defined by various
U.S. state privacy laws) that we have gathered from or regarding individuals in the past twelve
(12) months:
"Personal Information" Category
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"Personal Information" Examples
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Identifiers
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Name, address, device identifier, Internet Protocol (IP) address, cookies, web
beacons, account name, social security number, passport number, or other similar
identifiers
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Customer Records
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Name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description,
address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification
card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history,
bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial
information, medical information, or health insurance information.
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Internet or Network Activity
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Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a
website, application, or advertisement
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Geolocation Data
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Physical location or movements
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Inferences
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Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends,
predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.
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Professional or Employment Information
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Current or past job history or performance evaluations
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Protected Classification Characteristics under U.S. State Privacy Laws or Federal
Law ("Demographic Data")
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race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, or disability
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Classifications of Personal Information Sources
We obtain your personal information from the following sources:
- From you: This includes information you provide to us directly on our Website or that
is automatically collected through your use of our Website, as further outlined in this
Privacy Policy.
- Our customers: Your information may be shared with us by our customers for the
purpose of delivering services to them.
- Third Parties and Partners: Our data suppliers, who may be third-party resellers,
gather your personal information either directly or indirectly and then furnish it to us for
the purpose of providing Services, as detailed in this Privacy Policy.
Providing Personal Information for Commercial Intentions
Business Purpose
We may, for business purposes, disclose your personal information to affiliates and service
providers. Business purposes are typically defined by various privacy laws as the use of
personal information for operational or other explicitly stated objectives. In the twelve (12)
months prior to this, we have revealed the subsequent categories of personal information for
business purposes:
- Identifiers
- Precise Geolocation Data
- Internet or Network Activity
- Demographic Data
- Inferences
The subsequent categories encompass third parties to whom we have disclosed your personal
information for business purposes:
- Our affiliates
- Service providers.
US States with Privacy Laws
California: California Consumer Privacy Act(CCPA)
The California Consumer Privacy Act provides some California residents with the additional rights
listed below:
- Right to Know: You have the right to know and see what data we have collected about
you over the past 12 months, including:
- The categories of personal information we have collected about you;
- The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected;
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting your personal information;
- The categories of third parties with whom we have shared your personal information;
and
- The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
- Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete the personal
information
we have collected from you (and direct our service providers to do the same). There are a
number of exceptions, however, that include, but are not limited to, when the information is
necessary for us or a third party to do any of the following:
- Complete any transaction(s);
- Provide you a good or service;
- Perform a contract between us and you;
- Protect your security and prosecute those responsible for breaching it;
- Fix our system in the case of a bug;
- Protect the free speech rights of you or other users;
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code §
1546 et seq.);
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in
the public interests that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws;
- Comply with a legal obligation; or
- Make other internal and lawful uses of the information that are compatible with the
context in which you provided it.
For more details, please visit official website
Virginia: Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA)
The VCDPA, effective from January 1, 2023, provides Virginia residents with rights similar to the CCPA. It grants consumers the right to access and delete personal information and imposes obligations on businesses that process personal data. For more details, please visit official website
Colorado: Colorado Privacy Act (CPA)
The CPA, effective from July 1, 2023, is a comprehensive privacy law that gives Colorado residents rights similar to those in the CCPA and VCDPA. It includes provisions on data access, deletion, and opt-out rights. For more details, please visit official website
Nevada: Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A
Nevada has a law that requires operators of websites and online services to provide consumers with the opportunity to opt-out of the sale of their information. The law is part of Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A. For more details, please visit official website
Maine: Act to Protect the Privacy of Online Consumer Information
Maine's Act to Protect the Privacy of Online Consumer Information prohibits internet service providers from using, disclosing, selling, or permitting access to customer personal information without customer consent. For more details, please visit official website
New York: Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act
The SHIELD Act in New York includes requirements for businesses to implement safeguards for the personal information of New York residents and mandates the reporting of data breaches. For more details, please visit official website
Massachusetts: Data Breach Notification Laws
Massachusetts has data breach notification laws that require entities to notify residents and the Attorney General in the event of a data breach. For more details, please visit official website
Illinois: Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)
Illinois' BIPA regulates the collection, use, and storage of biometric information. It requires informed consent and imposes obligations on entities that collect and handle biometric data. For more details, please visit official website
Washington: Washington Privacy Act (WPA)
The Washington Privacy Act is comprehensive legislation that gives consumers the right to access, correct, delete, and opt-out of the sale of their personal data. It is similar to the CCPA and the GDPR in some respects. For more details, please visit official website
Oregon: Oregon Consumer Information Protection Act
The Oregon Consumer Information Protection Act imposes obligations on businesses to protect personal information and mandates notification to affected individuals in the event of a data breach. For more details, please visit official website
Texas: Texas Privacy Protection Act
The Texas Privacy Protection Act aims to enhance consumer privacy rights by allowing individuals to know what information businesses have collected about them and to request the deletion of that information. For more details, please visit official website
New Jersey: New Jersey Consumer Data Privacy Act (CDPA)
The New Jersey CDPA grants consumers certain rights regarding the processing of their personal data by businesses. It includes provisions for access, deletion, and opting out of the sale of personal information. For more details, please visit official website
North Carolina: Consumer Privacy Act (CPA)
The North Carolina Consumer Privacy Act is a comprehensive privacy law that provides consumers with rights similar to the CCPA, including the right to access and delete personal information. For more details, please visit official website
10. International Transfers of Information
Your Personal Information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or
in which we engage third party service providers. By using the Service, you consent to the
transfer of information to countries outside your country of residence, which may have different
data protection rules than in your country. While such information is outside of USA, it is
subject to the laws of the country in which it is held, and may be subject to disclosure to the
governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to
the laws of such country. However, our practices regarding your Personal Information will at all
times continue to be governed by this Privacy Statement and, if applicable, we will comply with
the GDPR requirements providing adequate protection for the transfer of Personal Information
from the EU/EEA to third country. For written information about our policies and practices
regarding service providers outside of USA, dpo@machintel.com
11. Data Security and Breach Handling
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal
information against unlawful destruction, loss alteration, misuse, or unauthorized access while
in our possession. All parties we contract with must agree to provide reasonable data security
measures for the customer information we share with them, in compliance with applicable laws and
regulations.
If we learn of a security breach that affects our users, we may send an email or other direct
communication to you, or post a blog to notify the public on our Help and Support Security
Center. If you have any reason to believe that your data with us has been compromised (for
example, there has been unauthorized access to your account), please contact us at
dpo@machintel.com
12. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information for as long as is necessary in connection with the
purposes set out in this policy, and in accordance with applicable laws. For more details on how
long data is retained see the table in Section 3.
13. Your Rights With Respect to Your Personal
Information
Many privacy regulations afford consumers a number of specific rights. The EEA, Brazil,
California, Colorado, Virginia, and several other U.S. states grant specific rights to people
living under their jurisdiction. Machintel aims to treat all our customers fairly affording
users in all other regions similar privileges.
Your rights:
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Where you are requested to consent to the processing of
your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Right to Know: You have a right to know what personal information we collect,
process,
and share or sell. This policy is meant to provide transparency with regard to your data. If
you have additional questions, you can email us at dpo@machintel.com
- Right of Access: You can request a copy of the personal information we have collected
about you from us.
- Right to Delete/Erase: You can request us to delete all the information we have
collected about you. It is important to note that by exercising your right to deletion you
may lose access to your account and any purchases, points or features associated with it. If
you wish to cancel your account or to request that we no longer use some or all of your
information to provide you services, please contact us at dpo@machintel.com
- Right to Request Rectification: If you find that any of your information that we are
processing is inaccurate, you can contact us to have your information corrected. In
response, we will cancel or remove your information but may retain and use copies of your
information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce
our agreements. For certain requests, we may require additional information.
- Right to Opt-out of the Sale or Sharing for Targeted Ads: Under some circumstances we
may sell or share the personal data you provide to us to provide ads to you that align with
your interests. If you would prefer not to have your data sold or shared, you can opt-out of
selling or sharing by submitting a request by emailing us at dpo@machintel.com We may
ask for additional information to verify your request.
- Right to Object to the Processing: You can object to our processing of your personal
information by contacting us at dpo@machintel.com
, under certain circumstances. By
objecting to processing, you may not be able to access some or all of our services. This
right is limited to personal data processed for commercial purposes.
- Right to Object to the Use of Sensitive Personal Information: You have the right to
object to our use of your sensitive personal information. Sensitive personal information is
information about your health, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity,
political opinions or philosophical beliefs. You should always be mindful about the personal
information you share online, especially when it is sensitive in nature.
- Right to Object to Automated Processing: You have a right to object to the processing
of your data for the purposes of automated decision making about you.
- Right to not be Discriminated Against: You have a right to not be discriminated
against by Machintel for exercising your rights.
In order to make privacy requests please email us at dpo@machintel.com
. Our contact
information can be found in the “Contact Details” section below.
You may be required to verify your identity before we can give effect to these rights. If you are
making a request on behalf of a user, we require a signed authorization letter from the
consumer.
14. How to Change Your Preferences
Please get in touch with us by one of the following methods to exercise any of the foregoing rights:
Access to Your Personal Information. Upon request Machintel will provide you with information
about whether we hold any of your personal information. You may access, correct, or request
deletion of your personal information by logging into your account, contacting us through our
Privacy Portal, or emailing us at dpo@machintel.com,
regardless of your
citizenship or
location. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
Your Newsletter and Email Subscriptions. You can opt out or unsubscribe to a
newsletter or other
email list at any time by following the instructions at the end of the newsletters or emails you
receive. Or click here. Please allow five to ten business days for changes to take effect. On some Services,
member service-related communications are an integral part of such Services to which you
subscribe and you may continue to receive emails as part of that particular portion of the
Services unless you cancel your account, even if you opt out of the newsletters or email list.
If you have provided more than one email address to us, you may continue to be contacted unless
you request to unsubscribe each email address you have provided.
Direct Mailings, Push Notifications, and Unsubscribing. Where you have consented to
receive
marketing communications from us, we will send you emails and/or push notifications (depending
on what you have consented to). You may withdraw your consent for email marketing communications
(i.e. unsubscribe) at any time by (i) clicking the “Unsubscribe” link in a marketing
communication email we send you; or (ii) using the “Notifications” or “Settings” page in the
account area. You may withdraw your consent for web-related notifications (i.e., unsubscribe) at
any time through your browser settings. You may also withdraw your consent by emailing our
support team(s) at the email addresses below. Please allow two working days for this instruction
to take effect in all of our systems.
Opting Out of Tracking. Currently, our Services do not recognize browser do-not-track
signals.
However, you may manage how your browser handles cookies and related technologies by adjusting
its privacy and security settings. Browsers are different, so refer to instructions related to
your browser to learn about cookie-related and other privacy and security settings that may be
available. The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your
computer from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new
cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.
Social Media. You can manage the sharing of certain personal data when you register with
us
through a social media platform or application, such as through Facebook Connect or Google.
Please refer to the privacy settings of the social media platform or application to determine
how you may adjust our permissions and manage the interactivity between us and your social media
account. By registering with us through a social media platform, you grant us permission to
access all of the elements of your social network profile information that you have chosen to
share with us and to use it in accordance with the social media platform’s terms of use and this
privacy notice.
Location Based Services. You may opt-out of having your Precise Location Data collected
by
Machintel at any time by editing the appropriate setting on your mobile device (which is usually
located in the Settings area of your device).
California Residents. In accordance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act,
we may
collect Personal Information about your online activities when you use the Services. While we
give our users many avenues to opt out of providing Personal Information, we do not respond to
Web browsers’ “do not track” signals. California’s “Shine the Light” law, Civil Code Section
1798.83, permits our users who are California residents to periodically request and obtain
certain information about any Personal Information disclosed to third parties for direct
marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and wish to make such a request or if you
wish for us to refrain from gathering your Personal Information, please submit your request in
writing to the contact details set out in Section 14 below.
EU Residents. GDPR provides certain rights for EU residents. You may decline to share
certain
information with us, in which case we may not be able to provide some of the features and
functionality of the Services. These rights include, in accordance with applicable law, the
right to object to or request the restriction of processing of your information, and to request
access to, rectification, erasure and portability of your own information. Where we process your
information on the basis of your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent (noting
that such withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of any Processing performed prior to the
date on which we receive notice of such withdrawal, and does not prevent the Processing of your
Personal Information in reliance upon any other available legal bases). Requests should be
submitted by contacting us at dpo@machintel.com.
If you have any further questions upon
receipt of your completed DSAR please email us at dpo@machintel.com. If you are an EU
resident and have any unresolved privacy concern, you have the right to contact the appropriate
EU Supervisory Authority and lodge a complaint.
Contact and Complaints. If you are in the UK or EEA, you have the right to make a
complaint to
the relevant supervisory authority in your country, the details of which are available via the
links below. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you
approach a supervisory authority, so please contact us in the first instance. Questions,
comments and requests regarding this Privacy Policy are welcomed and may be addressed by
contacting us at dpo@machintel.com.
15. Contact Details
If you have any comments, questions or concerns about any of the information in this Privacy
Policy, or any other issues relating to the processing of your personal information carried out
by us, or on our behalf, please contact:
Machintel
Attention: Legal Department
4275 Executive Sq
La Jolla, CA 92037
United States
Our Data Protection Officer may be contacted at dpo@machintel.com. To exercise your privacy
rights, please reach out to our DPO at this address.
16. Children
These services are not intended for use by children, especially those under 16. We reserve the
right to remove a user’s account at any time, when necessary, if we discover that a user is
under the required age limit for the service. If you have reason to believe we have collected
personal information from someone under 16, please report it to us so we can take appropriate
steps to rectify this.
17. How this Privacy Policy May Change
This policy may be amended or updated from time to time at our discretion. Any updates will be
effective at the time of publication, unless specified otherwise. Your continued use of our
services after the publication of a policy update constitutes your consent to the changes. We
will notify you prior to making policy updates that materially change the way we treat your
personal data, and will not use your data in a materially different manner without your consent.