Grindstone – Privacy Policy
The Website is operated by our company Grindstone s.r.o., with its registered seat at Pekná 13, Košice 040 01, Slovak Republic, Id.no.: 48 258 121 (“Grindstone” or “we”, “us” or “our”) and we are committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who use our services and visit our Website. For the purpose of the regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the Company is the Data Controller. Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR, refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. For the purposes for GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to you such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.
Your privacy is very important to us. We conduct regular assessment reviews to ensure Personal Data we use, share and collect is protected. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how your Personal Data may be collected, used and shared.
By using the Website, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
Our Online Privacy Practices
We are committed to transparency about your Personal Data. We ask for your consent when required, otherwise by using our Website, you consent to the collection, use and sharing of your Personal Data subject to and consistent with applicable laws and other notices you may have received based on your relationship with us.
Protecting your Personal Data
To protect Personal Data from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with applicable federal and state laws. In the event of a data breach, we provide timely notification, in accordance with applicable laws.
We also recognize the importance of protecting privacy where children are involved. Our Website is not directed to individuals under the age of 13, and we request that these individuals do not provide Personal Data through our Website. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 13. If it comes to our attention that we have collected Personal Data from a person under the age of 13, we will delete or suppress this information as quickly as possible.
Making sure Personal Data is accurate
Personal Data We Collect
How do we collect Personal Data online?
We collect Personal Data about you through your computer, smartphone, tablet or other mobile device by the use of cookies and similar tracking technologies (see our Cookies Policy for more details) as well as Personal Data you provide when you visit our Website and signup using your email address.
We may use external service providers and vendors to process Personal Data for business purposes on our behalf. External service providers and vendors are contractually obligated to comply with our policies to protect information we share with them or they collect on our behalf. For the purpose of the GDPR, service providers are considered Data Processors.
The Personal Data we collect is limited to what is required to provide our products or services and to support legal and risk requirements.
Types of Personal Data we collect
The type of Personal Data we collect from and about you online will depend on how you interact with us and may include:
Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) is information that can be used to identify or contact an individual, including but not limited to your contact information as your name and e-mail address or other information that identifies you for ordinary business purposes. We collect, receive and store PII when you sign up on our Website or when you otherwise correspond with us or directly provide such information to us.
Technical Data is information that may include, in particular, the URL of the website you visited before visiting our Website, the time and date of user visits, surfing habits, IP address, the browser name, the type of computer or device accessing our Services, time spent on the Website and other similar technical information. In a limited number of cases it is possible to use technical data and identify you by them as an individual, thus making them personal data according to applicable legal regulations, however, we never use technical data to identify you as an individual.
Cookies and similar tracking technologies (please see our Cookies Policy).
Protected Class Information. Grindstone does not generally collect information relating to your status as a member of a protected class under federal or California law. However, Grindstone does collect and disclose your date of birth for the purposes applicable to traditional identifiers, described above. Your date of birth necessarily indicates whether you are a member of the protected class of persons age 40 or older, but Grindstone does not use or share the fact that you belong to this group for any purpose.
Integrity and Retention of Personal Data
How We Use and Share Personal Data
Delivering products and services to you by verifying your identity.
Personalizing your digital and mobile experience by enhancing overall Website organization and design and analyze data to create relevant alerts, products or services.
Protecting the safety of any person and detecting and preventing fraud, identify theft and other risks to you or Grindstone.
Performing analytics concerning your use of our online services, including your responses to our emails and the pages and advertisements you view.
Complying with and enforcing applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards, contractual obligations and our policies.
Allowing you to use features within our Website.
Providing user support and handling user inquiries.
Using in any other manner, or for any other purpose, for which you have given express permission or consent to us.
With whom do we share or to whom we disclose your Personal Data?
Affiliates and subsidiaries of grindstone. In order to provide the best possible services, we may cooperate with our affiliated companies and subsidiaries. Affiliate means any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, another entity, but does not include a joint employee of the entity and the affiliate.
Third-party service providers, vendors and other external service providers who have contracts with Grindstone. We may employ other companies, vendors, service providers and individuals (non-affiliated third party) to perform functions or services for us or otherwise act on our behalf. Non-affiliated third party means any entity that is not an affiliate of, or related by common ownership or affiliated by corporate control with us, but does not include a joint employee of that institution and a third party. Please note that we use reasonable efforts to require these companies to (i) provide adequate protections for PII that are no less protective than those set out in this Privacy Policy, and (ii) use PII only for the purposes for which the third party has been engaged by us. For example this include companies that help us resolving service problems, hosting websites or software, correcting errors related to the execution of our services, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, developing websites and software, providing customer service, assisting us with providing, administering, developing or improving our services, and/or for other purposes within the ordinary course of business.
Government agencies as required by laws and regulations. We reserve the right to disclose PII and any other information when it is believed disclosure is appropriate to (i) comply with the applicable law, judicial proceeding, court order, subpoena or other legal process; (ii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, emergency situations or technical issues; (iii) enforce or apply the user agreement and other agreements, rights and remedies; or (iv) protect the rights, property, or safety of Company, our employees and contractors, users, or others.
Access and Opt-Out
If your Personal Data changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, amend, delete or ask to have it removed from a public forum or directory by contacting us at support@grindstone.sk. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
If at any time you would like to stop receiving promotional emails from us, you may opt out of receiving these secondary communications. To opt out, you must select the “Unsubscribe” link present in each e-mail we send out to our customers. We reserve the right to send customers notification and administrative emails, which are considered a part of your service.
Grindstone has, and requires our third-party service providers to have, administrative, technical, and physical safeguards in place in our respective physical facilities and in our respective computer systems, databases, and communications networks that are reasonably designed to protect the information contained within such systems from loss, misuse, and alteration.
We employ commercially reasonable website security and customer verification procedures to protect your data. The measures we use may include storing Personal Data on secured servers, transmitting Personal Data using encryption technologies, and auditing and reviewing our data collection and storage practices.
User passwords and other sensitive information are saved and encrypted to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure and accidental loss, alteration, or destruction. We regularly review our operational and business practices for compliance with corporate policies and procedures governing the security, confidentiality, and quality of our information. We require all of our employees, contractors, and other third parties to protect confidential information as a condition of doing business with, and our business practices limit the use and disclosure of such information, including Personal Data, to authorized persons, processes, and transactions.
Please note that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security of your Personal Data. You also play a role in protecting your Personal Data. please safeguard your username and password for your account and do not share them with others. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security related to our services. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to refuse to provide the services, terminate your account, and to remove or edit content.
What rights you have over your data
Grindstone has, and requires our third-party service providers to have, administrative, technical, and physical safeguards in place in our respective physical facilities and in our respective computer systems, databases, and communications networks that are reasonably designed to protect the information contained within such systems from loss, misuse, and alteration.
We employ commercially reasonable website security and customer verification procedures to protect your data. The measures we use may include storing Personal Data on secured servers, transmitting Personal Data using encryption technologies, and auditing and reviewing our data collection and storage practices.
User passwords and other sensitive information are saved and encrypted to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure and accidental loss, alteration, or destruction. We regularly review our operational and business practices for compliance with corporate policies and procedures governing the security, confidentiality, and quality of our information. We require all of our employees, contractors, and other third parties to protect confidential information as a condition of doing business with, and our business practices limit the use and disclosure of such information, including Personal Data, to authorized persons, processes, and transactions.
Please note that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security of your Personal Data. You also play a role in protecting your Personal Data. please safeguard your username and password for your account and do not share them with others. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security related to our services. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to refuse to provide the services, terminate your account, and to remove or edit content.
Third-Party Sites
Our Website includes links to other websites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Grindstone. If you submit Personal Data to any of those websites, your information is governed by their privacy statements and policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy statement and policy of any website you visit. Grindstone does not guarantee and is not responsible for the privacy or security of these third-party websites, including the accuracy, completeness or reliability of their information.