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HELTUN PRIVACY POLICY

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Last updated November 20, 2020

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Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at HELTUN inc. (“Company”, “we”, “us”, “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at info@heltun.com.

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This Privacy Policy applies to our websites, including www.heltun.com and any other website that links to this Policy (the “Websites”) and more generally, use of any of our Services (the “Services”). In this Privacy Policy we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this Privacy Policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services immediately.

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This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected through our Services (which, as described above, includes our Websites), as well as, any related services, sales, marketing or events.

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By accessing or using our Services, you signify that you have read, understood and agree to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

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1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE?

 

The categories of information we collect can include:

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Personal information you disclose to us. We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Websites, express an interest in obtaining information about our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Websites or otherwise when you contact us.

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The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interaction with us and the Websites, the choices you make and products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

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Personal Information provided by you. We collect names, phone numbers, email addresses, usernames, passwords, and other similar information.

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Social media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, like you Facebook, Twitter or other social media accounts.

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Information automatically collected. We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name and contact information) but may include device and usage information such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Websites and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

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The information we collect includes:

  • Location Data. We collect location data such as information about your device’s location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Websites. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location settings on your device. Note however, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.

 

2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

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We use personal information collected via our Website for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on the next to each purpose listed below.

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We use the information we collect or receive:

  • To facilitate account creation and logon process. If you choose to link your account with us to a third-party account (such as your Google or Facebook account), we use the information you allowed us to collect from those third parties to facilitate account creation and logon process for the performance of the contract.

  • To Post testimonials. We post testimonials on our Websites that may contain personal information. Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and the content of the testimonial. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, please contact us at info@heltun.com and be sure to include your name, testimonial location, and contact information.

  • To request feedback. We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Websites.

  • To enable user-to-user communications. We may use your information in order to enable user-to-user communications with each user’s consent.

  • To manage user accounts. We may use your information for the purposes of managing our accounts and keeping it in working order.

  • To send administrative information to you. We may use your personal information to send you products, service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.

  • To protect our Services. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our Websites safe and secure (for example for fraud monitoring and prevention).

  • To enforce our terms, conditions and policies for business purposes, to comply with legal and regulatory requirements or in connection with our contract.

  • To respond to legal requests and prevent harm. If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.

  • To send you marketing and promotional communications. We and/or our third party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. For example, when expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our Websites, subscribing to marketing or otherwise contacting us, we will collect personal information from you. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time.

  • Deliver targeted advertising to you. We may use your information to develop and display personalized content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to you interests and/or location to measure its effectiveness.

 

3. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

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We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

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We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:

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  • Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.

  • Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.

  • Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.

  • Legal obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).

  • Vital interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it its necessary to investigate, prevent, or take actions regarding potential violations or our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential  threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

 

More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:

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  • Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with or during negotiations of, any merger, sales of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

 

4. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

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We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for the longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us.

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When we have no ongoing legitimate business needs to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

 

5. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

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We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Websites is at your own risk. You should only access the Websites within a secure environment.

 

 

6. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

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We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Websites, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Website. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at info@heltun.com.

 

7. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

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In some regions (like the European Economic Area), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure, (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information, and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. To make such a request, please use the contact details provided below. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

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If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, Please note however that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

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If you are resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information you also have the right to complain to your data protection supervisory authority.

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If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at info@heltun.com.

 

8. ACCOUNT INFORMATION?

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If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:

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  • Log in to your account settings and update your user account.

 

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, throubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our terms of Use and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

 

Opting out of email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by contracting us using the details provided below. You will then be removed from the marketing emails list, however, we may still communicate with you, for example to send you service-related emails that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes. To otherwise opt-out, you may contact us using the contact information provided.

 

9. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?

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We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

 

10. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

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If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, you may email us at info@heltun.com.

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