Last updated December 30, 2023
This privacy notice for
Innobyte-Solutions (doing business as Innobyte )
( "we," "us," or
"our" ), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share ( "process" ) your
information when you use our services ( "Services" ), such as when you:
- Visit our website
at https://innobyte-solutions.de , or any website of ours that links to this privacy notice
- Engage with us in other
related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events
Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help
you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please
do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns,
please contact us at info@innobyte-solutions.de .
SUMMARY OF
KEY POINTS
This
summary provides key points from our privacy notice, but you can find out more details about any of these
topics by clicking the link following each key point or by using our table of contents below to find the section you are
looking for.
What
personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process
personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the
products and features you use. Learn more about personal information you disclose to us.
Do we
process any sensitive personal information?
We do not process sensitive personal information.
Do we
receive any information from third parties?
We do not receive any information from third parties.
How do we
process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our
Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process
your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid
legal reason to do so. Learn more about how we process your
information.
In what
situations and with which parties do we share personal
information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties. Learn more about when
and with whom we share your personal information.
How do we
keep your information safe? We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your
personal information. However, 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.
Learn more about how we keep your
information safe.
What are
your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean
you have certain rights regarding your personal information. Learn more about your privacy rights.
How do you
exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by
submitting a data
subject access request
, or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in
accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Want to learn more
about what we do with any information we collect? Review the privacy notice
in full.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE
COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to
us
In
Short: We collect personal information that
you provide to us.
We collect personal
information that you voluntarily provide to us when you
register on the Services,
express an interest in obtaining information about us or
our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you
contact us.
Personal
Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of
your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The
personal information we collect may include the following:
-
email addresses
-
usernames
-
passwords
-
contact or authentication data
Sensitive Information.
We do not process sensitive information.
Payment
Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your
payment instrument number, and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data
is stored by
Paypal
.
You may find their privacy notice link(s) here:
https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full
.
All personal information
that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such
personal information.
2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR
INFORMATION?
In
Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our
Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may
also process your information for other purposes with your
consent.
We process your
personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services,
including:
- To facilitate
account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your
information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working
order.
- To deliver
and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide
you with the requested service.
- To respond
to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to
your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.
- To
fulfill and manage your orders. We may process your information to fulfill
- To save or protect an individual's
vital interest. We may process your information when
necessary to save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as
to prevent harm.
-
Email-Address .To authenticate the purchase of our products
3. WHAT
LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR
INFORMATION?
In Short: We only
process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and
we have a valid legal reason (i.e. ,
legal basis) to do so
under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to
provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual
obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business
interests.
If you are located in the EU
or UK, this section applies to
you.
The General Data Protection Regulation
(GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely
on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely
on the following legal bases to process your personal
information:
- Consent. We may process
your information if you have given us permission (i.e.
, consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Learn more about withdrawing your consent.
- Performance of a Contract.
We may process your personal information when we believe it is
necessary to
fulfill our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.
- Legal Obligations. We may
process your information where we believe it is necessary for
compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law
enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal
rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in
which we are involved.
- Vital Interests. We may
process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect
your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as
situations involving potential threats to the safety of any
person.
If you are located in Canada,
this section applies to you.
We may process your information if you have
given us specific permission (i.e. ,
express consent) to use
your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where
your permission can be inferred (i.e.
, implied consent). You
can withdraw your
consent at any time.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally
permitted under applicable law to process your information without your
consent, including, for example:
- If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way
- For investigations and fraud detection and
prevention
- For business transactions provided certain
conditions are met
- If it is contained in a witness statement and
the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance
claim
- For identifying injured, ill, or deceased
persons and communicating with next of kin
- If we have reasonable grounds to believe an
individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse
- If it is reasonable to expect collection and
use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of
the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related
to investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the
laws of Canada or a province
- If disclosure is required to comply with a
subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the
production of records
- If it was produced by an individual in
the course of their employment, business, or profession and the
collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information
was produced
- If the collection is solely for
journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes
- If the information is publicly available
and is specified by the regulations
In
Short: We may share information in specific
situations described in this section and/or with the following third
parties.
We may
need to share your personal information in the following
situations:
- Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
5. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP
YOUR
INFORMATION?
In
Short: We keep your information for as
long as necessary to
fulfill the
purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise
required by law.
We will only keep your
personal information for as long as it is necessary for the
purposes set out in this privacy notice, 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 longer
than
the period of time in
which users have an account with us
.
When we have no ongoing
legitimate business need 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.
6. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR
INFORMATION
SAFE?
In
Short: We aim to protect your personal
information through a system of organizational and technical
security measures.
We have implemented
appropriate and reasonable 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
Services is at your own risk. You should only access the
Services within a secure environment.
7. WHAT ARE YOUR
PRIVACY
RIGHTS?
In
Short:
In some regions, such as
the European Economic
Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and Canada
, you have rights that
allow you greater access to and control over your personal
information.
You may review, change,
or terminate your account at any time.
In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland,
and Canada ), 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; (iv) if applicable, to data
portability; and (v) not to be subject to automated
decision-making. In certain circumstances, you may also have
the right to object to the processing of your personal
information. You can make such a request by contacting us by
using the contact details provided in the section "
HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT
THIS NOTICE?
" below.
We will consider and act upon
any request in accordance with applicable data protection
laws.
If you are located in the EEA
or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your
personal information, you also have the right to complain to
your Member State data
protection
authority
or UK data protection
authority.
If you are located in
Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and
Information
Commissioner.
Withdrawing your
consent: If we are relying on your consent
to process your personal information, which may be express and/or
implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the
right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw
your consent at any time by contacting us by using the
contact details provided in the section "
HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT
THIS NOTICE?
" below or updating your
preferences .
However, please note that this
will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its
withdrawal nor, when
applicable law allows,
will it affect the processing of your personal
information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds
other than consent.
Account
Information
If
you would at any time like to review or change the information
in your account or terminate your account, you can:
-
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, troubleshoot
problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal
terms and/or comply with applicable legal
requirements.
If
you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you
may email us at
info@innobyte-solutions.de .
8. CONTROLS FOR
DO-NOT-TRACK
FEATURES
Most web browsers and some
mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a
Do-Not-Track ( "DNT" ) feature or
setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference
not to have data about your online browsing activities
monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology
standard for recognizing
and
implementing DNT signals has been finalized . As such, we do
not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other
mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to
be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is
adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform
you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy
notice.
9. DO UNITED STATES
RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY
RIGHTS?
In
Short: If you are a resident of
California
, Colorado
, Connecticut
, Utah
or Virginia
, you are granted
specific rights regarding access to your personal
information.
What categories of
personal information do we
collect?
We have collected the
following categories of personal information in the past
twelve (12) months:
Category | Examples | Collected |
A.
Identifiers
|
Contact details, such
as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or
mobile contact number, unique personal identifier,
online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email
address, and account name
|
|
B. Personal
information as defined in the California Customer
Records statute
|
Name, contact
information, education, employment, employment
history, and financial
information
|
|
|
Gender and date of
birth
|
|
|
Transaction
information, purchase history, financial details,
and payment information
|
|
|
Fingerprints and
voiceprints
|
|
|
Browsing history,
search history, online
|
|
|
Device
location
|
|
|
Images and audio,
video or call recordings created in connection with
our business activities
|
|
|
Business contact
details in order to provide you our Services at a
business level or job title, work history, and
professional qualifications if you apply for a job
with us
|
|
|
Student records and
directory information
|
|
|
Inferences drawn from
any of the collected personal information listed
above to create a profile or summary about, for
example, an individual’s preferences and
characteristics
|
|
|
|
|
- Category A -
As long as the user has an account with us
- Category B -
We do not collect any data listed above
- Category
D As long as the user has an account with us
We may also
collect other personal information outside
of these categories through instances
where you interact with us in person,
online, or by phone or mail in the context
of:
- Receiving
help through our customer support
channels;
- Participation
in customer surveys or contests;
and
- Facilitation
in the delivery of our Services and to
respond to your inquiries.
How
do we use and share your personal
information?
Learn about how we
use your personal information in the section,
"
HOW
DO WE PROCESS YOUR
INFORMATION?
"
Will
your information be shared with anyone
else?
We may
disclose your personal information with
our service providers pursuant to a
written contract between us and each
service provider. Learn more about how we
disclose personal information to in the
section,
"
WHEN
AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION?
"
We may use
your personal information for our own
business purposes, such as for undertaking
internal research for technological
development and demonstration. This is not
considered to be "selling"
of your personal information.
We have not
disclosed, sold, or shared any personal
information to third parties for a
business or commercial purpose in the
preceding twelve (12) months. We will
not sell or share personal information in
the future belonging to website visitors,
users, and other consumers.
California
Residents
California Civil Code
Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The
Light"
law permits our users who are
California residents to request and obtain
from us, once a year and free of charge,
information about categories of personal
information (if any) we disclosed to third
parties for direct marketing purposes and the
names and addresses of all third parties with
which we shared personal information in the
immediately preceding calendar year. If you
are a California resident and would like to
make such a request, please submit your
request in writing to us using the contact
information provided below.
If you are under 18
years of age, reside in California, and have a
registered account with the Services, you have
the right to request removal of unwanted data
that you publicly post on the Services. To
request removal of such data, please contact
us using the contact information provided
below and include the email address associated
with your account and a statement that you
reside in California. We will make sure the
data is not publicly displayed on the
Services, but please be aware that the data
may not be completely or comprehensively
removed from all our systems (e.g. ,
backups, etc.).
CCPA
Privacy
Notice
This section
applies only to California residents. Under
the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA),
you have the rights listed
below.
The California
Code of Regulations defines a "residents"
as:
(1) every
individual who is in the State of California
for other than a temporary or transitory
purpose and
(2) every
individual who is domiciled in the State of
California who is outside the State of
California for a temporary or transitory
purpose
All other
individuals are defined as
"non-residents."
If this
definition of
"resident"
applies to you, we must adhere to certain
rights and obligations regarding your
personal information.
Your
rights with respect to your personal
data
Right to
request deletion of the data — Request
to delete
You can ask
for the deletion of your personal
information. If you ask us to delete your
personal information, we will respect your
request and delete your personal
information, subject to certain exceptions
provided by law, such as (but not limited
to) the exercise by another consumer of
his or her right to free speech, our
compliance requirements resulting from a
legal obligation, or any processing that
may be required to protect against illegal
activities.
Right to
be informed — Request to
know
Depending on
the circumstances, you have a right to
know:
- whether we
collect and use your personal
information;
- the
categories of personal information that
we collect;
- the
purposes for which the collected
personal information is used;
- whether we
sell or share personal information to
third parties;
- the
categories of personal information that
we sold, shared, or disclosed for a
business purpose;
- the
categories of third parties to whom the
personal information was sold, shared,
or disclosed for a business
purpose;
- the
business or commercial purpose for
collecting, selling, or sharing personal
information; and
- the specific
pieces of personal information we collected
about you.
In
accordance with applicable law, we are not
obligated to provide or delete consumer
information that is de-identified in
response to a consumer request or to
re-identify individual data to verify a
consumer request.
Right to
Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a
Consumer’s Privacy
Rights
We will not
discriminate against you if you exercise
your privacy rights.
Right to
Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive
Personal Information
We do not
process consumer's sensitive personal
information.
Verification
process
Upon
receiving your request, we will need to
verify your identity to determine you are
the same person about whom we have the
information in our system. These
verification efforts require us to ask you
to provide information so that we can
match it with information you have
previously provided us. For instance,
depending on the type of request you
submit, we may ask you to provide certain
information so that we can match the
information you provide with the
information we already have on file, or we
may contact you through a communication
method (e.g.
,
phone or email) that you have
previously provided to us. We may also use
other verification methods as the
circumstances
dictate.
We will only
use personal information provided in your
request to verify your identity or
authority to make the request. To the
extent possible, we will avoid requesting
additional information from you for the
purposes of verification. However, if we
cannot verify your identity from the
information already maintained by us, we
may request that you provide additional
information for the purposes of verifying
your identity and for security or
fraud-prevention purposes. We will delete
such additionally provided information as
soon as we finish verifying
you.
Other
privacy rights
- You may
object to the processing of your
personal information.
- You may
request correction of your personal data
if it is incorrect or no longer
relevant, or ask to restrict the
processing of the information.
- You can
designate an
authorized authorized authorized
- You may
request to opt out from future selling
or sharing of your personal information
to third parties. Upon receiving an
opt-out request, we will act upon the
request as soon as feasibly possible,
but no later than fifteen (15) days from
the date of the request submission.
To exercise
these rights, you can contact us by
submitting a data
subject access
request,
by email at
info@innobyte-solutions.de ,
or by referring
to the contact details at the bottom of this
document. If you have a complaint about how we
handle your data, we would like to hear from
you.
Colorado
Residents
This section
applies only to Colorado residents. Under
the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), you have the
rights listed below. However, these rights
are not absolute, and in certain cases, we
may decline your request as permitted by
law.
- Right to be
informed whether or not we are processing
your personal data
- Right to
access your personal data
- Right to
correct inaccuracies in your personal
data
- Right to
request deletion of your personal
data
- Right to
obtain a copy of the personal data you
previously shared with us
- Right to opt
out of the processing of your personal
data if it is used for targeted
advertising, the sale of personal data, or
profiling in furtherance of decisions that
produce legal or similarly significant
effects (
If we decline
to take action regarding your request and
you wish to appeal our decision, please
email us at
info@innobyte-solutions.de
. Within
forty-five (45) days of receipt of an
appeal, we will inform you in writing of any
action taken or not taken in response to the
appeal, including a written explanation of
the reasons for the decisions.
Connecticut
Residents
This section
applies only to Connecticut residents. Under
the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA),
you have the rights listed below. However,
these rights are not absolute, and in
certain cases, we may decline your request
as permitted by law.
- Right to be
informed whether or not we are processing
your personal data
- Right to
access your personal data
- Right to
correct inaccuracies in your personal
data
- Right to
request deletion of your personal
data
- Right to
obtain a copy of the personal data you
previously shared with us
- Right to opt
out of the processing of your personal
data if it is used for targeted
advertising, the sale of personal data, or
profiling in furtherance of decisions that
produce legal or similarly significant
effects (
If we decline
to take action regarding your request and
you wish to appeal our decision, please
email us at
info@innobyte-solutions.de
. Within sixty
(60) days of receipt of an appeal, we will
inform you in writing of any action taken or
not taken in response to the appeal,
including a written explanation of the
reasons for the decisions.
Utah
Residents
This section
applies only to Utah residents. Under the
Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), you have
the rights listed below. However, these
rights are not absolute, and in certain
cases, we may decline your request as
permitted by law.
- Right to be
informed whether or not we are processing
your personal data
- Right to
access your personal data
- Right to
request deletion of your personal
data
- Right to
obtain a copy of the personal data you
previously shared with us
- Right to opt
out of the processing of your personal
data if it is used for targeted
advertising or the sale of personal
data
Virginia
Residents
Under the
Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act
(VCDPA):
If this
definition of
"consumer"
applies to you, we must adhere to certain
rights and obligations regarding your
personal data.
Your rights
with respect to your personal
data
- Right to be
informed whether or not we are processing
your personal data
- Right to
access your personal data
- Right to
correct inaccuracies in your personal
data
- Right to
request deletion of your personal
data
- Right to
obtain a copy of the personal data you
previously shared with us
- Right to opt
out of the processing of your personal
data if it is used for targeted
advertising, the sale of personal data, or
profiling in furtherance of decisions that
produce legal or similarly significant
effects (
Exercise
your rights provided under the Virginia
VCDPA
If you are
using an
authorized
agent to exercise your rights, we may deny a
request if the
authorized
agent does not submit proof that they have
been validly
authorized
to act on your behalf.
Verification
process
We may request
that you provide additional information
reasonably necessary to verify you and your
consumer's request. If you submit the
request through an authorized
agent, we may need to collect
additional information to verify your
identity before processing your
request.
Upon receiving
your request, we will respond without undue
delay, but in all cases, within forty-five
(45) days of receipt. The response period
may be extended once by forty-five (45)
additional days when reasonably necessary.
We will inform you of any such extension
within the initial 45-day response period,
together with the reason for the
extension.
Right to
appeal
If we decline
to take action regarding your request, we
will inform you of our decision and
reasoning behind it. If you wish to appeal
our decision, please email us at
info@innobyte-solutions.de
. Within sixty
(60) days of receipt of an appeal, we will
inform you in writing of any action taken or
not taken in response to the appeal,
including a written explanation of the
reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is
denied, you may contact the Attorney
General to submit a
complaint.
10.
DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS
NOTICE?
In
Short: Yes, we will update
this notice as necessary to stay
compliant with relevant
laws.
We may
update this privacy notice from time to
time. The updated version will be
indicated by an updated "Revised"
date and the updated version will
be effective as soon as it is accessible.
If we make material changes to this
privacy notice, 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 notice frequently to be
informed of how we are protecting your
information.
11.
HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS
NOTICE?
If you have
questions or comments about this notice,
you may
email us at
info@innobyte-solutions.de or
contact
us by post
at:
12.
HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR
DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM
YOU?
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