Privacy Policy
Thank you for choosing
to be part of our community at Bian Labs (“Company”, “we”,
“us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal
information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns
about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal
information, please contact us at privacy@bianlabs.com.
When you visit our and
use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your
privacy very seriously. 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 it 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 and our services.
This privacy
policy applies to all information collected through our and/or any
related services, sales, marketing or events (we refer to them collectively in
this privacy policy as the "Services").
Please read
this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed
decisions about sharing your personal information with us.
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO
WE COLLECT?
Personal information you
disclose to us
In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us such as
name, address, contact information and passwords; please note we do not collect
payment information. All financial transactions are handled by our merchant
processors exclusively.
We collect personal
information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering at
the expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our
products and services, when participating in activities on the (such as
posting messages in our online forums or entering competitions, contests or
giveaways) or otherwise contacting us.
The personal information
that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the
choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal
information we collect can include the following:
Credentials. We collect passwords, password hints,
and similar security information used for authentication and account
access.
Social Media Login
Data. We provide you
with the option to register using social media account details, like your
Facebook, Twitter or other social media account. If you choose to register in
this way, we will collect the Information described in the section called
"HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS" below.
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.
Information
automatically collected
In Short: Some information – such as IP address and/or browser and device
characteristics – is collected automatically when you visit our website.
We automatically
collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the website.
This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or
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 and other technical information. This information
is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our website,
and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many businesses,
we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.
2. WILL YOUR INFORMATION
BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
In Short: 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.
We may process or
share data based on the following legal basis:
- Consent: We may process your data if you
have given us specific consent to use your personal information in 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, a 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 is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action
regarding potential violations of 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:
- Vendors, Consultants and Other
Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third party vendors,
service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on
our behalf and require access to such information to do that work.
Examples include payment processing, data analysis, email delivery,
hosting services, customer service and marketing efforts. We may allow
selected third parties to use tracking technology on our website,
which will enable them to collect data about how you interact with
the over time. This information may be used to, among other things,
analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content and
better understand online activity. Unless described in this Policy, we do
not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties
for their promotional purposes.
- 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.
- Third-Party Advertisers. We may use third-party advertising
companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies
may use information about your visits to our Website(s) and other websites
that are contained in web cookies and other tracking technologies in order
to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
- Affiliates. We may share your information with
our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor
this privacy policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any
subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or
that are under common control with us.
- Business Partners. We may share your information with
our business partners to offer you certain products, services or
promotions.
- Other Users. When you share personal
information or otherwise interact with public areas of our website,
such personal information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly
distributed outside the in perpetuity. If you interact with
other users of our and register through a social network (such as
Facebook), your contacts on the social network will see your name, profile
photo, and descriptions of your activity. Similarly, other users will
be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you within
our website, and view your profile.
3. DO WE USE COOKIES AND
OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect
and store your information.
We may use cookies and
similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store
information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how
you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie
Policy.
4. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR
SOCIAL LOGINS?
In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our services using a
social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.
Our offer you the
ability to register and login using your third-party social media account
details (like your Facebook or Twitter logins). Where you choose to do this, we
will receive certain profile information about you from your social media
provider. The profile Information we receive may vary depending on the social
media provider concerned, but will often include your name, e-mail address,
friends list, profile picture as well as other information you choose to make
public.
We will use the
information we receive only for the purposes that are described in
this privacy policy or that are otherwise made clear to you on our website.
Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of
your personal information by your third-party social media provider. We
recommend that you review their privacy policy to understand how they collect,
use and share your personal information, and how you can set your privacy
preferences on their sites and
apps.
5. IS YOUR INFORMATION
TRANSFERRED INTERNATIONALLY?
In Short: We may transfer, store, and process your information in
countries other than your own.
Our servers are
located in. If you are accessing our from outside, please be aware that
your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us in our
facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal
information (see "WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?" above), in and other countries.
If you are a resident
in the European Economic Area, then these countries may not have data
protection or other laws as comprehensive as those in your country. We will
however take all necessary measures to protect your personal information in
accordance with this privacy policy and applicable law.
6. WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON
THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?
In Short: We are not responsible for the safety of any information that
you share with third-party providers who advertise, but are not affiliated
with, our websites.
Our website may
contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us and
which may link to other websites, online services or mobile applications. We
cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third
parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by
this privacy policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and
security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites,
services or applications that may be linked to or from our website. You
should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to
respond to your questions.
7. 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 policy 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 policy, unless a longer retention period is required or
permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No
purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for
longer than 6 months.
When we have no
ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will
either delete or anonymize it, 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.
8. DO WE COLLECT
INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children
under 18 years of age.
We do not knowingly
solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using our
website, 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 our
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 have collected from children under age 18, please contact us
at privacy@bianlabs.com
9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY
RIGHTS?
In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
Account Information
If you would at any
time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your
account, you can:
Upon your request to
terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and
information from our active databases. However, some information may be
retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any
investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with 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 contacting us using the details provided
below. You will then be removed from the marketing email list – however, we
will still need to send you notification of our tri-annual sales events as well
as service-related emails that are necessary for the administration and use of
your account. To otherwise opt-out, you may:
10. 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.
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 policy.
11. DO CALIFORNIA
RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted
specific rights regarding access to your personal information.
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.
12. DO WE MAKE UPDATES
TO THIS POLICY?
In Short: Yes, we will update this policy as necessary to stay compliant
with relevant laws.
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 soon 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.
13. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT
US ABOUT THIS POLICY?
If you have questions
or comments about this policy, you may email us at: privacy@bianlabs.com.