Privacy Policy

Last Changes to Privacy Policy: July 5th, 2018

We are strongly committed to letting you know how we will collect and use your personal information.  The policies below are applicable to data and information collected through the DataKitchen network of websites, including www.datakitchen.io (including any versions optimized for viewing on a wireless or tablet device); all email newsletters published or distributed by DataKitchen; all apps published by DataKitchen; and all other interactive features and communications provided by DataKitchen (“Website”), however accessed and/or used, that are operated by us, made available by us, or produced and maintained by DataKitchen, Inc. (collectively “DataKitchen” or “we”, “us”, or “our”).  We have established this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to let you know the kinds of personal information we may gather during your use of this Website, why we gather your information, what we use your personal information for, when we might disclose your personal information, and how you can manage your personal information.

Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy apply only to information gathered online through our Website. It does not apply to information that you may submit to us offline or by companies or organizations to which we may link or who may link to us.

By using our Website, you are accepting the practices described in our Privacy Policy.  If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website.  We reserve the right to modify or amend the terms of our Privacy Policy from time to time without notice. Your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.  If we intend to apply the modifications or amendments to this Privacy Policy retroactively or to personal information already in our possession, we will provide you with notice of the modifications or amendments.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or don’t see your concerns addressed here, you should contact us by email at legal[at]www.datakitchen.io.

What Information About Me Is Collected and Stored?

We collect two basic types of information from you in conjunction with your use of the Website, personal information and non-personal information. Personal information is information that you may supply to us, as described more fully below, i.e., when you obtain a subscription, complete a survey, register on the Website, upload content, participate in a community, or provide your email address. Personal information is any information that can individually identify you and includes, among other things, your name, e-mail address, telephone number, postal address, credit card, billing and contact information. Non-personal information includes information that does not personally identify you, but it may include tracking and usage information about your location, demographics, use of the Website and the Internet.

Personal Information

As a general matter, you can browse the Website without submitting your personal information to us.  However, there are a number of circumstances in which you may supply us or our agents with your personal information.  The following lists the most common ways in which we may collect your personal information.

• Registration for an event sponsored by DataKitchen
• Downloading collaterals from the Website
• Submitting an application to work at DataKitchen
• Sign up to receive alerts or other information via email, text or instant message from DataKitchen
• Request for sales calls, customer service, support requests or other assistance
• Website related communications, e.g. account verification; technical notification
• Participation in communities, commenting to blog entries and participation in other forums
• Any other place on the Website where you knowingly volunteer personal information

Non-Personal Information

In addition, when you interact with the Website, we may collect certain information that does not identify you individually and our servers may automatically keep an activity log of your use of our Website (“Non-Personal Information”). Generally, we collect and store the following categories of Non-Personal Information:

• Non-identifiable demographic data such as age, gender, and five digit zip code as part of collecting personal information
• Device information about your computer, browser, mobile device, or other device that you use to access the Website.  This information may include IP address, geolocation information, unique device identifiers, browser type, browser language, and other transactional information.
• Analytics and usage information about your use of the Website.
• Additional “traffic data” and log files such as time of access, date of access, software crash reports, session identification number, access times, and referring website addresses.
• Other information regarding your use of the Website.

Collection of Your Source IP Address/Location Information

We may collect and store location information about you on the Website and associated with your account that you volunteer on the Website or enable through the Website or your device.  We will not collect any location information that you do not volunteer or enable.  We will delete any location information that you request is deleted.  We do collect and store your device’s source IP address which may disclose the location of your device at the time you access the Website.

Use of Cookies, Flash Cookies, Web Storage, and Web Beacons

Like many websites, we use “cookies”, which are small text files that are stored on your computer or equipment when you visit certain online pages that record your preferences and actions. We may also use cookies to monitor traffic, improve the Website and make it easier and/or relevant for your use.  We use both “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies.  We use cookies for the other purposes set out below:

• We use cookies to remind us who you are and to find your account information in our database when you access a service so you do not need to log in at every visit. This helps us to provide you with service tailored to your specific needs and interests. A cookie is created when you register for a service
• We use cookies to determine the browser the visitor uses so the site can be designed to work properly with the most common versions of different browsers
• We use cookies in conjunction with sending you e-mail newsletters
• Advertisers that place ads on the Website may use cookies
• We use cookies in conjunction with analysis of your use of our website and generate analytics regarding our Website
• We use cookies to estimate our audience size. Your browser is given a unique cookie that helps us determine whether yours is a repeat visit or a first visit

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but, if you prefer, you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you delete your cookies or if you set your web browser to decline cookies, some features of the Website may not work or may not work as designed.  For more information on cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information provided by the Interactive Advertising Bureau at www.allaboutcookies.org.

We do not use flash cookies, web storage, web beacons or other technology that tracks your browsing history across multiple websites.

DataKitchen works with a variety of advertisers, advertising networks, advertising servers and analytics companies. These parties use various technologies, and technologies form third-party companies, to collect data in order to send and serve relevant advertising to users. These technologies may include the placement of cookies or web beacons, the use of HTML5 LocalStorage, the use of unique or non-unique non-personal identifiers and other technologies. These technologies may be used to track user behavior and serve you more relevant advertising. This relevant advertising may appear on our Website or other websites that you visit. This privacy policy does not cover the use of various technologies by advertisers, advertising networks, advertising servers, and analytics companies. These companies may also obtain information from services you use from other companies, including without limitation, other websites, mobile website, mobile downloadable applications, and downloadable applications, and combine that information with information they obtain through these third party technologies on our Website. You should be aware that DataKitchen does not have control over these third party technologies or the information contained in them. You should be aware that if you choose to opt out through other sites, this does not opt you out of being served advertising. The ads will just not be targeted to you by any party from which you have opted out. You can also opt out of future information collection from our Website by ceasing use of the Website or in the case of an application, uninstalling the application.

How Do We Use Your Information?

We use the information we learn from you to help us personalize and continually improve your experience on the Website.  We may use your Personal and Non-Personal Information in the following ways:

General Uses

• To communicate with you about your account or transactions with us (including service related announcements) and send you information about features and enhancements on our Website
• To communicate with you about changes to our policies
• To communicate with you about your comment to a blog post
• To personalize content and experiences on our Website
• To disclose anonymized Personal Information to disclose statistics and analytics and other details regarding the use of our Website.
• To optimize or improve our products, services and operations
• To automatically update the Website on your device
• To detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate our policies or be illegal
• To perform statistical, demographic, and marketing analyses of users of the Website

Use of Your Location Information

Specifically, we use your location information to:

• Personalize content on our Website
• Optimize or improve our products, services and operations
• Detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate our policies or be illegal
• Perform statistical, demographic, and marketing analyses of users of the Website and their purchasing patterns

Combination of Your Personal Information

We use the information from one portion of the Website on other portions of the Website or elsewhere in our network of websites, apps, and other interactive features, or in reports and analysis, all of which are owned and operated by DataKitchen, and we may combine information gathered from multiple portions of the Website into a single customer record or analysis or report.  We also use and/or combine information that we collect off-line or we collect or receive from third party sources to enhance, expand, and check the accuracy of your customer records.

Who Do We Provide Your Information To?

We do not disclose information about your Personal Information collected online to any companies not part of DataKitchen or its parent, subsidiaries or related entities.  In no event will we sell or rent your Personal Information as part of a customer list or similar transaction.

Business Partners and Third Parties

We may share your Personal Information with our business partners from time to time.  You may withdraw your consent to our sharing of your Personal Information with business partners and third parties at any time by following the opt-out process described below.

Third-Party Agents

We have third party agents, subsidiaries, affiliates and partners that perform functions on our behalf, such as hosting, billing, push notifications, storage, bandwidth, content management tools, analytics, customer service, fraud protection, etc.  These entities have access to the Personal Information needed to perform their functions and are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of that Personal Information.  They are restricted from using, selling, distributing or altering this data in any way other than to provide the requested services to the Website.

Emergency Situations

We may also use or disclose Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to applicable law or comply with legal process served on us or the Website; (b) protect and defend our rights or property, the Website or our users, and (c) act under emergency circumstances to protect the personal safety of us, our affiliates, agents, or the users of the Website or the public.  This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection.

What Steps Are Taken To Keep Personal Information Secure?

We are concerned about ensuring the security of your Personal Information.  We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your information from your device to our servers.  Personal Information collected by our Website are stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public.  Our security procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity before we disclose your Personal Information to you.  Please understand, however, that while we try our best to safeguard your Personal Information once we receive it, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

How Can We Transfer Your Personal Information?

Your information collected through the Website may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which DataKitchen, its Clients, Affiliates or service providers maintain facilities.  DataKitchen, its Clients, Affiliates, or service providers may transfer information that we collect about you, including personal information across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world.  If you are located in the United States or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from US law, please note that we may transfer information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction.  By registering for and using the Website you consent to the transfer of information to the US or to any other country in which DataKitchen, its Clients, Affiliates or service providers maintain facilities and the use and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.

How Long Do We Keep Your Information?

Following termination or deactivation of your account, DataKitchen, its Clients, Affiliates, or its service providers may retain information (including your profile information) and user Content for a commercially reasonable time for backup, archival, and/or audit purposes.  If you have any questions about termination or deactivation of your account, please contact us directly at legal[at]www.datakitchen.io.

What Happens When I Link To or From Another Website?

This Website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy for DataKitchen do not apply to information gathered through these other websites. We are not responsible for the actions and privacy policies of third parties and other websites.

Governing Law

This Website is published in the United States. We attempt to protect the Personal Information of all users of our Website and we attempt to comply with local data protection and consumer rights laws to the extent they may apply to the DataKitchen services, but our Website is located and targeted to United States citizens and our policies are directed at compliance with those laws.  If you are uncertain whether this privacy policy conflicts with the applicable local privacy laws where you are located, you should not submit your Personal Information to DataKitchen.

Assignment

We may change our ownership or corporate organization while providing the Website.  We may also sell certain assets associated with the Website.  As a result, please be aware that in such event we may transfer some or all of your information to a company acquiring all or part of our assets or to another company with which we have merged.  Under such circumstances we would, to the extent possible, require the acquiring party to follow the practices described in this Privacy Policy, as it may be amended from time to time.  Nevertheless, we cannot promise that an acquiring company or the merged company will have the same privacy practices or treat your information the same as described in this Privacy Policy.

Changes to This Policy

As our Website continues to develop, we may add new services and features to our Website. In the event that these additions affect our Privacy Policy, this document will be updated appropriately.  We will post those changes prominently so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone.  We do, however, recommend that you read this Privacy Policy each time you use our Website in case you missed our notice of changes to the Privacy Policy.  We will not, however, materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of Personal Information we have previously collected from you without your express consent.

How Do I Opt-Out or Correct Information About Me

You may always opt-out of receiving future e-mail messages and newsletters from DataKitchen.  We provide you with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us by going into your profile settings and choosing the appropriate options.  To opt-out, you can also send us a message at legal[at]www.datakitchen.io.  Please note, however, that you generally cannot opt-out of service related announcements, e.g. if the Website is temporarily suspended or if delivery of a product or service is delayed.

Your California Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers of DataKitchen who are California residents to request certain information regarding its disclosure of their personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to legal[at]www.datakitchen.io.  The Website will respect your browser’s Do Not Track signals (or other well-established, commercially available mechanisms that provide you with the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of Personal Information).  If we receive a Do Not Track notice, we will stop using any Personal Information for online behavioral advertising purposes.