Last updated October 09, 2022
This privacy notice for Dev3 Design
( " Company
," "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 dev3design.com , 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@dev3design.com .
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. You
can also click here to go
directly to our table of contents.
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
Dev3 Design
and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. Click
here to learn more.
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. Click here to learn
more.
In what situations and with which parties do we
share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties.
Click here to learn more.
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. Click here to learn more.
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. Click here to learn
more.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is
by filling out our data subject request form available here: dev3design.com
, 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
Dev3 Design
does with any information we collect? Click
here to review the 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:
-
names
-
phone numbers
-
email addresses
-
billing addresses
-
contact or authentication data
-
contact preferences
Sensitive Information.
We do not process sensitive information.
Social
Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing 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 your Internet
Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our
Services.
We
automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. 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 Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the
security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many
businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.
The information
we collect includes:
- Log and
Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our
Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings
and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files
viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called
"crash dumps" ), and hardware settings).
- Device
Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services. Depending on the device used,
this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model,
Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.
- 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 Services. 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 setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.
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
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.
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. Click here to learn more.
- 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. Click here to learn more.
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.
- Business Partners. We may share your
information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or
promotions.
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 Notice
.
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 Services offer you the ability to register and
log in 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, email address, friends list, and profile picture, as
well as other information you choose to make public on such a social media
platform.
We will use the information we receive only for
the purposes that are described in this privacy notice or that are otherwise
made clear to you on the relevant Services. 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
notice to understand how they collect, use, and share your personal information,
and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.
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 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.
8. 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.
9. 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 the Services, 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 Services. 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@dev3design.com
.
10. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY
RIGHTS?
In Short:
In some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United
Kingdom (UK), 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, 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; 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. 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 local data protection supervisory authority. You
can find their contact details here: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
If you are located in Switzerland, the contact
details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.
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 .
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:
-
Contact us using the contact information provided.
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.
Cookies and similar
technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies
by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove
cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject
cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services. To opt
out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on our Services visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy
rights, you may email us at info@dev3design.com
.
11. 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.
12. 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.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in
California, and have a registered account with 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
The California Code of Regulations
defines a "resident"
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.
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 categories
listed in the California Customer Records
statute
|
Name, contact information,
education, employment, employment history, and financial
information
|
|
C. Protected classification
characteristics under California or federal
law
|
Gender and date of
birth
|
|
D. Commercial
information
|
Transaction information, purchase
history, financial details, and payment
information
|
|
E. Biometric
information
|
Fingerprints and
voiceprints
|
|
F. Internet or other similar
network activity
|
Browsing history, search history,
online
|
|
G. Geolocation
data
|
Device
location
|
|
H. Audio, electronic, visual,
thermal, olfactory, or similar information
|
Images and audio, video or call
recordings created in connection with our business
activities
|
|
I. Professional or
employment-related information
|
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
|
|
J. Education
Information
|
Student records and directory
information
|
|
K. Inferences drawn from other
personal 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
|
|
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?
You may contact us
by email at
info@dev3design.com ,
by visiting
dev3design.com/#contact ,
or by referring
to the contact details at the bottom of this document.
If you are using an
authorized agent to exercise
your right to opt out we may deny a request if the
authorized agent does not
submit proof that they have been validly
authorized to act on your
behalf.
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. Each service provider is a for-profit entity that processes the
information on our behalf.
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.
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 your personal information to
third parties;
- the categories of personal information that we
sold or disclosed for a business purpose;
- the categories of third parties to whom the
personal information was sold or disclosed for a business purpose; and
- the business or commercial purpose for
collecting or selling personal information.
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.
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 agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with the CCPA.
- You may request to opt out from future selling
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 email at info@dev3design.com ,
by visiting dev3design.com/#contact ,
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.
13. 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.
14. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT
THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this
notice, you may
email us at
info@dev3design.com
or by post
to:
15. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR
DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM
YOU?