Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

We take your privacy very serious. We don't force you to login with Facebook or spam your friends. Choose to remain completely anonymous. All traffic and sensitive data is encrypted and your email will always remain private. We are committed to ensuring the security and protection of the personal information that we process, and to provide a compliant and consistent approach to data protection according to the GDPR requirements.

This Privacy Policy governs your use of the Boldomatic website, products, applications and services ("Products").

2. What information do the Products obtain and how is it used?

Nerves GmbH may collect and use certain information about you: First and foremost we collect and store “User Provided Information” such as user name, email address, your profile picture, etc. – Secondly, Boldomatic respectively Nerves GmbH obtains the information you provide when you register for the service such as information about the device you use and its related performance etc. Also, Nerves GmbH uses Google Analytics and Google Analytics Advertising Features to collect information. Registration with us is optional. However, please keep in mind that you may not be able to use some of the features offered by the Products unless you register with us. Finally, the system automatically stores any content that you generate, “posts” and “activities”, which may be made available on the Boldomatic website or via separate channels also outside Boldomatic Products. Upon simple request, all your information and data provided will be permanently deleted from our servers.

When you register with us and use the Products, you generally provide

(a) your name, email address, user name, password and other registration information;
(b) transaction-related information, such as when you post statements, make purchases, respond to any offers, or download or use applications from us;
(c) information you provide us when you contact us for help;
(d) credit card information for purchase and use of the Products, and;
(e) information you enter into our system when using the Products, such as contact information and project management information.
(f) information available via Google Analytics Advertising features, such as demographic information and interests.

Your email address, as well as in-service messaging, will always remain private.

We may also use the information you provided us to contact you from time to time to provide you with important information, required notices and marketing promotions. In addition, the Products may collect certain information automatically, such as the type of device you use, your mobile device installation ID, the IP address of your device, your operating system, the type of internet browsers you use, and information about the way you use the Products. We use Google Analytics for these purposes. See the “Automatic Data Collection and Advertising” section below for examples.

3. Do the Products collect precise real time location information of the device?

Boldomatic Products do NOT collect precise information about the location of your device, except when explicitly granted through a feature in the Product (such as a location based feed, or location tagging of posts). However we do determine the region, country or city you are in or posting from using your public IP address.

4. Do third parties see and/or have access to information obtained by the Products?

Yes. But we will share your information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement. Therefore we may disclose User Provided and Automatically Collected Information only:

5. Automatic Data Collection and Advertising

We use Google Analytics and Google Analytics Advertising Features to capture demographic information, interest reporting and your usage of Boldomatic Products. See http://support.google.com/analytics/ to understand the full spectrum of information that is being collected and evaluated.

Boldomatic may at one point in time be supported via advertising, and collects data to help the Products serve ads. We may work with analytics companies to help us understand how Products are used, such as the frequency and duration of usage. We may work with advertisers and third party advertising networks, who need to know how you interact with advertising provided in the Products which helps us keep the cost of the Products free. These third parties may also obtain information about other applications you’ve downloaded to your mobile device, the mobile websites you visit and your non-precise location information in order to help analyze and serve anonymous targeted advertising on the Products and elsewhere.

6. What are my opt-out rights?

There are multiple opt-out options for users of the Boldomatic Products:
Opt-out of all information collection by uninstalling the application – You can stop all collection of information by the application easily by uninstalling the application. You may use the standard uninstall processes as may be available as part of your mobile device or via the mobile application marketplace or network. You may at any time opt-out from any further collected information by deactivating your account. When an account is deactivated, the public posts associated with the account will be labelled as anonymous. Upon simple request, all your information and data provided will be permanently deleted from our servers.

7. Data Retention Policy, Managing Your Information

We will retain user provided data for as long as you use the Products and for a reasonable time thereafter. If you’d like us to delete user provided data that you have provided via the Products, please deactivate your account from within the Boldomatic settings. You may also contact us at info@boldomatic.com and we will respond in a reasonable time. Please note that some or all of the user provided data may be required in order for the Products to function properly, and we may be required to retain certain information by law.

8. Children

We do not use the Boldomatic Products to knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us at info@boldomatic.com. We will delete such information from our files within a reasonable time.

9. Security

We are concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your information. We provide physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect information we process and maintain. For example, we limit access to this information to authorized employees and contractors who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our application. Please be aware that, although we endeavor to provide reasonable security for information we process and maintain, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches.

Your data will be hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and HostEurope, which are compliant with a wide variety of industry-accepted security standards. Amazon Web Services LLC (“AWS) owns and operates its website and is a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates (“Amazon.com”). Amazon.com is a participant in the Safe Harbor program developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and (1) the European Union and (2) Switzerland, respectively. AWS has certified that they adhere to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles agreed upon by the U.S. and (1) the E.U. and (2) Switzerland, respectively. More information can be found at http://aws.amazon.com/security.

10. Cookie Statement

Boldomatic's website, like most websites, uses small text files called cookies. Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are widely used because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device and therefore allow enhanced functionality, such as logging in with your account or adding items to a shopping cart.

If you wish to restrict or block cookies you can set your internet browser to do so- click on the following link for further information: www.aboutcookies.org.

Boldomatic uses cookies for the following purposes:

(a) to compile statistical data and demographic information on the use of our website and its functioning, so that we can monitor and improve it;
(b) to facilitate users’ ability to navigate through our website, including to allow registered users to access secure parts of our website; and
(c) to maintain a shopping cart while browsing our shop

Cookies used by Boldomatic:

11. Changes

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. We will notify you of any changes to our Privacy Policy by posting the new Privacy Policy here and before installing application updates. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.

12. Your Consent

By using the Boldomatic Products, you are consenting to our processing of user provided and automatically collected information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

13. Governing Law, Place of Jurisdiction

These privacy policy is governed solely by Swiss law, exclusive place of jurisdiction is Zurich/Switzerland.


 
31.01.2020, Zurich Switzerland