Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 10th August 2023
SmartDBConnector (”Company” or “We”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.
This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which SmartDBConnector collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from Users (each, a "User") of the SmartDBConnector website and associated services (collectively known as the "Service"). This privacy policy applies to all elements of the Service. Please ensure that you read this Privacy Policy and the Terms & Conditions carefully. These are collectively known as the "Terms".
- Your acceptance of these Terms.
By using the Service, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, then please do not use the Service. Your continued use of the Service following the posting of changes to these Terms will be deemed as your acceptance of those changes. If you are accessing and using the Service on behalf of a company (such as your employer) or another legal entity, then you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that company or other legal entity to these Terms. In that case, "you" and "your" will refer to that company or other legal entity. - Changes to the Terms and/or Service.
SmartDBConnector has the discretion to update the Terms at any time. It is important that you frequently review the Terms for any changes to stay informed. By using the Service, you acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review the Terms periodically to become aware of modifications. As our Service is constantly evolving over time, we may change or discontinue all or any part of the Service, at any time and without notice, at our sole discretion.We collect, use and are responsible for certain personal information about you. When we do so we are subject to various laws in the United States and the General Data Protection Regulation which applies across the European Union (including in the United Kingdom), and we are responsible as "controller" of that personal information for the purposes of those laws.
- Personal Identification Information
The collection of personal identification information is limited to Registered Users of the Service. Registered Users may be asked for, as appropriate for the services they are utilising: their name, email and password. Such personal identification information will only be collected from Registered Users if they voluntarily submit such information to us.This personal information is required to provide the features and functionality of the Site to you. If you do not provide personal information we ask for, it may prevent us from providing the features and functionality of the Site to you.
- Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:- Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
- Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
The information we collect automatically may be only statistical data and may not include personal information. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
- Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
- Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
- Speed up your searches.
- Recognize you when you return to our Website.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
- Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
- Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
- We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.
- Promotional Communications
We may use your personal information to send you updates (by email) about the features and functionality of the Site, including exclusive offers, promotions or new features and functionality of the Site.We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal information for promotional purposes. This means we do not usually need your consent to send you promotional communications. However, where consent is needed, we will ask for this consent separately and clearly.
We will always treat your personal information with the utmost respect and never sell it with other organizations outside SmartDBConnector for marketing purposes.
- Who We Share Your Personal Information With
We routinely share personal information with: (a) service providers we use to help deliver our the features and functionality of the Site to you, such as third party feedback form tool; (c) other third parties we use to help us run our business, such as marketing agencies or website hosts; (d) third parties approved by you, including social media sites you choose to link your account to. - Government, Regulatory Agencies, Courts, and Law Enforcement
We may access, preserve, and share any information about you, without your consent, to government or law enforcement officials or private parties if we believe in good faith that it is necessary or appropriate to respond to requests, claims and legal process (including, but not limited to, subpoenas), to comply with applicable laws, to protect the property and rights of SmartDBConnector, you or a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop activity we may consider to pose a risk of being, or is, illegal, unethical or legally actionable.We may also access, preserve and share information when we have a good faith belief it is necessary to: detect, prevent and address fraud and other illegal activity; to protect ourselves, you and others, including as part of audits, inquiries or investigations; and to prevent death or imminent bodily harm. Information we receive about you may be accessed, processed and retained for an extended period of time when it is the subject of a legal request or obligation, governmental investigation, or investigations concerning possible violations of our terms or policies, or otherwise to prevent harm.
If you voluntarily share or submit any information (e.g., name) or content (e.g., pictures), or commentary through the Services, or link it to any social media platforms, you acknowledge that the post and any content or information associated with it may become available to the public
- Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page with a notice that the privacy policy has been updated on the Website home page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes. - Children’s Privacy
SmartDBConnector does not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for the Services. The Services and their content are not directed at children under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have collected Personal Information from a child under age 13 without parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact SmartDBConnector at[email protected]All explicit or sensitive content exists behind multiple filters and it is strictly against the Terms for anyone under 18 to access such content.
- The right to delete Personal Data
You have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will delete (and direct Our Service Providers to delete) Your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny Your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for Us or Our Service Providers to:
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information's deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research's achievement, if You previously provided informed consent.
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on Your relationship with Us.
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which You provided it.
- How to Contact Us.
Please contact us by [email protected] if you have any questions about this privacy policy or the information we hold about you.