Scope

This policy is applicable to all LetsEndorse employees, contractors, vendors, interns, associates, customers and business partners who may receive personal information, have access to personal information collected or processed, or who provide information to the organization. All employees of LetsEndorse are expected to support the privacy policy and principles when they collect and / or handle personal information, or are involved in the process of maintaining or disposing of personal information. This policy provides the information to successfully meet the organization’s commitment towards data privacy. All partner firms and any Third-Party working with or for LetsEndorse, and who have or may have access to personal information, will be expected to have read, understand and comply with this policy. No Third Party may access personal information held by the organization without having first entered into a confidentiality agreement. A data protection officer is not designated since none of the cases as mentioned in Para 1 of Article 37 of GDPR apply to our work and associated circumstances. We are also not liable to conduct Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA as defined by the Para 3 of Article 35 of the Regulation.

Collection of Information

• Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information

  Certain non-personal information about the Website visits is recorded by the standard operation of the Internet servers on which the Website is hosted. The non-personal information that we collect may include IP addresses, the type of operating system in use (e.g., Macintosh or Windows), the type of browser being used by the visitor (e.g., Firefox or Internet Explorer), the number and frequency of visitors to the Website, the website the visitor was on immediately before visiting the Website, and standard web log information, such as connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the Website, and ad data. When you view the Website or use website features, we may collect certain non-personal information from you by using small text files known as "cookies". We use cookies for several purposes, such as to recognize visitors to the Website, to determine the number of unique visitors to the Website, to ascertain which Website pages they visit, and to conduct internal reviews of the Website. We may associate information we collect via cookies with the personal information we collect online. We may use the combined information, for example, to personalize your experience on the Website or to personalize marketing communications we may send to you, as further described below. You are always free to decline cookies, but in doing so you may not be able to use certain features on the Website. The "HELP" segment of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to configure your browser to not accept new cookies, how to have the browser inform you when you receive a new cookie, and how to erase cookies from your hard drive. With cookies, the information that we collect and may share is anonymous and not personally identifiable. It does not contain your name, address, telephone number, or email address. Should we allow advertisers on our site, those advertisers may use cookies. We have no control over third-party cookies.
  
  You can also view how to control your cookie settings from the following links:

  • Internet Explorer
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Google Chrome
  • Safari
  
  

  To block Google Analytics cookies specifically, you can install the “Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on” that is provided by Google. Please do take note that if you share the use of a computer, accepting or rejecting the use of cookies may affect all users of that computer.

• Collection of Personal Information

  You can browse some of the web pages without telling us who you are or otherwise transmitting personal information. In order to use certain features of the Website, you are required to register and provide certain information. If you choose to give us personal information, you consent to the transfer and storage of that information on servers located in any other part of the world as may be deemed fit by us. We may collect and store the following personal information (only if they are marked public): name, email address, date of birth, profile picture, current city and standard web log information, such as connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from our site, ad data, and IP address. LetsEndorse follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

• Use of Personal Information

  You agree that we may use your personal information to:

  • Provide the services and customer support you request;
  • Resolve disputes, respond to emails or other inquiries, and troubleshoot problems;
  • Prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities, and enforce our website policies;
  • Customize, measure and improve our services and content;
  • To provide you with news and information about our or third party offers, promotions, products, and services we think will be of interest to you;
  • Compare your information for accuracy, and verify it with third parties; and
  • For any other purpose for which the information was collected

  If you create a profile on LetsEndorse, your Facebook username and your Facebook profile picture (if you register with Facebook), or your LinkedIn username and LinkedIn picture (if you register with LinkedIn), or your Google+ username and Google+ picture (if you register with Google+) will be displayed on this Website. These can only be removed by withdrawing your profile.
  
  If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us. In certain circumstances, In accordance with Chapter 3 of the GDPR, you have the following data protection and safeguards rights:

  
  
  • The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
  • The right of rectification.
  • The right to object.
  • The right of restriction.
  • The right to data portability.
  • The right to withdraw consent.
  
  

  In case someone is getting in touch with representatives/points-of-contact of any innovative solution profiled on LetsEndorse, with collaborative or inquisitive motives, a copy of the message gets transmitted to LetsEndorse, in order to facilitate the dialogue, generate prompt responses and manage situations where the innovator is away/has been unresponsive.
  
  When you endorse a project on LetsEndorse or its applications, your username and profile picture may be publicly displayed on the Website. You may choose not to display these and contribute anonymously. We will not share the personal information we collect from you through the Website with third parties or the recipient of funds, except as described in this Privacy Policy or on the Website. We may also share your information as disclosed at the time you provide your information, as set forth in this Privacy Policy, and in the following circumstances:

• Third Parties Providing Services On Our Behalf

  In order to carry out your requests, to make various features, services and materials available to you through the Website, and to respond to your inquiries, we may share your personal information with third parties that perform functions on our behalf (or on behalf of our partners), such as companies or individuals that: host or operate our Website; analyze data; provide customer service; mail products or manage payments; advertisers; sponsors or other third parties that participate in or administer our promotions or provide marketing or promotional assistance (such as in connection with winner selection, prize fulfillment, and as required by law, such as on a winners list).

• Your Agreement To Have Your Personal Information Shared

  While on our Website, you may have the opportunity to opt-in to receive information and/or marketing offers from someone else or to otherwise consent to the sharing of your information with a third party. If you agree to have your personal information shared, your personal information will be disclosed to the third party and the personal information you disclose will be subject to the privacy policy and business practices of that third party.

• How You Can Access, Review, or Change Your Personal Information

  You can see, review, and change your personal information via "My Profile" tab in the main website and all of our other applications. You must promptly update your personal information if it changes or is inaccurate. If you request, we will close your account and remove your personal information from view as soon as reasonably possible. We do retain personal information from closed accounts to comply with law, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our site policies, and take other actions permitted by law. Other Internet sites you visit, including those linked from the Website, may have their own privacy policies or no policy at all. Other websites might use personal information differently than our policy permits. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policies of any site before providing any personal information.

• Disclosure of Information

  We may disclose personal information if we are legally required to do so, to enforce our policies, to respond to claims that content you submitted violates the rights of others, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of third parties.

• Security of Information

  A combination of encryption techniques and authentication procedures is used to maintain the security of your online session and to protect your account and our systems from unauthorized access. All of our employees and our independent contractors/agents must abide by this Privacy Policy. Only our authorized employees are permitted to have access to personally identifiable data about registered users, and that access is limited to what is reasonably needed to perform an employee's responsibilities, such as providing updates or notices or customer service. However, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, and may abuse or misuse your personal information that they collect or have unauthorized access to. Therefore, although we work very hard to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private.

  Our databases are protected from general employee access both physically and logically. We encrypt your account password and login credentials so that your password cannot be recovered, even by us.

  1. Cookies: We use cookies to maintain your session and its offshoots, including the contribution checkout, thus ensuring that you have a better user experience. No other personal or confidential information is collected without your consent.
  2. Email Lists: We send periodic emails that contain website feature updates and new projects that in our opinion may be exciting for you. We may send emails to all our users about updates to the Site even if they did not subscribe to the Site's Newsletter. At any point in time you may request to unsubscribe to these emails by emailing [email protected]

• User Privileges and Access

  We are committed to give information (as listed below), requested by the user, after complete verification and within 30 days from the date of request. Only if it is needed by the law, it can be given earlier with an official email to [email protected]. If it cannot be given earlier, we will provide the timeframe when it will be available. The information that can be asked by users is as below:

  • What personal information related to the user that is under process?
  • Who possesses the access rights to this useful information?
  • Authentication / Rectification of personal information
  • Deletion of personal information unless required by law such as in event of the court case

• Third-Party Data Processors

  Where a processor (vendor or 3rd party) carries out specific processing activities on behalf of LetsEndorse (controller), the data protection obligations as set out in the contract or other legal act between the controller and the processor shall be imposed by way of a contract or other legal act under Union or Member State law, in particular providing sufficient guarantees to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures in such a manner that the processing will meet the requirements of GDPR.

  We have been utilizing several authentic third-party data processors for a variety of work. These third-parties are highly secure and comply with the rules and regulations set in the EU GDPR regulation act 2018. Some of them are:

  Google (Privacy Policy)

  Tawk.to (Privacy Policy)

  We are not responsible for the change in policies, content, and practices of these third party websites to which the Website may link. Please refer to those websites' own privacy policies to learn how they collect and use personal information. In the event that we or any of our assets are acquired by a third party, personal information acquired by us may be one of the assets transferred in such acquisition.

• Data Breach

  In accordance with Article 33 of the GDPR, in case of any data breach of personal information/website’s database / third-party data, processors are apparent, we will, within 72 hours, inform all relevant supervisory authorities about the same and take remedial action. As per Article 34, when there is a personal data breach, the same shall be communicated to the data subjects without undue delay.

• Children's Privacy

  The Website is a general audience website. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of thirteen on the Website.

• Updating this Privacy Policy

  By visiting the Website, you are agreeing to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. On occasion, it may be necessary for us to change the terms of the Privacy Policy. We will do so by posting updated text on this Website, and your continued use constitutes acceptance of those changes. In case of any change, it will be marked on the top of the privacy policy page with a revised last updated date. No part of this Policy shall have retroactive effect and shall thus apply only to matters occurring on or after this date. To ensure that you are aware of current privacy practices, we recommend that you check this Website periodically. We will not materially change how we handle previously collected information without providing notice and an opportunity to choose how we use that information and shall oblige to the provisions given under Article 12-14 and 19 of GDPR.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy and/or practices, please contact us at the following email address: [email protected]