Styloor Privacy Policy
Effective date: January 20th, 2018
This Privacy Statement (the "Privacy Statement") is provided
by:
styloor ("The Company")
Introduction
This policy describes what information we collect when you use
styloor’s sites, services, mobile applications, products, and
content (“Services”). It also provides information about how
we store, transfer, use, and delete that information, and what choices
you have with respect to the information.
This policy applies to styloor’s online video meeting tool,
including the website and mobile applications, and other styloor
websites (collectively “the Websites”).
This policy applies where we are acting as a Data Controller with
respect to the personal data of Hosts and Users of our Services; in
other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing
of that personal data. For content and data that you upload to or make
available through the Service (“User Content”), you are
responsible for ensuring this content is in accordance with our Terms of
Service, and that the content is not violating other Hosts and
Users’ privacy.
How we collect, process and store information
We in styloor are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our Hosts
and Users. Our business model is to withhold a small fee from video
calls and other services offered through the styloor Platform, and
does not rely on widespread collection of general user data. We will
only collect and process information that we need to deliver the service
to you, and to continue to maintain and develop the service.
styloor may collect, store and process various kinds of data, with
different legal grounds, as listed below. For the categories of data
that require your consent, we will actively ask you for consent before
collecting any data. You can give and revoke your consents at any time
in mobile app Settings page
The following is a list of data we collect, process or store:
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Host and User account information. To use styloor Service, Hosts
and Hosts and Users might have to provide a valid email address, date
of birth, full name, and country of residence. The Host can also
choose to enter a display name, add a profile picture and/or video,
and short bio that will be used to represent them on their public
profile page, and in conversations.
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Transaction information. Hosts that register on styloor, as well as
Hosts and Users of their Services might have to provide credit card
information, billing email, banking information, location at the time
of transaction and/or a billing address in order to complete a booking
transaction.
The transaction data may be processed for the purpose of supplying
the purchased services and keeping proper records of those
transactions. This data may be used for the purpose of delivering the
Services to you. Processing this information is required for
fulfilling the contract we entered into with you, at your request (our
Terms of Service). Additionally, this information needs to be retained
in order to comply with accounting and tax regulation.
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Service Information. When you interact with the Service, we
automatically store a recording of a video call on our server with the
purpose of using it exclusively for mitigating user disputes of the
Service, as explained in our FAQs, and performing the contract we
entered into with you, at your request (our Terms of Service). If
dispute was not raised by the User within the time, defined in our
FAQs, such recordings are automatically deleted.
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Usage information. When you interact with the Services, we collect
and process metadata to provide additional context about the way the
Service is being used. The usage data may include your IP address,
geographical location, browser type and version, operating system,
referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation
paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern
of your service use. The source of the usage data is our server
software and our analytics tracking system.
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Product Analytics data. styloor logs activities by you and other
Hosts and Users when the Hosts and Users interact with our websites or
apps, when a page or a room is visited or where there is a
conversation. We will never collect or record the content in
conversations.
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Technical log data. Like most digital services, our servers
automatically collect information when Websites or Services are
accessed or used and record it in log files. This log data may include
the Internet Protocol (IP) address, the address of the web page
visited within the Services, browser type and settings, the date and
time the Services were used, information about browser configuration
and plugins, language preferences and cookie data.
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Device information. styloor may collect and process information
about devices used to access the Services, including type of device,
what operating system is used, device settings, application IDs,
unique device identifiers and crash data. Whether we collect and
process some or all of this information depends on the type of device
used and its settings.
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Location information. We receive information from you and other
third-parties that helps us approximate your location. We may, for
example, use a business address submitted by your employer, or an IP
address received from your browser or device to determine approximate
location. styloor may also collect location information from devices
in accordance with the consent process provided by your device.
The legal basis
for this processing is our legitimate interests,
namely using this data for the purpose of ensuring the proper
administration of our website and business, analyzing the use of the
website and services, monitoring and improving our website and
services, improving the user experience, preventing abuse, and
assisting Hosts and Users with support inquiries. For information
about cookies and how to opt out of cookies, see our Cookie Policy.
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Customer Support Information. We may process information that you
send to us, should you choose to submit a ticket to our support email.
If you contact us, we may use your Account, Transaction or Usage
Information to respond.
Processing this information it is required for performing
the
contract we entered into with you, at your request (our Terms of
Service), as well as our legitimate interest of handling your
requests.
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Service and transactional notifications. Sometimes we’ll send
you emails about your account, service changes or new policies. You
can’t opt out of this type of “service or
transactional” emails (unless you delete your account) as they
are necessary information for the Services.
The legal grounds for processing this
information is that it is
required for performing our commitment about communicating changes in
plans and pricing to you in the contract we entered into with you, at
your request (our Terms of Service).
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Correspondence information. We may process information that you
choose to share with us if you participate in a focus group, contest,
activity or event, apply for a job, interact with our social media
accounts or otherwise communicate with styloor
The correspondence data may be
processed for the purposes of
communicating with you and record-keeping.
Providing your personal data to others
We may share information about you with third parties in some
circumstances, including: (1) with your consent; (2) to a service
provider or partner who meets our data protection standards; (3) with
academic or non-profit researchers, with aggregation, anonymization; (4)
when we have a good faith belief it is required by law, such as pursuant
to a subpoena or other legal process; (5) to protect the vital interest
of others, when we have reason to believe that doing so will prevent
harm to someone or illegal activities.
Our categories of service providers and partners are:
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Hosting/infrastructure/storage providers
- Payment processors
- Analysis tools providers
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Customer Support tools providers
- Marketing and email providers
- Recruiting tools providers
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Internal communication tools providers
Business Transfers
We may disclose your personal data to any member of our group of
companies (this means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and
all its subsidiaries) insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes,
and on the legal bases, set out in this policy.
In the case where we are involved in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy,
reorganization or sale of assets such that your information would be
transferred or become subject to a different privacy policy, we will
notify you in advance and give you the option to delete your data before
the transfer.
International transfers of your personal data
In some circumstances your personal data may be transferred to
countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). You acknowledge that
personal data that you submit for publication through our website or
services may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot
prevent the use (or misuse) of such personal data by others. For
information about what types of content you are, see this Terms
of Service.
We and our other group companies have offices and facilities in Norway,
Sweden, United States. The hosting facilities for Account information
stored by styloor are situated in Ireland. The hosting facilities for
Usage information are situated in Ireland and the United States.
Transfers to the United States will be protected by appropriate
safeguards, namely the use of standard data protection clauses adopted
or approved by the European Commission, a copy of which can be obtained
from https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-transfers-outside-eu/model-contracts-transfer-personal-data-third-countries_en.
Retaining and deleting personal data
Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be
kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those
purposes.
We will retain your personal data as follows:
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Transaction information will be retained for a minimum period of 5
years following date of the transaction, and for a maximum period of
10 years following the date of the transaction.
In some cases it is not possible for us to specify in advance the
periods for which your personal data will be retained. In such cases, we
will determine the period of retention based on the following
criteria:
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Account information will be retained until you decide to delete your
account on styloor.
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Information about you used for Product & Marketing communication
will be retained as long as you have given us consent to use this
information.
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The period of retention of usage information will be determined based
on the need for historical data to determine statistical validity and
relevance for product decisions and technical monitoring.
Regardless of the provisions above, we may retain your personal data
where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation
to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or
the vital interests of another natural person.
Changes to this policy
We can change these Terms at any time. If a change is material,
we’ll let you know before it takes effect. By using styloor on
or after that effective date, you agree to the new Terms. If you
don’t agree to them, you should contact styloor at hello@styloor.com with the request to
delete your account before they take effect,
otherwise your use of the Service and Content will be subject to the new
Terms.
Managing and deleting your personal information
If you have a styloor account, you can access, and modify your
personal information in mobile app.
To delete your account, you should contact styloor at hello@styloor.com. If you request to delete your
account, your information and content
will be unrecoverable after that time. We may withhold personal
information that you request to the extent permitted by law.
Your rights
As an individual you are granted rights according to the applicable
data protection law:
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The right to access to your personal data
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The right to rectification of your personal data
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The right to object to and restriction of our processing of your
personal data
- The right to data portability.
To exercise your rights or if you otherwise have any questions
regarding our processing of your personal data, we encourage you to
contact us as described below. However, we also notify you that you may
raise complaint to a data protection authority.
For any questions about this privacy policy, please contact
hello@styloor.com