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Privacy policy

The document explains the personal data we collect, how and where we may use it, how we protect it, who has access to it, with whom we share it, and how you may correct it. This privacy policy applies to the personal data collected by all websites or Internet accounts managed by Thinkbyte.

1. General information

Thinkbyte processes personal data in agreement with the European legislation on data protection (GDPR – Regulation EU 2016/679)

In this context, Thinkbyte processes personal data for the following main purposes:

Website management and security

Marketing for Thinkbyte own needs

Statistical analysis and market studies

2. Personal data collected

Thinkbyte may collect personal information from its users in different ways:

Directly provided by a user

Indirectly provided by its websites, such as: traffic data registered by the servers that host our websites or Cookies, that may share some personal information.

2.1. Personal data directly provided by a user

For example, when you complete the contact form, we ask your name and email address so we can contact you. By pressing Submit Message in the contact form, you agree with the processing of your data. The legal basis for processing these data is consent of the data subject in receiving that respective information.

2.2. Traffic data

When a user visits a website, it automatically reveals certain information, such as the IP address, date and time of the visit or the referral website that sent you to Thinkbyte websites. Thinkbyte, like any other website manager, may record this kind of information for a limited period of time. We also use other external services of traffic analysis, such as Google Analytics.

All these data are used exclusively for website improvement or statistical purposes, but also for improving our web services and ensuring their security. Most of these data is being used only as aggregated data. The data is kept only as long as they are necessary for these purposes. The legal basis for this collection is legitimate interest for Improving our website for the ensuring the security of your website. Duration of processing is 1 year from the date of the visit.

2.3. Cookies

In order to offer a customized experience to our users, Thinkbyte may use cookies to facilitate storing and tracking your preferences. Cookies may also be used for website optimization or marketing.

For example, we use first party cookies for identification or communication purposes, such remembering your language, communication sessions or setting, other details necessary for a correct functioning of our website.

Sometimes we might use external Thinkbyte services which may place third party cookies when navigating the Thinkbyte websites, their purposes are for marketing, traffic analysis and social media sharing, as indicated in website.

Most browsers are configured to automatically accept cookies. However, you can decide to reinstall the browser or to set it up in order to notify you each time a cookie is placed or even to refuse cookies. If your browser is configured not to allow all cookies some sections of our website may not be correctly displayed.

If you would like to refuse cookies, go to your browser settings in order to delete or block cookies or install plug-ins which have this function. The current settings depend on the browser that you use:

You may also use third party extensions on these browser that do block intrusive cookies. The following extensions seem to be the most popular on the market at this time (in alphabetical order): AdBlock Plus, Ghostery, Privacy Badger or uBlock.

The legal basis for this data collection is consent, which is being obtained the first time when you visit our website from a specific browser. Then we will also have the opportunity to opt-out to any cookies that we may use as well as reading more information on what cookies we use and their purposes. If you opt-out, please note that we record your choice in a cookie, so if you delete all of your cookies, we will ask you again on our desired choice. Duration of processing for this data is maximum 50 months, depending on each cookie setting.

Type of Cookies:

Necessary cookies cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

3. Protecting the Personal data

Confidentiality and data protection are very important for us. Access to the collected personal data is restricted only to Thinkbyte operators and data processors that need access to this information.

Thinkbyte may host personal data in the European Union or any other jurisdiction which offers adequate level of personal data protection according to European Union standards (art 45 GDPR) or other appropriate safeguards, including Standard Contractual Clauses (art 46.2 GDPR).

Due to confidentiality obligations and security requirements the specific information regarding the name and details for each processor used will be provided only to competent authorities.

The following types of data processor are being used:

hosting services in EU and USA

support channel communications in EU and USA

marketing services (including email marketing) in EU and USA

4. Who has access to personal data

Thinkbyte will not reveal any personal data about its users to third parties without the exceptions mentioned above. Exceptionally, Thinkbyte may reveal personal data to competent authorities, upon their legal request according to the applicable laws or when this is necessary to protect the rights and interests of our clients and Thinkbyte.

5. Your personal data rights

According to European Union applicable data protection legislation, data subjects shall have the right to access to data, rectification, erasure, restriction on processing, objection to processing and right to data portability. In the case when processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.For exercising these rights, you may send an email to privacy@thinkbyte.tech You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority.

6. Publication date

The privacy policy has been adopted today, 14 sept 2023.

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