Privacy Policy of Content Swarm
Content Swarm collects some Personal Data from its Users.
This document contains a section dedicated to Californian consumers and their privacy rights.
This document contains a section dedicated to Virginia consumers and their privacy rights.
This document contains a section dedicated to Colorado consumers and their privacy rights.
This document contains a section dedicated to Connecticut consumers and their privacy rights.
This document contains a section dedicated to Utah consumers and their privacy rights.
This document contains a section dedicated to Brazilian Users and their privacy rights.
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Policy summary
Personal Data processed for the following purposes and using the following services:
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Access to third-party accounts
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Linkedin account access
Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data
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Analytics
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Amplitude Analytics and Google Analytics 4
Personal Data: Usage Data
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Contacting the User
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Contact form
Personal Data: email address; first name
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Data transfer outside the EU
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Data transfer abroad based on consent, Data transfer abroad based on standard contractual clauses, Data transfer to countries that guarantee European standards and Other legal basis for Data transfer abroad
Personal Data: various types of Data
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Interaction with external social networks and platforms
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LinkedIn button and social widgets
Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data
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Registration and authentication
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Linkedin OAuth
Personal Data: Trackers; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
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Contact information
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Owner and Data Controller
Content Swarm Limited,
727-729 High Road,
London,
N12 0BPOwner contact email: support@contentswarm.io
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Full policy
Owner and Data Controller
Content Swarm Limited,
727-729 High Road,
London,
N12 0BP
Owner contact email: support@contentswarm.io
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that Content Swarm collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Trackers; Usage Data; various types of Data; first name; email address.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are
provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by
specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data
collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the
User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when
using Content Swarm.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data
requested by Content Swarm is mandatory and failure to provide
this Data may make it impossible for Content Swarm to provide
its services. In cases where Content Swarm specifically states
that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to
communicate this Data without consequences to the availability
or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain
about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact
the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools
– by Content Swarm or by the owners of third-party services used
by Content Swarm serves the purpose of providing the Service
required by the User, in addition to any other purposes
described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if
available.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through Content Swarm and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to the Owner.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent
unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorised
destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out
using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following
organisational procedures and modes strictly related to the
purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the
Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge,
involved with the operation of Content Swarm (administration,
sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external
parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail
carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications
agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the
Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from
the Owner at any time.
Legal basis of processing
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
- Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
- provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
- processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
- processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
- processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.
In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Place
The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in
any other places where the parties involved in the processing
are located.
Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve
transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own.
To find out more about the place of processing of such
transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details
about the processing of Personal Data.
Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data
transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any
international organisation governed by public international law
or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about
the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their
Data.
If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by
checking the relevant sections of this document or enquire with
the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.
Retention time
Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.
Therefore:
- Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
- Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.
The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer
period whenever the User has given consent to such processing,
as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner
may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period
whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal
obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be
deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure,
the right to rectification and the right to data portability
cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
The purposes of processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Access to third-party accounts, Registration and authentication, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Analytics, Data transfer outside the EU and Contacting the User.
For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
The rights of Users
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:
- Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
- Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
- Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
- Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
- Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
- Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
- Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.
- Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.
Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will be communicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. At the Users’ request, the Owner will inform them about those recipients.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the
Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action
arising from improper use of Content Swarm or the related
Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may
be required to reveal personal data upon request of public
authorities.
Additional information about User’s Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, Content Swarm may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, Content Swarm and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with Content Swarm (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
How “Do Not Track” requests are handled
Content Swarm does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To
determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honour
the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy
policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and
possibly within Content Swarm and/or – as far as technically and
legally feasible – sending a notice to Users via any contact
information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended
to check this page often, referring to the date of the last
modification listed at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the
basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent
from the User, where required.
Information for Californian consumers
This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the business running Content Swarm and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).
The provisions contained in this section apply to all Users (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), who are consumers residing in the state of California, United States of America, according to the “California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018” (the “CCPA”), as updated by the “California Privacy Rights Act” (the “CPRA”) and subsequent regulations. For such consumers, these provisions supersede any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.
This part of the document uses the term “personal information“ as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA).
Notice at collection
Categories of personal information collected, used, sold, or shared
In this section we summarize the categories of personal information that we’ve collected, used, sold, or shared and the purposes thereof. You can read about these activities in detail in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document.
Information we collect: the categories of personal information we collect
We have collected the following categories of personal information about you: identifiers and internet information.
We do not collect sensitive personal information.
We will not collect additional categories of personal information without notifying you.
What are the purposes for which we use your personal information?
We may use your personal information to allow the operational functioning of Content Swarm and features thereof (“business purposes”). In such cases, your personal information will be processed in a fashion necessary and proportionate to the business purpose for which it was collected, and strictly within the limits of compatible operational purposes.
We may also use your personal information for other reasons such as for commercial purposes (as indicated within the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document), as well as for complying with the law and defending our rights before the competent authorities where our rights and interests are threatened or we suffer an actual damage.
We won’t process your information for unexpected purposes, or for purposes incompatible with the purposes originally disclosed, without your consent.
How long do we keep your personal information?
Unless stated otherwise inside the “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” section, we will not retain your personal information for longer than is reasonably necessary for the purpose(s) they have been collected for.
How we collect information: what are the sources of the personal information we collect?
We collect the above-mentioned categories of personal information, either directly or indirectly, from you when you use Content Swarm.
For example, you directly provide your personal information when you submit requests via any forms on Content Swarm. You also provide personal information indirectly when you navigate Content Swarm, as personal information about you is automatically observed and collected.
Finally, we may collect your personal information from third parties that work with us in connection with the Service or with the functioning of this Application and features thereof.
How we use the information we collect: disclosing of your personal information with third parties for a business purpose
For our purposes, the word “third party” means a person who is not any of the following: a service provider or a contractor, as defined by the CCPA.
We disclose your personal information with the third parties listed in detail in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document. These third parties are grouped and categorized in accordance with the different purposes of processing.
Sale or sharing of your personal information
For our purposes, the word “sale” means any “selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic means, a consumer’s personal information by the business to a third party, for monetary or other valuable consideration”, as defined by the CCPA.
This means that, for example, a sale can happen whenever an application runs ads, or makes statistical analyses on the traffic or views, or simply because it uses tools such as social network plugins and the like.
For our purposes, the word “sharing” means any “sharing,
renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available,
transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or
by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information
by the business to a third party for cross-context behavioral
advertising, whether or not for monetary or other valuable
consideration, including transactions between a business and a
third party for cross-context behavioral advertising for the
benefit of a business in which no money is exchanged”, as
defined by the CCPA.
Please note that the exchange of personal information with a
service provider pursuant to a written contract that meets the
requirements set by the CCPA, does not constitute a sale or
sharing of your personal information.
Your right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information and how you can exercise it
We sell or share your personal information with the third
parties
listed in detail in the section titled “Detailed information
on the processing of Personal Data” within this document.
These third parties are grouped and categorized in accordance
with the different purposes of processing.
You have
the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal
information. This means that whenever you request us to stop
selling or sharing your personal information, we will abide by
your request.
Such requests can be made freely, at any
time, without submitting any verifiable request.
To fully
exercise your right to opt out, you can contact us at any time
using the contact details provided in this document.
For a
simplified opt-out method you can also use the privacy choices
link provided on Content Swarm.
If you want to submit requests to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information via a user-enabled global privacy control, like the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), you are free to do so and we will abide by such request. The GPC consists of a setting or extension in the browser or mobile device and acts as a mechanism that websites can use to indicate they support the GPC signal. If you want to use GPC, you can download and enable it via a participating browser or browser extension. More information about downloading GPC is available here.
We use any personal information collected from you in connection with the submission of your opt-out request solely for the purposes of complying with the opt-out request.
Once you have opted out, we are required to wait at least 12 months before asking whether you have changed your mind.
Your privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act and how to exercise them
The right to access personal information: the right to know and to portability
You have the right to request that we disclose to you:
- the categories of personal information that we collect about you;
- the sources from which the personal information is collected;
- the purposes for which we use your information;
- to whom we disclose such information;
- the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
You also have the right to know what personal information is sold or shared and to whom. In particular, you have the right to request two separate lists from us where we disclose:
- the categories of personal information that we sold or shared about you and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or shared;
- the categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose and the categories of persons to whom it was disclosed for a business purpose.
The disclosure described above will be limited to the personal information collected or used over the past 12 months.
If we deliver our response electronically, the information enclosed will be “portable”, i.e. delivered in an easily usable format to enable you to transmit the information to another entity without hindrance — provided that this is technically feasible.
The right to request the deletion of your personal information
You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information, subject to exceptions set forth by the law (such as, including but not limited to, where the information is used to identify and repair errors on Content Swarm, to detect security incidents and protect against fraudulent or illegal activities, to exercise certain rights etc.).
If no legal exception applies, as a result of exercising your right, we will delete your personal information and notify any of our service providers and all third parties to whom we have sold or shared the personal information to do so — provided that this is technically feasible and doesn’t involve disproportionate effort.
The right to correct inaccurate personal information
You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal information we maintain about you, taking into account the nature of the personal information and the purposes of the processing of the personal information.
The right to opt out of sale or sharing of personal information and to limit the use of your sensitive personal information
You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You also have the right to request that we limit our use or disclosure of your sensitive personal information.
The right of no retaliation following opt-out or exercise of other rights (the right to non-discrimination)
We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA. This means that we will not discriminate against you, including, but not limited to, by denying goods or services, charging you a different price, or providing a different level or quality of goods or services just because you exercised your consumer privacy rights.
However, if you refuse to provide your personal information to us or ask us to delete or stop selling your personal information, and that personal information or sale is necessary for us to provide you with goods or services, we may not be able to complete that transaction.
To the extent permitted by the law, we may offer you promotions, discounts, and other deals in exchange for collecting, keeping, or selling your personal information, provided that the financial incentive offered is reasonably related to the value of your personal information.
How to exercise your rights
To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your verifiable request to us by contacting us via the details provided in this document.
For us to respond to your request, it’s necessary that we know who you are. Therefore, you can only exercise the above rights by making a verifiable request which must:
- provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative;
- describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
We will not respond to any request if we are unable to verify your identity and therefore confirm the personal information in our possession actually relates to you.
Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We will use any personal information collected from you in connection with the verification of your request solely for the purposes of verification and shall not further disclose the personal information, retain it longer than necessary for purposes of verification, or use it for unrelated purposes.
If you cannot personally submit a verifiable request, you can authorize a person registered with the California Secretary of State to act on your behalf.
If you are an adult, you can make a verifiable request on behalf of a minor under your parental authority.
You can submit a maximum number of 2 requests over a period of 12 months.
How and when we are expected to handle your request
We will confirm receipt of your verifiable request within 10 days and provide information about how we will process your request.
We will respond to your request within 45 days of its receipt. Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need. In this regard, please note that we may take up to 90 days to fulfill your request.
Our disclosure(s) will cover the preceding 12-month period. Only with regard to personal information collected on or after January 1, 2022, you have the right to request that we disclose information beyond the 12-month period, and we will provide them to you unless doing so proves impossible or would involve a disproportionate effort.
Should we deny your request, we will explain you the reasons behind our denial.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable request unless such request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. In such cases, we may charge a reasonable fee, or refuse to act on the request. In either case, we will communicate our choices and explain the reasons behind it.
Information for Virginia consumers
This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the controller running this Application and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).
The provisions contained in this section apply to all Users (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), who are consumers residing in the Commonwealth of Virginia, according to the “Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act” (the “VCDPA”), and, for such consumers, these provisions supersede any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.
This part of the document uses the term “personal data” as defined in the VCDPA.
Categories of personal data processed
In this section, we summarize the categories of personal data that we’ve processed and the purposes thereof. You can read about these activities in detail in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Persona Data” within this document.
Categories of personal data we collect
We have collected the following categories of personal data: identifiers and internet information
We do not collect sensitive data.
We will not collect additional categories of personal data without notifying you.
Why we process your personal data
To find out why we process your personal data, you can read the sections titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” and “The purposes of processing” within this document.
We won’t process your information for unexpected purposes, or
for purposes incompatible with the purposes originally
disclosed, without your consent.
You can freely give, deny, or withdraw such consent at any time
using the contact details provided in this document.
How we use the data we collect: sharing of your personal data with third parties
We share your personal data with the third parties
listed in detail in the section titled “Detailed information
on the processing of Personal Data” within this document. These third parties are grouped and categorized in accordance
with the different purposes of processing.
For our purposes, the word “third party” means “a natural or
legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the
consumer, controller, processor, or an affiliate of the
processor or the controller” as defined by the VCDPA.
Sale of your personal data
For our purposes, the word “sale” means any “exchange of
personal data for monetary consideration by us to a third party“
as defined by the VCDPA.
Please note that according to the VCDPA, the disclosure of
personal data to a processor that processes personal data on
behalf of a controller does not constitute a sale.
As specified in the “Detailed information on the processing of
Personal Data” section of this document, our use of your
personal information may be considered a sale under VCDPA.
Your right to opt out of the sale of your personal data and how you can exercise it
You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal data. This means that whenever you request us to stop selling your data, we will abide by your request. To fully exercise your right to opt out you can contact us at any time using the contact details provided in this document.
We use any personal data collected from you in connection with the submission of your opt-out request solely for the purpose of complying with the request.
Processing of your personal data for targeted advertising
We do not process your personal data for targeted advertising. If we decide to do so, we will inform you beforehand and will grant your right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for targeted advertising.
Your privacy rights under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act and how to exercise them
You may exercise certain rights regarding your data processed by us. In particular, you have the right to do the following:
- access personal data: the right to know. You have the right to request that we confirm whether or not we are processing your personal data. You also have the right to access such personal data.
- correct inaccurate personal data. You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal data we maintain about you, taking into account the nature of the personal data and the purposes of the processing of the personal data.
- request the deletion of your personal data. You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal data.
- obtain a copy of your personal data. We will provide your personal data in a portable and usable format that allows you to transfer data easily to another entity — provided that this is technically feasible.
- opt out of the processing of your personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.
- non-discrimination. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the VCDPA. This means that we will not, among other things, deny goods or services, charge you a different price, or provide a different level or quality of goods or services just because you exercised your consumer privacy rights. However, if you refuse to provide your personal data to us or ask us to delete or stop selling your personal data, and that personal data or sale is necessary for us to provide you with goods or services, we may not be able to complete that transaction. To the extent permitted by the law, we may offer a different price, rate, level, quality, or selection of goods or services to you, including offering goods or services for no fee, if you have exercised your right to opt out, or our offer is related to your voluntary participation in a bona fide loyalty, rewards, premium features, discounts, or club card program.
How to exercise your rights
To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your request to us by contacting us via the contact details provided in this document.
For us to respond to your request, we need to know who you are.
We will not respond to any request if we are unable to verify your identity using commercially reasonable efforts and therefore confirm that the personal data in our possession actually relates to you. In such cases, we may request that you provide additional information which is reasonably necessary to authenticate you and your request.
Making a consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. However, we may require you to use your existing account. We will use any personal data collected from you in connection with your request solely for the purposes of authentication, without further disclosing the personal data, retaining it longer than necessary for purposes of authentication, or using it for unrelated purposes.
If you are an adult, you can make a request on behalf of a minor under your parental authority.
How and when we are expected to handle your request
We will respond to your request without undue delay, but in all cases and at the latest within 45 days of its receipt. Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need. In this regard, please note that we may take up to 90 days to fulfill your request.
Should we deny your request, we will explain to you the reasons behind our denial without undue delay, but in all cases and at the latest within 45 days of receipt of the request. It is your right to appeal such decision by submitting a request to us via the details provided in this document. Within 60 days of receipt of the appeal, we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If the appeal is denied you may contact the Attorney General to submit a complaint.
We do not charge a fee to respond to your request, for up to two requests per year. If your request is manifestly unfounded, excessive or repetitive, we may charge a reasonable fee or refuse to act on the request. In either case, we will communicate our choices and explain the reasons behind them.
Information for Colorado consumers
This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the controller running Content Swarm and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).
The provisions contained in this section apply to all Users (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), who are consumers residing in the State of Colorado, according to the “Colorado Privacy Act” (the “CPA”), and, for such consumers, these provisions supersede any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.
This part of the document uses the term “personal data” as defined in the CPA.
Categories of personal data processed
In this section, we summarize the categories of personal data that we’ve processed and the purposes thereof. You can read about these activities in detail in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Persona Data” within this document.
Categories of personal data we collect
We have collected the following categories of personal data: identifiers and internet information
We do not collect sensitive data.
We will not collect additional categories of personal data without notifying you.
Why we process your personal data
To find out why we process your personal data, you can read the sections titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” and “The purposes of processing” within this document.
We won’t process your information for unexpected purposes, or
for purposes incompatible with the purposes originally
disclosed, without your consent.
You can freely give, deny, or withdraw such consent at any time
using the contact details provided in this document.
How we use the data we collect: sharing of your personal data with third parties
We share your personal data with the third parties listed in detail in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document. These third parties are grouped and categorized in accordance with the different purposes of processing.
For our purposes, the word “third party” means “a person, public authority, agency, or body other than a consumer, controller, processor, or affiliate of the processor or the controller.” as defined by the CPA.
Sale of your personal data
As specified in the “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” section of this document, our use of your personal data may be considered a sale under the CPA.
For our purposes, the word “sale”, “sell”, or “sold” means “the exchange of personal data for monetary or other valuable consideration by a controller to a third party” as defined by the CPA.
Please note that according to the CPA, the disclosure of personal data to a processor that processes personal data on behalf of a controller does not constitute a sale.
Your right to opt out of the sale of your personal data and how you can exercise it
You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal data. This means that whenever you request us to stop selling your data, we will abide by your request.
To fully exercise your right to opt out you can contact us at any time, using the contact details provided in this document.
For a simplified opt-out method you can also use the privacy choices link provided on Content Swarm.
We use any personal data collected from you in connection with the submission of your opt-out request solely for the purpose of complying with the request.
Processing of your personal data for targeted advertising
We do not process your personal data for targeted advertising. If we decide to do so, we will inform you beforehand and will grant your right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for targeted advertising.
For our purposes, the word “targeted advertising” means
“displaying to a consumer an advertisement that is selected
based on personal data obtained or inferred over time from the
consumer’s activities across nonaffiliated websites,
applications, or online services to predict consumer preferences
or interests” as defined by CPA.
Please note that
according to the CPA, targeted advertising does not include:
“advertisements directed to a consumer in response to the
consumer’s request for information or feedback; advertisements
based on activities within a controller’s own websites or online
applications or any affiliated website or online application;
advertisements based on the context of a consumer’s current
search query, visit to an internet web site or online
application; or processing personal data solely to measure or
report advertising frequency, performance or reach”.
Universal opt-out mechanism: Global privacy control
If you want to submit frictionless requests to opt-out of the targeted advertising via a user-enabled global privacy control, like the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), you are free to do so and we will abide by such request. The GPC consists of a setting or extension in the browser or mobile device and acts as a mechanism that websites can use to indicate they support the GPC signal. If you want to use GPC, you can download and enable it via a participating browser or browser extension. More information about downloading GPC is available here.
Your privacy rights under the Colorado Privacy Act and how to exercise them
You may exercise certain rights regarding your data processed by us. In particular, you have the right to do the following:
- opt out of the processing of your personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.
- access personal data. You have the right to request that we confirm whether or not we are processing your personal data. You also have the right to access such personal data.
- correct inaccurate personal data. You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal data we maintain about you, taking into account the nature of the personal data and the purposes of the processing of the personal data.
- request the deletion of your personal data. You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal data.
- obtain a copy of your personal data. We will provide your personal data in a portable and usable format that allows you to transfer data easily to another entity – provided that this is technically feasible.
In any case, we will not increase the cost of, or decrease the availability of, a product or service, based solely on the exercise of any of your rights and unrelated to the feasibility or the value of a service. However, to the extent permitted by the law, we may offer a different price, rate, level, quality, or selection of goods or services to you, including offering goods or services for no fee, if our offer is related to your voluntary participation in a bona fide loyalty, rewards, premium features, discounts, or club card program.
How to exercise your rights
To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your request to us by contacting us via the contact details provided in this document.
For us to respond to your request, we need to know who you are and which right you wish to exercise.
We will not respond to any request if we are unable to verify your identity using commercially reasonable efforts and therefore confirm that the personal data in our possession actually relate to you. In such cases, we may request that you provide additional information which is reasonably necessary to authenticate you and your request.
Making a consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. However, we may require you to use your existing account. We will use any personal data collected from you in connection with your request solely for the purposes of authentication, without further disclosing the personal data, retaining it longer than necessary for purposes of authentication, or using it for unrelated purposes.
If you are an adult, you can make a request on behalf of a child under your parental authority.
How and when we are expected to handle your request
We will respond to your request without undue delay, but in all cases and at the latest within 45 days of its receipt. Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need. In this regard, please note that we may take up to 90 days to fulfill your request.
Should we deny your request, we will explain to you the reasons behind our denial without undue delay, but in all cases and at the latest within 45 days of receipt of the request. It is your right to appeal such decision by submitting a request to us via the details provided in this document. Within 45 days of receipt of the appeal, we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If the appeal is denied you may contact the Attorney General to submit a complaint.
We do not charge a fee to respond to your request, for up to two requests per year.
Information for Connecticut consumers
This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the controller running Content Swarm and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).
The provisions contained in this section apply o all Users (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), who are consumers residing in the State of Connecticut, according to “An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring ” (also known as “The Connecticut Data Privacy Act” or the “CTDPA”), and, for such consumers, these provisions supersede any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.
This part of the document uses the term “personal data” as defined in the CTDPA.
Categories of personal data processed
In this section, we summarize the categories of personal data that we’ve processed and the purposes thereof. You can read about these activities in detail in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Persona Data” within this document.
Categories of personal data we collect
We have collected the following categories of personal data: identifiers and internet information
We do not collect sensitive data.
We will not collect additional categories of personal data without notifying you.
Why we process your personal data
To find out why we process your personal data, you can read the sections titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” and “The purposes of processing” within this document.
We won’t process your information for unexpected purposes, or
for purposes incompatible with the purposes originally
disclosed, without your consent.
You can freely give, deny, or withdraw such consent at any time
using the contact details provided in this document.
How we use the data we collect: sharing of your personal data with third parties
We share your personal data with the third parties listed in detail in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document. These third parties are grouped and categorized in accordance with the different purposes of processing.
For our purposes, the word “third party” means “a person, public authority, agency, or body other than a consumer, controller, processor, or affiliate of the processor or the controller.” as defined by the CTDPA.
Sale of your personal data
As specified in the “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” section of this document, our use of your personal data may be considered a sale under the CTDPA.
For our purposes, the word “sale”, “sell”, or “sold” means “the exchange of personal data for monetary or other valuable consideration by a controller to a third party” as defined by the CTDPA.
Please note that according to the CTDPA, the disclosure of personal data to a processor that processes personal data on behalf of a controller does not constitute a sale.
Your right to opt out of the sale of your personal data and how you can exercise it
You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal data. This means that whenever you request us to stop selling your data, we will abide by your request.
To fully exercise your right to opt out you can contact us at any time, using the contact details provided in this document.
For a simplified opt-out method you can also use the privacy choices link provided on Content Swarm.
We use any personal data collected from you in connection with the submission of your opt-out request solely for the purpose of complying with the request.
Processing of your personal data for targeted advertising
We do not process your personal data for targeted advertising. If we decide to do so, we will inform you beforehand and will grant your right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for targeted advertising.
For our purposes, the word “targeted advertising” means
“displaying to a consumer an advertisement that is selected
based on personal data obtained or inferred over time from the
consumer’s activities across non affiliated websites,
applications, or online services to predict consumer preferences
or interests” as defined by CTDPA.
Please note that
according to the CTDPA, targeted advertising does not include:
“advertisements based on activities within a controller’s own
web sites or online applications; advertisements based on the
context of a consumer’s current search query, visit to an
internet web site or online application; advertisements directed
to a consumer in response to the consumer’s request for
information or feedback; or processing personal data solely to
measure or report advertising frequency, performance or reach”.
Universal opt-out mechanism: Global privacy control
If you want to submit frictionless requests to opt-out of the targeted advertising via a user-enabled global privacy control, like the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), you are free to do so and we will abide by such request. The GPC consists of a setting or extension in the browser or mobile device and acts as a mechanism that websites can use to indicate they support the GPC signal. If you want to use GPC, you can download and enable it via a participating browser or browser extension. More information about downloading GPC is available here.
Your privacy rights under the Connecticut Data Privacy Act and how to exercise them
You may exercise certain rights regarding your data processed by us. In particular, you have the right to do the following:
- access personal data. You have the right to request that we confirm whether or not we are processing your personal data. You also have the right to access such personal data.
- correct inaccurate personal data. You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal data we maintain about you, taking into account the nature of the personal data and the purposes of the processing of the personal data.
- request the deletion of your personal data. You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal data.
- obtain a copy of your personal data. We will provide your personal data in a portable and usable format that allows you to transfer data easily to another entity – provided that this is technically feasible.
- opt out of the processing of your personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.
In any case, we will not increase the cost of, or decrease the availability of, a product or service, based solely on the exercise of any of your rights and unrelated to the feasibility or the value of a service. However, to the extent permitted by the law, we may offer a different price, rate, level, quality, or selection of goods or services to you, including offering goods or services for no fee, if our offer is related to your voluntary participation in a bona fide loyalty, rewards, premium features, discounts, or club card program.
How to exercise your rights
To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your request to us by contacting us via the contact details provided in this document.
For us to respond to your request, we need to know who you are and which right you wish to exercise.
We will not respond to any request if we are unable to verify your identity using commercially reasonable efforts and therefore confirm that the personal data in our possession actually relate to you. In such cases, we may request that you provide additional information which is reasonably necessary to authenticate you and your request.
Making a consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. However, we may require you to use your existing account. We will use any personal data collected from you in connection with your request solely for the purposes of authentication, without further disclosing the personal data, retaining it longer than necessary for purposes of authentication, or using it for unrelated purposes.
If you are an adult, you can make a request on behalf of a child under your parental authority.
How and when we are expected to handle your request
We will respond to your request without undue delay, but in all cases and at the latest within 45 days of its receipt. Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need. In this regard, please note that we may take up to 90 days to fulfill your request.
Should we deny your request, we will explain to you the reasons behind our denial without undue delay, but in all cases and at the latest within 45 days of receipt of the request. It is your right to appeal such decision by submitting a request to us via the details provided in this document. Within 45 days of receipt of the appeal, we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If the appeal is denied you may contact the Attorney General to submit a complaint.
We do not charge a fee to respond to your request, for up to one request per year.
Information for Utah consumers
This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the controller running Content Swarm and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).
The provisions contained in this section apply to all Users (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), who are consumers residing in the State of Utah, according to the “Consumer Privacy Act” (the “UCPA”), and, for such consumers, these provisions supersede any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.
This part of the document uses the term “personal data” as defined in the UCPA.
Categories of personal data processed
In this section, we summarize the categories of personal data that we’ve processed and the purposes thereof. You can read about these activities in detail in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Persona Data” within this document.
Categories of personal data we collect
We have collected the following categories of personal data: identifiers and internet information
We do not collect sensitive data.
We will not collect additional categories of personal data without notifying you.
Why we process your personal data
To find out why we process your personal data, you can read the sections titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” and “The purposes of processing” within this document.
How we use the data we collect: sharing of your personal data with third parties
We share your personal data with the third parties listed in detail in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document. These third parties are grouped and categorized in accordance with the different purposes of processing.
For our purposes, the word “third party” means “a person other than: the consumer, controller, or processor; or an affiliate or contractor of the controller or the processor” as defined by the UCPA.
Sale of your personal data
As specified in the “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” section of this document, our use of your personal data may be considered a sale under the UCPA.
For our purposes, the word “sale”, “sell”, or “sold” means “the exchange of personal data for monetary or other valuable consideration by a controller to a third party” as defined by the UCPA.
Please note that according to the UCPA, the disclosure of personal data to a processor that processes personal data on behalf of a controller does not constitute a sale.
Your right to opt out of the sale of your personal data and how you can exercise it
You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal data. This means that whenever you request us to stop selling your data, we will abide by your request.
To fully exercise your right to opt out you can contact us at any time, using the contact details provided in this document.
For a simplified opt-out method you can also use the privacy choices link provided on Content Swarm.
We use any personal data collected from you in connection with the submission of your opt-out request solely for the purpose of complying with the request.
Processing of your personal data for targeted advertising
We do not process your personal data for targeted advertising. If we decide to do so, we will inform you beforehand and will grant your right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for targeted advertising.
For our purposes, the word “targeted advertising” means “displaying to a consumer an advertisement that is selected based on personal data obtained or inferred over time from the consumer’s activities across nonaffiliated websites, applications, or online services to predict consumer preferences or interests” as defined by UCPA.
Your privacy rights under the Utah Consumer Privacy Act and how to exercise them
You may exercise certain rights regarding your data processed by us. In particular, you have the right to do the following:
- access personal data. You have the right to request that we confirm whether or not we are processing your personal data. You also have the right to access such personal data.
- request the deletion of your personal data. You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal data.
- obtain a copy of your personal data. We will provide your personal data in a portable and usable format that allows you to transfer data easily to another entity – provided that this is technically feasible.
- opt out of the processing of your personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising or the sale of personal data.
In any case, we will not increase the cost of, or decrease the availability of, a product or service, based solely on the exercise of any of your rights and unrelated to the feasibility or the value of a service. However, to the extent permitted by the law, we may offer a different price, rate, level, quality, or selection of goods or services to you, including offering goods or services for no fee, if our offer is related to your voluntary participation in a bona fide loyalty, rewards, premium features, discounts, or club card program.
How to exercise your rights
To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your request to us by contacting us via the contact details provided in this document.
For us to respond to your request, we need to know who you are and which right you wish to exercise.
We will not respond to any request if we are unable to verify your identity using commercially reasonable efforts and therefore confirm that the personal data in our possession actually relate to you. In such cases, we may request that you provide additional information which is reasonably necessary to authenticate you and your request.
If you are an adult, you can make a request on behalf of a child under your parental authority.
How and when we are expected to handle your request
We will respond to your request without undue delay, but in all cases and at the latest within 45 days of its receipt. Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need. In this regard, please note that we may take up to 90 days to fulfill your request.
Should we deny your request, we will explain to you the reasons behind our denial without undue delay, but in all cases and at the latest within 45 days of receipt of the request.
We do not charge a fee to respond to your request, for up to one request per year.
Information for Users residing in Brazil
This part of the document integrates with and supplements the
information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is
provided by the entity running Content Swarm and, if the case
may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the
purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”,
“our”).
The provisions contained in this section apply to all Users who
reside in Brazil, according to the “Lei Geral de Proteção de
Dados” (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”,
“yours”). For such Users, these provisions supersede any other
possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the
privacy policy.
This part of the document uses the term “personal information“
as it is defined in the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados
(LGPD).
The grounds on which we process your personal information
We can process your personal information solely if we have a legal basis for such processing. Legal bases are as follows:
- your consent to the relevant processing activities;
- compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that lies with us;
- the carrying out of public policies provided in laws or regulations or based on contracts, agreements and similar legal instruments;
- studies conducted by research entities, preferably carried out on anonymised personal information;
- the carrying out of a contract and its preliminary procedures, in cases where you are a party to said contract;
- the exercising of our rights in judicial, administrative or arbitration procedures;
- protection or physical safety of yourself or a third party;
- the protection of health – in procedures carried out by health entities or professionals;
- our legitimate interests, provided that your fundamental rights and liberties do not prevail over such interests; and
- credit protection.
To find out more about the legal bases, you can contact us at any time using the contact details provided in this document.
Categories of personal information processed
To find out what categories of your personal information are processed, you can read the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document.
Why we process your personal information
To find out why we process your personal information, you can read the sections titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” and “The purposes of processing” within this document.
Your Brazilian privacy rights, how to file a request and our response to your requests
Your Brazilian privacy rights
You have the right to:
- obtain confirmation of the existence of processing activities on your personal information;
- access to your personal information;
- have incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal information rectified;
- obtain the anonymization, blocking or elimination of your unnecessary or excessive personal information, or of information that is not being processed in compliance with the LGPD;
- obtain information on the possibility to provide or deny your consent and the consequences thereof;
- obtain information about the third parties with whom we share your personal information;
- obtain, upon your express request, the portability of your personal information (except for anonymised information) to another service or product provider, provided that our commercial and industrial secrets are safeguarded;
- obtain the deletion of your personal information being processed if the processing was based upon your consent, unless one or more exceptions provided for in art. 16 of the LGPD apply;
- revoke your consent at any time;
- lodge a complaint related to your personal information with the ANPD (the National Data Protection Authority) or with consumer protection bodies;
- oppose a processing activity in cases where the processing is not carried out in compliance with the provisions of the law;
- request clear and adequate information regarding the criteria and procedures used for an automated decision; and
- request the review of decisions made solely on the basis of the automated processing of your personal information, which affect your interests. These include decisions to define your personal, professional, consumer and credit profile, or aspects of your personality.
You will never be discriminated against, or otherwise suffer any sort of detriment, if you exercise your rights.
How to file your request
You can file your express request to exercise your rights free from any charge, at any time, by using the contact details provided in this document, or via your legal representative.
How and when we will respond to your request
We will strive to promptly respond to your requests.
In any case, should it be impossible for us to do so, we’ll make
sure to communicate to you the factual or legal reasons that
prevent us from immediately, or otherwise ever, complying with
your requests. In cases where we are not processing your
personal information, we will indicate to you the physical or
legal person to whom you should address your requests, if we are
in the position to do so.
In the event that you file an access or
personal information
processing confirmation request, please make
sure that you specify whether you’d like your personal
information to be delivered in electronic or printed form.
You will also need to let us know whether you want us to answer
your request immediately, in which case we will answer in a
simplified fashion, or if you need a complete disclosure
instead.
In the latter case, we’ll respond within 15 days from the time
of your request, providing you with all the information on the
origin of your personal information, confirmation on whether or
not records exist, any criteria used for the processing and the
purposes of the processing, while safeguarding our commercial
and industrial secrets.
In the event that you file a rectification, deletion, anonymization or personal information blocking request, we will make sure to immediately communicate your request to other parties with whom we have shared your personal information in order to enable such third parties to also comply with your request – except in cases where such communication is proven impossible or involves disproportionate effort on our side.
Transfer of personal information outside of Brazil permitted by the law
We are allowed to transfer your personal information outside of the Brazilian territory in the following cases:
- when the transfer is necessary for international legal cooperation between public intelligence, investigation and prosecution bodies, according to the legal means provided by the international law;
- when the transfer is necessary to protect your life or physical security or those of a third party;
- when the transfer is authorised by the ANPD;
- when the transfer results from a commitment undertaken in an international cooperation agreement;
- when the transfer is necessary for the execution of a public policy or legal attribution of public service;
- when the transfer is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation, the carrying out of a contract or preliminary procedures related to a contract, or the regular exercise of rights in judicial, administrative or arbitration procedures.
