1. Overview
We believe in openness and privacy therefore at HiLabs Inc., (
“Company” or “we” or
“us”
), your privacy is of paramount importance, we respect your privacy and
are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.
This Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into the
https://hilabs.com/terms. This Privacy Policy explains our online and
offline information practices, the kind of information we may collect, how
we intend to use and share that information, and how you can opt-out of a
use or correct or change such information. All capitalized terms not
defined herein will have the meanings set forth in the Terms.
Please take a moment to review this Privacy Policy, which governs the use
of the HiLabs Inc. website. By using our website, you agree to the HiLabs
Inc. Terms and Conditions, including definitions, and this Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not
use this website.
2. Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to Personal Information that is collected by,
processed by us in the course of our business, including on our website,{' '}
www.hilabs.com (“Website”), web
applications (“App”), forums, blogs, and other online or
offline offerings (collectively, the “Services”). Anytime
we use the word Website, it is deemed to include our App as well. All
individuals whose responsibilities include the processing of personal
information on behalf of the Company are expected to protect that data by
adherence to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is intended to meet
requirements globally.
Children under the age of 18
Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one
under age 18 may provide any information to us or access the Website. We
do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If
you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this Website or
through any of its features or provide any information about yourself to
us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any
screen name or username you may use. If we learn we have collected or
received personal information from a child under 18 without verification
of parental consent, we will delete, anonymize that information and
terminate the user account. If you believe we might have any information
from or about a child under 18, please contact us at{' '}
info@hilabs.com.
3. Transparency/Notice - Types of personal information we collect and how
we use it
Some of the ways that the Company may collect personal information
include:
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You may provide personal information directly to the Company through
registering on our Website, when you use the features on our Website,
during the course of providing services to you by us, interacting with
the Services, participating in surveys, and requesting Services, or
information and when you provide your personal information to us.
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As you navigate the Services, certain passive information may also be
collected about your visit, including through cookies and similar
technologies as described below.
We endeavor to collect only that information which is relevant for the
purposes of providing the Services to you. Below are the ways we collect
personal information and how we use it.
3.1 Types of personal information we collect
Company collects Personal Information regarding its current, prospective,
and former clients, customers, users, visitors, and guests (collectively{' '}
“Individuals”).
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Information you provide directly to us. When you use
the Services or engage in certain activities, such as registering for an
account with Company on our Website, responding to surveys, requesting
Services or information, or contacting us directly, we may ask you to
provide some or all of the following types of information:
- First and last name,
- Birth date/age,
- Gender,
- Social Secuity Number,
- Race or colour,
- Ancestry or national origin,
- Religion or creed,
- Mental or physical disability,
- Sexual orientation,
- Marital status,
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If you have biometric authentication integration as part of the
Services, then we may collect information concerning Your fingerprints,
faceprints, and voiceprints, and iris or retina scans,
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Address (including country and pin/postal code),
- Phone number/mobile number,
- Email address,
- Title and department,
- Company name,
- Military and veteran status,
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Information provided on your resume, such as your education and
employment experience, if you apply through LinkedIn, then we collect
information you made available to us on LinkedIn,
- Technical information,
- Your pictures or videos that you may provide,
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Professional contact details of employees and other individuals
associate with our business,
- Login ID and password,
- Shipping information,
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User details as provided at the time of registration or thereafter,
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Records of interaction with the Company representatives,
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Your usage details such as time, frequency, duration and pattern of use,
features used and the amount of storage used,
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Master and transaction data and other data stored in Your user account,
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Internet Protocol address, browser type and version, browser language,
referring URL, files accessed, errors generated, time zone, operating
system and platform and other visitor details collected in Our log
files,
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Browser history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction
with a website, application or advertisement,
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Any other information that is willingly shared by You
(collectively referred to as "Personal information").
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Communications with us. We may collect personal
information from you such as email address, phone number or mailing
address, your picture or videos that you may provide, when you choose to
request information about our Services, register for Company’s
newsletter, request to receive customer or technical support, or
otherwise communicate with us.
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Surveys. From time to time, we may contact you to
participate in online surveys. If you do decide to participate, you may
be asked to provide certain information which may include Personal
Information. All information collected from your participation in our
surveys is provided by you voluntarily. We may use such information to
improve our products, Sites and/or services and in any manner consistent
with the policies provided herein.
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Posting on the services. Company may offer publicly
accessible pages, blogs, private messages, or community forums. You
should be aware that, when you disclose information about yourself in on
Company’s pages, blogs, private messages, and community forums, the
Services will collect the information you provide in such submissions,
including any personal information. If you choose to submit content to
any public area of the Services, such content will be considered
“public” and will not be subject to the privacy protections set forth
herein.
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Automatic data collection. We may collect certain
information automatically through our Services or other methods of web
analysis, such as your Internet protocol (IP) address, cookie
identifiers, mobile carrier, mobile advertising identifiers, MAC
address, IMEI, Advertiser ID, and other device identifiers that are
automatically assigned to your computer or device when you access the
Internet, browser type and language, geo-location information, hardware
type, operating system, Internet service provider, pages that you visit
before and after using the Services, the date and time of your visit,
the amount of time you spend on each page, information about the links
you click and pages you view within the Services, and other actions
taken through use of the Services such as preferences.
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Cookies. We use different technologies to collect
information, including cookies and web beacons. Cookies are small text
files placed in visitors’ device browsers to store their preferences
that can be recalled by a web server in the domain that placed the
cookie. Whereas, web beacons are electronic images that may be used in
our Services or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits, and
understand usage and campaign effectiveness. When you use our Website,
we may automatically collect information about your visit, including via
cookies, beacons, invisible tags, and similar technologies
(collectively, "cookies") in your browser and on emails
sent to you. This information may include Personal Information, such as
your IP address, web browser, device type, and the web pages that you
visit just before or just after you use the Website, as well as
information about your interactions with the Websites, such as the date
and time of your visit, and where you have clicked. Metrics collected by
automated means may include: number of users; daily/weekly/monthly
active users; rebuild frequency; rebuild time; image update frequency;
editor usage split by editor type; web terminal, coder-cli, and SSH
usage; metrics page and filter usage; services usage; devurl usage
patterns; and resource allocation. Paid users may opt in to the
collection of this information to enhance product performance but are
otherwise opted out by default. Free users are automatically opted in to
the collection of this information and they do not have an opt out
option. In the event a free user converts to a paid subscription, they
will be given the option to opt out. This information is only used for
product development and enhancement. You can find more information about
how we use cookies in the section 3.2 below.
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Information submitted via services. You agree that
Company is free to use the content of any communications submitted by
you via the Services, including any ideas, inventions, concepts,
techniques, or know-how disclosed therein, for any purpose including
developing, manufacturing, and/or marketing goods or Services. Company
will not release your name or otherwise publicize the fact that you
submitted materials or other information to us unless: (a) you grant us
permission to do so or it is otherwise necessary as part of the
Services, such as to facilitate payment to you as a Pentester; (b) we
first send notice to you that the materials or other information you
submit to a particular part of a Service will be published or otherwise
used with your name on it; or (c) we are required to do so by law.
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Information from other sources. We may receive
information, including Personal Information about you from other
sources, including through third-party services and organizations to
supplement information provided by you. For example, if you access or
use our Services through a third-party application, we may collect
information about you from that third-party application that is public
via your privacy settings or is otherwise available. This supplemental
information allows us to verify information that you have provided to
Company and to enhance our ability to provide you with information about
our business, products, and Services. If you authorize us to collect
information from a third party, or if you authorize a third party to
send us information, and you later decide that you no longer want us to
obtain that information, you may need to contact the third party source
directly and request that they stop transmitting information to us.
3.2 How company uses your information
We acquire, hold, use, and process personal information about Individuals
for a variety of business purposes, including:
To provide products, services, or information requested.
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Your Personal Information may be used for various purposes including but
not limited to the following:
- To operate and improve the Website;
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To provide technical support, including diagnosing and resolving any
issues you report;
- To provide effective Services;
- For customer relationship management purposes;
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To perform studies, research and analysis for improving Our information,
analysis, services and technologies; and ensuring that the content and
advertising displayed are customized to Your interests and preferences;
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To contact You via phone, sms, whatsapp, email, etc. for appointments,
technical issues, payment reminders, administrative purposes such as to
manage your account, to provide information that you request and other
security announcements;
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To send promotional mailings from Us or any of Our partners via sms,
whatsapp, email or snail mail;
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To advertise products and Services of the Company and third parties;
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To transfer information about You if we are acquired by or merged with
another company;
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To share with our business partners for provision of specific services
you have ordered so as to enable them to provide effective services to
You;
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To administer or otherwise carry out Our obligations in relation to any
agreement You have with us;
- To build your profile on the Website;
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To maintain and develop our business systems, including testing and
upgrading of these systems;
- To manage staff training and quality assurance;
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To respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish
or exercise Our legal rights or defend against legal claims, including
but not limited to intellectual property infringements, defamation, or
privacy rights;
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To investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities,
suspected fraud, violations of our Terms of Use, breach of Our agreement
with you or as otherwise required by law;
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To aggregate Personal Information for research, statistical analysis and
business intelligence purposes, and to sell or otherwise transfer such
research, statistical or intelligence data in an aggregated or
non-personally identifiable form to third parties and affiliates;
- Generally, manage Individual information and accounts;
- Respond to questions, comments, and other requests;
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To assess vulnerabilities and other bugs you discover in the course of
your use of the Services;
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Provide access to certain areas, functionalities, and features of
Company’s Services;
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Contact you to answer requests for customer support or technical
support; and
- Allow you to register for events.
(referred to as “Purpose(s)”)
Administrative Purposes. Company may use personal information about
you for its administrative purposes, including to:
- Measure interest in Company’s Services;
- Develop new products and Services;
- Ensure internal quality control;
- Verify Individual identity;
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Communicate about Individual accounts and activities on Company’s
Services and systems, and, in Company’s discretion, changes to any
Company policy;
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Send email to the email address you provide to us to verify your account
and for informational and operational purposes, such as Account
management, customer service, or system maintenance;
- Process payment for products or services purchased;
- Process applications and transactions;
- Prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities;
- Enforce our Terms.
Marketing company products and services. Company may use
personal information to provide you with materials about offers, products,
and Services that may be of interest, including new content or Services.
Company may provide you with these materials by phone, postal mail,
facsimile, or email, as permitted by applicable law. Such uses include:
- To tailor content, advertisements, and offers;
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To notify you about offers, products, and services that may be of
interest to you;
- To provide Services to you and our sponsors;
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For other purposes disclosed at the time that Individuals provide
personal information; or
- Otherwise with your consent.
You may contact us at any time to opt-out of the use of your personal
information for marketing purposes, as further described in Section 5
below
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Research and development. Company may use personal
information alone or in the aggregate with information obtained from
other sources, in order to help us to optimally deliver our existing
products and Services or develop new products and Services.
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Direct mail, email and outbound telemarketing.{' '}
Individuals who provide us with personal information, or whose personal
information we obtain from third parties, may receive periodic emails,
newsletters, mailings, or phone calls from us with information on
Company’s or our business partners’ products and services or upcoming
special offers/events we believe may be of interest. We offer the option
to decline these communications at no cost to the Individual by
following the instructions in Section 5 below.
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Services via mobile devices. From time to time,
Company may provide Services that are specifically designed to be
compatible and used on mobile devices. Company will collect certain
information that your mobile device sends when you use such Services,
like a device identifier, user settings, location information, mobile
carrier, and the operating system of your device. Mobile versions of
Company’s Services may require that users log in with an account. In
such cases, information about use of mobile versions of the Services may
be associated with accounts. In addition, Company may enable Individuals
to download an application, widget, or other tool that can be used on
mobile or other computing devices. Some of these tools may store
information on mobile or other devices. These tools may transmit
personal information to Company to enable Individuals to access accounts
and to enable Company to track use of these tools. Some of these tools
may enable users to email reports and other information from the tool.
Company may use personal or non-identifiable information transmitted to
Company to enhance these tools, to develop new tools, for quality
improvement and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or in
other notices Company provides.
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De-identified and aggregated information use. Company
may use personal information and other information about you to create
de-identified and/or aggregated information, such as de-identified
demographic information, de-identified location information, information
about the computer or device from which you access Company’s Services,
or other analyses we create. Anonymized and aggregated information is
used for a variety of functions, including the measurement of visitors’
interest in and use of various portions or features of the Services.
De-identified and/or aggregated information is not personal information,
and Company may use such information in a number of ways, including
research, internal analysis, analytics, and any other legally
permissible purposes. We may share this information within Company and
with third parties for our or their purposes in an de-identified and/or
aggregated form that is designed to prevent anyone from identifying you
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Sharing content with friends or colleagues. Company’s
Services may offer various tools and functionalities to share content.
Our referral services may allow you to forward or share certain content
with a friend or colleague, such as an email inviting your friend to use
our Services. Email addresses that you may provide for a friend or
colleague will be used to send your friend or colleague the content or
link you request but will not be collected or otherwise used by Company
or any other third parties for any other purpose.
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Other uses. Company may use Personal Information for
which we have a legitimate interest, such as network and information
security, direct marketing, disclosure to affiliated organizations,
research (including marketing research), fraud prevention, or any other
purpose disclosed to you at the time you provide personal information or
with your consent.
Uses of Automatic Collection Technologies. Our use of the
Technologies fall into the following general categories:
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Operationally necessary. We may use cookies, web
beacons, or other similar technologies that are necessary to the
operation of our sites, services, applications, and tools. This includes
technologies that allow you access to our sites, services, applications,
and tools; that are required to identify irregular site behavior,
prevent fraudulent activity and improve security; or that allow you to
make use of our functions such as shopping-carts, saved search, or
similar functions;
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Performance related. We may use cookies, web beacons,
or other similar technologies to assess the performance of our websites,
applications, services, and tools, including as part of our analytic
practices to help us understand how our visitors use our websites,
determine if you have interacted with our messaging, determine whether
you have viewed an item or link, or to improve our website content,
applications, services, or tools;
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Functionality related. We may use cookies, web beacons,
or other similar technologies that allow us to offer you enhanced
functionality when accessing or using our sites, services, applications,
or tools. This may include identifying you when you sign into our sites
or keeping track of your specified preferences, interests, or past items
viewed so that we may enhance the presentation of content on our sites;
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Advertising or targeting related. We may use
first-party or third-party cookies and web beacons to deliver content,
including ads relevant to your interests, on our sites or on third party
sites. This includes using technologies to understand the usefulness to
you of the advertisements and content that has been delivered to you,
such as whether you have clicked on an advertisement.
If you would like to opt-out of the Technologies we employ on our
Services, you may do so by blocking, deleting, or disabling them as your
browser or device permits.
3.3 Third-party websites and social media platforms
If you log in to our Services using your social media account (for
example, Facebook or Google) we will receive relevant information that is
necessary to enable our Services and authenticate you. The social media
network will provide us with access to certain information that you have
provided to them, including your name, profile image and e-mail address.
We use such information, together with any other information you directly
provide to us when registering or using our Services, to create your
account and to communicate with you about the information, products and
services that you request from us. You may also be able to specifically
request that we have access to the contacts in your social media account
so that you can send a referral link to your family and friends. We will
use, disclose and store all of this information in accordance with this
Privacy Policy. The Services may contain links to other websites and other
websites may reference or link to our Services. These other domains and
websites are not controlled by us, and Company does not endorse or make
any representations about third-party websites or social media platforms.
We encourage our users to read the privacy policies of each and every
website and application with which they interact. We do not endorse,
screen or approve, and are not responsible for the privacy practices or
content of such other websites or applications. Visiting these other
websites or applications is at your own risk.
Company’s Services may include publicly accessible blogs, community
forums, or private messaging features. The Services may also contain links
and interactive features with various social media platforms (e.g.,
widgets). If you already use these platforms, their cookies may be set on
your device when using our Site or other Services. You should be aware
that personal information which you voluntarily include and transmit
online in a publicly accessible blog, chat room, social media platform or
otherwise online, or that you share in an open forum may be viewed and
used by others without any restrictions. We are unable to control such
uses of your information when interacting with a social media platform,
and by using such services you assume the risk that the personal
information provided by you may be viewed and used by third parties for
any number of purposes.
3.4 Third-party payment processing
If you use the Services to make, receive or facilitate payments in
connection with the Services, we and Third-Party applications may collect
certain financial information from you to process transactions, including
your name, email address, address, financial account information and other
billing information.
3.5 Incomplete personal information
Where indicated (for example in registration/application forms), it is
obligatory to provide your personal information to us to enable us to
process your application for our Products and/or Services. Should you
decline to provide such obligatory personal information, we may not be
able to process your application or provide you with our Products and/or
Services.
3.6 Sources of collection of personal information
We collect Personal Information from the following categories of sources:
- You/Your devices directly;
- Other users of our Services;
- Visit our offices;
- Affiliates;
- Government entities;
- Consumer data resellers;
- Business partners;
- Publicly accessible sources.
4. Onward transfer—company may disclose your information
4.1 Information we share
We may share your information as described in this Privacy Policy (e.g.,
with our third-party service providers; to comply with legal obligations;
to protect and defend our rights and property) or with your permission
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We use vendors and service providers. We may share any
information we receive with vendors and service providers. The types of
service providers (processors) to whom we entrust personal information
include service providers for: (i) provision of IT and related services;
(ii) provision of information and services you have requested; (iii)
payment processing; (iv) customer service activities; and (v) in
connection with the provision of the Services. Company has executed
appropriate contracts with the service providers that prohibit them from
using or sharing personal information except as necessary to perform the
contracted services on our behalf or to comply with applicable legal
requirements.
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Business partners. Company may share personal
information with our business partners, and affiliates for our and our
affiliates’ internal business purposes or to provide you with a product
or service that you have requested. Company may also provide personal
information to business partners with whom we may jointly offer products
or services, or whose products or services we believe may be of interest
to you. In such cases, our business partner’s name will appear, along
with Company. Company requires our affiliates and business partners to
agree in writing to maintain the confidentiality and security of
personal information they maintain on our behalf and not to use it for
any purpose other than the purpose for which Company provided them.
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Content visible to others. When you create a Profile or
post content to the Services, this information may be displayed to
others. We are not responsible for privacy practices of the other users
who will view and use the posted information.
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Marketing – interest-based advertising and third-party marketing.
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Through our Services, Company may allow third-party advertising partners
to set tracking tools (e.g., cookies) to collect information regarding
your activities (e.g., your IP address, page(s) visited, time of day).
We may also share such de-identified information as well as selected
Personal Information (such as demographic information and past purchase
history) we have collected with third-party advertising partners. These
advertising partners may use this information (and similar information
collected from other websites) for purposes of delivering targeted
advertisements to you when you visit non-Company related websites within
their networks. This practice is commonly referred to as “interest-
based advertising” or “personalized advertising.” We may allow access to
other data collected by the Services to facilitate transmittal of
information that may be useful, relevant, valuable or otherwise of
interest to you. If you prefer that we do not share your personal
information with third-party advertising partners, you may opt-out of
such sharing at no cost by following the instructions in Section 5
below.
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Disclosures to protect us or others (e.g., as required by law and
similar disclosures).
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We may access, preserve, and disclose your personal information, other
account information, and content if we believe doing so is required or
appropriate to: (i) comply with law enforcement or national security
requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; (ii)
respond to your requests; (iii) protect yours’, ours’ or others’ rights,
property, or safety; (iv) to enforce Company policies or contracts; (v)
to collect amounts owed to Company; (vi) when we believe disclosure is
necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or
in connection with an investigation or prosecution of suspected or
actual illegal activity; or (vii) if we, in good faith, believe that
disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable. In addition, from time
to time, server logs may be reviewed for security purposes – e.g., to
detect unauthorized activity on the Services. In such cases, server log
data containing IP addresses may be shared with law enforcement bodies
in order that they may identify users in connection with their
investigation of the unauthorized activities.
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Merger, sale, or other asset transfers. If we are
involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence,
reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets, or
transition of service to another provider, then your information may be
sold or transferred as part of such a transaction as permitted by law
and/or contract. In such event, Company will endeavor to direct the
transferee to use personal information in a manner that is consistent
with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such personal information
was collected.
4.2 International data transfers
We operate international offices and have developed global data privacy
and security practices designed to ensure that your personal data is
appropriately handled and protected. All personal information collected
via or by Company may be transferred, processed, accessed and stored
anywhere in the world, including but not limited to, the United States,
the European Union, in the cloud, on our servers, on the servers of our
affiliates or the servers of our service providers in order to provide the
Services. Your Personal Information may be accessible to law enforcement
or other authorities pursuant to a lawful request. Where required by law,
international transfers of personal information will be supported by an
adequacy mechanism.
You authorize us to exchange, transfer, share, part with all or any of
Your Personal Information, across borders and from your country to any
other countries across the world with our affiliates / subsidiaries /
agents / third party service providers / partners / banks and financial
institutions for the Purposes specified under this Policy or as may be
required by applicable law.
You acknowledge that some countries where we may transfer your Personal
Information may not have data protection laws which are as stringent as
the laws of your own country. You acknowledge that it is adequate that
when the Company transfers Your Personal Information to any other entity
within or outside Your country of residence, the Company will place
contractual obligations on the transferee which will oblige the transferee
to adhere to the provisions of this Privacy Policy.
Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which
enables you to access certain parts of a site, you are responsible for
keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password
with anyone.
We will implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to
protect your data, taking into account the nature, scope, context and
purpose of the processing and the risks involved in processing.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not
completely secure. Although we will seek to protect your personal data, we
cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to a site; any
transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information,
we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent
unauthorised access.
5. Your choices
5.1 General
You may have the right to object to and opt out of certain uses and
disclosures of your Personal Information. Where you have consented to
Company’s processing of your Personal Information, you may withdraw that
consent at any time. However, please note that such withdrawal of your
consent does not affect the lawfulness of our processing activities based
on consent before its withdrawal.
5.2 Email and telephone communications
If you receive an unwanted email from us, you can use the unsubscribe link
found at the bottom of the email to opt-out of receiving future emails. We
will process your request within a reasonable time after receipt. Note
that you will continue to receive transaction-related emails regarding
products or services you have requested. We may also send you certain non-
promotional communications regarding Company and our Services and you will
not be able to opt out of those communications (e.g., communications
regarding updates to our Terms or this Privacy Policy). We will also send
you technical notices, updates, security alerts, support and
administrative messages. Please be aware that you cannot opt out of
receiving certain service messages from us, including necessary security
alerts and legal notices.
5.3 Turning off cookies
You can erase or choose to block cookies from your computer except for
functional cookies that are strictly necessary to make our Website
available to you. You can configure your computer's browser to alert you
when we attempt to send you a cookie with an option to accept or refuse
the cookie. Please note that if you have turned cookies off, you may be
prevented from using certain features of the Website and might affect
certain functionality on the Website.
6. Your privacy rights
Please be assured that we do not ever “sell” your Personal Information.
In accordance with applicable law, you may have the right to once a year,
free of charge: (i) request confirmation of whether we are processing your
Personal Information; (ii) obtain access to or a copy of your Personal
Information; (iii) receive an electronic copy of Personal Information that
you have provided to us, or ask us to send that information to another
company (the “right of data portability”); (iv) restrict our uses of your
Personal Information; (v) seek correction or amendment of inaccurate,
untrue, incomplete, or improperly processed Personal Information; (vi)
withdraw your consent and (vii) request erasure of Personal Information
held about you by us, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law.
Where otherwise permitted by applicable law, you may use any of the
methods set out in this Privacy Policy to exercise your rights in Personal
Information. Please include your full name, email address associated with
your Account, and a detailed description of your data request. Such
requests will be processed in line with applicable laws.
To protect your privacy, Company will take commercially reasonable steps
to verify your identity before granting access to or making any changes to
your Personal Information. In some cases, exercising the above rights may
not be possible – there may be situations where we will continue to be
authorized to process your personal data. In order to execute any of the
abovementioned rights please contact Us using one of the ways indicated at
the beginning of this document.
7. Data retention
Company retains the Personal Information we receive as described in this
Privacy Policy for as long as you use our Services or as necessary to
fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our Services,
resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue
legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with
applicable laws. When determining the specific retention period, we take
into account various criteria, such as the type of service provided to
you, the nature and length of our relationship with you, and mandatory
retention periods provided by law and the relevant statute of limitations.
At the end of that retention period, your data will either be deleted
completely or anonymized, for example by aggregation with other data so
that it can be used in a non-identifiable way for statistical analysis and
business planning.
8. Security of your information
The security of your Personal Information is important to us. We have
adopted reasonable security practices and procedures including role-based
access, password protection, encryption etc. to ensure that the Personal
Information collected is secure. You agree that such measures are secured
and adequate. We restrict access to your Personal Information to Our and
Our affiliates’ employees, agents, third party service providers,
partners, and agencies who need to know such Personal Information in
relation to the Purposes as specified above in this Policy and provided
that such entities agree to abide by this Privacy Policy. Despite our
efforts and diligence, unfortunately, the Internet cannot be guaranteed to
be 100% secure, and we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any
information you provide to us. We do not accept liability for
unintentional disclosure. We further disclaim all and any liability
arising from false, misleading disclosures made by you.
By using the Services or providing Personal Information to us, you agree
that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security,
privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of the Services.
If we learn of a security system’s breach, we may attempt to notify you
electronically by posting a notice on the Services or sending an e-mail to
you. You may have a legal right to receive this notice in writing.
9. Contact us
9.1 Complaints
If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy
Policy or if You need to update or correct your Personal Information or
have any grievance with respect to the processing or use of your Personal
Information, for any reason, you may send updates and corrections to us at{' '}
info@hilabs.com and we will take all
reasonable efforts to incorporate the changes within a reasonable period
of time.
9.2 Grievance officer
We have appointed a Grievance Officer to address any concerns or
grievances that You may have regarding the processing of Your Personal
Information. If you have any such grievances, please write to our
Grievance Officer at{' '}
customergrievances@hilabs.com and our
officer will attempt to resolve Your issues in a timely manner.
10. Changes to our privacy policy and practices
Please note that some privacy rights and obligations may differ in certain
locations based on local law, in which case We will comply with local
legal requirements. We reserve the right, at any time, to modify this
Privacy Policy. We will post a notification on our Website every time the
Privacy Policy is changed and ask that you agree to the updated Privacy
Policy every time there is a change. Each version of this Privacy Policy
will be identified at the top of the page by its effective date. You
understand and agree that you will be deemed to have accepted the updated
Privacy Policy if you use the Services after the updated Privacy Policy is
posted on the Services. You are advised to go through the updates and if
at any point you do not agree to any portion of the Privacy Policy then in
effect, you must immediately stop using the Services.
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Revision to the Privacy Policy. We may revise this Privacy Policy in our
sole discretion, so review it periodically. If you continue to visit
this Site and use the services made available to you after such changes
have been made, you hereby provide your consent to the changes.
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Posting of Revised Privacy Policy. If there are any material changes to
this Privacy Policy, Company will notify you by email or as otherwise
required by applicable law. We will post any adjustments to the Privacy
Policy on this web page, and the revised version will be effective
immediately when it is posted (or upon notice as applicable). If you are
concerned about how your information is used, bookmark this page and
read this Privacy Policy periodically.
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New Uses of Personal Information. Additionally, before we use Personal
Information for any new purpose not originally authorized by you, we
will endeavor to provide information regarding the new purpose and give
you the opportunity to opt-out. Where consent of the Individual for the
processing of Personal Information is otherwise required by law or
contract, Company will endeavor to comply with the law or contract.
You should review this Privacy Policy periodically so that you keep up to
date on our most current policies and practices. You consent to any change
or upon our posting of the new Privacy Policy on the Website.
Any interpretation associated with this Privacy Policy will be made by our
legal counsel. This Privacy Policy includes examples but is not intended
to be restricted in its application to such examples, therefore where the
word “including” is used, it means “including without limitations”.
11. Consent
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By clicking on the “I accept’ button at the end of the page containing
the Privacy Policy, Terms of Use or by providing us your Personal
Information or by making use of the facilities or Services provided by
the Website, You hereby consent to the collection, storage, processing,
disclosure and transfer of your Personal Information in accordance with
the provisions of this Privacy Policy.
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You acknowledge that You are providing your Personal Information out of
your free will.
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You acknowledge that documents & data uploaded by You to get Our
services & results from Us is considered to be legally owned or
permitted to You. The Company should not be held responsible for damages
arising out of such data provided by You.
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You acknowledge that the Company has no obligation to monitor the
documents, data, links or other materials that You provide. You are
responsible for evaluating all your data including for accuracy,
completeness and reliability, and you bear all risk of using such data.
The Company will not be responsible for any damages that you may incur
as a result of the submission or use of any such data.
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You acknowledge that we test and analyze certain new features with some
users before rolling the feature out to all users.
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You acknowledge that links, data, documents or other materials provided
by You does not contain illegal or pornographic activities.
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You acknowledge that Our Services is an automated tool, therefore the
results will depend on the quality of input given by You. Thus, the
Company shall not be held liable for the end result or of the utility of
the code/software that is autogenerated from Our platform.
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If you are providing Personal Information on behalf of a third party,
then you hereby undertake and confirm that you have the legal authority
to do so and to agree to this policy on behalf of such third party. If
you are providing Personal Information on behalf of a minor, you hereby
confirm that you are the parent or legal guardian of such minor.
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You hereby consent that the collection, storage, processing, disclosure
and transfer of any Personal Information shall not cause any wrongful
loss to You if it is done in accordance with the provisions of this
Privacy Policy.
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You have the option not to provide us the Personal Information sought to
be collected. You will also have an option to withdraw Your consent at
any point, provided such withdrawal of the consent is intimated to us in
writing. (If you wish to withdraw your consent, please click here).
If you do not provide us Your Personal Information or if You withdraw
the consent to provide us Personal Information at any point in time, We
shall have the option not to fulfill the purposes for which the said
Personal Information was sought and We may restrict you from using the
Website or Services.