1. Accountability
Thanks for choosing Spotzi. Respect for the privacy of personal information about you is very important to us. Spotzi products that display this privacy policy are committed to collecting, maintaining, and securing personal information about you in accordance with this policy, as well as applicable laws, rules and regulations.
The Privacy Policy is here to do three things:
- Explain the way we use information that you share with us in order to build a great product and give you a great experience with it.
- Ensure that you understand what information we collect with your permission, and what we do — and do not do — with it.
- Hold us accountable for protecting your rights and your privacy under this policy.
When you agree to our Privacy Policy, you give us the right to collect this information and use it for the purposes described. The details await you below, but please remember that this introduction is part of the Privacy Policy itself — it’s our promise to you. If you ever have any questions or concerns, then please contact our Compliance Officer at privacy@spotzi.com.
Throughout this Privacy Policy we refer to the Spotzi Service, the Service or our services. These terms are defined in our Terms of Service.
2. Highlights of what you’re consenting to
By using or interacting with our services, you are consenting to:
- the use of cookies and other technologies
- the transfer of your information outside of the country where you live
- the collection, use, sharing, and other processing of your information, including for advertising-related purposes (as described in the rest of this Privacy Policy, so please keep on reading!)
- the public availability of your information and the controls over such information as described in Sharing information
In each case, you consent to the processing of data by the entities described in this Privacy Policy, including the Spotzi entity, as data controller, indicated at the bottom of this document (collectively, “Spotzi”, “we”, “us”, “our”). In the Your Preferences section, we describe the controls and relevant settings associated with your Spotzi account. If you don’t agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, then please don’t use the Service.
3. The information we collect
We may collect and store the following information:
3.1 Registration data
When you sign up for our services, we may ask you for information such as your username, password, email address, gender, name and company name. You may also choose to voluntarily add other information to your profile, such as your mobile phone number.
When you decide to purchase one of Spotzi’s datasets we will ask you for additional information like your address, country and zipcode. This information is needed by Spotzi for billing and tax handling.
3.2 Usage, log data & cookies
When you use or interact with our services, we may use a variety of technologies that collect information about how the Service is accessed and used. This information may include:
- information about your type of subscription and your interactions with the Service, such as interactions with datasets, maps and apps
- the details of the queries you make and the date and time of your request
- user Content (as defined in the Terms and Conditions) you post to the Service including messages you send and/or receive via the Service
- technical data, which may include URL information, cookie data, your IP address, browser type
3.3 Partner Integration
Partners may integrate our services. In this case we may receive certain information, including information about the product you used.
3.4 Payment data
If you purchase any of our Paid Subscriptions (as defined in the Terms and Conditions), or make other purchases through the Service, your credit or debit card information (such as card type and expiration date) and other financial data that we need to process your payment may be collected and stored by us and/or the payment processors with which we work. We may also collect some limited information, such as your postal code and details of your transaction history, all of which are necessary to provide the Service. In addition, the payment processors generally provide us with some limited information related to you, such as a unique token that enables you to make additional purchases using the information they’ve stored, and your card’s type, expiration date, and certain digits of your card number.
If you choose to pay by invoice, Spotzi may need to collect and store additional information, like your name and address and provide it to payment processors we work with to issue invoices, to enable credit checks and to send you invoices.
By accepting the privacy policy, you expressly authorise Spotzi to use and share with certain trusted service providers, which are located in the Netherlands and Canada, the information provided by you to Spotzi, even if such information is covered by local banking secrecy laws. It is possible that these countries do not provide the same level of protection for the processing of personal data as the country of your residence. You acknowledge and agree to the importance of sharing such information for the provision of the Spotzi Service and also agree that, by accepting this privacy policy, where applicable and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you expressly waive your rights under such bank secrecy laws with regard to Spotzi and any trusted service providers. This consent is given for the duration of your relationship with Spotzi.
3.5 Spotzi service providers and partners
We may also receive information about you from our service providers and partners. The partners we collect data from are:
- Ubermedia
4. How we use the information we collect
Consistent with the permissions you give us to collect the information, we may use the information we collect, including your personal information:
- to ensure technical functionality of the Service, develop new products and services, and analyse your use of the Service, including your interaction with applications, advertising, products, and services that are made available, linked to, or offered through the Service
- to communicate with you for Service-related or research purposes including via emails or notifications, which you agree to receive
- to communicate with you for marketing and promotional purposes via emails, notifications, or other messages, consistent with any permissions you may have communicated to us (e.g., through your Spotzi account settings); in the section Your preferences below, we inform you of the controls you can use to opt out from receiving certain messages
- to enable and promote the Service and other services or products, either within or outside the Service, including features and content of the Service and products and services made available through the Service
- to process your payment or prevent or detect fraud
- to enforce this Privacy Policy, the Terms and Conditions, and any other terms that you have agreed to, including to protect the rights, property, or safety of Spotzi, its users, or any other person, or the copyright-protected content of the Service
- as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.
6. Your preferences
We provide you with settings to allow you to choose which communications you receive from us. These settings can be found in the account settings page of the Spotzi Mapbuilder. It is also possible to change your cookie settings.
7. Transfer to other countries
Spotzi transfers, processes and stores information about our users on servers located in the Netherlands. Your personal information may therefore be subject to privacy laws that are different from those in your country of residence. For more information about the dutch privacy laws, visit the site of the dutch supervisory authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens. Spotzi will process your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
8. Links
We may display advertisements from third parties and other content that links to third party websites. We cannot control or be held responsible for third parties’ privacy practices and content. Please read their privacy policies to find out how they collect and process your personal information.
9. Security
We are committed to protecting our users’ information. Your password protects your user account, so you should use a unique and strong password, limit access to your computer and browser, and log out after having used the Spotzi Service. While we take data protection precautions, no security measures are completely secure, and we do not guarantee the security of user information.
10. Children
The Spotzi Service is not directed to children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under the Age Limit, do not use the Service and do not provide any personal information to us. If you are a parent of a child under the Age Limit and become aware that your child has provided personal information to Spotzi, please contact us at privacy@spotzi.com or by using our privacy form and you may request exercise of your applicable access, rectification, cancellation, and/or objection rights.
11. Accessing and updating personal information
You can view and amend much of the information we keep about you through your account page. If you have questions about your privacy on the Service, this privacy policy, or information we have about you, please contact us at privacy@spotzi.com or by using our privacy form. You can also contact our privacy representative by sending a letter to Spotzi, Attn: Privacy Officer, Legal Department, Veilingdreef 35, 4617RX, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands. We will respond to your request within a reasonable period of time upon verification of your identity in accordance with local laws. We recommend you include documents that prove your identity and a clear and precise description of the information which you request access to.
12. Changes to the Privacy Policy
Occasionally we may, in our discretion, make changes to the Agreements. When we make material changes to the Agreements, we’ll provide you with prominent notice as appropriate under the circumstances, e.g., by displaying a prominent notice within the Service or by sending you an email. In some cases, we will notify you in advance, and your continued use of the Service after the changes have been made will constitute your acceptance of the changes. Please therefore make sure you read any such notice carefully. If you do not wish to continue using the Service under the new version of the Agreements, you may terminate the Agreements by contacting us.