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Last Updated September 10, 2020

Welcome to www.amberdata.io, a data provider platform (the "Website") operated by Amberdata Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Amberdata", "we", "our", or "us"). The Website enables users of the Website ("Users") to learn more about us and use certain of our baseline Products offered for free through the Website and allow Users who purchase a subscription ("Subscribers") to download and use certain additional of our APIs, SDKs, code snippets and other of our data products (collectively, the "Products") offered through the Website (collectively the Website and Products are referred to as the "Services"). The term "you" and "your" shall refer to Users and/or Subscribers, as applicable.

This Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") is designed to help you, whether as a User or Subscriber, understand how we collect, use and share your personal information when you use our Services, and to assist you in understanding the applicable privacy rights available to you. By using the Website, you agree to the collection and use of your personal information and other information by Amberdata as described in this Privacy Policy.

What type of personal information does Amberdata collect from you and how do we use it?

We may collect certain information automatically when you use the Services. This information may include your Internet protocol (IP) address, user settings, MAC address, cookie identifiers, mobile carrier, mobile advertising and other unique identifiers, details about your browser, operating system or device, location information, Internet service provider, pages that you visit before, during and after using the Services, information about the links you click, and other information about how you use the Services. Information we collect may be associated with accounts and other devices.

In addition, subscribers must provide personal information to Amberdata in order to register with us and use our Products, including without limitation a Subscriber's name, address, email, phone number, time zone, role and payment information (if a purchase is being made).

We intend to use all such information collected through the Services for multiple purposes, including without limitation to keep you informed about our activities by sending you emails or by reaching you by phone. We may also ask you for general statistical, non-personal information about yourself and your interests. We may also use de-identified and aggregate information for promotional and other business purposes.

How else do we use your personal information?

Amberdata or entities working on our behalf may use your personal information to help fulfill your requests in connection with your use of the Services, or to help us or third parties communicate with you about different resources offered as part of the Services, or otherwise. For example, we may transfer information collected at registration, including your personal information, to service providers and other third parties who assist us in running the Services, including without limitation in connection with analytics, authorization and billing.

Under what other circumstances may we share your personal information?

In addition to sharing your personal information with third parties as described above, we may also release your personal information to other third parties if we believe that such release is necessary (a) to comply with the law (e.g., a legal process or a statutory or regulatory authorization or requirement) or a court order, (b) in order to apply or enforce the Terms of Use or otherwise protect our interests, (c) in order to protect you, other Users or Subscribers, or us from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of the Services or from other harm, or (d) if we reasonably believe that a danger to any person or property requires the disclosure of such personal information.

Our rights under this Privacy Policy may be automatically assigned by Amberdata, in our sole discretion, to a third party or parties, and such an assignment will inure to the benefit of our successors, assigns and/or licensees. Without limitation of the foregoing, we may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of our assets, including without limitation your personal information, with any parent company, subsidiary, joint venture, and/or any company under our common control, as well as to a potential acquirer and/or an acquirer, including without limitation in connection with a merger, reorganization, or sale of assets or stock, or in the event of a bankruptcy. In each such an event, the personal information we have collected from you may be one of the assets transferred in connection with any such a transaction or event.

What other information does Amberdata collect through the Services?

We may also collect personal information from you about your preferences in navigating the Website or otherwise using the Services by using cookies, action tags and other technologies. Cookies are small text files that identify your computer and can track your behavior across multiple platforms. We may use cookies to, among other things, monitor usage of the Website, customize features of the Website, identify your computer's or other device's operating system and browser, and complete transactions. An action tag is a small, graphic image on a webpage that is designed to allow the website owner or a third party to monitor who is visiting a website by collecting the IP address of the computer to which the tag is sent, the URL of the webpage that the tag comes from and the time at which such webpage was viewed. Action tags may be associated with cookie information.

Can I restrict the use of cookies on the Services?


You may stop or restrict the placement of cookies and other technologies on your device or remove them by adjusting your preferences as your browser or device permits. The online advertising industry also provides websites from which you may opt out of receiving targeted ads from data partners and other advertising partners that participate in self-regulatory programs. You can access these websites and learn more about targeted advertising and consumer choice and privacy, at www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp, http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, https://youradchoices.ca/choices/, and www.aboutads.info/choices/. To separately make choices for mobile apps on a mobile device, you can download DAA’s AppChoices application from your device’s app store. Alternatively, for some devices you may use your device’s platform controls in your settings to exercise choice.

Please note you must separately opt out in each browser and on each device. Advertisements on third party websites that contain the AdChoices link may have been directed to you based on information collected by advertising partners over time and across websites. These advertisements provide a mechanism to opt out of the advertising partners’ use of this information for interest-based advertising purposes.

Security

Amberdata takes steps consistent with commercially reasonable industry standards to secure personal information collected from you from loss, misuse, unauthorized access and destruction while under our control. However, please note that despite our efforts to protect information provided to us, we cannot guarantee that such information will not be lost, disclosed or accessed by accidental circumstances or by the unauthorized acts of others.

Does Amberdata provide links to other websites?

Amberdata may provide links to other websites or resources of possible interest to you, and you may provide information to or engage in relationships with third parties by using the Services. The collection and use of your personal information and other information by such websites or otherwise by such third parties shall be subject to the policies and procedures of such websites and not those contained in this Privacy Policy. The information collected by our service providers or other third parties working on our behalf, including without limitation credit card settlement companies, in consummating purchases you may have made through the Services or otherwise in the course of assisting us, is subject to the privacy policies of such third parties and is not subject to this Privacy Policy.

What are our policies regarding children?

The Website is intended for general use by persons who have reached the age of consent in their state of residence and it is not targeted to anyone under thirteen (18) years of age. Amberdata does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under thirteen (18) years of age. If we learn that we have unintentionally collected personal information from anyone under thirteen (18) years of age, we will promptly delete such information.

Do we respond to Do Not Track Signals?

The Website does not have the capability to respond to "Do Not Track" signals received from various web browsers.

How can the terms of this Privacy Policy be modified?

We reserve the right to change how we handle and use the information that we collect through the Services, and to modify this Privacy Policy at any time in our sole discretion. You agree to review this Privacy Policy periodically to be aware of all such modifications. You further agree that your continued use of the Services after a modified version of this Privacy Policy has been posted shall be deemed to be your conclusive acceptance of any modified version of this Privacy Policy. We will indicate that changes to this Privacy Policy have been made by updating the date indicated after the "Last Modified" indicator at the beginning of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to abide by the initial version and each modified version of this Privacy Policy, as applicable, then you are not authorized to use the Services. A current version of this Privacy Policy is accessible via the footer of the Website's homepage.


What are Your California Privacy Rights?


California’s "Shine the Light" law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits Users who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us using the contact information provided below in this Privacy Policy.

The California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") grants certain rights to California consumers. Depending upon your location and in accordance with applicable laws, you may have the right to:

Access personal information about you consistent with legal requirements. In addition, you may have the right in some cases to receive or have your electronic personal information transferred to another party.

Request Deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law.

Opt or opt out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. Please note we do not sell your personal information.

Not be Discriminated Against by us for exercising your privacy rights.

If you wish to delete personal information that you have submitted to Amberdata, please send us an email requesting such removal (with the word "Removal" in the email subject line) to legal@amberdata.io. If you would like to exercise any of the other rights, please contact us as set forth below. We will process such requests in accordance with applicable laws. To protect your privacy, we will take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.

For purposes of the CCPA, we have collected the following categories of consumers’ personal information in the last 12 months:

Category Examples Collected
Identifiers. name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security, or other similar identifiers. Yes
Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information). No
Commercial information. Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. Yes
Biometric information. Physiological, biological, or behavioral, characteristics (including DNA) that can be used to establish individual identity, or imagery of the iris, retina, fingerprint, face, hand, palm, vein patterns, and voice recordings, from which an identifier template such as a faceprint, a minutiae template, or a voiceprint, can be extracted and keystroke patterns or rhythms, gait patterns, or rhythms, and sleep, health or exercise data that contain identifying information. No
Internet or other electronic network activity. Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with an internet website, application, or advertisement. Yes
Geolocation data. Physical location or movements. No
Sensory data. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. No
Professional or employment-related information. Current or past job history or performance evaluations. No
Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)). Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records. No
Inferences drawn from other personal information to create a profile about a consumer. Profile reflecting a consumer's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. No
Personal information categories listed in the categories above, but references in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Personal Information does not include publicly available information that is lawfully made available to the general public from federal, state, or local government records. Note: Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories. Yes

 

We use the collected personal information for the following commercial and business purposes: (1) to provide and improve the Services; (2) for marketing purposes; (3) for fraud prevention and legal purposes; (4) to secure the Services; and (5) for audit purposes.

Personal information within each of the categories may be shared with the following categories of third parties: (1) service providers; (2) business partners; (3) advertising partners; and (4) other users. The categories of personal information are shared for the commercial and business purposes listed above.

Contacts us

If you have questions or concerns about any of our information collection or handling practices, please contact us at legal@amberdata.io