Last updated May 30, 2023
This privacy notice for MetTec LTD, describes how and why we might
collect,
store, use, and/or share ('process') your information when you use our services
('Services'), such as when you:
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to
us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to
us
when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our
products and Services, when you participate in activities on the
Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
Sensitive Information.
We do not process sensitive information.We do not process
sensitive
information.
Application Data. If you use our application(s), we also may collect the following information if you choose to provide us with access or permission:
In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.
To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as to prevent harm.
YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e. legal basis) to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services to fulfil our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfil our legitimate business interests.
If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:
Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e. consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Click here to learn more.
Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
Vital Interests. may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.
If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.
We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e. express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e. implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time. Click here to learn more.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:
In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.
We may need to share your personal information in the following situations:
In Short: We are not responsible for the safety of any information that you share with third parties that we may link to or who advertise on our Services, but are not affiliated with, our Services.
The Services may link to third-party websites, online services, or mobile applications and/or contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, services, or applications. Accordingly, we do not make any guarantee regarding any such third parties, and we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the use of such third-party websites, services, or applications. The inclusion of a link towards a third-party website, service, or application does not imply an endorsement by us. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this privacy notice. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from the Services. You should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.
We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at info@metatec.io
In Short: In some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
In some regions (like the EEA, UK, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data Compliance Checklist portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 'HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?' below.
We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.html .
If you are located in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html
Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 'HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?' below.
However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal, nor when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at info@metatec.io
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ('DNT') feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognising and implementing DNT signals has been finalised. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.
In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the 'Shine The Light' law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with Services, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Services. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Services, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g. backups, etc.).
CCPA Privacy Notice Compliance Checklist
The California Code of Regulations defines a 'resident' as:
What categories of personal information do we collect?
We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months: Category Examples Collected :
We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of: Receiving help through our customer support channels; Participation in customer surveys or contests; and Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.
How do we use and share your personal
information?
More information about our data collection and sharing practices can
be found in this privacy notice.
You may contact us by email at info@metatec.io, or by
referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. If you are
using an authorised agent to exercise your right to opt out we may deny a
request if the authorised agent does not submit proof that they have been
validly authorised to act on your behalf.
Will your information be shared with
anyone else?
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers
pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Each
service provider is a for profit entity that processes the information on
our behalf.
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes,
such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and
demonstration. This is not considered to be 'selling' of your personal
information.
MetaTec LTD has not disclosed or sold any personal
information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the
preceding twelve (12) months. MetaTec LTD will not sell personal
information in the future belonging to website visitors, users, and other
consumers.
Your rights with respect to your
personal data
Right to request deletion of the data — Request to delete
You can ask for the deletion of your personal information. If
you ask us to delete your personal information, we will respect your
request and delete your personal information, subject to certain
exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by
another consumer of his or her right to free speech, our compliance
requirements resulting from a legal obligation, or any processing that
may be required to protect against illegal activities.
Right to be informed — Request to know
Depending on the circumstances, you have a right to know:
whether we collect and use your personal information; the categories of
personal information that we collect; the purposes for which the
collected personal information is used; whether we sell your personal
information to third parties; the categories of personal information
that we sold or disclosed for a business purpose; the categories of
third parties to whom the personal information was sold or disclosed for
a business purpose; and the business or commercial purpose for
collecting or selling personal
information.
In accordance with applicable law, we are not obligated to
provide or delete consumer information that is de-identified in response
to a consumer request or to reidentify individual data to verify a
consumer request.
Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s
Privacy Rights
We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your
privacy rights.
Verification process
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your
identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the
information in our system. These verification efforts require us to ask
you to provide information so that we can match it with information you
have previously provided us. For instance, depending on the type of
request you submit, we may ask you to provide certain information so
that we can match the information you provide with the information we
already have on file, or we may contact you through a communication
method (e.g. phone or email) that you have previously provided to us. We
may also use other verification methods as the circumstances dictate.
We will only use personal information provided in your request
to verify your identity or authority to make the request. To the extent
possible, we will avoid requesting additional information from you for
the purposes of verification. However, if we cannot verify your identity
from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you
provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your
identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes. We will delete
such additionally provided information as soon as we finish verifying
you.
Other privacy rights
You may object to the processing of your personal information.
You may request correction of your personal data if it is
incorrect or no longer relevant, or ask to restrict the processing of
the information.
You can designate an authorised agent to make a request under
the CCPA on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorised agent
that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorised to act
on your behalf in accordance with the CCPA.
You may request to opt out from future selling of your personal
information to third parties. Upon receiving an opt-out request, we will
act upon the request as soon as feasibly possible, but no later than
fifteen (15) days from the date of the request submission.
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by email at
info@metatic.io, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of
this document. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we
would like to hear from you.
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated 'Revised' date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at info@metatec.io
Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request toinfo@metatec.io