This Privacy Policy describes the privacy practices of Francium Tech (“Francium”, “we” or “us”) in connection with the use of all Francium websites within the domains francium.tech, and all related services (collectively, the “Service”). As used in this Privacy Policy, the term “personally identifiable information” means any information that readily may be used to identify an individual, including but not limited to a first and last name, physical or email address, phone number or other contact information. This Privacy Policy should be read alongside our Terms of Service.We do not automatically collect personally identifiable information in connection with the Service unless you submit an information request form to Francium through the Service, register with Francium and sign in to the Service, or are invited by another user to receive Francium email alerts through the Service (as discussed more below). We do track certain information about the visits to our website. We compile traffic-based statistics that show the numbers and frequency of visitors to the Service and individual web pages on the Service. The compilation is an aggregated statistical report that we use internally to understand traffic on the Service, manage the Service, and help diagnose any problems. Unless you are signed in to the Service or are invited by another user to receive Francium email alerts through the Service, these statistical reports contain no personally identifiable information and are not used to gather such information. We also record information from your computer and browser, including your IP address, Francium cookie information (as discussed more below), and software attributes. If you register with Francium and sign in to the Service directly or through your LinkedIn account, we may collect information regarding your use of the Service, such as web pages you visit.When you submit an information request form to Francium through the Service, when you register with Francium and sign in to the Service directly or through your LinkedIn account, when you upload any letters or similar communications through the Francium “My Assertions” service, or when you are invited by another user to receive Francium emails alerts through the Service, Francium may collect personally identifiable information, including the following:
We use cookies to collect information regarding your use of the Service. A cookie is a small string of data which often includes an anonymous unique identifier sent to your browser from a website’s computers, and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Our use of cookies enables us to save searches and track user sessions, neither of which actions make use of personally identifiable information unless you are signed in to the Service directly or through your LinkedIn account. Cookies are used to store and sometimes track your preferences in order to provide you with a customized and personalized experience. Cookies enable the Service to recognize your Internet browser and tell us how and when pages on the Service are visited and by how many users. You can adjust your browser settings to accept all cookies, refuse all cookies, or to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your hard drive. However, if you reject all cookies, it may diminish your experience with the Service because of additional time needed to enter your information repeatedly, and you may not be able to access some features of the Service.
We use user-specific links and web beacons in Francium email alerts to collect information relating to the Francium links that you click on and emails that you open through the Francium email alerts. These user-specific Francium links and web beacons are small snippets of code contained in Francium email alerts. If you prefer not to receive user-specific Francium links and web beacons and want to unsubscribe to Francium email alerts, you may unsubscribe by clicking “Unsubscribe” in any Francium email alert or by contacting us at contact@francium.tech.
We use information gathered through the Service for the following general purposes: to fulfill your requests for information or services, improve the Service and other products and services offered by Francium or its affiliates, contact you regarding the Service or other products and services offered by Francium or its affiliates, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.
We will not sell your personally identifiable information to third parties, and we will not provide your personally identifiable information to third parties except as described below.
We may provide your personally identifiable information to our third party service providers who will be obligated to protect your information and will use your information only in performing services for Francium in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We may transfer your personally identifiable information if we are acquired by or merged with another company, in which event we will notify you before your personally identifiable information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
We may also disclose personally identifiable information collected through the Service if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or violations of our Terms of Service; to protect and defend our rights and interests and those of our users; or as otherwise required by law.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet or e-mail is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect personally identifiable information that you submit to us, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the Service. 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 unauthorized access.
If you choose to provide us with personally identifiable information, you consent to the transfer and storage of that information on our servers located in the United States.
We will strive to give you access to your personally identifiable information for any purpose, including to request that we correct the data if it is inaccurate or delete the data if Francium is not required to retain it by law or for legitimate business purposes. We may decline to process requests that are frivolous/vexatious, jeopardize the privacy of others, are extremely impractical or require disproportionate technical effort, or for which access is not otherwise required by local law. Access, correction, or deletion requests can be made by contacting us at contact@francium.tech.
Francium will protect your company’s confidential financial information that is included in any information request form submitted to Francium through the Service with the same level of protection that we apply to personally identifiable information under this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites that may be accessed through the Service. We may provide links to other websites that contain information that we believe may be useful to you or that you will find valuable. But we have not investigated the security of those linked websites, and you should not assume those sites have a privacy policy equivalent to ours. If you access such a third party website through a link we provide, you will be subject to the privacy policy of the new site. We are not responsible for the contents of any linked third party web pages referenced through the Service. If you have any questions regarding the privacy, security, or content of any third party websites, you should contact the appropriate contact(s) at those websites directly.
We may update this Privacy Policy, and any updates will be effective upon posting through the Service. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this Privacy Policy so that you always know what information we collect, how we use it, and if and to whom we may disclose it. You may update the personal data you provide to us during registration by contacting us at contact@francium.tech.
If you have any questions concerning this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@francium.tech.
This local addendum to the Privacy Policy for data subjects in the European Union (“EU Addendum”) supplements the Privacy Policy above and applies in addition to these sections to any processing of personal data relating to data subjects (as defined below) in the European Union, where the processing activities are related to
When we collect information about the computer or devices you use to access our website, track your use of our website to improve the website and provide targeted advertisement as outlined in the Privacy Policy above, we do so to pursue our legitimate interest in providing relevant advertisement to you and improve our service. We collect such information only on the basis of anonymized or pseudomized data. You may object to the collection of pseudomized data by sending us a notice through this opt-out link. In this case we will place an opt-out cookie on your device to identify the device and be able to prevent future tracking. Legal basis as of 25. May 2018 for this collection and processing of data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. When we aggregate and/or de-identify any information collected through our websites. to process such aggregated or de-identified data for any purpose, including without limitation for research and marketing purposes or share such data with third parties we will do so as of 25. May 2018 on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. When we process:
we do so as of 25. May 2018 on the basis of the permission set out in Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. Where we process personal data to comply with legal obligations or legal processes we do so on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR. Legal basis for the processing of personal data for the purposes listed in section 3 lit. b), c) and e) of the Privacy Policy is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.
Personal data processed by us in the United States will be processed in compliance with our Privacy Shield certification. The European commission concludes that the United States ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield from the Union to self-certified organizations in the United States.
To enforce the following rights as a data subject granted in the GDPR, please contact us as described in the Privacy Policy above. Please bear in mind that we may ask you to identify yourself as a data subject (e.g. by presenting a copy of your identity card) to be able to verify whether you are the data subject and to prevent misuse of your personal data by others.
As a data subject you have the right of access to your personal data and the following information: (a) the purposes of the processing; (b) the categories of personal data concerned; (c) the recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organizations; and starting from 25 May 2018 according to Art. 15 GDPR also: (d) the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible the criteria used to determine that period; (e) where the data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source; (f) and the rights of the data subject, explained hereinafter.
We as a data controller are required to rectify inaccurate personal data. As of 25 May 2018 you as an affected data subject shall have the right to obtain from us the rectification of inaccurate personal data and the completion of incomplete data relating to you.
As of 25 May 2018 you as a data subject have the right to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning you, if the conditions described Art. 17 para 1 GDPR are fulfilled, and provided none of the exceptions specified in Art. 17 para 3 GDPR apply. As from 25 May 2018 according to art. 17 para 2 GDPR, you as a data subject have a right to be forgotten if we as a data controller have made the personal data public and are obliged pursuant to Art. 17 para 1 GDPR to delete the personal data.
Where we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para 1 subpara (f) GDPR to pursue our legitimate interest, you have the right – starting from 25 May 2018 – to object to such processing (Art. 21 GDPR). If you object to processing, we will review our balancing of interests.
Personal data may be stored only as long as necessary. According to Art. 17 para 1 DS-GVO, personal data that are no longer necessary for the purpose for which they were collected or otherwise processed, must be deleted by the data controller. We will retain your personal data collected through our websites for so long as it is required to complete the purpose for which you provided us with your data. We will retain Client Data for the period agreed in the separate agreement with the particular client.
You may lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you is unlawful.
If you have any questions concerning this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@francium.tech
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