| Seedonk Privacy Statement |
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Your privacy is important to Seedonk. Therefore, Seedonk is committed to respecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal data, traffic data and communications content. Seedonk Software, incorporated under the laws of California, having their registered office at 4378 Enterprise Street, Fremont, CA, is collecting and processing your personal information under this Privacy Statement. This Privacy Statement is designed to assist you in understanding how Seedonk uses and safeguards the information you provide in using Seedonk's video streaming software (Seedonk IM), Seedonk's websites and other future Seedonk's products. CONTENTS
1. WHAT IS SEEDONK AND WHAT PRODUCTS DOES IT OFFER? Seedonk Inc. offers the communication software Seedonk IM, which may be extended or changed from time to time. 2. WHAT INFORMATION DOES SEEDONK COLLECT? Seedonk may gather and process information about you, including (but not limited to) information in the following categories: (a) Identification data (name, address, telephone, email address etc.); (b) Profile information (e.g. age, sex, country of residence etc.) (c) Electronic identification data (addresses IP, cookies, etc.); (d) Banking and payment information (credit card information, account number, etc.); (e) Survey result and usage information; (f) Products or services ordered and delivered; (g) Video and sound data which are passed through Seedonk server. (This does not include the Video/Audio data in p2p session. Please refer to Article 6 for more details) (h) List of your contacts; Traffic data (data processed for the purpose of the conveyance of communications or the billing thereof, including, but not limited to, the duration of the IM and Video Session, access history, etc.). 3. HOW DOES SEEDONK USE THIS INFORMATION AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE? Our primary purpose in collecting information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Seedonk collects and processes, or has third party service providers acting on Seedonk's behalf collecting and processing, personal data relating to you, as permitted or necessary to:
4. TO WHOM DOES SEEDONK TRANSFER YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? Except as provided below, Seedonk shall not sell, rent, trade or otherwise transfer any personal and/or traffic data or communications content to any third party without your explicit permission, unless it is obliged to do so under applicable laws or by order of the competent authorities. Seedonk may share your information with Seedonk group entities for certain purposes, and in particular insofar as necessary to (1) create an eCommerce ecosystem combining the Seedonk group entities' services; (2) provide and invoice certain joint services; (3) organize marketing or promotional operations, contests, games and similar events; and (4) fight against fraud. In order to provide you with Seedonk products you have requested, Seedonk may sometimes, if necessary, share your personal and traffic data with carriers, partner service providers and/or agents, for example the mobile service gateway provider, distributor of Seedonk software and/or Seedonk products and/or the third party banking organization or other providers of payment services. Seedonk will always require these third parties to take appropriate organizational and technical measures to protect your personal data and traffic data and to observe the relevant legislation. Please be informed that, notwithstanding the abovementioned, in the event of a designated authority lawfully requesting Seedonk or Seedonk's local partner to retain and provide personal data, communications content and/or traffic data, Seedonk and/or its local partner will provide all reasonable assistance and information to fulfill this request. Your information may be stored and processed in any country in which Seedonk and the Seedonk group maintain facilities. In this regard, or for purposes of sharing or disclosing data in accordance with this article 4, Seedonk reserves the right to transfer information outside of your country. By using Seedonk software, Seedonk's websites or Seedonk products you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. As Seedonk continues to develop its business, Seedonk might sell or buy subsidiaries or business units. In such transactions as well as in the event Seedonk or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, personal information of Seedonk users will generally be one of the transferred business assets. We reserve the right to include your personal information, collected as an asset, in any such transfer to a third party. 5. WHAT ARE COOKIES AND HOW DOES SEEDONK USE THEM? Cookies are pieces of information that the Seedonk software may store on your computer's hard drive in order to help web applications to recognize you or your preferences. Seedonk's cookies may contain identifying information. Cookies enable Seedonk to gain information about the use of its websites. This information may be analyzed by third parties on our behalf. The Help option on the toolbar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Please bear in mind that some personalized services may not be available if you choose to disable cookies. Third Party Cookies The adverts appearing on our websites are delivered to you by our web advertising partners. Please be aware that these third parties may use cookies to obtain information about your visits to this site, such as number of times you have viewed an advert (but not your name, address, or other personal information). This information is used to serve adverts to you. 6. INFORMATION OUTSIDE SEEDONK'S CONTROL Video/Audio data in a p2p session If your video/audio session is in p2p mode (as indicated on the top of the Video Window), video/audio data will be transmitted directly between the receiver and the sender in encrypted format. Seedonk server plays the role of facilitating the initial connection between the sender and receiver. Seedonk server will not collect nor store any video/audio data in p2p mode. Linked Websites Seedonk websites may contain links that will let you leave Seedonk's website and access another website. Linked websites are not under the control of Seedonk and it is possible that these websites have a different privacy policy. The Privacy Statement applies solely to personal information that is acquired on the Seedonk websites or through your use of the Seedonk software, Seedonk products and/or your relationship with Seedonk, so Seedonk urges you to be careful when you enter any personal information online. Seedonk accepts no responsibility or liability for these other websites. 7. HOW DOES SEEDONK PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? Seedonk and Seedonk group entities shall take appropriate organizational and technical measures to protect the personal data and traffic data provided to it/them or collected by it/them, and shall not retain it any longer than permitted in order to perform its services or as required under relevant legislation. Your personal and traffic data can only be accessed by authorized employees of Seedonk or the concerned Seedonk group entities that need to have access to this data in order to be able to fulfill their given duties. Seedonk shall take appropriate technical measures to protect the confidentiality of the communications content via its Seedonk software and other Seedonk products, with due observance of the applicable obligations and exceptions under the relevant legislation. Notice To/Regarding Children Under the Age of 13 If you are under 13 years of age, you should not provide any personally identifiable information (for example, your last name, home address or e-mail address) on these sites without the knowledge and permission of your parent or guardian. If Seedonk learns that you are under 13 years of age, Seedonk will not maintain or use any personally identifiable information about you without the verifiable consent of your parent or guardian, except as allowed by law. This may mean that you will be unable to participate in some activities on the sites without that verifiable consent. You may be interested in inviting your friends to join Seedonk. In the event you wish to use Seedonk's referral service, you will be directed to a webpage and will have the possibility of adding one or more email addresses in an online form. The information entered in this form, will only be used for the purposes of automatically generating an email message to these potential Seedonk users. Seedonk may from time to time ask you to provide information on your experiences which will be used to measure and improve quality. You are at no time in any obligation to provide any of such data. Any and all information which is voluntarily submitted in feedback forms on the website or any survey that you accept to take part in is used for the purposes of reviewing this feedback and improving the Seedonk software, Seedonk and Seedonk group entities' products and websites. Seedonk also collects information about your usage of the Seedonk software, the websites and Seedonk and Seedonk group entities' products. Seedonk reserves the right to utilize this information for marketing purposes, for instance by displaying selected comments on the website or in other communications. Seedonk may share anonymous and aggregated information with third parties, for example to serve targeted advertising. Seedonk may contact you to send you messages about faults and service issues. Further, Seedonk reserves the right to use email or the Seedonk software to notify you of any eventual claims related to your use of Seedonk software, the Seedonk websites and/or Seedonk products, including without limitation claims of violation of third party rights. Seedonk may also use email or the Seedonk software to keep you up to date with news about the Seedonk software and Seedonk products that you have purchased and/or to inform you about other Seedonk or Seedonk group entities' products unless you have opted out of receiving this information. You can instruct us whether or not you wish to be contacted for these purposes by checking or unchecking the box indicating your preferences, as applicable, at the place where your personal information is collected. In addition, with each communication you receive from Seedonk, you will be given the opportunity to indicate if you do not wish to receive future communications from the company. You may also inform us of your preferences by contacting Seedonk at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 10. CAN THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT BE MODIFIED? Seedonk reserves the right to modify the provisions of this Privacy Statement if deemed necessary. We will inform you of these changes by publishing the revised Privacy Statement at www.seedonk.com/legal/privacy.html. The revised Privacy Statement shall become effective within thirty (30) days of such publishing, unless you expressly accept the revised statement earlier by clicking on the accept button. You agree that the express acceptance by you, or your continued use of the Seedonk software or Seedonk products after the notice period of thirty (30) days, shall constitute your acceptance of the Privacy Statement. 11. WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE AND HOW CAN YOU CONTACT SEEDONK? You have the right to access and, where relevant, to rectify your personal data, provided that your identity can be verified. If you would like to exercise your right to view, correct, complete or remove your personal data, please contact Seedonk at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Within a reasonable period of time and upon verification of your identity and to the extent your request is legitimate, Seedonk will fulfill your request, provided Seedonk will not act contrary to applicable legislation by fulfilling your request. You may also oppose the processing by Seedonk and/or the Seedonk group of your personal data. However, in this case, Seedonk and other Seedonk group entities will not be in a position to provide the Seedonk products and/or the Seedonk software and/or certain services offered by other Seedonk group entities. You can exercise your right to oppose to the processing detailed in the Privacy Statement by contacting Seedonk at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Notice to California Residents - Your California Privacy Rights If you are a California resident, you have the right to receive: a) information identifying any third party company to whom Seedonk may have disclosed, within the past year, personal information pertaining to you and your family for that company's direct marketing purposes; and b) a description of the categories of personal information disclosed. To obtain such information, please email your request to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 12. HOW LONG IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA KEPT BY SEEDONK? Seedonk and, where relevant, the Seedonk group entities will retain your information for as long as is necessary to: (1) fulfill any of the Purposes (as defined in article 3 of this Privacy Statement) or (2) comply with applicable legislation, regulatory requests and relevant orders from competent courts. |
