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This Privacy Policy describes our policies on the collection, use, and disclosure of information about you in connection with your use of our services, including those offered through our websites, communications (e.g., emails, phone calls, and texts), and mobile applications (collectively, the “Service”). The terms “we,” “us,” and “WhatBiz.org” refer to (i) What Digital Technologies Pty Ltd, a corporation with its headquarters in Feroze Manor, Bowring Hospital Rd, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001, India
When you use the Service, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy. We may translate this Privacy Policy into other languages for your convenience. Nevertheless, any inconsistencies among the different versions will be resolved in favor of the English version available here.
Information We Collect And How We Use It
We may collect, transmit, and store information about you in connection with your use of the Service, including any information you send to or through the Service. We use that information to provide the Service’s functionality, fulfill your requests, improve the Service’s quality, engage in research and analysis relating to the Service, personalize your experience, track usage of the Service, provide feedback to third-party businesses that are listed on the Service, display relevant advertising, market the Service, provide customer support, message you, back up our systems, allow for disaster recovery, enhance the security of the Service, and comply with legal obligations. Even when we do not retain such information, it still must be transmitted to our servers initially and stored long enough to process.
Your Consent To Marketing of Additional Group Products
By accepting these terms and conditions and creating a free profile on our website, you agree that What Digital Technologies reserves the right to market additional group products to you. This may include sending promotional materials, newsletters, and other relevant information to the email address you have provided. If you do not accept this condition, we reserve the right to close your directory page on our website without notice. Examples of websites you may receive direct communications from are:
Account Information
When you create a WhatBiz.org account, we store and use the information you provide during that process, such as the first and last name you enter, email address, zip code, physical address, and any other information you may provide during the account creation process, such as a gender, phone number, or birth date. We may publicly display the first name and last initial that you provide and any photo or other content you submit through the account creation process as part of your account profile. We also store and use any preferences you provide to personalize your user experience, including dining and activity preferences. You can later modify some of the account information you provide through your account settings. If you believe someone has created an unauthorized account using your personal information, you can request its removal by flagging it.
Public Content
Your contributions to the Service are intended for public consumption. They are, therefore, viewable by the public, including your photos, ratings, reviews, tips, lists, bookmarks and collections, compliments, Ask the Community posts, WhatBiz.org Talk posts, and edits to business page information. Your account profile (e.g., first name, last initial, city, neighborhood, the month and year you created your WhatBiz.org account, profile photos, and list of friends on WhatBiz.org) is also intended for public consumption, as is some of your other activity through the Service, like how you vote on other people’s contributions (e.g., useful, funny, cool, helpful, or not helpful), which contributions you like, where you check-in (including when friends on WhatBiz.org tag you in their check-ins), which contributions or users you follow, and which businesses you follow. You can limit the public visibility of some of these activities through your account settings.
Contacts
You can invite others to join or become your friend on WhatBiz.org by providing us with their contact information or by allowing us to access contacts from your computer, mobile device, or third-party sites to select which individuals you want to invite. If you allow us to access your contacts, we will transmit information about your contacts to our servers long enough to process your invitations or friend requests.
Communications
When you sign up for an account or use certain features, you are opting to receive messages from other users, businesses, and WhatBiz.org. You can manage some of your messaging preferences through your account settings, but note that you cannot opt out of receiving certain administrative, transactional, or legal messages from WhatBiz.org. For example, if you make a reservation, order food, place yourself on a waitlist, request a quote, or otherwise contact a business through the Service, we, or the business you are interacting with through WhatBiz.org, may send you messages about your transaction using any contact information you provide, including through SMS to your phone number. We may also track your actions in response to the messages you receive from us or through the Service, such as whether you deleted, opened, or forwarded such messages, and share that information with other parties to your messages (for example, to let them know if you have viewed their message). When a user requests a quote or similar information from one or more businesses through the Service, in addition to the request, we may disclose to those businesses information about the status of the user’s requests, such as whether any business has responded to the request, the type of response provided (for example, whether the user received a quote or a request for more information), and whether the user has responded to any business’s reply. If a business elects to share its availability or schedule with users through the Service, that information may be used to determine availability or scheduling appointments. Suppose you exchange messages with others through the Service. In that case, we may store them to process and deliver them, allow you to manage them, and we may review and disclose them in connection with investigations related to the use of the Service, as well as our efforts to improve the Service. We may not deliver messages that we believe are objectionable, such as spam messages, fraudulent solicitations, or requests to post, exchange, or remove reviews for compensation. If you send or receive messages through the Service via SMS, we may log phone numbers, phone carriers, and the date and time any messages were processed. Carrier message and data rates may apply. We may also store the information you provide through our communications, including phone calls, letters, emails, and other electronic messages, or in person. Any communications with you, including phone calls, may be monitored and recorded for quality. Suppose you represent a business listed on WhatBiz.org or use a phone number associated now or previously with such a business. In that case, we may contact you, including by phone or email, using the contact information you provide us, make publicly available, or that we have on record for your business.
Transactions
Suppose you initiate a transaction through the Service, such as making a reservation, joining a waitlist, making an appointment, or making a purchase. In that case, we will collect and store the information you provide associated with your transaction, such as your name, phone number, address, email, and payment information, as well as any other information you provide relating to the transaction or request, to process your transaction, send you communications related to the transaction, and facilitate future transactions. We may also use aggregated or anonymized information regarding those transactions for analytics purposes and to improve WhatBiz.org’s services. This information may be shared with third parties, and third parties may share such information with us for the same purposes. When you submit credit card numbers and other sensitive payment information, that information is encrypted using industry-standard technology. If you write reviews about businesses with which you transact through the Service, we may publicly display that you transacted with those businesses in connection with such reviews. For example, if you make a dining reservation through the Service and later write a review about your dining experience, we may publicly display that you made your reservation through the Service in connection with that review.
Activity
We store information about your use of the Service, such as your search activity, the pages you view, the date and time of your visits, businesses you call using our mobile applications, and reservations, purchases, or transactions you make through the Service. We also store information that your computer or mobile device may provide to us in connection with your use of the Service, such as your browser type, type of computer or mobile device, browser language, IP address, WiFi information such as SSID, mobile carrier, phone number, unique device identifier, advertising identifier, location (including geolocation, beacon-based location, and GPS location), and requested and referring URLs and mobile applications. We may also receive and store your location whenever our mobile applications run, including when running in the background, if you enable our mobile apps to access such information while using the Service. You can limit or disallow our use of certain data through your device or browser settings. For example, you can limit or disallow our collection, use, or sharing of location data or mobile advertising identifiers by adjusting the settings for our applications in iOS or Android privacy settings.
Different Devices
You may access the Service through different devices (e.g., your mobile phone, personal computer, or other internet-connected device) and different platforms (e.g., through the WhatBiz.org website or WhatBiz.org mobile apps). The information we collect and store through those different uses may be cross-referenced and combined, and your contributions through one WhatBiz.org platform will typically be similarly visible and accessible through all other WhatBiz.org platforms.
Professional Information
If you represent a business on WhatBiz.org, we may collect and display information about you related to your business activities, such as a business name that may incorporate your name or a publicly available business address used as a home address. We will also collect and display information about your professional background that you choose to share with us through the Service, such as information about your professional licenses or certifications or your professional history or specialties.
Sensitive Personal Information
In the course of using the Service, you may choose to allow WhatBiz.org to collect and store sensitive personal information about you, such as your precise geolocation. You may share other sensitive personal information through the content you share on WhatBiz.org, for example, when leaving a review, sending a direct message, or otherwise sharing information on WhatBiz.org. You can limit or disallow our collection, use, or sharing of location data by adjusting the settings for our applications in iOS or Android privacy settings. You can remove content, including sensitive personal information, through your account settings. More information on managing your sensitive personal information is available here.
Cookies
We, and our third-party service providers, may use cookies, web beacons, tags, scripts, local shared objects such as HTML5 and Flash (sometimes called “flash cookies”), advertising identifiers (including mobile identifiers such as Apple’s Identifier for Advertisers (“IDFA”) or Google’s Advertising ID (“GAID”)) and similar technology (“Cookies”) in connection with your use of the Service, third party websites, and mobile applications. Cookies may contain unique identifiers and reside, among other places, on your computer or mobile device, in emails we send to you, and on our web pages. Cookies may transmit information about you and your use of the Service, such as your browser type, search preferences, IP address, data relating to advertisements that have been displayed to you or that you have interacted with, and the date and time of your use. Cookies may be persistent or stored only during an individual session.
The purposes for which we use Cookies in the Service include:
- Purpose
- Explanation
- Processes
Intended to make the Service work in the way you expect. For example, we use a Cookie that tells us whether you have already signed up for an account.
We Use IPQS For Authentication, Security, and Compliance
It is intended to prevent fraud, protect your data from unauthorized parties, and comply with legal requirements. For example, we use Cookies to determine if you are logged in.
Preferences
Intended to remember information about how you prefer the Service to behave and look. For example, we use a Cookie that tells us whether you have declined to allow us to send push notifications to your phone.
Notifications
Intended to allow or prevent notices of information or options that could improve your use of the Service. For example, we use a Cookie that stops us from showing you the signup notification if you have already seen it.
Advertising
Intended to make advertising more relevant to users and more valuable to advertisers. For example, we may use Cookies to serve you interest-based ads, such as ads displayed based on your visits to other websites, or to tell us if you have recently interacted with an ad.
Analytics
It is intended to help us understand how visitors use the Service. For example, we use a Cookie that tells us how our search suggestions correlate to your interactions with the search page.
You can also set some Cookie preferences through your device or browser settings, which may affect the Service’s functionality. The method for disabling Cookies may vary by device and browser but can usually be found in your device or browser preferences or security settings. For example, iOS and Android devices each have settings designed to limit forms of ad tracking. Please note that changing any of these settings does not prevent the display of certain advertisements to you.
Third Parties
Third parties may share, receive, or process information about you as follows:
Advertisers: We may share some non-identifiable, de-identified, or aggregated information from or about you with third parties concerning advertising programs and data analytics. We also share certain information below with businesses on WhatBiz.org, who may or may not be advertisers.
Content and Data Partners: We allow third-party partners to use and display some of the public content available through the Service, such as your photos, reviews, and other information listed under “Public Content” in Section 1 above.
Acquired Data: WhatBiz.org may acquire information enabling us to identify and contact representatives of local businesses from third parties. Such acquired data may be combined with other data WhatBiz.org receives from or about you and used for the purposes described in Section 1 of this Privacy Policy.
WhatBiz.org’s Service Providers: We rely on third-party service providers to support or provide services for us in connection with your use of the Service, such as food delivery services, communications and hosting, security and fraud prevention, technical and customer support, tracking and reporting usage of the Service, quality assurance testing, payment processing, marketing, and other functions. We share information from or about you with these third-party providers so that they can perform their services or complete your requests. For example, we may share your advertising identifiers (e.g., your IDFA, GAID, or a cryptographic hash of your email address) with third-party service providers that help us facilitate WhatBiz.org’s advertising programs and measure and report their effectiveness, including with third parties that help determine the efficacy of WhatBiz.org’s advertising programs by combining the information they receive about you from other sources than the Service. WhatBiz.org shares personal information with its service providers subject to obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy and on the condition that personal information is only used on WhatBiz.org’s behalf and under our instructions. You may be able to limit our access to some of this information through your mobile device settings, as described in Section 2 above, or through the Service’s settings. WhatBiz.org’s third-party service providers may likewise share information they obtain from or about you in connection with providing their services or completing your requests.
WhatBiz.org’s role as a Service Provider: WhatBiz.org collects, receives, and processes certain information about you on behalf of businesses for which WhatBiz.org acts as a service provider. For example, when you make a restaurant reservation or join the waitlist through WhatBiz.org, we collect your phone number, email address, and reservation details on behalf of the business and share that information with the business. WhatBiz.org does not share information collected or received by WhatBiz.org outside of its role as a service provider with the business or other third parties unless otherwise disclosed in this Privacy Policy or at your direction. Third parties may also share information about you with WhatBiz.org for WhatBiz.org to provide services to them. For example, WhatBiz.org may receive information about you to target advertising and measure ad performance. Third parties’ collection, use, and disclosure of your information is subject to such third party’s privacy policy and any relevant terms.
Aggregate or Anonymous Information: We share user information in the aggregate with third parties, such as businesses listed on WhatBiz.org and content distributors. For example, we disclose the number of users that have been exposed to or interacted with advertisements or that we estimate visited the physical location of a particular business.
Business Transfers: We share information from or about you with our parent companies, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control and require them to honor this Privacy Policy. Suppose another company acquires WhatBiz.org or all or substantially all our assets. In that case, that company will possess the same information and collect, use, and disclose the information only as described in this Privacy Policy.
Your Businesses on WhatBiz.org
We may share information from or about you (such as your city, and if you provide it, your age and gender), your device type, and your use of the Service (such as which businesses you bookmark or call or if you visit a business’s URL) with businesses on WhatBiz.org. You may adjust your account settings to increase or decrease the information we share. Remember that anyone can also view your public activity and posts and may receive information from or about you when you transact or communicate with them through WhatBiz.org or otherwise, regardless of your settings (see Section 1 above). Additionally, make a phone call to a business through or in connection with your use of the Service. We may share information about your call with the business that the business would have received had you called them directly, such as the date and time of your call and your phone number. You may be able to limit our ability to collect and share your phone number through your phone settings or phone service provider.
Investigations and Legal Disclosures
We may investigate and disclose information from or about you if we have a good faith belief that such investigation or disclosure: (a) is reasonably necessary to comply with legal or law enforcement processes, such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, judicial proceeding, or other legal process or law enforcement request; (b) is helpful to prevent, investigate, or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service; or (c) protects our rights, reputation, property, or that of our users, affiliates, or the public, such as disclosures in connection with WhatBiz.org’s Consumer Alerts program. Suppose you flag or otherwise complain to us about content through the Service. In that case, we may share the substance of your complaint with the contributor of that content to provide an opportunity for the contributor to respond.
Links
The Service may link to third-party-controlled websites, like a business’s URL. Except as set forth herein, we do not share your personal information with them and are not responsible for their privacy practices.
Interaction With Third-Party Platforms
Suppose you sign up for or log into WhatBiz.org using a third-party platform like Facebook or Google or link your WhatBiz.org account with a third-party platform like Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. In that case, we may receive information about you from such a third-party platform. If you post content to a third-party platform through the Service, that third-party platform will also receive that content, which will be visible to anyone who has access to it through that third-party platform. Some of our web pages utilize framing techniques to serve content to you from third-party platforms while preserving the look and feel of the Service. Please note that your information may be transmitted directly to the identified third party in such cases. If you interact with businesses through WhatBiz.org, they will receive whatever information you share with them, for example, contact information through quote requests or direct messages to the business or your phone number if you call the business. WhatBiz.org may share information with third parties where you direct WhatBiz.org to do so through the Service.
Controlling Your Data
Other users may be able to identify you or associate you with your account if you include personal information in the content you post publicly. You can reduce the risk of being personally identified by using the Service pseudonymously, though doing so could detract from your contributions’ credibility. WhatBiz.org users can also use the Find Friends feature to find one another based on their names or email addresses (you can limit your visibility for this feature in your account settings). Please also note that the messages you send or receive using the Service are only private to the extent that you and the recipient(s) of your messages keep them private. For example, if you send a message to another user, that user may choose to post it publicly. We may access, review, and disclose such messages in connection with investigations related to the use of the Service and our efforts to improve the Service.
Data Retention And Account Termination
Information on how to close your account is available here. We will remove certain public posts from view and dissociate them from your account profile, but we may retain information about you for the purposes authorized under this Privacy Policy unless prohibited by law. For example, we may retain information to prevent, investigate, or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service or to comply with legal obligations. We may also maintain residual copies of your personal information in our backup systems. Please note that businesses cannot remove their business pages, ratings, or reviews by closing their accounts. WhatBiz.org retains information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or as otherwise permitted or required by law. Beginning in January 2023, you can access additional information about WhatBiz.org’s data retention practices here.
Children
The Service is intended for general audiences and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Although the use of WhatBiz.org by children is unlikely, if you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, please contact us here. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information without parental consent, we take steps to remove such information and terminate the child’s account.
Security
We use various safeguards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and after we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the internet or via mobile device or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Contact Information
Technical or Customer Service Questions. Wherever you are located, if you have any questions regarding the use of our services, questions about your account, and technical or other customer support questions regarding your use of our services, please contact us using the communication means described below.
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| TYPE OF ENQUIRY | CONTACT | EMAIL ADDRESS | MAILING ADDRESS | TELEPHONE |
| Technical Support | Customer Service | [email protected] | See Below | Eir+353(0)831843331(9am – 6pm GMT) |
| General Customer Service Enquiries | Customer Service | [email protected] | See Below | Eir+353(0)831843331(9am – 6 pm GMT) |
WhatBiz.org Mailing Address
What Digital Technologies Pty Ltd, Feroze Manor, Bowring Hospital Rd, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001, India
Attn: Data Officer
Email: [email protected]
EU ICO: ZB285883
If you are a European Resident, then you can also contact our Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) by emailing [email protected] and putting “Attention DPO” in the subject line. For security purposes, we will take the steps necessary to confirm your identity before completing your request or sharing any personal data with you.
Modification To This Privacy Policy
We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of the Privacy Policy will govern our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you and will be located here. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by email or posting a notice on the Service before or on the effective date of the changes. By continuing to access or use the Service after those changes become effective, you acknowledge the revised Privacy Policy.
California Residents: Your California Privacy Rights
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CCPA”), California residents have certain rights regarding WhatBiz.org’s collection, use, and sharing of their personal information.
WhatBiz.org does not sell your personal information and will not do so in the future without providing you with notice and an opportunity to opt out of such sale as required by law. Similarly, we do not offer financial incentives associated with our collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information.
As of January 1, 2023, you have the right to opt out of sharing your personal information with third parties for targeted behavioral advertising, which you can do here. WhatBiz.org collects various categories of personal information when you use the Service, including identifiers, commercial information, internet or other electronic network or device activity information, geolocation data, and professional information. A more detailed description of WhatBiz.org collects and how we use it is provided above in Section 1 (Information We Collect and How We Use It). Section 3 (Third Parties) describes the categories of third parties with whom we share personal information and what information may be shared under different circumstances.
If you are a resident of California, you have the right to request to know what personal information has been collected about you and to access that information. You also have the right to request deletion of your personal information, though exceptions under the CCPA may allow WhatBiz.org to retain and use certain personal information notwithstanding your deletion request. As of January 1, 2023, you have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information and to request to limit disclosure or use of your sensitive personal information. Please note, however, that any right to request correction is limited by the legal rights of WhatBiz.org and its users relating to content on WhatBiz.org’s platform, including, without limitation, legally protected rights related to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, or freedom to information. You can learn more about how to submit a data rights request through WhatBiz.org’s Support Center. You may also send your request by email to [email protected]. Information on the number of requests WhatBiz.org has received in California is available through WhatBiz.org’s Support Center. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA. An agent may submit a request on your behalf, but you must verify that your agent is authorized.
WhatBiz.org does not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16. Separate from the CCPA, California’s Shine the Light law gives California residents the right to ask companies what personal information they share with third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. We do not disclose your personal information to third parties to directly market their goods or services to you unless you request such disclosure. If you have any questions regarding this policy or would like to change your preferences, you may contact us at the address listed above in Section 8 (Contact Information).
Nevada Residents: Your Nevada Privacy Rights
Nevada law (SB 220) requires website operators to provide a way for Nevada consumers to opt out of the sale of certain information that the website operator may collect about them. WhatBiz.org does not sell your personal information to third parties as defined in Nevada law and will not do so in the future without providing you with notice and an opportunity to opt out of such sale as required by law. If you have any questions regarding our data privacy practices or our compliance with Nevada data privacy law, please contact us through the Support Center.
Virginia Residents: Your Virginia Privacy Rights (Effective January 1, 2023)
Under Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”), which goes into effect January 1, 2023, Virginia residents have certain rights around WhatBiz.org’s collection, use, and sharing of their data.
WhatBiz.org does not sell your data and will not do so in the future without providing you with notice and an opportunity to opt out of such sale as required by law. Similarly, WhatBiz.org does not engage in profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects. WhatBiz.org may engage in “targeted advertising,” as defined in the CDPA. As of January 1, 2023, you can opt out of targeted advertising here. WhatBiz.org collects various categories of personal data when you use the Service, including identifiers, commercial information, internet or other electronic network or device activity information, geolocation data, and professional information. A more detailed description of WhatBiz.org collects and how we use it is provided above in Section 1 (Information We Collect and How We Use It). Section 3 (Third Parties) describes the categories of third parties with whom we share personal data and what information may be shared under different circumstances.
If you are a resident of Virginia, starting January 1, 2023, you have the right to (1) request to know what personal data has been collected about you and to access that information; (2) request to correct inaccuracies in your data; (3) request deletion of your data, though exceptions under the CDPA and other laws may allow WhatBiz.org to retain and use certain personal data notwithstanding your deletion request; and (4) obtain a copy of your data. You can learn more about how to submit a data rights request or appeal a denial of a request through WhatBiz.org’s Support Center. You may also send your request by email to [email protected].
Colorado Residents: Your Colorado Privacy Rights (Effective July 1, 2023)
Under Colorado’s Consumer Privacy Act (“CPA”), which goes into effect July 1, 2023, Colorado residents have certain rights around WhatBiz.org’s collection, use, and sharing of their data. WhatBiz.org does not sell your data and will not do so in the future without providing you with notice and an opportunity to opt out of such sale as required by law. Similarly, WhatBiz.org does not engage in profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects. WhatBiz.org may engage in “targeted advertising,” as defined in the CPA. As of July 1, 2023, you can opt out of targeted advertising here. WhatBiz.org collects various categories of personal data when you use the Service, including identifiers, commercial information, internet or other electronic network or device activity information, geolocation data, and professional information. A more detailed description of WhatBiz.org collects and how we use it is provided above in Section 1 (Information We Collect and How We Use It). Section 3 (Third Parties) describes the categories of third parties with whom we share personal data and what information may be shared under different circumstances. If you are a resident of Colorado, starting July 1, 2023, you will have the right to (1) request to know what personal data has been collected about you and to access that information; (2) request to correct inaccuracies in your data; (3) request deletion of your data, though exceptions under the CPA and other laws may allow WhatBiz.org to retain and use certain personal data notwithstanding your deletion request; and (4) obtain a copy of your data. You can learn more about how to submit a data rights request or appeal a denial of a request through WhatBiz.org’s Support Center. You may also send your request by email to [email protected].
Connecticut Residents: Your Connecticut Privacy Rights (Effective July 1, 2023)
Under Connecticut’s Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”), which goes into effect July 1, 2023, Connecticut residents have certain rights around WhatBiz.org’s collection, use, and sharing of their data. WhatBiz.org does not sell your data and will not do so in the future without providing you with notice and an opportunity to opt out of such sale as required by law. Similarly, WhatBiz.org does not engage in profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects. WhatBiz.org may engage in “targeted advertising,” as the CTDPA defines. As of July 1, 2023, you can opt out of targeted advertising here. WhatBiz.org collects various categories of personal data when you use the Service, including identifiers, commercial information, internet or other electronic network or device activity information, geolocation data, and professional information. A more detailed description of WhatBiz.org collects and how we use it is provided above in Section 1 (Information We Collect and How We Use It). Section 3 (Third Parties) describes the categories of third parties with whom we share personal data and what information may be shared under different circumstances. If you are a resident of Connecticut, starting July 1, 2023, you will have the right to (1) request to know what personal data has been collected about you and to access that information; (2) request to correct inaccuracies in your data; (3) request deletion of your data, though exceptions under the CTDPA and other laws may allow WhatBiz.org to retain and use certain personal data notwithstanding your deletion request; and (4) obtain a copy of your data. You can learn more about how to submit a data rights request or appeal a denial of a request through WhatBiz.org’s Support Center. You may also send your request by email to [email protected].
European Residents
If you are a European Resident, you can access your data and request that we correct, update, or delete your data. You can object to processing your personal information, ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information, and request portability of your personal information. Additional information regarding exercising these rights is available through the Support Center. Similarly, if we have collected and processed your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted before your withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent. The Service generally provides you with a reasonable means to view and change your profile information, and you can opt out of marketing communications at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” link in the marketing emails we send you or your account settings. If you have any questions or comments about processing your personal information, you may contact us as described in Section 8 above. Please note that if you are a resident of the EEA or Switzerland, the “data controller” responsible for protecting your data related to the Service is WhatBiz.org Ireland Ltd., a limited liability company established and resident under the laws of the Republic of Ireland. Suppose you are a resident of the United Kingdom. In that case, the “data controller” responsible for protecting your data relating to the Service is What Digital International Ltd., a limited liability company established and resident under the laws of the United Kingdom. For European Residents, please note that the personal information we obtain from or about you may be transferred, processed, and stored outside of the EEA, United Kingdom, or Switzerland for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including in the United States of America. We take the privacy of our users seriously and, therefore, take steps to safeguard your information, including ensuring an adequate level of data protection under E.U. and United Kingdom standards in effect as of the date of this Privacy Policy. These steps include using Standard Contractual Clauses to transfer personal information between our group companies, which require all group companies to protect European Residents’ personal information under applicable data protection laws. We have implemented similar appropriate safeguards with our third-party service providers and partners, and further details can be provided upon request.
For European Residents, our legal basis for collecting and using the information described above will depend on the specific information and the context in which we collect it. We, however, will normally collect personal information from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect personal information from you or may otherwise need the personal information to protect your vital interests or those of another person (for instance, to prevent, investigate, or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service or to comply with legal obligations). Suppose we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you. In that case, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether providing your personal information is mandatory (as well as the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal information). Suppose we collect and use your personal information in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party). In that case, this interest will typically be to operate our Services, communicate with you concerning our Services, or for our other legitimate commercial interests, for instance, when responding to your queries, to analyze and improve our platform, engage in marketing, or to detect or prevent fraud. If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us at the address listed above in Section 8 (Contact Information).
This privacy policy was last updated on 25-08-2023