Privacy Policy

hiCreo Privacy Statement, effective as of May 1, 2021

At hiCreo, trust is our #1 value. This hiCreo Privacy Statement ("Privacy Statement") explains our privacy practices for the activities described herein. Please read this Privacy Statement carefully to learn how we collect, use, share, and otherwise process information relating to individuals ("Personal Data") and learn about your rights and choices regarding your Personal Data.

A reference to "hiCreo," "we," "us," or the "Company" is a reference to hiCreo.com, inc. And its relevant affiliate involved in the collection, use, sharing, or other processing of Personal Data.

  • 1. Responsible hiCreo entity

    hiCreo is the controller of your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Statement unless specified otherwise.

    This Privacy Statement does not apply to the extent we process Personal Data in the role of a processor or service provider on behalf of our customers, including where we offer to our customers' various cloud products and services through which our customers (or their affiliates): (i) create their digital content and applications running on our platforms; (ii) sell or offer their products and services; (iii) send electronic communications to others; or (iv) otherwise collect, use, share or process Personal Data via our cloud products and services.

    Please contact our customer directly for detailed privacy information related to a hiCreo customer or a customer affiliate who uses the hiCreo cloud products and services as the controller. We are not responsible for our customers' privacy or data security practices, which may differ from those explained in this Privacy Statement. For more information, please also see Section 10.3 below.

  • 2. Processing activities covered

    This Privacy Statement applies to the processing of Personal Data collected by us when you: Visit our websites that display or link to this Privacy Statement;

    Visit our branded social media pages;

    Visit our offices;

    Receive communications from us, including emails, phone calls, texts, or fax;

    Use our cloud products and services as an authorized user (for example, as an employee of one of our customers who provided you with access to our services) where we act as a controller of your Personal Data;

    Register for, attend, or take part in our events, webinars, or contests; or

    Participate in community and open-source development.

    Processing of Personal Data is required for receiving certain products or services.

    We also host hiMart, a cloud-based marketplace for applications and digital content that runs on the hiCreo platform and that may be provided by third parties or by us. We provide applications and the application links to this Privacy Statement. This Privacy Statement applies. When third parties provide applications, the third party's privacy statement applies, and this Privacy Statement does not.

    Our websites and services may contain links to other websites, applications, and services maintained by third parties. The information practices are governed by other services or social media platforms that host our branded social media pages by their privacy statements, which you should review to understand their privacy practices better.

  • 3. What Personal Data do we collect?

    • 3.1 Personal Data we collect directly from you

      The Personal Data we collect directly from you includes identifiers, professional or employment-related information, financial account information, commercial information, visual information, and internet activity information. We collect such information in the following situations:

      If you express an interest in obtaining additional information about our services; request customer support (including accessing the Help & Training Portal); use our "Contact Us" or similar features; register to use our websites; sign up for an event, webinar, or contest; or download certain content, we may require that you provide to us your contact information, such as your name, job title, company name, address, phone number, email address or username and password;

      If you make purchases via our websites or register for an event or webinar, we may require that you provide to us your financial and billing information, such as billing name and address, credit card number, or bank account information;

      If you attend an event, we may, with your further consent, scan your attendee badge, which will provide to us your information, such as name, title, company name, address, country, phone number, and email address;

      If you register for an online community that we host, we may ask you to provide a username, photo, or other biographical information, such as your occupation, location, social media profiles, company name, areas of expertise, and interests;

      If you interact with our websites or emails, we automatically collect information about your device and your usage of our websites or emails (such as Internet Protocol (IP) addresses or other identifiers, which may qualify as Personal Data (please see the "What device and usage data we process" section, below) using cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies;

      If you use and interact with our services, we automatically collect information about your device and your usage of our services through log files and other technologies, some of which may qualify as Personal Data (please see the "What device and usage data we process" section, below);

      If you communicate with us via a phone call from us, we may record that call;

      If you voluntarily submit certain information to our services, such as filling out a survey about your user experience, we collect the information you have provided as part of that request; and

      If you visit our offices, you may be required to register as a visitor and provide your name, email address, phone number, company name, time, and arrival date. Additionally, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you may be required to provide information regarding your health status, including your temperature, COVID-19-related symptoms, exposure to COVID-19 positive individuals, and recent travel history.

      Suppose you provide our service providers or us with any Personal Data relating to other individuals. In that case, you represent that you have the authority to do so, and where required, have obtained the necessary consent and acknowledge following this Privacy Statement. If you believe that your Personal Data has been provided to us improperly or want to exercise your rights relating to your Personal Data, please contact us by using the information in the "Contacting us" section below.

    • 3.2 Personal Data we collect from other sources

      We also collect information about you from other sources, including third parties from whom we purchase Personal Data and publicly available information. We may combine this information with Personal Data provided by you. This Data will help us update, expand, and analyze our records, identify new customers, and create more tailored advertising to provide services that may be of interest to you. The Personal Data we collect from other sources includes identifiers, professional or employment-related information, education information, commercial information, visual information, internet activity information, and inferences about preferences and behaviors. In particular, we collect such Personal Data from the following sources:

      Third-party providers of business contact information, including mailing addresses, job titles, email addresses, phone numbers, intent data (or user behavior data), IP addresses, social media profiles, LinkedIn URLs, and custom profiles, for purposes of targeted advertising, delivering relevant email content, event promotion, and profiling, determining eligibility and verifying contact information; and

      Another individual at your organization who may provide us with your business contact information to obtain services; and

      Platforms such as GitHub to manage code check-ins and pull requests. Suppose you participate in an open-source or community development project. In that case, we may associate your code repository username with your community account to inform you of program changes that are important to your participation or relate to additional security requirements.

  • 4. What device and usage data do we process?

    We use standard information-gathering tools to collect usage data, cookies, web beacons, and pixels. Similar technologies will be used to automatically collect information that may contain Personal Data as you navigate our websites, services or interact with emails we have sent to you.

    • 4.1 Device and usage data

      As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically when individual users visit our websites. This information may include identifiers, commercial information, and internet activity information such as IP address (or proxy server information), device and application information, identification numbers and features, location, browser type, plug-ins, and integrations. Internet service provider, mobile carrier, the pages and files viewed, searches, referring website, app or ad, operating system, system configuration information, advertising and language preferences, date and time stamps associated with your usage, and frequency of visits to the websites. This information is used to analyze overall trends, help us provide and improve our websites, offer a tailored experience for website users, and secure and maintain our websites.

      In addition, we gather certain information automatically as part of your use of our cloud products and services. This information may include identifiers, commercial information, and internet activity information such as IP address (or proxy server), mobile device number, device and application identification numbers, location, browser type. Internet service provider or mobile carrier, the pages and files viewed the website and webpage interactions including searches and other actions you take, operating system and system configuration information, and the date and time stamps associated with your usage. This information is used to maintain the services' security, provide necessary functionality, improve performance of the services, and assess and improve customer and user experience of the services. To review compliance with applicable usage terms, identify future opportunities for the development of the services, determine capacity requirements, identify customer opportunities, and generally secure hiCreo (in addition to the security of our products and services). Some of the device and usage data collected by the services, whether alone or in conjunction with other data, could be personally identifying to you. Note that device and usage data is used to determine the uniqueness of each user (opposed to specific individuals), apart from where it is strictly required to identify an individual for security purposes or as directed as part of our provision of the services to our customers.

    • 4.2 Cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies on our website and in email communications

      We use technologies such as web beacons, pixels, tags, and JavaScript, alone or in conjunction with cookies, to gather information about the use of our websites and how people interact with our emails.

      When you visit our websites, we, or an authorized third party, may place a cookie on your device that collects information, including Personal Data, about your online activities over time and across different sites. Cookies allow us to track use, infer-browsing preferences, and improve and customize your browsing experience.

      We use both session-based and persistent cookies on our websites. Session-based cookies exist only during a single session and disappear from your device when you close your browser or turn off the device. Persistent cookies remain on your device after you close your browser or turn your device off. To change your cookie settings and preferences for one of our websites, click the Cookie Preferences link in the page's footer. You can also control the use of cookies on your device but choosing to disable cookies on your device may limit your ability to use some features on our websites and services.

      We also use web beacons and pixels on our websites and in emails. For example, we may place a pixel in marketing emails that notify us when you click on a link in the email. We use these technologies to operate and improve our websites and marketing emails. For instructions on how to unsubscribe from our marketing emails, please see Section 10.4 below.

      The following describes how we use different categories of cookies and similar technologies and your options for managing the data collection settings of these technologies:

      Type of Cookies Description Managing Settings
      Required cookies

      Required cookies are necessary for basic website functionality. Some examples include session cookies needed to transmit the website, authentication cookies, and security cookies.

      If you have chosen to identify yourself to us, we may place a cookie on your browser to uniquely identify you when you are logged into the websites and process your online transactions and requests.

      Because required cookies are essential to operate the websites, there is no option to opt-out of these cookies.
      Functional cookies

      Functional cookies enhance functions, performance, and services on the website. Some examples include cookies used to analyze site traffic, cookies used for market research, and cookies used to display advertisements that are not directed to a particular individual.

      Functional cookies are used to improve how our websites function and to help us provide you with more relevant communications, including marketing communications. These cookies collect information about how our websites are used, including which pages are viewed most often.

      We may use our technology or third-party technology to track and analyze usage information to provide enhanced interactions and more relevant communications and follow our advertisements' performance.

      For example, we use Google Analytics ("Google Analytics"), a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. You can learn about Google's privacy practices by going to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

      Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how our websites are used, including the number of visitors, the websites from which visitors have navigated to our websites, and the pages on our websites to which visitors navigate. We use this information to improve our websites. We use Google Analytics with restrictions on how Google can process our data enabled. For information on Google's Restricted Data Processing, go to https://privacy.google.com/businesses/rdp/.

      hiCreo may also use HTML5 local storage or Flash cookies for the purposes mentioned above. These technologies differ from browser cookies in the amount and type of data they store and how they store it.

      You can choose to opt-out of functional cookies. To change your cookie settings and preferences, including those for functional cookies, click the Cookie Preferences link in the page's footer.

      To opt-out from data collection by Google Analytics, you can download and install a browser add-on, which is available here.

      To learn how to control functional cookies via your browser settings, click here.

      To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies, click here.

      Advertising cookies

      Advertising cookies track activity across websites to understand a viewer's interests and direct marketing to them.

      We sometimes use cookies delivered by third parties or show you ads for our products that we think may interest you on devices you use and track our advertisements' performance. For example, these cookies collect information, such as which browser you used when visiting our websites.

      hiCreo also contracts with third-party advertising networks that collect IP addresses and other information from web beacons on our websites, emails, and third-party websites. Advertising networks follow your online activities over time and across different websites or other online services by collecting device and usage data through automated means, including cookies. These technologies may recognize you across the different devices you use. When we work with third-party advertising networks, we require them to restrict their data processing to only what is necessary to provide us with the advertising services we request.

      You can choose to opt-out of targeting and advertising cookies. To change your cookie settings and preferences, including those for targeting and advertising cookies, click the Cookie Preferences link in the page's footer.

      See Section 4.3 below to learn more about these and other advertising networks and your ability to opt-out of collection by certain third parties.

    • 4.3 Notices on behavioral advertising and opt-out for website visitors

      As described above, one of our authorized partners or we may place or read cookies on your device when you visit our websites to serve you targeted advertising (also referred to as "online behavioral advertising" or "interest-based advertising"). To opt out of targeted advertising provided to us and third parties by hiCreo Audience Studio, click here.

      To manage the use of targeting and advertising cookies on this website, click the Cookie Preferences link in the page's footer or consult your browser settings for cookies. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies, click here. Various browsers may also offer their management tools for removing HTML5 local storage.

    • 4.4 Opt-Out from the setting of cookies on your browser

      In addition to using the user preference center, you may opt out from collecting non-essential device and usage data on your web browser (see the "What device and usage data we process" section above) by managing your cookies at the browser or device level. In addition, if you wish to opt out of interest-based advertising, click here (or, if located in the European Union, click here). To opt-out of targeted advertising provided to third parties and us by hiCreo DMP, click here. Please note, however, that by blocking or deleting cookies and similar technologies used on our websites, you may not be able to take full advantage of the websites.

      While some internet browsers offer a "do not track" or "DNT" option that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked, these features are not yet uniform. Industry groups, technology companies, or regulators do not have a common standard adopted. Therefore, we do not currently commit to responding to browsers' DNT signals concerning our websites. hiCreo takes privacy and meaningful choice seriously and will make efforts to continue to monitor developments around DNT browser technology and the implementation of a standard.

    • 4.5 Social Media Features

      Our websites may use social media features, such as the Facebook "like" button, the "Tweet" button, and other sharing widgets ("Social Media Features"). Social Media Features may allow you to post information about your activities on our website to external platforms and social networks. Social Media Features may also allow you to like or highlight information we have published on our website or our branded social media pages. Social Media Features are either hosted by each respective platform or hosted directly on our website. The platform may receive information showing that you have visited our websites to the extent the Social Platforms host media features themselves and click through to these from our websites. When you are logged in to your social media account, the respective social media network can link your visit to our websites with your social media profile.

      hiCreo also allows you to log in to certain of our websites using sign-in services like Facebook Connect. These services authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share specific Personal Data from these services with us, such as your name and email address, to pre-populate our sign-up form.

      Your interactions are governed with Social Media Features by the privacy policies of the companies providing them.

    • 4.6 Telephony log information

      Use certain features of our services on a mobile device. We collect telephony log information (like phone numbers, time and date of calls, duration of calls, SMS routing information, and types of calls), device event information (such as crashes, system activity, hardware settings, browser language). We also collect location information (through IP address, GPS, and other sensors that may, for example, provide us with information on nearby devices, Wi-Fi access points, and cell towers).

  • 5. Purposes for which we process Personal Data and the legal bases on which we rely

    We collect and process your Personal Data for the following purposes. Where required by law, we obtain your consent to use and process your Data for these purposes. Otherwise, we rely on another authorized legal basis (including but not limited to the (a) performance of a contract or (b) legitimate interest) to collect and process your Personal Data.

    Providing our websites and services (including necessary functionality for both): We process your Personal Data to perform our contract with you for the use of our websites and services and to fulfill our obligations under the applicable terms of use and service; if we have not entered into a contract with you, we base the processing of your Personal Data on our legitimate interest to operate and administer our websites and to provide you with content you access and request (e.g., to download content from our websites);

    Promoting the security of our websites and services: We process your Personal Data by tracking the use of our websites and services, creating aggregated non-personal data, verifying accounts and activity, investigating suspicious activity, and enforcing our terms and policies to the necessary extent for our legitimate interest in promoting the safety and security of the services, systems, and applications and in protecting our rights and the rights of others;

    Managing user registrations: If you have registered for an account with us, we process your Personal Data by managing your user account to perform our contract with you according to applicable terms of service;

    Handling contact and user support requests: If you fill out a "Contact Me" web form or request user support, or if you contact us by other means, including via a phone call, we process your Personal Data to perform our contract with you, and to the extent, it is necessary for our legitimate interest in fulfilling your requests and communicating with you;

    Managing event registrations and attendance: We process your Personal Data to plan and host events or webinars for which you have registered or that you attend, including sending related communications to you, to perform our contract with you;

    Managing contests or promotions: If you register for a contest or promotion, we process your Personal Data to perform our contract with you. Some contests or promotions have additional rules containing information about how we will process your Personal Data;

    Managing payments: If you have provided financial information to us, we process your Personal Data to verify that information and to collect payments to the extent that doing so is necessary to complete a transaction and perform our contract with you;

    Developing and improving our websites and services: We process your Personal Data to analyze trends and to track your usage of and interactions with our websites and services to the extent it is necessary for our legitimate interest in developing and improving our websites and services and providing our users with more relevant content and service offerings, or where we seek your valid consent;

    Assessing and improving user experience: We process device and usage data as described in Section 4.1 above, which in some cases is associated with your Personal Data, to analyze trends and assess and improve the overall user experience to the necessary extent for our legitimate interest in developing and enhancing the service offering, or where we seek your valid consent;

    Reviewing compliance with applicable usage terms: We process your Personal Data to check compliance with the applicable usage terms in our customer's contract to the extent that it is in our legitimate interest to ensure adherence to the relevant times;

    Assessing capacity requirements: We process your Personal Data to determine the capacity requirements of our services to the extent that it is in our legitimate interest to ensure that we are meeting the necessary capacity requirements of our service offering;

    Identifying customer opportunities: We process your Personal Data to assess new potential customer opportunities to the extent that it is in our legitimate interest to ensure that we are meeting the demands of our customers and their users' experiences;

    Registering office visitors: We process your Personal Data for security, health, and safety reasons, to register visitors to our offices, and to manage non-disclosure agreements that visitors may be required to sign, to the extent such processing is necessary for our legitimate interest in protecting our offices, staff and visitors and our confidential information against unauthorized access;

    Recording phone calls: We may record phone calls for training, quality assurance, and administration purposes. If required under applicable law, we will obtain your prior consent or give you the option to object to a recorded call;

    Displaying personalized advertisements and content: We process your Personal Data to conduct marketing research, advertise to you, provide personalized information about us on and off our websites, and provide other customized content based upon your activities and interests to the extent it is necessary for our legitimate interest in advertising our websites or, where necessary, to the time you have provided your prior consent (please see the "Your rights relating to your Personal Data" section, below, to learn how you can control how the processing of your Personal Data by hiCreo for personalized advertising purposes);

    Sending marketing communications: We will process your Personal Data or device and usage data, which may be associated with your Personal Data, to send you marketing information, product recommendations, and other non-transactional communications (e.g., marketing newsletters, telemarketing calls, SMS, or push notifications) about us and our affiliates and partners, including information about our products, promotions or events as necessary for our legitimate interest in conducting direct marketing or to the extent you have provided your prior consent (please see the "Your rights relating to your Personal Data" section, below, to learn how you can control the processing of your Personal Data by hiCreo for marketing purposes); and

    Complying with legal obligations: We process your Personal Data when cooperating with public and government authorities, courts, or regulators per our legal obligations under applicable laws to the extent this requires the processing or disclosure of Personal Data to protect our rights or is necessary for our legitimate interest in protecting against misuse or abuse of our websites, protecting personal property or safety, pursuing remedies available to us and limiting our damages, complying with judicial proceedings, court orders or legal processes, respond to lawful requests, or for auditing purposes.

    If we need to collect and process Personal Data by law or under a contract we have entered with you, and you fail to provide the required Personal Data when requested, we may not perform our contract with you.

  • 6. Who do we share Personal Data with?

    We may share your Data as follows:

    Service Providers: With our contracted service providers, who provide services such as IT and system administration and hosting, credit card processing, research and analytics, marketing, customer support, and data enrichment for the purposes and according to the legal bases described above; such service providers comprise companies located in the countries in which we operate;

    Affiliates: If you use our websites to register for an event or webinar organized by one of our affiliates, we may share your Data with the affiliate to the extent this is required based on the affiliate's contract with you to process your registration and ensure your participation in the event; in such instances, our affiliate will process the relevant Personal Data as a separate controller and will provide you with further information on the processing of your Personal Data, where required;

    Event Sponsors: If you attend an event or webinar organized by us or download or access an asset on our website, we may share your Data with sponsors of the event. If required by applicable law, you may consent to such sharing via the registration form or by allowing your attendee badge to be scanned at a sponsor booth. In these circumstances, your information will be subject to the sponsors' privacy statements. If you do not wish for your data to be shared, you may choose to not opt-in via event/webinar registration or elect not to have your badge scanned, or you can opt-out under Section 10 below;

    Customers with Whom You Are Affiliated: If you use our services as an authorized user, we may share your Personal Data with your affiliated customer responsible for your access to the services to the extent this is necessary for verifying accounts and activity, investigating suspicious activity, or enforcing our terms and policies;

    Contest and Promotion Sponsors: With sponsors of contests or promotions for which you register;

    Third-party networks and websites: With third-party social media networks, advertising networks, and websites, so that hiCreo can market and advertise on third-party platforms and websites;

    Third-Party AppExchange Partners: Specifically about the AppExchange website, if you choose to interact with or use third-party tools, we may share your Data with our third-party partners who may contact you regarding their products or services;

    Professional Advisers: In individual instances, we may share your Personal Data with professional advisers acting as service providers, processors, or joint controllers - including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers based in countries in which we operate who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services, and to the extent we are legally obliged to share or have a legitimate interest in sharing your Personal Data;

    hiCreo Family Affiliates: With affiliates within the hiCreo corporate group and companies that we acquire in the future after they are made part of the hiCreo corporate group, to the extent such sharing of Data is necessary to fulfill a request you have submitted via our websites or for customer support, marketing, technical operations, and account management purposes; and

    Third Parties Involved in a Corporate Transaction: If we are involved in a merger, reorganization, dissolution, or other fundamental corporate change, or sell a website or business unit, or if a third party acquires all or a portion of our business, assets, or stock. Under applicable laws, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any transfer of Personal Data to an unaffiliated third party.

    We may also share anonymous or de-identified usage data with hiCreo's service providers to help hiCreo in such analysis and improvements. Additionally, hiCreo may share such anonymous or de-identified usage data on an aggregate basis in the ordinary course of operating our business; for example, we may share information publicly to show trends about the general use of our services.

    Anyone using our communities, forums, blogs, or chat rooms on our websites may read any Personal Data or other information you choose to submit and post.

    For more information on the recipients of your Personal Data, please contact us by using the information in the "Contacting us" section below.

  • 7. International transfer of Personal Data

    Your data may be collected, transferred to, and stored by us in the United States and by our affiliates and third parties disclosed in Section 6, above, based in other countries.

    Therefore, your data may be processed outside your jurisdiction and in countries that are not subject to an adequacy decision by the European Commission or your local legislature or regulator. That may not provide the same level of data protection as your jurisdiction, such as the EEA. We ensure that the recipient of your data offers an adequate level of safety and security. For instance, by entering into the appropriate back-to-back agreements and, if required, standard contractual clauses or an alternative mechanism for the transfer of data as approved by the European Commission (Art. 46 GDPR) or other applicable regulators. Where required by applicable law, we will only share, transfer, or store your Personal Data outside of your jurisdiction with your prior consent.

  • 8. Children

    We do not direct our website towards children. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 16 unless (a) we have obtained consent from a parent or guardian, (b) such collection is subject to a separate agreement with us, or (c) the visit by a child under the age of 16 is unsolicited or incidental. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Data without your consent, please contact us by using the information in the "Contacting us" section below. We will take steps to delete their Personal Data from our systems.

  • 9. How long do we keep your Personal Data?

    We may retain your Data for a period consistent with the original purpose of collection (see the "Purposes for which we process Personal Data and the legal bases on which we rely" section, above) or if required to fulfill our legal obligations. We determine the appropriate retention period for l Data based on the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the processed data. The potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of the data, whether we can achieve the purposes of the processing through other means, is based on applicable legal requirements (such as applicable statutes of limitation).

    Your Data will be deleted after the expiration of the applicable retention periods. Suppose there is any data that we are unable, for technical reasons, to delete entirely from our systems. In that case, we will implement appropriate measures to prevent any further use of such data.

    Please contact us for more information on data retention periods using the "Contacting Us" section below.

  • 10. Your rights relating to your Personal Data

    • 10.1 Your rights

      You may have some rights regarding your Personal Data, subject to local data protection laws. Depending on the applicable laws, these rights may include the right to:

      Access your Data held by us;

      Know more about how we processed your Personal Data;

      Rectify inaccurate Personal Data and, taking into account the purpose of processing the Personal Data, ensure it is complete;

      Erase or delete your Personal Data (also referred to as the right to be forgotten) to the extent permitted by applicable data protection laws;

      Restrict our processing of your Data to the extent permitted by law;

      Transfer your Personal Data to another controller to the time possible (right to data portability);

      Object to any processing of your Personal Data. Where we process your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes or share it with third parties for their direct marketing purposes, you can exercise your right to object at any time to such processing without having to provide any specific reason for such objection;

      Opt-out of certain disclosures of your Data to third parties;

      If you're under the age of 16, opt into certain disclosures of your Data to third parties;

      Not be discriminated against for exercising your rights described above;

      Not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects ("Automated Decision-Making"). Automated Decision-Making currently does not take place on our websites or in our services; and

      Withdraw your consent at any time (to the extent we base processing on approval) without affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on such consent before its withdrawal.

    • 10.2 How to exercise your rights

      To exercise your rights, please contact us by using the information in the "Contacting us" section below. Your data may be processed in responding to these rights. We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month unless otherwise required by law and will contact you if we need additional information from you to honor your request or verify your identity. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month, considering the complexity and number of requests we receive. If you are an employee of a hiCreo customer, we recommend you contact your employer's system administrator for assistance in correcting or updating your information.

      Some registered users may update their user settings, profiles, organization settings, and event registrations by logging into their accounts and editing their settings or profiles.

      To update your billing information, discontinue your account, or request return or deletion of your Personal Data and other information associated with your account, please contact us by using the information in the "Contacting us" section below.

    • 10.3 Your rights relating to customer data

      As described above, we may also process Personal Data submitted by or for a customer to our cloud products and services. To this end, if not stated otherwise in this Privacy Statement or a separate disclosure, we process such Personal Data as a processor on behalf of our customer (and its affiliates) who is the controller of the Personal Data (see the "Responsible hiCreo entity" section above). We are not responsible for and have no control over our customers' privacy and data security practices, which may differ from those explained in this Privacy Statement. If your data has been submitted to us by or on behalf of a hiCreo customer and you wish to exercise any rights you may have under applicable data protection laws, please inquire with them directly. Because we may only access a customer's data upon their instructions, please provide us the name of the hiCreo customer who submitted your data to us if you wish to make your request directly to us. We will refer your request to that customer and support them as needed to respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.

    • 10.4 Your preferences for email and SMS marketing communications

      Suppose we process your Personal Data for the purpose of sending you marketing communications. In that case, you may manage your receipt of marketing and non-transactional communications from hiCreo by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link located on the bottom of hiCreo marketing emails by replying or texting 'STOP' if you receive hiCreo SMS communications. Note that you will continue to receive marketing and non-transactional communications from MuleSoft unless you manage your receipt of such communications by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link located on the bottom of MuleSoft marketing emails.

      You may also turn off push notifications on hiCreo and MuleSoft apps on your device or unsubscribe by contacting us using the information in the "Contacting us" section below.

      Please note that opting out of marketing communications does not opt you out of receiving critical business communications related to your current relationships with us, such as communications about your subscriptions or event registrations, service announcements, or security information.

    • 10.5 Your preferences for telemarketing communications

      If you want your phone number to be added to our internal Do-Not-Call telemarketing register, please contact us by using the information in the "Contacting us" section below. Please include your first name, last name, company, and phone number you wish to add to our Do-Not-Call register.

      Alternatively, you can always let us know during a telemarketing call that you do not want to be called again for marketing purposes.

  • 11. How we secure your Personal Data

    We take appropriate precautions including organizational, technical, and physical measures to help safeguard against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, and unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, the Personal Data we process or use.

    While we follow generally accepted standards to protect Personal Data, no storage method or transmission is 100% secure. You are solely responsible for safeguarding your password, limiting access to your devices, and signing out of websites after your sessions. If you have any questions about the security of our websites, please contact us by using the information in the "Contacting us" section below.

  • 12. Changes to this Privacy Statement

    We will update this Privacy Statement from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, and other factors. If we do, we will update the "effective date" at the top. If we make a material update, we may provide you with notice before the update taking effect, such as posting a conspicuous notice on our website or contacting you directly or where required under applicable law and feasible, seek your consent these changes.

    We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Statement to stay informed about our collection, processing, and sharing of your Personal Data.

  • 13. Contacting us

    To exercise your rights regarding your Personal Data, or if you have questions regarding this Privacy Statement or our privacy practices, please email us at privacy@hicreo.com, call us at 1-910-797-6494, or write to us at:

    hiCreo Data Protection Officer (hiCreo Privacy Team)208 Hay Street, Suite 2C Fayetteville, NC 28301, USA

    We are committed to working with you to obtain a fair resolution of any complaint or concern about privacy. If, however, you believe that we have not been able to assist with your complaint or concern, you have the right to complain about the competent supervisory authority.

  • 14. Additional Disclosures for California Residents

    The California Consumer Privacy Act requires businesses to disclose whether they sell Data: We do not sell Data. We share Data with third parties and allow them to collect data from our Sites or Services. They can collect data if authorized by service providers or business partners who have agreed to our contractual limitation. Data is also shared if you use hiCreo Sites or Services to interact with third parties or direct us to disclose your Data to third parties.

    California law requires that we detail the categories of Data that we disclose for specific "business purposes," such as to service providers that assist us with securing our services or marketing our products, and to such other entities as described in Sections 5 and 6 of this Privacy Statement. We disclose the following categories of Personal Data for our business purposes:

    Identifiers;

    • Commercial information;
    • Internet activity information;
    • Financial information;
    • Professional and employment-related information;
    • Education information; and
    • Inferences drawn from any of the above information categories.

    California law grants state residents certain rights, including the rights to access specific types of Personal Data, learn how we process Personal Data, request deletion of Personal Data, and not be denied goods or services for exercising these rights.

    If you are a California resident under 18 and have registered for an account with us, you may ask us to remove content or information that you have posted to our website(s). Note your request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information. For example, some of your content may have been reposted by another user.

    For information on how to exercise your rights, please refer to Section 10.2 of this Privacy Statement. If you are an authorized agent wishing to exercise rights on behalf of a California resident, please contact us using the information in the "Contacting Us" section above and provide us with a copy of the consumer's written authorization designating you as their agent.

    We may need to verify your identity and place of residence before completing your rights request.