Privacy Policy

In this Privacy Policy, ADVGO42 LTD, a company incorporated and operating under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus, with registration number HE 384164, registered office at Irodi Attikou 8A, Lakatamia, 2332 Nicosia, Cyprus (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), describes how we use and protect your personal data, which you provide to us while completing the brief on our website https://advgo42.com through responses to the questions posed by the Marketing brief bot.

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the terms “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the Company, while “you” refers to you, the Community member.

1. INTRODUCTION

We respect the privacy and security of your personal data and are committed to safeguarding your rights in accordance with the law. This Privacy Policy provides information regarding the personal data we collect and process, the purposes for which we process such data, and your legal rights in relation to this.

It is important that you read this Privacy Policy, along with any other notices, terms, and policies we may provide to you in the future concerning the collection and processing of your personal data, to ensure you are fully informed about how and why we use your data.

We reserve the right to amend the terms of this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect any new laws or changes in our data processing practices.

2. OUR COMMITMENTS

As a data controller, we are responsible for the safekeeping of the personal data you provide and for ensuring its lawful processing. We are obligated to comply with data protection legislation, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR), as well as other applicable international and national laws (collectively referred to as “Data Protection Legislation”).

We assure you that your data will be collected and processed in full compliance with Data Protection Legislation, solely for the purposes outlined in this Policy.

3. WHAT ARE PERSONAL DATA

Personal data refers to any information that relates to you and allows for your identification, such as your name, surname, email address, postal address, etc. Personal data also includes pieces of information that, when combined, can lead to the identification of a specific individual.

We do not collect special categories of sensitive personal data concerning your religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual life, sexual orientation, political opinions, criminal records, health, or genetic and biometric data.

4. WHAT IS DATA PROCESSING

Data processing encompasses a broad range of operations performed on personal data, either manually or through automated means. The term “processing” includes the collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment, restriction, erasure, or destruction of personal data.

5. PURPOSES OF PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We process your personal data exclusively for the following purposes:

  1. To communicate with you, including conducting surveys, consultations, responding to your inquiries, and other related interactions.
  2. To provide services.
  3. For statistical and analytical purposes concerning the composition of visitors to our website.

6. LEGAL GROUNDS FOR DATA PROCESSING

We process your personal data only when there is at least one of the following legal grounds:

  1. Consent: We are entitled to process your personal data if you have explicitly consented to the processing of such data for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or for another specific purpose indicated in informed consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time; however, this will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal of consent.
  2. Contract: We are entitled to process your personal data if it is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract in which you are a party, or for the provision of services to you.
  3. Compliance with a legal obligation: We are entitled to process your personal data when necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject as a data controller.
  4. Protection of your vital interests or the vital interests of another person: For example, if during one of our organised events a participant is injured and loses consciousness, we may need to provide that participant’s personal data to a medical institution to ensure emergency medical care.
  5. Performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.
  6. For the purposes of pursuing our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided that these interests (e.g., commercial interests, property protection, etc.) do not override your rights and interests.

7. CIRCUMSTANCES AND MANNER OF PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We process your personal data only to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes listed in Article 5 of this Privacy Policy.

7.1. Personal Data We Collect and Process:

  • Name and Surname
  • Job Title
  • Email
  • Company Name
  • Link to Project
  • Comment

7.2. Disclosure of Your Personal Data

(i) We disclose your personal data to our employees solely for the purpose of fulfilling the objectives outlined in Article 5 of this Privacy Policy.

(ii) Recipients of your personal data may also include service providers we engage as contractors.

(iii) We require our employees and contractors to adhere to strict security and confidentiality standards in compliance with applicable data protection laws, and we enter into appropriate confidentiality agreements with them.

7.3. Data Storage

To ensure confidentiality, any data you submit to us while completing the brief on our website https://advgo42.com through responses to the questions posed by the Marketing brief bot is stored in data centres on a server Go Daddy  (hereinafter referred to as the “Server”). 

8. DATA SECURITY

We have implemented appropriate physical, technical, and organizational security measures to prevent accidental loss, unauthorized use, or access to your personal data, as well as to prevent its alteration or disclosure.

Moreover, we grant access to your personal data only to those employees, contractors, and other third parties who have a legitimate and lawful need to access it. We require them to process your personal data solely in accordance with our instructions and to maintain confidentiality.

In the unlikely event of a suspected or actual personal data breach, we have procedures in place to address the breach, including protocols for notifying you and the relevant regulatory authority when we are legally required to do so.

9. CROSS-BORDER DATA TRANSFER

Our Company is located within the European Union, but our employees may be located anywhere in the world. This means that data transmitted through the bot may be used by employees regardless of their location, including countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), as well as jurisdictions for which the European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision regarding the data protection regime’s compliance with EU standards.

We may transfer your personal data outside the EEA to service providers operating in other jurisdictions. We will only transfer data if the jurisdiction has been determined to provide an adequate level of data protection, meaning that the EU Commission is satisfied that any transferred data will be properly safeguarded, or if we incorporate EU standard contractual clauses, ensuring that the relevant security measures will be appropriately governed.

10. HOW LONG WE WILL RETAIN YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purpose of your participation in the Community, as well as for meeting any legal, accounting, or regulatory reporting requirements.

When determining the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means in accordance with our data retention policy.

11. YOUR RIGHTS

You have several rights regarding the personal data we hold about you.

  1. Right of Access to Your Data: You have the right to request confirmation that we are processing your personal data and to request access to your personal data. You may also request additional information concerning our processing of your personal data.
  2. Right to Withdraw Consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing your data that was carried out based on consent before its withdrawal.
  3. Right to Rectify Your Data: If you believe that the personal data we hold about you is inaccurate, incomplete, or excessive, you may request that we correct this information. If the amendment to personal data conflicts with Community rules, we will inform you with an explanation of the reasons.
  4. Right to Be Forgotten: You have the right to request that we delete your personal data. This right is available to you:
    • When we no longer need your personal data for the purpose for which we collected it;
    • When we collected your personal data based on consent, and you have withdrawn that consent;
    • If you object to the processing, and we have no overriding legitimate grounds to continue processing your data;
    • If your personal data is being processed unlawfully; and
    • When personal data must be deleted to comply with a legal obligation.

There are certain scenarios where we are legally entitled to refuse to comply with your request; if any of these apply, we will inform you.

  1. Right to Restrict Processing: In certain circumstances, you have the right to ask us to stop processing your personal data. This means that we will cease active processing of your personal data, but we are not required to delete it. This right is available to you:
    • If you believe that the personal data we hold about you is inaccurate, we will cease processing it until you can verify its accuracy;
    • If you have objected to our processing of your data, we will cease processing it until we determine whether our legitimate interests outweigh your objection;
    • If the processing is unlawful; or
    • If we no longer need the data, but you wish us to retain it because it is necessary for you to establish, exercise, or defend a legal claim.
  2. Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we provide your personal data to you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format so that you can transfer the personal data to another data controller. This right applies only to personal data that you provide to us:
    • Where the processing is based on your consent or for the performance of a contract; and
    • Where we process the data by automated means.
  3. Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data:
    • For direct marketing purposes (including profiling);
    • For scientific or historical research and statistics purposes;
    • Where the processing is based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority.

To exercise the right to object, you must have grounds relating to your particular situation. We will cease processing your data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

You can submit requests to exercise your rights by sending them to us via email at hello@advgo42.com. If your request pertains to obtaining information, we will provide the requested information as soon as possible and, in any event, no later than within one week of receiving your request. If we require additional information to fulfill your request, we will inform you of this with an explanation of the reasons.

12. RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT

If we infringe upon your rights concerning data protection, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority (DPA) in the country:

  • Where you are habitually resident;
  • Where your place of work is located; or
  • Where the alleged infringement occurred.

Contact details for the representatives of national EU data protection authorities and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) can be found here: 

https://www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en.

13. AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING

Automated decision-making refers to decisions made solely by automated means without any human involvement. This could include, for example, online credit checks that make decisions based on the information you provide without any human intervention. It could also include the use of an automated attendance system that automatically issues a warning if a person is late a certain number of times, without any involvement from the HR department.

We do not engage in any automated decision-making processes using your personal data.

14. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

We will periodically review and may update this Privacy Policy. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective upon the publication of the revised version on this page: https://advgo42.com/privacy-policy/. Please check our website regularly to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Policy.

15. RESPONSES TO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

If you have any questions or would like further information on how we process your data, please contact us via email at hello@advgo42.com