Privacy Policy
Last updated: Aug 15, 2024
Your privacy is important to us. It is linqnest.com‘s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, linqnest.com, and other sites we own and operate. We are committed to protecting your personal data and complying with all applicable data protection laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Information We Collect
We only ask for personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. The types of personal data we may collect include:
- Identity Data: such as your email address.
- Contact Data: such as your email address.
- Technical Data: including IP address, browser type, and version, time zone setting, and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
- Usage Data: such as information about how you use our website, products, and services.
2. How We Collect Information
We collect personal data by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. This includes:
- Direct Interactions: You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by email or otherwise.
- Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies and other similar technologies.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your data to:
- Provide and manage our services.
- Improve our website and services.
- Communicate with you, including responding to inquiries and providing updates.
- Comply with legal obligations.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Our legal bases for processing your personal data under GDPR are:
- Consent: Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
- Contractual Necessity: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party.
- Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.
- Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided these are not overridden by your rights and interests.
5. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When data is no longer needed, we will delete or anonymize it securely.
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Data Storage and Processing
- Third-Party Service Providers: We use third-party service providers to host our website and manage our database. Specifically, we use Vercel for hosting and MongoDB for data storage and management. These providers may process or store your personal data on our behalf.
- Vercel: Our website is hosted on Vercel, which may log certain technical data such as your IP address, browser type, and operating system for security and analytics purposes. For more information, please refer to Vercel's Privacy Policy. https://vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy
- MongoDB: Your data is stored in databases managed by MongoDB. MongoDB ensures that your data is securely stored and protected. For more information, please refer to MongoDB's Privacy Policy. https://www.mongodb.com/legal/privacy/privacy-policy
7. Your Rights Under GDPR
8. Payment Information
- Payment Processing: When you make a payment on linqnest.com, your payment information is processed through Stripe, a third-party payment processor. Stripe handles and stores your payment information in accordance with their own Privacy Policy, which can be accessed here. https://stripe.com/en-hu/privacy
- Data Collection and Use: While linqnest.com does not store your complete payment details, we may collect certain transaction-related data such as the amount paid, the date of the transaction, and the last four digits of your payment card for record-keeping and compliance purposes.
- Responsibility and Security: We rely on Stripe's secure payment processing services to handle your payment information. We do not have access to your full payment details, and any issues related to payment processing should be directed to Stripe.
We don‘t share any personally identifying information publicly or with third-parties, except when required to by law.
We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service. What data we store, we‘ll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies.
You are free to refuse our request for your personal information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services.
Your continued use of our website will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us.