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Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2, 2024
Purpose of this Policy and general provisions
Section 1
At SelfStartGlobal, we strive to ensure the security of your information. Please read our Privacy Policy to understand your rights with respect to this information, including how your data will be collected, stored, used and processed.

By providing our services to you, we collect the necessary information about you. This Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as the "Privacy Policy") defines what information we collect, how we use and store it, and with whom we may share this information. In addition, the Privacy Policy also provides for the security measures that we take to ensure its confidentiality and safety.

This Privacy Policy is an integral part of the Website Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as the "Terms of Use" or "Terms") available on our website (which are amended from time to time in accordance with the Terms). The terms and definitions mentioned in this Privacy Policy are specified in the Terms of Use.
Please read the following information carefully to understand our methods of handling your information and how we will use it. By continuing to use our website, you confirm that you have read and accepted the information described in this Privacy Policy. If any User does not agree with this Privacy Policy in general or any part thereof, such User should not continue using the website.

Unless otherwise stated herein, the Privacy Policy applies to our use of any personal information that we collect or use in relation to the following services (collectively, the "Services"):
  • Registration to participate in various webinars (live and recorded);
  • Creating a mailing list with information about our future events/new Services;
  • Communication with employees and sellers;
  • Conducting online surveys related to Services;
  • Facebook Instagram, Telegram, and so on; and sending messages to Website visitors via Telegram, Instagram, and so on;
  • Regulation of the activities of the official channels of the Website Owner in social networks.

Please note that using our Platform implies your acceptance of our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in general, as well as with each individual provision. By continuing to use our Platform, you confirm that you have read these documents and agree to their Rules. If you do not agree with our Privacy Policy and/or Terms of Use in whole or in part, please stop using our Platform and Website in accordance with the Terms of Use.
GDPR
Section 2
We comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in order to fully understand how we process your information.

For the purposes of proper understanding, in accordance with GDPR standards, we are the controller in relation to your data. Recipients and processors of your personal data may be (to the extent necessary and reasonable) our freelance employees (persons providing consulting and other services for the implementation of our activities), accounting and legal services contractors, as well as technical contractors and services in the field of network, hosting, and other technological (IT) services.

As part of GDPR compliance, we provide you with the following guarantees and opportunities:
  1. In this Privacy Policy, we specify what data we collect, for what purposes, and how it will be used.
  2. By continuing to use the Website, as well as the Platform, you confirm that we have received your explicit consent to the collection and processing of your personal data. If necessary, including, but not limited to, at the request of the law, we have the right to apply to you for additional permission to use personal data.
  3. You have the right to request access to your personal data, correct it, delete or restrict its processing, as well as object to processing in certain cases.
  4. We take all necessary measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, loss, destruction or disclosure.
  5. In case of a data security breach that may pose a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify you about it within the established time frame.
  6. If we transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), this is necessary, in accordance with the requirements of the GDPR and ensuring an appropriate level of data protection.

If you have any questions or a request to exercise your rights under the GDPR, please contact us using the contact details specified in the Terms of Use.
Collection, processing and use of your information
Section 3
1. Information that we receive directly from you (or your representatives):
  • Registration or order information, including any personal data such as full name, gender, address, contact information (phone number, email address, etc.), date of birth and any additional information necessary to complete registration or order Services.
  • We may contact you to confirm your personal information. To ensure the highest level of service provision, we can record such calls.
  • If you register on the Website using your social media account (s), we may receive certain information from that account, such as your name, image, and other information that you provide access to. We can use your lists of friends or acquaintances to make recommendations, for example, to suggest mutual connections.
  • We may invite you to participate in additional surveys regarding your experience to help us improve our Services, as well as for other relevant commercial purposes.
We collect this information in order to:
  • Identify you as a registered user of our Website;
  • To provide you with our Services;
  • To prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your personal data, as well as to prevent any fraudulent activities;
  • Provide technical support to our Users regarding the Website: registration or deletion of registration data, restoration of access to personal data (recovery of a lost password, login, closed account), provide assistance in other matters arising during the use of the Website;
  • Send you important messages. For example, messages regarding the functioning of the Website, informational messages, news, commercial information, etc.;
  • To improve the quality of the Services provided by us;
  • Personalize our Website for you;
  • To process statistical data on the use of our Website.

2. Information that we collect automatically when accessing the Website:
When you access the website, we collect information sent to us by your computer, mobile phone or other access device.

This information includes:
  • Your IP address;
  • Information about the device, including, but not limited to, the identifier, name and type of the operating system;
  • Information about the mobile network;
  • Standard web information such as your browser type and the pages you access on our Website.
We collect this information in order to:
  • Administer our Website, personalize it for you;
  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities related to our Website and provide third parties with aggregated and anonymous statistical information about our Users;
  • To prevent, suppress and investigate violations of this Privacy Policy and/or the use of our Website, as well as any fraud and other illegal activities.

When you access or use the Website, we may place small data files called cookies on your computer or other device. We use these technologies to recognize you as our user, customize our Website for you, and monitor the use of our Website. For more information, see Section 3 of this Privacy Policy.

We may use your personal data and other information that we collect to detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities, develop new products and Services, and verify compliance with the Terms of Use.

We may deny you access to our Website if we have doubts about the authenticity and/or authenticity of any personal data that you provide.


3. Location data
When you use a location-enabled device to access our Website, we may collect geographic location data or use various means to determine location, such as sensor data from your device, which may, for example, provide data on nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi access points.
Cookies
Section 4
We use cookies and other similar technologies (such as web beacons, flash cookies, etc.) (hereinafter referred to as "Cookies") to improve your experience using the Website. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or other access device by the websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites function or work more efficiently, as well as to provide better and more personalized services.

Cookies can be either "persistent" or "session-based". A persistent cookie consists of a text file sent by the web server to the web browser, which will be saved by the browser and will remain valid until the set expiration date (unless the user deletes it before the expiration date). On the other hand, the session cookie expires at the end of the user’s session when the web browser is closed.

We use the following cookies:
  • Strictly necessary cookies for the operation of the Website;
  • Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognize and count the number of Users, as well as see how Users navigate the Website while using it. This helps us to improve the performance of the Website. We use third-party analytics resources, including Google Analytics, a web analytics tool that helps us understand how Users interact with the Website. Like many services, Google Analytics uses its own cookies to track user interaction, as in our case, where they are used to collect information about how users use our Website and how they use it. This information is used to compile reports and help us improve our Website. The reports reveal trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our Website — for more information on how to opt out of Google Analytics tracking on all Websites that you use, visit this Google page;
  • Functional cookies. They are used to recognize you when you return to the Website. This allows us to personalize our content for you (for example, your choice of language).

For more information about cookies and how to manage them, please visit allaboutcookies.org. You can control the use of cookies in your Internet browser settings. If you reject or delete certain cookies, please be aware that the performance of the relevant functions and functions of our Website may be impaired.
How can we share your personal data
Section 5
1. We may share your personal data if:
  • We need this for our Website to work.;
  • We have a public or legal obligation to do this (for example, to help identify fraud, prevent financial crimes, compile regulatory reports, litigation, or protect legitimate rights and property);
  • We have requested your permission to share your information, and you have provided your consent.

2. We may share your personal data and information with:
  • Law enforcement agencies, government officials, or other third parties when we are forced to do so by a court order or other legally binding procedure; or if we believe in good faith that disclosure of personal data is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, to report suspected illegal activities, or to investigate violations of any of our policies;
  • Our partners, suppliers and agents hired by us to provide you with Services through the Website;
  • Operators for making your transactions on the Website and servicing them.

3. How we will use your personal data:
We use your personal data as necessary for the operation of the Website, for example, to register users, facilitate the exchange of information with partners with whom you have agreed to share information, and provide you with appropriate links.

We use your personal information to contact you about registering on the Website, to notify you of any changes to our policies and practices for commercial, business or investment purposes, and to respond to any queries or questions that you may send to us. If you subscribe to marketing newsletters such as newsletters, we will use your information as described below. We may collect information from these communications to improve our Services, as well as to train and develop our employees.

If you consent to receive marketing communications from us, we will use your personal information for informational and marketing activities, for example, to send you information about our future events and to showcase participating companies. You can unsubscribe from these messages by using the unsubscribe links in our messages.


4. For which purposes we will not use your personal data:
We will not share your personal data with any other Website users or third parties, except as described in this Privacy Policy, without prior notice.

We will not sell, transfer, lease your personal data, including all information that allows us to identify you, to any third parties, except in the cases described in this Privacy Policy, without prior notice.


5. Links to third-party websites or services and third-party services:
Our Website may from time to time contain links to websites or services of our partner networks, advertisers, payment systems, etc.

If you click on a link to any of these websites or services, please note that these websites and any services that may be available through them, they have their own privacy policies and that we are not responsible for these policies or any information, including personal data, that may be collected through these websites or services, such as contact information and location data. Please review these policies before submitting any information or personal data to these websites or using these services.

Our Website may also contain the services of our partners, agents or suppliers.

In order to properly perform transactions through the Website, Users are required to provide their identification data (including identification data of payment means) to the relevant Operators, including consent to the processing of this data by the Operator in order to carry out the requested operations. Please note that the relevant personal data and payment processing data provided by you to a third-party Operator are collected, stored and processed exclusively by the relevant Operator and are not subject to this Privacy Policy. You should carefully read and comply with the applicable privacy policies of the respective Operator. The Administrator does not collect or process any identification data of your card and does not bear any responsibility for transactions using such information. The corresponding responsibility is solely borne by the relevant Operator.
How we ensure the security of your information
Section 6
We protect your information by using security standards such as firewalls and data encryption, physical access controls to our premises, and information access authorization controls. We also allow access to your information only to those employees or contractors who need it to perform their work or official duties.

Please note that the transmission of data or information (including e-mail messages) over the Internet or other public networks is not one hundred percent secure. Please note that we are not responsible for the security of any data that you transmit over the Internet.

Please note that the information that you voluntarily disclose on the personal information page, on forums or on social networks becomes publicly available and open to other users of the Website. For example, if you specify your name, e-mail or phone number, they will be visible to other Users who can copy them and use them to your detriment. The Administrator is not responsible for the dissemination and use of your personal information that you have made visible to other users of the Website. Such information loses the status of personal data.
How we share your information
Section 7
We store and process your information using cloud services in various jurisdictions, including the European Economic Area. Therefore, the information we receive from you may be transferred and stored in various jurisdictions outside your country of residence and outside the European Economic Area (hereinafter referred to as the "EEA"). Laws on the processing of such information, including in cases where such information is classified as "personal data", may be less strict in these places than in your country. They may also be processed by employees working outside your country or the EEA who work for us, one of our service providers, or one of our business partners. By submitting your information, you consent to such transfer, storage or processing. We will take all reasonably necessary steps to ensure the safe handling of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
The Platform
Section 8
When using our Platform, the provisions described in the previous sections on the collection, storage, processing and other actions in relation to personal data apply.

1. Personal data:
  • We collect information that you provide when registering on the platform, such as your name, email address, phone number and other identifying information.
  • This data is used to create your account, provide access to the platform’s functions and communicate with you on issues related to your account or the services provided.

2. Usage Information:
  • We automatically collect information about the use of the platform, such as user actions, interaction with content and preferences.
  • This data is used to analyze the performance of the platform, improve the user experience, and provide personalized recommendations and content.

3. Technical information:
We collect technical information related to your device and its settings, such as IP address, browser type, operating system, and more. This data is used to ensure the security of the platform, detect and prevent fraud, as well as to improve technical support.

4. Cookies and similar technologies:
We use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your interaction with the platform and setting preferences. This data is used to personalize your experience using the platform, as well as to analyze usage trends and user behavior.

We undertake to use your data only for the purposes specified above and not to transfer it to third parties without your explicit consent, except in cases where this is required by law. We also guarantee the application of all necessary security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, loss or disclosure.
Your rights
Section 9
You can access, view, edit and delete your personal data at any time by contacting our support team. Our team may ask you to provide the appropriate supporting documents in case of a change in the information about your personal data.

Users have the right, in accordance with applicable privacy laws, to ask us to provide detailed information about the personal data we hold about them, or, under certain circumstances, may require us to delete their personal data.

To exercise the above rights, please contact us by e-mail, as indicated in the "Contacts" section of this Privacy Policy.

If we have specifically requested your consent to the use of your information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

A request for access, viewing, providing information, changing or deleting personal data is usually processed within 72 hours of its receipt. However, there may be delays due to technical reasons, in which case we will process the relevant request within a reasonable time.

Please note that providing us with your personal data is not strictly mandatory. However, if you do not provide such data, then you will not be able to use our Services partially or completely. For example, you can disable cookies in your browser and we will not place them on your device, but this may limit access to a number of information posted on the Website.
Updates or amendments to this Policy
Section 10
We reserve the right to change or supplement this Privacy Policy at our discretion. Any changes can be viewed in the "Last Update" field above, so check this section regularly.

If we make any significant changes, we will post the new policy on the Website with a new effective date.
Contact
Section 11
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to exercise any of your rights set forth herein, please contact us by email as indicated on our Website, in particular in the Terms of Use.