Privacy Policy
The privacy of customers‘ personal data is important to Artisdo. This Policy describes the rules according to which Artisdo processes the personal data of any person using Artisdo’s website artisdo.com and any services offered by Artisdo.
1. General Definitions
Artisdo
Service provider who needs to process customer’s personal data for the provision of service. Depending of the service the service providers are the following:
- Artisdo OÜ (Tallinn, 10141, Estonia) who provides Artisdo Services
- Affiliate, if used, of the forenamed service provider whose company information is provided in the respective service agreement
Customer
Natural person who is using Artisdo’s website, app or any services provided by Artisdo.
GDPR
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data
Policy
This privacy policy
Personal Data
Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person
Personal Data processed by Artisdo is described under Section 3
Processing
Any operation or set of operations which is performed on Personal Data or on sets of Personal Data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction
Controller
A person who alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the Processing of Personal Data.
Depending of the service the Controller of the Customer’s Personal Data is:
– Artisdo OÜ (Tallinn, 10141, Estonia) who provides Artisdo Services
Processor
A person who Processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller
In the course of provision of Service, Artisdo may act as Processor by Processing Personal Data on behalf of its Customer or Customer’s legal entity. However, this Policy shall not regulate the Artisdo’s actions as Processor
Service
Any services provided by Artisdo via website: www.artisdo.com
- Policy ApplicabilityThis Policy applies to Personal Data Processing where Artisdo acts as a Controller. Any personal data Processing conducted on behalf of the Customer or his legal entity is subject to an additional data processing agreement signed between Artisdo and the legal person controlled by the Customer.
- Personal Data being collectedArtisdo Processes the following Personal Data about the Customer:
- Personal Details – full name (surname and given name), gender, personal identification code, date of birth, nationality, contact postal address, e-mail address, mobile phone number, bank where the personal bank account exists;
- Background Data – data Artisdo collects and Processes for the purpose of conducting Customer adverse media checks via open sources;
- Profile Data – Customer’s Google profile data, such as name, e-mail address, language preference and profile picture;
- Business related Data – in the course of providing & hosting.
- Device Data – information regarding the device on which the Customer is using the Artisdo’s website/app, including the device’s model, name or any other identifier and the IP address;
- Preference Data – Customer’s preferences in the Artisdo’s websites;
- Customer Support Data – communication between Artisdo and the Customer (inquiries submitted via the website, email, social media or chat),
- Usage Data – data about Customer’s interaction in Artisdo’s website.
- Sources of Personal Data collectionMajority of Customer’s Personal Data Processed by Artisdo is collected directly from the Customer. However, Artisdo may collect Customer’s Personal Data also from third party sources, such as databases of acting databases, these databases are publicly available.
- Purposes for collecting and Processing Customer’s Personal DataPersonal Data collected by Artisdo is Processed for the purposes established in the law or as described herein, including but limited for the following purposes:
- Contractual Purpose – Artisdo needs to Process Customer’s Personal Data in order to enter into service agreement with the Customer and to provide Service to Customer;
- Analytical Purpose – Artisdo needs to Process Customer’s Personal Data in order to manage, analyse and improve the Service, website and app;
- Marketing Purpose – Artisdo needs to Process Customer’s Personal Data in order to send relevant promotional information to the Customer about Artisdo services and the related offerings by third parties we work with, if the Customer has granted an explicit consent to use his/her Personal Data for this purpose;
- Personalization Purpose – Artisdo needs to Process Customer’s Personal Data in order topersonalize the Service and the content provided to the Customer;
- Communication Purpose – to contact the Customer for administrative purposes such as customer service, address technical or legal issues related to the Service provided, or share updates and notifications about the Service;
- Business Continuity Purpose – Artisdo needs to process personal details during any means of financing process to ensure business continuity;
- Community Building Purpose – Artisdo needs to process personal data for building and maintaining Artisdo Community;
Artisdo shall not use Customer’s Personal Data for any other purpose incompatible with the purposes outlined above or required, permitted or authorized by law.
Customer is not subject to statutory obligation which obligates Customer to provide Personal Data described herein to Artisdo. The collection of certain Personal Data referred herein may be required under the law and/or inevitably necessary for the provision of service to the Customers (such as data necessary for the verification of the Customer). Failure to provide data may result in adverse consequences, such as Artisdo’s inability to comply with our obligations under law. The Customer is welcome to ask for clarifications regarding the obligation to submit any specific Personal Data and also about possible consequences arising from the failure to provide the Personal Data.
- Legal grounds for ProcessingArtisdo is relying on the following legal grounds when Processing Customer’s Personal Data:
- Processing is necessary for the performance or entry into a contract between Customer and Artisdo (GDPR article 6 (1) (b)), Artisdo is Processing Personal Data for Contractual Purpose under contract entered into between Artisdo and Customer;
- Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which Artisdo is subject (GDPR article 6 (1) (c)). Artisdo is Processing Personal Data for Compliance Purpose under legal obligations to which Artisdo is subject to;
- Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Artisdo (GDPR article 6 (1) (f)). Artisdo is Processing Personal Data for Analytical, Personalization or Business Continuity Purpose under legitimate interest;
- Customer has granted consent to the Processing of his Personal Data (GDPR article 6 (1) (a)). Artisdo is Processing Personal Data for Marketing and Community Building Purposes under Customer’s consent.
- Transfer of the Personal DataArtisdo may transfer Customer’s Personal Data to third parties, such as:
- legal and regulatory authorities (e.g. commercial register) whom Artisdo is obligated to disclose Customer’s Personal Data under the law;
- server hosts who host Artisdo’s servers;
- identification service providers who help Artisdo verify Customer’s identity and acquire Verification Data;
- communication service providers who facilitate e-mails, calls, SMS messages and other communication between Artisdo and the Customer;
- customer support and customer management service providers;
- marketing service provider;
- Artisdo’s affiliate. i.e. any company that directly or indirectly controls Artisdo; any company that is directly or indirectly controlled by Artisdo; or any company that is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the ultimate parent company of Artisdo. Control shall mean owning more than fifty percent of the voting rights in a company or otherwise having the power to govern the financial and the operating policies or to appoint the management of a company;
- other parties involved with the provision of Artisdo’s Service (accountants, auditors, lawyers, IT systems suppliers, banks & support, or any other outsourcing providers).
Artisdo has taken steps to ensure that these data recipients protect the confidentiality and security of Personal Data, and to ensure that Personal Data is Processed only for the provision of Service and in compliance with applicable law.
Such third parties may be located in countries outside of the European Economic Area („EEA“) whose privacy regulations may differ and which are not subject to adequacy decisions of the European Commission. In those countries the security of the Personal Data (inc. protection against misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction) may not be ensured as it is secured in the European Union, due to the lack of adequate data protection level.
When transferring collected Personal Data outside of the EEA, Artisdo shall ensure the application of the appropriate safeguards. If the Customer wishes to receive a copy, please contact us as instructed below.
- SecurityArtisdo will take appropriate legal, organisational, and technical measures to protect Personal Data consistent with applicable privacy and data security laws. Security measures shall be applied in order to protect Personal Data from involuntary or unauthorized Processing, disclosure or destruction.Upon transferring Personal Data to third parties, Artisdo will apply the following safeguards:
- Artisdo enters into a data processing agreement with the relevant third party;
- Artisdo makes sure that such third party undertakes to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures ensuring the Processing of Customer’s Personal Data in accordance with this Policy and applicable law;
- Artisdo makes sure that (a) the third party is established in a jurisdiction which the European Commission has recognized as ensuring an adequate level of personal data protection, or (b) the Processing of Customer’s Personal Data is subject to other appropriate safeguards stipulated in the GDPR.
- Integrity and retention of the Personal DataArtisdo will retain Personal Data for the period required or permitted by applicable law, but no longer than it is reasonably necessary in order to achieve the purposes for which the Personal Data was collected.Artisdo takes reasonable steps to ensure that the Personal Data we Process is reliable for its intended use, accurate, and complete as necessary to carry out the purposes described herein.
- Customer’s rights in regarding to the collection of Personal DataCustomer has the following rights in relation to the Processing of his Personal Data:
- Request information – Artisdo has provided all information which the Customer has the right to receive in this Policy. The valid version of the Policy is available on Artisdo’s website at any time.
- Right to access – Customer has the right to ask Artisdo to provide a copy of Customer’s Personal Data which Artisdo Process.
- Right to Rectification – Customer has the right to ask Artisdo to rectify Personal Data in case the data is incorrect or incomplete.
- Right to Erasure – Customer has the right to ask Artisdo to erase Personal Data, unless Artisdo is obliged to continue Processing Customer’s Personal Data under law or under a contract between the Customer and Artisdo, or in case Artisdo has other lawful grounds for the continued Processing of Personal Data.
- Right to Restriction – Customer has the right to ask Artisdo to restrict the Processing of his Personal Data in case the data is incorrect or incomplete or in case his Personal Data is Processed unlawfully.
- Right to Data Portability – Customer has the right to ask Artisdo to provide the Customer or, in case it is technically feasible, a third party, his Personal Data, which the Customer has provided to Artisdo and which is Processed in accordance with Customer’s consent or a contract between the Customer and Artisdo.
- Right to Object – Customer has the right to object to Processing his Personal Data in case there is a reason to believe that Artisdo has no lawful grounds for Processing the Personal Data.
- Right to withdraw Consent for the Processing of Personal Data – Customer is entitled to withdraw the consent granted for the Processing of Personal Data et any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the Processing conducted before the withdrawal.
- Right to File Complaints – Customer has the right to file complaints regarding Processing of his Personal Data.
In order to exercise any rights referred herein the Customer is required to submit a written application to Artisdo (Artisdo’s contact details can be found under Section 16). Artisdo has the right to decline this application by justifying the reasons for the refusal.
According to the article 12(3) of GDPR, Artisdo is obligated to respond to the application within 1 month. However, Artisdo will make its best efforts to respond to Customer’s request within 1 week.
- Cookies and tracking technologiesArtisdo could use automatically collected information and other information collected within it’s website through cookies and similar technologies.Cookies are small text files that a website or its service provider transfers to the Customer’s computer hard drive through his website browser (if Customer allows) that enables the website’s or service provider’s systems to recognize Customer’s browser and capture and remember certain information. For example, cookies may help a website remember certain preferences the Customer has selected on the website, such as language preferences.
- Within the website Artisdo is using the following types of cookies:
- first-party cookies, which are stored to the Customer’s device by Artisdo. These cookies allow website owners to collect analytics data, remember language settings, and perform other useful functions that provide a good user experience;
- third-party cookies, which are stored to the Customer’s device by other service providers on Artisdo’s website. Artisdo may use third-party analytics tools (such as Google Analytics), to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Artisdo’s Service. Web analytic service providers analyse the usage of the Artisdo website and services so that Artisdo could improve and amend our website/app and function thereof.
- Cookies are being used to serve the following purposes:
- to store authentication information and protect Personal Data from third parties;
- to personalize our Service, help remember Customer’s choices within the website, understand and save Customer’s preferences for future visits;
- to provide customized advertisements, content and information;
- to track Customer’s entries, submissions, and status in any promotional or other activities on the Service;
- to monitor and analyse the effectiveness of the Service;
- to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
The Customer can delete or block cookies through his browser settings at any time. However, some cookies might be necessary for the functionality of the Artisdo Services and usage of the website. Therefore, the Customer understands that when blocking or deleting the cookies some features within the website might not function correctly. For more general information about cookies please see http://www.allaboutcookies.org
- Within the website Artisdo is using the following types of cookies:
- Google Analytics and adsArtisdo could implement the following Google Analytics features:
- Remarketing;
- Google Display Network Impression Reporting;
- Demographics and Interests Reporting.
Artisdo along with third-party vendors, such as Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding Customer interactions with ad impressions, and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
Customers can set preferences for how Google advertises to them using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, the Customer can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising initiative opt out page or permanently using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
Artisdo is using Google Analytics to measure and evaluate access to and traffic on the public area of our website and create user navigation reports for our website administrators.
Artisdo takes measures to protect the technical information collected by the use of Google Analytics. The data collected will only be used on a need to know basis to resolve technical issues, administer the website and identify visitor preferences.
- Commercial CommunicationIf a Customer receives commercial emails from us, he may unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions contained within the email or by sending an email to: info@artisdo.comThe Customer is able to view and modify settings relating to the nature and frequency of promotional communications that they receive from us by accessing the „Settings“ section in the restricted area of the website.The Customer has to be aware that if he opts-out of receiving commercial emails from us or otherwise modifies the nature or frequency of promotional communications he receives from us, it may take up to five (5) business days for us to Process the request. Additionally, even after he/she opts-out from receiving commercial messages from us, he/she will continue to receive administrative messages from us regarding the Service.
- Right to amend this PolicyArtisdo is entitled to unilaterally amend this Policy from time to time. Upon amending the Policy, Artisdo will notify the Customer about the terms by e-mail. In case the new terms refer to Processing of Customer’s Personal Data for any new purpose, which requires Customer’s consent, then Artisdo will not Process Personal Data for such new purpose, before it has received respective consent.
- Contact InformationShould the Customers have any questions regarding this Policy or Processing of Personal Data, they are welcome to contact Artisdo with requests, inquiries or any complaints via email: info@artisdo.com
- ConfirmationBy accepting this Policy, the Customer confirms that he has familiarized himself with this Policy, understood it and agrees to its terms.
Photo Credits
Image credits & © COPYRIGHT of the images & photos:
All images & photos are protected by copyright © and are only used for self-promotion; the rights belong to the respective photographers & models. Unauthorized digital or other reproduction, modification and use without express written consent, especially for commercial purposes, will be prosecuted.
Moving image credits & © COPYRIGHT of the moving images & videos:
All moving images & videos are protected by copyright © and are used solely for self-promotion; the rights lie with the respective producers, productions, etc. Unauthorized digital or other reproduction, modification, and use without express written consent , especially for commercial purposes, will be prosecuted.