Privacy policy

How SketchDeck keeps your data safe and private.

1. Introduction

1.1 We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors and service users; in this policy we explain how we will handle your personal data. 

1.2 By using our website or our services, and agreeing to this policy, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy. 

1.3 Our website incorporates privacy controls which affect how we will process your personal data. By using the privacy controls, you can specify whether you would like to receive direct marketing communications. You can access the privacy controls via the links provided in emails from us or contact our marketing department via team@staging-sketchdeck.kinsta.cloud.

2. Credit

2.1 This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (http://www.seqlegal.com).

3. How we use your personal data

3.1 In this Section 3 we have set out: 

(a) the general categories of personal data that we may process; 

(b) [in the case of personal data that we did not obtain directly from you, the source and specific categories of that data]; 

(c) the purposes for which we may process personal data; 

and (d) the legal bases of the processing. 

3.2 We may process data about your use of our website and services (“usage data”). The usage data may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, date and time and length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use, and any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of attacks on our information technology systems. The source of the usage data is our analytics tracking system. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analysing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services, and supporting use of our services. 

3.3 We may process your account data (“account data”). The account data may include your name and email address. The source of the account data is you or your employer. The account data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract. 

3.5 We may process your personal data that are provided in the course of the use of our services (“service data”). The service data may include name, email, job title, role, work address, organization name. The source of the service data is you or your employer or other employees of your organization. The service data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business. 

3.6 We may process information that you post for publication on our website or through our services (“publication data”). The publication data may be processed for the purposes of enabling such publication and administering our website and services. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract. 

3.7 We may process information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding products and/or services (“enquiry data”). The enquiry data may be processed for the purposes of offering, marketing and selling relevant products and/or services to you. The legal basis for this processing is legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and communications with users and prospective users. 

3.8 We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and services, that you enter into with us and/or through our website (“transaction data”). The transaction data may include your contact details, your credit card details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased goods and services and keeping proper records of those transactions. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract and our legitimate interests, namely our interest in the proper administration of our website and business. 

3.9 We may process information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters (“notification data”). The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletters. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract. 

3.10 We may process information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us (“correspondence data”). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact forms. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business and communications with users. 

3.11 We may process that you provide to us for the purpose of producing designs (“design data”). This data may include logos, information, trademarks, brand collateral, etc. The source of the service data is you or your employer or employees of your organization. The service data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website and providing our service. The legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract. 

3.12 In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this Section 3, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. 

3.13 Please do not supply any other person’s personal data to us, unless we prompt you to do so, and you have the legal right to provide such other person’s personal data.

4. Providing your personal data to others

4.1 We may disclose your personal data to any member of our group of companies (this means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and all its subsidiaries) insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy. 

4.2 We may disclose your personal data to our insurers and/or professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice and managing legal disputes. 

4.3 We may disclose publication data and service data to our suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the performance of a contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract. 

4.4 Financial transactions relating to our website and services are OR handled by our payment services providers, Stripe Inc., Paid Labs Inc., ChargeBee Inc. We will share transaction data with our payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds. You can find information about the payment services providers’ privacy policies and practices at https://stripe.com/us/privacy. 

4.5 We may disclose your enquiry data to one or more of those selected third party suppliers of goods and services identified on our website for the purpose of personalizing our service to better meet your needs. Each such third party will act as a data controller in relation to the enquiry data that we supply to it; and upon contacting you, each such third party will supply to you a copy of its own privacy policy, which will govern that third party’s use of your personal data. 

4.6 Your personal information will also be disclosed if we go through a business transition such as a merger, sale, transfer of all or a portion of our assets, acquisition, bankruptcy or similar event. In the event that we sell any business or assets, we will disclose your data to the prospective buyer. If we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, information held by us about our users will be one of the transferred assets. 

4.7 In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 4, we may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

5. International transfers of your personal data

5.1 In this Section 5, we provide information about the circumstances, if applicable, in which your personal data may be transferred from the European Economic Area (EEA) to countries outside the EEA.

5.2 We and our other group companies have offices and facilities in the United States of America. The European Commission has made an “adequacy decision” with respect to the data protection laws of each of these countries. Transfers to each of these countries will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or approved by the European Commission.

5.3 The hosting facilities for our website are situated in United States of America. The European Commission has made an “adequacy decision” with respect to the data protection laws of each of these countries. Transfers to each of these countries will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or approved by the European Commission.

5.4 Our design, development and management subcontractorsare situated worldwide. The European Commission has made an “adequacy decision” with respect to the data protection laws of some of these countries. Transfers to each of these countries will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely Non Disclosure Agreements between SketchDeck Inc. and our subcontractors.

5.5 You acknowledge that personal data that you submit for publication through our website or services may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use (or misuse) of such personal data by others.

6. Retaining and deleting personal data

6.1 This Section 6 sets out our data retention policies and procedure, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data. 

6.2 Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes. 

6.3 We will retain and delete your personal data as follows: 

(a) Logos, brand materials, names and emails will be retained for two years following the last delivery of the last work item done by Sketchdeck at the end of which period it may deleted from our systems. 

6.4 In some cases it is not possible for us to specify in advance the periods for which your personal data will be retained. In such cases, we will determine the period of retention based on the following criteria: 

6.5 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

7. Amendments

7.1 We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. 

7.2 You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy. 

7.3 We may notify you of changes to this policy [by email or through the private messaging system on our website].

8. Your rights

8.1 You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; provision of such information will be subject to: 

(a) the payment of a fee (currently fixed at USD $250); and 

(b) the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity (for this purpose, we will usually accept a notarized photocopy of your passport certified by a notary or solicitor).

8.2 We may withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law. 

8.3 You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes. 

8.4 In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.

9. About cookies

9.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. 

9.2 Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. 

9.3 Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

10. Cookies that we use

10.1 We use cookies for the following purposes:

(a) authentication – we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website (cookies used for this purpose are: connect.sid); 

(d) security – we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services generally;

11. Cookies used by our service providers

11.1 Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. 

11.2 We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

11.4 We use Segment.comto monitor feature usage and client-side debugging information. Segment.com has a privacy policy here: https://segment.com/docs/legal/privacy/

12. Managing cookies

12.1 Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links: 

(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome); 

(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox); 

(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera); 

(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer); 

(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and 

(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge). 

12.2 Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. 

12.3 If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

13. Our details

13.1 sketchdeck.com and all subdomains are owned and operated by SketchDeck Inc. 

13.2 You can contact us by using our website contact form. https://www.sketchdeck.com/contact

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