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Privacy Policy

Introduction

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors, employees, customers, and users of any services available at this website (website visitors).

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This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.

 

We use cookies on our website. We ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit this website.

 

Our website incorporates privacy controls which affect how we will process any personal data you may provide to us. By using the privacy controls, you can specify whether you would like to receive direct communications from us and limit the publication of your information. You can access the privacy controls via [TBD URL].

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In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Methodical Software Inc.

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How we use your personal data

In this Section we have set out:

  • the broad categories of personal data that we may process;

  • the purposes for which we may process personal data; and

  • the legal bases of the processing.

 

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, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is our analytics tracking system. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analyzing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in monitoring and improving our website and services.

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We may process your account data (“account data”). The account data may include your name and email address. 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 our legitimate interest in the proper administration of our website and business.

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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 our legitimate interest in the proper administration of our website and business.

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

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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 our legitimate interest in communications with our website visitors and service users.

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We may process data you provide. This data may include descriptions of software projects which you contemplate, your requirements for them, or your ordinary questions about our business. The source of this data is you. This data may be processed in order that we may respond to you or offer services to you. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest in communications with our website visitors and service users.

 

We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.

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We may process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks.

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In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this Section, 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.

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Please do not supply any other person’s personal data to us, unless we prompt you to do so.

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Providing your personal data to others

We may disclose your personal data to anyone when reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice, or the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

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Your personal data may be stored on the servers of third-party service providers who may include Amazon Web Services, Inc. (USA), Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL (Luxembourg), Amazon Internet Services Private Limited (India), Microsoft Corporation (USA), Google Ireland Limited or Google Commerce Limited (Ireland), Google Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), Google New Zealand Limited (New Zealand), Google Cloud Japan G.K. (Japan), Google Australia Pty Ltd. (Australia), Google Cloud Canada Corporation (Canada), Google LLC, or other third-party service providers.

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In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section, we may 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. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

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International transfers of your personal data

In this Section we provide information about the circumstances in which your personal data may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). The European Commission has made an “adequacy decision” with respect to the data protection laws of a limited set of non-EU countries. Transfers to countries deemed “adequate” by the European Commission but outside the EEA may be protected by additional safeguards.

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The hosting facilities for our website are situated around the world. We do not guarantee that your data will not be transmitted outside the EEA or outside the set of countries deemed “adequate” by the European Commission.

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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.

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Retaining and deleting personal data

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

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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.

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We will retain your personal data as follows:

  • Usage data will be retained for a minimum period of one-year following the date of collection, and for a maximum period of one-year following that date;

  • Account data will be retained for a minimum period of zero hours following the date of closure of the relevant account, and for a maximum period of 24 hours following that date;

  • Publication data will be retained for a minimum period of zero hours following the date when the relevant publication ceases to be published on our website or through our services, and for a maximum period of one-year following that date;

  • Enquiry data will be retained for a minimum period of 24 hours following the date of the enquiry, and for a maximum period of one-year following that date;

  • Notification data will be retained for a minimum period of zero hours following the date that we are instructed to cease sending the notifications, and for a maximum period of 24 hours following that date (providing that we will retain notification data insofar as necessary to fulfil any request you make to actively suppress notifications); and

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

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Your rights

In this Section we have listed the rights that you have under data protection law.

Your principal rights under data protection law are:

  • the right to access - you can ask for copies of your personal data;

  • the right to rectification - you can ask us to rectify inaccurate personal data and to complete incomplete personal data;

  • the right to erasure - you can ask us to erase your personal data;

  • the right to restrict processing - you can ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data;

  • the right to object to processing - you can object to the processing of your personal data;

  • the right to data portability - you can ask that we transfer your personal data to another organization or to you;

  • the right to complain to a supervisory authority - you can complain about our processing of your personal data; and

  • the right to withdraw consent - to the extent that the legal basis of our processing of your personal data is consent, you can withdraw that consent.

 

These rights are subject to certain limitations and exceptions. You can learn more about the rights of data subjects by visiting https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/.

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You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us, using the contact details set out below.

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Amendments

We may update this policy from time to time by publishing an updated version on our website.

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

We may notify you of changes to this policy by email.

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Contact Us

This website is owned and operated by Methodical Software Inc. We are incorporated in United States of America and our principal place of business is

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Methodical Software Inc., Floor 8
Two Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, California 94111
USA

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You can contact us using the following:

legal@methodical.software​

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Data protection officer

Our data protection officer’s contact details are: policy@methodical.software

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