IMPORTANT - READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION POLICY (THE “PRIVACY POLICY”) BEFORE USING THE APPLICATION AND SERVICE FROM WWW.LYNKOS.COM OR ITS SUBDOMAINS, SUCH AS PRO.LYNKOS.COM, MY.LYNKOS.COM AND CORP.LYNKOS.COM. BY SELECTING THE "I ACCEPT" BUTTON BELOW, OR BY USING THE APPLICATION, YOU AGREE FOR YOURSELF AND THE LYNKOS CUSTOMER TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY AND THE ACCOMPANYING TERMS OF USE AVAILABLE AT WWW.LYNKOS.COM. DO NOT CONTINUE WITH YOUR REGISTRATION, OR USE THE APPLICATION OR SERVICE UNTIL YOU HAVE CAREFULLY READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREED TO THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO AGREE TO THESE TERMS DO NOT CONTINUE WITH YOUR REGISTRATION AND DO NOT USE THE APPLICATION. FURTHERMORE, YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS OR REQUIREMENTS UNDER ANY LAWS OR REGULATIONS IN ANY JURISDICTION WHICH REQUIRES AN ORIGINAL (NON-ELECTRONIC) SIGNATURE OR DELIVERY OR RETENTION OF NON-ELECTRONIC RECORDS, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE MANDATORY LAW.
Lynkos Privacy and Data Protection Policy
Thank you for visiting www.Lynkos.com (together with all content on this site) (the “Application”) operated by Lynkos S.A. (“Lynkos”). Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this privacy and data protection policy (“Privacy Policy”) explaining our online information practices and the way your information is collected and used on this Application. This Privacy Policy forms part of the Terms of Use, available at www.Lynkos.com
By clicking the box “I agree to the Privacy Policy”, or by indicating so in writing, you (“You”) agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy from such date. If You do not agree to be bound by any term of this Privacy Policy, You may not make use of the Application or Services.
Introduction
We are committed to respecting Your online privacy and recognize the need to protect and manage any personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") You share with us.
“Personal Information” means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, personal profile, financial information, a home or other physical address, an e-mail address or other contact information.
In order to use the Application You must be either: (i) a Lynkos Customer (as defined in Your signed Master Customer Agreement), or (ii) permitted to use the system by a Lynkos Customer, with a valid license in order to create a profile (“Profile”). This will require You to provide us with a password that You will use for Your use of the Application and other specified information. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13.
The Way We Use Personal Information
Personal Information submitted to us, will be used to contact You and to authenticate Your access to Application services that you are authorized to access.
We may transfer Your Personal Information to Lynkos third-party service providers, only to provide You with the Application services. We require from our third-party providers that such information be processed in compliance with this Privacy Policy and relevant international data protection standards and laws. Lynkos will not engage third parties who do not comply with our data privacy requirements.
We do not share, sell or distribute Your Personal Information with unrelated third parties, and we will only disclose Your Personal Information if we have a good faith belief that disclosure of such information is believed by Lynkos to be reasonably necessary to i) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, ii) enforce our Terms of Use including investigations of potential violations thereof, iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or iv) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Lynkos, the Application, its users, Yourself or the public.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some of our Application pages utilize "cookies" and other tracking technologies. A "cookie" is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about Application activity. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by a Application user. Most browsers allow You to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.
You may set most browsers to notify You if You receive a cookie, or You may choose to block cookies with your browser. Please note that if You choose to erase or block Your cookies, You will need to re-enter certain identifying information to gain access to certain parts of the Application.
Tracking technologies may record information such as Internet domain and host names; Internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser software and operating system types; clickstream patterns; and dates and times that our Application is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our Application and your web experience.
Access/Accuracy
To the extent that you do provide us with Personal Information, Lynkos wishes to maintain accurate Personal Information. You may check your profile and add /delete information or correct any incorrect information.
In the Event of Merger, Sale, or Bankruptcy
In the event that Lynkos is acquired by or merged with a third party entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign the information we have collected from our users as part of such merger, acquisition, sale, or other change of control, but only in accordance with the terms of this Policy.
Commitment
We are committed to protecting your privacy. Protecting your privacy online is an evolving area, and Lynkos sites are constantly evolving to meet these demands. If you have any comments or questions regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@lynkos.com. We will address any issue to the best of our ability as soon as possible.
Security
Providing security for the information, including the personally identifying information you submit via our Application is a priority for Lynkos. We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to; or unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction; of your personally identifying information. Our servers and our databases are protected by industry standard security technology, such as industry standard firewalls and password protection.
Data Protection
1. In respect of any data supplied by You, You warrant and will procure that You and/or Your Users will: (a) have all necessary registrations, consents or authorizations necessary under the applicable law to permit Lynkos or any Third Party provider to store and process the data in order to comply with Lynkos obligations under this Agreement; (b) comply and will continue to comply with any relevant regulation, guidelines and codes of practice related to data protection; and (c) provide Lynkos with any necessary corrections to or changes in the data from time to time; (d) inform Lynkos when Customer or Users no longer comply with the data protection provisions of this Agreement; (e) ensure that the data provided is correct as far as reasonably possible;
2. That You and/or Your users have previously obtained the necessary consents to allow Lynkos to disclose the data to You;
3. Where You and/or Your users supply data to Lynkos, Lynkos will: (a) ensure that such data is only used for purposes authorized by Customer or permitted under the relevant data protections laws and regulations, or under the Agreement; (b) promptly notify Customer of any request Lynkos receives from data subjects for access or rectification of such data or any correspondence with the relevant information commissioners relating to the data; (c) hold any data as a "data processor" and Customer and its’ Users hereby acknowledge and consent to that role.
Anonymized Data
Lynkos uses the non-personally identifiable information obtained from the Application to provide users with an improved service, to better understand usage of our services, and to create reports that we may provide to users, third parties and/or the general public in our discretion. The information gathered is non-personal statistical information (“Anonymized Data”). By agreeing to this Policy You are providing and/or will procure from your Users consent for Lynkos to use such information in the manner described herein and in accordance with this Policy and the terms of the relevant Agreements. You warrant that such processing by Lynkos is in accordance with Your obligations under the relavant data protection laws and regulations.
Transfer of Data Abroad
Of course, the Internet is made up of a large number of international connections and the various communications will necessarily result in the transfer of information across international boundaries. Any Personal Information collected from or about users in connection with the Application, or otherwise under these Terms, will be maintained and processed by Lynkos or a party acting on its behalf. All such transfer, hosting, maintenance and processing is done in accordance with the relevant EU regulations and US safe harbor provisions. Your and the Lynkos Customer’s assent to these Terms and your continued use of the Application constitutes Your express understanding and agreement that when Personal Information is provided to Lynkos, such data will be processed across a variety of jurisdictions.
Your Consent
By clicking “I AGREE” in the box below, you consent to the terms of our Privacy Policy, to the transfer of data abroad, and to Lynkos processing Personal Information for the purposes given above. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, do not continue with your registration and do not use our Application. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions from this Privacy Policy at any time, such changes to be posted at www.Lynkos.com/legal. Your continued use of our Application following the posting of changes to these terms means you accept these changes.
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Last modified: January 20th, 2011