INTRODUCTION
This privacy policy (together with the documents referred to in it) (the “Privacy Policy“) informs you about how we use your personal data collected through our website and mobile applications (the “Site“).
The Site is operated by F2 Labs, headquartered at 26501 Ridge Rd., Damascus, MD 20872.
This Privacy Policy explains our information collection practices on the Site, such as types of information we collect regarding visitors to the Site and the ways in which we may use that information. This Privacy Policy applies to any visitors that use the Site. This also applies to your use of interactive features or downloads that: (i) we own/control; (ii) are available through the Site; or (iii) interact with the Site (including through social media) and post this Privacy Policy. In addition, please review the Terms of Use, which govern your use of the Site.
What info does the Site collect?
We may collect and process the following data from and about you:
- demographic information, such as information about your industry sector, that is not identifiable to you personally. We may collect this information through various forms and in various places on the Site;
- information collected as part of any registration or interaction with the Site, through information collection forms. This includes information included within comments that you post on the Site. The typical information that we collect includes your display name (which may be a pseudonym or your name), title, name, gender, date of birth, address, e-mail address, password, phone number, preferred language, preferences or other relevant contact details;
- details of your use of products or services used in connection with the Site;
- information collected as part of your visits to the Site;
- details of any e-mail correspondence or any other social media interactions that you have with us; and
- cookie or other tracking information collected.
What is our cookie policy?
We/our third party service providers may employ various technologies that collect information whenever you visit our Site (“cookies”), which may be downloaded to your device and/or may modify settings on your device. This information may include the browser you use, the referring URL that brought you to our Site, the pages within our Site that you visit and your activities on those pages, and the time of day, along with other information. A cookie is a data file placed on a computer or device when it is used to visit the Site.
Cookies may be used for many reasons, such as:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies
- System administration
- Preventing fraudulent activities
- Improving Site security
- Performance-Related Cookies
- Conducting research/diagnostics to improve our content and services
- Speed up searches
- Analyzing our audience size/usage pattern
- Enhancing the Site and our services
- Functionality-Related Cookies
- Remembering you/tracking visits to and activities on the Site
- Understanding referring URLs
- Soring information about preferences
- To remember your contact form data to prevent you from having to enter the same data.
- Demographic and Contextual-Related Cookies
- Delivering personalized content based on the known demographics of our visitors, including location
By using this Site, we are seeking to obtain your consent to use these cookies. If you choose to disable cookies on your computer or device, some features of the Site may not function properly. Regular cookies may generally be disabled by tools that are available as part of most commercial browsers, and in some instances can be blocked in the future by selecting certain settings. Each browser will need to be set separately and different browsers offer different functionality. Also, these tools may not be effective regarding Flash cookies.
Please note that third parties may also use cookies over which we have no control. You should check their websites to confirm how your information is collected and used.
How do we use the information collected?
We may use your information that we collect about you:
- to improve the Site, our products or services, to customize your experience on the Site, or to serve specific content that is most relevant;
- to contact you with regard to your use of the Site and, in our discretion, changes to the Site and/or Site’s policies;
- for purposes disclosed at the time you provide your information or as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy;
- for internal business reasons;
- to provide you with information, products or services or process transactions that you have requested or agreed to receive including sending to you electronic newsletters, or providing you with marketing materials;
- to enable you to participate in a variety of the Site’s features;
- to process your registration with the Site, including verifying your information is active and valid;
- to identify you as the author of any comments that you send to us to be posted on the Site;
- to ensure that content on the Site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer or mobile device;
- to provide you with information relating to any events held by us, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes; and
- to provide you with access to your personal account.
We may share non-personally identifiable information, such as aggregated user statistics, with third parties, including through third party applications. Please refer to section 8 below for further information for third party information collection techniques.
To make the Site more interesting and useful, the information that we collect may be used for our own advertising and market research reasons.
Do we use your information for marketing purposes?
To the extent permitted by law, we may use your data to contact you by electronic means (e-mail) with information about products, events and services which may be of interest to you. We will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out from this should you not wish to receive such information.
We may also contact you by phone or standard mail, depending upon your preferences.
We may permit certain third parties to use your data to contact you by e-mail with information about products, events and services which may be of interest to you, if you have provided us with your consent to do this. If you do not want us or third parties to use your data in this way, please notify us of your wishes by e-mail or on the form on which we collect your data.
How and when do we disclose information to third parties?
We may share the information we have collected about you, including personal data, in the following manner:
- we may disclose your information to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, subpoenas, governmental requests or legal process if in our good faith opinion such is required or permitted by law; (ii) to protect and/or defend our Terms of Use or other policies applicable to the Site, including investigation of potential violations thereof; (iii) to protect the safety, rights, property or security of the Site or any third party; and/or (iv) to detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues. Further, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we may use IP addresses to identify users, and may do so in cooperation with third parties such as copyright owners, internet service providers, wireless service providers and/or law enforcement agencies, including disclosing such information to third parties, all in our discretion. Such disclosures may be carried out without notice to you, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law;
- we may employ the services of a third party to help us in certain areas, such as in relation to email marketing, call centers or website hosting. In some cases, the third party may receive your information; and
- we may share the information with our partners, employees, subs, representatives, consultants and agents for internal reasons. We also reserve the right to disclose and transfer all such information:
- to a subsequent owner, co-owner or operator of the Site or applicable database; or
- in connection with a merger, consolidation, restructuring, the sale of substantially all of our interests and/or assets or other organizational change, including, during the course of any due diligence process.
What about my own user generated content?
The Site may permit you to submit ideas, writings, data, questions, comments, suggestions or other content, including Personal Information (collectively, “User Content“). BE AWARE THAT SUCH INFORMATION IS NOT CONFIDENTIAL. We or others may reproduce, publish, distribute or otherwise use User Content online or offline in any media or format (currently existing or hereafter developed). Others may have access to this User Content and may have the ability to share it with third parties across the Internet. Please think carefully before deciding what information you share, including personal data, in connection with your User Content. Please note that we do not control who will have access to the information that you choose to make public and cannot ensure that parties who have access to such publicly available information will respect your privacy or keep it secure. Our obligations under this Privacy Policy do not apply to any information that you disclose publicly, share with others or otherwise upload onto the Site. We are not responsible for the accuracy, use or misuse of any content or information that you disclose or receive from third parties, through the Site.
How do I change my information and communications preferences?
Upon request, we will remove your personal information from our Site and/or our database. Users are also advised that upon written request you may access and/or request that any erroneous information about you be corrected. You are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the information you submit to us, such as your contact information provided as part of registration. You may cancel or modify your communications that you have elected to receive from the Site by contacting us as set forth at the end of this policy.
What about third party information collection means?
This Privacy Policy does not apply to applications, technologies or sites that are owned by and/or operated by other parties (such as app developers, third party advertisers or third-party ad servers), even if they use our technology to collect or store information. This includes third parties that embed our technology in their apps or ads to facilitate download tracking or ad serving.
What about security, storage and international transfer?
The Site and the information is stored on a host server located in the United States. We incorporate commercially reasonable safeguards to help protect and secure your personal data. However, no data transmission over the Internet, wireless transmission or electronic storage of information can be guaranteed.
Please be aware that information we collect, including your personal data, may be transferred to, processed and stored outside of the United States. The data protection laws in such jurisdictions may differ from those of the country in which you are located, and your personal data may be subject to access requests from governments, courts, or law enforcement in those jurisdictions. We endeavor to take commercially reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely, including entering into appropriate data transfer agreements.
We may also share personal data as set forth below:
- by transfer to third party agents and subcontractors which perform certain functions on our behalf, such as picking up and delivering samples, fulfilling inspection orders, sending email, removing repetitive information from client lists, analyzing data and processing credit card payments. These parties only have access to such information as necessary to perform their functions and may not use it for any other purpose; and
- by transfer to our partner companies where it is necessary to meet the purpose for which you have submitted the information.
How long we keep your data?
Details of retention periods for different aspects of your personal information are available in our retention policy which is available on request. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your information, the purposes for which we process your information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
How do we handle changes to the policy?
We reserve the right to modify or add to this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. You agree that we may notify you of the updated Privacy Policy by posting it on the Site so that it is accessible via a link on the homepage of the Site, and that your use of the Site after we have posted the updated Privacy Policy (or engaging in such other conduct as we may reasonably specify) constitutes your agreement to the updated Privacy Policy. Therefore, you should review this Privacy Policy before using the Site. The updated Privacy Policy will be effective as of the time of posting, or such later date as may be specified in the updated version and will apply to your use of the Site from that point forward.
What are your rights under this policy?
You can:
- request us to amend any inaccuracies or mistakes;
- request us to provide you with a list and a description of this information;
- request us to delete your information by contacting us in the manner set out below;
- Request us to suspend the processing of personal information about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it.
- object to the processing of your information where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing reasons;
- Request the transfer of your personal information to another party.
- If you want to review, verify, correct or request erasure of your personal information, object to the processing of your personal data, or request that we transfer a copy of your personal information to another party, please contact legal@f2labs.com.
If you wish to raise a complaint on how we have handled your personal data, you can contact us to have the matter investigated.
How can you contact us to make a complaint?
If you would like to contact us for any further information or to make a complaint, please send an email to legal@f2labs.com