Privacy Policy of AwardPal

This Application collects some Personal Data from its Users.

Owner and Data Controller

QueryBASE Group, LLC

Owner contact email: support@awardpal.com

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies, Usage Data, email address, first name and last name.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
The Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application.
All Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without any consequences on the availability or the functioning of the service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Owner.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing

The Data Controller processes the Data of Users in a proper manner and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of the site (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Data Controller at any time.

Place

The Data is processed at the Data Controller's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved with the processing are located. For further information, please contact the Data Controller.

Retention time

The Data is kept for the time necessary to provide the service requested by the User, or stated by the purposes outlined in this document, and the User can always request that the Data Controller suspend or remove the data.

The use of the collected Data

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Analytics, Advertising, Commercial affiliation, Displaying content from external platforms, Handling payments, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Infrastructure monitoring, Registration and authentication, SPAM protection and Traffic optimization and distribution.

The Personal Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this document.

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

  • Advertising

    This type of services allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Application, possibly based on User interests.
    This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
    Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Application. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.

    Google AdSense (Google Inc.)

    Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google Inc. This service uses the “Doubleclick” Cookie, which tracks use of this Application and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
    Users may decide to disable all the Doubleclick Cookies by clicking on: google.com/settings/ads/onweb/optout.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  • Analytics

    The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

    Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

    Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
    Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    MixPanel (MixPanel)

    MixPanel is an analytics service provided by Mixpanel Inc.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

    StatCounter (StatCounter)

    StatCounter is an analytics service provided by StatCounter.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.

    User ID extension for Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

    Google Analytics on this Application makes use of a feature called User ID. This setup allows for a more accurate tracking of Users by associating that User with the same ID over various sessions and devices. It is set up in a way that doesn’t allow Google to personally identify an individual or permanently identify a particular device.
    The User ID extension might make it possible to connect Data from Google Analytics with other Data about the User collected by this Application.
    The opt-out link below will only opt you out for the device you are on, but not from tracking performed independently by the Owner. Contact the Owner via the email address provided in this privacy policy to object to the aforementioned tracking as well.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  • Commercial affiliation

    This type of services allows this Application to display advertisements for third party products or services. Ads can be displayed either as advertising links or as banners using various kinds of graphics.
    Clicks on the icon or banner posted on the Application are tracked by the third-party services listed below, and are shared with this Application.
    For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of each service.

    CJ Affiliate by Conversant (Conversant, Inc.)

    CJ Affiliate by Conversant is a commercial affiliation service provided by Conversant, Inc.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

    VigLink (VigLink, Inc.)

    VigLink is a commercial affiliation service provided by VigLink, Inc.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  • Displaying content from external platforms

    This type of services allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them.
    This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

    Google Fonts (Google Inc.)

    Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

    Personal Data collected: Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

    Google Maps widget (Google Inc.)

    Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

    Gravatar (Automattic Inc.)

    Gravatar is an image visualization service provided by Automattic Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
    Please note that if Gravatar images are used for comment forms, the commenter's email address or parts of it may be sent to Gravatar - even if the commenter has not signed up for that service.

    Personal Data collected: email address and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  • Handling payments

    Payment processing services enable this Application to process payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means. To ensure greater security, this Application shares only the information necessary to execute the transaction with the financial intermediaries handling the transaction.
    Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails containing invoices or notifications concerning the payment.

    Braintree (PayPal Inc.)

    Braintree is a payment service provided by Braintree, a division of PayPal, Inc.

    Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  • Hosting and backend infrastructure

    This type of services has the purpose of hosting data and files that enable this Application to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Application. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

    Heroku (Heroku, Inc.)

    Heroku is a hosting service provided by Heroku, Inc.

    Personal Data collected: .

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

    Cloudinary (Cloudinary Ltd.)

    Cloudinary is a hosting service provided by Cloudinary Ltd.

    Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: Israel – Privacy Policy.

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Amazon)

    Amazon Web Services is a hosting and backend service provided by Amazon.com Inc.

    Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: See the Amazon privacy policy – Privacy Policy.

    mLab (ObjectLabs Corporation)

    mLab is a hosting and backend service provided by ObjectLabs Corporation.

    Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  • Infrastructure monitoring

    This type of services allows this Application to monitor the use and behavior of its components so its performance, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting can be improved.
    Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and mode of implementation of these services, whose function is to filter the activities of this Application.

    StatusCake (TrafficCake Limited)

    StatusCake is a monitoring service provided by TrafficCake Limited.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: UK – Privacy Policy.

  • Registration and authentication

    By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Application to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
    Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, this Application will be able to access some Data, stored by these third party services, for registration or identification purposes.

    Direct registration (This Application)

    The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to this Application.

    Personal Data collected: email address, first name and last name.

  • SPAM protection

    This type of services analyzes the traffic of this Application, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.

    Google reCAPTCHA (Google Inc.)

    Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google Inc.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  • Traffic optimization and distribution

    This type of services allows this Application to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance.
    Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between this Application and the User's browser.
    Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information User are transferred.

    CloudFlare (Cloudflare)

    CloudFlare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by CloudFlare Inc.
    The way CloudFlare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through this Application, i.e., communication between this Application and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from this Application to be collected.

    Personal Data collected: Cookies and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

Further information about Personal Data

  • The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13

    Users declare themselves to be adult according to their applicable legislation. Minors may use this Application only with the assistance of a parent or guardian. Under no circumstance persons under the age of 13 may use this Application.

  • Unique device identification

    This Application may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences.

Cookie Policy

This Application uses Cookies. To learn more and for a detailed cookie notice, the User may consult the Cookie Policy.

Additional information about Data collection and processing

Legal action

The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Data Controller, in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related services.
The User declares to be aware that the Data Controller may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.

Additional information about User's Personal Data

In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.

System logs and maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.

Information not contained in this policy

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Data Controller at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.

The rights of Users

Users have the right, at any time, to know whether their Personal Data has been stored and can consult the Data Controller to learn about their contents and origin, to verify their accuracy or to ask for them to be supplemented, cancelled, updated or corrected, or for their transformation into anonymous format or to block any data held in violation of the law, as well as to oppose their treatment for any and all legitimate reasons. Requests should be sent to the Data Controller at the contact information set out above.

This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. If a User objects to any of the changes to the Policy, the User must cease using this Application and can request that the Data Controller remove the Personal Data. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy applies to all Personal Data the Data Controller has about Users.

Information about this privacy policy

The Data Controller is responsible for this privacy policy, prepared starting from the modules provided by iubenda and hosted on iubenda's servers.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)

Any information regarding a natural person, a legal person, an institution or an association, which is, or can be, identified, even indirectly, by reference to any other information, including a personal identification number.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically from this Application (or third-party services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.

User

The individual using this Application, which must coincide with or be authorized by the Data Subject, to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Subject

The legal or natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)

The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization authorized by the Data Controller to process the Personal Data in compliance with this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization with the right, also jointly with another Data Controller, to make decisions regarding the purposes, and the methods of processing of Personal Data and the means used, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.

This Application

The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected.

Cookies

Small piece of data stored in the User's device.


Legal information

Notice to European Users: this privacy statement has been prepared in fulfillment of the obligations under Art. 10 of EC Directive n. 95/46/EC, and under the provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC, as revised by Directive 2009/136/EC, on the subject of Cookies.

This privacy policy relates solely to this Application.

Latest update: November 09, 2017

iubenda hosts this content and only collects the Personal Data strictly necessary for it to be provided

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