This Privacy Policy describes our policies and
procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when
You use the Service and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law
protects You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve
the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of
information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Interpretation and Definitions
The words of which the initial letter is
capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The
following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they
appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Account means a unique account created for You to
access our Service or parts of our Service.
Affiliate means an entity that controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means
ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities
entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
Application means the software program provided
by the Company downloaded by You on any electronic device, named Grinding
Gears
Company (referred to as either "the Company",
"We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Grinding Gears.
Country refers to: Canada
Device means any device that can access the
Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to
an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Application.
Service Provider means any natural or legal
person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to
third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate
the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform
services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how
the Service is used.
Usage Data refers to data collected
automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the
Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
You mean the individual accessing or using the
Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such
individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Our Service, we may ask You to
provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used
to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include,
but is not limited to:
First name and last name
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using
the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your
Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser
version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your
visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other
diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a
mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including,
but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, your mobile device
unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, your mobile operating
system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device
identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser
sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or
through a mobile device.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the
following purposes:
To provide and maintain our Service, including to
monitor the usage of our Service.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your
registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can
give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are
available to You as a registered user.
For the performance of a contract: the
development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the
products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with
Us through the Service.
To contact You:
To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or
other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile
application's push notifications regarding updates or informative
communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted
services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for
their implementation.
To provide You with news, special offers and
general information about other goods, services and events which we offer
that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about
unless You have opted not to receive such information.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage
Your requests to Us.
For business transfers: We may use Your
information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring,
reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our
assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or
similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service
users is among the assets transferred.
For other purposes:
We may use Your information for other purposes,
such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the
effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our
Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.
We may share Your personal information in the
following situations:
With Service Providers:
We may share Your personal information with
Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact
You.
For business transfers: We may share or transfer
Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any
merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a
portion of Our business to another company.
With Affiliates: We may share Your information
with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor
this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other
subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or
that are under common control with Us.
With business partners: We may share Your
information with Our business partners to offer You certain products,
services or promotions.
With other users: when You share personal
information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such
information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed
outside.
With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal
information for any other purpose with Your consent.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only
for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply
with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your
data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our
legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for
internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter
period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or
to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to
retain this data for longer time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is
processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where
the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this
information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located
outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction
where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by
Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that
transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably
necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance
with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take
place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in
place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger,
acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will
provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject
to a different Privacy Policy.
Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be
required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in
response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a
government agency).
Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in
the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the
Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in
connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of Users of the
Service or the public
Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important
to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or
method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use
commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, we cannot
guarantee its absolute security.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age
of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from
anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are
aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us.
If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under
the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to
remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis
for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a
parent, we may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that
information.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to
time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on
this page.
We will let You know via email and/or a prominent
notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the
"Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy
periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective
when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy
Policy, you can contact us:
By email:
info@grindinggears.net