Privacy Policy

Introduction

In order to ensure transparency and give you more control over your personal information, this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) governs how we, Scoutt Inc. (“Scoutt”, “we”, “our” or “us”) use, collect and store personal information that we collect or receive from or about you (“you”) in connection with Scoutt.co (the “Website”) and the services provided therein, including the Scoutt platform (the “Services”).

We greatly respect your privacy, which is why we make every effort to provide a platform that would live up to the highest user privacy standards. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, so you can fully understand our practices in relation to personal information. Important note: Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit in any way your statutory rights, including your rights to a remedy or other means of enforcement.

Scoutt is a cloud-based AI platform transforming the way companies' source and scale their software engineering teams. Scoutt’s mission is to build software engineering teams from selected service providers worldwide and to provide the customers with resources through one or more service providers presented on the Platform.

This Privacy Policy can be updated from time to time and, therefore, we ask you to check back periodically for the latest version of this Privacy Policy. If we implement material changes in the way we use your personal information, in a manner that is different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you by posting a notice on our Website or by other means and take any additional steps as required by applicable law.

Information We Collect

Personal information provided through the Services. We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide, including your full name, email address, postal address, mobile or other telephone number, username and password, as well as any other personal information that you decide to provide us.

‍Personal information provided through the Website. When you use the Website, we collect and process your full name, company name, email address, phone number, address, as well as any other personal information that you decide to provide us when you interact with the Website and/or contact us, whether related to you, your company, team or project.

‍Personal information automatically collected. We automatically collect certain information through your use of Scoutt's Services and Website, such as cookies, pixels, tracking technologies and similar identifiers (“Technologies”), your Internet protocol (IP) address, and other device identifiers that are automatically assigned to your device, browser type and language, geo-location information, hardware type, operating system, internet service provider and other personal information about actions taken through the use of the Services and Website.

‍Personal information from Other Sources. Scoutt also may obtain personal information about you from other sources, including publicly -or commercially- available information, and through third-party data platforms, partners and service providers.

‍Personal information you provide to us in person. For example, when you visit one of our exhibition booths or attend one of our events and you provide us with your contact details.

‍Personal information we collect from online interactions. For example, if you attend a webinar, contact us via social media or otherwise interact with our business, including as a representative of a current / prospective customer, supplier or partner, we track and make a record of those interactions, which may contain your contact details, such as full name, email address, messages and any other personal information that you decide to provide us with.

How We Use Your Information

To provide you with the Services. We will use the personal information, including, without limitation, for the following purposes: (i) allow you to create an account; (ii) to provide you the Services and to process your requests; (iii) communicate with you about your use of the Services and for support purposes; (iv) fulfill any instruction and/or request made by you in the context of the Services; (v) send you push notifications and/or emails and notifications regarding your account or certain features of the Services, including, updates pertaining to your subscription, and related to the services we provide you with; (vi) to personalize your experience with our Services; and (vii) to generally administer and improve the Services.

‍To allow you to make use of our Website. We will use your personal information to allow you to make use of our Website, including, (i) if you request a demo, we will use your personal information to process and answer your request for a demo; (ii) to answer your questions and to allow you to communicate with us (e.g., by using the Website chat); (iii) to analyze your use of our Website and to improve our Website; and (iv) to customize your experience.

‍For Administrative Purposes. Scoutt use your personal information (i) to respond to your questions, comments, and other requests for customer support, or information, including information about potential or future services; (ii) to provide you with the Scoutt Services; (iii) for internal quality control purposes; and (iv) to establish a business relationship; (v) to generally administer the Scoutt Services.

‍To Market our Website and Services. Scoutt uses personal information to market the Scoutt Services. Such use includes (i) notifying you about offers and services that may be of interest to you; (ii) developing and marketing new products and Services, and to measure interest in Scoutt's Services; (iii) other purposes disclosed at the time you provide information; and (iv) as you otherwise consent.

‍Security purposes. Some of the personal information mentioned in this Privacy Policy will be used for detecting, taking steps to prevent and prosecuting fraud or other illegal activity; to identify and repair errors; to conduct audits; and for security purposes. Personal information may also be used to comply with applicable laws, with investigations performed by the relevant authorities, law enforcement purposes, and/or to exercise or defend legal claims.

‍De-identified and Aggregated Information Use. In certain cases, we may or will anonymize, aggregate and/or de-identify part or all of your personal information (including Customer Information, as defined below). This data may be used for both internal and external purposes, such as analyzing, enhancing, testing, training and improve Scoutt Services (including through the use of artificial intelligence) and for research purposes. We may also share this aggregated information and/or disclose it to third parties without restrictions.

‍Cookies and Similar Technologies. We use Technologies to automatically collect information through the Website and Services, which in certain cases could be considered personal information. We use Technologies that are essentially small data files placed on your device that allow us to record certain pieces of information whenever you visit or interact with the Website and Services. If you would like to opt out of the cookies and similar technologies we employ on the Website and Services, you may do so by blocking, deleting, or disabling them as your browser or device permits.

The lawful bases we rely on for processing personal information are (if and when applicable):
        • The data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal information;
        • Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
        • Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject; and/or
        • Processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interest.

Customer Information

For the avoidance of doubt, Scoutt is processing Customer Information (as defined below) on behalf of the applicable customer. Therefore, the customer is the party responsible for the security, integrity and authorized usage of Customer Information in the context of the services and also for obtaining consents, permissions and providing any required data subject rights and fair processing notices required for the collection and usage of such Customer Information. The customer is the sole responsible to ensure that the use of the Services is permitted under the applicable laws and jurisdictions.

Scoutt has a contractual relationship with its customers. In the context of Scoutt’s Services, the customer can decide which information, including names, emails, addresses, profile photos, and titles as well as any other personal or company related information (“Customer Information”) the customer will allow Scoutt access to. Customer Information is not regulated by this Privacy Policy, and this paragraph is provided only for transparency purposes, since Scoutt is a data processor/service provider of the Customer Information. If you have any questions related to the Customer Information, please contact the customer directly.

How We Protect And Retain Your Personal Information

Security. We implement and maintain industry-standard technical, organizational and security measures designed to protect your personal information. However, please note that we cannot guarantee that the personal information will not be compromised as a result of unauthorized penetration of our servers. As the security of information depends in part on the security of the computer, device or network you use to communicate with us and the security you use to protect your user IDs and passwords, please make sure to take appropriate measures to protect this information.

‍Retention of your personal information. Your personal information will be stored until we proactively delete it from our records, or until you send a valid deletion request. Please note that in some circumstances we store your personal information for longer periods of time, for example (i) where we are required to do so in accordance with legal, regulatory, tax or accounting requirements, or (ii) for us to have an accurate record of your dealings with us in the event of any complaints or challenges, and/or (iii) if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation relating to your personal information or dealings.

How We Share Your Personal Information

We may share your personal information as follows:

        • The personal information Scoutt gathers may be shared with our partners and other third parties.
        • We also share personal information about you with our affiliated companies.
        • We use third party service providers to process your personal information for the purposes outlined above, including, without limitation:
        • With cloud service providers for hosting purposes;
        • With websites and web content creation platforms in order to help us manage our
       • Website;With email providers, marketing, CRM, other similar tool providers;
        • With artificial intelligence tools and features; and
        • With analytic companies, in order to help us understand and analyze information we collect in accordance with this policy.

To the extent necessary, with regulators, courts, banks or competent authorities, to comply with applicable laws, regulations and rules (including, without limitation, federal, state or local laws), and requests of law enforcement, regulatory and other governmental agencies or if required to do so by court order, as well as for internal compliance procedures and to protect the safety, security, and integrity of Scoutt, our Services, customers, employees, property, and the public. We may use or disclose the personal information we collect in order to ensure that our users are complying with all applicable aspects of our policies.

We may disclose personal information with our lawyers, accountants, auditors and other professional advisors where necessary to obtain legal or other advice or otherwise protect and manage our business interests;

We may use or disclose the personal information to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, cybersecurity threats, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of this policy, or as otherwise required or allowed by law and regulations;

If, in the future, we sell or transfer, or we consider selling or transferring, some or all of our business, shares or assets to a third party, we will disclose your personal information to such third party (whether actual or potential) in connection with the foregoing events (including, without limitation, our current or potential investors). In the event that we are acquired by, or merged with, a third party entity, or in the event of bankruptcy or a comparable event, we reserve the right to transfer, disclose or assign your personal information in connection with the foregoing events.

Where you have otherwise provided your consent to us for sharing or transferring your personal information.

Your Privacy Rights

The following rights (which may be subject to certain exemptions or derogations including the verification of your identity and our right to retain information to comply with our legal obligations, among other circumstances) shall apply to certain individuals (some of which only apply in specific jurisdictions to individuals protected by specific laws):
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        • You have the right to know what personal information is being collected about you, this includes the right to request that we disclose what personal information of yours we collect, use, and disclose.
        • You have the right to withdraw consent to the processing, where consent is the basis of processing. Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are entitled to continue processing your data, in particular if the processing is required to meet our legal and regulatory obligations. Also, please note that the withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
        • You have the right to request access to your personal information held by us, along with details on how it is processed, subject to certain conditions. You have the right to demand rectification of inaccurate personal information about you. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
        • You have the right to object to unlawful data processing under certain conditions.
        • You have the right to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions, if you believe we have exceeded the legitimate basis for processing, the processing is no longer necessary, or if you believe your personal information is inaccurate.
        • You have the right to data portability of personal information concerning you that you provided us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, subject to            certain conditions.
        • You have the right to request the erasure/deletion of your personal information (e.g. from our records and the records of our service providers). Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are required to retain your personal information, for example for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
        • The personal information we collect is not used for automated decision-making and profiling, except for automated processes in the context of marketing. As stated above, you can opt out of direct marketing by contacting Scoutt directly or by following the instructions through the unsubscribe options in our email messages.
        • You also have a right to request certain details of the basis on which your personal information is transferred outside the European Economic Area, but data transfer agreements and/or other details may need to be partially redacted for reasons of commercial confidentiality.
        • You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of the privacy rights.
        • You have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority (i.e., your place of habitual residence, place or work or place of alleged infringement) at any time or before the relevant institutions in your place of residence. We ask that you please attempt to resolve any issues with us before you contact your local supervisory authority and/or relevant institution. 
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Exercising Your Privacy Rights. You can exercise your rights by contacting us at privacy@scoutt.co. You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf if you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you. To protect your privacy, we may take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. Subject to legal and other permissible considerations, we will make every reasonable effort to honor your request promptly in accordance with applicable law or inform you if we require further information in order to fulfil your request. When processing your request, we may ask you for additional information to confirm or verify your identity and for security purposes, before processing and/or honoring your request. We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law, for instance if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. In the event that your request would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others (for example, would impact the duty of confidentiality we owe to others) or if we are legally entitled to deal with your request in a different way than initial requested, we will address your request to the maximum extent possible, all in accordance with applicable law.

‍Deleting your account: Should you ever decide to delete your account, you may do so by emailing support@scoutt.co. If you terminate your account, any association between your account and personal information we store will no longer be accessible through your account. However, given the nature of sharing on certain services, any public activity on your account prior to deletion will remain stored on our servers and will remain accessible to the public.

‍Marketing emails – opt-out: You may choose not to receive marketing email of this type by unsubscribing to such email threads, by using the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of the email to opt out of receiving future emails, and we will process your request within a reasonable time after receipt.

International Transfer Of Personal Information

In order to run our business and provide our Website and Services to you, we transfer personal information to certain countries around the world, including to our affiliates and service providers, many of whom are located outside of your jurisdiction. Therefore, your personal information may be processed in countries with privacy laws that are different from privacy laws in your country. Whenever personal information is transferred internationally, we ensure it is protected by using Standard Contractual Clauses or other lawful mechanisms:

        • Making sure the destination country has been deemed by the European Commission to provide an adequate level of protection for personal information; and/or
        • By executing data onward transfer instruments such as data processing and protection agreements.

Use By Children

We do not offer our products or Services for use by children and, therefore, we do not knowingly collect personal information from, and/or about children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, do not provide any information to us without the involvement of a parent or a guardian. In the event that we become aware that you provided personal information in violation of applicable privacy laws, we reserve the right to delete it. If you believe that we might have any such information, please contact us at privacy@scoutt.co.

Interaction With Third Party Products

We enable you to interact with third party websites, mobile software applications and products or services that are not owned, or controlled, by us (each, a “Third Party Service”). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Third Party Services. Please be aware that Third Party Services can collect personal information from you. Accordingly, we encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of each Third Party Service.

Analityc Tools/Cookies

Google Analytics. The Website uses a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about use of the Website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this Website, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other websites they used prior to coming to this Website. We use the information we get from Google Analytics to maintain and improve the Website and our products. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with information we collect. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service, available at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/, and the Google Privacy Policy, available at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. You may learn more about how Google collects and processes data specifically in connection with Google Analytics at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You may prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

Through our Services we allow third party advertising partners to set technologies and other tracking tools to collect information, which in certain cases could be considered personal information, regarding your activities and your device (e.g., your IP address, mobile identifiers, page(s) visited, location, time of day). We also combine and share such personal information and other personal information (such as demographic information and past purchase history) with third party advertising partners. These advertising partners may use this personal information (and similar information collected from other websites) for the purpose of delivering targeted advertisements to you when you visit third party websites within their networks. This practice is commonly referred to as “interest-based advertising” or “online behavioral advertising”. We may allow access to other data collected by the Services to share information that may be useful, relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest to you.

‍We use log files. We use such personal information to analyze trends, administer the Website, track user movement around the Website, and gather demographic information.

‍Do not track. Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. Please note that we do not respond to or honor DNT signals or similar mechanisms transmitted by web browsers.We reserve the right to remove or add new analytic tools, cookies, pixels and other tracking technologies.

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