Privacy Policy
Table of contents
1. General
2. What personal information do we collect
3. How we use your personal information
4. Marketing Purposes
5. Cookies
6. Access to, review, and rectification of your personal information
7. Protection and retention of your personal information
8. Other Information
1. General
This privacy policy describes the policy of Buzzspot regarding the collection, use, storage, sharing, and protection of your personal information ("Privacy Policy"). This Privacy Policy applies to the buzzspot.io website and all related services, and tools where reference is made to this policy ("Services"), regardless of how you access the Services. Buzzspot is the data controller, developed by Intecons.
Scope and consent: By using Buzzspot and related Services, you give explicit consent to Buzzspot for the collection, use, disclosure, and retention of your personal information by us, as described in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
Buzzspot may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We advise you to read it regularly. Substantial changes to our Privacy Policy will be announced on our Website. The amended Privacy Policy will be effective immediately after it is first posted on our Website. This Privacy Policy is effective as of January 1, 2023.
2. What personal information do we collect
You can visit our Website, Buzzspot, without registering for an account. However, when you choose to provide us with your personal information, you agree that such information is sent to and stored on our servers. We collect the following types of personal information:
Information we collect automatically: When you visit our Website, use our Services, or interact with ads or other content, we automatically collect information sent to us by your computer or other devices. This information includes, but is not limited to:
->Information from your interaction with our Website and Services, such as device ID, device type, geo-location information, computer and connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from buzzspot.io, referring URL, ad data, IP address, and standard web log information.
->Information collected through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies.
Information you provide to us: We collect and store any information you enter on our Website or provide to us when using our Services. This information includes, but is not limited to:
->Information provided when you register for an account or use our Services.;
->Additional information you may provide through social media sites or third-party Services.;
->Information provided in the context of dispute resolution, correspondence through our Website, or other communication sent to us.;
->Your resume if you choose to submit it for consideration through our careers page.
Information from other sources: We may receive or collect additional information about you from third parties and add this to our account information. This information includes, but is not limited to: demographic data, navigation data, additional contact data, and additional data about you from other sources, such as public authorities, to the extent permitted by law.
3. How we use your personal information
You agree that we may use your personal information for the following purposes:
->To provide you with access to our Services and Customer Support via email or telephone.;
->To prevent, detect, and investigate potentially prohibited or illegal activities, fraud, and security breaches, and to enforce our Terms of Use.;
->To personalize, measure, and improve our Services, content, and ads.;
->To provide you with other services you have requested, as described when we collected the information.
->To consider you as a potential candidate if you choose to upload your resume through our careers page.
Sharing information with and registration on social media sites: We may offer sign-on Services that allow you to access our Website or related websites using your login credentials. We may also provide Services that enable you to share information with third-party social media websites, such as Facebook, Google, WhatsApp, and Twitter.
If you grant us access to personal information stored on third-party websites, the extent of access to this information will depend on your browser settings and your consent. If you choose to connect your third-party account to your Buzzspot account and consent to us accessing the information in those third-party accounts, you agree that we can collect, use, and store information from those third-party websites in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Transfer of your personal information to third parties: We may disclose your personal information to third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws and regulations. We will not disclose your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We may share your personal information with the following:
Companies of the Classifieds Group for joint content and services, to prevent and investigate illegal activities, fraud, and data security breaches, and to support decision-making. The Classifieds Group companies will only use your information for marketing purposes if you have requested their services and will handle your personal information in accordance with their respective privacy policies.
Service providers with whom we have entered into agreements to help us provide our Services on the website, such as financial service providers, marketing agencies, and technical support. Your personal information will remain under the control of Buzzspot, developed by Intecons. If you list an ad, your listing or business address may be displayed on a map via Google Maps and therefore transferred to Google (refer to the Google Privacy Notice for more information).
Certain third parties, such as intellectual property rights holders, supervisory authorities, tax authorities, police, and other regulatory authorities, if required by law or in accordance with our Privacy Policy, to comply with legal obligations, or to prevent and prosecute criminal offenses or protect the rights and freedoms of others.
- to comply with legal obligations or court orders; or
- if this is necessary for the prevention, detection, or prosecution of criminal offenses, such as fraud, deceit or prosecution, or
- if it is necessary to maintain our policies or to protect the rights and freedoms of others.
other third parties to whom you have given consent to share your information via Buzzspot, e.g. in the framework of a cooperation;
companies that we intend to merge within the context of a re-organization or that acquire us;
an intellectual property owner if the owner of an intellectual property right or an intermediary in good faith believes that an advertisement violates the rights of the owner. Before personal information is provided, the IP owner will enter into an agreement that, inter alia, stipulates that information is only provided on the strict condition that it may only be used in the context of legal proceedings and/or obtaining legal advice and/or to answer questions from the relevant advertiser
Without limitation to the foregoing, we shall moreover - in our efforts to respect your privacy and to keep the website free of malicious persons or parties – not disclose your personal information to third parties without a court order or formal request from the government in accordance with applicable law, unless we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to prevent impending injury or financial damages or to report alleged illegal activities.
Information you share on buzzspot.io: Buzzspot provides users with the ability to create and interact with online bots. When using our services, you may choose to share certain information, including but not limited to:
->Bot Configurations: You may provide information about the functionality, behavior, and settings of your bot, including its name, description, responses, triggers, and actions.
->User Input: In order to enable your bot to respond effectively, you may share user inputs, such as questions, commands, or requests, that are directed to your bot.
->Personalized Responses: You have the option to customize and personalize the responses generated by your bot. This may involve sharing specific text, images, or other media content.
->Integration Data: If you integrate your bot with external services or APIs, you may choose to share relevant information necessary for the integration to function properly, such as API keys, access tokens, or configuration details.
->User Interaction Data: When users interact with your bot, their interactions and inputs may be logged and stored, including timestamps, user identifiers, and conversation history. This is done to improve the performance, functionality, and user experience of your bot.
In case you visit our Website from a shared computer or a computer in an internet café, we strongly recommend that you log off after each session. If you do not want the shared computer to remember you and/or your credentials, you will need to remove cookies and/or the history of your website visits.
Your data controller may transfer data to other members of our corporate family as described in this Privacy Policy who may process and keep your personal information on servers.
4. Marketing Purposes
You agree that we may use the information collected by us to send you offers, whether personalized or not or to contact you by telephone regarding products or Services offered by Buzzspot or companies of the Classifieds Group.
We will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We may combine your information with information we collect from other companies and use it to improve and personalize our Services and functionalities.
When you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, you can, where applicable, change your preferences in your My Buzzspot account, or follow the unsubscribe link in the marketing communication you received.
5. Cookies
When you use our Services, we and our service providers may place cookies (data files on your phone or mobile device’s drive) or web beacons (electronic images that are placed in a web page’s code), or similar technologies. We use cookies to help us identify you as a user, to provide you with a better experience on our Website, to measure promotional effectiveness, and to ensure trust and safety on our Website. For more detailed information about our use of these technologies, we refer you to our Policy on Cookies, Web beacons, and Similar Technologies.
6. Accessing, Reviewing, and Changing Your Personal
Information
We cannot modify your personal information or account information. You can modify your own information by logging into your Buzzspot account. When you place a classified ad, you may not be able to change your listing message. If you want to close your account (where applicable) with us, please send us a request to us here. We will process your request within a reasonable period of time and process your personal information in accordance with applicable law. Alternatively, you can also contact Customer Support to access your personal information stored by us that is not directly accessible on Buzzspot, unless we are not required to provide access under applicable law. We may charge a fee to compensate costs; however, the fee shall not exceed the amount permitted by law. If your information is factually incorrect or incomplete or irrelevant for the purposes for which we process your information, you can request us to modify or delete your information. Such requests will be handled in accordance with applicable law. If you have any questions, please contact us with the subject line ‘Request Privacy Policy:
- on noreply@buzzspot.io;
7. Protection and retention of your personal information
We protect your information by using technical and administrative security measures (such as firewalls, data encryption, and physical and administrative access controls to the data and servers) that limit the risk of loss, abuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration. Nevertheless, if you believe your account has been abused, please contact us through the Contact Form.
We retain personal information no longer than is legally permissible and delete personal information when it is no longer necessary for the purposes described above.
8. Other information
Abuse and unsolicited commercial communications ("spam"): We do not tolerate abuse of our Website. You do not have permission to add other Buzzspot users to your mailing list (e-mail or postal) for commercial purposes, even if a user has purchased something from you unless the user has given his explicit consent. If you notice that someone is abusing our Website (spam or spoof emails), please notify us here.
It is not allowed to use our member-to-member communication resources to send spam or content that violates our Terms of Use in any other way. For your security, we may scan messages automatically and check for spam, viruses, phishing, and other malicious activity or illegal or prohibited content. We do not permanently store messages sent through these resources.
Third Parties: Unless explicitly provided otherwise in this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy applies only to the use and transfer of information we collect from you. Buzzspot has no control over the privacy policies of third parties that may apply to you. When we work with third parties or use third-party tools to provide certain services, we will explicitly indicate which privacy policy applies to you. We, therefore, encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.