Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 3, 2024 

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.

 

Definitions 

The following definitions have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy: 

  • Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “we”, “us,” or “our”) refers to SoCha, LLC. 
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among many other uses. 
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, smartphone, or digital tablet. 
  • Personal data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. 
  • Service refers to the website, socha.net. 
  • 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). 
  • Website refers to socha.net. 
  • You means 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. 

 

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: 

  • Email address 
  • First name and last name 
  • Phone number 
  • Nationality 
  • Work history 
  • Profile details, such as for LinkedIn 

 

Usage Data 

Usage data is collected automatically when using the service. 

Usage data may include information such as your device’s Internet Protocol (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 when you visit or access our service by or through a mobile device. 

 

Tracking Technologies and Cookies 

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our service. The technologies we use may include: 

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our service. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our service may use cookies. 
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our service may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity). 

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser. We use both Session and persistent cookies for the purposes below: 

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies 

Type: Session Cookies 

Administered by: Us 

Purpose: These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the website and to enable you to use some of the website’s features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these cookies to provide you with those services. 

  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies 

Type: Persistent Cookies 

Administered by: Us 

Purpose: These cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the website. 

  • Functionality Cookies 

Type: Persistent Cookies 

Administered by: Us 

Purpose: These cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the website. 

 

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 contact you: To contact you by email, telephone calls, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, including security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation. 
  • To provide you with information similar to that you have already enquired about, unless you have opted not to receive such information. 
  • To manage your requests: To attend and manage your requests and enquiries 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 advertisements, and to evaluate and improve our website, 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 or 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 subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us. 
  • 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. 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). 

Other legal requirements 

The Company may disclose your personal data in the good faith belief that it 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 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. 

 

Links to Other Websites 

Our service contains links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services. 

 

Privacy Rights 

In some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; (iv) if applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be subject to automated decision-making. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such requests by contacting us by using the contact details provided below. 

We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws. 

If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or UK data protection authority. If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner. 

 

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 socha.net. We will let you know when the update was made by updating 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 socha.net. 

 

Contact Us 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to make a data-related request, contact us by email: info [at] socha.net.  

 

SoCha is committed to high standards of ethics and integrity in all aspects of our work. We prohibit any form of trafficking in persons or other abuse in our operations or supply chains. SoCha’s policies and standards, including our Code of Conduct and Safeguarding Policy, apply to all employees, consultants, vendors, suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, and anyone else we work with.