Privacy Policy
UPDATED JANUARY 19, 2020
This Privacy Notice describes how we collect and use your personal information in relation to Half Cirqle websites, applications, products, services, events, and experiences that reference this Privacy Notice (together, “Half Cirqle Offerings”).
This Privacy Notice does not apply to the “content” processed, stored, or hosted by our customers using Half Cirqle Offerings in connection with a OwlWatch account.
Personal Information We Collect
We collect your personal information in the course of providing Half Cirqle Offerings to you.
Here are the types of information we gather:
• Information You Give Us: We collect any information you provide in relation to Half Cirqle Offerings. This includes billing information and email.
• Automatic Information: We automatically collect certain types of information when you interact with Half Cirqle Offerings.
• Information from Other Sources: We might collect information about you from other sources, including service providers, partners, and publicly available sources.
How We Use Personal Information
We use your personal information to operate, provide, and improve Half Cirqle Offerings. Our purposes for using personal information include:
• Provide Half Cirqle Offerings: We use your personal information to provide and deliver Half Cirqle Offerings and process transactions related to Half Cirqle Offerings, including registrations, subscriptions, purchases, and payments.
• Measure, Support, and Improve Half Cirqle Offerings: We use your personal information to measure use of, analyze performance of, fix errors in, provide support for, improve, and develop Half Cirqle Offerings.
• Comply with Legal Obligations: In certain cases, we have a legal obligation to collect, use, or retain your personal information.
• Communicate with You: We use your personal information to communicate with you in relation to Half Cirqle Offerings via different channels (e.g., by phone, email) and to respond to your requests.
• Marketing: We use your personal information to market and promote Half Cirqle Offerings. We might display interest-based ads for Half Cirqle Offerings.
• Fraud and Abuse Prevention and Credit Risks: We use your personal information to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in order to protect the security of our customers, Half Cirqle, and others. We may also use scoring methods to assess and manage credit risks.
• Purposes for Which We Seek Your Consent: We may also ask for your consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose that we communicate to you.
Cookies
To enable our systems to recognize your browser or device and to provide Half Cirqle Offerings to you, we use cookies.
How We Share Personal Information
Information about our customers is an important part of our business and we are not in the business of selling our customers’ personal information to others. We share personal information only as described below and with Half Cirqle Technologies LLC.
• Business Transfers: As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or services. In such transactions, personal information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Notice (unless, of course, the individual consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that Half Cirqle or substantially all of its assets are acquired, your information will of course be one of the transferred assets.
• Protection of Us and Others: We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our terms and other agreements, or protect the rights, property, or security of Half Cirqle, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud prevention and detection and credit risk reduction.
• At Your Option: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when personal information about you might be shared with third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.
Location of Personal Information
Half Cirqle Technologies LLC is located in the United States. Depending on the scope of your interactions with Half Cirqle Offerings, your personal information may be stored in or accessed from multiple countries, including the United States. Whenever we transfer personal information to other jurisdictions, we will ensure that the information is transferred in accordance with this Privacy Notice and as permitted by applicable data protection laws.
How We Secure Information
At Half Cirqle, security is our highest priority. We design our systems with your security and privacy in mind.
• We protect the security of your information during transmission to or from Half Cirqle websites, applications, products, or services by using encryption protocols and software.
• We process your credit card information through a third party, Squarespace. Squarespace does not collect any more information than is necessary for the purchase. Additional information that is collected beyond the purchase (e.g., email, school name) is stored by Half Cirqle and is used to provide you service.
• We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage, and disclosure of personal information. Our security procedures mean that we may request proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.
Children’s Personal Information
We don’t provide Half Cirqle Offerings for purchase by children. If you’re under 18, you may use Half Cirqle Offerings only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.
All information uploaded to our servers is stored privately on Microsoft Azure Servers that are owned by Half Cirqle. You have full control over all the student data that is uploaded to the servers. You also claim full responsibility in keeping this secure.
Retention of Personal Information
We keep your personal information to enable your continued use of Half Cirqle Offerings, for as long as it is required in order to fulfill the relevant purposes described in this Privacy Notice, as may be required by law (including for tax and accounting purposes), or as otherwise communicated to you. How long we retain specific personal information varies depending on the purpose for its use, and we will delete your personal information in accordance with applicable law.