--- title: "Privacy Policy" description: "Learn about how Cyoda collects, uses, discloses, transfers, and stores your information. Our commitment to protecting your personal data and privacy rights." canonical: https://cyoda.com/privacy-policy --- # Privacy Policy Last updated: March 31, 2024 Data privacy is important to Cyoda. Our Privacy Policy covers how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and store your information. Please take a moment to read our privacy practices and let us know if you have any questions. ## 1\. Purpose CYODA LIMITED ("The Company") are committed to protecting your Personal Information when you use our website, products and services. We recognise that when you choose to provide us with information about yourself, you trust us to treat it in a responsible manner. The purpose of this Website Privacy Policy is to inform you about how the Company may use your Personal Information. In order to optimise the provision of our services to you and to facilitate some of our marketing efforts, we collect certain specific information about you. This Website Privacy Policy explains the following: * what information we may collect about you; * how we will use information we collect about you; * whether the Company will disclose your details to anyone else; * where we might send your information; * the use of cookies on the Company's websites; and * how you can reject cookies. The Company uses all Personal Information that you provide to us or that we collect from you in accordance with all applicable laws, including those concerning the protection of Personal Information such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation. ## 2\. Definitions In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used: **GDPR:** the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). It also addresses the transfer of personal data outside the EU and EEA areas. The primary aim of the "GDPR" is to give control to individuals over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU. **Data Protection Law:** all legislation and regulations in force from time to time regulating the use of personal data and the privacy of electronic communications including, but not limited to, EU Regulation 2016/679 (the"GDPR"), the Data Protection Act 2018, and any successor legislation or other directly applicable EU regulation relating to data protection and privacy for as long as, and to the extent that, EU law has legal effect in the UK). **Personal Data:** any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that information, for example, a person's name, identification number, location, online identifier. It can also include pseudonymised data. The terms Personal Data and Personal Information are used interchangeably within this policy. ## 3\. Website Privacy Policy Scope This Website Privacy Policy applies only to the actions of the Company and use of the Company's website. The website may contain hyperlinks to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third party websites have their own privacy policies, and are also likely to use cookies. We recommend that you review these policies which will govern the use of Personal Information which you submit when visiting these websites and which may also be collected by cookies. We do not accept any liability for such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk. ## 4\. The Collection and Use of Data ### 4.1. How do we collect information This Policy relates to the Company's use of any Personal Information collected from you via the following services: * CYODA LIMITED's website; * social media; * messaging services; and * any official email address or SMS number ### 4.2. What information do we collect When you participate in, access or sign up to any of the Company's services, activities or online content (including on social media and messaging applications), such as newsletters, promotions, live chats, message boards, web and mobile notifications or votes, we may receive Personal Information about you. This may include: * your first and last name * email address * job title * employer * postal address * telephone or mobile number * IP address (numbers that can uniquely identify a specific computer or other network device on the internet) * information provided by you in relation to submitting a job application to us (this may include sensitive personal information) * information collected about your use of CYODA LIMITED's services ### 4.3. How will we use the information? Depending on your use of our site, we will use your personal information for a number of purposes including: * To provide our services, activities or online content, or communicating information about them (e.g. relating to upcoming promotions or new product launches) or dealing with your requests and enquiries. * To provide you with better ways of accessing information from this website. * For service administration, which means that we may contact you for reasons related to the service, activity or online content you have signed up for. * To contact you about any submission you have made. * To use IP addresses and device identifiers to identify the location of users, blocking disruptive use, establishing the number of visits from different countries, tailoring the content of our sites, apps or other services based on browsing behaviours, and determining the country from which you are accessing the services. * For analysis and research so that we may improve the services we offer. ## 5\. Cookies We may use information obtained from cookies or similar technology. Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity. For further information visit [www.aboutcookies.org](http://www.aboutcookies.org). You can set your browser not to accept cookies and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, if you do so in a few cases some of our website features may not function as a result. ### 5.1. What do we use cookies for? This website uses cookies that fall into one or more of all the categories below: * **Strictly necessary cookies** – these enable services you have specifically asked for. These cookies are essential to enable you to move around our website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies certain services you have asked for cannot be provided * **Performance cookies** – these collect information on the pages visited. These cookies collect information about how users use a website, for instance which pages users go to most often, and if they get error messages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. They are only used to help us make improvements to the website for a better user experience. * **Functionality cookies** – these remember choices you make to improve your experience. These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may be used to help provide services you have asked for such as watching a video. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity to other websites. ## 7\. What are your rights? Under the "GDPR", you have the following rights, which the Company will always work to uphold: * **Right to access** – for a copy of the Personal Information we hold about you, and details about how we are processing your Personal Information. If we provide you with access to the information we hold about you, we will not charge you for this, unless your request is "manifestly unfounded or excessive". Where we are legally permitted to do so, we may refuse your request. If we refuse your request, we will tell you the reasons why. * **Right to correct** – to have any inaccuracies in your Personal Information corrected. * **Right to erase** – to have your Personal Information erased, or for our use of it to be restricted (for example, if your preferences change, or if you don't want us to send you the information you have requested). * **Right to restrict use** – the right to "block" CYODA LIMITED from using your data or limit the way in which we can use it; * **Right to data portability** – if we are processing your Personal Information by automated means and on the basis of your consent (see "How do we use it?", above), for us to provide your personal information to you in a structured, commonly-used and machine-readable format. You can also ask us to provide your personal information directly to a third party in this format, and, if technically feasible, we will do so; * **Right to object** – the right to object to our use of your data including where we use it for our legitimate interests. ### 7.2. How to contact us This Website Privacy Policy should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to ask any questions or if you wish to exercise any of your rights in relation to your Personal Information, using the contact information below: **Email address:** [infosec@cyoda.com](mailto:infosec@cyoda.com) **Postal address:** Cyoda Ltd, 1 Darell Road, Richmond, London, TW9 4LF You have the right to make a complaint to the supervisory authority if you are unhappy with how we've handled your Personal Information. In the UK, the supervisory authority is the [Information Commissioner's Office](http://www.ico.org.uk).