Privacy Policy
0. Introduction
SocialCareInnovation must gather, store and use “personal data” as defined by the European Union Regulation (EU) 2016/679 in order to market our products and services to you. The collection and processing of personal data are subject to restrictions aimed at protecting the privacy of individuals.
This privacy policy document will describe the reasons why personal data is needed, how it will be used, who will be able to access the information, and when it will be deleted from our records. It also explains your rights to access your data under data protection laws or seek to have it rectified or deleted. We will at all times comply with the provisions of the European Union General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”)
If you choose to use our services, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used mainly for providing and secondarily also for improving the service. We will under no conditions share your information with any third party, except as described in this privacy policy.
SocialCareInnovation embeds the services delivered by hellohoreca.com. The privacy provisions described below refer to both the SocialCareInnovation specific provisions as well as the embedded hellohoreca.com.
1. Primary User data collection
For a better experience, while using our service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, namely your name, address, location, and email. The information is important for your identification as a SocialCareInnovation User and for channeling to you the appropriate, every time, services. This information will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.
Name, address, and email information is stored in our databases (residing with Hetzner, Germany) for the sole reason of allowing your seamless access to the SocialCareInnovation Services. This information is not made available to any third party, whatsoever. It is also not automatically deleted from our databases. Should you desire to completely erase it from our databases you can send a mail here requesting your data to be completely removed from our databases. This request will be executed in one month.
In addition, the app and/or website may use
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Google Maps services to collect information used to identify your location. The privacy policy with regard to Google Maps can be found at https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Mailchimp to send out Newsletters to the data item [3]- email; users are always able to easily deregister from this Newsletter list. The privacy policy with regard to Mailchimp can be found at https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/. In the Registration forms due GDPR information is made available. If you choose to unsubscribe from our newsletter, your email address will be maintained on our email suppression list in order to prevent us from contacting you again via email. This is in order for us to comply with GDPR law. No unsolicited newsletter will ever be sent out. Only persons actively requesting to subscribe will be sent this newsletter.
As regards device information this also may be collected so that the device may receive messages sent out from SocialCareInnovation. This information will expire after some days, as set up by the service provider. Even after expiration, it will neither be made available to any third party nor automatically erased from our databases. For this, you must explicitly raise the issue by emailing us as above.
At this moment in time, no other third party interferes with our app and collects data from it. If this changes then the privacy policy will be updated.
2. Secondary User data collection
SocialCareInnovation In order to deliver its services, may also collect your opinions, your requests, etc. This information again will neither be made available to any third party nor automatically erased from our databases. For this, you must explicitly raise the issue by emailing us as above.
SocialCareInnovation may also employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:
- To facilitate our services
- To provide the services on our behalf
- To assist us in analyzing how our service is used.
Such third parties may have access to their personal information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.
At this moment in time the only such third part is Google Maps and Mailchimp (see above for more details)
3. User data and our SocialCareInnovation Customers
The databases, where the above data are stored, are technically maintained by us but are ownership of SocialCareInnovation. You have a right to access the personal data that we hold about you. If you would like to exercise that right, you must submit a request here specifying the information that you want us to provide you and or erase. We will respond to any such request within one month of receiving it
We will inform you via email following receipt of your request and, if necessary, seek additional information from you about your request. Our customers are hereby clearly made aware that if we receive any such request from the users to have their personal data removed we will have to immediately do so.
This said we do not have any other control on how the customers are going to potentially use user data (marketing campaigns, etc.) Thus, in the case of unsolicited emails or other use that violates privacy, the user will have to contact the provider and issue his requests directly to him.
4. Cookies
Various cookies are used to enhance the user experience. To see all general-purpose cookies which are stored in browsers one can check xxx. In addition, the website uses Stat Counter to track visitor traffic. A special cookie alert is used to notify users and ask them to accept the fact that cookies are deployed as a condition to proceed to the site.
5. User communication
SocialCareInnovation may send web notifications to the user's mobile if so required by the particular service. This can be disabled at the mobile level but can also be disabled at the particular SocialCareInnovation module (News)
SocialCareInnovation in order to best perform its services may send emails only after you have first registered to it. The deletion of all your related data from our server is possible after an explicit request is sent here
The SocialCareInnovation website is purely informative, does not collect any data nor will it take any action vis a vis users. Through the website, you may proactively post us messages accompanied by your email so that we may respond to you. Upon your request, as in all cases, your records will be removed.
SocialCareInnovation does not send SMS messages.
6. Security
We value your trust in providing us your personal information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
7. Links to Other Sites
This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
8. Childrens' Privacy
This service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do the necessary actions.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes, indirectly, by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our privacy policy, do not hesitate to contact us here
