Wise Owl Privacy Policy
Wise Owl (“we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and personal data. This privacy policy (together with any other documents referred to herein) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us and the choices you have regarding this information. Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. This privacy policy applies to the information we collect when you access or use our products, services, and/or technology platforms (including without limitation, our websites, mobile applications, and other Wise Owl controlled property (collectively the “Sites”)) or other services that link to this privacy policy (collectively the “Services”). It also applies when you apply to work with us, contact us, or otherwise interact with us through our Sites.
If you are under 18 years of age, please do not send any personal data about yourself to us.
1. Information Collection
We collect personal information from individuals we interact with in the course of providing our Sites and Services, dealing with suppliers, employees, and potential employees, and as necessary for the operation of our business and provision of our Services.
In order to provide our Services, the main types of information we collect are:
- Information that you provide when registering to use our Sites or subscribing to our Services, alerts, newsletters, or to attend our events, or when applying to work with us. This may include data such as name, postal address, telephone number, email address, other forms of electronic communication, details from your LinkedIn profile, or background information.
- Login credentials for any of our Sites.
- Information you provide in connection with the delivery of our Services including responses to questionnaires, activities, participation in any interactive features of our Sites or Services, including video or audio calls, and other information generated in connection with coaching sessions.
- If you contact us, for instance to report a problem with our Site or Services, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
- Information you provide in response to any promotions or research surveys that we send (subject to your agreement to be contacted for such purposes).
We also automatically collect information when you use our Services or Sites, including but not limited to:
- Data related to your use of and visit to the Sites such as time of login, how you navigated to our Sites, browsing information, what you viewed, clicked, and searched for.
- Data related to the type of device you used to access our Services, including web browser used and browsing information collected through cookies, web beacons, pixels, and other similar tracking technologies, IP address, device identifiers, operating system, and mobile network information.
The information we collect automatically will be associated with the personal data you provide.
Our Sites are not designed to respond to “do not track” signals from browsers, and we do track or collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites.
2. Data Retention
We only retain personal data for as long as it is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to meet legal or regulatory obligations, or for other legitimate business purposes. Data may be archived as long as the purpose for which the data was used still exists.
3. Use of Information
We only use and process personal data for legitimate business purposes, including:
- To conduct our business, provide and improve our Sites and Services.
- To fix errors, monitor usage and improve performance and reliability of our Sites and Services.
- To personalize and enhance the content we think is relevant for you and provide alerts, newsletters, surveys, research, or other information that you have requested.
- To communicate and stay in touch with our clients, suppliers, and business contacts.
- For Employees and Coaches to assess qualifications, verify information and references, provide appropriate compensation and contact potential Employees on opportunities of interest.
- To fulfill our and our affiliates’ legal obligations and contractual obligations.
- Any other purpose for which the information is collected or which is incidental to the above.
4. Marketing Practices
We use personal data to send promotional communications. Where required by law, we will obtain consent prior to sending such communications. If you no longer wish to receive these communications, you can unsubscribe by following the link or contacting us as set out below in this Privacy Policy. Please note we will still send communications about your account or any ongoing Services.
5. Disclosure of Your Information and International Transfers
In order to deliver our Services and Sites, we may disclose personal data to:
- Our Employees, Agents, Coaches, Consultants, Advisers, Auditors, Contractors, and service providers in connection with our operations or Services.
- Our overseas offices, affiliates, business partners, and counterparts.
- Financial institutions, professional advisers, purchasers, or business partners in connection with any financing, sale, reorganization, merger, or acquisition of our business.
We and our third-party service providers may hold your data on servers located throughout the world. By using the Sites or Services, you voluntarily consent to trans-border transfers of and hosting of such information.
6. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. Cookies are a small file of letters and numbers that are stored on your browser or hard drive to uniquely identify the browser or to store information or settings on the user’s device. By continuing to browse our Sites, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. It is possible to disable or restrict cookies or adjust their settings through your browser; however, please note this may impact your ability to use some of the features of our Sites.
7. Third Party Websites and Social Networking
Our website may contain links to other sites, and you may be able to sign into your account with us through your social network accounts. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of such other Linked Sites. By associating your social network account with your account with us, you give us permission to access information that you have made available in your public profile on these social network accounts. The information you make available through this will depend on the settings and selections you have made in your respective social network accounts.
8. Children
The Sites and Services are not designed for or directed at persons under 18 years of age. We request that persons under 18 years of age do not provide us with their personal data, and we do not intentionally collect or maintain personal data for persons under 18 years of age.
9. Google API and Data Use Disclosure
Wiseowl.coach, our website or applications and services, will use and transfer information received from Google APIs to any other app while strictly adhering to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
10. Consent and Changes to our Privacy Policy
By using our Sites or Services, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your personal data as set forth in this Privacy Policy. We may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes we may make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page, and the revised date of the Privacy Policy will indicate the date on which notice of the changes has been given. Your continued use of our Services or Sites constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.