ASSIGNMENT BUDDY PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated April 21, 2023

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY

THIS STATEMENT PROVIDES GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRIVACY STATEMENT OF THIS WEBSITE AND ITS RELATED APP.

YOUR USE OF THIS SERVICE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE BY YOU OF THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT.

A2Z Buddy Inc., (collectively, "ASSIGNMENTBUDDY.CA", “we”, “our” and “us”.) has created this privacy statement (“Statement”) in order to demonstrate its firm commitment to the privacy of the details that you provide to us when using ASSIGNMENTBUDDY.CA (“collectively “the website”), as the data controller for the purposes of Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

At ASSIGNMENTBUDDY.CA, we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of all visitors to our website. In particular, we want you to know that the website is not in the business of selling, renting or trading email lists with other companies and businesses for marketing purposes.

We believe your business is no one else’s. Your Privacy is important to you and to us. So, we’ll protect the information you share with us. To protect your privacy, ASSIGNMENTBUDDY.CA follows different principles in accordance with worldwide practices for customer privacy and data protection.

We use state – of – the – art security measures to protect your information from unauthorized users.

Therefore, to provide you with our services we need (and sometimes are obliged by the law) to collect your personal data. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) informs Users (a "User", or "You") of our policies regarding the processing of Personal Information we receive from Users of the website.

In this Privacy Policy, we have provided detailed information on when and why we collect personal information, how we use it, the limited conditions under which we may disclose it to others, and how we keep it secure.

We take your privacy seriously and take measures to provide all visitors and users of the website with a safe and secure environment.

The Personal Information on the website, is collected, controlled, and processed by the data controller; collected on behalf of ASSIGNMENTBUDDY.CA;

A2Z Buddy Inc.

Ontario | Canada

Telephone;

EMAIL: privacy@assignmentbuddy.ca

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND OBTAIN

We obtain personal information about you from a variety of sources. This includes personal information you provide to us directly, information we obtain from other sources, and information we gather through automated means.

Information you provide to us. When you visit to use the website or participate in certain services, seek access to certain content or features, or directly correspond with us, we may collect certain types of information from you:

Contact information (such as name, address, email address, phone and/or mobile numbers);
Listing information - Property details - property type, number of bathrooms, bedrooms, area, parking etc (several data fields). Images of the property or layout.
Your payment information, when needed to facilitate certain transactions;
Reviews, comments, and/or surveys on our media blog; and
Other information you may provide to us when you fill a form, or send us an email.

Information obtained from other sources. We may obtain personal information about you in connection with the Services from publicly and commercially available sources and from our affiliates and/or business partners (such as advertising networks or social networking services), including:

Demographic data (such as gender, age range, educational level, household income range, number of children in household, ethnicity to the extent permitted);
Purchasing data, including information about advertisements you have seen or acted upon and information about your interaction with advertisers’ products and services;
Occupational data (such as profession, position, title, industry; and business address);

Information Collected by Automated Means through Our Services. We may gather by automated means (such as cookies, web beacons, web server logs, JavaScript, and other similar technologies) certain information through our Services:

Your Internet Protocol (IP) address;
Device information, including unique identifiers and connection information, including mobile device advertising IDs (e.g., Apple’s IDFA or Google’s AAID) and the means of internet connection (e.g., WiFi connection, ISP) that can identify physical location of such devices, in accordance with applicable law;
Your device type and settings, software used, browser type and operating system;
Websites or other services you visited before and after visiting the Services (referring URL);
Web pages and advertisements you view and links you click on within, and what search queries you may have run on, the Services (clickstream);
Viewing behavior, including the content you view, how long you view content, the quality of the service you receive, and advertisements you have been shown or interacted with;
Dates and times you access or use the Services;
Your phone number and mobile carrier details in connection with our mobile app.
Location information, including the city, state and zip code associated with your IP Address, information derived through WiFi triangulation, and precise location information from GPS-based functionality on your mobile apps, with your consent;

2. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

Cookies are small files that we or others send to and store on or with your computer so that your computer, browser, mobile app, or other application can be recognized as unique the next time you access, visit, use or otherwise take advantage of the Services or other media. Cookies may also reflect demographic data pertaining to you or other data linked to information you submit. One use or consequence of cookies is to enable you to receive customized ads, alerts, content, services, or information. You are always free to decline any cookies we use by adjusting the settings of your browser, as your browser may permit; however, some products, services or features might not be available or operate properly if cookies are not enabled. Some of our advertisers and third-party service providers may also utilize their own cookies.

In addition, we, our service providers, and others sometimes use data-gathering mechanisms on the Services, including without limitation “web beacons”, “clear GIFs”, “pixels” and/or “tags”. These perform statistical and administrative functions, such as measuring site and page traffic, verifying advertising paths, better understanding user interests and activity, gathering related information (such as information relating to a particular browser, device, or IP address) and positioning images, and typically do so without detracting from your online experience. Such mechanisms are not necessarily designed to collect Personal Information. In addition, if you have provided your email address, we might use a non-human unreadable form (or “hash”) of your email address to deliver, or facilitate delivery of, relevant advertisements and information to you on or by way of the Services or on or by way of other websites or media, including, for example, popular social media sites and features.

3. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE OBTAIN

We, or service providers acting on our behalf, may use the information collected from and about you to:

Provide our services, including authorizing a purchase, or completing a transaction that you requested;
Send promotional materials as well as running social media Ads, alerts regarding available offers and other communications, including text/SMS messages if you provided your mobile number and opted in to receive such messages;
Communicate about, and administer participation in, special events, promotions, programs, offers, surveys, contests, and market research;
Respond to inquiries from you and other third-parties, including inquiries from law enforcement agencies;
Anonymize or de-identify personal information to provide third parties with aggregated data reports showing anonymized information and other non-personal information;
Provide technical support;
Generate suggestions about the type of content you may enjoy;
Protect against, identify, and prevent fraud and other unlawful activity, claims and other liabilities;
Supplement your personal information collected directly from you and/or from automated means with additional information from publicly and commercially available sources, and/or information from our affiliates and our business partners;
Associate your browser and/or device with other browsers or devices you use for the purpose of providing relevant and easier access to content, advertising across browsers and devices, and other operational/business purposes;
Operate, evaluate, and improve our business (including developing, enhancing, analyzing, and improving our Services; managing our communications; reviewing and processing employment applications, performing data and statistical analytics; and performing accounting, auditing, and other internal functions);
Comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards, contractual obligations, and our terms of service and other policies; and
In other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.

4. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may disclose your personal information to selected third parties, including:

Third party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as providers of IT and email distribution services, who may use your personal information for the purposes mentioned above;
Advisors such as accountants, lawyers, and consultants;
In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets (and their respective advisers), who may use the personal information in connection with the sale or purchase;
If ASSIGNMENTBUDDY.CA or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, to the relevant third party (and its advisers) who may use the data in connection with the acquisition;
Analytics providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of our websites;
Law enforcement agencies or other third parties for the purposes described below.

We may also disclose your personal information to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal information in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Website Terms of Use, our Terms and Conditions and other agreements, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of ASSIGNMENTBUDDY.CA, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud detection and protection and credit risk reduction.

5. HOW WE HOLD AND PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

How we keep your personal information secure

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your personal information is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be carried out by third parties over encrypted connections using SSL technology. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password or API key which enables you to access certain parts of our site, or you have invited team members to access parts of our site or apps, you are responsible for keeping this password or API key confidential. We ask you not to share a password or API key with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site and any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

6. OUR RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The periods for which we keep your information depend on why your information was collected and what we use it for. We will not keep your personal information for longer than necessary other than for our business purposes or for legal requirements.

7. WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS TO YOUR DATA?

All Your Personal Information we collect will always belong to you. However, we are a collector and a processor of Your Personal Information. That implies on us obligations to respect your rights to Personal Information and facilitate the exercise of your rights thereto. In order to use any of your rights at any time please contact us and we will facilitate the exercise of your rights free of charge. We will inform you on the actions taken by us under your request as soon as practically possible, but in any case, not later than in 30 (thirty) calendar days.

In accordance with effective regulations, you have a significant number of rights related to your Personal Information, such as e.g.:

Right to access. You may obtain from us the confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and get access to such personal data. You are entitled to view, amend, or delete the personal information that we hold. Email your request to our data protection office at privacy@assignmentbuddy.ca and we will work with you to remove any of your personal data we may have.

Right to rectify your inaccurate Personal Information and to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement

Right to erase your Personal Information. Please note that a request to erase your Personal Information will also terminate your account on the Site. We will automatically and without undue delay erase your Personal Information when it is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed;

Right to restrict processing of your Personal Information;

Right to data portability. You may obtain from us the personal data concerning you and which you have provided to us and transmit it to another Personal Information Controller;

Right to object to processing of Your Personal Information,

Right to withdraw your consent to the usage of your Personal Information at any time

Right to lodge a complaint. We take privacy concerns seriously. If you believe that we have not complied with this Privacy Policy with respect to your Personal Information, you may contact our respective Data Protection Office. We will investigate your complaint promptly and will reply within 30 (thirty) calendar days.

8. ANALYTICS

When someone visits the website, we may use third-party services like Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to track things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site and interactions with the site. This information is processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en We also encourage you to review Google’s policy for safeguarding your data: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

Firebase

Firebase is a hosting and analytics service provided by Google Inc. You may opt-out of certain Firebase features through your mobile device settings, such as your device advertising settings or by following the instructions provided by Google in their Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

For more information on what type of information Firebase collects, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Cloudflare analytics

Cloudflare analytics is a web analytics service operated by Cloudflare Inc. Read the Privacy Policy here: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

Imagekit.io

ImageKit.io is a cloud-based image optimization and transformation service that helps businesses deliver high-quality images with faster loading times. With ImageKit.io, you can easily upload, resize, crop, and optimize your images for different devices and browsers, without compromising on quality. https://imagekit.io/privacy/

9. SECURING PRIVACY

To transfer data between our websites, our applications and backends, communication is encrypted using the SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. We protect the systems and processing by a series of technical and organisational measures. These include data encryption, pseudonymization and anonymization, logical and physical access restriction and control, firewalls and recovery systems, and integrity testing. Our employees are regularly trained in the sensitive handling of personal data and are obliged to observe data secrecy in accordance with legal requirements.

10. OTHER INFORMATION

Abuse and unsolicited commercial communications ("spam"): We do not tolerate abuse of our Website. You do not have permission to add other ASSIGNMENTBUDDY.CA users to your mailing list (e-mail or postal) for commercial purposes, even if a user has purchased something from you, unless the user has given his explicit consent. If you notice that someone is abusing our Website (spam or spoof emails), please notify us here.

It is not allowed to use our member-to-member communication resources to send spam or content that violates our Terms of Use in any other way. For your security, we may scan messages automatically and check for spam, viruses, phishing, and other malicious activity or illegal or prohibited content. We do not permanently store messages sent through these resources.

If you choose to provide or display your contact information (name, email addresses and phone numbers) on the Website for sellers, advertisers, or potential buyers to contact you directly; You also agree to allow the interested parties to contact you directly through email or phone. In such cases, you accept and understand that we are not liable for any use/misuse that occurs outside of our control. (For example, spam calls, spam emails, and other unwelcome contact or harmful content).

Third Parties: Unless explicitly provided otherwise in this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy applies only to the use and transfer of information we collect from you. ASSIGNMENTBUDDY.CA has no control over the privacy policies of third parties that may apply to you. When we work with third parties or use third party tools to provide certain services, we will explicitly indicate which privacy policy applies to you. We therefore encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

11. MINORS

We do not knowingly gather or otherwise process personal data of minors under the age of 18. If we notice that one of our users/visitors is a minor we will immediately take steps to remove their information. If you believe we have processed or still hold information on minors, please send us an email at privacy@assignmentbuddy.ca and we will remove it A.S.A.P.

12. CHANGES IN THE PRIVACY STATEMENT

The effective date at the top of this page indicates when this Privacy Statement was last revised. We will notify you before any material change takes effect so that you have time to review the changes. Any change is effective when we post the revised Privacy Statement. Your use of the Services following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Statement.