Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is an integral part of the terms and use of the website www.SmartATS.io. By accepting the terms, the user confirms that he/she is familiar with and agrees with this Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy regulates the collection, storage, and use of personal data of Users of the Website and Visitors.


1. Protection of personal data

The protection of users’ personal data is one of SmartATS’s priorities and any processing of personal data is carried out conscientiously, legally, in good faith and in accordance with all relevant legislation. Personal data is every information related to an identified person or a person that can be identified or whether his identity can be determined directly or indirectly, in particular on the basis of an identification number or one or more factors specific to his physical, psychological, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

The processing of personal data entails any action or set of actions performed upon personal data, such as collecting, recording, organizing, storing, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, publishing or otherwise making available, alignment, combining, blocking, deletion or destruction and the implementation of logical, mathematical or other operations on that data.

SmartATS is committed to data protection of our Website Visitors and Users. However, we do gather some personal information* to improve our website, to better understand our visitors and their behavior. This is done via cookies. In order to become a Website User, one has to register. Our Website has a subscription model; therefore, we need your private personal information**

2. Legal basis

User

By entering personal data during and after the registration on the Website, the User expresses his agreement to the processing of his personal data for the stated purpose based on General Terms. The User has the right to terminate the agreement at any time and request the termination of further processing of his personal data, except when it comes to processing data for statistical purposes when the aforementioned data does not allow the identification of the person to which they relate. The User is responsible for the accuracy of the entered information.

Visitor

With access to the Website, the use of content and services which the Website provides and with the submission of information, it is considered that the Visitor consents to the collection, storage and use of personal data in accordance with the conditions specified in this Privacy Policy. In case the Visitor has any concerns about privacy or personal information they can send an email to contact@smartats.io with subject line “Website Privacy Concern” and we will revert as soon as possible.

3. Information that may be collected

User

SmartATS collects User data during the registration.

Visitor

Visitor data is collected when using the website and browsing its content. SmartATS will not collect and process personal data whose collection is prohibited by law, such as data relating to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or other beliefs, trade union memberships and other data the collection of which the law expressly prohibits, except under the law enumerated conditions and situations.

User data being collected:

  • Profile/display picture
  • Country, state, postal code, or city of residence
  • Login name, screen name, nickname, or handle
  • Telephone number (home/work/mobile number)
  • Postal or other physical addresses
  • Date of birth
  • Gender
  • Name(s) of the school/university (including grades and graduation year)
  • Name(s) of the workplace
  • Job position/designation (including salary)
  • Resume/CV
  • Information related to social profiles, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Google, GitHub, etc.
  • IP addresses and other information collected passively, as further detailed in the Passive Collection section below
  • Visitor data being collected:

  • IP address
  • Location data
  • In case when Visitor downloads marketing materials (E-books, resources, tutorials, guides), additional data is collected and stored:

  • First name
  • Last name
  • Job title
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Workplace details
  • Country of residence
  • 4. The purpose for which the data is collected

    User

    SmartATS collects User information for the sole purpose of carrying out activities which are the subject of their business. The collected data can be used for further development and improvement of the Website, to adapt and improve the content and services that the Website provides, as well as to inform and offer the User other contents and services that can be used through the Website.

    The data of Users who advertise the need for employment, which refers to the job description and requirements that must be met by potential employees, as well as information that such a User submits while presenting its business activities and their contact information shall be available to all Users and Visitors of the Website.

    If you are a User, SmartATS will use your information to provide you with information and updates about The Website for marketing purposes.

    We collect and/or process your Personal Data as a part of the following activities related to our Products:

  • Account registration
  • Use of certain Product features
  • Creating or taking tests
  • Generating reports based on information collected from use of our Products
  • Requesting service and support for our Products
  • Registering for an event (webinar, offline event, etc.)
  • Participating in an online survey
  • Participating in discussion groups or forums
  • Registering for newsletter subscriptions
  • Customizing the content, you see based on relevance
  • Visitor

    SmartATS collects Visitor data for purposes of optimizing Website performance and availability. Additionally, data entered by Visitors themselves, when downloading marketing materials, is used for providing information and updates on relevant content.

    5. Disclosure of personal data

    SmartATS will not transmit any personal data to third parties, except in the manner specified in the Policy. Any transfer to third parties must comply with the regulations of the Policy and third parties are bound to comply with the regulations of the Policy regarding data handling. User personal data may be transferred to affiliates, third parties that are contracted by SmartATS to carry out certain activities or provide certain services and in the case of ownership, organizational and status changes regarding SmartATS, as well as when such an obligation is expressly stipulated by law.

    6. Storing personal data

    SmartATS approaches the storing of personal data conscientiously and with all due care, taking the utmost effort to protect the data from any form of accidental or deliberate abuse, destruction, loss, unauthorized alteration, disclosure or access. Personal data transmission takes place via the internet and is, in spite of all efforts, never truly secure. Therefore,SmartATS does not guarantee the safety of such a transfer and the User/Visitor performs it at their own risk. After receiving the information from the User/Visitor, SmartATS will take all necessary measures to prevent any misuse of the data.

    Some of the data is being provided to Google analytics,and a few more software companies based outside of the EU but comply with GDPR guidelines. SmartATS provides its customers with the highest level of data security and compliance, and in accordance conducts business only with companies that can provide the same level of security and compliance required under EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

    7. Data security

    SmartATS does have individual data-stores for each customer in a multitenant environment. However strict privacy controls exist in our application code to ensure data privacy and prevent one customer from accessing other customer data. We have many unit and integration tests in place to ensure these privacy controls work as expected. These tests are run every time our code base is updated and even one single test failing will prevent new code being shipped to production. All data sent to or from SmartATS is encrypted in transit using 64-bit encryption. SmartATS is served 100% over HTTPS.

    8. Right to access and change information

    SmartATS will notify the User/Visitor whether or not their personal data is being collected on the basis of a written request by the User/Visitor. In accordance with the mentioned Terms & Conditions, the Privacy Policy and applicable regulations, SmartATS will enable the User/Visitor to edit or delete the entered information. The User/Visitor that wishes to exercise the aforementioned right, may contact SmartATS by sending an email to comtact@smartats.io

    9. Data deletion

    User personal information will be retained until it is deleted. User personal information will be deleted on one of the following occurrences:

  • Deletion of personal information by the User(or by another person engaged by the User, where User is using the Website and/or Services on behalf of a User).
  • Where you are a candidate, deletion of your personal information by a User (Company) on whose behalf we are processing your personal information.
  • Written request by user to SmartATS by mailing comtact@smartats.io
  • Automatically, after 1 year of inactivity upon active subscription expiration or cancellation
  • If you are a Candidate, any request by you to delete your personal information will not result in deletion of any application submitted by you to a User (Company) as we are a data processor and not a data controller.

    If you require a Company to delete an application, or any other information provided by you to the Company directly, you must contact the Company to request such deletion.

    10. Data portability

    As stated in the Terms & Conditions – all of the user data belongs to the user. The data shall be available for export until it’s deleted. Data export shall be done free of charge.

    11. Referral

    If any user chooses to use our invite service to tell a friend about our products, they can authorize that if they have their friend’s consent to give their name and email ID. SmartATS will automatically send the user’s friend a one-time email inviting them to visit our website. Unless otherwise authorized by your friend, we will only use your friend’s name and email ID for the purpose of sending them this one-time email and maintaining an activity log of our referral program.

    12. Choice

    Users can choose whether or not to provide Personal Data to SmartATS. However, users may not be able to access certain options, offers, and services if you have not provided your Personal Data. Users can sign up, register and therefore consent to receiving emails or newsletters from SmartATS. If users would like to discontinue receiving this communication, they can unsubscribe by using the Unsubscribe link at the end of such emails or by dropping a mail for “Unsubscribing” on comtact@smartats.io.

    13. Changes to the Privacy Policy

    SmartATS has the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any alteration of this Privacy Policy will be published on the Website and any User that wishes to use the contents and services provided by this Website, will be obliged to accept any modification of the Policy.