Privacy Policy
Last Modified: May 31th, 2024
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Interpretation and Definitions
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Third Party Processors
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
Use of Your Personal Data
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data
GDPR Privacy
CCPA Privacy
Website
Mobile Devices
Children's Privacy
Your California Privacy Rights (California's Shine the Light law)
Links to Other Websites
Changes to this Privacy Policy
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This Data Collection and Processing Policy, or Privacy Policy (hereafter referred to as the “Policy”) explains how the Company collects information about You, how it is used, kept, and disclosed when You visit the Website.
Saima understands the importance of data privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and disclose user information within our Services. We ensure you understand your rights and how we protect your personal data. All users need to read this Policy carefully before using our Services. If you disagree with any part of it, do not use our Services. By using our Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
As we improve our Services, this Privacy Policy may change. If we make significant changes, we will notify you via email or our website at https://saima.ai/
If you disagree with any updates, stop using our Services.
This Policy explains how we handle your personal data, your rights regarding your data, and how we manage our relationship with you concerning data privacy.
Interpretation and Definitions
”Interpretation” Words with capitalized initial letters have specific meanings as defined below. These definitions apply whether the terms are used in singular or plural form.
The following terms have the meanings specified below for the purpose of the Policy:
”You or User “ The individual accessing or using the Service, or the company or legal entity on whose behalf the individual is accessing or using the Service. Under GDPR, You may be referred to as the Data Subject or User.
”Company” (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Saima Inc., Berkeley, CA, USA, 2150 Shattuck Ave. For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.
”Affiliate“ means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
”Account“ means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
”Website “ refers to Saima, accessible from https://saima.ai/
”Service” refers to the Website.
“Country “ refers to: Delaware, United States
“Service Provider“ means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.
“Third-party Social Media Service “ refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.
”Personal Data “ refers to Saima, accessible from https://saima.ai/
For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.
For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You
“Cookies“ refers to Saima, accessible from https://saima.ai/
”Device” refers to Saima, accessible from https://saima.ai/
”Usage Data” refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
”Data Controller” for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
“Business” for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects Consumers' personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers' personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers' personal information, that does business in the State of California.
“Consumer” for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means a natural person who is a California resident. A resident, as defined in the law, includes (1) every individual who is in California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, and (2) every individual who is domiciled in California is outside California for a temporary or transitory purpose.
“Sale” for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer's Personal information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
“Personal Data” We may request personally identifiable information from you to use our Services (e.g., creating an account). This information can also be used to contact you.
Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- First and last name
- Email address
- Usage Data
- Billing Data
- Other ID and/or Photo
”Voice and Other Related Content” To provide and improve our Services, we may access your content, including but not limited to notes, voice recordings, watched content, feature usage and video playlists. Hereby you provide your explicit consent for us to use (including to modify, adjust, and/or process otherwise for training and research) this content solely for the purpose as indicated above.
”Usage Data” is collected automatically when using the Service. This may include but are not limited to information such as your device's IP address, browser type and version, pages visited, time and date of visit, time spent on pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
When you access the Services through a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you use our Services or when you access the Services through a mobile device. Please also refer to the Section on Tracking Technologies and Cookies below.
”Billing Data” Please note that while paying for Subscription via payment platforms, such as Stripe or PayPal, your complete billing information will be collected by those platforms and shall be governed by the Privacy Policy of those platforms, and Saima shall not have access to this information. However, in cases when automatic payment is not possible for any technical reason, the Company may issue an invoice to receive your payment. In such cases you will need to provide your billing information, as indicated in the Terms, and you explicitly provide your consent for us to use that information for billing purposes.
“ID and/or Photo” In specific instances, to comply with your GDPR and CCPA compliant requests, we may have the need to authenticate your account and request you to provide an ID and/or photo. This data shall be used solely for the purpose of serving you with your requests.
Third Party Processors
Our trusted partners and service providers may process your personal information on our behalf
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies, such as beacons, tags, and scripts, to monitor activity on our Services and store certain information. These tools help us collect data, improve our Services, and conduct analysis
You can set your browser to refuse all Cookies or to alert you when a Cookie is being sent. You may also opt out via the Cookie banner that appears on our Services. However, refusing Cookies may limit your ability to use some features of our Services.
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies stay on your device when you go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
When we provide our Services, we use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
”Necessary / Essential Cookies”
Type: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the Website and to enable you to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided, and we only use these Cookies to provide you with those services
”Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies”
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
”Functionality Cookies”
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the Website.
“Tracking and Performance Cookies”
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Third-Parties
Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new advertisements, pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
“To provide and maintain our Service” including to monitor the usage of our Service.
”To manage your account” To manage your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data you provide can give you access to different functionalities of the Services that are available to you as a registered user.
“For the performance of a contract” The development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services you have purchased or of any other contract with us through the Services.
“To contact you” To contact you by email or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications or browser notification regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
“To provide you” with news, special offers and general information about other products, services and events, which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired about unless you have opted not to receive such communications.
“To manage your requests” To respond to and process your requests to us. We may share your personal information in the following situations
“With Service Providers” We may share your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Services, to advertise on third party websites to you after you visited our Services, for payment processing, to contact you.
“For Business transfers” We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
“With Affiliates” We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include, Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
“With Business partners” We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
“With other users” when you share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If you interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see your name, profile, pictures and description of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you and view your profile.
”Retention of Your Personal Data” The Company will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
“Transfer of Your Personal Data” Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from your jurisdiction.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
“Business Transactions” If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will take all reasonable steps to provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
”Law enforcement” Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court order or subpoena).
“Other legal requirements” The Company may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Services
- Protect the personal safety of Users of the Services or the public
- Protect against legal liability
“Security of Your Personal Data” The security of your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data
Service Providers have access to your Personal Data only to perform their tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
“Analytics” We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Services.
“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 Services. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Services available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-us
”Firebase” Firebase is an 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-us
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-us
“Other Platforms” We are also using 3rd party platforms such as Stripe, Mongo Atlas, Mailchimp, AWS, and Google cloud storage that helps us build better products for our customers. For more information on the privacy practices of Stripe, Mongo Atlas, Mailchimp, AWS, and Google cloud storage, please visit corresponding Privacy web pages:
https://stripe.com/privacyhttps://www.mongodb.com/legal/privacy/privacy-policyhttps://aws.amazon.com/privacyhttps://cloud.google.com/terms/cloud-privacy-notice“Email Marketing” We may use your Personal Data to send you newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may interest you. You can opt out of these communications by following the unsubscribe link or instructions in any email we send, or by contacting us directly. We may also use Email Marketing Service Providers to manage and send these emails.
“Behavioral Remarketing” The Company uses remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to you after you visited our Website or used our Services. We and our third-party vendors use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on Your past visits to our Service.
“Google Ads (AdWords)” Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Setting page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads
Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-onhttps://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout . Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
“Payments” We may be provided paid products and/or services within the Services. In that case, we may use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors). We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.
GDPR Privacy
“Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR” We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:
- Consent You have given your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
- Performance of a contract Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with you and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
- Legal obligations Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
- Vital interests Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect your vital interests or of another natural person.
- Public interests Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
“Legitimate interests” Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.
In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
“ Your Rights under the GDPR” The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of your Personal Data and to guarantee you can exercise your rights. You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if you are within the EU, to:
- Request access to Your Personal Data The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you. This also enables you to receive a copy of the Personal Data we hold about you.
- Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
- Object to processing of your Personal Data. This right exists where we are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for our processing and there is something about your particular situation, which makes you want to object to our processing of your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
- Request erasure of Your Personal Data You have the right to ask us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for us to continue processing it.
- Request the transfer of Your Personal Data We will provide to you, or to a third-party you have chosen, your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
- Withdraw Your consent You have the right to withdraw your consent on using your Personal Data. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you with access to certain specific functionalities of the Services.
“Exercising Your GDPR Data Protection Rights” You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by sending your request at [email protected]. Please, note that we may ask you to verify your identity by providing current ID and photo before responding to such requests. If you make a request, we will try our best to respond to you as soon as possible.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, if you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact your local data protection authority in the EEA.
CCPA Privacy
“Your Rights under the CCPA” Under this Privacy Policy, and by law if you are a resident of California, you have the following rights:
- The right to notice. You must be properly notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.
- The right to access / the right to request. The CCPA permits you to request and obtain from the Company information regarding the disclosure of your Personal Data that has been collected in the past 12 months by the Company or its subsidiaries to a third-party for the third party's direct marketing purposes.
- The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data. You also have the right to ask the Company not to sell your Personal Data to third parties. You can submit such a request by sending an email to our [email protected].
- The right to know about your Personal Data. You have the right to request and obtain from the Company information regarding the disclosure of the following:
- The categories of Personal Data collected
- The sources from which the Personal Data was collected
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling the Personal Data
- Categories of third parties with whom We share Personal Data
- The specific pieces of Personal Data we collected about You
- The right to delete Personal Data. You also have the right to request the deletion of your Personal Data that have been collected in the past 12 months.
- The right not to be discriminated against.. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your Consumer's rights, including by:
- Denying products or services to you
- Charging different prices or rates for products or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties
- Providing a different level or quality of products or services to you
- Categories of third parties with whom We share Personal Data
- Suggesting that you will receive a different price or rate for products or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
“Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights” In order to exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, and if you are a California resident, You can email at [email protected] or call us.
The Company will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary and with prior notice.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Website
You can opt out of receiving ads that are personalized as served by our Service Providers by following our instructions presented on the Service:
- From Our "Cookie Consent" notice banner
- Or from Our "CCPA Opt-out" notice banner
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling the Personal Data
- Or from Our "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" notice banner
- Or from Our "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link
Mobile Devices
Your mobile device may give you the ability to opt out of the use of information about the apps you use in order to serve you ads that are targeted to your nterests:
- "Opt out of Interest-Based Ads" or "Opt out of Ads Personalization" on Android devices
- "Limit Ad Tracking" on iOS devices
You can also stop the collection of location information from your mobile device by changing the preferences on your mobile device.
Children's Privacy
Our Services are prohibited for anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
For California Residents under 16:
We do not knowingly collect information for use in connection with advertising from California children under the age of 16. If we detect or receive a verifiable notice through [email protected]. that a California resident under the age of 16 has signed up for an advertising-based Saima Services account and provided us with personal information, we will immediately proceed to delete it.
Your California Privacy Rights (California's Shine the Light law)
Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California's Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties direct marketing purposes.
If you'd like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, you can contact us using the contact information provided below.
Links to Other Websites
Our Services may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
For any material changes we will take reasonable steps to let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Services, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:
By Email : [email protected].