Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION

Software Seekers LLC (“Software Seekers”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) respects your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Notice (“Notice”). We connect our Vendors (“Vendors”, “you”, “your”) with potential business customers. We are committed to being transparent in our handling and processing of personal information in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection laws.

This Notice describes our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing your Personal Information (as defined below) on or through our website, https://softwareseekers.com and its subdomains (“Website”), any related applications, products and platforms (collectively with the Website, the “Service(s)”) or anywhere this Notice is posted as well as through any offline interactions. Please read this Notice carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information. If you do not agree with our terms, your choice is not to access or use our Services. By accessing or using the Services, you agree to this Privacy Notice. This Notice may change from time to time (see CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY NOTICE for more details).

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

The Website is intended for a general audience and is not intended for use or access by children under 18 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect information about children or sell products to children. Furthermore, we may restrict inquiry submissions and participation in surveys to individuals who are at least 18 years of age.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND HOW WE COLLECT IT

We collect several types of information from you and about users of our Services, such as Personal Information when you sign up for an account (“Account”) on our Website or order our Services. Personal information means information that identifies (whether directly or indirectly) a particular individual, such as the individual’s name, postal address, email address, and telephone number (“Personal Information”). Other types of information we collect is information related to how you use our websites and applications, which helps us improve our Services.

You expressly consent to receiving communications from Software Seekers through the information you provided to us. For more information on how to access and control your communication preferences, please see the YOUR RIGHTS and the YOUR CHOICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION, sections of this Notice below. When you provide us with information in connection with a particular activity or otherwise sign up for or order our products and Services or provide your contact information to us, including your email address or telephone number in connection with that activity, product or service, you agree that such action constitutes a purchase or inquiry establishing a business relationship with us.

INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU OR ON YOUR BEHALF

INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY

As you navigate through and interact with our Services, We and our third-party service providers, including analytics and third-party content providers, may automatically collect certain information from you whenever you access or interact with the Service. We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. We do this to improve services we offer you, analytics, and site functionality.

Cookies and Other Automatic Data Collection Technologies

Software Seekers and its partners use cookies or similar technologies, which store certain information on your computer and allows us to, among other things, analyze trends, administer the Website, and to gather demographic information about our user base. The technology used to collect information automatically from Software Seekers users may include the following:

• Cookies: Like many websites, we and our operational partners, analytics, and service providers use “cookies” to collect information. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer’s hard disk for record-keeping purposes. We use both persistent cookies that remain on your computer or similar device, and session ID cookies, which expire at the end of your browser session. We also use cookies to enhance the reliability, security and performance of our Website, including cookies are passed by our Web Application Firewall.
  • You may be able to opt-out of the automatic collection of some information by referring to your web browser’s or mobile devices options or settings menu. Each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your Cookie preferences or visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org for more information.
• Web Beacons: Web beacons are small graphics with a unique identifier that may be invisible to you, and which are used to track the online activity of Internet users.
  • You can also refer to the “Help” menu of your browser to learn more about Web Beacons and your ability to disable them. Disabling or rejecting cookies may disable some of the features and functionality of the Website.
• Embedded Scripts: An Embedded Script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Services, such as the links you click on. The code is temporarily downloaded onto your computer or other device and is deactivated or deleted when you disconnect from the Service.

Third-Party Cookies

Software Seekers uses third-party vendor tracking cookies, pixels, and other technologies to collect data about your activities when you visit our Website, the website of entities for which we serve advertisements, or the websites and online services where we display advertisements (see next paragraph for more information on Google Analytics). This information may include the content you view, the date and time that you view this content, the products you purchase, or your location information associated with your IP address. We use the information we collect to serve you more relevant advertisements (sometimes referred to as “Retargeting” or “Remarketing”). We collect information about where you saw the ads, we serve you and what ads you clicked on to measure the success of our advertising campaigns. You can generally opt-out of receiving personalized ads from third-party advertisers and ad networks who are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) or who follow the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising (DAA) by visiting the opt-out pages on the NAI website (http://optout.networkadvertising.org) and DAA website (http://www.aboutads.info/choices/).

No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this Website, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this Website. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our Services. Google Analytics collects only the I.P. address assigned to you on the date you visit this Website, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this Website, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google’s Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this Website by disabling cookies on your browser.

Do Not Track Signal

Do Not Track (DNT) is a privacy preference that users can set in some web browsers, allowing users to opt out of tracking by websites and online services. We do not honor browser requests not to be tracked online (known as “Do Not Track”), but our cookie policy below describes how you can opt out of receiving cookies.

HOW WE DISCLOSE AND SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

We may share information we receive about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Notice. When we disclose Personal Information, the recipient is required to keep that Personal Information confidential, secure and process the Personal Information only for the specific purpose for which they are engaged:

• Vendors: If you submit an inquiry, request information, or otherwise ask to be connected with a Vendor through our Services, we may share the information you provide (such as your name, business contact details, organization name, and request details) with the relevant Vendor(s) so the Vendor can respond to your request.
• Service Providers: We employ third party companies and individuals to provide Services on our behalf, to perform Service-related operations such as website maintenance database management, web analytics, payment processing, fraud detection or email marketing. Depending on the applicable services provided by a service provider, we may disclose some or all of your Personal Information to the service provider.
• Corporate Transactions: We may sell, transfer, or otherwise share some or all of our assets, including your Personal Information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets (including, in each case, as part of the due-diligence process with any potential acquiring entity) or in the event of bankruptcy.
• Affiliates and Subsidiaries: We may share Personal Information with our affiliated entities and corporate group companies to promote products and services to you, ensure a consistent level of service across our products and services, and enhance our products, services, and your customer experience.
• If Required by Law: Software Seekers will share Personal Information with government agencies as required by law in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. We may disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate: (i) to enforce our Terms and Conditions; (ii) to respond to claims, legal process (including subpoenas); (iii) to protect our property, rights, and safety and the property, rights, and safety of a third-party, our users, or the public in general; (iv) to stop any activity that we consider illegal, unethical or legally actionable activity; and (v) as required in accordance with applicable local, state, or federal laws.

YOUR CHOICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION

You have several ways to exercise control over your information:

• E-Mail: You may opt-out of receiving marketing emails from us by following the opt-out instructions provided in those emails. Please note that we reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to your account or use of the Service (for example, administrative and service announcements) via email and other means and these transactional account messages may be unaffected if you opt-out from receiving marketing communications.
• Providing Consent: You may choose whether to receive from us offers and promotions for: our products and services, the products or services of third parties, or products and services that we think may be of interest to you, by providing your consent (for example, by clicking an unticked checkbox).
• Contact Us: You may contact us at privacy@softwareseekers.com to learn more about your rights and choices regarding your personal information. In addition to email, you may also submit your request through our Privacy Choices Request Form, which allows you to manage your personal data preferences in a secure and streamlined way. This form includes options to access, delete, update, or restrict the use and sharing of your data.

Please be aware that if you do not allow us to collect Personal Information from you, we may not be able to deliver certain experiences, products, and services to you, and some of our Services may not be able to take account of your interests and preferences.

YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION

Depending on where you are located, you may have certain rights regarding your Personal Information. Residents of certain jurisdictions may access, correct, update or delete your Personal Information; object to our processing of this information, ask us to restrict our processing of your Personal Information, or request portability of your Personal Information. Please see the please see the (YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION and the YOUR CHOICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION), sections of this Notice to learn more about exercising your rights.

Upon request, Software Seekers will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your Personal Information. You are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of the information you submit to us, such as your contact information. If you submit a request to access all Personal Information you’ve submitted, we will respond to your request to access within 30 days or as otherwise required by law.

We will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor your requests for deletion; however, certain residual information may actively persist on the Service even if you close your account. In addition, the rights described above may be limited, for example, if fulfilling your request would reveal Personal Information about another person, or if you ask us to delete information, we are required by law to keep or have compelling legitimate interests in keeping (such as for fraud prevention purposes). Your Personal Information may remain in our archives and information you update or delete, or information within a closed account, may persist internally for our administrative purposes, to the extent permitted by law. It is not always possible to completely remove or delete information from our databases. In addition, we typically will not remove information you posted publicly through or on the Service. Bear in mind that neither you nor Software Seekers can delete all copies of information that has been previously shared with others on the Service. If your information is deleted, then your account may become deactivated. If your account is deactivated or you ask to close your account, you will no longer be able to use the Services.

Please note that our Services require a minimum amount of Personal Information in order to function. Individuals who do not provide Personal Information (e.g., by not filling out a profile) may not be able to access the full functionality of features found on Software Seekers.

California Residents – Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and California Consumer Privacy Rights Act, amending the CCPA (“CPRA”) (collectively the CCPA and CPRA are the “California Privacy Laws”) provide you with additional privacy rights with respect to our collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information, including:

• The right to know what Personal information we have collected and how we have used and disclosed that Personal Information in the 12-month period preceding your request.
  • We collected the following categories of Personal Information in the last 12 months: identifiers/contact information, payment card information associated with you, commercial information, customer records information, Internet or other electronic network activity information, geolocation data, audio, electronic, visual or similar information, professional or employment-related information and inferences drawn from the above.
  • The sources of Personal Information from whom we collected are directly from s users, analytics tools, social networks, and third-party services that update or supplement information we hold about you.
    • Please see the above section within this Notice titled INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND HOW WE COLLECT IT, to see the full list of categories of Personal Information we have collected about you.
  • Please see the above sections please see the YOUR RIGHTS and the YOUR CHOICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION, sections of this Notice, to see applicable business or commercial uses and disclosures of your Personal Information.
• The right to request deletion of your Personal Information.
• The right to be free from discrimination related to the exercise of any of your privacy rights.
• The right to opt out of the sale of your Personal Information, and to request information about whether we have sold your Personal Information in the past 12 months.
• We have not sold your Personal information in the past 12 months.
• The right to correct inaccurate Personal Information.
• The right to limit the use and disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information.
• The right to access information related to and opt-out of the use of automated decision-making technology.

You can manage your privacy rights at any time by submitting a request through our Privacy Choices Request Form, accessible via the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” and “Your Privacy Choices” links located in the footer of our website.

Through this form, you may:

• Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information
• Access, correct, delete, or request a copy of your personal data
• Limit the use of your sensitive personal information (California residents only)

If you prefer to submit your request via email or have additional privacy-related questions, you may contact our Privacy Team at privacy@softwareseekers.com.

Please note that we may require you to verify your credentials, by matching your e-mail address, or other account information to the information in our systems, before you can submit a request to exercise any of these rights. If you authorize another person to act as your agent to submit requests on your behalf, then unless you provide the agent with power of attorney under the California Probate Code, we will ask the agent to provide us the written and signed authorization that you provided to the agent, we will confirm with you that you did provide the authorization, and we will verify your identity.

INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTIONS

Our Services are hosted and offered in the United States of America (US), and are subject to, and comply with all applicable US laws. If you are accessing the Services from another country, please be advised that you may be transferring your personal information to us in the US, and you consent to that transfer, processing and storage of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Notice. You also agree to abide by applicable laws as they concern your use of the Services and your agreements with us. Any persons accessing our Services from any jurisdiction with laws or regulations governing the use of the Internet, including the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information, different from those of the jurisdictions mentioned above may only use the Services in a manner lawful in their jurisdiction. If your use of the Services would be unlawful in your jurisdiction, you may not use our Services.

SECURITY

We use physical, technical and organizational measures designed to protect your information against unauthorized access, theft and loss. We restrict access to your Personal Information to those employees who need to know that information to service your account or perform their job functions. Although we take precautions intended to help protect information that we process, no system or electronic data transmission is completely secure. Any transmission of your Personal Information is at your own risk and we expect that you will use appropriate security measures to protect your Personal Information. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and the information in your account. We may suspend your use of all or part of the Services without notice if we suspect or detect any breach of security. You understand and agree that we may deliver electronic notifications about breaches of security to the email address on record on your account.

DATA RETENTION

Unless you request that we delete certain information (see YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION and the YOUR CHOICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION), We will retain your Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:

• The length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide services to you (for example, for as long as you have an account with us or keep using the Website);
• Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject (for example, certain laws require us to keep records of your transactions for a certain period of time before we can delete them)
• Whether retention is advisable; and considering our legal position (such as, for statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations).

CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE

Software Seekers may update this Privacy Notice at any time and any changes will be effective upon posting. In the event that there are material changes to the way we treat your Personal Information, we will update the Last Modified date at the top of this Notice upon becoming effective. We may also notify you by email, in our discretion. Your continued access of our Services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes.

HOW TO CONTACT SOFTWARE SEEKERS

To exercise any of your privacy rights, including access, correction, deletion, or opting out of the sale or sharing of personal information, please contact us at privacy@softwareseekers.com.

For faster processing, you may also submit your request through our Privacy Choices Request Form, which is accessible via the links in the footer of our website and on our Privacy Policy page.

For general business or product-related inquiries, please contact us at info@softwareseekers.com.