Hacknowledge SA (“Hacknowledge“) operates Hacknowledge.com and may operate other websites. It is Hacknowledge’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Responsibility
This charter on the protection of the confidentiality of personal information, hereinafter the “Charter”, contains detailed information to help you work in accordance with the Regulation.
This Charter defines Hacknowledge ’s commitment to protecting the private aspect of personal information collected or used in the context of its activities. In general, Hacknowledge will establish and maintain its procedures by adhering to this Charter.
1. Hacknowledge undertakes to respect the laws in force concerning the confidentiality of personal information. Hacknowledge periodically reviews its practices in terms of the collection, use and sharing of personal information to ensure compliance with the laws in force.
2. Hacknowledge undertakes to notify its Data Protection Advisor when personal information is collected or when the information collected is subsequently disclosed to third parties. Each of its notices shall explain the reason for the need for this information and describe its use.
3. Individuals who refuse to disclose personal information will be informed by Hacknowledge of the consequences of such refusal.
4. Hacknowledge undertakes to maintain procedures to ensure that the processing of information relating to its employees and customers or other sensitive categories is carried out in compliance with the laws in force while guaranteeing protection against any misuse.
5. Hacknowledge will collect and use personal information under the conditions set out in paragraph Website Visitors, Hacknowledge reserves the right to delete identifiable characteristics collected from personal information in order to use this information for statistical, managerial or other purposes in compliance with the laws in force.
6. Hacknowledge undertakes to maintain the security linked to personal information and to protect the integrity of such information.
7. Hacknowledge shall put in place procedures to allow access by its employees and by customers to their personal information, and if necessary, the correction of erroneous or incomplete information, or even the deletion of personal information.
8. Hacknowledge may be led, by judicial decision or in circumstances permitted or required by law, to collect, use and/or disclose personal information relating to procedures that do not require prior notice (in the context of cooperation with the FedP, for example).
9. Hacknowledge reserves the right to modify or update this charter at any time. Hacknowledge will not make any retroactive changes to information collected following the modification of this Charter.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Hacknowledge collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Hacknowledge’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Hacknowledge’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Hacknowledge may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Hacknowledge also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and email addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on Hacknowledge.com blogs/sites. Hacknowledge only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Hacknowledge’s websites choose to interact with Hacknowledge in ways that require Hacknowledge to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Hacknowledge gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at Hacknowledge.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Hacknowledge are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Hacknowledge collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Hacknowledge. Hacknowledge does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Hacknowledge may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Hacknowledge may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Hacknowledge does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Hacknowledge discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Hacknowledge’s behalf or to provide services available at Hacknowledge’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Hacknowledge’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Hacknowledge will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Hacknowledge may disclose potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information as required by law, such as in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Hacknowledge believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Hacknowledge, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Hacknowledge website and have supplied your email address, Hacknowledge may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Hacknowledge and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Hacknowledge takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Security Disclosure
The security of your Personal Information 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 Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Hacknowledge uses cookies to help Hacknowledge identify and track visitors, their usage of Hacknowledge website, and their website access preferences. Hacknowledge visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Hacknowledge’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Hacknowledge’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If Hacknowledge, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Hacknowledge goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Hacknowledge may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Hacknowledge and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Hacknowledge may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Hacknowledge’s sole discretion. Hacknowledge encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a Hacknowledge.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
What rights do I have?
You have the right to information, rectification, erasure and restriction of data processing at any time.
You can assert your rights via post or e-mail to the following address:
Swiss Post Cybersecurity SA
Rue de Lausanne 35a
1110 Morges, Switzerland
E-mail: [email protected]
