Your Privacy is Our Priority

Privacy Policy for Protegian, Inc.

The document explains the personal data we collect, how and where we may use it, how we protect it, who has access to it, with whom we share it, and how you may correct it.

This privacy policy applies to the personal data collected by all websites or Internet accounts managed by Protegian, Inc.. If you use our products and services, check our specific privacy policies if you use Home or Business solutions.

1. General information

Protegian, Inc. offers data security products and services. Our goal is to ensure information and network security by providing quality products and services in these areas while also respecting privacy and personal data of customers, Internet users and business partners.

For this purpose, we collect only that personal data absolutely necessary for the specified purposes, on a best efforts basis.

In this context, Protegian, Inc. processes personal data for the following main purposes:

• Website management and security
• Responding to your queries and comments
• Marketing for Protegian, Inc. own needs.
• Statistical analysis and market studies;

2. Personal data collected

Protegian, Inc. may collect personal information from its users in four different ways:

1. directly provided by a user;
   - indirectly provided by its websites, such as:
2. traffic data registered by the servers that host our websites;
3. cookies, that may share some personal information.

2.1. Personal data directly provided by a user – for example, when you complete a website form or submit a comment on our blog we might ask your name, surname and/or email address so we can contact you with updates, notices, or to provide support..

All these data are being used for contacting you on your specific request or, if you subscribed for our newsletter or commercial communication, for marketing purposes. The legal basis for processing these data is consent of the data subject in receiving that respective information or subscribing to our newsletter.

The duration of processing is until the respecting information and request is being sent, plus a period of 30 days to be sure that there are no more follow-ups needed.

As regards your subscription to our newsletter or commercial communications, we will keep our communication going, until you withdraw your consent or you don’t engage with our email in the past 5 years.

2.2. Traffic data – when a user visits a website, it automatically reveals certain information, such as the IP address, date and time of the visit or the referral website that sent you to Protegian, Inc. websites. Protegian, Inc., like any other website manager, may record this kind of information for a limited period of time. We also use other external services of traffic analysis, such as Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics.

All these data are used exclusively for website improvement or statistical purposes, but also for improving our web services and ensuring their security. Most of these data is being used only as aggregated data. The data is kept only as long as they are necessary for these purposes. The legal basis for this collection is legitimate interest for Improving our website for the ensuring the security of your website. Duration of processing is 1 year from the date of the visit.

2.3. Cookies - In order to offer a customized experience to our users, Protegian, Inc. may use cookies to facilitate storing and tracking your preferences. Cookies may also be used for website optimization or marketing.

For example, we use first party cookies for identification or communication purposes, such remembering your language, communication sessions or setting, other details necessary for a correct functioning of our website.

Sometimes we might use external Protegian, Inc. services which may place third party cookies when navigating the Protegian, Inc. websites, their purposes are for marketing, traffic analysis and social media sharing, as indicated in website.

Most browsers are configured to automatically accept cookies. However, you can decide to reinstall the browser or to set it up in order to notify you each time a cookie is placed or even to refuse cookies. If your browser is configured not to allow all cookies some sections of our website may not be correctly displayed.

If you would like to refuse cookies, go to your browser settings in order to delete or block cookies or install plug-ins which have this function. The current settings depend on the browser that you use:

Internet Explorer - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies
Mozilla Firefox - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
Google Chrome - https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Safari - https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?locale=en_US

You may also use third party extensions on these browser that do block intrusive cookies. The following extensions seem to be the most popular on the market at this time (in alphabetical order): AdBlock Plus, Ghostery, Privacy Badger or uBlock.

The legal basis for this data collection is consent, which is being obtained the first time when you visit our website from a specific browser. Then we will also have the opportunity to opt-out to any cookies that we may use as well as reading more information on what cookies we use and their purposes. If you opt-out, please note that we record your choice in a cookie, so if you delete all of your cookies, we will ask you again on our desired choice.

Duration of processing for this data is maximum 50 months, depending on each cookie setting.

3. Protecting the Personal data

As a leader in information security services, confidentiality and data protection are of vital importance for us. Access to the collected personal data is restricted only to Protegian, Inc. employees and data processors that need access to this information.

Protegian, Inc. may use other IT companies to process the collected personal data. These companies are considered data processors and have strict contractual obligations to keep the confidentiality of the processed data and to offer at least the same level of security as Protegian, Inc.. Data processors have the obligation not to allow third parties to process personal data on behalf of Protegian, Inc. and to access, use and/or keep the data secure and confidential.

Due to confidentiality obligations and security requirements the specific information regarding the name and details for each processor used will be provided only to competent authorities.

Access to certain sections of Protegian, Inc. websites is protected by a username and password. We recommend not to reveal this password. Protegian, Inc. will never ask for your account's password via any kind of messages or phone calls. We advise not to disclose your password to anyone asking you to do so. If possible, we also recommend to log out of your online services account after each session. We also advice to close the browser window after navigating or using Protegian, Inc. services.

Unfortunately, transferring data over the Internet cannot be 100% secure. Consequently, despite our efforts to protect personal data, Protegian, Inc. cannot assure or guarantee the security of the information transmitted by the user until the information is on our servers. Any information you transmit is done on your own risk.

4. Who has access to personal data

In principle, Protegian, Inc. will not reveal any personal data about its users to third parties without the exceptions mentioned above.

Exceptionally, Protegian, Inc. may reveal personal data to competent authorities, upon their legal request according to the applicable laws or when this is necessary to protect the rights and interests of our clients and Protegian, Inc..

5. Your personal data rights

According to European Union applicable data protection legislation, data subjects shall have the right to access to data, rectification, erasure, restriction on processing, objection to processing and right to data portability. In the case when processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.

For exercising these rights, you may send a written request, dated and signed and send it to the above mentioned Protegian, Inc. headquarters or via email to privacy@Protegian.com