Privacy Policy

Last updated: 09/25/2024

AppAxon, Inc. (“AppAxon”, or “we,” “us,” or “our”) provides the website located at https://appaxon.ai  (the “Website”). We respect the importance of your privacy, and we have created this Privacy Policy to set forth our privacy practices and policies. 

If you are located in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom (collectively, “Europe”), your “information,” “personal information” or “personal data” as used in this Privacy Policy means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual, and that we are the data controller of your information, personal information and personal data. 

This policy applies to information we collect on this Website and in email, text and other electronic messages between you and AppAxon through or regarding this Website. It does not apply to information collected by AppAxon offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by AppAxon or any third party. 

BY USING OR ACCESSING IN ANY WAY THE WEBSITE, YOU ASSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.  If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, you are not permitted to use the Website. 

DISCLOSURES SPECIFIC TO APPAXON CUSTOMERS

In the course of providing our products and services (collectively, “Services”) to our customers (“Customers”), AppAxon may collect personal information under the direction of its Customers and has no direct relationship with those individuals whose personal data it processes in such circumstances. We will use and disclose your personal information as provided in our agreement regarding such Services with the Customer, which may differ from the terms of this Privacy Policy.  If you are an employee, contractor, agent, and/or user of one of our Customers and would like more information about our use and disclosure of your information, or if you wish to correct, amend or delete inaccurate data, please contact that Customer.

INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE

When you use the Website, or when you correspond with AppAxon regarding the Website, we will collect or obtain certain personal information from you:

• Personal Contact Information. We collect basic information about you (including your name, telephone number, time zone, type of computer you use and e-mail address) in order to be able to process and notify you about your request, to provide service and support, to operate and improve our business and services, and to communicate with you, including for marketing purposes. For information about updating your communication preferences, please see “Promotional Communications” below. We will disclose this information to third parties who provide services to us (“Service Providers”) who need it for these purposes. We will not sell or provide this information to a third party for their own marketing purposes unless we obtain your consent.

• Device and Usage Data. We use common information-gathering tools which may contain details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website (behavioral tracking). We also collect information about your computer and Internet connection, including your IP address, operating system and browser type. In addition, when we send you emails, we may use embedded pixels or similar technology to track information about your receipt of the emails and your interaction with them (such as whether, when and for how long you opened the emails, or clicked on any links in them, or forwarded them to someone else, your general location and information about your device), so that we can learn from and improve our communications with customers and users, and to improve our products and services.  For more detailed information, please see “Cookies and Other Information Gathering Tools” below.

• Feedback. From time to time, we may ask you to provide, or you may otherwise provide to us, evaluations, submissions, suggestions, ideas, recommendation and other feedback regarding the Website or AppAxon products or services (“Feedback”). Your provision to us of Feedback is at your discretion; if you choose to provide any Feedback to us, it will be used internally by AppAxon and will be disclosed to our Service Provider(s). We also may use your comments in our marketing and promotional materials (including on this Website) but will not disclose any personal information in the Feedback to any other third party (including publicly giving attribution to you) unless otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy or you have given us permission to do so.  

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING IN EUROPE

If you are located in Europe, we process your personal data only when we have a legal basis to do so. The legal bases we rely on may include one or more of the following: 

1) the provision of personal data by you may be necessary for the performance of any contractual relationship we have with you; 

2) where it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations as set forth in applicable law; 

3) for our legitimate interests (this includes our own legitimate interests and those of other entities and branches in our group of companies) such as the following (provided these are not overridden by your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms):

  a) to contact you and respond to your requests and inquiries; 

  b) for business administration, including statistical analysis; 

  c) to provide the Website and any products and services to you; and 

  d) for fraud prevention and detection purposes; and

  e) to comply with applicable laws, regulations or codes of practice. 

We may also process your personal data on the basis of your consent. You are entitled under Data Protection Law to withdraw your consent where that has been given, at any time. If you do this and we have no alternative lawful reason to process your personal data, this may adversely affect your ability to access and use the Website. 

COOKIES AND OTHER INFORMATION GATHERING TOOLS 

AppAxon and our Service Providers may collect personal information using cookies (small text files that we store on your browser or computer), pixel tags and web beacons (graphic images), or other information-gathering technologies (collectively, “Cookies”) on the Website and in our emails for various purposes. Cookies help us to determine whether you have performed a specific action. We also use Cookies to distinguish you from other users of the Website and to collect information about your browsing activities which can help enhance your experience in using the Website and help us to improve the Website’s functionality (for example, by remembering preferences and log-in details) and to analyze how our Website is being used in order to improve its performance information.

Below is an overview of the types of Cookies we and third parties may use on our Website and in our emails to collect personal information:  

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These Cookies are essential to use the Website; you cannot use the Website without these Cookies. We use the following Strictly Necessary Cookies: 

• Session Cookies: These cookies are used to maintain the state of the application and are essential for the website to function correctly.
• Authentication Cookies: These cookies are used to identify and authenticate users, ensuring that only authorized users can access certain areas of the website.
• Security Cookies: These cookies help to detect and prevent security threats, ensuring the safety of user data.

Functional Cookies: Also known as “preference” cookies, these Cookies allows us to remember choices you have made on the Website in the past so that we can adapt our content for you and remember your preferences. We use the following functional Cookies: 

• Language Preference Cookies: These cookies remember the language you selected, so the website can display content in your preferred language.
• Theme Preference Cookies: These cookies remember if you have  chosen a specific theme or layout for the website, ensuring a consistent experience each time you visit.
• Login Information Cookies: These cookies remember your login details, so you don't have to re-enter them every time you visit the website.

Performance Cookies: We also use Cookies for website analytics purposes in order to operate, maintain and improve our Website. We may use our own analytics Cookies or third-party analytics providers such as Google Analytics. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Website. They may also collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. We use the following performance Cookies:

• Google Analytics: This is a widely used analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic. It helps you understand how visitors interact with your website.

Marketing Cookies: These Cookies track your online activity to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising or to limit how many times you see an ad. These Cookies may share that information with other organizations or advertisers. We use the following marketing Cookies:

• Ad Tracking Cookies: These cookies track the effectiveness of advertising campaigns by recording user interactions with ads.
• Retargeting Cookies: These cookies remember your browsing history and show you ads related to your previous searches or visits to websites.
• Social Media Cookies: These cookies are used to integrate social media functionalities on the website and track user activity across social media platforms.

You can block Cookies by setting your internet browser to block some or all Cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block Cookies (including Strictly Necessary Cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our Website or be able to use the Website in the manner intended. You can change your browser settings to block or notify you when you receive a Cookie, delete Cookies or browse our Website using your browser’s anonymous usage setting. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about how to adjust or modify your browser settings. Where required by applicable law, you will be asked to consent to certain Cookies and similar technologies before we use or install them on your computer or other device.

PROMOTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS 

We may contact you with special offers, promotional deals, newsletters, other marketing announcements regarding AppAxon and our service offerings. If you wish to opt-out of any such promotional communications, simply contact privacy@appaxon.ai  or select the “unsubscribe from email” located at the bottom of the email you received from AppAxon.

INFORMATION DISCLOSURE

● Service Providers. AppAxon uses Service Providers to perform certain of the technical processing, administration and support of the Website and services. Such Service Providers generally are permitted to use and disclose your personally identifiable information only as provided in this Privacy Policy. However, with respect to certain services, some Service Providers may have their own privacy policies that will apply to their use or disclosure of your information obtained through those services. You will be notified of any other privacy policies or terms when you sign up for these services.

● Others. AppAxon and its Service Providers reserve the right to disclose information about you, including the content of your communications through the Website, in order to: (a) comply with the law or respond to lawful requests or legal process; (b) protect the rights or property of AppAxon, its providers, suppliers and licensors or other clients or third parties; or (c) act on a good faith belief that such access or disclosure is necessary to protect the personal safety of AppAxon, its providers, suppliers and licensors or other clients or third parties.

INFORMATION RETENTION

AppAxon will retain your personal information as needed to (a) fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or obtained, (b) comply with our business requirements or legal obligations, (c) resolve disputes, (d) protect our assets and interests, and (e) enforce our rights and agreements.

For individuals based in Europe, we store personal data (unless otherwise required by law) for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collect the data which we determine based on various factors, such as the type of service provided to you, the nature and length of our relationship with you, and mandatory retention periods provided by law and the statute of limitations.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

The Website contains links to third party sites that are not owned or controlled by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.  This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected, retained and accessed by the Website, including services available through the Website. In addition, certain Service Providers may have their own privacy policies that will apply to certain services, as described above.

SECURITY

We take precautions including organizational, technical, and physical measures, to help safeguard against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, the personal information we process or use. While we follow generally accepted standards to protect personal information, no method of storage or transmission is 100% secure. You are solely responsible for protecting your password, limiting access to your devices, and signing out of the Website and any applications and services after your sessions. If you have any questions about the security of our websites, please email us at privacy@appaxon.ai.

BUSINESS TRANSITION

We may transfer your information to service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners and other third parties in connection with the discussion, negotiation, execution and/or performance of a transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company, or we sell, liquidate or transfer all or a portion of our assets. The use of your information following any of these events will be governed by the provisions of this Privacy Policy in effect at the time the applicable information was collected.

INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

Personal information collected through the Website and/or the Services may be stored and processed in the United States or in any other country in which AppAxon or its providers (or its or their affiliates or providers) maintain facilities. By using the Website and/or the Services, you consent to any such transfer and processing of information outside of your country. If you are located in Europe or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that we may transfer information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction, and we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that any personal data are treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including by transferring personal information to countries which have been found to provide adequate protection by the competent authorities as appropriate, use contractual protections for the transfer of personal information based on European Commission-approved or UK Government-approved Standard Contractual Clauses, transfer to recipients who have adopted Binding Corporate Rules, or rely on an appropriate legal derogation. If you wish to inquire further about these transfers, or to obtain a copy of the contractual safeguards we use for such transfers (if applicable), please contact us at privacy@appaxon.ai.

CONSENT TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

By using the Website or otherwise providing personal information to us, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically (including by posting a notice on the Website or by sending you an email) regarding security, privacy and administrative issues relating to such use, including but not limited to notifying you of a security breach.

FOR RESIDENTS IN EUROPE

If you are located in Europe, you have the following rights in respect of your personal data that we hold:

1. Right to object. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO OBJECT TO ANY PROCESSING BASED ON OUR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS WHERE THERE ARE GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION. YOU CAN OBJECT TO MARKETING ACTIVITIES FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.
2. Right of access. The right to obtain access to your personal data.
3. Right to rectification. The right to obtain rectification of your personal data without undue delay where that personal data is inaccurate or incomplete. 
4. Right to erasure. The right to obtain the erasure of your personal data without undue delay in certain circumstances, such as where the personal data is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or processed.
5. Right to restriction. The right to obtain the restriction of the processing undertaken by us on your personal data in certain circumstances, such as where the accuracy of the personal data is contested by you, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of that personal data.
6. Right to portability. The right to portability allows you to move, copy or transfer personal data easily from one organization to another.
7. Withdraw consent.  You may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us regarding the processing of your personal data at any time and without charge, and we will apply your preferences going forward. This will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before you withdrew your consent.

If you wish to exercise one of these rights, please contact us at privacy@appaxon.ai. Before fulfilling your request, we may ask you to provide reasonable information to verify your identity. Please note that there are exceptions and limitations to each of these rights, and that if you do exercise one of these rights, your ability to access or use the Website may be impaired.

You also have the right to make a complaint to your local data protection authority. Further information about how to contact your local data protection authority is available at National Data Protection Authorities.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 18 years of age, and no part of our Website or Services is directed to children. If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information, then you may let us know at privacy@appaxon.ai. 

TERMS OF USE

Your use of the Website is governed by our then-current www.appaxon.ai/terms-of-use

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

AppAxon may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and when we do, we will also revise the “last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we consider any change to this Privacy Policy to be material, we will place a prominent notice on the Website or we may notify you directly by e-mail, at our discretion. Changes are effective upon posting to the Website, unless we say otherwise in our notice, so please check this site often for changes.

HOW TO CONTACT US

Please feel free to contact us at privacy@appaxon.ai to assist in updating your personal information or if you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy.