Dibbs | Privacy Policy

1. OUR PRIVACY PHILOSOPHY

Thanks for visiting our website and using our services! Dibbs Group Inc. (“Dibbs”) is committed to providing you with meaningful information and making sure you know your rights when it comes to any information you share with us. We want you to know that we are a “Privacy Forward” company and that we embrace protecting consumer privacy. Our goal is to be transparent about the data we collect, whether directly or through our partners, and inform you about how your data is (or is not) used, so that you can exercise your right to control the use of your personal data.‍

2. ABOUT US & OUR PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide to us when you visit the website https://www.dibbs.io and when you access our services (collectively, our “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect:

On this Website and through our services.
In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
Through any mobile and desktop applications you download from this Website, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and this Website.
When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this Privacy Policy.

It does not apply to information collected by:

Use offline or through any other means; or
Any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

When we say “Dibbs,” “we,” or “us” in this Privacy Policy, we mean the Dibbs entity that acts as the controller or processor of your information. A controller is the individual or entity which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. A processor is the individual or entity which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

Please also refer to the Glossary to understand the meaning of some of the terms used in this Privacy Policy.‍

3. TYPES OF DATA WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT

Did we mention we are transparent? The table below explains exactly what kind of data we collect. We use the data to:

Identify you when you visit our websites or access our platforms
Perform under a contract
Provide the products and services you request
Improve our services and product offerings
Conduct statistical performance analysis
Respond to your inquiries related to support, employment opportunities, or other requests
Internal administrative purposes, as well as to manage our relationship with you
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Categories

Account Registration
For clients, we may collect your name, company name, email, phone number, and contact information when you create an account (user ID, password, access level, etc.) or sign-up for our services.

Employment
If you apply for a job posting or become an employee, we may collect personal information necessary to process your application. This may include your name, email, postal address, phone number, or your tax identification number.

Feedback & Support
If you provide us feedback, require technical support or if you contact us for other assistance, we will collect your name and email address and possibly other personal information, as well as any other content you send to us in order to reply.

Mailing List
When you sign up for one of our mailing lists, we may collect your email address and/or postal address.

Marketing & Communications
We may collect information about (1) how you use our website, products and services, including testimonials, (2) your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and (3) your communication preferences.

Mobile Devices
We may collect information from your mobile device, such as unique identifying information broadcast from your device or hardware and software specifications. We may also ask you if you would like to share your location information from your mobile device.

Technical User Data
We may collect your IP address, IP browser user agent and other browser information, such as browser location data received from GPS coordinates, to deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you.

Third-Party Tracking
We participate in behavior-based advertising. This means that a third party may use technology (e.g., a cookie) to collect information about your use of our website so that they can provide advertising about products and services tailored to your interests. That advertising may appear either on our websites or on other websites (e.g., social media platforms, search engines). You can opt-out of receiving behavior-based advertising by going to the Network Advertising Initiative and the Digital Advertising Alliance websites.

5. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE DO NOT COLLECT

Special Categories. We do not collect any sensitive personal information about you, which includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric information.

Age Restrictions/Limitations. Dibbs does not knowingly permit the use of our Services and Websites by anyone younger than 18 years old. If you learn that anyone younger than 18 has unlawfully provided us with personal data, please Contact Us and we will take immediate action.‍

6. HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We use different methods to collect information from and about you, including:

Direct interactions. You (on behalf of a business or as an individual) may give us personal information by completing online forms, or by corresponding with us by phone, email or otherwise. Examples of the types of Services or online correspondence you may provide such personal information may include:

Subscribe to our service or publications;
Request marketing materials be sent to you;
Enter a competition, promotion or survey; or
Give us feedback.

Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect technical data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive technical data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies.

7. ABOUT COOKIES

Dibbs may serve ads based on your browsing history on dibbs.io. If you are interested in understanding or learning more about tailored browser advertising and how you can best control cookies from being put on your device, please visit NAI Consumer Opt-Out or the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) Consumer Opt-Out. Here you can opt-out of receiving tailored advertising from businesses that participate in those programs.

You can also set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our or our partner website may become inaccessible or not function properly. For more information about the cookies we use, please see OUR COOKIE POLICY.

We retain information collected for tailored advertising purposes for up to 12 months from the date of its collection, unless you reset your device or clear your cache or cookies referred to above.

If we need to keep your information for longer than 12 months for reporting, accounting, regulatory or legal reasons, then we will retain it only for as long as necessary under the applicable laws, policies or agreement and will use the information only for the purposes for which it was retained.

8. WHO DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH?

Our website or platforms may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share personal information about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the Privacy Policy of every website you visit.

We may engage third parties as service providers or business partners to process other information and support our business or services that we provide pursuant to our obligations under a written agreement. These third parties may, for example, provide virtual computing and storage services.

We require all third parties with whom we work to respect the security of your personal information and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal information for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal information for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

9. ‍Internal Third-Party Disclosures

Current and future corporate affiliates (e.g., parent company, sister companies, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control) are joint controllers or processors who provide technology and system administration services;

Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets;

To the extent permitted by applicable law, in addition to our websites, applications and other digital channels, we may also obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, social media platforms and other third parties; or

Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them.

10. External Third-Party Disclosures

Service providers acting as processors who provide technology, fraud prevention, and system administration support services.

Professional advisers acting as processors or joint controllers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.

Regulators and other authorities acting as processors or joint controllers who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.

Other disclosures with or without your Consent. We may disclose your personal information in response to subpoenas, warrants, or court orders, or in connection with any legal process, or to comply with relevant laws. We may also share your personal information in order to establish or exercise our rights, to defend against a legal claim, to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible illegal activities, suspected fraud, safety of person or property, or a violation of our policies.

11. ‍DATA SECURITY

We have put in place appropriate technical and organizational security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used, accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal information to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know and are subject to a duty of confidentiality. They will only process your personal information on our instructions.

We have procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach. If we are required by law to tell you about any unauthorized access of your personal information, we may notify you in writing or by telephone. We will also notify any applicable regulator of a breach that we are legally required to. Unfortunately, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is fully secure so, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information. But rest assured, we use reasonable efforts to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

12. HOW LONG WILL WE HOLD PERSONAL DATA?

We only keep your personal information for as long as we need it to fulfill business purposes while fulfilling our obligations pursuant to a contract, as permitted by law, and/or in satisfying any legal, accounting, or other regulatory reporting requirements.

When we decide how long to keep your personal information, we consider (1) the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal information, (2) the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, (3) the purposes of processing your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and (4) the applicable legal requirements and our regulatory obligations – all with a commitment to make sure your rights are not any less protected regardless thereof.‍

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To contact Dibbs with any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Dibbs Group Inc,
129 Nevada St,
El Segundo, CA 90245
Attn: Evan Vandenberg, CEO.
privacy@dibbs.io

13. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: CCPA DISCLOSURES

The CCPA requires businesses that are subject to this law to provide consumers who reside in California with certain rights with respect to their personal information.

As a California resident and within 45 days, Dibbs will respond to your right to:

Request a copy of the specific personal information collected about you during the 12 months before your request (a “personal information request”);
Have such information deleted (with exceptions);
Request that your personal information not be sold to third parties, if applicable; and
Not to be discriminated against because you have exercised any of these rights.
Should you choose to exercise any of your rights above, CCPA allows consumers to make a personal information request no more than twice in a 12-month period and that business will need to collect information from the requesting party so that It can verify a Consumer’s identity.

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‍CALIFORNIA CONSUMER RIGHTS – DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION
‍For California Residents Only: Dibbs provides two ways to exercise your rights: Complete the form at DO NOT SELL or call 866-I-OPT-OUT and enter service code 319 when prompted. To assure a timely and accurate response, we kindly ask that you contact us by selecting only one of these methods.