Privacy policy

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) tells you about the information that Bytecode IO, Inc. (“Bytecode IO,” “we,” “us” or “our”) collects from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. By visiting the Bytecode IO web site (“Site”), by using any of our services, and by providing us with any personal information, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy. Reference in this policy to your “personal data” means any information that identifies, or could reasonably be used to identify you, including name, email address, mailing address, and phone number. Further, the Site may contain links to other entities’ websites that are not controlled or operated by Bytecode IO. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such third-party websites, and Bytecode IO is not responsible for the content of such third-party websites or the privacy practices of such third parties. Therefore, we encourage you to request and review the privacy policies of any third parties upon disclosing your information to such parties or visiting such third-party websites.

Information we may collect from you

You can access some areas of the Site without submitting any personally identifiable information. Bytecode IO collects personally identifiable information only if you choose to request information or assistance through the Site. The personally identifiable information that Bytecode IO collects through this portion of the Site may include your name, email address, and any other personally identifiable information that you choose to include in your submissions to us. You represent and warrant that you have the right and authority to provide any information provided by you.

Through requesting active user consent, Bytecode IO may also collect certain non-personally identifiable information in connection with the operation of the Site, including IP addresses, browser or operating system information, data on advertisements or links on which you click, and the websites that you visit before or after you visit the Site. Bytecode IO will obtain consent explicitly from users through clear affirmative acts. Such information and consent records are maintained by Bytecode IO or service providers acting on behalf of others.

This Site uses cookies (“Cookies”) to facilitate the site user’s use of the site. Site user’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. Site user may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly. This Site uses Google Analytics to collect Site usage data.

We may collect and process data about you, including information you give us by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail, or otherwise, and information you provide when you subscribe to a feed or to use any of our services, as well as information we may automatically collect including details about your visits to this website including traffic data, location data, weblogs, and other communication data.

We may also receive personal information from our clients in connection with our consulting services. Please note that such data is not subject to this policy.

How we use the information

We use your personal data to provide you with our services, to respond to your inquiries and requests, to administer and improve this Site and our services, to market our services, to secure our services, for the purposes of recruitment, and for other legitimate business purposes.

We may store details of users’ visits, such as pages visited, browser details, and interactions with any emails that we send to users. This information may include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data to analyze trends in the aggregate and administer the site.

We may collect information about the computers, phones, or other devices where users access our Site, depending on the permissions each user has granted. This information may include the following: attributes such as the operating system, hardware version, device settings, file and software names and types, battery and signal strength, device identifiers; device locations, including specific geographic locations, such as through GPS, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi signals; connection information, such as the name of the mobile operator or ISP, browser type, language and time zone, mobile phone number, mobile ad ID, and IP address.

Upon our collection of your personally identifiable information, Bytecode IO may use such personally identifiable information internally, separately or in combination with pre-existing information, for the following purposes:

to provide any requested information, products or services;
to enhance user experience;
for internal aggregation purposes;
to troubleshoot problems with the Service;
to customize your experience on the Service;
to enforce our compliance with this Privacy Policy; or
to contact you with more information about Bytecode IO and its services.

How we share your information
Bytecode IO does not sell, give, or trade contact data, accept advertising, or generate any third-party revenue from the data that is generated on this site. We will not disclose your personal data outside of Bytecode IO except to service providers acting on our behalf or in other very limited circumstances, for example, with your agreement or where we are under a legal obligation to do so.

How we protect your information
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices, and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, username, password, and data stored.

Privacy Information for California Residents
If you are a California resident, California law requires us to provide you with some additional information regarding how Bytecode IO, collect, use, and share your “personal information” (as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)). Please note that the below disclosures pertain solely to the information that Bytecode IO processes in its capacity as a “business” under the CCPA. Information that Bytecode IO processes as a service provider on behalf of its clients is subject to those clients’ own Privacy Policies.

This following section provides information about the categories of personal information that we collect, the purposes for which we use the information, the sources of the information, and the categories of third parties to whom we disclose the information for business purposes.

Categories of information collected

Contact information such as name, email address, and phone number
Purposes of use: provide you with our services, respond to inquiries and service requests, administer and improve our site and services
Sources of personal information: You, our service providers, publicly-available websites
Categories of third parties to whom we may disclose the information: Our service providers, entities for legal purposes, other entities with your consent

Employment and Business Information such as the name of the company you work for as well as your title
Purposes of use: provide you with our services, respond to inquiries and service requests, administer and improve our site and services, for recruitment purposes
Sources of personal information: You, our service providers, publicly-available websites
Categories of third parties to whom we disclose the information: our service providers, entities for legal purposes, other entities with your consent

Geolocation Information if you provide us with your city/state of residence or we infer it from your IP address
Purposes of use: provide you with our services, respond to inquiries and service requests, administer and improve our site and services, market our services, for recruitment purposes
Sources of personal information: You, our service providers, publicly-available websites
Categories of third parties to whom we disclose the information: our service providers, entities for legal purposes, other entities with your consent

Device and Online Information such as IP address and web logs
Purposes of use: provide you with our services, respond to inquiries and service requests, administer and improve our site and services, secure our services
Sources of personal information: You (through your device), our service providers
Categories of third parties to whom we disclose the information: our service providers, entities for legal purposes, other entities with your consent

User-Generated Content
Purposes of use: provide you with our services, market our services, for recruitment purposes, administer and improve our site and services, secure our services
Sources of personal information: You, our service providers
Categories of third parties to whom we disclose the information: our service providers, entities for legal purposes, other entities with your consent

Your California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, the CCPA allows you to make certain requests about your personal information. Specifically, the CCPA allows you to request us to:

inform you about the categories of personal information we collect or disclose about you; the categories of sources of such information; the business or commercial purpose for collecting your personal information; and the categories of third parties with whom we share/disclose personal information
provide access to and/or a copy of certain personal information we hold about you;
delete certain personal information we have about you;
provide you with information about the financial incentives that we offer to you, if any.

The CCPA further provides you with the right not to be discriminated against (as provided for in applicable law) for exercising your rights. Please note that certain information may be exempt from such requests under California law. For example, we need certain information in order to provide the Service to you. We also will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to a request. In doing so, we may ask you for verification information so that we can match at least two verification points with information we maintain in our files about you. If we are unable to verify you through his method, we shall have the right, but not the obligation, to request additional information from you. If you would like further information regarding your legal rights under California law or would like to exercise any of them, or if you are an authorized agent making a request on a California consumer’s behalf, please contact us at legal@bytecode.io

Please note that the CCPA sets forth certain obligations for businesses that “sell” personal information to third parties. We do not engage in such activity and have not engaged in such activity in the past twelve months from the effective date of this Policy.

Shine the Light Disclosure: The California “Shine the Light” law gives residents of California the right under certain circumstances to request information from us regarding the manner in which we share certain categories of personal information (as defined in the Shine the Light law) with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not share your personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

Other rights and choices
In addition to the California rights above, you may have certain other rights under other data protection legislation , such as the right to request details about the information we hold about you and to have any such information rectified or deleted on legitimate grounds. For more information or to exercise these rights, please send an email to legal@bytecode.io

Notices to Site users
External websites. The provision of links to other web sites on the Site is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other web sites or their content. Bytecode IO has no control over, does not review, and is not responsible or liable for these third party web sites or their content. Please be aware that the terms of this Privacy Policy do not apply to these third party web sites.
Notice to visitors outside of the United States. Any information you provide via the Site, including any Personal Information, will be transferred to and processed by a computer server located within the United States.

Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this Site.

Contact us
If you have any questions or queries about this policy, please contact us:
by email: legal@bytecode.io
by mail: Bytecode IO, Inc. , 1501 N Broadway, Suite 440, Walnut Creek, CA 94596

Updated on: July 07th 2020