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PRIVACY POLICY

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1 INTRODUCTION

This document sets out the privacy policy of Frontline Communications Pty. Limited. ABN 47 079 881 842 (referred to in this privacy policy as ‘we’, ‘us’, or ‘our’). For the purposes of applicable data protection law, (in particular, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the “GDPR”) and the UK Data Protection Act 2018), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) your data will be controlled by us.

This privacy policy applies whenever we collect your personal information and/or personal data (your personal data). This includes between you, the visitor to this website (whether directly as our customer or as personnel of our customer), and us, the owner and provider of this website and also where we are directed by a third party to process your personal data. This privacy policy applies to our use of any and all data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the website and the provision of our services to you.

We take our privacy obligations seriously. Please read this privacy policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how and why we collect, store, use and share your personal data in connection with your use of our website. It also explains your rights in relation to your personal data and how to contact us or a relevant regulator in the event you have a complaint.

2 TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The personal data we collect for providing services to registered users will include the following:

(a) Name, including all or part of your Name;

(b) email address;

(c) when we use analytical cookies, your device identity and type, I.P. address, geo-location information, page view statistics, advertising data and standard web log information;

(d) any other information provided by you to us via this website, in the course of us providing services to you, or otherwise required by us or provided by you.

The personal data we collect for providing services to unregistered users will include the following:

(e) Name, including all or part of your Name;

(f) when we use analytical cookies, your device identity and type, I.P. address, geo-location information, page view statistics, advertising data and standard web log information;

(g) any other information provided by you to us via this website, in the course of us providing services to you, or otherwise required by us or provided by you.

The personal data we collect for providing services to users may include the following:

(h) device type;

(i) operating system;

(j) unique device identifiers;

(k) IP address;

(l) Browser type and version;

(m) Pages you visit;

(n) Time and date you visit;

(o) Time spent on each page;

(p) And other details about your visit;

(q) Data relating to circumstances surrounding the occurrence of any errors encountered, which may or may not include personally identifiable data;

The personal data we may collect for the purposes of subscription-related transactions includes the following:

(r) country of residence;

(s) mailing or street address;

(t) credit card or other payment information;

The personal data we may collect for our own marketing purposes may include the following:

(u) social media information;

(v) country of residence;

(w) telephone number and other contact details;

(x) age;

(y) information about your business or personal circumstances;

(z) information in connection with any client surveys, questionnaires and promotions you participate in; and

(aa) information about third parties. and

(bb) any other information provided by you to us via this website, in the course of us providing services to you, or otherwise required by us or provided by you.

3 HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

We endeavour to ensure that information we collect is complete, accurate, accessible and not subject to unauthorised access.

We may collect personal data either directly from you, or from third parties, including where you:

  1. contact us through on our website;
  2. register for an account;
  3. sign up to receive updates from us via email or social media channels;
  4. use a mobile device or web browser to access our content;
  5. when you mention us on social media;
  6. engage us to perform services to you;
  7. communicate with us via email, telephone, SMS, social applications (such as Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook) or otherwise;
  8. when you or your organisation offer to provide, or provides, services to us;
  9. interact with our website, social applications, services, webinars, content and advertising; and
  10. invest in our business or enquire as to a potential purchase in our business.

We may also collect personal data from you when you use or access our website or our social media pages. This may be done through use of web analytics tools, ‘cookies’ or other similar tracking technologies that allow us to track and analyse your website usage. For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.

How you provide information for someone else

If you are providing personal and/or sensitive information on behalf of someone else, you must have the consent of that person to provide their personal and/or sensitive information to us to be collected, used, and disclosed in accordance with this privacy policy.

If you are providing personal information on behalf of someone under the age of 18 (Minor), you must be that Minor’s parent or legal guardian, or have express consent from that Minor’s parent or legal guardian, and you must provide consent for the Minor’s personal information to be collected, used and disclosed in accordance with this privacy policy.

A form is provided on the website at https://clevergroups.com/privacy to submit your signed consent authority. If this consent is not provided prior to using our services, Clever Groups may withdraw access to the service if subsequent requests for consent are not fulfilled.

We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18. If you have not reached the age limit, do not use the services and do not provide us with your personal information. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a Minor who has provided Clever Groups with personal information, please contact us at privacy@clevergroups.com to exercise your rights of access, correction, cancellation, and/or opposition.

4 USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect and use personal data for the following purposes:

  1. to provide you with our platform’s core features and services or information to you;
  2. to deliver products and/or services to you;
  3. to enable you to customize or personalize your experience of our website;
  4. for record keeping and administrative purposes;
  5. to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce our agreements with third parties;
  6. where we have your consent, including to send you marketing and promotional messages and other information that may be of interest to you. In this regard, we may use email, SMS, social media or mail to send you direct marketing communications. You can opt-out of receiving marketing materials from us by using the opt-out facility provided (e.g. an unsubscribe link);
  7. for our legitimate interests including:
    1. to develop and carry out marketing activities and to conduct market research and analysis and develop statistics;
    2. to improve and optimise our service offering and customer experience;
    3. to send you administrative messages, reminders, notices, updates and other information requested by you;
    4. to consider an application of employment from you; and
    5. the delivery of our services;
    6. combining voluntarily provided and automatically collected personal information with general information or research data we receive from other trusted sources. For example, our marketing and market research activities may uncover data and insights, which we may combine with information about how visitors use our site to improve our site and your experience on it.

5 SHARING YOUR DATA

We may share your personal data in certain circumstances, as follows:

  1. where there is a change of control in our business or a sale or transfer of business assets, we reserve the right to transfer to the extent permissible at law our user databases, together with any personal data and non-personal data contained in those databases. This information may be disclosed to a potential purchaser under an agreement to maintain confidentiality. We would seek to only disclose information in good faith and where required by any of the above circumstances;
  2. credit-checking agencies for credit control reasons;
  3. disclosures required by law or regulation; and
  4. service providers and other affiliated third parties to enable us to provide our services to you including other professional advisers such as accountants, disaster recovery service providers or auditors and/or overseas counsel.

Services & Where Data is Hosted

Service Provider Where Data is Hosted
Web Hosting Hostgator USA
Web Hosting Backup BackBlaze USA
CRM, Mail, Customer Support Systems and Accounting Zoho United States of America, the European Economic Area (EEA), Australia and other countries where Zoho operates.
Microsoft Single Sign On Microsoft USA
Googlee Single Sign On Google USA
Cookie Consent and Consent Management Platform CookieBot Ireland, USA, Slovenia
Blog and Help Center BlogHandy USA
Web Page Analytics FathomAnalytics USA
Web Platform Monitoring DataDogHR USA
eCommerce Platform LemonSqueezy US, UK and Various

6 SECURITY

We take reasonable steps to ensure your personal data is secure and protected from misuse or unauthorised access. Our information technology systems are password-protected, and we use a range of administrative and technical measures to protect these systems. However, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal data.

When we collect and process personal information, and while we retain this information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. Although we will do our best to protect the personal information you provide to us, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and no one can guarantee absolute data security.

You are responsible for selecting any password and its overall security strength, ensuring the security of your own information within the bounds of our services. For example, ensure that any passwords associated with accessing your personal information and accounts are secure and confidential.

7 LINKS

Our website may contain links to other websites. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those linked websites and we suggest you review the privacy policies of those websites before using them.

8 YOUR RIGHTS

You have various rights with respect to our use of your personal data:

  1. Access: You have the right to obtain access to your information (if we’re processing it) and certain other information (similar to that provided in this privacy notice). This is so that you’re aware and can check that we’re using your information in accordance with data protection law.
  2. Be informed: You have the right to be provided with clear, transparent and easily understandable information about how we use your information and your rights. This is why we’re providing you with the information in this privacy policy.
  3. Rectification: We aim to keep your personal data accurate, current, and complete. We encourage you to contact us using our contact form to let us know if any of your personal data is not accurate or changes, so that we can keep your personal data up-to-date.
  4. Objecting: You also have the right to object to processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, including processing for direct marketing.
  5. Restricting: You have the right to ‘block’ or suppress further use of your information. When processing is restricted, we can still store your information, but may not use it further.
  6. Erasure: You have the right to ask us to erase your personal data when the personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or when, among other things, your personal data have been unlawfully processed.
  7. Portability: You have the right to request that some of your personal data is provided to you, or to another data controller, in a commonly used, machine-readable format.
  8. Complaints: If you believe that your data protection rights may have been breached, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the applicable supervisory authority. In the UK, the supervisory authority is the Information Commissioner’s Office.
  9. Withdraw consent: If you have given your consent to anything we do with your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. This includes your right to withdraw consent to us using your personal data for marketing purposes.

You may, at any time, exercise any of the above rights, by contacting our email address provided below.

Limitations and Procedures

Although you have these rights, please understand that these rights are not absolute. There may be instances where we may not be able to comply with your request or objection based on our legitimate interests, or in accordance with the legal restrictions governing these rights. If your information needs to be updated, you can request that certain changes be made by logging into your Account. For any other requests, you can also contact us via email at privacy@clevergroups.com.

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month and will contact you if we need additional information from you in order to honour your request. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month, taking into account the complexity and number of requests we receive.

9 HOW LONG WE KEEP DATA

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. We will securely destroy your personal data in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

If you would like further information about our specific retention periods for your personal data, please contact us using our email address provided below.

Retention Periods and User Notifications

We keep your personal information only for as long as we need to. This time period may depend on what we are using your information for, in accordance with this privacy policy. For example, if you have provided us with personal information as part of creating an account with us, we may retain this information for the duration your account exists on our system. If your personal information is no longer required for this purpose, we will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify you.

If necessary, we may retain your personal information for our compliance with a legal, accounting, or reporting obligation or for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific, or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes.

Our current website’s database stores the last access time of your account. If we identify accounts that have been inactive for a significant period, such as six years, we may contact you to notify you of our intention to delete your data in accordance with Article 13(2) of the GDPR. You will be given a specified period (e.g., 30 days) to respond before we proceed with deleting your data if we do not hear from you.

10 TRANSFERS OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA (‘EEA’)

To provide our services, we may transfer the personal data we collect to countries outside of the UK or EEA which do not provide the same level of data protection as the country in which you reside and are not recognised by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of data protection.

When we do this, we will make sure that it is protected to the same extent as in the EEA and UK as we will put in place appropriate safeguards to protect your personal data, which may include standard contractual clauses.

Where the disclosure of your personal information is solely subject to Australian privacy laws, you acknowledge that some third parties may not be regulated by the Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act. You acknowledge that if any such third party engages in any act or practice that contravenes the Australian Privacy Principles, it would not be accountable under the Privacy Act, and you will not be able to seek redress under the Privacy Act.

For more information, please contact us at our email address provided below.

11 STORAGE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

All personal information we collect is stored on servers located in the USA and, for the most part, we do not disclose or transfer personal information overseas.

However, the cloud service providers we engage to provide us USA-based servers may operate overseas disaster recovery sites or have personnel overseas who may access the personal information we hold to assist us in managing our servers. Our current backup provider, Sectigo, which is based in the UK, may retain backup data on their service in physical storage located in the UK, USA, Canada, and India.

We also may use analytics to track web traffic information, which is operated by Fathom Analytics and stores information across multiple countries. Additional information about Microsoft’s compliance with the EU GDPR is available here.

12 ZOHO DATA COLLECTION AND STORAGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Additionally, we collect and store personal information in our financial system (Zoho Books), feedback from the website or support provided to us (which may include personal information) in Zoho Desk, and for transactional and/or marketing purposes in Zoho CRM. Zoho’s services are headquartered in India; however, its privacy policy states that by accessing or using their products and services or otherwise providing personal information or service data to them, you understand that the processing, transfer, and storage of your personal information or service data occur within the United States of America, the European Economic Area (EEA), and other countries where Zoho operates. Such transfers are subject to appropriate data protection agreements, such as a group company agreement based on the EU Commission’s model contractual clauses for data processing activities to which GDPR applies. You can write to legal@zohocorp.com to obtain a copy of the agreements on the basis of which Zoho transfers your data within its group and with the third parties it engages.

13 CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (“COPPA”) COMPLIANCE

In addition to the above mentioned, the following provisions apply specifically for residents of the USA.

Clever Groups is intended for users of all ages and their families, and it may collect information from children, at the direction of a parent or guardian registered with us. Below we summarize potential instances of collection and outline how and when we will provide parental notice and/or seek parental consent. In any instance that we collect personal information from a child, it will only be at the direction of a parent or guardian, and we will retain that information only so long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the activity request of that parent or guardian and ensure the security of our users and our services, or as required by law. In the event we discover we have collected information from a child in a manner inconsistent with COPPA’s requirements, we will either delete the information or immediately seek the guardian or parent’s consent for that collection.

Registration

A parent or guardian must register with Clever Groups before any child is allowed to use the website. If they intend to direct children to use Clever Groups, they should obtain parental or guardian consent prior and register this with Clever Groups using the online forms at https://clevergroups.com/privacy. This is a condition of access.

At the direction of that registered parent or guardian, children can register with Clever Groups to submit their name and a list of other people from a team chosen by that parent or guardian. A child may choose to use the registration process to enter this information or remain anonymous. We may ask the child to provide certain information for notification and security purposes, the child’s first and second name, the child’s account username, and password. Please note that children can choose whether to share their information with us, but certain features cannot function without it. As a result, children may not be able to access certain features if required information or consent has not been provided. We will not require a child to provide more information than is reasonably necessary in order to participate in an online activity. A child’s use of Clever Groups is not required but is more efficient for their parent or guardian if they choose to do so.

About the collection of parent email address: Consistent with the requirements of COPPA, on any child-targeted site or application, or in any instance where we ask for age and determine the user is age 12 or under, we will ask for a parent or guardian email address before we collect any personal information from the child. If you believe your child is participating in an activity that collects personal information and you or another parent/guardian have NOT received an email providing notice or seeking your consent, please feel free to contact us at privacy@clevergroups.com. We will not use parent emails provided for parental consent purposes to market to the parent, unless the parent has expressly opted in to email marketing or has separately participated in an activity that allows for such email contact.

Content Generated by a Child

We seek verifiable parental consent by email for the collection of personal information from children prior to their use of Clever Groups. Children’s use of Clever Groups is optional and only at the direction of their parent or guardian. Clever Groups allows children to create or manipulate names and save it. That information is only made available to the parent or guardian who requested the entry of the personal information and is never made available publicly.

Content Generated by a Parent or Guardian

We seek verifiable parental consent by email or online signed forms for the collection of personal information from parents or guardians of Children’s names and preferences. Please see our parental or guardian consent forms at https://clevergroups.com/privacy.

About Verifiable Parental Consent

Email Consent. In the event Clever Groups wishes to collect personal information from a child, COPPA requires that we first seek a parent or guardian’s consent by email. In the email we will explain what information we are collecting, how we plan to use it, how the parent can provide consent, and how the parent can revoke consent. If we do not receive parental consent within a reasonable time, we will delete the parent contact information and any other information collected from the child in connection with that activity.

Teacher consent in lieu of a parent. With regard to school-based activities, COPPA allows teachers and school administrators to act in the stead of parents to provide consent for the collection of personal information from children. Schools should always notify parents about these activities. Please see our parental or guardian consent forms at https://clevergroups.com/privacy.

For more information on parental rights with respect to a child’s educational record under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), please visit the FERPA site.

Email Contact with a Child

On occasion, in order to respond to a question or request from a child, Clever Groups may need to ask for the child’s online contact information, such as an email address. Clever Groups will delete this information immediately after responding to the question or request from our production platform and complete deletion of this information from our backups in less than two weeks.

In connection with certain activities or services, we may collect the child’s online contact information, such as an email address, in order for them to use the site only. In such instances we will retain the child’s online contact information to honor the request and for no other purpose such as marketing. Two email examples would be an email verification email and password reset email. Whenever we collect a child’s online contact information for ongoing communications only after receiving a parent or guardian’s email address who will be immediately notified about the collection and use of the child’s information.

Geolocation Data

Clever Groups collects geolocation information in the form of Country and IP address via automated means that is not specific enough to locate the user.

Persistent Identifiers

When Children interact with us, certain information may automatically be collected, to make Clever Groups more interesting and useful to Children and for various purposes related to our business. Examples include the type of computer operating system, the child’s IP address or mobile device identifier, the web browser, the frequency with which the child visits various parts of our sites or applications, and information regarding the online or mobile service provider. This information is collected using technologies such as cookies, flash cookies, web beacons, and other unique identifiers (see our Cookies Policy). This information may be collected by Clever Groups or by a third party. This data is principally used for internal purposes only, in order to:

  • provide Children with access to features and activities on our sites and applications
  • customize content and improve our sites and applications
  • conduct research and analysis to address the performance of our sites and applications
  • generate anonymous reporting for use by Clever Groups

In the event we collect (or allow others to collect) such information from Children on our sites and applications for other purposes, we will notify parents or guardians and obtain consent prior to such collection.

14 CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT (“CCPA”) COMPLIANCE

In addition to the above mentioned, the following provisions apply specifically for residents of California, USA.

The California Privacy Laws provide users who reside in California with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes the customers’ rights and explains how to exercise those rights, subject to exceptions under the law.

a) YOUR RIGHTS UNDER CALIFORNIA PRIVACY LAW

  • Right to Know About Personal Information Collected, Sold or Shared (“Right to Know”)

    You have the right to request to know what personal information we have collected about you, including:

    • The categories of personal information collected
    • The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected
    • The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information
    • The categories of third parties with whom the personal information is shared
    • The specific pieces of personal information collected about you that are permitted by law
  • Right To Request Deletion of Personal Information (“Right to Delete”)

    You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collect, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive your request and verify your identity, we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your Personal Information from our records, unless an exception applies.

  • Right to Correct Inaccurate Personal Information (“Right to Correct”)

    You have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you or update the information we have on file.

  • Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing of Your Personal Information

    You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. Clever Groups does not sell or share personal information as defined by the CCPA, including personal information of minors under the age of 16.

  • Right to Non-Discrimination For The Exercise Of Your Privacy Rights

    You have the right to be protected from discrimination for exercising your rights. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your right.

  • Right to Limit the Use of Sensitive Personal Information

    Clever Groups does not use sensitive personal information in any manner that requires offering a right to limit its use.

b) HOW TO SUBMIT A REQUEST TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW, DELETE OR CORRECT

You may submit your request by completing the Data Deletion form at clevergroups.com/privacy-data-deletion or by sending an email to privacy@clevergroups.com. We will compare the information you submit to us with the information we have in our records to ensure your request meets the definition of “verifiable consumer request” under the California Privacy Laws. We will then respond to your request in accordance with the requirements.

Response Timing and Format

Clever Groups endeavor to respond to a request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If Clever Groups requires more time (up to 90 days), you will be informed of the reason and extension period in writing. Any disclosures provided will only cover the twelve (12) month period preceding the receipt of the verifiable request. If applicable, the response will also explain the reasons for which Clever Groups cannot comply with a request. For data portability requests, Clever Groups will select a format to provide the Personal Information that is readily usable and should allow transmission of the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance. Clever Groups does not charge a fee to process or respond to the verifiable request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If Clever Groups determines that the request warrants a fee, we will inform why Clever Groups made that decision and provide a cost estimate before completing the request.

c) CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 16

Clever Groups does not knowingly collect or disclose the personal information of children under the age of 16. As stated above, Clever Groups also do not sell or share personal information, including personal information of children under the age of 16. If you intend to encourage anyone under 16 to use this site, you must inform us by completing the parental or guardian consent form at clevergroups.com/privacy.

For further information about our privacy policy or practices, or to access or correct your personal data, or make a complaint, please contact us using the details set out below:

Email: privacy@clevergroups.com
Web: https://clevergroups.com/privacy

We reserve the right to change, modify, or revise this privacy policy at any time in order to comply with any applicable laws, to reflect changes in our processes, or for any other reason.

We will notify Registrants when we update this Privacy Policy by publishing a notification on this website. We also communicate important changes in our Privacy Policy to Registered Users and customers during their subscription term.

By accessing our learning Sites or websites, you consent to the terms under which we process your information as set out in this Privacy Policy, including how we notify you of amendments to this Privacy Policy.

We may change this privacy policy from time to time by posting an updated copy on our website and we encourage you to check our website regularly to ensure that you are aware of our most current privacy policy.

Where we make any significant changes, we will endeavour to notify you by email.

Consent Authority Forms


Please use the following forms to provide consent per Section 3 above.

Individual Consent School. Use this online form if a legitimate guardian or authorised adult, in relation to use with a school, to provide consent for one Minor to use Clever Groups.

Group Consent School. Use this online form if a legitimate guardian or authorised adult, in relation to use with a school, to provide consent for multiple Minors to use Clever Groups.

Individual Consent General. Use this online form if a legitimate guardian or authorised adult, if not attached to a school, to provide consent for one Minor to use Clever Groups.

Group Consent General. Use this online form if a legitimate guardian or authorised adult, if not attached to a school, to provide consent for multiple Minors to use Clever Groups.

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