Privacy Policy
Last updated: January 29th, 2020
Good Word Guide, LLC. ("us", "we", or "our") operates goodwordguide.com (the "Site", the "Application" or the "Service"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the Site.
We use your Personal Information only for providing and improving the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Information Collection And Use
While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to your name, email, address, etc. ("Personal Information").
Users may be subject to different protection standards and broader standards may therefore apply to some. In order to learn more about the protection criteria, Users can refer to the applicability section.
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Data Controller
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that we collect, by ourselves or through third parties, there are: Cookies and Usage Data.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected
are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy
policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior
to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely
provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected
automatically when using our application and services.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by us
is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make
it impossible for us to provide our services. In cases
where we specifically state that some Data is not mandatory,
Users are free not to communicate this Data without
consequences to the availability or the functioning
of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which
Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact us.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by
us or by the owners of third-party services used by
us serves the purpose of providing the Service required
by the User, in addition to any other purposes described
in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if
available.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through our applications and services and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to us.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
We take appropriate security measures to prevent
unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized
destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried
out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following
organizational procedures and modes strictly related
to the purposes indicated. In addition to us, in some
cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of
persons in charge, involved with the operation of our
applications and services (administration, sales, marketing,
legal, system administration) or external parties (such
as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers,
hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies)
appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by us. The
updated list of these parties may be requested from
the us at any time.
Legal basis of processing
We may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
- Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations we may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
- provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
- processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject;
- processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us;
- processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party.
In any case, we will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Place
The Data is processed at our operating offices and
in any other places where the parties involved in the
processing are located.
Depending on the User's
location, data transfers may involve transferring the
User's Data to a country other than their own. To find
out more about the place of processing of such transferred
Data, Users can check the section containing details
about the processing of Personal Data.
If broader protection standards are applicable, Users
are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of
Data transfers to a country outside the European Union
or to any international organization governed by public
international law or set up by two or more countries,
such as the UN, and about the security measures taken
by us to safeguard their Data.
If any such transfer
takes place, Users can find out more by checking the
relevant sections of this document or inquire with us
using the information provided in the contact section.
Retention time
Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.
Therefore:
- Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between us and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
- Personal Data collected for the purposes of our legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the us within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting us.
We may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer
period whenever the User has given consent to such processing,
as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore,
we may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer
period whenever required to do so for the performance
of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data
shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the
right to erasure, the right to rectification and the
right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration
of the retention period.
The purposes of processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow us to provide our Service, comply with our legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect our rights and interests (or those of our Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Analytics, Displaying content from external platforms and Registration and authentication.
For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
The rights of Users
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by us.
Users entitled to broader protection standards may exercise any of the rights described below. In all other cases, Users may inquire with us to find out which rights apply to them.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following:
- Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
- Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
- Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by us, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
- Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
- Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, we will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
- Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from us.
- Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User's consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
- Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.
Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in us or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether we are processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to us through the contact details provided in this document at the bottom. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by us as early as possible and always within one month.
Applicability of broader protection standards
While most provisions of this document concern all Users, some provisions expressly only apply if the processing of Personal Data is subject to broader protection standards.
Such broader protection standards apply when the processing:
- is performed by us within the EU;
- concerns the Personal Data of Users who are in the EU and is related to the offering of paid or unpaid goods or services, to such Users;
- concerns the Personal Data of Users who are in the EU and allows us to monitor such Users’ behavior taking place in the EU.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes
by us in Court or in the stages leading to possible
legal action arising from improper use of our applications
and services.
The User declares to be aware that
the we may be required to reveal personal data upon
request of public authorities.
Additional information about User's Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, we may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, any third-party services and we may collect files that record interaction with our application and services (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from us at any time. Please see the contact information at the bottom of this document.
How “Do Not Track” requests are handled
We do not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To
determine whether any of the third-party services it
uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read
their privacy policies.
Changes to this privacy policy
We reserves the right to make changes to this privacy
policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page
and possibly within our applications and/or - as far
as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice
to Users via any contact information available to us.
It is strongly recommended to check this page often,
referring to the date of the last modification listed
at the top.
Should the changes affect processing
activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent,
we shall collect new consent from the User, where required.