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Privacy Policy (EEA)

For users in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland.

Last Updated: June 19th, 2021

Hobbelisk Inc. respects and is committed to protecting your personal information. This policy explains how we collect and use your information, how that information is protected, and how the information may be used and disclosed. Please read this Privacy Policy prior to using www.hobbelisk.com. By using www.hobbelisk.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and consent to our collection and usage of your personal information as outlined in this Privacy Policy. The information below are summaries of your rights if you are a user located in the EU/EEA, which are subject to the GPR provisions and any other applicable law.

Table of Contents

Definitions

In this Privacy Policy, “Service(s)” and “Site” will refer to www.hobbelisk.com and other related sites/services operated by Hobbelisk Inc. “Information” will refer to personal information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. “You” and “Your” will refer to the User, entity, or person who is accessing or uses our Services in any manner. “We”, “Our”, and “Us” will refer to Hobbelisk Inc. “Contributions” will refer to content you add or change on the Service. Lastly, “Third Party” will refer to entities, websites, services, products, and applications that are not controlled, managed, or operated by Hobbelisk Inc.

What kind of information we collect and use

  • Login information: We store your login data to be able to recognize you when you login.
  • Profile information: Information you want to share to the public about yourself can be posted on your profile page. This information will be stored on our servers and be visible to anyone who visits your profile. -User content: Information you want to share to the public about a variety of topics may also be posted on relevant pages on our site. Any information posted will also be stored on our servers and be visible to anyone who visits the page in which your information is posted. -User behavior: Information concerning your browsing habits on the site will be used to better personalize the site when you visit. This includes information such as your search queries, links you click, and how long you remain in each page. This information will also be used to aid in personalized advertising to show you advertisements that you may find more interest in. -Messages: When allowed by applicable laws, messages you send to other users will be collected and processed for the purposes of preventing spam and crime. Messages you send to Hobbelisk will also be kept for the purpose of aiding us to better communicate with you. -Technical information: Information such as your IP address, bandwidth speed, browser, operating system, webpages you have visited directly before and after visiting the site, email click through rates, links and advertisements clicked, information sent to us by your mobile device, standard server log information, mobile identifiers, and other informations collected by cookies and similar tracking technologies may also be collected. This data will be used to help us improve the functionality of the site such as recognizing you, your preferences, recognizing fraud, as well as providing more personalized advertising.

How information is used

The information will be used for the following purposes:

  • Run and operate the services. It is necessary to store information such as your login information and media you have added to your list in order to provide you the service.
  • Enhance data security.
  • Personalized advertising.
  • Email communication with you containing information such as updates and changes to your account.
  • Moderation, for example: in order to remove posts that we deem inappropriate.
  • Analysis of site usage to improve the site.
  • Personalize your site experience.
  • Prevent crime and comply with any applicable laws and regulations. How information is shared Hobbelisk Inc. will not sell personal information to third parties. However, for business purposes, we will share your information with the following third parties:
  • Third Party Service Providers including but are not limited to: hosting and server services, maintenance services, database management, data processing,and prevention services, communication and content delivery networks, data and cyber security services, industry analysis, web analytics, email distribution and monitoring services, session recording and remove access services, performance measurement, data optimization and marketing services, content providers, and legal and financial advisors.
  • Strategic business partners when offering you products you may be interested in or other joint market activities.
  • Where required by law or under good-faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to conform to applicable law, subpoenas, court orders, or legal processes in order to defend against legal claims and protect the property and interests of Hobbelisk Inc., personal safety, or the public. Do note that Hobbelisk Inc. reserves the right to not provide notice when prohibited from doing so by law, court order, or other legal processes.
  • Third Party Applications you use that make use of our APIs.
  • Other Third Party Applications where we have obtained your consent or you have requested us to do so.
  • Advertising, marketing, and analytics vendors.

Note that any information you post on the site is publicly available and can be collected by third parties. Hobbelisk Inc. is not responsible for the information you choose to submit.

Information Storage

Our servers are located within the United States and Canada, as such, information we collect from you will be subjected to U.S. law and Canadian law. By using this site, you understand and agree your information will be stored and processed outside of Europe. We do not keep information longer than is necessary for legal or legitimate business purposes. Although we use reasonable measures to protect the information of our users, information that is collected by third parties may not have the same security protections. As such, we are not responsible for the security of the information collected by the third parties.

#Your Choices

Cookies

We will use cookies for the purposes of remembering site preferences such as language settings. We may use similar technologies such as web beacons or tracking URLS to obtain log data. Cookies and similar technologies may also be used to collect information about how you interact with the Service. If you prefer, you can configure your web browser to remove and reject cookies. However, do note that removing or rejecting cookies may affect the functionality of our services.

Account Deletion

If you choose to, you can delete your account at any time by going to the Account Settings page. Upon doing so, we will delete any information we have collected from you including any information you have posted onto your profile. However, do note that we will not remove any public posts you have made on other pages on the site.

Third Party Advertising

Advertisements on the site may collect information about you and your online activities. Since these advertisements are from third parties, Hobbelisk Inc. does not control what information is collected through these advertisements. As such, information collected by these third parties are not covered in this Privacy Policy.

If you wish, you may find the appropriate settings in the settings page to disable personalized advertising. Do note that this will not reduce the advertising that is on the site.

“Do-Not-Track” Signals

Although some browsers transmit “do-not-track” signals, there is currently no standard for these signals. As such, the site will not respond to these signals.

Your rights regarding your information

To give you full control over your information, the site allows you to access, modify, and receive copies of information you provide in a machine readable format. We may ask for additional information to confirm your identity for the purpose of security before disclosing requested data.

You can withdraw your consent for the collection, usage, and storage of your information at any time by emailing us a reasonable notice at support@hobbelisk.com. Upon receiving such a request, your information will be deleted unless applicable laws and regulations permit or require us to keep it. You will also be informed of the likely consequences of this withdrawal of consent. Do note that without this consent, we may not be able to provide you with our Service. If you have withdrawn consent regarding the sharing or usage of your information, there will be at least 12 months before we ask for your consent again.

Children

The site does not permit children to register without verifiable parental consent. Children may access the site only if we have obtained verifiable parental consent from their parent or legal guardian. Children are defined to be persons under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children younger than 16.

Security

We have implemented reasonable security measures to protect your information such as offering HTTPS secure access to the site. However, no security is absolute. As such, we do not guarantee the security of any information we receive from you. In the case of a security breach, we will notify all affected users of the breach and which of their data may be affected.

Third Party Websites

The site may contain links to third party websites and services. We are not responsible for the privacy of your information on those services. As such, this Privacy Policy does not apply to those sites.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this policy at any time and the most recent update time will be stated at the top of the Privacy Policy. When the policy is updated, we will notify you via the email you have provided us. We will seek consent from you before using your information in any new manner you have not yet consented to. Your continued use of the services after any changes to this policy represents your consent to the new Policy. We recommend you review this policy each time you use the site to stay informed with its contents.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, inquiries, concerns, requests, or complaints regarding this policy, please email us at support@hobbelisk.com. You can also exercise any of your rights described above by emailing us at the same address.

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