This Privacy Policy governs how Bombina and its partners (collectively referred to as “Bombina“, “Bombina Global” , “we“, “us“, “our” and similar terms) collect and use information across all Bombina websites that link to this Privacy Policy (each website individually referred to as a “Service”).
This Privacy Policy outlines the information we may gather, how we might use and share it, and how you can control our collection, use, and retention of your data. We want you to clearly understand our data practices and your privacy options when using our Services.
Information Bombina collects
When you use our Services, whether you create an account or not, you might share information that allows us to recognise you or contact you. This includes details like your name, email address, and any related data. We call this “Personal Information”. Personal Information includes direct identifiers (like your name) and indirect identifiers (like your computer’s IP address or your phone’s unique ID).
Service Usage Information
Like most websites, we collect some information about your device and how you use our Services. This includes:
- Your IP address: This may be linked to your location and your internet provider.
- Unique IDs: This includes your device’s ID number and advertising identifiers (like ad-ID or IDFA).
- Technical details: Such as your web browser, operating system, and device language.
- Connection information: Including the wireless networks you use.
- Browsing activity: Like the pages you visit, the links you click, and the search terms you use.
- Referral information: This includes the website that led you to our Services and the website you visit after leaving our site.
How does Bombina use the information it collects?
Account and Service Management:
- Managing your account and providing customer support.
- Enabling you to access and use the features of our Services.
Personalisation:
- Tailoring your experience by customising content based on your interests and past activity.
- Showing you locally relevant content and articles.
Improvement and Development:
- Conducting market research to understand user needs.
- Improving existing features and developing new ones.
Communication and Marketing:
- Sending you marketing materials about products, services, and events that may interest you.
- Displaying targeted ads within our Services and on other websites.
Analysis and Reporting:
- Analysing your engagement with our Services, emails, and marketing campaigns.
- Generating reports on overall Service usage.
- We use your information to address your questions, comments, and concerns.
- We may use your information to protect Bombina’s rights, property, and interests. This could include enforcing our terms of service or preventing fraud and abuse.
Bombina may use your information for various purposes, including:
- Internal Operations: We may use your information for auditing and to ensure the security of our systems.
- Legal Compliance: We may use your information to comply with laws and regulations, including responding to requests from courts, law enforcement, and other authorities. This may involve sharing data with entities outside your country of residence.
- Protection: We may use your information to enforce our terms and conditions, and to protect the rights, privacy, safety, and property of Bombina, our users, and others.
We’re committed to being open about how we use your information. However, there might be situations where we need to use it for reasons we haven’t specifically listed, like when required by law.
We use your information for essential purposes, like fulfilling our contract with you and providing the services you’ve requested. We also use your information for legitimate business interests, such as marketing our services to those who have expressed an interest in them or similar offerings.
Who does Bombina share your information with?
Bombina may share your information with:
- Professional Advisors: This includes our lawyers, auditors, and other advisors who assist us with our business operations.
- Advertising Partners: We may share your information with advertising companies to help us deliver relevant ads to you.
- Service Providers: We may share your information with companies that provide essential services to us, such as cloud storage, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, travel and expense management tools, and analytics platforms. These providers need access to your information to perform services to us.
Bombina may also share your information:
- For Legal and Safety Reasons: We may disclose your information if we believe it’s necessary to:
- Protect our rights, property, and interests.
- Ensure the safety of you or others.
- Investigate fraud.
- Respond to a government or legal request.
- Comply with applicable laws.
- During Business Changes: We may share your information in connection with a significant corporate event, such as:
- Restructuring or bankruptcy.
- The sale of assets.
- A business closure.
Sharing Non-Personal Information
We may share non-personally identifiable information about how our Services are used with others. This information is aggregated and de-identified, meaning it cannot be linked back to you.
Publicly Posted Information
Please be aware that any information you voluntarily share in public areas of our Service may be accessible to other users.
How does Bombina protect your information?
Bombina takes reasonable steps to protect your information. We use a variety of security measures, including technical, administrative, and physical safeguards, to help keep your Personal Information secure.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Any information you send us is transmitted at your own risk.
If you correspond with us by e-mail, text message, or the “Contact Us” feature on our Service, a third party could view the information you send in transit by such means. We have no liability relating to disclosure of your information due to errors, omissions or unauthorised acts or failures to act by third parties during or after transmission.
If you choose to communicate with us through email, text message, or a “Contact Us” & “Contact Form” on our Service, please be aware that your information may be vulnerable to interception by third parties during transmission. Bombina is not responsible for any disclosure of your information that results from errors, omissions, or unauthorised actions by third parties.
When you create an account with Bombina, you’re responsible for keeping your password secure. Any activity that happens under your account, including the sharing of your Personal Information, is your responsibility, even if you didn’t authorise it. If you notice any unauthorised use of your account or a security breach, please let us know immediately.
Bombina has procedures in place to respond to any suspected data security breaches. If we believe your Personal Information has been compromised, we will make every effort to inform you promptly, while taking into account the specific circumstances. We may notify you by email if we have your email address. We will also notify relevant regulatory authorities when legally required.
Children’s Privacy
Bombina and its partners are committed to protecting the privacy of children.
- Age Restriction: Our services are intended for users aged 16 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16.
- Parental Contact: If you are a parent or guardian and believe we have collected information from your child, please contact us immediately. We will promptly take steps to remove that data in accordance with applicable laws.
You can reach us at info@bombinaglobal.com for any inquiries.
Your Rights
Bombina is responsible for managing your Personal Information. Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your data. For instance, in regions like the EU, US, UK, or Brazil, local laws may allow you to:
- Access your data: You can ask us to provide you with a copy of the Personal Information we hold about you.
- Correct your data: If your information is inaccurate or incomplete, you can request that we update or correct it.
- Delete your data: You can ask us to delete certain Personal Information we hold about you.
Restrict processing: You can request limitations on how we use your Personal Information.
Responding to Your Requests
We will respond to your requests within the timeframe required by law. It’s important to note that many of these rights have exceptions and limitations.
Verifying Your Identity
To protect your information, we’ll need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. This may involve authenticating you through your email address or requesting additional documentation.
Exercising Your Rights
If you reside outside the EU, US, UK, or Brazil, and you wish to exercise any data rights available to you, please contact us using the information provided below.
When contacting us about your data rights, please make sure to:
- Use the subject line My Rights in your email. This will help us quickly identify and address your request.
- Clearly explain:
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- The specific right you are exercising.
- Your country of residence.
Important Note:
The data rights available to you and our ability to fulfill your requests will depend on your country of residence and applicable laws. There may be situations where we are not legally required or are unable to fulfill your request. In such cases, we may not be able to fully comply with your request.
Any Concerns
If you have any unresolved concerns about how we handle your personal information, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
Privacy Statement for Freelancers/Independent Contractors
This statement explains how Bombina collects and uses the personal data of its freelancers and independent contractors.
The Bombina entity and its partners, which is party to your contract as (“Bombina“, “Bombina Global” , “we“, “us“, “our” and similar terms) is responsible for managing your personal data related to your work with Bombina.
If you have questions about Bombina’s use of your personal data, then please reach us at info@bombinaglobal.com .
Third Party Websites
- While Bombina and its partners utilise various social media platforms and may integrate social media features within our services, this Privacy Policy only governs how we use the information shared through these platforms.
- It’s important to understand that this policy does not extend to the social media platforms themselves. To learn how these platforms handle your data, please refer to their individual privacy policies.
- The information we collect from social media platforms is influenced by your privacy settings on those platforms. We adhere to their respective privacy policies regarding the data we receive.
- We also ensure that any information obtained is handled in accordance with our own Privacy Policy, providing an additional layer of protection for your data.
- Our services offer tools that simplify sharing Bombina and its partners’ content on your social media profiles. This allows you to easily share information about your activity on our websites with your friends and followers.
- Be aware that if you’re logged into a social media account while using our services, that platform may be able to recognise your web browser. This could enable them to link your browsing on our websites with their existing data about you, potentially leading to your identification.
Security Rules
Users are prohibited from any actions that compromise the security of Bombina and its partners, including:
- Unauthorised Access: Accessing data not intended for them or attempting to access unauthorised servers or accounts in all websites.
- Security Breaches: Probing, scanning, or testing system or network vulnerabilities without proper authorisation.
- Service Disruption: Interfering with service to any user, host, or network through actions such as:
- Introducing viruses.
- Overloading the system.
- Flooding the system.
- Spamming.
- Mail-bombing.
- Crashing the system.
- Junk mail.
- No harmful software: Do not post anything that contains viruses, malware, or any other harmful code. This includes any software designed to damage systems, steal data, or disrupt the platform.
- Unsolicited Email: Sending unsolicited emails, including promotional or advertising content.
- Header Manipulation: Modifying or removing TCP/IP packet headers in emails or newsgroup postings.
- Restricted Access Methods: Using any tools or mechanisms (e.g., spiders, robots, avatars) to navigate or search the site other than those authorised by Bombina and its partners or generally available web browsers.
- Reverse Engineering: Deciphering, disassembling, or reverse engineering any of the software components of the websites.
- Data Misuse: Aggregating, copying, duplicating, or framing any materials or information in the websites.
- System Interference: Using any device or software to interfere with the proper functioning of all websites.
Consequences
- Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. Bombina will investigate such violations and may cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting offenders.
Contact Us / Submit a Complaint
If you have any questions or comments regarding our privacy practices, you may contact us at info@bombinaglobal.com .