OutWit’s Privacy Policy

The outwit.com website and blog are owned and operated by OutWit Technologies. OutWit Technologies is strictly committed to respecting your privacy.

By using OutWit Technologies’ website or software, you understand and accept that all personal data submitted by you may be processed by Outwit Technologies in accordance to and for the purposes described in the present privacy policy. This document describes OutWit Technologies’ current policies when storing and using personal information collected by us through this website. The term “personal data” refers to personally identifiable information about you, such as your name, e-mail address or mailing address.

Practices on Collection and Dissemination of Information

Our site’s registration and purchase forms require customers and potential customers (collectively named “customers” in the present document) to provide personal information. Periodically -maybe once or twice a year- we may use this information to send you updates about our products.
The customer information is also used to reply to support questions or contact the customer periodically about products and services for which the customer has subscribed. In these communications, we may include information on product upgrades and enhancements, as well as current promotions from OutWit Technologies.

Anonymous Data Collected on this Website

In addition to the data that you provide when using our website, OutWit Technologies may use technology to collect non-personal information − data in a form that does not permit direct association with any specific individual − to learn about your use of our website or products. For instance, we may use technology to track which pages of our website our visitors view. We may also use technology to determine which web browsers our visitors use. This technology does not identify you personally, it only enables us to calculate statistics about our visitors and the use of our site. We use this anonymous data to improve the site content and functionalities, to better understand our customers and markets, and to improve OutWit Technologies’ products and services.

In order to collect the anonymous data described above, OutWit Technologies may use temporary cookies including the date and time you access this website. Cookies by themselves do not allow to determine the identity of a user. A cookie is a small piece of information that is sent to your browser and stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies do not damage your computer. You can configure your browser to notify you when a cookie is received. This allows you to decide whether you want to accept it or not.

Disclosure of Personal Data

OutWit Technologies does not share personal data collected when you use this website with unaffiliated third parties, except in specific and limited circumstances: Personal data may occasionally be transferred to third parties acting on behalf of or in connection with OutWit Technologies for further processing, in strict accordance with the purposes for which the data was originally collected and for purposes to which you have specifically consented. In addition, there may be other limited circumstances in which OutWit Technologies may share or transfer this information, for example, to comply with a legal requirement, for the administration of justice, to protect your vital interests, to protect the security or integrity of our databases or this website, to take precautions against legal liability, or in the case of a sale, merger, corporate reorganization, dissolution or similar event.

Data Integrity and Security

OutWit Technologies makes every effort to maintain the accuracy, completeness and currency of personal data and to protect the privacy and security of our databases. We keep your information as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with any legal obligation or ethics or record keeping. Our servers and databases are protected by industry-standard security technology, including firewall, encrypted transmissions and password protection.

When you install OutWit software on your system, OutWit does not install any spyware, adware, malware or any additional third party application. OutWit’s software applications can be installed, uninstalled, enabled or disabled easily. Information collected by you from the Web remains on your own computer and will not be transmitted to OutWit. Information created or collected by you will not be removed if you uninstall OutWit’s applications.

Link to Other Websites

This Privacy Policy applies only to this website and OutWit Technologies products. This website may contain hyperlinks to websites that are not operated by OutWit Technologies or its affiliates. These links are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of the activities of these third party websites or any association with their operators. OutWit Technologies does not control these sites and is not responsible for their data practices. We invite you to consult the privacy policy posted on any site you visit before using the site or providing any personal data about you.

The Internet being composed of a large number of international connections, if you visit this site from a country other than France, where our servers are currently located, the various communications will necessarily result in the transfer of information across international borders. By visiting this website and communicating electronically with us you consent to these transfers.

Correcting / Updating / Deleting Personal information

By becoming a customer of OutWit Technologies, you agree that we may contact you about your account as described above. We provide a way to correct or update your personal data from our records should information change. In addition, if you do not want to receive any communication from us, you can contact us by sending an email to the address privacy@outwit.com or by simply deleting your account directly from our Website using the link to log in and access your account.

Notification of Changes to this Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on May 1st, 2018. OutWit Technologies is constantly enhancing and adding new features to this website as well as to its products, services and programs. Because of these ongoing changes, of changes in the law and of the changing nature of technology, OutWit Technologies’ data collection and usage practices will change from time to time. When we change our Privacy Policy, we will post a message on our website to that effect with a link to the revised Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this page.

Governing Law

This privacy policy forms part of our Terms and Conditions of the website and as such shall be governed by and construed under the French laws on the protection of personal data.

OutWit Technologies Contact About Privacy

Questions regarding our Privacy Policy should be directed to OutWit Technologies at privacy@outwit.com. You can also use this address to notify us that you do not wish to receive future mailings from OutWit Technologies.

GDPR Notice

One of your rights under EU law is that you must be informed when your personal data – also known as personal information – is processed (collected, used, stored) by any organisation. You also have the right to know the details and purpose of that processing.

Some of the services offered on our website require the processing of your personal data. In such cases, links are available on those pages directing you to the specific information about the processing contained in the relevant data protection notices.

Here we give you a general overview of some of the ways this website processes your personal data including the use of cookies and social media.

Your personal data and our website

  • We collects your personal information only to the extent necessary to fulfil a precise purpose related to our tasks;
  • We will use your personal data for direct marketing purposes;
  • We do not reuse the information for another purpose that is different to the one stated;
  • We put in place measures to guarantee that your data are kept up-to-date and processed securely;
  • Under certain conditions outlined in law, we may disclose your information to third parties, (such as the European Anti-Fraud Office,
    the Court of Auditors, or law enforcement authorities) if it is necessary and proportionate for lawful, specific purposes;
  • You have the right to access your personal information, to have it corrected and the right to recourse; at any time if you believe your data protection rights have been breached;
  • We do not keep your personal information for longer than necessary for the purposes for which we collected it;
  • However, we may keep your information for a longer period for historical, statistical or scientific purposes with the appropriate safeguards in place.

Cookies are short text files stored on a user’s device (such as a computer, tablet or phone) by a website.

Cookies are used for the technical functioning of a website or for gathering statistics.

Cookies are also typically used to provide a more personalised experience for a user for example, when an online service remembers your user profile without you having to login.

When you visit our website, we may collect some data on your browsing experience such as your IP address, the website page you visited, when you visited and the website page you were redirected from.

This information is used to gather aggregated and anonymous statistics with a view to improving our services and to enhance your user experience.

When you visit the this website, we will keep the browser history of your visit for a maximum of 13 months. This information will then be deleted.

Should you wish to opt your data out of our anonymised, aggregated statistics, you can do so here.

We use cookies on our website for its technical functioning and for gathering statistics. A cookie is a small piece of data that a website stores on the visitor’s computer or mobile device.

The table on this page lists the cookies that this website uses and describes their purpose.

You will also find some more detail here about cookies relating to our social media channels and Google Analytics, the service we use for our statistics.

Complaint handling

Which kinds of personal data does the website process?

We process the personal data submitted by website visitors. This will include names, contact details as well as the content of the allegations (insofar as the latter qualify as personal data).

Who may receive my personal data?

The case file containing your personal data is accessible to relevant members of our staff. All access to case files is logged.

What are my rights?

You are entitled to access the personal data we holds about you and to have them rectified where necessary. In certain cases, you also have the right to have your data blocked or erased or to object to their processing. For more information, please see Articles 13 to 19 of the Regulation.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using our contact form.
We will reply within three months. Please note that in some cases restrictions under Article 20 of the Regulation may apply.

How long do you keep my data?

We keep log files – including your personal data – for up to two years.

Who can I contact?

You can contact us as follows:

  • e-mail: {{mail}};
  • You can find complete contact information on website contact page.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google,
Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA.

On behalf of the website provider Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, we points out that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

Opting out

By default, the browsing experience of website visitors is tracked by Google Analytics in order to produce anonymised statistics.

Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by “gat._anonymizeIp();” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so called IP-masking).

Do not track preferences

Do not track is a function that allows visitors to opt out from being tracked by websites for any purpose including the use of analytics services, advertising networks and social platforms. Do not track options are available in a number of browsers including:

If you enable do not track in your web browser, Google Analytics will respect your choice. You will not be tracked. This is in addition to you opting-out of the aggregation and analysis of data for our website statistics;

If you have disabled all cookies from your browser, we will still collect some general data about your browsing (e.g. a record of a visitor to our website)
but they will be less accurate and your visit will not be tracked.

Legal Notice

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