Compliance
TookSkills (we) are committed to the highest standards of privacy and data protection compliance. This Privacy Policy sets out how and why we collect, store, use, transfer and disclose your personal information and how you may access your personal information and correct it. This Privacy Policy also explains the use of cookies on our website TookSkills.com (our site)..
Information we collect, and how we do it
We collect information, both general and personal, in a number of ways, as detailed in this Privacy Policy. In the case of personal or personally-identifiable information, we collect information only insofar as it is and remains necessary to fulfill the purpose of your interaction with us. We collect and store information using a number of technologies such as cookies, caches, databases, and logs. We do not use or disclose personal information other than as described in this Privacy Policy. You may refuse to provide us with personal information, and you may object to our collection of information, however this may impact your ability to use or benefit from our site, platforms, apps, products, and/or services, and our ability to provide you with support or assistance. You must not provide us with the personal information about another person unless you have first obtained that person’s prior consent to do so and you have told them their personal information will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy (including where to find it)..
Information you provide, content you create, and files you upload
When you create an account on our site and other platforms, including any mobile applications (apps), you provide us with personal information that includes your name, email address, and a password. Even if you do not create an account, you may opt to provide us with personal information for specific purposes. For instance, you may provide us with an email address to receive marketing material or updates about our services, a phone number so that we may call you back about a customer inquiry, or your name and payment information when you purchase a service.
Information we collect about your browser and devices
While you use our site and other platforms, we collect general information of the sort that web browsers, servers and network operators typically make available, such as unique identifiers (e.g. persistent cookies, MAC addresses, device IDs, IMEI numbers), browser type and settings, location data, device type and settings, operating system, IP address, mobile network information including operator name and phone number and application version number, language preferences, crash reports, system activity, and the date, time and referral URL of each visitor request. This information helps us troubleshoot problems, understand how visitors use our site, allocate and balance resources, and improve our products and services. Some of this information could be personally-identifiable (that is they could be used to directly or indirectly identify you as an individual and natural person)—information like IP addresses, phone numbers, and unique identifiers. We treat such information in the same way that we treat all other personal information (such as your name), and will only use and disclose such personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Information we collect about how you use our site and services
As you use our site and services, we collect information about how you interact with our platform and how you use our services (your activity), such as the links that you click, content that you view, terms, products, and services that you search for, products or services that you buy, people you communicate or share information with, and how you interact with advertisements. We collect information about your activity to understand how you use and interact with our site and other platforms, and our products and services. This helps us to understand customer preferences, optimise our site and other platforms, allocate and balance resources, and improve our products and services.
How we use the information we collect
We collect information to enable you to receive the benefit of our site, platforms, apps, products, and services. Subject to this Privacy Policy and your data preferences, we may use the information we collect for some or all of the following purposes: carry out our obligations and to provide you with agreed products and services; establish, maintain and administer your account; maintain, troubleshoot, and improve our site, platforms, apps, products, and services; develop new products and services; if your preferences permit, to provide you with recommendations and personalised products and services; measure performance of our site, platforms, apps, products, and services; secure and protect you, us, our site, platforms, apps, products, and services, and the public; meeting our legal, regulatory, and tax reporting obligations; communicate with you about our site, platforms, apps, products, and services—such as to notify of changes and updates, alert you to data or security breaches, and to provide you with customer support; with your explicit consent, to create or distribute promotional and marketing material that is relevant to you; for quality assurance and training purposes; to promote and market ourselves, our products and services, and our websites (including any social media pages maintained or operated by us such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube etc); and any other uses identified to you at the time of collecting your personal information or as reasonably contemplated by this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. (the Purposes).
When we share your personal information with others
Personal information we collect stays within the TookSkills family, other than in the following circumstances: when you give us explicit consent to share your data; when we share it with the greater Innovor family (i.e. with our affiliated and group companies); when we share it with our affiliates, partners, and other trusted organisations we work with to provide products and services to you; when we share it with trusted external service providers and data processors such as data centres, web hosts, cloud storage and cloud software providers, customer support providers, payment processors, debt collectors, accountants, and insurers; when we share it with prospective sellers or buyers of our business or assets; or when we share it with regulators and other relevant parties for the purpose of legal or contractual compliance, reporting purposes, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our property or rights, or the rights of third parties or the public at large.
We look after your personal information
Accuracy
We take all reasonable steps within our control to ensure that the personal information we hold about you is accurate. We also take reasonable steps to ensure that the information is complete and up-to-date. However, we also rely on you to advise us of any changes to your personal information.
Protection of data
The security, integrity, and confidentiality of your information are extremely important to us. We have implemented technical, administrative, and physical security measures that are designed to protect User information from unauthorized access, disclosure, use, and modification. We regularly review our security procedures to consider appropriate new technology and methods. Please be aware that, despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. We will retain your personal information for the length of time needed to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. To dispose of personal data, we may anonymize it, delete it or take other appropriate steps. Data may persist in copies made for backup and business continuity purposes for additional time.
Retention of personal data
We will cease to retain our documents containing personal data, or remove the means by which the personal data can be associated with particular individuals, as soon as it is reasonable to assume that the Purpose for which that personal data was collected or further processed is no longer being served by retention of the personal data. Moreover, we will cease to retain your personal data when you choose to close and delete your TookSkills account.
Data transfers
Your information may be processed outside of the country where you live. Regardless of where we use, process, or store your data, we will comply with the protections set out in this Privacy Policy.
Cookies
To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most big websites do this too. A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another. Our site uses cookies to help us identify you from other users, track your usage of our site, and your website access preferences. We do or may use the following cookies: Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our site, or make use of e-billing services. Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our site. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose. Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish—for details. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
Business transfer
If we, or substantially all of our assets, were acquired, or in the event that we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge and agree that if such transfers occur, that any acquirer of our business may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Use of personal information for direct marketing
From time to time we may use the personal information we collect from you to identify particular products and services that we believe may be of interest to you. We may then contact you to let you know about these products and services, new features and how they may benefit you, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with us and our products and services and/or products.
Direct marketing from us generally takes the form of an electronic marketing email. Where we use your personal information to send you marketing information by email, SMS, MMS or other electronic means we may do so with your express or deemed consent. Every directly addressed marketing contact sent or made by us will include a means by which you may unsubscribe (or opt out) of receiving further marketing information. Additionally, you may instruct us at any time to remove any previous consent you provided to receive marketing communications from us. You can contact us at support@TookSkills.com to make a request.
Links to third party websites
Our site may contain links to and from third party websites. If you click on such links, you do so at your own risk and subject to whatever privacy policy and/or website terms may govern the use of such websites. We have no control over, and are not responsible, nor liable for, the content, privacy practices or website terms of such websites or any information you provide to them. You should read the privacy policy of these third parties to find out how they handle your personal information when you visit their websites.
Privacy complaints
If you believe that we have breached your privacy rights in any way, or you would like to discuss any issues about our Privacy Policy please contact us at support@.com. All such enquiries or complaints will be taken seriously and will be handled as soon as reasonably practicable.
TookSkillsPrivacy Policy changes
We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time, and in our sole discretion. We encourage you to frequently check our site for any changes to our Privacy Policy. We will not reduce or diminish your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. If any changes do not reduce or diminish your rights, your continued use of our site, services, requesting our assistance or the provision of further personal information to us (directly or via an authorized person) after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change. If we make significant changes to this Privacy Policy, we will provide a more prominent notice of the changes, such as by emailing you.