Privacy policy

Privacy Notice

Effective Date: 01 February 2020

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY NOTICE (“PRIVACY NOTICE”) BEFORE USING OUR SERVICE INCLUDING THE WEBSITE www.checker.ai (“WEBSITE”) AND MOBILE APPLICATION CheckerApp (“MOBILE APP”), REFERRED TO COLLECTIVELY AS THE “SERVICE”. THIS PRIVACY NOTICE GOVERNS THE TYPES OF INFORMATION AND DATA WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE AND SHARE THIS INFORMATION. YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICE INCLUDING THE WEBSITE AND MOBILE APP ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR USE ONLY ON THE CONDITION THAT YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS https://checker.ai/terms-conditions/ (“TERMS AND CONDITIONS”) WHICH INCLUDE THE TERMS OF THE PRIVACY NOTICE SET FORTH BELOW.

We respect your concerns about privacy. This Privacy Notice describes the types of personal data (“Personal data”) we collect about users of the Service. This notice covers how we may use the information and with whom we may share it or use in other products and services. The Privacy Notice also describes the measures we take to safeguard your Personal data. In addition, we tell you how you can ask us to:

access or change the Personal data we maintain about you,
withdraw consent you previously provided to us, and
answer questions you may have about our privacy practices.

Our privacy practices may vary among the countries or territories in which we operate to reflect local practices and legal requirements.

1. The Data Controller

The controller of your Personal data is:

Checker: Checker Smart Solutions Sp. z o.o. with its registered office in Krakow, Poland, at Przewóz 34 room 220, company registration number KRS: 0000765230.

2. Information We Obtain

We may obtain information in connection with various activities such as (i) use of our Service including the Website and Mobile app, (ii) your payment for the services and products we provide (ii) questions you may ask.

The information we may obtain concerning your Personal data may include:

your username, password and other credentials used to access our Service including the Website, and Mobile app;
individual and business contact information (such as name, company name, address, email, and telephone number);
payment information including payment card details and/or online payment services number together with a billing address, financial information (such as bank account number) and tax identification number in circumstances in which you request products or services for which this information is required;
geographic locations of your mobile device;
other personal information that may be provided to us to obtain requested products or services.

We also use and obtain other types of data which do not concern your personal data but are required to operate, analyze, enhance, and improve our Service.

3. How We Use the Information We Obtain

We may use your Personal data for the following purposes:

a) to create your account in our Service:

type of Personal data: [username, password, name, company name, address, email, telephone number],

upon your consent;

b) to verify your email and that you have accepted the Terms and Conditions:

type of Personal data: [username, password, email],

upon your consent;

c) to provide technical support and respond to your requests, questions and comments:

type of Personal data: [username, name, company name, email, telephone number],

based on legitimate interests pursued by the controller;

d) to perform processing and collecting payments:

type of Personal data: [username, name, company name, company address, email, telephone number, payment card details, online payment services number, billing address, bank account number, tax identification number],

based on the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party;

e) to perform accounting, auditing, billing, reconciliation and collection activities:

based on compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject and on legitimate interests pursued by the controller;

f) to protect against, identify and prevent fraud and other criminal activity, claims and other liabilities:

type of Personal data: [username, password, name, company name, company address, email, telephone number, payment card details, online payment services number, billing address, bank account number, tax identification number, user geolocation],

based on compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;

g) to comply with applicable legal requirements and our policies:

based on compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject;

h) to offer our other products and services that may be of interest to you:

upon your consent;

i) to supply, operate and maintain the Service (securely store the data):

based on legitimate interests pursued by the controller;

j) to analyze, enhance and improve the Service (including developing new features and services)

based on legitimate interests pursued by the controller, i.e. analysis the way of use the Service:

k) to evaluate and improve our business (including developing new products and services; analyzing and enhancing our existing products, services, and apps)

based on legitimate interests pursued by the controller, i.e. analysis the way of use the Service;

l) to anonymize data:

based on legitimate interests pursued by the controller;

m) to perform aggregation of data:

based on legitimate interests pursued by the controller.

Your Personal data will be stored for as long as the relevant consent is not withdrawn and until the expiration of claims resulting from the Service.

We also use the data we obtain to help diagnose technical and service problems, administer our Service including the Website and Mobile app, and identify users of our Service. We use clickstream data to determine usage patterns and how we may tailor our Service to better meet the needs of our users.

4. Information We Share

We may share your Personal data with:

a) our customers, partners, affiliates and joint marketing partners;

b) persons or entities providing particular services to us (accounting, legal, IT, marketing and advertising services) – to the extent required to provide these services;

c) our employees and contractors;

d) any entity or authority required by the law, or when it is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss.

We do not sell or otherwise share your Personal data, except as described in this Privacy Notice.

5. Your Options

You may contact us as specified in the “How To Contact Us” section below, and we will honor your request. In addition, as required by law, you may object at any time on legitimate grounds and free of charge to the processing of your Personal data, and we will apply your preferences going forward.

6. Rights of the data subject

Subject to applicable law, you have the right:

a) to access to your Personal data by requesting sharing and/or sending a copy of all your Personal data processed by us;

b) to request rectification of inaccurate Personal data by indicating the data requiring rectification;

c) to request erasure of your Personal data; we have the right to refuse to erase the Personal data in specific circumstances provided by law;

d) to request restriction of processing of your Personal data by indicating the data which should be restricted;

e) to object to processing your Personal data conducted based on grounds relating to your particular situation;

f) to withdraw the consent to process your Personal data at any time. Withdrawal of the consent is possible solely in the scope of processing made based on consent. We are authorized to process your Personal data after withdrawal your consent if we have the legal basis for such processing, for the purposes defined by that legal basis;

g) to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the EU member state of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”).

The rights mentioned in points (a) to (g) above may be realised by contacting us as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section of this Privacy Notice. To help protect your privacy and maintain security, we will take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to the information.

In addition, if you believe that Personal data, we maintain about you is inaccurate, subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request that we correct or amend the Personal data by contacting us as indicated below.

7. Data Transfers

We may transfer the Personal data we collect about you to the following countries other than the country in which the information originally was collected:

a) France

b) Ireland

Those countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. When we transfer your Personal data to other countries, we will protect that Personal data as described in this Privacy Notice and in accordance with applicable law. We use contractual protections for the transfer of Personal data among various jurisdictions (the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses referred to in Article 46. 2 c) of the GDPR).

8. How We Protect Personal Data

We use appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect the Personal data you provide against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure or use, e.g. we maintain backup copies and only authorized personnel may access the Personal data.

9. Cookies

Cookies are text files saved on the hard drive of your device, used in particular to enable using Service and to identify and recognize your device at a reconnection to the Service. Using Service may relate to the necessity to use Cookies installed on your device. Cookies allow us to precisely identify your individual needs and, consequently, offer you better and more personalized services. Cookies are also used for the following purposes: statistical, marketing or promotional. Cookies may be used also by entities affiliated by Checker. You may refuse to grant your consent for installing Cookies on your device or resign from installing Cookies on your device. In order to achieve that effect, you need to disable the setting enabling downloading and storing Cookies in your Internet browser. Disabling Cookies may lead to difficulty or inability to use Service. We use Google Analytics. More information on Google Analytics’ privacy policy can be found under the following link: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/

10. Updates to Our Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice may be updated periodically and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices. We will post a prominent notice on our website https://checker.ai to notify you of any significant changes to our Privacy Notice and indicate at the top of the notice when it was last updated.

11. How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice, or if you would like us to update information, we have about you or your preferences, please contact us by e-mail: contact@checker.ai using the e-mail application.

You also may write to us at:

Checker Smart Solutions
ul. Przewóz 34 room 220
30-716 Krakow, Poland

Privacy Notice Addendum

Addendum to Privacy Notice for Canada

Personal data maintained and processed by our Checker affiliates and third-party service providers in the U.S. and other foreign jurisdictions may be subject to disclosure pursuant to a lawful access request by U.S. or foreign courts or government authorities. We will not provide your information to third parties for marketing purposes without your prior consent.

For more information about our privacy practices; to access, update or correct inaccuracies in your personal information; or if you have a question or complaint about the manner in which we or our service providers treat your personal information, please contact us on data indicated in section “Contact us” above.

Addendum to Privacy Notice for Mexico

To the extent Mexican privacy laws or regulations apply, the following additional Mexico-specific provisions apply and shall prevail over conflicting provisions in the Privacy Notice.

How We Use the Information We Obtain

In addition, we may use your Personal data for the other purposes listed in the “How We Use the Information We Obtain” section of the Privacy Notice, which may be considered secondary purposes under Mexican law.

We do not use or share personal payment or financial information except in connection with the processing of payments or where there is another legal basis.

You may withdraw your consent to our processing of your Personal data by contacting us as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section of the Privacy Notice. If you withdraw your consent for us to process your Personal data for one of the primary purposes indicated above, then in some situations we may not be able to provide the service, though we may still engage in certain processing authorized by law.

Checker may also use data and related data analysis in other Checker products and services.

Information We Share

We may share your Personal data as provided in the Privacy Notice, but to the extent permitted by law, you may withdraw your consent to this sharing by contacting us as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section of the Privacy Notice.

We also share the related information we obtain with our customers, partners, affiliates, and joint marketing partners. These entities, which collectively are referred to here as the “Checker Business Partners” may use the information for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice.

We may also share the information with our business partners and other third parties for warranty, troubleshooting or maintenance purposes, or for improving the design and performance of their products and services.

Requests for Access, Correction, Cancellation, Objection or Consent Withdrawal

In addition to any rights granted in the Privacy Notice, you may ask us to cancel your Personal data to the extent permitted by law by contacting us as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section of the Privacy Notice. Following a valid cancellation request, we may hold the Personal data for the duration and purposes permitted by law before deleting it.

We will answer your requests to access, correct or cancel your Personal data or to object or withdraw your consent to our processing of your Personal data within 20 business days from the date we receive your complete request or as provided by law. To be considered complete, your request must include your full name and contact address, and a clear and detailed description of your request.

Addendum to Privacy Notice for Japan

Checker complies with Japanese laws and regulations, including the Act on the Protection of Personal Information. Checker is primarily responsible for the management of the Personal data that is jointly used with our affiliates or third parties. We will not provide your information to third parties for marketing purposes without your prior consent.

Addendum to Privacy Notice for Republic of Korea

Except as otherwise required by law, consumer Personal data is securely disposed of without delay when (i) the consumer revokes his or her consent for our use of the information, (ii) the purpose of our collection and use of the Personal data has been accomplished or (iii) the legal retention period has expired. If applicable law requires the preservation of Personal data that otherwise would be disposed of, the Personal data is transferred to a separate database and then disposed of after the period determined by the applicable law. Personal data is disposed of using a method that is reasonably likely to prevent the Personal data from being restored or reused.

We will not provide your Personal data to third parties in violation of law (such as without your consent, where consent is required). For the purposes stated in the Privacy Notice, Checker or our affiliates are responsible for the handling of Personal data with respect to services provided in Republic of Korea.