Privacy Policy

Digital Original (“Digital Original,” “we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. We have prepared this Privacy Policy to describe to you our practices regarding the Personal Information we collect, use, and share, when you visit our website located at located at https://digitaloriginalstandard.org as well as any other media form, media channel or mobile website related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively, the “Website”).

This Policy is incorporated into, and is subject to, the Website Terms of Use. The original language of this Privacy Policy is English. Digital Original may make available translations of this Privacy Policy in other languages for convenience. In case of conflicts between the original English version and any translation, the English version shall prevail.

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the “Personal Information” means information that relates to an identified or identifiable natural person. We act as a data controller when processing the Personal Information.

1. THE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT

We may process, collect, use, and store different types of the Personal Information. We will never collect any unnecessary Personal Information from you and do not process the Personal Information in any way, other than as specified in this Privacy Policy.

1.1. The Personal Information You Provide Directly To Digital Original

Online forms: When you fill in online forms on the Website, we ask you for the Personal Information such as full name, email address, phone number.

Subscription: When you subscribe to our newsletter as offered on the Website, we ask you for the Personal Information such as email address.

Contact with us: If you contact us, for example through our pages on social media sites, or otherwise, we may receive your first and last name and contact information (such as an email address), as well as any other content included in or associated with the message you send. We may also record, analyze and use your interactions with us, including telephone conversations, online contacts, contacts via email address.

1.2. Automatically Collected Personal Information

Technical data: When you visit the Website, we collect the Personal Information that web browsers, mobile devices and servers make available, such as IP address, date and time of inquiry, request content, access status/http status code, actions and clickstream data, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps, general location information such as city, state or geographic area, website making the request, browser, operating system and its interface, language and browser software version.

Cookies: We and our third-party partners may use various technologies to collect and store the Personal Information which may include cookies and similar tracking technologies. We use the Personal Information to measure the performance of our email campaigns, to provide analytical information, enhance the effectiveness of the Website and for other purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Cookies are small text files sent by us to your computer or mobile device, which enable us to improve the Website. They are unique to your browser. Session-based cookies last only while your browser is open and are automatically deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies last until you or your browser delete them or until they expire. The cookies placed via the Website cannot damage your device or the files stored on it.

You will be notified about the use of cookies when you first visit the Website. If you do not want us or our third-party partners to collect the Personal Information through the use of cookies, you can set up your choices via the Cookies Preference Center at any time.

Most browsers give you the ability to manage cookies to suit you. In some browsers, you can set up rules to manage cookies on a site-by-site basis, giving you more fine-grained control over your privacy. This means you can disallow cookies from all sites except those you trust. Browser manufacturers provide help pages relating to cookie management in their products.

If you limit the ability of websites and applications to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience and/or lose the ability to access the Website, since it will no longer be personalized for you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings, like login information.

To find out more about cookies, visit this site.

1.3 The Personal Information That We Collect From Third Parties

The Personal Information from social media sites and other publicly available sources: When you provide feedback or reviews about the Website, interact, or engage with us on marketplaces, review sites or social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram or otherwise, through posts, comments, questions and other interactions, we may collect such publicly available information, including profile information, to allow us to connect with you, improve the Website, better understand user reactions and issues, or to reproduce and publish your feedback on the Website. We must tell you that once collected, this information may remain with us even if you delete it from these social media sites. Digital Original may also add and update information about you, from other publicly available sources.

The Personal Information from our service providers: If you use the Website, our service providers may share with us certain information they have collected, such as your interaction data, preferences within the Website, and any feedback provided.

2. HOW WE USE THE PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We use the Personal Information that we collect in a variety of ways in providing the Website and operating our business, including the following:

Operations, including to:

• provide, operate, monitor, maintain, and secure the Website.

The Website Improvement, including to:

• improve and analyze the Website;
• develop new features and functionalities of the Website;
• analyze, improve, and personalize your use and experience on the Website, including by making recommendations to you.

Communications, including to:

• communicate with you (such as through email) about your use of the Website, changes to this Privacy Policy, changes to the Website Terms of Use, or important notices;
• send you send you newsletters, promotional materials, and other notices related to the Website;
• ask you to participate in surveys, or to solicit feedback on the Website.

Compliance and Protection, , including to:

• comply with applicable laws, cooperate with investigations by law enforcement or other authorities of suspected violations of law;
• protect our, our Affiliates’ legal rights and interests;
• prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.

We may create anonymized, deidentified, or aggregated records from identifiable information. We use this data for the same purposes as outlined above, including to improve the Website, and may also use and/or disclose such anonymized, deidentified, or aggregated information for any purpose. We will maintain and use anonymized and deidentified data in anonymized/deidentified form and not attempt to reidentify the information unless permitted by law.

In no event shall DigitalOriginal.app be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with the use of the temporary page, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

3. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING THE PERSONAL INFORMATION (for United Kingdom and European Economic Area and other relevant jurisdictions)

If you are an individual in the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area (EEA), or of another relevant jurisdiction, we collect and process the Personal Information only where we have a legal basis or bases for doing so under applicable laws. The legal bases depend on how you use the Website, and how you choose to interact and communicate with Digital Original. This means we collect and process the Personal Information only where:

1. we need it to operate, maintain and provide you with the Website, provide personalized features, and to protect the safety and security of the Website;
2. it satisfies a legitimate interest of Digital Original’s (which is not overridden by your data protection interests and rights), such as for research and development, to provide information to you about the Website that we believe you may find useful, and to protect our, our Affiliates’ legal rights and interests;
3. you give us consent to do so for a specific purpose; or
4. we need to comply with a legal obligation.

Where we rely on legitimate interests to process the Personal Information, you can object to that processing as described below under “YOUR CHOICES”. In response to your objection, we will stop processing the Personal Information for the relevant purposes unless we have compelling grounds in the circumstances or the processing is necessary in the context of legal claims. Digital Original may also process other information that constitutes the Personal Information for direct marketing purposes and you have a right to object to Digital Original’s use of the Personal Information for this purpose at any time.

4. TO WHOM WE DISCLOSE THE PERSONAL INFORMATION

Except as described in this Privacy Policy, we will not intentionally disclose the Personal Information that we collect or store on the Website to third parties without your consent. We may disclose the Personal information to third parties if you consent to us doing so, as well as in the following circumstances:

4.1. Third Party Service Providers. We may share the Personal Information with third party service providers who provide website, hosting, maintenance, security and fraud detection, and other services for us. These third party service providers may have access to, or process the Personal Information as part of providing those services for us. We limit the Personal Information provided to these third party service providers to that which is reasonably necessary for them to perform their functions, and our contracts with them require them to maintain the confidentiality of such Personal Information.

4.2. Affiliates. We may share the Personal Information with any subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies or products under our common control (the "Affiliates"), in which case we will require our Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.

4.3. Professional Advisors. We may share the Personal Information with the professional advisors (for example, auditors, accountants or others), where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us. We limit the Personal Information provided to the professional advisors to that which is reasonably necessary for them to perform their functions, and our contracts with them require them to maintain the confidentiality of such Personal Information.

4.4. Corporate Restructuring. We may share the Personal Information in connection with or during negotiation of any merger, financing, acquisition, or dissolution transaction or proceeding involving a sale, transfer, or divestiture of all or a portion of our business or assets. In the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, the Personal Information may also be transferred as a business asset. If another company acquires our company, business, or assets, that company will possess the Personal Information collected by us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding the Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.

4.5. Social Media Platforms. The Website may use social media features, such as the Facebook “like” button, LinkedIn and Twitter sharing features, and other similar widgets (“Social Media Features”). You may be given the option by such Social Media Features to post information about your activities on the Website to a profile page of yours that is provided by a third-party social media network in order to share content with others within your network. Social Media Features are either hosted by the respective social media network, or hosted directly on our websites. To the extent the Social Media Features are hosted by the respective social media networks and you click through to these from the Website, the latter may receive information showing that you have visited the Website. If you are logged in to your social media account, it is possible that the respective social media network can link your visit to the Website with your social media profile. Your interactions with Social Media Features are governed by the privacy policies (and any other applicable terms) of the respective companies that provide the relevant Social Media Features.

4.6. Advertising and Marketing. We partner with third-party ad networks to display advertising on the Website or to manage our advertising on other websites. Our ad network partner uses cookies and web beacons to collect information about your activities on the Website and other websites to provide you with targeted advertising based on your interests. If you wish not to have this information used for the purpose of serving you targeted ads, you may opt-out by using these services: https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1 or https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN (or if located in the European Union, by clicking here:https://youronlinechoices.eu/). Please note this does not opt you out of being served advertising, you will continue to receive generic ads.

4.7. Law Enforcement, Legal Process and Compliance. We may disclose the Personal Information or other information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with applicable laws, in response to a facially valid court order, judicial or other government subpoena or warrant, or to otherwise cooperate with law enforcement or other governmental agencies. We also reserve the right to disclose the Personal Information or other information that we believe, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to (i) take precautions against liability, (ii) protect ourselves or others from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful uses or activity, (iii) investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, (iv) protect the security or integrity of the Website and any facilities or equipment used to make the Website available, or (v) protect our property or other legal rights, enforce our contracts, or protect the rights, property, or safety of others.

5. DATA SECURITY

At Digital Original, we take data security very seriously. We have taken steps to implement appropriate administrative, technical & physical safeguards to prevent unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure or destruction of the Personal Information you entrust to us. However, no security system is perfect, and due to the inherent nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that data, including the Personal Information, is absolutely safe from intrusion or other unauthorized access by others. If you believe the Personal Information has been compromised, please contact us as set forth in the “HOW TO CONTACT US” Section. If we learn of a security systems breach, we will inform you and the authorities of the occurrence of the breach in accordance with applicable law.

6. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

Digital Original may transfer the Personal Information to countries other than the one in which you live, including transfers to the European Union. To the extent that the Personal Information is transferred abroad, Digital Original will ensure compliance with the requirements of the applicable laws in the respective jurisdiction in line with Digital Original’s obligations. Digital Original uses Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission (and the equivalent standard contractual clauses for the UK where appropriate) for transfers to countries not subject to an adequacy decision by the European Commission or your local legislature and/or regulator.

7. MINORS AND CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. The Website is not directed nor intended to children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect the Personal Information from children under the age of 18. If you are under 18 years of age, then please do not use or access the Website at any time or in any manner. If we learn that the Personal Information has been collected on the Website from persons under 18 years of age and without verifiable parental consent, then we will take the appropriate steps to delete this Personal Information.

8. SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We ask that you not send us, and you not disclose on or through the Website sensitive Personal Information such as biometric, genetic, health, race, ethnic origin, political opinions, sexual orientation.

9. DATA RETENTION

We will retain the Personal Information for a period of time that is consistent with the original purpose of the data collection, or as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our Website Terms of Use or other agreements, and/or protect our, our Affiliates’ legal rights and other interests. When we no longer have a legitimate need to process the Personal Information, we will delete or anonymize the Personal Information from our active databases. We will also securely store the Personal Information and isolate it from further processing on backup discs until deletion is possible.

10. YOUR CHOICES

Your rights with respect to the Personal Information we hold about you as a controller.

• Right to access - you have the right to know which the Personal Information we hold about you.
• Right to the Personal Information rectification - you have the right to require corrections to the Personal Information in case they are inaccurate or incomplete.
• Right to the Personal Information deletion - you have the right under certain circumstances to request the deletion of the Personal Information such as in situations where the processing of the Personal Information is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or if the processing of the Personal Information was based on your consent and you wish to withdraw your consent, and there are no other grounds for processing the Personal Information. We may not always be able to comply with your request for data deletion for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
• Right to restriction of processing - you may also have the right to request to restrict the use of the Personal Information in certain circumstances, such as when you have objected to our use of the Personal Information, but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
• Right to withdraw consent at any time - applicable only where we are relying on your consent to process the Personal Information. Any withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide some features or functionalities of the Website to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
• Right to the Personal Information portability - you have the right under certain circumstances to receive the Personal Information in a “structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format” and to transmit the Personal Information to another controller without hindrance.
• Right to object - you have the right to object to the use of the Personal Information in certain circumstances, such as the use of the Personal Information for direct marketing.
• Right to complain - you have the right to complain to the appropriate supervisory authority if you have any grievance against the way we collect, use or share the Personal Information. This right may not be available to you if there is no supervisory authority dealing with data protection in your country.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, you may contact us as set forth in the “HOW TO CONTACT US” Section.

You may decline to share certain Personal Information with us, in which case we may not be able to provide to you some of the features and functionality of the Website.

If you believe your right to privacy granted by applicable data protection laws has been infringed upon, please contact Digital Original’s Data Protection Officer by email specified in ”HOW TO CONTACT US” Section.

11. THIRD PARTY SERVICES

The Website may contain links to the websites, mobile applications, and other online services operated by third parties (collectively, the “Third Party Services”). We do not control the Third Party Services, and we are not responsible for actions of the Third Party Services, and the Third Party Services are not governed by this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the Third Party Services.

12. EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS

We may periodically send you newsletters and/or emails that directly promote the use of the Website. When you receive email communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving these communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the email you receive or by sending an email to the address provided in the “HOW TO CONTACT US” Section. Please note that you will continue to receive essential notices and emails such as security incident alerts, security and privacy update notifications, and others.

13. CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

Please revisit this page periodically to stay aware of any changes to this Privacy Policy, which we may update from time to time. If we modify the Privacy Policy, we will make it available through the Website, and indicate the date of the latest revision, and will comply with applicable law. If we make changes that materially alter your privacy rights, we will provide additional notice via email. Your continued use of the Website after the revised Privacy Policy has become effective indicates that you have read, understood and agreed to the current version of the Privacy Policy.

14. HOW TO CONTACT US

Please contact us with any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, the Personal Information, our use and disclosure practices by email board@digitaloriginalstandard.org.