Taluate is a hosted web application ("Service") developed and maintained by Studio 1 Software, doing business as "Taluate".
We care about your personal data you entrust with us. Demonstrating Taluate’s engagement in personal data protection we are outlining the key facts about how we handle personal data processing in Taluate.
We are GDPR ready
GDPR is the REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation).
Data Protection Officer
Studio 1 Software, is a data controller and a processor of personal data provided in Service.
Taluate has its headquarters in Canada so we have appointed a representative and internal data protection officer ("DPO") for you to contact if you have any questions or concerns about Taluate’s personal data policies or practices.
You can reach out to our Data Protection Officer at support@taluate.com.
What do we do:
We provide a web application for competency assessments. The main activity of Taluate is gathering Your data from various users (like employees or candidates), grouping it, cross referencing and categorizing in order to make it accessible in the most user-friendly way, allowing you to derive the best possible value.
In order to perform our Service we process:
How we collect personal data:
Where the website is used for informational purposes, so that You do not register as a user of the website or transmit other information to us, we do not collect any personal data, with the exception of the data which Your browser transmits to us in order to allow You to access the website. This data is:
Your personal data
Taluate collects personal data (e.g. name, email) during registration process and when You add new Users. Taluate also collects personal data such as IP address when You use our Service.
If You activate new features it’s possible new personal data will be collected. We will always inform You on the legal grounds and purposes of data collecting and also enable You to study the current Privacy Policy.
Your user data
As a processor we do not collect any personal data without Your consent – we process Your users’ personal data on Your behalf, which You have collected and explicitly provided to the Service. All this data belongs to You, we store it on our servers to support all of the Service’s features and remove them whenever You instruct us to.
(for further information please visit Tracking and Profiling).
What kind of data do we process
Your personal data
We may collect information how You use our Service, i.e. which features You use the most, which pages You visit, which buttons You click. We use cookies – you can find more info in the Cookies section.
Your user data:
This category is all data You give us access to in order for us to process it, store it and present it to You in the most productive and user-friendly way to help You deliver the best support experience for Your users.
We also collect Your users' data which Your browser sends to us - please look at Visitors data.
If anything is unclear please contact our DPO at support@talaute.com.
What are the legal grounds for processing data
We process Your data either on contractual ground (processing is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract or in order to take steps at Your request prior to entering into a contract) or when You have given us Your explicit consent.
We process Your user data as processor pursuant to Data Processing Agreement.
What are the purposes of processing data:
Your personal data
Service performance purposes means all data processing relevant to providing You with Service. This is information which we need for creating an account for You (name, e-mail address, billing information) but also to develop and maintain our Service (cookies, API token, internet protocol (IP). Taluate analyzes trends so we can adjust Service to Your needs.
Marketing purposes means that we want to inform You about our new features and products and send You a newsletter regarding it via email.
You can always withdraw Your consent – more at Right to withdraw consent.
Your user data
We process Your user data on Your behalf so you can use Taluate.
Your personal data
We use online tracking which means Taluate collects certain information automatically and stores it in log files and databases. The information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, operating system and other usage information about the use of the Taluates’ website, including a history of the pages You visit in Taluate. Taluate analyzes trends and gathers this information in order to make better decisions in terms of product development, so it better suits Your needs and also for assisting us in debugging issues You report to us via our own support channels.
Although online tracking is an automated process in which we collect personal data (Your movements online) Taluate does not make any predictions or draws no conclusion about an individual – You – on that account. We use online tracking only for Service development. We don’t create any profiles nor do we make any decisions concerning You that are made based on online tracking. We are not profiling You.
Your user data:
We use Knowledge Base as a feature of Service. Your users can be tracked while using Knowledge Base. We collect their internet protocol (IP), the region or general location where Your customers’ computer or device is accessing the internet. We use cookies to track Your customers activity on the Knowledge base. Based on collected data Taluate works to provide a better help experience for the users of the Service. Your users are being profiled on Your behalf.
In case of any doubts please contact our support@taluate.com.
A cookie is a small amount of data which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to Your browser from a web site’s computers and is stored on Your computer’s hard drive. Cookies are required to use Taluate and may identify Your browser and user preferences while logged in. We use non-permanent cookies.
You can control and/or delete cookies as You wish using Your browser preferences. 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 Taluate and some services and functionalities may not work.
Where and to whom do we transfer Your data
In order to maintain and develop Service Taluate engages other entities. You gave us general written authorization in Data Processing Agreement.
The list of sub-processors whose services we use for performing various operations in order to bring you the best features and assure the most secure and performant service to you.
Taluate will notify You if we intend to change the list.
Your rights
Access
You have a right to be informed about Your personal data processing, including the source of Your data collection, purpose of its processing and how long it will be stored.
If You have any question regarding Your personal data please contact our DPO a support@taluate.com.
Rectification:
You have a right to access and change Your personal data provided during registration or creating an account. You can do this in the Profile section of Your Account Settings.
Erasure ("right to be forgotten"):
In line with GDPR enforcement of the right to be forgotten, Taluate introduces internal procedures which will streamline this process.
In other words You (as an Account owner and/or Admin) can decide whether You wish to permanently delete a whole account, a user account or just specific personal data. If You decide so the process will be irreversible.
Deletion can be performed by either using a "delete" function next to an appropriate piece of data in the Service (for example, Delete User) or by contacting us on support@taluate.com when a built-in option is not available.
Taluate reserves the right to refuse permanent deletion for a legitimate reason, in particular but not limited to if current business affairs are not yet finished.
Restriction on processing:
You have a right to demand ceasing processing your data or restricting its processing with respect to exceptions set forth in art. 18 GDPR.
If You have any question regarding Your restriction rights please contact our DPO at support@taluate.com.
Portability:
If You need to export/import data to the Service in a way which is not available, please contact us at support@taluate.com so we can help You with Your custom needs.
You always can withdraw Your consent for processing Your data for marketing. To do so just contact us at support@taluate.com.
Lodge a complaint
You have a right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate data protection authority if You have concerns about how Taluate processes Your personal data. For more information please contact our DPO at support@taluate.com.
Cross-border US - EU transfer
Taluate is established in the United States. Information we collect from You and on Your behalf will be processed in the United States.
The United States has not sought nor received a finding of "adequacy" from the European Union under Article 45 of the GDPR. Taluate relies on derogations for specific situations as set forth in Article 49 of the GDPR. In particular, Taluate collects and transfers to the U.S. personal data only: with Your consent; to perform a contract with You; or to fulfil a compelling legitimate interest of Taluate in a manner that does not outweigh Your nor Your users’ rights and freedoms. Taluate endeavors to apply suitable safeguards to protect the privacy and security of Your and Your users’ personal data and to use it only consistent with Your relationship with Taluate and the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Data storage
Taluate stores Your and Your users’ personal data on the servers of the cloud-based database management services Taluate engages, located in the United States. Taluate is hosted at AWS which announced compliance with GDPR. For more information on their servers and security, please see AWS security whitepaper (https://aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/overview-of-security-processes/).
Full list of our current hosting providers whose services we use for storing and querying data in order to provide the most secure and performant service to you.
Taluate will notify You if we intend to change the list.
For more information regarding data storage contact our DPO at support@taluate.com.
Retention
We keep all Your data that You have provided to us for the duration of Your business relationship with us and we remove data:
Most of personal data is deleted once You demand it or our business relation is ceased, however we keep Your name and email address longer until all possible business affairs are finished.
For more information please contact our DPO at support@taluate.com.
Security of data
We are committed to ensuring the best security for You, which means choosing the best hosting providers and data storage solutions, including those having ISO 27001 and PCI Level 1 certifications. We ensure encryption of communication not only between You and our servers but also internally between parts of our Service.
Taluate restricts access to Your personal data to those employees who need to know that information to provide benefits or services to You. We maintain an internal Security Policy which ensures that all sensitive information is always transferred using secure, encrypted channels. In addition, we train our employees about the importance of confidentiality and maintaining the privacy and security of Your information. We commit to taking appropriate disciplinary measures to enforce our employees' privacy responsibilities.
Legal obligations regarding data.
Taluate discloses personal data we process if necessary for the requirement to disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
Changes and updates to the Privacy Policy
As Taluate changes from time to time, this Privacy Policy is expected to change as well. We reserve the right to amend the Privacy Policy at any time, for any reason. We will inform You about that change by sending to You an email. Remember to check our Privacy Policy website.
Contact & Questions
In case of any queries please contact Taluate’s DPO at support@taluate.com.
CONTACTS
Email: info@taluate.com
Support: support@taluate.com