Privacy Policy

Introduction:

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 13th June 2023

Effective Date: 28-06-2023

Uniqode Phygital, Inc a Delaware incorporated entity (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Uniqode”, “We”, “Us” or “Our”). This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how We collect, use, and disclose Your Personal Data as a Controller when You visit or use Our website www.uniqode.com (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Site”) or any of the “Service(s)” provided by Us. Any capitalised terms not defined here have meanings set out in Our Terms of Service.

By visiting this Site, using Our Services or providing Your Personal Data to one of Our sales representatives or live chat representatives or signing up or logging in, You are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

Please review this Privacy Policy carefully. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE PRACTICES, PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE PROVIDE US WITH YOUR PERSONAL DATA.

Some key terms

In our Privacy Policy:

  • “App” means Uniqode (formerly Beaconstac) software applications and interactive services for devices.
  • “Controller” means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
  • “Customer” means the entity that agrees to the Terms and subscribes to the Service(s) provided by Us through Our Site or App.
  • “End-User” means any person or entity with whom the Customer interacts using the Service(s).
  • “Process/Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed on Personal Data or on sets of Personal Data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
  • “You” and “Your” means an identified or identifiable natural person whose Personal Data We Process as Controllers.
  • “Service(s)” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Terms.
  • “Service Data” means all electronic data, text, messages or other materials, including Personal Data of End-Users, submitted to the Service(s) by Customer in connection with Customer’s use of the Service(s).
  • “Personal Data” means data relating to a living individual who is or can be identified either from the data or from the data in conjunction with other information that is in, or is likely to come into, the possession of the Controller.
  • “Applicable Data Protection Law” means EU Regulation 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) and where You are established in any other territory, means data protection laws that are applicable in that territory.
  • “Terms” mean the Terms of Service available at https://www.uniqode.com/terms-of-service

Scope:

This Privacy Policy covers the below mentioned:

What Personal Data about You does Uniqode collect?

The Personal Data We receive can be broadly classified into three categories as mentioned below, such data helps Us personalize and continually improve Our Services and hence Your experience:

Personal Data You directly provide Us

You directly provide Us with most of the data We collect. The Personal Data that We collect directly from You are as follows:

  1. When You sign-up for any of Our Service(s) by agreeing to the Terms through Our Site or Our App, We collect sign-up and account information including Your name, telephone number, e-mail address and credit card details;
  2. We collect any information You provide Us i) when You speak to Our sales representative or live chat representative, ii) when You submit web forms on Our Site for providing feedback or suggestions, making requests, or participation in surveys, contests, webinars, events, promotions, sweepstakes, iii) when You contact Us for any customer support service, iv) when You provide testimonials, forms or information to Us in any other contexts;
  3. When You requests for a demo, We collect information such as Your name, telephone number and email-address;
  4. When You apply for an employment opportunity with Us, We collect Your full name, email address, mobile number, details of Your education and previous employment and any other information You volunteer, including during any interview or Your interactions with Us and contained in the resume that You submit to Us;
  5. When you log-on to Our Service(s) using any sign-on service of Google or any other social networks We collect relevant information necessary to enable Our Service(s) to access that social network and Your data contained within that social network.

By providing Us with this data, You expressly consent to Our use of Your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Personal Data We collect automatically:

We receive and store certain types of information whenever You interact with Us indirectly which includes, a) when You visit Our Site or use Our App. We collect navigational information about what website pages You access or visit, Your device’s Internet Protocol “IP” address, information about Your mobile device (such as operating system of Your mobile device or browser type), the URLs of websites that referred You to Us, non-precise geographic location, technical information about Your device, data about the type of browser and operating system used, which web pages You view, the time and duration or You visits to Our Site, the search queries You may use on the Site, whether You clicked on any advertisements, whether You have clicked on any links in any e-mails sent from Us, or third-parties on Our behalf and whether You have chosen to opt-out of certain services or information sharing and other metadata concerning with Your usage of Our Services.We also collect Your Personal Data from other third-party sources which might include social medial networks, without breach of any confidentiality clause and in accordance with the Applicable Data Protection Law. We will ensure that these third-party sources either have Your consent or are legally permitted to disclose Your Personal Data to Us.

We collect Your Personal Data when you visit Our Site via Your browser cookies more fully described under the Section “How we use cookies and similar technologies”

The Site includes social media features and widgets that are either hosted by a third-party or hosted directly on the Site and Your interaction with these social media features and widgets is governed by the privacy statement of the companies that provide them. You should check Your privacy settings on these third-party services to understand and change the information sent to Us through these services.

Legal Basis for Processing (EEA region)

If You are a data subject from the European Economic Area, Our legal basis for collecting and using the Personal Data described above will depend on the Personal Data concerned and the specific context in which We collect it.
We will normally collect Personal Data from You only where We need it to perform a contract with You, where the processing is in Our legitimate interests and not overridden by Your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms, or where We have Your consent. In some cases, We may also have a legal obligation to collect Personal Data from You.

If We Process Personal Data with reliance on Your consent, You may withdraw Your consent at any time. If You have questions or need further information concerning the legal basis on which We collect and use Your Personal Data, please contact Us using the contact details provided under the Section “Questions and Changes to the Policy”.

Use of Your Personal Data

We may use Your Personal Data including but not limited to the following purposes:

  • To facilitate the creation of Your account and verification of Your identity to help You sign-up for Our Services through Our Site or Our App
  • To administer Your use of Our Services
  • To better understand Your needs and interests
  • To provide you a demo of Our Services
  • To better understand and improvise Our products and Services
  • To facilitate Your use and personalizing Your experience on the Site
  • To serve You relevant ads based on Your interest and preference.
  • To respond to Your inquiries or fulfilling Your requests for information about Our Service(s)
  • To provide You with information about Our Services and sending You information and materials from Uniqode (formerly Beaconstac) including marketing communication. If such Applicable Data Protection Law requires Us to obtain Your consent before marketing to You, We shall obtain Your consent before sending such marketing communication.
  • To communicate any updates to Our Service(s)
  • To send You information about Our other products and services, events, webinars, or programs that may be of Your interest.
  • To help You address problems with the Site, including any technical problems
  • To track, collate and analyse Your use of the Site
  • To complete any payment transaction
  • To Process online job application, You might have applied for
  • To detect and prevent identity theft, fraud, and other potentially illegal acts as well as protecting the integrity of the Site
  • To respond to subpoenas, court orders, or judicial processes
  • To provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety
  • To resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems
  • To help with any investigations or complaints
  • To provide You with relevant information or Service(s) that You request from Us or which We feel may interest You based on previous interactions, where You have consented to be contacted

How We use Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are bits of electronic information that a website may transfer to a visitor's computer to identify specific information about the visitor's visits to a website. The Site uses a browser feature known as a cookie, which assigns a unique identification to Your computer, in case You do not wish Us to collect such information kindly refer to Our cookie policy.

We also set cookies to collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help Us understand how Our Site are being used or how effective Our marketing campaigns are, to help customise the Site for You or to make advertising messages more relevant to You. You can access the details of Our cookie policy here.

If You want to delete any cookies that are already on Your computer, please refer to the instructions for Your file management software to locate the file or directory that store cookies. However, please note that if You disable the use of cookies on Your computer, some functionalities of Our Services will not work.

When You visit the Site(s), a cookie banner will be displayed providing additional information about cookies and options to opt out of non-essential cookies as required by applicable laws.

Sharing of Personal Data

Uniqode (formerly Beaconstac) provides Your Personal Data to third parties who are obligated to use the Personal Data that We share with them for the purpose of provision of their services to Us in order to help Us provide You the Service(s) . These third parties include but are not limited to business partners, suppliers, sub-contractors, advertisers & advertising networks, analytics & search engine providers, payment providers for providing back-up, storage, payment processing, analytics, and marketing services. We may also share with third parties aggregate data or data that does not personally identify You. Should You require more details on third parties We work with or have any questions around it, please click here to know more about the third parties We work with.

For example, We use Stripe to manage Our payments, but We reserve the right to change this service provider at any time for any reason. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, We follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards. Your credit card information will also be subject to Our payment processor’s privacy policy in addition to Ours. PLEASE READ THE PRIVACY POLICY ON THE SITE OF ANY PAYMENT PROCESSOR THAT YOU ARE DIRECTED TO REGARDING THE USE, STORAGE AND PROTECTION OF YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION BEFORE SUBMITTING ANY CREDIT CARD INFORMATION.

We may also share Your Personal Data in the following circumstances

  • When We are required to provide information in response to a subpoena, court order, or other applicable law or legal process.
  • When We have a good faith belief that the disclosure is necessary to prevent or respond to fraud, defend Our App or Site against attacks, or protect the property and safety of Uniqode (formerly Beaconstac), Our customers and End-Users, or the public.
  • When We are required to provide information to professional advisors who advise and assist Us in enforcing Our contracts and policies, handling Our claims, effective management of Our company and in relation to any disputes We may become involved in.
  • If We merge with or are acquired by another company, sell a UniqodeSite, App, or business unit, or if all or a substantial portion of Our assets are acquired by another company. In those cases, Your Personal Data will likely be one of the assets that is transferred.

There are several places within the Site and Our App that allow You to post comments or submit Service Data for others to see. Any information You choose to provide should reflect how much You want others to know about You. Please consider carefully what information You disclose in Your profile page. You can review and revise Your profile information at any time.

Storage and International Transfer of Personal Data

Your Personal Data and files are stored on Uniqode's (formerly Beaconstac) servers and the servers of companies We hire to provide services to Us for the purposes referred under the section “Use of Your Personal Data”. Your Personal Data may be transferred across national borders because We have servers located in United states, and the companies We hire to help Us run Our business may be located in different countries around the world. We will ensure that the recipient of Your Personal Data offers an adequate level of protection that is at least comparable to that which is provided under Applicable Data Protection Laws.

If You are a resident of the European Economic Area and when Your Personal Data is Processed outside EEA, We will ensure that the recipient of Your Personal Data offers an adequate level of protection, for instance by entering into standard contractual clauses for the transfer of Personal Data as approved by the European Commission (Article 46 General Data Privacy Regulation, 2016), or We will ask You for Your prior consent to such international data transfers.

Security of Your Personal Data

We understand that the security of Your Personal Data is important. We provide reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security controls to protect Your Personal Data. We provide the level of security appropriate to the risk of Processing the Personal Data At the same time, it is important for You to protect against unauthorized access to Your password and to Your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.

Retention of Personal Data

We retain Personal Data collected where an ongoing legitimate business requires retention of such Personal Data. In the absence of a need to retain Personal Data for any legitimate business purpose, We will either delete it or aggregate it, or, if this is not possible then We will securely store Your Personal Data and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

What rights You have

You are entitled to the following rights:

  • You can request Us for access and correction of Your Personal Data.
  • If We have collected and processed Your Personal Data with Your consent, then You can withdraw Your consent at any time. Withdrawing Your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing We have conducted prior to Your withdrawal, nor will it affect Processing of Your Personal Data conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
  • You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, please contact Your local data protection authority as specified by the Applicable Data Protection Laws.
  • You have the right to opt-out of marketing communications We send You at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking on the “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” link in the marketing e-mails We send You. To opt-out of other forms of marketing (such as postal marketing or telemarketing), please contact Us. However please note that You will continue to receive transaction-related emails regarding products or Services You have requested. We may also send You certain non-promotional communications regarding us and our Services, from which You will not be able to opt out.

If You are a resident of the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, You are also entitled to the following rights:

  • You can request Us for the deletion and erasure of Your Personal Data.
  • You can object to the Processing of Your Personal Data, ask Us to restrict the Processing of Your Personal Data, or request portability of Your Personal Data.

If You seek to exercise Your rights under this clause, please contact Us at the details provided in the Section “Questions and Changes to the Policy”. We will verify any requests before acting on the request and respond to all requests We receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights within a reasonable timeframe in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Privacy of Children

We recognize the importance of children's safety and privacy. We do not request, or knowingly collect, any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. Uniqode (formerly Beaconstac) is very sensitive to privacy issues regarding children. By visiting this Site or providing Your Personal Data to one of Our call-centre operators or live chat representatives or starting Your free trial or signing up or logging in You are claiming Yourself to be 18 years of age or above.

If You believe that any child under the age of 18 has posted any Personal Data anywhere on Our Site, please contact Us immediately at legal@uniqode.com and provide as much information as You can to help Us locate and delete the Personal Data.

If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child or any other child under the age of 18 has provided Us with Personal Data, he or she should write to Us at legal@uniqode.com

California Do Not Track

Uniqode (formerly Beaconstac) does not have a mechanism in place for responding to browser “do not track” signals or other similar mechanisms Used to limit collection of information for Use in Online Behavioural Advertising. There currently is no consensus among industry participants as to what “Do Not Track” means in this context. Therefore, like many Websites and online services, the Services do not alter their practices when they receive a “Do Not Track” signal from a visitor's browser. To find out more about "Do Not Track," please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

Notice to End-Users:

Some of the functionality on Our Service(s) may be provided by third parties that are not affiliated with Uniqode (formerly Beaconstac). These entities may collect or receive certain information about Your use of Our Service(s) and Your activities over time and across different websites, including through the use of cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies. This Privacy Policy does not apply to, and We are not responsible for, third-party cookies, web beacons, or other tracking technologies. Uniqode (formerly Beaconstac) is not responsible for the privacy practices of these entities. In addition, Our Service(s) may contain links to other third-party websites not operated or controlled by Us. This Privacy Policy shall not apply to them and such websites are not under Our control and We are not responsible for their privacy policies or practices. If You provide any Personal Data through any such third-party website, We recommend that You familiarize Yourself with the privacy policies and practices of that third party.

Similarly, when You log on to our Services through Our Site or App using the online sign-on services, the Social Network may provide Us with access to certain information that You have provided them, The collection, use, and disclosure of Your Personal Data by these social networks shall be governed by the policies of such social networks and Uniqode (formerly Beaconstac) shall have no liability or responsibility over their actions.

We may receive Your Personal Data from Our Customers as part of the Service Data. We only act as a Processor in relation to such Personal Data. Such Processing will be governed by the Terms and not this Privacy Policy. In such instances, the End-User’s data privacy questions and requests should be submitted to the Customer in its capacity as a Controller. We are not responsible for Customers’ privacy or security practices which may be different from this Privacy Policy. Customers are solely responsible for establishing policies for and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, as well as any and all privacy policies, agreements, or other obligations, relating to the collection of Personal Data in connection with the use of the App by End-Users.

Questions/Changes to policy

Uniqode (formerly Beaconstac) welcomes Your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If You believe that We have not adhered to this Policy or If You have questions or concerns with respect to Our Privacy Policy, please write to Us in the following manner

Kind Attention: Ravi Pratap Madimisetty

Email Address: privacy@uniqode.com

Address: 575 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10017

We keep this Privacy Policy under regular review and may update this webpage at any time. This Privacy Policy may be amended at any time and You shall be notified only if there are material changes to this Privacy Policy.