1.0 Introduction

The Intelligent NLU GmbH is a technology company headquartered in Bozner Platz 1/9, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria, which offers a B2B cognitive automation service platform for end-to-end automation of repetitive cognitive processes. Cognitive automation workflows can be created in our no-code DeepOpinion Studio within minutes and enriched with various cognitive skills which allow infusing the latest AI into business processes. 

For more information about our services, please refer to our website: https://deepopinion.ai/

This Privacy Policy is applicable to the Intelligent NLU GmbH (“we,” “our,” or “us”) as related to our services, which collectively include:

• the use of https://deepopinion.ai/ (“website”)
• the use of the application website https://studio.deepopinion.ai/ (“application”)
• social media messages and marketing campaigns and
• the use of our products and services.

This Privacy Policy sets out the essential details relating to your personal data relationships with the Intelligent NLU GmbH as:

• A website visitor
• An end user of the application (“end user”)
• A prospective client
• A job applicant and
• Partners

Clients contract the use of our application and give access to their employees and other third parties, as solely decided by them, by creating users who access the application with their email address and credentials. The clients’ administrators grant end users roles, which result in different permissions and access rights to the information held in the Client account. 

2.0 Personal Information We Collect 

2.1 Information You Choose to Provide to Us

WHEN

We may ask you to provide personal information when:

• You use the website to download articles, data sheets or eBooks.
• You request a free trial or demo.
• You refer a friend to us.
• You connect with us directly via phone calls or video conferencing platforms.
• We or Client Account Administrators grant you access to the application.
• You or Client Account Administrators upload or enter personal information into the application.
• You participate in a marketing/sales promotion.
• You attend trade events and other industry networking events.
• You register or attend a webinar or other event.
• You participate in programs we may offer from time to time.
• You participate in chats.
• You pay for our services.

If you choose to provide us with a third-party’s personal information (the person’s name, email and company) when taking part in our referral program, you represent that you have the third-party’s permission to do so. 

WHAT

We collect personal information that may include first and last name, business email address, phone number and/or company name. 

As an end user of the application, we collect your name, business email address and any comments you make in the application.

In addition, we may collect data uploaded by you, your employer or other users of the application that may be required to use the services of the Intelligent NLU GmbH. We expect all users to follow their organization’s privacy policy and any applicable regulatory requirements when uploading, accessing and using personal information into our application. The data uploaded may include personal information like: 

• Employee names, email addresses and contractual agreements
• Vendor names, email addresses, contractual agreements or other personal data necessary for the services of the Intelligent NLU GmbH
• Customer names and email addresses used to provide services within the Intelligent NLU GmbH’s platform

As a job applicant, we may also collect your resume and cover letter. 

2.2 Information We Collect Automatically

WHEN

We collect information about your visits to the website and the application when you land on any of our web pages through cookies and similar tracking technology. 

For further information about the types of cookies we use, you can see our Cookie Policy at 3.0.

WHAT

The information collected includes:

• access times
• the pages you view
• the links you click on
• the search terms you enter
• actions you take in connection with any of the visited pages
• your device information such as IP address, location, browser type and language
• the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the website that referred you to our website and
• the URL you browse away from our pages if you click on an external link

We may also collect information when you open email messages from us or click on links within those email messages.

2.3 Information We May Collect From Third Parties

WHEN

We may combine the information we collect from your direct interactions with us with information obtained through other third-party sources. We also obtain and/or purchase lists from third parties about individuals and companies interested in our products. 

WHAT

The personal information collected includes your name, email address, business address, job title, company name, and telephone number.

3.0 Cookie Policy   

A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

Cookies may be either "persistent" cookies or "session" cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. We use both, "persistent" and "session" cookies.

Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

Cookies can be used by web servers to identify and track users as they navigate different pages on a website and identify users returning to a website.

The legal basis of the processing is the fulfillment of our legal obligation under Article 6 par.1 sec.1 lit.(c) GDPR to obtain your consent to the provision of cookies and to provide a way to withdraw or modify this consent.

We use the cookie banner from Simvoly Applications Ltd. and use the built-in analytics regarding visitors' screens, browsers, devices, and visited pages.

3.1 Cookies used

This website uses cookies. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.

The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission.

3.2 Blocking cookies

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies; for example:

in Internet Explorer (version 11) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking "Tools", "Internet Options", "Privacy" and then "Advanced";

in Firefox (version 44) you can block all cookies by clicking "Tools", "Options", "Privacy", selecting "Use custom settings for history" from the drop-down menu, and unticking "Accept cookies from sites"; and

in Chrome (version 48), you can block all cookies by accessing the "Customise and control" menu, clicking "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Content settings", and then selecting "Block sites from setting any data" under the "Cookies" heading.

Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.

If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.

3.3 Deleting cookies

You can delete cookies already stored on your computer; for example:

in Internet Explorer (version 11), you must manually delete cookie files 

in Firefox (version 44), you can delete cookies by clicking "Tools", "Options" and "Privacy", then selecting "Use custom settings for history" from the drop-down menu, clicking "Show Cookies", and then clicking "Remove All Cookies".

in Chrome (version 48), you can delete all cookies by accessing the "Customise and control" menu, clicking "Settings", "Show advanced settings" and "Clear browsing data", and then selecting "Cookies and other site and plug-in data" before clicking "Clear browsing data".

Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.

3.4 Google Tag-Manager

We use “Google Tag Manager” on our website, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “Google”).

We use Google Tag Manager as a “functional” solution to manage and provide further services via so-called website tags. Google Tag Manager itself does not collect any personal data, but provides for the triggering of other services, which in turn may collect personal data.

For the purpose of processing, we have concluded a data processing agreement with Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, incorporating the current standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission (EU SCC).

We would like to point out that it cannot be ruled out that personal data will be transferred to the USA and that Google LLC, as an American company, or US security authorities will have access to it. To use the functions of Google Tag Manager, it is necessary to process your IP address. This may be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission. If you are registered with a Google service, it is possible that Google can assign the visit to your account and create a user profile.

The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest as defined in Art. 6 par. 1 sec. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=3en.

3.5 Google Analytics

If you have given your consent, Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, is used on our website. The responsible service provider in the EU is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”).

Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of our websites. The information about your user behavior collected by means of the cookies is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

You can refuse the collection of data which is collected via cookies and your use of the website (incl. your IP address) by Google as well as the processing by Google by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, i.ee, declining not technically relevant cookies or declining analytical and marketing cookies.

On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your website usage data, which has been pseudonymized by IP masking, and to compile reports on website activity. The reports provided by Google Analytics are used by us to analyze the performance of our website and to measure the success of our marketing campaigns.

During your visit to the website, the following data is collected, among others:

• The pages you visit, your “click path”.
• Achievement of “website goals” (conversions, e.g., newsletter sign-ups, downloads, purchases)
• Your user behavior (e.g., clicks, length of stay, bounce rates)
• Your approximate location (region)
• Your IP address (in shortened form)
• Technical information about your browser and the end devices you use (e.g., language setting, screen resolution)your internet service provider
• the referrer URL (via which website/advertising medium you came to this website)
• For the purpose of processing, we have concluded a data processing agreement with Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, incorporating the current standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission (EU-SCC).

We would like to point out that it cannot be ruled out that personal data will be transmitted to the USA and that Google LLC, as an American company, or US security authorities will gain access to it. Through the integration of Google Analytics, Google receives the information that you have called up the relevant part of our website or clicked on an advertisement from us. If you are registered with a Google service, it is possible that Google can assign the visit to your account and create a user profile.

The legal basis for this data processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 par. 1 sec. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

For more information on the terms of use of Google Analytics and data protection at Google, refer to:

https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/de/

https://policies.google.com/?hl=en

4.0 How We Use Personal Information  

We use your personal information to:

• Deliver the contracted services and allow full use of the application functionality as purchased by the clients.
• Deliver training and support to our application end users and/or carry out the transactions you have requested.
• To communicate with you directly through emails, calls, chats, video conferencing.
• Process payments for application subscriptions.
• Send communications to you about:
•             New application features and upgrades.
•             Our services and offerings.
  
•             Event announcements.
  
•             Product notices and changes to our terms and policies.
  
•             Particular programs in which you have chosen to participate.
  
•             Promotional offers and surveys.
  
•             Scheduling demos and managing free trials.
  

• Advertise and market our products and services, including delivering interest-based advertisements on this website and other sites or content syndication platforms and websites.
• Carry out market research to understand how to improve our services and their delivery.
• Create and manage marketing campaigns.
• Generate sales leads and increase our market share.
• Analyze user clicks and usage of the application and website to improve user experience and maximize usage of our services.
• Manage our website and application to maintain and deliver the contracted functionality and services .
• Enforce our website and application terms and/or separate contracts (if applicable) with you
• Prevent fraud and other prohibited or illegal activities
• Protect the security or integrity of the website, application, our business or services.
• Or otherwise, as disclosed to you at the point of collection or as required or permitted by law.

Please note that sometimes we may record the video conferencing call in which you participate to analyze and improve our staff’s communication skills. If we do so, we will be announcing it at the beginning of the conference call and in the meeting invite, and we will be providing a link to our Privacy Policy in the meeting invites and on the registration page. 

We do not sell your information to any third party. 

5.0 How We Share Personal Information

Our Application and Services

If you are an end user of our application, your personal information may be viewed by other users with access to the application.  

Service Providers

We use third parties to help us provide our services. They will have access to your information as collected by the website or the application, as reasonably necessary to perform the contracted tasks on our behalf. We sign contractual agreements to obligate them to protect the personal information, only use it to deliver the contracted services to us, prohibit them from selling it and not disclose it without our knowledge and permission. 

• Hubspot Inc.

HubSpot is a software platform designed to help your company market and sell more effectively.

The content of the messages sent and received, your IP address, other personal data that you provide in the message.

Cambridge, MA, US (HQ) 25 First St 2nd Floor

• Google LLC

Our product, the DeepOpinion Studio is hosted on the Google Cloud.

All information directly required for the use of our solution.

Gordon House Barrow Street Dublin 4, D04E5W5 Ireland

• Personio GmbH

Personio is an all in one HR solution used for various recruiting and employee administration processes.

All data transmitted will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship.

Rundfunkplatz 4, 80335 Munich, Germany

Legal Disclosures

It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information when required by law, subpoena or other legal processes as identified in the applicable legislation. 

We attempt to notify our clients about legal demands for their personal data when appropriate in our judgment unless prohibited by law or court order or when the request is an emergency.

Change in Control

We can also share your personal data as part of a sale, merger, change in control or in preparation for any of these events. 

Any other entity which buys us or part of our business will have the right to continue to use your data, but only in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy unless you agree otherwise.

6.0 How We Secure Personal Information

We are committed to protecting the security of all of the personal information we collect and use. 

We use a variety of physical, administrative and technical safeguards designed to help protect it from unauthorized access, use and disclosure. We have implemented best-practice standards and controls in compliance with internationally recognized security frameworks. We use encryption technologies to protect data at rest and in transit. 

7.0 Your Rights

We provide the same suite of services to all of our clients and end users worldwide.

We offer the following rights to all individuals regardless of their location or applicable privacy regulations.

For personal information we have about you, you can:

• Access your personal information or request a copy.

You have the right to obtain information about what personal information we process about you or to obtain a copy of your personal information. 

If you have provided personal information to us, you may contact us to obtain an outline of what information we have about you or a copy of the information. 

If you are an end user of the application, you can log in to see the personal information in the account or approach your employer for more information.

• You have the right to be notified of what personal information we collect about you and how we use it, disclose it and protect it.

This Privacy Policy describes what personal information we collect and our privacy practices. We may also have additional privacy notices and statements available to you at the point of providing information to us directly.

• Change or correct your personal information.

You have the right to update/correct your personal information or ask us to do it on your behalf. 

You can edit your information through the user account in the application or ask us to change or correct it by contacting us at <[email protected]>.

• Delete or erase your personal information.

You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information at any time. We will communicate back to you within reasonable timelines the result of your request. We may not be able to delete or erase your personal information, but we will inform you of these reasons and any further actions available to you.

• Object to the processing of your personal information.

You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information for direct marketing purposes. This means that we will stop using your personal information for these purposes.

• Ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information.

You may have the right to ask us to limit the way that we use your personal information. 

• Export your personal data.

You have the right to request that we export to you in a machine-readable format all of the personal information we have about you.

We do not process personal information through the use of automated means. 

If you would like to exercise any of the rights described above, please contact us at [email protected]

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the local organizations in charge of enforcing the privacy legislation applicable in your territory.

8.0 How Long We Keep Your Personal Information

We retain information as long as it is necessary to provide the services to you and our clients, subject to any legal obligations to further retain such information.

We may also retain information to comply with the law, prevent fraud, collect fees, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce our Terms of Service and take other actions permitted by law. 

The information we retain will be handled following this Privacy Policy.

Information connected to you that is no longer necessary and relevant to provide our services may be de-identified or aggregated with other non-personal data. This information may provide insights that are commercially valuable to the Intelligent NLU GmbH, such as statistics of the use of the services. 

9.0 Other Important Information

We process data in locations Europe and rely on legally-provided mechanisms to lawfully transfer data across borders, such as contracts incorporating data protection and sharing obligations. 

We will only collect and process your personal data where we have a lawful reason for its collection.

When you visit our website and provide us with your personal information, we collect and use it with your consent.  

As an application end user, you consent to our collection of your personal information when you log in for the first time. However, your employer has control of the account and may upload and share additional personal information. Your employer’s responsibility is to ensure that collecting, using and sharing the personal information uploaded to the application complies with all applicable legislation. 

You can review the terms and conditions of use.

Where we rely on your consent to process personal data, you have the right to withdraw or decline your consent at any time. If you have any questions about the lawful bases upon which we collect and use your personal data, please contact us at [email protected]

How to select your communications preferences 

You may choose to receive or not receive marketing communications from us. Please click the “Unsubscribe” link in the email we sent you to stop receiving marketing communications. 

You may choose which information we collect automatically from your device by controlling cookie settings on your browser. (see Cookie Policy 3.0)

Even if you opt-out of receiving marketing communications, we may still communicate with you regarding security and privacy issues, servicing your account, fulfilling your requests, or administering any promotion or any program in which you may have elected to participate. 

10.0 Contact Information

You may contact us to exercise any of your rights or ask for more information about your personal information and our privacy practices by contacting us at [email protected]

Intelligent NLU GmbH 

Bozner Platz 1/9 

6020 Innsbruck 

Austria

Appendix 

A.1 For Individuals Based in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland

If you are based in one of these jurisdictions, the Intelligent NLU GmbH is the controller of your personal data collected in the following instances:

When you visit our website https://deepopinion.ai/

When we process your personal data for sales and marketing purposes

The Intelligent NLU GmbH is a processor of all personal data processed on the application, on behalf of our clients. We only process the personal data under their direction. Please contact your employer or the organization that granted you access to the application for details on their privacy practices.

We only process personal data if we have a lawful basis for doing so. The lawful bases applicable to our processing as controller are:

• Consent: We will ask for your express and informed consent every time we collect your personal data on this legal basis.
• Contractual basis: We process the personal data as necessary to fulfill our contractual terms with you or our clients.
• Legitimate interest: We process the names, contact details, job titles, companies of our existing and prospective clients for our marketing purposes, including market research and sales leads generation.

You have the following rights under the GDPR:

• Be informed about the collection and use of your personal data
• Access your personal data
• Correct errors in your personal data
• Erase your personal data
• Object to the processing of your personal data.

• This right is also available to individuals whose personal data is processed by us for direct marketing purposes. If you object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes, we shall stop processing within 30 days of receipt of your request.

• Export your personal data

• Restrict our processing of your personal data for specific reasons, including any of the purposes supported by the legitimate interest legal bases (see the section above).

We process personal data in Europe and share it with our service providers in the USA and other jurisdictions. We use standard contractual clauses as the data transfer mechanism of transferring EU data to countries subject to data transfer requirements. 

You may contact us at [email protected]

A.2 For Individuals Based in California

This section provides additional specific information for consumers based in California as required by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).

A.2.1 Collection and Use of Personal Information

In the last 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information:

• Identifiers, such as your name, mailing address, email address, zip code, telephone number or other similar identifiers
• California Customer Records (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)), such as username and password, company name, job title, business email address and department
• Internet/network information, such as your browsing history, log and analytics data, information about the device(s) used to access the services and information regarding your interaction with our websites or services and other usage data
• Geolocation data, such as information about your location (at country and city level) collected from your IP address
• Sensory Information, the content, audio and video recordings of conference calls between you and us that we record where permitted by you and/or the law
• Profession/employment information that you send to us when applying for a position included in your CV and cover letter
• Other personal information, such as personal information you provide to us in relation to a survey, comment, question, request, article download or inquiry and any other information you upload to our application

We collect personal information directly from you, from your browser or device when you visit our websites, from third parties that you permit to share your information or from third parties that share public information about you, as stated above.

See the section above, “How We Use Personal Information,” to understand how we use the personal information collected from California consumers.

A.2.2 Recipients of Personal Information

We share personal information with third parties for business purposes. The categories of third parties to whom we disclose your personal information may include: (i) our service providers and advisors, (ii) marketing and strategic partners; (iii) ad networks and advertising partners; (iv) analytics providers; and (v) social networks. 

Please see the “How We Share Information” section of the Privacy Policy above for more information.

A.2.3 California Privacy Rights

As a California resident, you may be able to exercise the following rights in relation to the personal information about you that we have collected (subject to certain limitations at law):

• The right to know any or all of the following information relating to your personal information that we have collected and disclosed in the last 12 months (upon verification of your identity):
• The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you
• The categories of personal information we have collected about you
• The categories of sources of the personal information
• The categories of personal information that we have disclosed to third parties for a business purpose, and the categories of recipients to whom this information was disclosed
• The categories of personal information we have sold and the categories of third parties to whom the information was sold, and
• The business or commercial purposes for collecting or selling the personal information.

• The right to request deletion of personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
• The right to opt-out of personal information sales to third parties now or in the future. However, we do not sell your personal information.

You also have the right to be free of discrimination for exercising these rights. 

Please note that if exercising these rights limits our ability to process personal information (such as a deletion request), we may no longer be able to provide you with our products and services or engage with you in the same manner.

A.2.4 How to Exercise Your California Consumer Rights

To exercise your right to know and/or your right to deletion, please submit a request by contacting us at [email protected]

We will need to verify your identity before processing your request. 

In order to verify your identity, we will generally require sufficient information from you so that we can match it to the information we maintain about you in our systems. Sometimes we may need additional personal information from you to be able to identify you. We will notify you. 

We may decline a request to exercise the right to know and/or right to deletion, particularly where we cannot verify your identity or locate your information in our systems or as permitted by law.

You may choose to designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. No information will be disclosed until the authorized agent’s authority has been reviewed and verified. Once an authorized agent has submitted a request, we may require additional information (i.e., written authorization from you) to confirm the authorized agent’s authority. 

If you are an employee/former employee of an Intelligent NLU GmbH client that uses our application and services, please direct your requests and/or questions directly to your employer/former employer.

If you are a third party (auditor, business associate, etc.), who was given access to the Intelligent NLU GmbH application by an Intelligent NLU GmbH client, please direct your requests and/or questions directly to the Intelligent NLU GmbH client that gave you access.

Minors Under Age 16

Our application and services are intended for business use, and we do not expect them to be of any interest to minors. We do not intentionally collect any personal information of consumers below the age of 16. We do not sell the personal information of California consumers.

How to contact the appropriate authorities

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that our company has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.