!Kontakte Privacy Policy

!Kontakte is a web based platform and mobile application “App” where users subscribe, to either find a specialist contract or contractor. We care about your privacy and want to help you understand how we collect, use and share your personal information. This privacy policy applies to both our mobile App and web based platform, and is part of our terms of use.

Information You Provide

This is information that you provide to us such as your name, professional details and payment information. The information we collect is different depending on if you are a company or an independent contractor.

All Accounts

To create an account on !Kontakte you have to provide your email address. If you are a contractor you also provide your Curriculum Vitae.

Contractor Subscribers

A contractor subscriber is someone who subscribes through the !Kontakte App with the aim of finding a short term contract with a company in various industries. When you subscribe, you provide us with an email address and your professional details, and in turn we create a customer record that contains your email address. 

If you are successful in securing a contract a ‘job’ through !Kontakte we then charge you a monthly subscription to keep using the service. As part of the subscribing process you provide !Kontakte with your credit card and payment information. 

Company or ‘Enterprise’ subscribers

An ‘Enterprise’ subscriber is a company or a recruiter who subscribes with the aim of finding specialist-contractors to meet the needs of projects or in the case of recruiters-clients who have contracts available. 

To become an Enterprise subscriber, you must be a registered company or recruiter. We collect and process your information along with any additional information you add to your profile. To subscribe you have to create an account and provide some company and/or personal details and credit card information. You must also provide us with additional information for tax purposes.

For both contractors and enterprise subscribers, we collect information automatically as you navigate the site or through our third party analytics providers. We may store usage information such as the type of device you use to access !Kontakte, your operating system, browser type, IP address, and device ID, the pages you visit or request, links clicked, referring sites, user interactions and your search terms. We also derive your location from your IP address.

Do Not Track

Our service does not support Do Not Track requests at this time, which means our third party analytics providers may associate your usage on !Kontakte with your usage on other sites.

Cookies

We use Google Analytics to see how you use !Kontakte so we can improve in a variety of ways. We may use other cookie based data analytics in future versions of our platform but will notify you if we do. We encourage you to read the Google privacy policy. If you prefer to not have data reported by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. 

How We Use Your Information

We never sell your information to anyone. We use your information to:

·       Provide !Kontakte services to you.

·       Allow you to sign in to your account.

·       Allow you to find a contract or contractor through !Kontakte.

·       Send you emails relevant to your usage, as controlled by your email preferences.

·       Reply to your questions.

·       Understand how you use the service and market !Kontakte to you, including suggesting companies or contractors or other opportunities you may be interested in.

·       Create better tools for companies, recruiters to serve contractor-subscribers.

·       Conduct research and development to improve !Kontakte and develop future products that our users may be interested in by analysing how you use it.

·       Prevent fraud and abuse on !Kontakte.

If you are a contractor-subscriber, the following information is shared with the companies and recruiter-subscribers:

·       Your email address and direct contact information (currently via Whats App).

·       Your CV, including designation, location, qualifications, nationality and availability.

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is data that includes a personal identifier like your name, email or address, or data that could reasonably be linked back to you. We will only share this data under the following circumstances:

·       With your permission, with contractors and/or recruiters who may short-list you and offer you a contract.

·       With companies that are contractually engaged in providing us with services, such as email management, analysing data trends, credit card processing and fraud detection and prevention. These companies may have access to personal information to perform their services and are obligated by contract to safeguard any PII they receive from us.

·       To protect the security or integrity of !Kontakte, and to protect the rights, property, or safety of !Kontakte, its employees, users, or others, if we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, valid legal process (e.g., subpoenas or warrants served on us). If we are going to release your data, we will do our best to provide you with notice in advance by email, unless we are prohibited by law from doing so.

·       In connection with the sale, merger, bankruptcy, sale of assets or reorganization of our company. We will notify you if a different company receives your PII. The promises in this privacy policy apply to any data transferred to a new entity.

Information Shared with the Public

 Currently, there is no subscriber profile information that is available to the public.

 Your Preferences and Rights over Data

Choosing Your Preferences

 The Settings link is located on the page after you log in. Settings, lets you see your account preferences. You can see and adjust your settings by viewing your preferences and, if you wish, by changing your selections.

Exercising Your Data Rights

 You can exercise rights over your data in the following ways:

Modifying the Information in Your Account. You can modify or delete certain information associated with your account on the settings pages, as described in the “Choosing Your Preferences” section above. This includes subscriptions and information provided to companies and recruiters.

Disabling Your Account. You can permanently disable and/or delete your account emailing contact@kontakte.io, and requesting that we do so. Please be aware that this is a final act and you cannot log into your account again after taking this action. When you email us requesting to do so, we will remove your ability to log in within 30 days and delete all data on our servers associated with your account. This will automatically disable any future payments and contract opportunities. If you create a new account, you will be asked to use a different email address from the one you used previously. Even if an account is deleted, some information may be retained by our analytics providers on their own servers.

Removing Marketing Emails. You can stop receiving marketing emails by clicking the unsubscribe link from the bottom of any email sent to you. While this removes your marketing emails, service related emails are still sent, including how you can optimize your !Kontakte experience and suggestions for which companies to follow.

Understanding Our Data Retention Periods. We retain your information for ten years, unless you disable your account information from you account settings. Please note that once you disable your account, you will not be able to log in again. If you want to log into !Kontakte again by creating a new account, you may be prompted to use a new email address from the one you previously used on your disabled account.

Additional Questions Related to Privacy

For additional privacy-related questions about your account, you may email us at contact@kontakte.io.

European Union Data Transfer

Transfer of Data to Singapore

We are based in Malaysia and Singapore. By using our services you consent to the transfer of your personal data to the Singapore, and to the processing and use of that personal data in Singapore. This processing and use are limited to what is described in this privacy policy and the terms of use.

Marketing Activities

We may use your information to offer you products and services that we think may be of interest to you, unless you have opted out of marketing communications. If you are in the European Economic Area, where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before sending you any marketing communications. You may object to the use of your data for direct marketing purposes at any time, free of charge, when we collect your personal information and in every marketing communication. We will never provide your information to third parties for marketing purposes without your prior consent. 

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us and we follow industry standards to protect it. Full credit card numbers are never accessed by our system, and the most sensitive data we store is encrypted to keep it secure. To further protect your information we suggest using a strong and unique password for your !Kontakte account.

Anti- Slavery Convention and rights of workers

!Kontakte strictly follows the international, ‘Slavery Convention’ as set out by the United Nations Commission for Human Rights on 9 March, 1927 and including recent amendments.

!Kontakte supports international labour standards and policies and the rights of contractors to ‘decent’ work as set out under the International Labour Organisation (ILO ) and related United Nations conventions.

Children

!Kontakte is not directed at children under the age of 18, and they may not create an account or otherwise use !Kontakte.

Changes

We may sometimes make changes to this policy. If we make material changes that adversely affect your rights under this policy, we will let you know by posting an announcement on the site or sending you an email prior to the changes coming into effect. Continuing to use !Kontakte after a change to this policy means you accept the new policy.

 If you have any questions, please email contact@kontakte.io

 Last updated on 30 November, 2019.