Privacy Policy – Patents2Market

Purpose of this privacy policy

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how we collect and process personal data from people who visit our website at www.patents2market.com. people who get in touch with us for any reason. It will inform you how we use your personal data, the conditions under which we may disclose your personal data to others, how we keep your personal data secure and sets out your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

It is important that you read this privacy policy together with any other privacy policy we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This privacy policy supplements other notices and privacy policies and is not intended to override them.

Controller

Patents2Market is the data controller and is responsible for your personal data. We gather and process your personal data in accordance with this privacy policy, and in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and other relevant data protection laws and regulations.

Contact details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, our privacy practices or to exercise any of your legal rights, please contact us in the following ways:

Telephone: (408) 559-5000
Email:
Address: Patents2Market, 1975 Hamilton Ave. Ste 27. San Jose, CA 95125

Changes to the privacy policy and your duty to inform us of changes

We keep our privacy policy under regular review. We may change this privacy policy from time to time by updating this page. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us. If you wish to review and/or update personal data we hold about you, please contact our data protection manager using the details above.

Third-party links

This privacy policy applies to this website only. Our website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. You should read any policies and statements on every website you visit.

The Data We Collect About You

Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data which has been anonymized such that a person’s identity is removed.

The following table explains the types of personal data which we may collect, use, store and transfer. We will only use your personal data as the law allows us to. The categories of personal data which we use include:

Identity and Contact Data such as names, titles and other identifiers together with address, email address and telephone numbers.
Financial Data including information you may need to provide us with to make a payment. This may include credit/debit card information, and your bank account details.
Technical Data including internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website. This may also include information about how you use our website and our products and services.
Transaction Data including details about payments to and from you and other details of products you have purchased from us.
Profile Data such as username and password details you use to log in to your account, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.
Usage Data including information about how you use our website, products and services.
Marketing and Communications Data which includes preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

We do not collect certain types of Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions and trade union membership). However, from time to time we may collect other data about you depending on why you have contacted us. For example, if you are inquiring about the Allergy Seal offered on some of our products, then we may ask for information in respect of your allergies or particular needs. If you contact us in your capacity as a representative of the organization for which you work (rather than in a personal capacity) we may take your job title and role. We do not collect any information about criminal convictions.

If you fail to provide personal data

Where we need to collect personal data by law, under the terms of a contract we have with you or the organization you represent, or for another lawful reason and you fail to provide that data when requested, it may restrict us from offering some or all of our services. It may also prevent us from properly dealing with a request or inquiry you have made, or we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with goods). In this case, we may have to cancel a product you have with us but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.

How is Your Personal Data Collected?

Personal data is collected in a number of ways. We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through: Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by US Mailt, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:

apply for our products;
create an account on our website;
subscribe to our service or publications;
request marketing to be sent to you;
enter a competition, promotion or survey; or
give us feedback or contact us.

Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies. Please see our cookie policy for further details.

How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
Necessary to comply with a legal obligation.

Purposes for which we will use your personal data

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground, we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below.

Purpose/Activity

Type of data

Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest

To register you as a new customer

(a) Identity
(b) Contact

Performance of a contract with you

To process and deliver your order including:
(a) Manage payments, fees and charges
(b) Collect and recover money owed to us

(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Financial
(d) Transaction
(e) Marketing and Communications

(a) Performance of a contract with you
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due

Purpose/Activity	Type of data	Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest
To register you as a new customer	(a) Identity (b) Contact	Performance of a contract with you
To process and deliver your order including: (a) Manage payments, fees and charges (b) Collect and recover money owed to us	(a) Identity (b) Contact (c) Financial (d) Transaction (e) Marketing and Communications	(a) Performance of a contract with you (b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us)

Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.