PRIVACY POLICY
TECHCIRCLES SOFTWARE LIMITED, a company duly incorporated under the laws of the UK, company number 14489836, operates and maintains the website https://thecircle.tech/ (“Website”).
“Service” refers to the Company’s services accessed via the Website.
“You”, “yours” refer to you, as a user of this Website.
“We”, “us”, “our” refer to the Company.
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is intended to help you understand how we collect, use, and protect the information you provide via this Website (“Personal Data”).
By using this Website, you agree to the collection and use of data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
DATA CONTROLLER
The Data Controller determines the purposes for which and the means by which Personal Data is processed. We, TECHCIRCLES SOFTWARE LIMITED, are the Data Controller. We process Personal Data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION
We may collect your personal data such as your name and email address when you complete the form “Contact Us”.
We may also collect additional information if you volunteer it, such as your phone number or social media profiles, your country of residence, and other identifying information.
We use this information to contact you in response to your inquiries about our Website, Company, and Services. We also use this information to enter or perform a contract for services to which you are a party.
We collect information provided to us by your browser or our software application when you view or use this Website, such as: your IP address, your internet provider; the website you came from; the type of browser you use, the device from which you are connected; other information that does not personally identify you.
Cookies are files with small amount of information that are sent to your browser from the website you visit and stored on your computer’s hard drive ("Cookies data"). Our Website uses these cookies to collect information and enhance our services. Please see our COOKIES POLICY to learn more about the use of cookies by us.
This information allows us to analyze the performance and functionality of this Website and to provide you with access to all of its features. It also helps us evaluate and enhance this website. Additionally, it permits us to prevent fraud and attacks.
HOW WE STORE AND PROTECT YOUR DATA
We will take every precaution to ensure that your personal information is handled securely and in accordance with this Policy. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to our Website.
The Company retains personal information for the term of the relevant business relationship. If you ask to change or delete your data, the Company will make reasonable efforts to do so.
COOKIES POLICY
We use cookies to monitor Website activity and store certain information. This data enables us to enhance the quality of our Service, collect analytical data, and improve the functionality of our Website. We do not use cookies to personally identify individuals.
We use the following cookies:
| Name | Duration | Purpose | |
| Essential cookies | XSRF-TOKEN | 2 hours or when the browser is closed | are required to provide you with services accessible through the Website and to use some of its features |
| Session cookies | thecircle.tech_session | 2 hours or when the browser is closed | allow users to be identified within a Website so that page changes and data selections are remembered |
| Third Party Cookies: Google Analytics | _utmz | 6 months | stores the type of referral used by the visitor to reach our Website, whether via a direct method, a referring link or a website search |
| _utma | 1 year | identifies unique visitors; keeps track of the number of times a visitor has visited the Website, the date of their first visit, and the date of their last visit | |
| _ga | 1 year | allows to identify how the visitor uses the Website |
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. You can find information about managing cookies via the following links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 (Chrome)
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox)
(c) https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/ (Opera)
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer)
(e) https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari)
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge)