Privacy Policy

The Beyondward platform is provided by Beyondward AB ("Beyondward", "us", "we"), a registered company with company registration number 559172-7390, VAT number SE559172739001, with registered address at Sankt Eriksgatan 57A, 11234 Stockholm, Sweden.

This privacy policy applies to all information collected through beyondward.com, Beyondward related sites, apps, communications and any other service provided by Beyondward, including, but not limited to, offsite widgets and collection of data (collectively the "Services").

When you visit our website https://www.beyondward.com, and use our Services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we describe our privacy policy. We seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services.

Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.

1. Information we collect

1.1 Information you disclose

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when creating an account for our Services, using you account, expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our Services or otherwise contacting us.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and our Services, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect can include the following:

Contact information. We collect your email address if you contact us, donate, buy donation gift cards or create an account.

Account data. When creating an account we collect your name, title, account type, profile image, communication preferrence and other similar data.

Login information. We collect passwords for creating your login credentials and verify your password when logging in to our Services. Please note that your password is never stored, and we only store an encrypted version of the password to be able to verify if a password attempt is correct.

Your activity. When using our Services as a member we collect information about your interactions with content on our Services, such as what you like, bookmark, repost, follow, comment or otherwise interact with. We also collect information you provide when creating content on the Services, such as initiatives, topics, ideas, conversations and feedposts.

Payment data. We collect data necessary to process your payment if you make donations, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number or mobile phone number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument and in some cases your postal number. No such data is stored on any of our servers. All payment data is processed by the payment provider for the payment method you use. We only work with trusted and complient payment providers, fully certified. Please refer to respective payment provider if you should review its privacy policies and contact the payment processor directly to respond to your questions.

Receiver account information. When becoming a receiver and throughout the period when you are a receiver we collect information about your company's identity, address and contact information, including personal information about the account owner, such as identity, address and contact information, and in some cases equivalent information about the benificial owners of your company, as required to fulfill legal obligations.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

1.2 Automatically collected

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate our Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. You can find out more about this in our Cookies Policy.

1.3 Other sources

We may obtain information about you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, as well as from other third parties. Examples of the information we receive from other sources include: social media profile information; marketing leads and search results and links, including paid listings (such as sponsored links).

2. Use of information

We use personal information collected via our Services for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests ("Business Purposes"), in order to enter into or perform a contract with you ("Contractual"), with your consent ("Consent"), and/or for compliance with our legal obligations ("Legal Reasons"). We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.

We use the information we collect or receive:

• To facilitate account creation and logon process with your Consent.
• To send administrative information to you for Business Purposes, Legal Reasons and/or possibly for Contractual. We may use your personal information to send you product, service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
• To fulfill and manage your donations and payments for Contractual reasons. We may use your information to fulfill and manage your donations and payments made through the Services.
• To verify and manage Receiver accounts for Business Purposes, Contractual Reasons and Legal Reasons.
• Deliver targeted advertising to you for our Business Purposes and/or with your Consent. We may use your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third-parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
• Request Feedback for our Business Purposes and/or with your Consent. We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.
• To enable user-to-user communications with your Consent. We may use your information in order to enable user-to-user communications with each user's consent.
• For other Business Purposes. We may use your information for other Business Purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Services and your experience.

3. Sharing of information

We only share and disclose your information in the following situations:

• Compliance with Laws. We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
• Vital Interests and Legal Rights. We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
• Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service and marketing efforts. We may allow selected third-parties to use tracking technology on the Services, which will enable them to collect data about how you interact with the Services over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. Unless described in this Policy, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third-parties for their promotional purposes.
• Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• Third-Party Advertisers. We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Services. These companies may use information about your visits to our Services and other websites that are contained in web cookies and other tracking technologies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. See our Cookie Policy for further information.
• Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
• Business Partners. We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions only with your consent.
• With your Consent. We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.
• Other Users. When you share personal information (for example, by posting comments, contributions or other content to the Services) or otherwise interact with public areas of the Services, such personal information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Services in perpetuity. Other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you within our Services, and view your profile.

4. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy.

5. International transfers

Our servers are located in the EU/EEA. We use a limited number of selected external companies for storage, use and processing of your personal data, named as "Data Processors" that only processes data according to instructions from us, where they act as data processors and we act as data controllers. Our Data Processors' servers are located within EU/EEA and in the United States. We only work with Data Processors that process data within EU/EEA, or uphold the same level of privacy protection as in EU/EEA - and only use Data Processors in the United States to the extent that they participate in the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and support the General Data Protection Legislation (GDPR).

6. Third-party websites

The Services may contain advertisements from third-parties that are not affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, online services or mobile applications. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third-parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this privacy policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third-parties, including other websites, services or applications that may be linked to or from the Services. You should review the policies of such third-parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.

7. Information deletion

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

8. Information safety

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.

9. Information from minors

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to individuals below the age of majority. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in the jurisdiction where you live. If we learn that personal information from users below the age of majority has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from individuals under the age of majority, please contact us.

10. Your privacy rights

You have rights under applicable data protection laws (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. To make such a request, please use the contact details provided below. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note however that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal.

If you are resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm

10.1 Account Information

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:

• Log into your profile settings and update your account.
• Contact us using the contact information provided.

To obtain a copy of your personal information, go to your profile settings and the section "Account data and privacy" where you can download all data you have provided to us and that we have about you.

To delete the data we have about you, go to your profile settings and the section "Close account" where you can permanently close your account and all data we have about you. Please note that if you have a receiver account, you need to contact us to close your account. This is to secure that ongoing payouts, active initiatives and other parts of our Services won't be affected and to fulfill our legal requirements.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Service and/or comply with legal requirements.

Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services. For further information, please see our Cookie Policy.

Opting out of email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send or by updating your profile settings or contacting us using the details provided below. You will then be removed from the marketing email list – however, we will still need to send you service-related emails that are necessary for the administration and use of your account. To otherwise opt-out, you may:

• Access your account settings and update preferences.
• Note your preferences when you register an account with the site.
• Contact us using the contact information provided.

11. Changes to the policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

12. Contact

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may contact us by email at hello@beyondward.com, or by post to:

Beyondward AB
Sankt Eriksgatan 57A
SE-112 34 Stockholm
Sweden