Privacy Policy
General
- Use of this Site (the “Site”), of Nirvana Lab, Inc., and its affiliates (collectively and individually, “Nirvana Lab,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is subject to the terms of use and privacy policy described below.
- These terms (“Terms of Use”) are an integral part of the terms of use of the site.
- Re-accessing and/or using this Site and any of its contents indicates that you have read and understood the Terms of Use and that you have received, accepted, consented to, and approved its contents. If you do not agree to the above, do not use this Site. Everything stated in the singular implies the plural, unless it contradicts the subject of the written material or its content, or unless the context mandates a different interpretation.
- Any changes made to the Terms of Use will be published on this page. With any question, problem, or if you want to report a violation of privacy.
Data Gathering
- Data on the Site are submitted by you voluntarily, and in some cases, data may be collected automatically. Some of the data collected includes information that can be reasonably used to identify you, including your first and last name, your home address and/or email, your phone number, location, etc. (“Personal Information”).
- The gathering of Personal Information from the Site is carried out in two ways-
- Directly: for example, when you provide information to sign up for the newsletter, to receive services, or when you address various inquiries to us or fill out forms.
- Indirectly: through the technology of the Site, such as your IP address, the pages you are viewing on this site, your operating system, and browser type.
Reasons for Gathering Data
- We use Personal Information to provide you with the information you request, for the purpose of online applications, for other purposes that will become clear to you or that are described at the time of data collection and for any other purpose set forth in these Terms of Use.
- We analyze information related to the IP address to determine what is most effective about the Site and to help us identify ways to improve and optimize the Site.
Data Storage and Usage
- We store Personal Information as needed to provide services to you, and occasionally, for a longer period, as required by law. We may collect, among other things, the following information types: given name and surname, address and/or email, phone number, location, conference registration details, details you filled in for “contact us,” etc.
- Nirvana Lab uses the Personal Information only in ways consistent with the objectives for which it was collected, and in accordance with our Terms of Use.
- Any information or content you post on the Site in any form (which is not Personal Information) will not be considered proprietary or confidential, and all those exposed to it, including Nirvana Lab, may use it in any way they see fit. It is clarified here that Nirvana Lab and anyone on its behalf is not liable or responsible whatsoever in connection with such information or content.
- Personal Information provided by you through the Site as a part of an application for a possible position (“Applicant Information”) is needed to assess your suitability for jobs of interest. The service is provided to you based on the information you submitted, which will be stored in the Nirvana Lab database in accordance with the requirements of the law, with Nirvana Lab procedures, and with the provisions of the Terms of Use. Nirvana Lab is entitled to transfer such information to third parties at your request and at its discretion, for its and/or your benefit. Nirvana Lab is entitled to make the following use of Applicant Information: (1) use it for its administrative, business, and commercial purposes, including for contacting you, direct mailing, marketing, and advertising campaigns, making job and/or course offers, by mail, telephone, fax, or electronic mail; (2) making it available to affiliated companies and/or third parties in order to obtain proposals for jobs/products/services that Nirvana Lab believes may be of interest to you.
- If you request to be excluded from direct mailing lists and/or not to transfer your Applicant Information to third parties, as set forth above, you must request it from us by email or by registered mail, using the Contact link that appears on the Site. In the absence of such a request, it will be considered that you consented for Nirvana Lab to use your Applicant Information as described above.
International Transfers of Personal Information
- To the extent that we transfer Personal Information outside of the U.S., such transfer is carried out in compliance with local and international privacy laws in relation to the collection, use, and saving of Personal Information. You are responsible for the processing of your Personal Information on third-party sites or services (such as cloud service providers), including compliance of the data with applicable regulation, even if you asked us to upload the information for you or on your behalf.
- Nirvana Lab allows you to use the Site and the services contained therein that are offered by it, for personal, non-commercial use only, subject to the Terms of Use.
Your Rights
- You are entitled to know whether we hold Personal Information about you, and you may review your Personal Information and correct inaccuracies, subject to the law.
- Third-party services and effect: This Privacy Policy applies only to data collected by us and for our use.
- A portion of the services on the Site (such as the search engine) are managed by products and content suppliers of Nirvana Lab. These services are provided in accordance with the terms and conditions of such suppliers and not by Nirvana Lab servers. When using these services, you may be requested to provide Personal Information, or such information may be collected about you. Use of this information is subject to the privacy policies of such suppliers, and not to the Nirvana Lab Privacy Policy; therefore, we recommend you review, when applicable, these privacy policies as well.
California Privacy Rights
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Subject to certain limits under California Civil Code § 1798.83, California residents may request certain information regarding Nirvana Lab’s disclosure of information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make a request along these lines. (a) The rights for Californians under California Civil Code § 1798.83 are as such:
(b) The right of Californians to know what personal information is being collected about them,
(c) The right of Californians to know if personal information about them was being sold or disclosed and to whom,
(d) The right of Californians to say, “no” to the sale of personal information,
(e) The right of Californians to access their personal information, and;
(f) The right of Californians to equal service and price even if they exercise their privacy rights.
Protecting Your Personal Information
- Nirvana Lab respects the privacy of users of its Sites. Below is a review of how we use the information you provide or that is collected about you during your use of the Site.
- Disclosure We do not sell, trade, or disclose to any third-party Personal Information derived from your use of the services or from visiting the Site.
Use of Google Adwords
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Nirvana Lab, Inc. uses Google Analytics, Google AdWords Conversion tracker, and other Google services, as well as HubSpot, that place cookies on a browser across the website. These cookies help us increase the website’s effectiveness for our visitors. These cookies are set and read by Google and HubSpot.
(a) To opt out of Google tracking, please visit this page (http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/).
(b) To opt out of HubSpot tracking, simply UNSUBSCRIBE.
(c) We use AdWords remarketing to market our sites across the web. We place a cookie on a browser, and then a 3r- party (Google) reads these cookies and may serve an ad on a third-party site. You may opt-out of this ad serving on Google’s opt-out page. If you are concerned about third-party cookies served by networks, you should also visit the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page here: http://optout.networkadvertising.org
(d) Notwithstanding the above, it is possible we will transfer Personal Information to our service providers, some of whom are outside of the U.S., including jurisdictions that do not provide the same level of protection of personal information as provided in the U.S., and you agree to such transfers, as may be required. In this case, we make sure your Personal Information will be adequately protected, in accordance with the law and our internal policies.
(e) Additionally, certain exceptions may apply, among others, if the disclosure is required by law or if it is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Nirvana Lab, of our clients, or of third-parties, if the Personal Information is publicly available, or if such disclosure is reasonably necessary.
Security (a) We implement on our Site information security systems and procedures and continue to improve them in accordance with the availability of appropriate new technologies. These systems and procedures reduce the risk of unauthorized entry to Nirvana Lab servers but do not provide absolute security. Therefore, Nirvana Lab does not guarantee full security of the services provided on the Site and is not responsible for unauthorized access to the data stored on it.
(b) The site may contain links to and from the sites of third parties. Following these links leads to third-party sites operating under different terms of use and privacy policies from those of Nirvana Lab, and Nirvana Lab has no responsibility or obligations with respect to these sites, their content, their visual elements, the data found there, or the policies that apply to them.
Using the Site
- The copyright and intellectual property inherent in the Site and its contents should not be changed.
- Except and only to the extent that it is expressly stated in the Terms of Use, all content, design, trademark, and presentation (the “Content”) are the intellectual property of Nirvana Lab or of third parties, and are protected by law, and any unauthorized use of the Content or any part thereof will be deemed a violation of law. Trademarks and names of companies or products mentioned herein belong to their owners. Use of the Site does not grant you any rights to the intellectual property of Nirvana Lab or of third parties.
- Nirvana Lab reserves the right to refuse to grant access to the Site or parts thereof to any user, at its sole discretion and without prior notice.
- Do not (and do not allow any third-party to) modify, distribute, duplicate, copy, sell, broadcast, perform, create a derivative work or product of any kind, publicly display, disclose and/or exploit for any commercial or public purpose the content and/or the name of Nirvana Lab or of third-parties who own any part of the Content and/or their trademarks; under no circumstances should you perform the actions stated above and/or use this Content, except with the prior written consent of Nirvana Lab. It is hereby clarified that Nirvana Lab does not grant you any right to Nirvana Lab’s and/or any third-party’s intellectual property as noted above.
- You are not allowed to create links to the Site from other sites, except with Nirvana Lab’s prior written approval, subject to the terms of the approval and according to law.
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By using the Site, you agree not to post or otherwise publish through the Site in any manner any of the following prohibited content:
(1) that violates or encourages the violation of any provision of law or of rights of any kind of any person or entity;
(2) that is pornographic and/or sexually explicit, abusive, harassing, obscene, threatening, racist, defamatory, inciting, threatening, insulting, encouraging the commission of offenses of any kind, violating the privacy or dignity of a person, or the feelings of the public;
(3) that is incorrect/misleading/false;
(4) that harms/infringes the property rights of others, including intellectual property, among others uploading content that does not belong to the violator;
(5) that is SPAM/junk mail of any kind;
(6) any hostile computer code or application (including viruses, spyware, trojans, worms, etc.);
(7) that has to do with minors and identifies them, their personal details or their address, and ways to contact them;
(8) passwords, usernames and other details enabling the use of computer software, digital files, Internet sites or services that require registration or payment, without such payment or registration; any information and/or content whose publication is prohibited by any law;
(9) any information contrary to the generally accepted use of the Internet, or that may cause damage or harm to Internet users in general, and to users of the Site in particular;
(10) access to which has been blocked by means of a password, etc., and is not freely accessible to all Internet users;
(11) that is of a commercial nature or that contains any advertising information. - Breach of any of these terms automatically revokes your permission to use the Site, and you will be obligated to immediately destroy the contents found in your possession and which you have used in this prohibited way.
Your Representations and Warranties
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You represent and warrant that you possess the legal right and ability to agree to these terms and that all information you submit to Nirvana Lab.com is true, accurate and current. You agree you will not:
(i) collect users’ information, or otherwise access Nirvana Lab.com, using automated worms, viruses or other malicious codes; or
(ii) transmit worms, viruses or other malicious codes. You affirm that you are over the age of 13, as Nirvana Lab.com is not intended for children under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then you may not use Nirvana Lab.com. In certain areas of Nirvana Lab.com, you may be able to submit texts, files, images, photos, videos, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, text postings, and other materials and content (“user content”). Your posting of user content is subject to these terms as well as any additional terms posted for a specific feature. Nirvana Lab may delete any user content that in the sole judgment of Nirvana Lab violates these terms. You agree that in using Nirvana Lab.com, including the interactive features therein, you will adhere to the following:
Regulation
- Nirvana Lab observes the privacy laws of the U.S. and Europe, including CCPA and GDPR, in relation to the personal data you provided on the site.
- From time to time, we verify that our Privacy Policy conforms to the relevant privacy laws.
- Nirvana Lab complies with Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (“CASL”), which applies to any electronic communications sent by Nirvana Lab to certain parties. CASL requires the regulations of all commercial electronic messages (“CEM”) sent within, to, or from Canada. CEMs are messages that include (among other things) the encouragement of participation in commercial activities.
- To show transparency regarding how we handle data, we have implemented the following initiatives:
- CASL-Compliant Consent Forms: Consent is necessary for us to use personal information to send a CEM. Consent must be “expressed,” but in certain circumstances can be “implied.” We have modified certain forms to ensure we obtain expressed consent. Users can manage their communication preferences via the subscription center from any CEM received from us (i.e., having your email address removed from our mailing list, or clicking the “unsubscribe” option at the footer of our emails).
- Regarding “implied” consent, you may receive a CEM if implied consent is given. We may infer implied consent in the following ways:
- We have an existing business relationship with you or had a business relationship with you within the last two years.
- We received a business inquiry from you within the last six months.
- You disclosed your contact information to an Nirvana Lab employee (i.e., you provided your business card or connected with Nirvana Lab via social media).
- There are messages exempt from the consent requirements outlined by CASL, including the following scenarios:
- You have a personal relationship with an Nirvana Lab employee with whom you’ve previously had direct, voluntary, two-way communication with;
- You have a family relationship with an Nirvana Lab employee who contacted you via email;
- Nirvana Lab sends a CEM to one of our affiliated companies;
- A CEM was sent in response to a request or business inquiry; or
- Nirvana Lab uses a CEM to enforce a legal right or obligation (i.e., settling an outstanding debt, or handling a breach of contract).