Privacy policy: Key Summary

This policy applies to all sections of the Website Design Simplified build and maintained by Unclassic Bytes Inc., based in Ontario, Canada.

• We do not sell Your data or share Your data to third parties for advertisement.
• We collect Your personal information: [email, first name, last name] for creating account and providing service to You. We also optionally collect profile information: [birth year, gender, career intersests, current role] to improve Our Service and personalize Your experience.
• We collect and store Your usage data when You interact with the Website including audio, text , whiteboard snapshots and relevant responses from AI during practice sessions on Mock AI Interviewer. We store and use this data to improve Our own product, provide new services to You and personalize experience for You. We retain this data only as long as it is required.
• We do not store Your Payment information like credit card, address etc. All Payment is handled and related information is stored by Paddle.com Market Ltd. who provides us Merchant of Record service and is legally the reseller of digital goods sold on Our website. We only store Transaction Ids and Your unique Paddle customer id to fulfill Your purhcases.
• You can access and manage Your Payment information at Paddle Customer Portal or contact them at Paddle.net
• We leverage Google Cloud Platform for securely hosting and storing Your data and Google AI services to power Our mock interviews.
• You have the right to request deletion of Your data
• We have the right and required to retain data relevant for tax, audit and legal reasons.

Privacy policy: Full text

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• "Account" means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

• "Company" (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to "Unclassic Bytes Inc."

• "Country" refers to CANADA.

• "Cookies" are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

• "Data Controller", for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.

• "Device" means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

• "Do Not Track" (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.

• "Personal Data" is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

• "Service" refers to the Website.

• "Service Provider" means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

• "Usage Data" refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

• "Website" refers to 'Design Simplified', accessible from Design Simplified

• "You" means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You and we can send You product updates and other essential information. We’ll never sell Your personal information to third parties, and we won’t use Your name in marketing statements without Your permission either. Our guiding principle is to collect only what we need and we strive to minimize personal data collection. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Phone number
• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
• Usage Data

Billing information

If You sign up for a paid plan, You will be asked to provide Your payment information. Credit card information is submitted directly to Our payment processor and Merchant of Record Paddle.com Market Ltd. and doesn’t hit Our servers. We store a record of the payment transaction for account history, granting you access, invoicing, and billing support.

We do not store Your Payment information like credit card, address etc. All Payment is handled and related information is stored by Paddle.com Market Ltd. who provides us Merchant of Record service and is legally the reseller of digital goods sold on Our website. We only store Transaction Ids and Your unique Paddle customer id to fulfill Your purhcases.

You can access and manage Your Payment information at Paddle Customer Portal

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We store the content that You generate during Your mock interviews (such as audio, text transcripts, and code snippets) on Our servers. This is necessary to provide the core service of analyzing Your performance and providing AI-generated feedback. We process this data using Google AI services. We keep this content as long as Your account is active to allow You to review Your history and progress.

We may collect information about Your browsing activity for analytics and statistical purposes to improve Our product. We use persistent first-party cookies to store certain preferences and make it easier for You to use Our application.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit Our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of Our Service. Unless You have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

• Necessary / Essential Cookies

  Type: Session Cookies

  Administered by: Us

  Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

• Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

  Type: Persistent Cookies

  Administered by: Us

  Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

• Functionality Cookies

  Type: Persistent Cookies

  Administered by: Us

  Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering Your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter Your preferences every time You use the Website.

• Tracking and Performance Cookies

  Type: Persistent Cookies

  Administered by: Third-Parties

  Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify You as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.

Use of Your Personal Data

We do not sell Your data. We are not in the business of selling data. We do not sell or share Your data to third parties for advertisement purposes.

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

  We use third-party subprocessors to help run our applications. Specifically, we use Google Cloud Platform for hosting our infrastructure and Google AI models for generating interview questions and feedback. Your data is processed securely within these environments tailored to our strict requirements.

• To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

• For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

• To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

• To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

• To prevent fraud and abuse: To prevent and investigate fraud, abuse, and violations of our Usage Policy, unlawful or criminal activity, unauthorized access to or use of personal data or Our systems and networks, to protect our rights and the rights of others, and to meet legal, governmental and institutional policy obligations.

• For Maintenance and Security: To investigate, debug errors and resolve security and Service issues.

• For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.

• For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, training our own models, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, for payment processing, to contact You.
• For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal 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.
• With 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 other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
• With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
• With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
• With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation
• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
• Protect against legal liability

Your rights with respect to Your information

You have the right to know what personal information is collected, used, or shared. You have the right to request correction of Your personal information or to request that it be erased from our possession. You have the right to export Your data.

If You have questions about exercising these rights, please contact us at dataprivacy@unclassicbytes.com.

Security of Your Personal Data

All data is encrypted via SSL/TLS when transmitted between our servers and Your browser. The database backups are also encrypted. We host our data on Google Cloud Platform, which provides industry-leading security standards.

We adopt a policy of data minimization, meaning we only store and retain data that is necessary to provide and improve Our Service to you.

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

What happens when You delete content

If You choose to cancel Your account, Your content will become immediately inaccessible and will be purged from our systems within 30 days of the request. Backups may retain copies for a limited period as part of our disaster recovery protocols, but these are not accessed for normal operations.

We may retain or be required to retain some data relevant for tax, audit and legal reasons.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain Your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Location of site and data

Our products and other web properties are operated by Unclassic Bytes Inc. in Ontario, Canada. Our infrastructure is hosted on Google Cloud Platform. Your data may be processed in regions where Google Cloud operates, primarily in North America. Wherever, required and possible, we store data on nearest region of Your country. By using our services, You consent to this transfer and storage. We currently serve customers based in the following countries and regions:

• Canada and USA

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

• Analytics tools and services provided by Google Cloud Platform
• Analytics tools and services provided by Cloudflare

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. Whenever we make a significant change to our policies, we will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• By sending us an email: dataprivacy@unclassicbytes.com
• By sending us physical mail at this address:

  Unclassic Bytes Inc.
  4550 - 285 Taunton Rd. E
  Oshawa,ON L1G 3V2, Canada