whasols Limited ("whasols") respects and values your privacy. That's why whasols has established this Privacy Policy (referred to as the "Privacy Policy" herein) - so that whasols can disclose what information whasols collects about you and how whasols use, store and disclose such information. whasols want to help you make an informed decision about whether or not to share your information with whasols.
whasols reserves the right to revise, modify, add or remove provisions to this Privacy Policy at any time. In the event that whasols do so, whasols will notify you in accordance with the notice provisions of whasols Terms of Service. Take note of the 'Last Updated' date listed at the foot of this Privacy Policy. If whasols make changes to this Privacy Policy, whasols will update that date to notify you of the date of such changes. By continuing to use www.whasols.com ("the Website") after receiving notice of the updated Privacy Policy, you acknowledge that you have read and understand the revised Privacy Policy.
Capitalised terms in this Privacy Policy have the meaning given to such terms in whasols Terms of Service.
whasols collects information from you when you send it to whasols directly by filling out forms on whasols Website (including any application you may make for Services or the Software), corresponding with whasols by e-mail, writing to whasols by post, or speaking to whasols by telephone. whasols also collect information from you when you browse the Website and use the Software, as set out in detail below. Some of the methods whasols use to collect data are automated and will take effect automatically as you navigate the Website and/or use the Software.
Personal information means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person ("Personal Information").
whasols may collect the following Personal Information from you: name, address, telephone number, postal address, e-mail address, IP address, information about the type of browser you use, your operating system, the screen resolution of your browser, your ISP, which pages you view on the Website and the time and duration of your visits to the Website, credit card number (in the case of direct customers) and, if applicable, company name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card number or tax ID number as well as similar information concerning technical contacts, marketing contacts, and executive contacts within your company or organisation.
If you communicate with whasols, whasols may collect information relating to that communication whether it takes the form of e-mail, letter, forum posting, testimonials or any other form of communication between you and whasols or submitted by you to the Website (collectively, "User Communications").
If you use one of whasols software products such as whasols proprietary Web Hosting, Billing and Automation Solution, whasols may collect certain information concerning such software and concerning the server upon which the software operates. This information includes without limitation: (a) the licensed or unlicensed status of the software (b) the source from which the license for the software was obtained (i.e. whasols or a whasols affiliate) or (c) information about the server upon which the software is installed including (i) the public IP address, (ii) the operating system and (iii) the use of any virtualization technologies on such server ((a) through (c) collectively, "Server Information")). Additionally, "Server Information" may also include information collected by whasols from time to time concerning which features of the software are most often used in order to improve and make adjustments to the software and information collected from you by whasols in the event that you request technical support services including without limitation, IP addresses, usernames and passwords necessary to login to SSH, the root directory of the server upon which you installed the whasols software and any affected accounts including email accounts, MySQL accounts and other accounts.
whasols also collect data in a form that does not, on its own, permit direct association with any specific individual. whasols may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose.
whasols does not knowingly collect Personal Information about children under the age of 13. If whasols becomes aware that it has inadvertently collected Personal Information about children under the age of 13, it will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible, except where whasols is required by applicable law to keep it.
Where whasols knows a child is above the age of 13, but considered a minor under applicable law, whasols will obtain parental/guardian consent prior to using that child's Personal Information.
As a general matter, whasols may use the Personal Information you disclose to whasols to improve and provide the Website, the Services and whasols other products and services, and for the specific purpose that you gave whasols your Personal Information. More specific details on how whasols use your information follows below.
whasols may use Personal Information to create and authenticate your account, to process transactions you request such as software license purchases in order to perform any contract you have entered into with whasols, to provide you with customer and technical support and to communicate with you about your account and whasols products and services.
The Personal Information you provide to whasols allows whasols to provide you with the newsletters and mailing lists that you have signed up for with whasols. If you do not want to be on whasols mailing list, you can opt out at any time by changing your settings in your My Details page within the client area.
whasols may also use Personal Information to offer, market or advertise to you whasols products and services. While such whasols products and services may reference, incorporate or include third-party products and services, whasols will not use your Personal Information to independently offer, market or advertise third-party products and services unless whasols first obtain your consent to do so.
From time to time, whasols may use your Personal Information to send important notices, such as important product updates and communications about purchases as well as changes to whasols terms, conditions, and policies. Because this information is important for your interaction with whasols you may not opt out of receiving these communications.
whasols may also use your Personal Information for any other legal purpose stated in this Privacy Policy, and any other purpose for which you have given whasols express consent.
Where you consent to whasols doing so, whasols may use your Personal Information to send you direct marketing communications. Should you ever choose to opt out of receiving such communications whasols may retain your Personal Information on file to ensure that whasols do not continue to target you with communications of the type that you have asked whasols to cease sending to you.
whasols limits the use of Personal Information to the purposes identified in this Privacy Policy and for which you have provided explicit consent. In accordance with established policies and procedures, whasols retains Personal Information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the stated purposes, unless it is required by law for a different period or whasols has the consent of the individual.
In accordance with established policies and procedures, whasols will periodically destroy or erase any Personal Information that is no longer needed.
whasols may use User Communications in the same way as whasols uses Personal Information. If you communicate with whasols for a particular purpose, whasols may use your User Communications for that purpose. For example, if you contact whasols for technical support, whasols may use your communications to provide technical support to you.
whasols may use Server Information to provide you with technical support services and to maintain, evaluate, improve and provide whasols products and services. whasols may also use such information to investigate unlicensed (and therefore unauthorised) uses of whasols software.
whasols IS A GLOBAL COMPANY AND YOUR PERONAL DATA MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO AND STORED AT OUR OFFICE AND ASSOCIATED DATACENTERS AND BY ACCEPTING OUR TERMS OF SERVICE AND/OR A SOFTWARE EULA, YOU ARE EXPLICITLY CONSENTING TO THIS TRANSFER AND STORAGE TAKING PLACE. WE WILL TAKE ALL STEPS REASONABLY NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IS TREATED SECURELY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
Except as disclosed in this Privacy Policy, whasols does not share your Personal Information with unaffiliated third parties other than as set out in this Privacy Policy. whasols will never disclose your Personal Information to an unaffiliated third party for the purposes of e-mail or other marketing unless whasols first obtain your consent to do so.
whasols cannot be responsible for protecting your Personal Information if you share such information in publicly available sections of the Website such as the user forums or testimonials section. You should use your own judgment in disclosing this information on the Website.
In the event that whasols is purchased by another company, merges with another company or has a substantial portion of its assets purchased by another company, whasols may share your Personal Information with that company. In such an event, whasols will notify you in accordance with the notice provisions of the Terms of Use.
whasols may share your Personal Information with third parties as permitted or required by applicable law, by a court order or by another judicial or governmental request. whasols may also disclose your Personal Information if whasols determine that such disclosure is necessary to protect whasols rights and remedies or is necessary for national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance. Such disclosures could take place in the context of an investigation or to prevent or take action against illegal activity, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of whasols Terms of Service, applicable EULAs or other whasols agreements, or as otherwise required by applicable law. Where this is the case whasols will endeavour to give you notice of such disclosures, to the extent that whasols are lawfully permitted to do so.
whasols may disclose your Personal Information to affiliated third parties that assist whasols in providing maintaining, evaluating, improving and providing the Website, the Services and any other whasols products and services. whasols may disclose your Personal Information to affiliated third parties for the purposes of offering, marketing or advertising whasols products and services to you (such whasols products and services may reference, incorporate or include third-party products and services). In such an event, whasols will take reasonable measures to prevent such affiliated third parties from using your Personal Information for other purposes.
Yes, whasols uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the Website and to improve your overall experience. When you use the Website, certain information may be stored locally on your device using cookies or similar technologies such as objects stored in the device's local storage. A cookie is a small text file used to store limited information about the user of the device. They help whasols to identify how whasols users use the Website, and so that whasols can continue to develop and improve it.
Cookies do this by storing information about your preferences on your device, including the device model, manufacturer, screen resolution, device capabilities, service provider, country and city location data. whasols uses the following types of cookies:
By using the Service, you accept the use of cookies in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
You have the right to choose whether to accept or refuse cookies and similar technologies. You can exercise this choice by not accepting the Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy, however, please note that if you choose to do so, you will not be able to use the Service.
For more information about what cookies are and your rights to control cookies, please visit the third party educational resource www.allaboutcookies.org.
whasols does not use web beacons.
whasols takes reasonable steps to protect any Personal Information whasols collects about you. Additionally, whasols may supply you with tools to evaluate the strength of the password you select for the Website. No security measures are foolproof, and whasols cannot guarantee the security of your information other than to take reasonable steps to protect it. In the event that whasols becomes aware of a security breach, unauthorised disclosure or inadvertent disclosure concerning your information, you agree that whasols may notify you of such an event using the notice provisions of the Terms of Use.
You are responsible for maintaining your account's security (as more specifically explained in the Terms of Service).
Based on what you have told whasols, whasols try to ensure that your contact information and preferences are accurate, complete, and up to date. You have the right to request access to and rectification or erasure of Personal Information or restriction of processing concerning your Personal Information or to object to processing as well as the right to data portability. whasols will comply with erasure requests as long as whasols is not required to retain the Personal Information by law and does not need to retain it for its legitimate business purposes. whasols may decline to process requests that are frivolous/vexatious, jeopardise the privacy of others, are extremely impractical, or for which access is not otherwise required by local law. Access, correction, or deletion requests can be made by emailing privacy@whasols.com.
As a Data Subject you have a number of rights in relation to your Personal Information. These include your rights:
Should you ever wish to exercise one or more of these rights you should contact whasols at privacy@whasols.com.
whasols Website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of whasols partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that whasols do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any Personal Information to these websites.
Please feel free to direct any questions, comments or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy using the contact information listed in the Notices section of the whasols Terms of Use. It is whasols policy to investigate and attempt to resolve all formal written complaints whasols receive concerning this Privacy Policy. whasols will cooperate with appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that cannot be resolved between whasols and an individual.
With effect from 15 June 2022, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enters force. whasols have largely factored GDPR into this Privacy Policy but if you think whasols has failed to do so in any way, please notify whasols at privacy@whasols.com.
Last Updated: 15th June 2018