Overview

Consultida.com is firmly committed to the privacy of its users. Consultida.com works hard to earn and keep your trust, so it adheres to the following principles to protect your privacy.

This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third party and any third party operating any site to which our websites contain a link. By downloading, accessing or using our websites or content, or using a Consultida.com application (“Application”) on a mobile phone, tablet or similar device (“Device”), or providing information to us in connection with our websites, mobile applications or other sites or services, registered user acknowledge that registered user have read and understood the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.

If a registered user provides personal data directly to our affiliates, distributors or suppliers, the terms of their respective privacy policies will apply to such disclosures. Registered users should carefully review the privacy policies of the affiliate partner, distributor or supplier prior to providing personal data to such third parties.

Information Collection

Consultida.com is an online marketplace that connects businesses with Consultants. When you visit Consultida.com you provide two types of information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected by Consultida.com and website use information collected by Consultida.com as you interact with the Consultida.com website (the "Website").

When you register with Consultida.com as a Consultant or as a Client, you provide certain personal information, including, your name, your email address and your address. Additionally, when you establish your profile as a Consultant you will provide information relating to your skills, experience, education level, compensation, work availability, geographic region and self-evaluation. Such information does not identify the specificity of the individual user. 

When you enter the Website, Consultida.com collects your IP address. This information is gathered for all Consultida.com visitors. In addition, Consultida.com stores certain information from your browser using "cookies." A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. Consultida.com uses session ID cookies to confirm that users are logged in. These cookies terminate once the user closes the browser. By default, Consultida.com uses a persistent cookie that stores your login ID (but not your password) to make it easier for you to login when you return to the Website. Consultida.com users must have cookies enabled on their browser. Note: Cookie preferences are set within each browser's Internet options/preferences.

We notify users about our use of cookies when users first visit our Website through a notification at the bottom of the page. By continuing to use the site, users consent to our use of cookies. In case the user does not agree to our use of cookies, the user must stop using the Website.

So, as well as setting some cookies ourselves (“first party cookies”), we also allow some advertisers who display advertisements on our site to set cookies, known as “third party cookies”. These cookies record information about registered user’s use of advertisements. This helps advertisers to show registered user advertisements that are more likely to interest registered users, limit the number of times a registered user may see an advertisement, and also help to improve registered user’s online experience.

If you post the information on a public message board or the forum you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you choose to provide there can be read, collected, or used by other users of these forums and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. Consultida.com is not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these forums.

Information Use

Consultida.com will not share your contact information with other users or third parties except in connection with possible Client Consultant relationships and with your consent. All Registered Consultida.com users click the "I AGREE" checkbox on the registration form to agree to the Consultida.com Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. Accordingly, all registered users agree that certain profile information is accessible to other registered users.

Consultida.com records IP addresses for system administration purposes. This information is used to diagnose server problems, monitor traffic patterns, analyze trends, administer the Website, track user patterns, and identify the most popular areas of the Website to deliver content most relevant to registered users. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information and are only used to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use, except in the case of fraud.

Consultida.com reserves the right to share aggregated demographic information with its partners and/or advertisers, such information will not be linked to personal information that identifies registered users, except in the case of fraud.

We will only use registered user’s personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use registered user’s personal data in the following circumstances:

• Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with a registered user.
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and registered user’s interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
• With registered user’s consent.
• Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

Registered user’s rights

We want you to be in control of your information, so we have provided you with the following tools:

Edit information in your profile at any time.

Updating your information. If you believe that the information we hold about you is inaccurate or that we are no longer entitled to use it and want to request its rectification, deletion or object to its processing, please contact our support.

We want you to be aware of your privacy rights.

In accordance with applicable law, registered user may have the following rights with regard to registered user’s personal data:

1.      The right to request access to registered user’s personal data. This enables registered users to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about registered users and to check that we are lawfully processing it.  

Reviewing your information. Applicable privacy laws may give you the right to review the personal information we keep about you (depending on the jurisdiction, this may be called right of access, right of portability or variations of those terms). You can request a copy of your personal information by putting in such a request to our support team.

2.     The right to request to correct registered user’s data if they are inaccurate. Registered users may also supplement any incomplete data we have, taking into account the purposes of the processing.

 

3.     The right to request deletion of registered user’s personal data if:

•  registered user’s personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which we collected or processed them; or
• registered user withdraws registered user’s consent if the processing of registered user’s personal data is based on consent and no other legal ground exists; or
• registered user objects to the processing of registered user’s personal data and we do not have an overriding legitimate ground for processing; or
• registered user’s personal data is unlawfully processed; or
• a registered user’s personal data has to be deleted for compliance with a legal obligation.

Delete your account at any time. When you close your account, we deactivate it, remove your activities from Consultida.com and delete your account data. However, certain information will continue to reside with Consultida.com even if you close your account as they may be used to support agreements between users, document financial transactions, and in providing protection to other legitimate users of the marketplace. In the case of non-personal data that can be linked with personal data, it will either be erased or otherwise anonymized from the personal data. In addition, we typically will not remove information you posted publicly through or on Consultida.com. Neither you nor Consultida.com can delete all copies of information that has been previously shared with others on the platform.

Also, if you delete your account on Consultida.com, any associated social data, if present, is also erased. Registered users can, however, open a new account at any time.

If Consultida.com initiates a permanent deletion of your account, any associated social data to the account is erased.

4.     The right to object to the processing of registered user’s personal data. We will comply with registered user’s requests, unless we have a compelling overriding legitimate interest for processing or we need to continue processing registered user’s personal data to establish, exercise or defend a legal claim.

 

5.     The right to restrict the processing of personal data, if:

• the accuracy of registered user’s personal data is contested by registered user, for the period in which we have to verify the accuracy of the personal data; or
• the processing is unlawful and registered user oppose the deletion of registered user’s personal data and requests restriction; or
• we no longer need registered user’s personal data for the purposes of processing, but registered user’s personal data is required by registered user for legal claims; or
• a registered user has objected to the processing, for the period in which we have to verify overriding legitimate grounds.

 

6. The right to data portability. Registered users may request us to receive the personal data that concern registered users. Registered users may also request us to send this personal data to a third party, where feasible. Registered users only have this right if it regards personal data registered users have provided to us, the processing is based on consent or necessary for the performance of a contract between registered user and us, and the processing is done by automated means.

Registered users may change allowed marketing preferences at any time.

We may offer registered users the option to save information related to method and choice of payment on our websites. If a registered user saves such payment details, the registered user will be able to add, delete, or modify that information at any time in the registered user’s account settings.

Registered users can exercise registered user’s rights by filing a request by contacting us via email (hello@consultida.com). Where such rights exist, we will respond to registered user’s requests within one month, but have the right to extend this period by three months.

Registered users will not have to pay a fee to access registered user’s personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if the registered user’s request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive.

We may need to request specific information from registered users to help us confirm registered user’s identity and ensure registered user’s right to access registered user’s personal data (or to exercise any of registered user’s other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact registered users to ask registered users for further information in relation to registered user’s requests to speed up our response.

We store data for as long as it is necessary to provide products and services to you and others, including those described above. Information associated with your account will be kept until your account is deleted, unless we no longer need the data to provide products and services. 

With whom we share registered user’s personal data

We may store the contributions and submissions registered user makes to Website, including but not limited to registered user’s reviews, photos, public profile and ratings (registered user’s “Content”), publicly display registered user’s Content on our websites and Applications and those of our affiliate partners and distributors, display it to other users, share it with our affiliate partners and distributors, and use it for promotional purposes. Note, that if a registered user includes personal data in registered user’s Content, it can be used and viewed by others. We are not responsible for the information-registered users choose to include in registered user’s Content.

Consultida.com may share registered user’s personal data with other parties, including other group companies and third parties, such as service providers who work on behalf of us. If we sell or divest our business or any part of it, and registered user’s personal data relates to such sold or divested part of our business, or if we merge with another business, we will share registered user’s personal data with the new owner of the business or our merger partner, respectively. If we are legally obliged to do so, we will share personal data to protect our registered users, the site, as well as our company and our rights and property.

• Service Providers. Some of the personal data we collect is shared with our service providers who are directly involved in fulfilling the purchases registered users have made from us. We only provide our service providers with the necessary information. We recommend that registered users review the service provider’s privacy policy to determine how such service provider may use or disclose registered user’s personal data.
• Third Party Vendors. We also share registered user’s personal data with third party vendors who provide services or functions on our behalf, including business analytics, payment processing, registered user service, marketing, public relations, distribution of surveys or sweepstakes programs, and fraud prevention. We may also authorize third-party vendors to collect personal data on our behalf, including, for example, as necessary to operate features of our websites or Applications or to facilitate the delivery of online advertising tailored to registered user’s interests. Third-party vendors have access to and may collect personal data only as needed to perform their functions and are not permitted to share or use the personal data for any other purpose. We currently contract with several third-party online partners to help manage and optimize our internet business and communications. We use the services of third-party marketing companies to help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising and how visitors use our website.
• Referring Websites. If a registered user were referred to Consultida.com from another website, we may share registered user’s registration information, such as registered user’s name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, about the registered user with that referring website. We have not placed limitations on the referring websites’ use of personal data and we encourage registered users to review the privacy policies of any website that referred registered users to Consultida.com.

We may also share or disclose personal data if we believe, at our sole discretion, this to be necessary:

• to comply with legitimate and enforceable subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases we reserve the right to raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us;
• to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal or suspected illegal activities; to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of Consultida.com, our users, or others; and in connection with our Terms or other agreements, including with our partners or suppliers;
• following a corporate transaction, such as divestiture, merger, acquisition, consolidation or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy;
• with law enforcement agencies and other governmental bodies (if we are legally obliged to do so).

We also may share aggregate or anonymous information with third parties, including advertisers and investors. This information does not contain any personal data and is used to develop content and services we hope registered users will find of interest. 

Google Analytics & Facebook Pixel

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics tracking to review visitor website activities, including: page views, source and time spent on our website. The collected information is depersonalized and is displayed as numbers, meaning it cannot be tracked back to individuals. This will help to protect your privacy. Using Google Analytics, we learn how to give a better visitor experience.

Facebook Pixel;

Remarketing With Google Analytics: We use the Google Analytics remarketing code to log when visitors view specific web pages. This allows us to provide targeted advertising in the future.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may show Consultida.com's ads across the internet.

Consultida.com and third-party vendors, including Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on a user's past visits to Consultida.com.

 Marketing

We may send to registered user marketing emails with information about Consultida.com deals, offers, competitions, and other special promotions that we believe that registered users will find valuable, interesting or informative.

Registered users will receive marketing messages from us if the registered user has given the registered user’s consent, if the registered user has requested them, or if the registered user purchased services from us and the registered user had not opted out of receiving marketing messages.

If a registered user is no longer interested in receiving future email marketing communications from Consultida.com, registered users have several choices for opting out of future mailings, registered users may unsubscribe at any time by following the directions and link included in each email marketing message we send.

Even if a registered user opts out of receiving future marketing communications from Consultida.com, we will continue to send to registered user emails regarding administrative and service-related information such as changes to our terms, conditions and policies. We reserve the right to send registered users other communications, including service announcements, administrative messages, and surveys relating either to the registered user’s account.

Links

The Website contains links to other websites and is not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites. Consultida.com encourages its users to read the privacy policies of all websites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by Consultida.com.

Security

Consultida.com takes industry standard protocols and technology to protect registered user information. All transactions performed through Consultida.com are conducted in a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) session. The Secure Socket Layer encrypts all transaction data for transmittal in a format that prevents data theft. This process protects all private information from being disclosed to third parties. 

However, no data transmission over the internet or data storage environment can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot give an absolute assurance that the personal data registered to us will be secure at all times. 

In addition, at Consultida.com we seek to maintain the integrity and security of registered user’s personal data. We have implemented and maintained appropriate physical, administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect the personal data registered user provides us against unauthorized or unlawful access, use of disclosure, and against accidental loss, damage, alteration or destruction.

Mandatory Communications

At times, Consultida.com sends service announcements to its registered Clients and Consultants. Registered Users cannot unsubscribe from service announcements that discuss upcoming changes that affect their Consultida.com accounts. In addition, we communicate with registered users via personal emails to provide requested services.

Notification of Changes

Consultida.com reserves the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently.

Consultida.com reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy by posting the changes on its Website. Any revisions will take effect upon posting. We encourage registered users to check this Privacy Policy from time to time to review the most current version as it may be updated from time to time. When we make material changes to these Terms, we will post the revised Terms on the Website and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of these Terms. Your continued access to or use of the Website  will constitute acceptance of the revised Terms.

Disclaimers

Social Login Disclaimer

Social Logins allow for single sign-up using existing information from social networking sites. Consultida.com is approved by Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn for Social Login through making our Privacy Policy publicly available and easily accessible. Our Privacy Policy also gives our users the scope of the data collected and use of that data collected on Consultida.com.

By logging in through Google OAuth Login we may accept in the future, you consent to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service as well as the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service of Google OAuth. Please review the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for the Social Login you may be using to determine the collection and usage of data per the previously mentioned Social Login services you may be using.