Compress Buddy Privacy Policy

as of January 18, 2024

Privacy and security are of utmost importance to Compress Buddy and we strive to ensure that our technical and organizational measures that are in place respect your data protection rights.

This Privacy Policy describes how we manage, process, and store personal data submitted in the context of providing our services. “Personal data” refers to any information relating to an identifiable individual or his or her personal identity.

Consent

In subscribing to our services or filling in a contact form on our website (compressbuddy.com) or other sites owned by Go Ideal Software LLC, you agree and accept that we may gather, process, store and/or use the personal data submitted in accordance with the rules set forth below.

By giving your consent to us, you also retain the right to have your personal data rectified, to be forgotten, and/or to be erased.

Personal Data Collected

1. Identity and contact details of the data processor

Personal data is collected on our website by Go Ideal Software LLC, a company under registration under the laws of the state of Michigan.

2. Data collected on the add-on and the site

When you use our services, the following data is collected and managed: Nothing!

3. Data collected for each website

With each website, only a subset of information is stored in our secure servers. Such information is called metadata and contains the following:

  • N/A

This is the exhaustive list of information that is saved for each website. As seen above, we do not save any personal data, nor do we have access to any of it.

4. Purposes of processing and legal basis

The principal purpose of collecting your personal data is to offer you a safe, optimum, efficient, and personalized emailing experience. To this end, you agree and accept that we may use your personal data to:

  • provide our services and facilitate performance, including verifications relating to you.
  • resolve any problems so as to improve the use of our site and services.
  • personalize, assess, and improve our services, content, and materials.
  • analyze the volume and history of your use of our services.
  • prevent, detect, and investigate any activities that are potentially prohibited, unlawful or contrary to good practice and ensure compliance with our terms of use and sending policy.
  • comply with legal and regulatory obligations.

We use the personal data submitted to us only in accordance with the applicable data protection legislation.

For our clients who have signed up on our website, we process your personal data for the performance of the contract between us to provide our services.

For our newsletter, use case studies and marketing material sign ups, we process your personal data based on the express consent you provide for this specific purpose.

Compress Buddy does not sell or rent your personal data to third parties for marketing purposes whatsoever.

In addition, Compress Buddy does not disclose your personal data to third parties, except if: (1) you (or your account administrator acting on your behalf) requests or authorizes disclosure thereof; (2) the disclosure is required to process transactions or supply services which you have requested (i.e. to check you are employing best practice in your mailings or for the purposes of processing an acquisition card with credit-card issuing companies); (3) Compress Buddy is compelled to do so by a government authority or a regulatory body, in the case of a court order, a summons to appear in court or any other similar requisition from a government or the judiciary, or to establish or defend a legal application; or, (4) the third party is a subcontractor or sub-processor of Compress Buddy in the carrying out of services (for example: Compress Buddy uses the services of an Internet provider or a telecommunications company).

5. Cookies/Tracking

As a general rule, Compress Buddy uses cookies and tracking to improve and personalize its Website and/or measure its audience. Cookies are files saved on your computer's hard drive when browsing on the Internet and in particular on our site. A cookie is not used to gather your personal data without your knowledge but instead to record information on site browsing which can be read directly by Compress Buddy on your subsequent visits and searches on the site.

Compress Buddy also uses analytics and tracking tools to measure website and digital data to gain customer insights, to carry out analyses on browsing experience so as to improve content.

Third Party Data

In the context of using our services, namely bulk image compression, Compress Buddy runs entirely in your browser and therefore does not have access to your images.

Google Disclosure

Compress Buddy's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Privacy Policy Changes

Compress Buddy reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time, in particular, pursuant to any changes made to the laws and regulations in force. Any modifications made will be notified to you via our Website or by email, to the extent possible, thirty (30) days at least before any changes come into force. We would recommend that you check these rules from time to time to stay informed of our procedures and rules relating to your personal information.