This Privacy Policy (the "Policy") explains how information about you, and/or that directly identifies you, or makes you identifiable ("personal information") is collected, used, and disclosed by Seed Co. ("Flou", "Company", "us", or "we") in connection with our website at theflou.com (the "Site") and our online websites, products, services, or applications (including our productivity application services) offered in connection with the Site (together with the Site, the "System"). By visiting the Site, registering for an account on the Site, or using the System in any other way, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to the collection, storage, use, and disclosure of personal information as described in this Policy.
This Policy explains how we use your personal information when we act as a data controller. To the extent that you use our Systems as an individual, we are the controller of your personal information. We are responsible for and control the processing of your personal information.
Wherever our customers use our System to send, manage, or otherwise use content related to third parties (containing personal information in relation to these third parties), we are contractually committed to processing such information only on behalf of and under the instructions of the respective customer, who is the data controller. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such processing, and we recommend you read the respective customer's Privacy Policy if their processing concerns your personal information.
We don’t ask for personal information unless we truly need it. We collect personal information necessary to provide you with a secure, fast, and efficient online contract management platform. To do this, Flou must collect information to identify users and allow our users to identify each other.
We collect personal information in connection with your visits and use of the System. This collection includes information you provide in connection with the System, information from third parties, and information that is collected automatically, such as through the use of cookies and other technologies.
Information You Provide
We collect personal information from you. The categories of information we collect may include:
Registration Information. We collect personal and/or business information you provide when you register on the Site. This information may include your name, email address, and password. Your username, email address, and any optional profile information you choose to associate with your account are referred to in this document as your "Profile Information".System Use Information. After registration, when you upload or transmit files, documents, data, or information as part of your use of the System (collectively, "Your Content"), we collect any personal information you include in Your Content.Payment Information. If you make a purchase or payment on the Site, such as our paid subscription plan, we will use a third-party billing and payment processing company to collect information provided in connection with your purchase or payment, including your credit card number, billing address, and payment-related information. We will share this payment information with the third-party processing company as detailed below in "How We May Disclose Your Information: With Trusted System Providers and Business Partners". We do not store your payment information.Inquiries and Comments. If you contact us, we will collect the information you provide to us, such as your contact information and the content of your communication with us. We collect this information even if you are not registered in the System.Contract Negotiation. If you choose to use our System to invite a third party to the System in order to negotiate a contract, Flou stores the information you provide to send the invitation and to track the success of the invitation system.You are free to choose what personal information you wish to provide us or whether you wish to provide us with personal information at all. However, some information, such as your name, address, payment information, and information about your requested systems, may be necessary for the fulfillment of our contractual obligations.
Your Content
Your use of the System will involve uploading or entering various content into the System, including, but not limited to: contracts, attachments, and conversations (together, the "Content").
We will encrypt and store these documents. You control who you invite to view or sign the Content and how your Content is shared with others through your settings in the System.
The Company may view and use your Content only when necessary, in the Company's reasonable judgment: (i) to maintain, provide, and improve the System; (ii) to provide you with data analysis and related features of the System; (iii) to resolve a support request from you; (iv) if we have a good faith belief, or have received a complaint alleging, that such Content violates our System Terms; (v) to the extent reasonably necessary to allow Flou to comply with or avoid the violation of applicable law or regulation; or (vi) to comply with a valid legal subpoena or request. We may also analyze the Content in aggregate and anonymously, to better understand how our System is used.
Information from Third Parties
We also collect and receive information about you from third parties. For example, when you interact with the System through third-party sites and services, such as when you log in using an account or credentials from a third-party service, share or export Your Content from the System with third-party services, or integrate the System with third-party services (like your email service so emails can be shared with the System), we may receive information from those websites and services. For example, when you log in using an account or credentials from a third-party service, we may receive information such as your name, email address, access tokens, and other information related to your account with the third-party service. When you create, share, or export Your Content from the System with third-party services, we may receive information such as usernames, IP addresses, device identifiers, profile information, contacts, or email addresses. When you integrate the System with third-party services, we may receive information such as usernames, IP addresses, device identifiers, profile information, contacts, or email addresses. We may also receive any other information that a third-party site or service shares with us (or that you choose to allow it to share with us). The data we receive may depend on your privacy settings with the site or service, though we do not control those settings nor promise they will be effective. You should always review and customize your privacy settings with sites and services before using them in connection with the System.
Information from Other Sources
We may obtain information from other sources, such as third-party information providers, or through mergers and acquisitions, and combine this with previously collected information. In these cases, our Privacy Policy governs the handling of the combined personal information.
We use this information to operate, maintain, and provide you with the features and functionalities of the System, as well as to communicate directly with you, such as to send you email messages about products and services that may interest you.
Information Collected Automatically (Cookies and Other Technologies)
We, and our third-party partners, also collect information about you and any computer or device you use to access the System, read our emails, or interact with us in any other way. Some of the information we collect and the ways we collect it include:
Cookies. When you use or visit the System, we may send one or more cookies – small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters – to your computer or device that uniquely identifies your browser, computer, or device. A cookie may also convey to us other information, such as: your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address; unique device identifiers; the configuration and specifications of your browser; and information about how you use the System (e.g., the pages you view, the links you make click, the features and functionalities you use, how often you access the System, and other actions you perform within the System). Cookies also allow us to track your use of the System over time.Log Files. We may record log file information each time you access the System. This information may include information such as: your requests or actions; IP address; browser type; unique device identifiers; information about your computer or device; number of clicks; how you interact with links, features, or functionalities on the System; and other similar information.Web Beacons. We may employ web beacons (also known as clear gifs or pixel tags) that may collect information about you, your computer, or device such as: your requests or actions; IP address; unique device identifiers; browser type; information about your computer or device; how you interact with links, features, or functionalities of the System; cookie information; all of which can show your patterns of use of the System.Mobile Device Information. When you access the System with a mobile device, we may collect and store a unique identifier associated with your device (including, for example, a UDID, Unique Advertiser ID (“IDFA”), Google Ad ID, or Windows Advertising ID), or information about your mobile carrier, device type, model and manufacturer, and mobile device operating system.We also collect information about how you use our System, such as the site you came from and the site you go to when you leave our System, the pages you visit, the links you click, how often you access the System, whether you open emails or click on the links contained in emails, whether you access the System from multiple devices, and other actions you perform on the System. We may collect analytics data or use third-party analytics tools to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the System and understand more about the demographics of our users. We may also work with third-party partners to employ technologies, including the application of statistical modeling tools, which attempt to recognize you across multiple devices.
We use or may use the data collected through tracking technologies to: (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the System; (b) provide personalized content and information, including targeted content and advertising; (c) identify you across multiple devices; (d) provide and monitor the effectiveness of our System; (e) monitor aggregate metrics such as the total number of visitors, traffic, usage, and demographic patterns on our System; (f) diagnose or fix technology problems; and (g) otherwise to plan for and enhance our service.
If you would prefer not to accept cookies, most browsers will allow you to: (i) change your browser settings to notify you when you receive a cookie, which lets you choose whether or not to accept it; (ii) disable existing cookies; or (iii) set your browser to automatically reject cookies. Please note that doing so may negatively impact your experience using the System, as some features and services on our System may not work properly. Depending on your mobile device and operating system, you may not be able to delete or block all cookies. You may also set your e-mail options to prevent the automatic downloading of images that may contain technologies that would allow us to know whether you have accessed our e-mail and performed certain functions with it.
We and our third-party partners may also use cookies and tracking technologies for advertising purposes. For more information about tracking technologies, see “Third-Party Tracking and Online Advertising” below.
We collect, use, process, combine, retain, and store personal information and information we collect or receive for a variety of purposes, including the following:
For our business activities, including operating, monitoring, analyzing, promoting, and improving the System, and providing you with the features and functionalities of the System;To process your payment;To communicate with you and respond to your requests, such as to respond to your questions, contact you about changes to the System, and communicate with you about account-related matters;For marketing and advertising purposes, such as to offer you or provide you with information and updates about our products or services that we believe may interest you. Although we may use your personal information in this way, we do not use or share Your Content for marketing or advertising purposes; unless you have explicitly submitted it for that purpose;For analysis and research purposes;To enforce this Policy, resolve disputes, fulfill our obligations, and enforce our rights, and protect our business interests and the interests and rights of third parties;To comply with contractual and legal obligations and requirements; To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide personal information; andFor any other lawful purpose or any other purpose to which you consent.
We also share, transmit, disclose, grant access, make available, and provide personal information to and with third parties, including:
AS INDICATED BY YOU: To others as directed by you, such as by displaying your Profile Information on your profile page and elsewhere on the System in accordance with the preferences you set in your account. You can review and modify your Profile Information at any time.TO TRUSTED SERVICE PROVIDERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS: To trusted service providers, subcontractors, partners, vendors, consultants, and others who assist us with any of the purposes mentioned above or elsewhere in this Policy, including by performing services on our behalf such as hosting our Systems, sending postal or email updates, identifying and serving targeted advertising, processing payments, providing back-office services, or measuring site traffic. These providers include Amazon Web Services, Zuora, Mandrill. They are required to have a privacy policy and security standards that are at least as protective of your information as is this Privacy Policy. We may also store personal information in locations outside the direct control of the Company (for example, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers).TO RELATED COMPANIES: To our affiliates, parent companies, subsidiaries, and other related companies, all for the purposes mentioned above or in this Policy.TO AUTHORITIES OR TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS: To third parties to respond or comply, in our sole discretion, with a court order, subpoena, law enforcement or other governmental request (with or without notice to you, at our discretion) under applicable law.IN CONNECTION WITH A SALE OR CHANGE OF CONTROL: To buyers, successors, or others in connection with 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 information held by us about our assets may be among the transferred assets.WITH YOUR CONSENT: To other third parties with your consent; andThird parties, in our discretion, to: (i) comply with any applicable law or regulation, (ii) enforce this Policy, including the investigation of potential violations hereof, (iii) investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, or (iv) protect against harm to the rights, property, or safety of us, the System, other users of the System, or the public (including financial loss, or in connection with preventing fraud or illegal activity, and/or enforcing our System Terms).
IN AN AGGREGATED AND NON-PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE MANNER: We may also aggregate or de-identify personal information and then share that aggregated or anonymized information with third parties.
In the European Union ("EU"), the purposes for which we process your personal data are:
the provision of personal data by you may be necessary for the performance of any contractual relationship we have with you; when necessary to comply with our legal obligations under EU law; where it is in our legitimate interests (as long as these are not overridden by your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms, this includes our own legitimate interests and those of other entities and branches in our group of companies) such as:to contact you and respond to your requests and inquiries; for business administration, including statistical analysis; to provide you with the System; for the prevention and detection of fraud; and to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or codes of practice.We may also process your personal data based on your freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent. You should be aware that under EU Data Protection Law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time when given, although if you do so and we do not have an alternative legal basis for processing your personal data, this may affect our ability to provide you rights to use the System.
We allow third parties to collect information about you, your computer, or device when you visit or use the System, open emails, and interact with us. The information collected and the manner in which it is collected may include the information and methods described in the "Information We Collect and How We Collect It" section above. These third-party online advertising networks, social media companies, and other third-party services collect information about your use of our website over time so that they may play or display ads on our System, on other devices you may use, and on other websites, apps, or services. Typically, though not always, the information we share is provided through cookies or similar tracking technologies, which recognize the device you are using and collect information, including hashed data, clickstream information, browser type, time and date you visited the site, and other information. This information is used to make the ads you see online more relevant to your interests, as well as to provide advertising-related services such as reporting, attribution, analytics, and market research.
Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to recognize you and link the devices you use when you visit our site or System on your browser or mobile device, log in to your account on our System, or otherwise engage with us. We share a unique identifier, like a user ID or hashed email address, with Google to facilitate the service. Google Analytics allows us to better understand how our users interact with our System and tailor our ads and content to you. For information on how Google Analytics collects and processes data, as well as how you can control information sent to Google, review Google's site “How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps” located at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You can learn about Google Analytics' currently available opt-outs, including the Google Analytics Browser Add-On here https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
We may also use certain forms of display advertising and other advanced features through Google Universal Analytics, such as Remarking with Google Analytics, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, DoubleClick Campaign Manager integration, and Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting. These features enable us to use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick advertising cookie) or other third-party cookies together to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your past visits to the System. You can control your advertising preferences or opt-out of certain Google advertising products by visiting the Google Ads Preferences Manager, currently available at https://google.com/ads/preferences or by visiting the web resources of NAI at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices.
For information on the choices you may have concerning the collection and use of the information described in this section, see the "Your Choices" section below.
If you have registered for an account in the System, you can change your registration information by using your profile settings. If there is personal information in Your Content, you can use the features and functionalities of the System to edit or delete the personal information or Your Content.
Not all personal information is kept in a format that you can access or change. If you wish to request access, or correction or deletion of personal information, you can send your request to us at Seed Co., 410 SE 16th Court #531 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316 or by sending an email to info@theflou.com. We will review your request and may ask you to provide additional information to identify you, but we do not promise that we will be able to satisfy your request.
If you are a resident in the European Union, you have the following rights concerning your personal information that we hold:
Right to object. You have the right to object to any processing based on our legitimate interests when there are reasons related to your particular situation. You can object to marketing activities for any reason.Right of access. The right to obtain access to your personal information.Right to rectification. The right to obtain rectification of your personal information without undue delay when that personal information is inaccurate or incomplete.Right to erasure. The right to obtain the deletion of your personal information without undue delay in certain circumstances, such as when the personal information is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or processed.Right to restriction. The right to obtain restriction of the processing we perform on your personal information in certain circumstances, such as when the accuracy of the personal information is contested by you, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of that personal information.Right to portability. The right to portability allows you to move, copy, or transfer personal information easily from one organization to another.If you wish to exercise one of these rights, contact us using the contact details at the end of this Policy. In addition to the rights listed above, as an EU resident, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. You can find more information on how to contact your local data protection authority at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. These choices include the following:
Marketing Emails. We may send you marketing emails from time to time. If you do not wish to receive them, you can opt-out by following the unsubscribe instructions in the emails, or by contacting us at info@theflou.com. We will work to process your request within ten (10) business days. If you opt-out, we will still send you service-related emails, such as communications about your account or subscription, and responses to your inquiries.Online Advertising. As described above in this Policy, we collect, share, and may allow third parties to collect information about your use of our System over time using cookies and other technologies, including so they may play or display ads that may be relevant to your interests on our System, as well as on other websites or apps, including Facebook. Typically, though not always, the information we share is provided through cookies or similar tracking technologies, which recognize the device you are using and collect information, including hashed data, clickstream information, browser type, time and date you visited the site, and other information. This information is used to make the ads you see online more relevant to your interests, as well as to provide advertising-related services such as reporting, attribution, analytics, and market research. You may be able to "opt-out" of the collection of some of this information by actively managing the settings on your browser or mobile device, but we do not promise that such settings will be effective. See the technical information for your browser or mobile device for information on the settings offered for cookies or other tracking technologies. For more information on cookies, you may want to visit https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0042-cookies-leaving-trail-web, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) Consumer Choice pages at http://www.aboutads.info/choices and http://www.aboutads.info/choices-mobile (for mobile devices), and the National Advertising Initiative’s (NAI) Consumer Opt-Out page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/; the DAA and NAI pages may allow you to opt-out of the collection and tracking of data related to online advertising, but we do not promise that those controls will be effective. You may also opt-out of some, but not all, interest-based ads served by mobile ad networks by visiting http://youradchoices.com/appchoices and downloading the mobile AppChoices app. You may also manage certain advertising cookies by visiting the EU-based Your Online Choices at www.youronlinechoices.eu. If you have any questions about how to opt-out of the collection of cookies and other tracking/recording tools, you can contact us directly at info@theflou.com.
Although we want to respect your privacy as described in this Policy, unfortunately, the System does not monitor or behave differently if your computer or browser transmits a "do not track" or similar message to us or the System.
We take the security of your personal information seriously. We take commercially reasonable measures to help protect personal information we collect against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration; and these measures include, without limitation, firewalls, encryption techniques, and authentication procedures. The System has been designed to, among other things, meet the privacy data laws of the U.S., such as the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Subscriber Information as set forth in Section 501(b) of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and the data protection law requirements of the European Union. Despite these measures, we do not guarantee that personal information will be completely protected. For example, the transmission of information over the internet is not completely secure. Any transmission of personal information by you is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained in the System, including the unlawful acts of third parties (such as criminal hacking). If you have any questions about security on our System, contact us at info@theflou.com.
The security of your information also depends on you. For example, it is important to keep your password for your System account confidential. We also recommend that you log out of the System when you have finished using it. If you believe that your account credentials for the System have been compromised, contact us immediately at info@theflou.com.
Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which the Company or its subsidiaries, affiliates, or service providers have facilities. If you are located in the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that we may transfer information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not offer the same level of protection for your personal information as the jurisdiction in which you typically reside.
The initial transfer of your personal information to us is necessary for the performance of our contract with you. For any subsequent transfer of your personal information, we will establish safeguards to ensure adequate measures. If we transfer information from the European Union to third parties outside of the European Union and to countries not subject to schemes deemed to provide an adequate standard of data protection, we will enter into contracts based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses with those parties.
We tend to retain personal information for as long as necessary for the business purposes for which we have collected the information, or as required to operate the System, fulfill your requests, or comply with applicable law. We have a maximum retention for our data purge of six (6) months; at that time, we purge the data. We store anonymized data for analytical purposes indefinitely. National commercial or financial codes may require us to retain certain information for up to ten (10) years.
If you decide to terminate your use of the System, we will provide you with a copy of your data upon request within thirty (30) days of termination in a format of our choice.
The System is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 and believe that your child may have provided us with personal information, contact us at info@theflou.com, and we will make commercially reasonable efforts to delete that information.
The System may provide links to third-party websites and online services. This Policy does not describe the privacy practices of those websites or services. Review the privacy policies of those websites or services before providing them with personal information.
We may modify this Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the beginning of the Policy. Your continued use of the System after an updated Policy is posted constitutes your consent to the revised Policy.
If you have questions related to this Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at info@theflou.com or Seed Co., 410 SE 16th Court #531 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316.