Privacy Policy

The website located at www.Dsquareddigital.com (“Website”) is operated by D Squared Digital, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Company,” “us,” “we,” and “our”).  We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of dsquareddigital.com visitors and service users.  This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of dsquareddigital.com, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.  AS A CONDITION OF YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THIS WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING PRIVACY POLICY:

Collection and Use of Personal Information

The general categories of personal data that we may process; in the case of personal data that we did not obtain directly from you, the source and specific categories of that data; the purposes for which we may process personal data; and the legal bases of the processing.

We may collect and process data about your use of our website and services (“usage data “). The categories of usage data may include your name, email, job title, IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is our analytics tracking system and user input. This usage data may be processed for the purposes of analysing the use of the website and services. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring and improving our website and services.

We may collect and process your account data (“account data “). The categories of account data may include your name, email address, and company information. The source of the account data is your IP information and/or the information you have submitted to our website. The account data may be processed for the purposes of operating our website, providing our services, ensuring the security of our website and services, maintaining back-ups of our databases and communicating with you. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website and business.

We may collect and process your personal information included in your personal profile on our website (“profile data “). The categories of profile data may include your name, address, telephone number, email address, profile pictures, gender, date of birth, relationship status, interests and hobbies, educational details and employment details. The profile data may be processed for the purposes of enabling and monitoring your use of our website and services. The legal basis for this processing is your consent.

We may collect and process personal information that you post for publication on our website or through our services (“publication data “). The publication data may be processed for the purposes of enabling such publication and administering our website and services. The legal basis for this processing is your consent.

We may collect and process personal information contained in any enquiry you submit to us regarding goods and/or services (“enquiry data “). The enquiry data may be processed for the purposes of offering, marketing and selling relevant goods and/or services to you. The legal basis for this processing is your consent.

We may collect and process personal information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our email notifications and/or newsletters (“notification data “). The notification data may be processed for the purposes of sending you the relevant notifications and/or newsletters. The legal basis for this processing is consent.

We may collect process personal information contained in or relating to any communication that you send to us (“correspondence data “). The correspondence data may include the communication content and metadata associated with the communication. Our website will generate the metadata associated with communications made using the website contact forms. The correspondence data may be processed for the purposes of communicating with you and record-keeping] The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the communications with users or interested parties.

We may collect and process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights, your legal rights and the legal rights of others.

We may collect and process any of your personal data identified in this policy where necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, or obtaining professional advice. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper protection of our business against risks.

In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal, we may also process any of your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

Listed below are the categories of the personal data that we collect: Company Name, Full Name, Email, Phone, Industry Type, and IP Information (IP address, inferred location), on dsquareddigital.com

Personal Data to Others

We may disclose your personal data to any member of our group of companies (this means our affiliates, subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and all its subsidiaries) insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes, and on the legal bases, set out in this policy.

We may disclose your personal data to our insurers and/or professional advisers insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes of obtaining or maintaining insurance coverage, managing risks, obtaining professional advice, or the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.’

California Privacy Rights

Pursuant to California’s “Shine The Light” law (California Statute § 1798.983), California residents are entitled to request, once a year and free of charge, certain information regarding what types of their personal information may be shared with third parties and, in some cases, affiliates, for those third parties’ and affiliates’ own direct marketing purposes. Under the law, a business is to either provide California customers certain information upon request or permit California customers to opt out of this type of sharing.  You may request this information by contacting us at dsquareddigital.com and indicate in the email subject line, “California Shine The Light Request.”  Please include your mailing address, state of residence and email address with your request.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA)

• The CCPA and CPRA provides California residents with five major privacy rights:

1. 1. Right to delete personal information collected from you;

   2. Right to correct inaccurate information they have about you;

   3. Right to request a business to disclose to you: (a) categories and/or specific pieces of personal information they have collected about you; (b) categories of sources for that personal information; (c) purposes for which the business uses that information; (d) categories of third parties with whom the business discloses the information; and (e) categories of information the business sells or discloses to third parties;

   4. Right to opt-out of sale or sharing;

   5. Right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal information.

In addition, California residents can be notified of the types of personal information a business is collecting and what they may do with the information. For more information about your rights, please visit https://cppa.ca.gov/faq.html.

• We are a covered business under the CCPA and CPRA as it collects and process the personal information of California residents. This Privacy Policy provides the required notices to California residents.

• We do not presently sell personal information to third parties for any purpose.

• To make a “request to know” or request to delete your personal information, send us an e-mail at dsquareddigital.com (Please put either “Request to Know” or “Request to Delete” in the subject heading of your email) or by mailing your request to address in the United States:

D Squared Digital
43460 Ridge Park Dr.
Temecula, CA 92590

• We will honor these requests for US individuals whether or not you would qualify as a California consumer under the CCPA and CPRA.

• We will confirm receipt of your request within 14 days along with a description of what steps we will take to verify and respond. We must provide the requested information or delete your personal information within 45 days of receipt of your request but can use an additional 45 days, but we must let you know the additional time is needed.

• When contacting us, we may ask you to provide certain, limited personal information, such as your name, email address and/or username to verify your request and to match with our records and systems. This is to protect against fraud.  We will not retain this personal information or use it for any other purpose.  And we need to search our records and systems only for the preceding 12 months.

Residents of other states may also have similar rights to request information about or delete their personal information.  To inquire about exercising these rights, please contact us at info@dsquareddigital.com.

Your Rights

You may instruct us to:

• delete personal information we hold about you;

• correct inaccurate information we have about you;

• disclose:

• categories and/or specific pieces of personal information they have collected about you;

• categories of sources for that personal information;

• purposes for which the business uses that information;

• categories of third parties with whom the business discloses the information; or

• categories of information the business sells or discloses to third parties;

We may withhold personal data that you request to the extent permitted by law.

You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal data for marketing purposes.

In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes.

Third Party Websites

Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites.  We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.

Personal Data of Children

Our website and services are targeted at persons over the age of 18.  If we have reason to believe that we hold personal data of a person under that age in our databases, please inform us and we will delete that personal data.

Updating Information

Please let us know if the personal data that we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

Acting as a Data Processor

In respect of data controlled and collected by the clients we represent, we do not act as a data controller; instead, we act as a data processor.  Insofar as we act as a data processor rather than a data controller, this policy shall not apply. Our legal obligations as a data processor are instead set out in the contract between us and the relevant data controller.

Amendments

We reserve the right to modify the terms of this privacy policy at any time and in our sole discretion, by publishing a new version on our website. Frequent checks to this page is recommended to ensure you agree with any changes to this policy.  YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE WEBSITE FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE CHANGES. This privacy policy was last updated on December 28, 2023.

Contact Us

This website is owned and operated by D Squared Digital, Inc. We are registered in the United States and our registered office is located at 43460 Ridge Park Dr. Suite 200 Temecula, CA 92590, US

You can contact us:

(a) the postal address given above

(b) using our website contact form

(c)    by email, using info@dsquareddigital.com