Privacy Policy



SHAARE SERVICES PRIVACY POLICY

We are Shaare Technologies LLC, an Information Technology and Communications Company. At Shaare, we develop a range of technology solutions including desk-top and mobile applications for use in the social media, business to customer (B2C) and business to business (B2B) marketplace. Our Privacy Policy adheres to the Data Privacy Framework Principles and is intended to inform you about how we collect, use and store your Personal Information, Business Information and/or Human Resource Data on our Shaare platform, also called Share Services. Whether you are an end user, business owner, or business organization, by using any of our technology products and services, which we call Shaare Services, you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, as applicable.

Information Collection and Use

General User Account Information:

All users of Shaare Services must create an account in order to access or use our Services except where a user may use our services as an anonymous as detailed in our Terms of Use. To create an account, you may be required to provide us with some personal and/or business information, such as:

  • Your name
  • Birth date
  • Country
  • Email address
  • Business email
  • Phone number
  • Password
  • Emergency contact (for some services as applicable)
  • Health information (for some services as applicable)
  • Currency (for some services as applicable)
  • Billing information (like billing name, billing address, credit card number (for some services)
  • Personal photo (optional for all users)

A user can create and manage multiple accounts on our Shaare Services

Purpose for General User Account Information:

The purpose for General User Account Information is:

  • For you to use our Services
  • To confirm and verify your user identity
  • To communicate with you where necessary as mentioned in our Contact Information Section
  • For analysis and improvement of our services
  • To provide you with advertising and suggestions about businesses, business representatives and business products and services relevant to your interests.

Business Account Information:

Any user of our Services can register a business which would be identified on our Services by a business name. To register a business, you are first required to register as a general user and to provide us with the user information as mentioned in the General User Account Information Section. Secondly, you are required to provide us with some information about your business, such as

  • Business name,
  • Business logo (optional for all businesses)
  • Business address
  • Business email addresses
  • Business phone number
  • Website address
  • General information about the nature of your business.

A user's or business' credit card details is necessary only for optional public business verification accounts as mentioned in our User and Business Verification Accounts Section and/or to pay for products and services offered by Shaare Services.

Purpose for Business Account Information:

The purpose for Business User Account Information is:

  • For you to use our Services as a business
  • To confirm and verify your business identity and the legitimacy of your business
  • For other users and businesses to identify and communicate with your business on our Services
  • To communicate with you where necessary as mentioned in our Contact Information Section
  • For analysis and improvement of our services
  • To provide you with marketing and advertising opportunities relevant to the nature of your business

Contact Information:

Contact information from all users including information from businesses and individual business owners, such as your email address or phone number, may be used to customize your account or enable account features, for example, for login. We may use all your contact information to send you information about our Services, to market to you, to help prevent spam, fraud, or abuse. With your consent only, (see User Privacy Settings and Information) we may also use your contact information to help others find your account, including through third party services and client applications.

Public and Private Information Sharing and Controls

Private Information and Communication:

Private Information on Shaare Services include information that users and businesses do not want to make public. Private information may include a user's or business' contact information hidden by User Privacy Settings and information shared between users and businesses. Shaare Services are not responsible for the private information and communication shared between users and businesses and therefore all private information and communication shared on Shaare Services are not covered by this Privacy Policy. Shaare Services will not make Private Information public and will not share Private Information with third parties.

User Privacy Settings and Personal Information:

Users and businesses can use Shaare Services User Privacy Settings to limit the use and disclosure of their personal and business information and by keeping them private. Privacy Settings are available on a User's or Business' Profile. The Privacy Settings allow users and businesses to limit disclosure or fully hide personal and business information.

Verified User and Business Accounts:

Users and businesses have the option to verify their identity status on Shaare Services. Verified Users and Businesses display an official Verified badge to show that their registration on Shaare Services was done by a verifiable person. User and Business Verification Statuses are certified by an authorized Credit or Debit Card Payment.

Information from Users

Links:

Shaare Services provide user and businesses with the option to post links to third party websites and apps. Shaare Services have no control over the content users and businesses share or receive from links posted by third parties and therefore such third party sites are not covered by this Privacy Policy

Information from Devices:

Shaare Services may collect and use information from your computer and mobile devices for you to our Services and for us to provide you with a personalized user experience. The information we may collect and/or use include:

  • Device hardware details and software operating system
  • Network and connections IP address
  • Device camera
  • Device microphone
  • Selected images and videos uploaded to our Services from your device
  • User's contacts stored on the device
  • Cookie ID data stored on your device (see Cookies And Other Tracking Technology)

Cookies and Other Tracking Technology:

A cookie is a small data file that is transferred to your computer or mobile device. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. We assign a different cookie to each device that use Shaare Services. We use cookies and other similar technologies, for our Services to work on your device and to help provide you with a better, faster, safer and more personalized experience. These technologies help us to ensure and protect your authentication and security.

Advertising:

Shaare Services support advertising. We try to make advertising relevant to our users and to achieve this objective we may use the information described in this Privacy Policy. We do not share your personal information with any of our advertisers.

Sharing and Disclosing Information

Sharing Personal Information with Third Parties:

Shaare Services presently works with Third Party data processing service providers for the delivery of our Services to you. We only use Third Parties that are compliant with international data protection standards and contractual obligations prohibits them from using and sharing our users' personal information and data. In accordance with the Principles of Data Privacy Framework, Shaare Services is liable for the misuse of personal information and data by our Third Party Service Providers, unless Shaare Services was not responsible for the circumstances that caused the damage. Shaare Services and our third party service providers may be required to share your personal information to conform to legal requirements or to respond to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements to prevent, investigate, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Service or any other agreement related to the Shaare Services, or as otherwise required by law. Personal Information may also be shared with a company that acquires our business, whether through merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, re-organization, or other similar transaction or proceeding. If this happens, we will post a notice on our home page. Shaare Services will at all times request your permission or inform you by email, when sharing your Personal Information with third parties for purposes mentioned in this Part.

Sharing Restrictions:

Shaare Services will never share, disclose, sell, rent, or otherwise provide Personal Information to other parties, for purposes not mentioned in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Personal Information Security

Personal Information after Your Termination of Shaare Account:

Shaare Services immediately and permanently deletes your information when you delete your account from our Services. Information you shared with or received from users and businesses on Shaare Services' Digital Business Messaging and Correspondence Sharing Platform would be remain on Shaare Services and be available to only the users and businesses with whom you corresponded. You can request information of all your activities on Shaare Services during the account termination process. This information would be emailed to the email address associated with your account with three months following the termination of your account. Our Services may in some instances continue to store archived copies of your Personal Information for legitimate business purposes and to comply with the law. Where information about your account is being stored on our Services after you delete your account you will be notified by email.

Personal Information Security:

Shaare Services use industry standards, unique innovative security management systems and international data security regulatory standards to safeguard all information stored with us including the handling of credit card information. Our data storage and processing facilities and systems are audited by third parties to ensure we meet regulatory compliance with data protection laws. Shaare Services has a Data Protection Officer who is mainly responsible for data security, international data security regulatory compliance and managing our Data Security Breach Incident Response Plan.

Managing Your Personal Information

Managing Your Personal Information:

As a registered user of Shaare Technologies Services you retain all rights to your Personal Information and can access it anytime. Shaare Services also provides you with tools and account settings to access, correct, delete, or modify the personal information you provided to us and associated with your account. You can update many types of Personal Information, such as payment or contact information, directly within your account settings. If you are unable to change your Personal Information within your account settings, please contact us to make the required changes. It's important to remember that if you delete or limit the use of your Personal Information, the Services may not function properly

Our Global Responsibility For Personal Data Security

Worldwide Operations and Personal Information Protection:

Shaare Services are owned and managed by Shaare Technologies LLC, a US based company. But we provide services to users and businesses all over the world. We are subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Shaare Technologies LLC complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles, UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles, and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union to the United States. Shaare Technologies LLC has certified to the Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Data Privacy Framework Principles. If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the Data Privacy Framework Principles, the Data Privacy Framework Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Data Privacy Program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/

In compliance with the Data Privacy Framework Principles Shaare Technologies LLC commits to resolve complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. In compliance with the DPF and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles, Shaare Technologies LLC commits to cooperate and comply with the advice of the panel established by the EU data protection authorities (DPAs) and the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) with regard to unresolved complaints concerning our handling of personal data received in reliance on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles. EU, UK and Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our Data Privacy Framework policy should first contact us at support@shaare.biz. Shaare Technologies LLC acknowledges the possibility, under certain conditions, for the individuals and businesses to invoke binding arbitration.

Shaare Technologies LLC complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Shaare Technologies LLC has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union and the United Kingdom in reliance on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles and the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles. Shaare Technologies LLC has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles. If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles, the Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) Program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/

Changes to Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Revisions and Changes:

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to implement changes to our privacy practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory purposes. If we modify this Privacy Policy, we will inform you of such changes by posting the revised policy on Shaare Services, and where this Policy is posted when using our other product and services. By continuing to access or use Shaare Services, you agree to abide by the revised policy.

Last Updated: August 16, 2024