Effective: April 07, 2020
By accessing/using the website located at www.worqleus.com including its sub-domains or mobile-optimized version, if any, (the “Website,” “Platform” or the “Service”), you consent to the information collection, disclosure and use practices described in this Privacy Policy. The Website is owned and maintained by Worqleus Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).
The Website is freelance service providing platform based in Toronto, On, Canada which connects Freelance Service Providers (“Freelancers”) and users who register themselves as clients (“Clients”) (both “Freelancers” and “Clients” are hereinafter collectively referred to as “You”, “Your”, or “Users”). The Website offers an online freelance platform including an escrow payment facility to Users to ensure seamless communication and service delivery between the Freelancers and Clients as set out Terms of Service for Freelance Service Providers and Terms of Service for Clients respectively (hereinafter referred to as “Services”).
For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other data protection laws applicable in the Member states of the European Economic Area is:
Name: Stacy Hammond
Phone: +1 (437) 771-9677
Email: info@worqleus.com
Website: www.worqleus.com
INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE US VOLUNTARILY
There is some personal information that you voluntarily provide us when you use the Website. Some of the voluntarily submitted information is mandatory, and the rest is optional. Mandatory information is required for us to deliver our service to you. We will clearly inform you which elements of personal information are mandatory, and which are optional.
You currently provide us with personal information when you:
When you sign up to create an account on the Website, we request you to provide your full name, your email address, and other similar mandatory information.
This information is used to:
Our lawful basis for processing this personal information is the performance of our contract with you.
When you post a Service Request on the Website, we receive the content of your Service Request. We use this information to notify Freelancers in your local area that match your service category and sub-category.
Our lawful basis for processing this personal information is the performance of our contract with you.
When you place an order for a freelance service through the Website, you provide your payment information directly to our payment processor who is responsible for keeping the funds in an escrow account pending the delivery of your requested service. This information is used to process your order.
Our lawful basis for processing this personal information is the performance of our contract with you.
After your order is complete, you are offered the opportunity to rate and review the Freelancer. When you leave a review, we will have access to the content of your review, and it will be publicly visible to all those who view the Freelancer’s profile. Please do not share any personal information in public reviews that you do not wish to be visible to other Users.
Our lawful basis for processing this personal information is our legitimate interest.
If you opt-in to receive marketing communication from us, we will use your email address to send you marketing material that we think you will find interesting.
Our lawful basis for processing this personal information is your express consent which you grant us when you opt-in to receive marketing communication from us.
When you contact our Customer Support or send us an email, we collect your email address as well as the content of your message. We use this information to reply to your request and to contact you.
Our lawful basis for processing this personal information is our legitimate interest.
When you use the Website, we automatically collect certain personal information about you, such as the device you use to access our service, your IP address, your geographical location, and other similar information. We use this information to monitor how you interact with our services and to improve our User experience.
In addition to the above, we may also process your personal information to improve our service to you and for our business analytics purposes.
INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE US VOLUNTARILY
When you apply for a Freelancer account on our website, there is some personal information that you voluntarily provide us. Some of the voluntarily provided information is mandatory, and we use this information to assess your account application.
You currently provide us with personal information when you:
When you apply for a Freelancer account, we request you to provide your full name, your email address, your phone number. You will also be required to submit your service license, certificates and other relevant proof of eligibility to perform the Services that you wish to offer through the Website.
This information is used to:
Our lawful basis for processing this personal information is the performance of our contract with you.
When you create/offer specific Freelance Service through your profile, we receive information about the content of your Freelance Service. We use this information to show your profile in search results when a Client searches for a Freelance Service that you offer. We also notify you when a Client posts a Service Request that matches the Freelance Services offered by you.
Our lawful basis for processing this personal information is the performance of our contract with you.
When a Client places an order for your Freelance Service through the Website, we gain information about the amount of the order by you as well as the details of the Service Request you agreed to perform. We use this information to hold the funds in the escrow account and process the payment on completion of the order.
Our lawful basis for processing this personal information is the performance of our contract with you.
When a Client leaves a review for your Freelance Service, we gain access to the content of the Rating and Review. We make this information publicly available on your public profile on the Website.
Our lawful basis for processing this personal information is our legitimate interest.
If you opt-in to receive marketing communication from us, we will use your email address to send you marketing material.
When you contact our Customer Support or send us an email, we collect your email address as well as the content of your message. We use this information to reply to your request and to contact you.
When you use the Website, we automatically collect certain personal information about you, such as the device you use to access our service, your IP address, your geographical location, and other similar information. We use this information to deliver our services to our Users.
In addition to the above, we may also process your personal information to improve our service to you and for our business analytics purposes.
We will not sell or rent your personal data, but we may share your personal information for the following purposes:
We will use third-party email distribution tools to send emails to you as and when required.
From time to time, we may employ other service providers to help us in facilitating our Website to you and to assist us with intelligent analysis of how our Users use our Service. These Third-Party Service Providers will gain access to your personal data in the course of performing these tasks on our behalf.
We reserve the right to disclose your Personal Information when required to do so for our compliance with any applicable laws and upon reasonable requests of any government bodies or regulatory authorities.
We may share your personal information to enforce our contractual or other legal rights arising out of our Agreement with you or to defend ourselves against any legal action.
In the event we undergo any merger or acquisition, we may share your personal data with the other entity. Please note where we disclose your personal data with a new entity in the event of a merger or acquisition, you will retain substantially the same privacy rights as you have under this Privacy Policy.
California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”) requires us to inform our Users how we respond to Do Not Track (“DNT”) signals. We currently do not respond to DNT signals.
We make use of cookies on our Website.
Cookies are small files with data that we use to identify you as a unique User. We do not associate any of your Personal Information with these unique identifier files. We send cookies to your browser from our website, and these cookies are stored on your computer’s hard drive. You can tell your browser to decline all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. In the event that you decide to decline cookies from our Website, you may not be able to use some parts of our Service. We use cookies to improve your user experience on our Website.
We use session cookies as well as persistent cookies on our Website. Session cookies are immediately deleted from your hard drive after the end of your browser session. However, persistent cookies remain on your hard drive for a minimum period of time unless you clear them manually from your device.
You can set your default browser settings to reject cookies from third-party websites. To learn more about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Which Cookies and Pixels we use on our Website
We use Google analytics services to better understand how users interact with our Website. Google Analytics is owned and operated by Google LLC. Google Analytics uses cookies that are stored on your device for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website. We can identify you with the use of Google Analytics by your IP address. All information collected from you is stored on Google servers located in the United States. You can learn more about how Google processes your personal information at this link.
You can stop these cookies from being stored on your computer by installing the browser plug-in available here.
We store all the Data submitted by you through Website at a secure database. We are concerned with protecting your privacy and data, but we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any data you transmit to or guarantee that your Data will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of any of our industry-standard physical, technical or managerial safeguards. No method of transmission over the Internet is fully secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about the security of our Website, you can contact us at info@worqleus.com . Any Data supplied by you will be retained by us and will be accessible by our employees and other parties that we share this data with only in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Your data may be processed in different jurisdictions around the world, including the United States of America, Canada and the European Economic Area. These jurisdictions have different privacy laws. By accessing or in any way interacting with our Website, you give us your consent to transferring and processing your data in and outside the country of your current residence for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or those that are compatible with the specified purposes. Whenever we transfer your personal information to another jurisdiction, we take all necessary steps to ensure that your data is adequately protected in such recipient location.
Our Website may contain links to other third-party websites that are not owned or operated by us. When you click on such links, you will be redirected to such third-party website. All third-party websites are governed by their own Privacy Policy. You are advised to always review the Privacy Policy of a third-party website before providing your personal information. The Company will not be held liable for any actions, losses or claims arising from your use of such third-party websites or their practices. Your decision to access any third-party website is entirely at your own risk.
We reserve the right to modify and update this Privacy Policy at any time. When we make any changes in our privacy practices or this Policy we will notify you of such changes by updating the last modified date on the top of this page. You are advised to review this Policy periodically. All changes will be effective from the date the updated Privacy Policy is posted on our website.
Our Website is not targeted at persons under the age of 18 ("Children"). If you are aware that a child has provided his/her personal information to us, please contact us with the details of the incident, and we will take steps to remove such information from our database.
You may exercise certain rights regarding your Personal Data processed by us. In particular, users based in the EU may do the following:
You shall have the right to obtain from us free information about your personal data stored at any time and a copy of this information. To exercise your right to access your data, please contact the email address for data controller as provided in this Privacy Policy.
You shall have the right to rectify any inaccurate or incomplete personal data concerning you.
You shall have the right to request the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay, and we shall have an obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies, as long as the processing is not necessary:
Where we have made personal data public and are obliged pursuant to Article 17(1) to erase the personal data, we, while taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the personal data that you have requested erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data, as far as processing is not required. We will arrange the necessary measures in individual cases.
You shall have the right to restrict us from processing your personal data, where one of the following applies:
If one of the aforementioned conditions are met, and you wish to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by us, you may at any time contact us.
You shall have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which was provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
You shall have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time, to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. We shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
You shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you, or similarly significantly affects you, as long as the decision (1) is not necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between you and us, or (2) is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which we are subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is not based on your explicit consent.
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between you and us, or (2) it is based on your explicit consent, we shall implement suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on our part, to express your point of view and contest the decision.
You shall have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time. You may initiate a request with us at info@worqleus.com to exercise any of the above-mentioned rights. We shall review your request and, in our own discretion, honor your request, if deemed necessary by us, within 30 days from the date of receipt of your request.
Disclaimer Of Liability
ALL INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THE COMPANY DOES NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING ANY INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICE TO WHICH SUCH INFORMATION PERTAINS.
ALTHOUGH THE COMPANY MAKES ITS BEST EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE IS CORRECT AND CURRENT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE MAY BE ERRORS, OMISSIONS AS WELL AS HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE WHICH IS NOT INTENDED TO GUIDE YOUR DECISIONS.
THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY ANY INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE TO USERS; HOWEVER, THE COMPANY IS NOT UNDER ANY LEGAL OBLIGATION TO DO SO. THE COMPANY WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY ERROR, OMISSION, OUTDATED OR INACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE. IF YOU IDENTIFY ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INACCURACIES IN ANY INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, PLEASE NOTIFY US THROUGH THE CONTACT FORM ON OUR WEBSITE AND PROVIDE US THE LINK TO THE PAGE WHERE YOU FOUND THE ERROR, INACCURACY OR OMISSION.
ALL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS-IS” BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY NATURE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING STATUTORY WARRANTIES. ACCORDINGLY, ANY DECISION YOU TAKE BASED ON ANY INFORMATION YOU RECEIVE THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY FOR PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL OR EMOTIONAL INJURY//TRAUMA OR DAMAGE SUFFERED BY ANY USER AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE WEBSITE OR RELIANCE UPON ANY USER CONTENT MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE.
Intellectual Property Notice
Excluding your User Content, all content made available by the Company through the Website, including without limitation, the text, graphics, logos, trademarks, audio, video, interactive features, software and the like (“Company Content”) are owned by and/or licensed to the Company by its licensors (“Licensors”) and subject to trademark, copyright and other intellectual property laws and conventions. Our Licensors may or may not be affiliated with us or our affiliates, partners and advertisers.
You understand that the Company, its Users and licensors reserve ownership and copyright in their own content which may be published or made available on the Website. You may use the Company Content in accordance with applicable laws and the provisions of this Agreement. No section hereof shall be construed as an intent to grant you any interest in the Website or any Company Content, in whole or in part.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, you agree not to reproduce any Company Content without the express written consent of the Company and/or its Licensors. Any unauthorized use of the Company Content may result in the suspension or termination of your User account. The Company hereby grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-sublicensable right to use the Website for your personal and non-commercial use only in accordance with this Agreement.
You acknowledge and agree that any and all infringing use or exploitation of copyrighted content in the Website and our Services may cause us, our affiliates, licensors or content providers irreparable injury, and therefore the Company and its Licensors may seek remedy for breach of these Terms, either in equity or through injunctive or other equitable relief.
Worqleus is Company’s registered trademark. Any use of our proprietary trademark for any product or service that is not owned or operated by us is strictly prohibited. Any third party registered and unregistered trademarks or service marks on the Website are the property of their respective owners and, unless stated otherwise in the Terms, we do not endorse and are not affiliated with any of the holders of any such rights, and as such we cannot grant you any license to use any other party’s proprietary marks.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: info@worqleus.com .