Privacy Policy

We at MAPTYCS Inc. respect the privacy of your personal information and, as such, make every effort to ensure your information is protected and remains private. As the owner and operator of www.maptycs.com, (the “Website”) hereafter referred to in this Privacy Policy as “MAPTYCS”, “us”, “our” or “we”, we have provided this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, share and protect information about the users of our Website and Services (hereafter referred to as “user”, “you” or “your”). For the purposes of this Agreement and our Terms of Service, any use of the terms “MAPTYCS”, “us”, “our” or “we” includes MAPTYCS Inc., without limitation. We will not use or share your personal information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy will inform you about the types of personal data we collect, the purposes for which we use the data, the ways in which the data is handled and your rights with regard to your personal data. Furthermore, this Privacy Policy is intended to satisfy the obligation of transparency under the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the laws implementing GDPR.

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy and the GDPR the Data Controller of personal data is MAPTYCS Inc. and our contact details are set out in the Contact section at the end of this Privacy Policy. Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the way any personal information are, or are to be, processed.
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Your Information” or “Personal Data” means information about you, which may be of a confidential or sensitive nature and may include personally identifiable information (“PII”) and/or financial information. PII means individually identifiable information that would allow us to determine the actual identity of a specific living person, while sensitive data may include information, comments, content, and other information that you voluntarily provide.
MAPTYCS collects information about you when you use our Website to access our Services, and other online products and services (collectively, the “Services”) and through other interactions and communications you have with us. The term Services includes, collectively, various applications, website, widgets, email notifications and other mediums, or portions of such mediums, through which you have accessed this Privacy Policy.

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will inform you by sending you a notice to your registered email address and by posting the revised Privacy Policy on the Website. If the changes to the Privacy Policy are significant, the email notice we send you will require you to accept the revised Privacy Policy terms. Those changes will go into effect on the “Last updated” date shown at the end of this Privacy Policy.

BY CONTINUING TO USE THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND PROVIDING EXPLICIT CONSENT AT THE TIME OF YOUR REGISTRATION FOR YOUR ACCOUNT, AND BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR SERVICES, YOU CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, TRANSFER, MANIPULATION, STORAGE, DISCLOSURE AND OTHER USES OF YOUR INFORMATION (COLLECTIVELY, “USE OF YOUR INFORMATION”) AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT, OR NO LONGER, AGREE WITH OR CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR TERMS OF SERVICE YOU MAY NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR SERVICES. FURTHERMORE, FOR USERS OF OUR SERVICES PROVIDING INFORMATION FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION, WE RELY UPON THE LEGAL GROUNDS FOUND IN THE SECTION ENTITLED “THE LEGAL BASIS AND REASONS FOR COLLECTION AND PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION” FOUND HEREINAFTER IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

1. Children’s Privacy
Our Services are intended for users who have attained the age of majority where they reside (18 years of age or older in most jurisdictions). Furthermore, we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information (PII) from persons under the age of 13 in the United States (“U.S.”), or under the age of 16 in the European Union (“EU”), the “Protected Age”. If you are under the Protected Age, please do not provide us with information of any kind whatsoever. If you have reason to believe that we may have accidentally received information from a child under the Protected Age, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received Personal Information from a person under the Protected Age, we will delete such information from our records.

2. Information Provided Directly By You
We collect information you provide directly to us, such as when you request information, create or modify your MAPTYCS account, request Services, order a subscription to our Services, complete a MAPTYCS form, contact customer support, or otherwise communicate with us in any manner. This information may include, without limitation: name, e-mail address, physical address, business address, business title, phone number, or any other personal information you choose to provide.

3. Information Collected Through Your Use of Our Services
We collect information about your activity on our services, for instance how you use them (e.g., date and time you logged in) and how you interact with other users and us. The following are situations in which you may provide Your Information to us:
• When you fill out forms or fields through our Services.
• When you create a subscription for our Services.
• When you upload to MAPTYCS information regarding properties that you own.
• When you answer questions on a questionnaire.
• When you communicate with us or request information about us or our products or Services, whether via email or other means.
• We may collect your IP address. This information is used to enable us better understand how our Services are being used and allows us to administer and customize the Services to improve your overall experience.

4. Information Collected From Other Sources
We may also receive information from other sources and combine that with information we collect through our Services. For example if you choose to link, create, or log in to your MAPTYCS account with a separate App or Website that uses our API, or whose API we use, we may receive information about you or your connections from that Website or App. This includes, without limitation, profile information, profile picture, gender, username, language, country, e-mail addresses, phone numbers.

5. Aggregated Data
We may collect, use, and share Aggregated Data such as statistical data for any purpose. Aggregated Data is de-identified or anonymized and does not constitute Personal Data as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity.

6. Cookies, Log Files and Anonymous Identifiers
6.1 When you visit our Services, we may send one or more Cookies – small data files – to your computer to uniquely identify your browser and let us help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through the Sites. “Cookies” are text-only pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual’s hard drive or other website browsing equipment for record keeping purposes. A Cookie may convey anonymous information about how you browse the Services to us so we can provide you with a more personalized experience but does not collect personal information about you. Cookies allow the Sites to remember important information that will make your use of the site more convenient. A Cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the Cookie has come, the “lifetime” of the Cookie, and a randomly generated unique number or other value. Certain Cookies may be used on the Sites regardless of whether you are logged in to your account or not.
6.2 Session Cookies are temporary Cookies that remain in the Cookie file of your browser until you leave the Website.
6.3 Persistent Cookies remain in the Cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific Cookie).
6.4 We may also employ Cookies so that we remember your computer when it is used to return to the Website to help customize your MAPTYCS web experience. We may associate personal information with a Cookie file in those instances.
6.5 We use Cookies to help us know that you are logged on, provide you with features based on your preferences, understand when you are interacting with our Services, and compile other information regarding use of our Services.
6.6 MAPTYCS may use third-party services such as Google Analytics to help understand use of the Services. These services typically collect the information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, including Cookies and your IP address. They receive this information and their use of it is governed by their respective privacy policies. You may opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertisers including AdWords and opt-out of customized Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Preferences Manager.
6.7 You can control the use of Cookies at the individual browser level. Use the options in your web browser if you do not wish to receive a Cookie or if you wish to set your browser to notify you when you receive a Cookie. You can easily delete and manage any Cookies that have been installed in the Cookie folder of your browser by following the instructions provided by your browser manufacturer. Consult the documentation that your browser manufacturer provides. You may also consult your mobile device documentation for information on how to disable Cookies on your mobile device. If you reject Cookies, you may still use our Website, but your ability to use some features or areas of our Service may be limited.
6.8 MAPTYCS cannot control the use of Cookies by third parties (or the resulting information) and use of third-party Cookies is not covered by this policy.
6.9 We automatically collect information about how you interact with our Services, preferences expressed, and settings chosen and store it in Log Files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. We may combine this automatically collected log information with other information we collect about you. We do this to improve services we offer you, to improve marketing, analytics, or Website functionality, and to document your consent to receiving services, products or communications from us or our partners. If we link such information with personally identifiable information in a manner that identifies an individual, then we will treat all such information as PII for purposes of this Privacy Policy.

7. Device Information
When you use our Services through your computer, mobile phone or other device, we may collect information regarding and related to your device, such as hardware models and IDs, device type, operating system version, the request type, the content of your request and basic usage information about your use of our Services, such as date and time. In addition, we may collect information regarding application-level events and associate that with your account to provide customer service. We may also collect and store information locally on your device using mechanisms such as browser web storage and application data caches.

8. Location Information
When you use the Services, we may collect your precise location data. We may also derive your approximate location from your IP address.

9. Call and SMS Data
In connection with providing Service, we may receive call data, including the date and time of the call or SMS message, the parties phone numbers, and the content of the SMS message. You consent to the receipt, collection, and storage of this information.

10. Protective Measures We Use
We protect your information using commercially reasonable technical and administrative security measures to reduce the risks of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration. Some of the safeguards we use are firewalls and data encryption, physical access controls to our data centers, and information access authorization controls. Although we take measures to secure your information, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information, or searches, or other information will always remain secure. We cannot guarantee the security of our information storage, nor can we guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to and from us over the Internet including, without limitation, email and text transmissions. The GDPR and certain jurisdictional laws may not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain liability for data security. If these laws apply to you, some or all the above limitations may not apply to you. In the event that any information under our control is compromised as a result of a breach of security, we will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and where appropriate, notify those individuals whose information may have been compromised and take other steps, in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations.

11. The Legal Basis and Reasons For Collection and Processing Your Personal Information
The legal basis upon which we rely for the collection and processing of your Personal Information under the GDPR are the following:

11.1 When signing up to use our Services, you have given us explicit consent allowing MAPTYCS to provide you with our Services and generally to process your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy; and to the transfer of your personal data to other jurisdictions including, without limitation, the United States;
11.2 It is necessary for entering into, or performing, the obligations of a contract between you and MAPTYCS, including, without limitation, the Terms of Service agreement which may be accessed by you here and any subscription for our Services that you order;
11.3 It is necessary registering you as a user, managing your account and profile, and authenticating you when you log in.
11.4 It is necessary for our legitimate interests in the proper administration of our website and business; analyzing the use of the website and our Services; assuring the security of our website and Services; maintaining back-ups of our databases; and communicating with you;
11.5 To resolve technical issues you encounter, to respond to your requests for assistance, comments and questions, to analyze crash information, to repair and improve the Services and provide other customer support.
11.6 To send communications via email and within the Services, including, for example, responding to your comments, questions and requests, providing customer support, and sending you technical notices, product updates, security alerts, and administrative, billing and account management related messages.
11.7 To send promotional communications that you have consented to receive or have expressed a legitimate interest in receiving.
11.8 It is necessary for our legitimate interests in the protection and assertion of our legal rights, and the legal rights of others, including you.
11.9 It is necessary for our compliance with certain legal provisions which may require us to process your personal data. By way of example, and without limitation, we may be required by law to disclose your personal data to law enforcement or a regulatory agency.

12. How We Use Information We Collect
Our primary purpose in collecting, storing, using, and disclosing your Information is for our legitimate business purposes and to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. We will not rent, sell, lease, or barter your information to anyone unless you grant us explicit permission for this information to be shared.

12.1 We will use this information to:
(i) Operate and provide our Services.
(ii) Improve our internal operations, systems, products, and Services.
(iii) Provide users with customer support including, sending you related information, including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages.
(iv) Understand you and your preferences to enhance your experience and enjoyment using our Services.
(v) Analyze, improve, and manage our Services and operations.
(vi) Contact you for administrative, account and promotional purposes.
(vii) Resolve problems and disputes and engage in other legal and security matters.Protect, investigate, and deter fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity.

12.2 Additionally, we may use the information we collect about you to:
(i) Send you communications we think will be of interest to you, including information about products, services, promotions, news, and events of MAPTYCS and other companies, where permissible and according to local applicable laws.
(ii) Verify your identity and prevent impersonation, spam or other unauthorized or illegal activity including, without limitation, infringement of intellectual property rights of third parties.

13. How We Share Information We Collect
13.1 We may share the information we collect about you as described in this Privacy Policy or as described at the time of collection or sharing, including as follows:
(i) With our third-party Service Providers to enable them to provide the Services you request.
(ii) With third parties with whom you choose to let us share information, for example other website or apps that integrate with our API or Services, or those with an API or Service with which we integrate.
(iii) In response to a request for information by a competent authority if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or is otherwise required by, any applicable law, regulation, a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process.
(iv) With law enforcement officials, government authorities, or other third parties if we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements, Terms of Service, or policies, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of MAPTYCS or others.
(v) In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, consolidation or restructuring, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by or into another company.
(vi) If we otherwise notify you and you consent to the sharing;
(vii) In an aggregated and/or de-identified form which cannot reasonably be used to identify you. We only use such data in the aggregate form and our analytical services do not record any personal information.

13.2 We may disclose Your Information:
(i) To any person who, in our reasonable judgment, is authorized to receive Your Information as your agent, including as a result of your business dealings with that person (for example, your attorney);
(ii) To our third-party vendors and service providers so that they may provide support for our internal and business operations, handling of data processing, data verification, data storage and our Services maintenance and security. These companies are authorized to use Your Information only as necessary to provide these services to us and are contractually obligated to keep Your Information confidential.
(iii) As we deem necessary, in our sole discretion, if we believe that you are violating any applicable law, rule or regulation, or are otherwise interfering with another’s rights or property, including, without limitation, our rights or property.
(iv) If requested by authorities in the event of any act of terrorism or instance of local, regional or national emergency.
(v) To enforce or protect our legal rights.

14. Sharing Information With Law Enforcement
14.1 MAPTYCS is committed to cooperating with law enforcement while respecting everyone’s right to privacy. If MAPTYCS receives a request for user account information from a government agency investigating criminal activity, we will review the request to be certain that it satisfies all legal requirements before releasing information to the requesting agency.
14.2 Furthermore, under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2702(b)(8) and 2702(c)(4) (Voluntary Disclosure Of Customer Communications or Records), MAPTYCS may disclose user account information to law enforcement, without a subpoena, court order, or search warrant, in response to a valid emergency when we believe that doing so is necessary to prevent death or serious physical harm to someone. MAPTYCS will not release more information than it prudently believes is necessary to prevent harm in an emergency.

15. Links to Third-Party Website
If you visit or access a third-party Website, application or other property that is linked or accessed from our Services, we encourage you to read any privacy policies and terms and conditions of that third party before providing any personally identifiable information. If you have a question about the terms and conditions, privacy policy, practices, or contents of a third party, please contact the third party directly.

16. Do Not Track Settings
Some web browsers may give you the ability to enable a “do not track” feature that sends signals to the website you visit, indicating that you do not want your online activities tracked. This is different than blocking or deleting Cookies, as browsers with a “do not track” feature enabled may still accept Cookies. There currently is no accepted standard for how to respond to this signal, and we do not take any action in response to this signal.

17. International Privacy Practices
The MAPTYCS applications and data solutions are based and maintained in Europe. However, to provide our products and services to you, we may send and store your personal information outside of the country where you reside or are located. Accordingly, if you reside or are located outside of the United States, your personal information may be transferred outside of the country where you reside or are located, including countries that may not, or do not, provide the same level of protection for your personal information. We are committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of personal information when it is transferred. If you reside or are located within the European Union (“EU”) or European Economic Area (“EEA”) and such transfers occur, we take appropriate steps to provide the same level of protection for the processing carried out in any such countries as you would have within the EU and EEA to the extent feasible under applicable law. In the event that we transfer the MAPTYCS applications and data solutions outside of the European Union, we will inform you with ninety (90) day notice. By using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to this Privacy Policy, and users who reside or are located in countries outside of the United States agree and consent to the transfer to and processing of personal information on servers located outside of the country where they reside, and assume the risk that the protection of such information may be different and may be less protective than those required under the laws of their residence or location.

18. Account Information
You may correct your account information at any time by logging into your online account. Please note that in some cases we may retain certain information about you as required by law, or for legitimate business purposes to the extent permitted by law. For instance, if you have a standing credit or debit on your account, or if we believe you have committed fraud, we may seek to resolve the issue before deleting your information.

18.1 Your Access and Rights to Your Personal Information
18.2 The GDPR provides you with certain specific rights in relation to Personal Information we hold about you. You can exercise any of the following rights by contacting us using any of the methods in the Contact section below. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that Personal Data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made several requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
18.3 Right to Access Your Personal Data. You have the right to access information held about you for the purpose of viewing and in certain cases updating or deleting such information. Furthermore, if you prefer that MAPTYCS does not share certain information as described in this Privacy Policy, you can direct MAPTYCS not to share that information. We will comply with an individual’s requests regarding access, correction, sharing and/or deletion of the personal data we store in accordance with applicable law. To make changes to your account affecting your personal information contact us at the email address in our Contact section below. For any deletion, non-sharing, or update request, we will make the changes as soon as practicable. If we cannot make the changes you want, we will let you know and explain why.
18.4 Right of Correction or Completion of Your Personal Data. If personal information we hold about you is not accurate, out of date or incomplete, you have a right to have the data corrected or completed. To make corrections to your account please contact us at the email address in our Contact section below.
18.5 Right of Erasure or Deletion of Your Personal Data. In certain circumstances, you have the right to request that personal information we hold about you is deleted. If we cannot delete the information you want, we will let you know and explain why. To request information deletion please contact us at the email address in our Contact section below.
18.6 Right to Object to or Restrict Processing of Your Personal Data. In certain circumstances, you have the right to object to our processing of your personal information. For example, you have the right to object to use of your personal information for direct marketing purposes. Similarly, you have the right to object to use of your personal information if we are processing your information on the basis of our legitimate interests and there are no compelling legitimate grounds for our processing which supersede your rights and interests. You may also have the right to restrict our use of your personal information, such as in circumstances where you have challenged the accuracy of the information and during the period where we are verifying its accuracy. To object to or restrict processing please contact us at the email address in our Contact section below.
18.7 Right to Data Portability or Transfer of Your Personal Data. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we maintain about you in a structured, machine-readable, and commonly used format. To receive a copy of the information we maintain about you please contact us at the email address in our Contact section below.
18.8 Right to Withdrawal of Consent. If you have given your consent to us to process and share your Personal Information after we have requested it, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. To withdraw your consent please contact us at the email address in our Contact section below.
18.9 Right to Complain. If you are based in the EU, you can file a complaint with the supervisory authority in your Member State. By way of example, if you reside in the United Kingdom you can file a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office here.

19. Your California Privacy Rights
19.1 California Civil Code Section 1798.83 entitles California residents to request information concerning whether a business has disclosed Personal Information to any third parties for their direct marketing purposes. California residents may request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, information about the personal information, if any, we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes within the immediately preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of personal information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared information within the immediately preceding calendar year.
19.2 If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to: support@MAPTYCS.com

20. Our Information Retention Policy
Unless you request that we delete certain information, we retain the information we collect for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. Following termination or deactivation of your account, we will retain information for at least 1 year and may retain the information for as long as needed for our business and legal purposes. We will only retain your Personal Data for so long as we reasonably need to unless a longer retention period is required by law (for example for regulatory purposes).

21. Contact Us
If you have any questions or if you would like to contact us about our processing of your personal information, including exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us by any of the methods below. When you contact us, we will ask you to verify your identity.
Contact name: Data Protection Officer
Email: support@MAPTYCS.com
Our office address: 6, Old Country Road, New Rochelle, NY 10804 – USA