Privacy Policy

Lateral GmbH ("we") are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any data or personal data (together Data) we collect from you or end users using your services (together you), or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting lateral.io or any other websites we operate, including getnewsbot.com and arxiv.lateral.io (together our site) you confirm you have read and understood the practices described in this policy.

The data controller is Lateral GmbH of Köthener Str. 38, 10963 Berlin, Germany.

You acknowledge that, in respect of our processing of Data collected from end users using your services, we will be acting as a data processor on your behalf. It is your responsibility to ensure that you obtain the relevant consents from those end users for the processing of Data contemplated by us in accordance with this policy.

Information we may collect from you

We may collect and process the following data about you:

• Information you give us. You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our site or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you register as a subscriber on our site, use those services, and when you report a problem with our site. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address and phone number, financial and credit card information.
• Information we collect about you. With regard to each of your visits to our site we may automatically collect the following information:
• technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform;
• information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time); products you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call our customer service number.
• information regarding your use of the services provided by us, including analytics such as server monitoring tools to monitor the status of our APIs and the type and volume of calls being made to them.

Information we receive from other sources

We may receive information about you (including your end users) if you use any of the other websites we operate or the other services we provide. We are also working closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, analytics providers, search information providers, social media providers, credit reference agencies) and may receive information about you (including your end users, with their consent) from them.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. Google Analytics uses so called cookies, text files, that are stored on your computer and that allow for the analysis of the usage of the website. The information collected through the cookie about your usage of the website, including your IP address, are sent and stored on Google servers. Google uses the information to analyse the usage of the website, to generate reports about the activity on the website for the site owner and provide further services related to the usage of the website and the internet. Google will in some cases pass this information on to third parties unless for legal reasons or where third parties are commissioned to process data for Google. Google will not connect your IP address to other data collected by Google. You can opt-out of the collection of cookies via the respective setting in your browser. Please note that this can lead to you not being able to use some functionality of the website. By using this website you agree to the collection and processing of data about you by Google in the above mentioned way and for the above mentioned purpose. Find out more here: Google Privacy Policy

Sendinblue

We use Sendinblue on our website. Sendinblue is a European software company from France, Sendinblue SAS - Politique de confidentialité 55, rue d'Amsterdam 75008 Paris, France. We use this integrated software solution for our contact forms, as a CRM tool, for transactional emails and for e-mail marketing.

According to the principle of data minimization, Sendinblue only processes the personal data that have been specified in the DPA.

Sendinblue uses cookies. These are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your device and allow us to analyze your use of the website. The collected information (e.g. IP address) and the content of our website is stored on the servers of the service provider. If you have given your consent in accordance with art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO, the processing will take place on this website in order to be able to contact you.

You can permanently object to the collection of data by Sendinblue and the setting of cookies by preventing the storage of cookies through your browser settings accordingly. You may object to the processing of your personal data by us at any time with effect for the future by e-mail. All data is stored on servers of the European Union. A data transfer to third countries does not take place.

For more information on the objection and Sendinblue's remedies, please visit: https://www.sendinblue.com/legal/privacypolicy/

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our Cookies policy.

Uses made of the information

We use information held about you in the following ways:

• Information you give to us. We will use this information on the lawful basis that it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party:
• to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us;
• to provide you with information about other goods and services we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about;
• to provide you, or permit selected third parties to provide you, with information about goods or services we feel may interest you. If you are an existing customer, we will only contact you by electronic means (e-mail or SMS) with information about goods and services similar to those which you have previously received.
• to notify you about changes to our service;
• Information we collect about you. We will use this information:
• on the lawful basis that it is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests:
• to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
• to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
• as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure;
• to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our site about similar goods or services that may interest you or them.
• on the lawful basis that it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party:
• to allow you to participate in interactive features of our services, when you choose to do so.
• Information we receive from other sources. We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We may us this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).

Disclosure of your information

We may share your personal information with any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.

We may share your information with selected third parties including:

• Business partners, suppliers and sub-contractors for the performance of any contract we enter into with you including our services.
• Organisations that require the data for the purposes of their business. In such cases, we do not disclose information about identifiable individuals, but we may provide them with aggregate information about users.
• Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site.
• Credit reference agencies for the purpose of assessing your credit score where this is required by our payment processor.

We may share your personal information:

• In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
• If Lateral GmbH or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
• If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or
• to protect the rights, property, or safety of Lateral GmbH, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Where we store your personal data

Some of our external third parties are based outside the European Economic Area (EEA) so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the EEA. These include:

• Mailgun Technologies Inc. for automated email services, based outside the EEA
• Chargebee Inc. for subscription management services, based outside the EEA
• Stripe Inc. for payment processing, based outside the EEA
• Google LLC for analytics, based outside the EEA

Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

• We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the European Commission. For further details, see European Commission: Adequacy of the protection of personal data in non-EU countries.
• Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved by the European Commission which give personal data the same protection it has in Europe. For further details, see European Commission: Model contracts for the transfer of personal data to third countries.
• Where we use providers based in the US, we may transfer data to them if they are part of the Privacy Shield which requires them to provide similar protection to personal data shared between the Europe and the US. For further details, see European Commission: EU-US Privacy Shield.

Please Contact us if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data out of the EEA.

How Long We Keep Personal Data

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

Your rights

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will inform you (before collecting your data) and obtain your consent if we intend to use your data for such purposes (unless in respect of our own marketing if you are an existing customer and have not opted-out of such communications) or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at hello@lateral.io, Lateral GmbH, Köthener Str. 38, 10963 Berlin, Germany or clicking on “Unsubscribe” when we send you any electronic marketing.

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

You also have the right to access and receive a copy of information held about you, to request the erasure or correction of your information, to object to the processing of your information or to restrict such processing, and to request the transfer of your data. Where we rely on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance.

Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to hello@lateral.io or Lateral GmbH, Köthener Str. 38, 10963 Berlin, Germany.

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