Privacy Policy

Introduction

Ontology is fully committed to ensuring the privacy of your personal data. Each member of Ontology is a separate legal entity that depending on the purposes of processing may act as controller of the personal data you submitted, including through this website. The list of Ontology companies as well as contact details you may find by clicking button Contact us in the upper right corner of our website. As used in this Privacy Notice «Ontology», «we», «our» and «us» refer to Ontology that may process your personal data. This Privacy Notice describes how the members of Ontology collect and use your personal data and specifies information about your rights in relation to such processing.

Personal information we collect and use

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:

• information contained in any communication that you send to us through this website, including contact form, live chat or otherwise (e.g. name, email address, phone number, company name you work for or own, country where you reside or work etc.);
• information that you provide to us when contacting our company or using our services, (e.g. name, email address, phone number, postal address);
• information you provide to us when applying for a job and/or submitting your CV (e.g. name, contact details, date of birth, work experience, education and trainings etc.);
• information from your public profile on social media networks or data you share when engaging with us on social media channels (depending on your privacy settings);
• responses to surveys, feedback or other information you provide related to marketing preferences or promotional activities;
• details of your visits to our website such as the pages you visited, the date, time and duration of your visit and/or your IP address as well as the browser you use and its version, your operating system and its version, your city and state. This information may be collected by using cookies, as explained further under the heading «Cookies» below;
• any other personal information that you provide to us at your own discretion (e.g. you may provide contacts if you want to participate in our events).

We may obtain your personal data from third party – our current/potential clients, suppliers, business partners where it is needed to provide our services or perform related duties (e.g. carry out the necessary procedures in order to sign the contract with legal entity you represent). The categories of personal data processed by us in relation to this matter are generally: name, surname, e-mail, phone number, position.

Ontology aim is to collect only the minimum information required to handle and complete your request or to reach other purposes for which Ontology processes your personal data. If you believe Ontology website have collected excessive information about you, please contact Ontology through the contact form to raise your concerns.

Ontology does not intend to collect sensitive information through its website unless it is legally required to do so. Examples of sensitive information include race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health, genetic data, biometric data, sexual life or sexual orientation, and criminal records. Ontology kindly asks you do not provide sensitive data of such nature when using our website.

Purposes for which Ontology collects and uses your personal data

Ontology may use your personal data depending on the context of our relations. Our purposes in relation to personal data we have can be divided into several types based on the following legal grounds:

Ontology legitimate interest

• if you have contacted us through this website, we may process the information you provided to us to be able to respond to your inquiry, to organize the meeting/call or to perform other action regarding your inquiry.
• Our legitimate interest is to provide you with appropriate information and meet the expectations due to your request in the effective and shortest way.
• if you are an employee or representative of our client (current/potential), supplier or business partner we may process your data in order to establish a contact or business relationship.
• Our legitimate interest is to develop business relations and communications, to provide our services to legal entity you represent or work for or provide you with information about our services. We may process such information to organize the signing of contracts, to perform due diligence and to comply with regulations and requirements regarding anti - corruption, anti - money laundering, sanctions etc. your consent if you
• are a visitor of our website we may by way of cookies process your visits to our website and pages you visited;
• participate in our marketing campaigns or similar events;
• are a candidate or intern that apply for a job through our website, we may process information you provide to us to assist you with suitable roles and potential employment or internship.

Please be informed that you may withdraw your consent at any time. We may rely on other legal grounds if determined by applicable legislation. Ontology does not collect or compile personally identifying information for sale to third parties for consumer marketing or other commercial purposes.

Cookies

As was mentioned on the entry page we use cookies on this website. Cookies are small text files that may be automatically placed on your computer/ other device and stored on it. The use of cookies is now standard for most website. The first time that you visit our website, we notify you about using cookies through a notification banner. By clicking the button Accept you declare you consent of using cookies. You have capability to refuse (not accept) cookies. You can manage your choice regarding using cookies at the bottom of this section. Please be informed cookies are placed on your computer/device only if you provide your consent as described above

Ontology collects details of your visits by using web analytic services such as Google Analytics in order to record and analyze how visitors use Ontology website as well as to improve visitors’ experience. Google Analytics places and uses cookies that allow Ontology to track website traffic and users’ interaction with Ontology website. Cookies in live chats allow Ontology to see the pages you visit, the browser you use and its version, your operating system and its version, your IP address as well as your city and state. This technology helps Ontology compile analytics to improve its website and its functionality. Ontology may use cookies to record your consents on its website (e.g. the consent to the use of cookies).

We use the following categories of cookies:

Functionality cookies

Functionality cookies allow a site to remember choices you make. These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. They don’t gather any information about you that could be used for advertising or remembering where you’ve been on the Internet outside our site.

Performance cookies

Performance cookies are generally third-party cookies from vendors we work with or who work on our behalf that collect information about your visit and use of the Ontology website. Information collected includes, for example, browsers and operating systems used, domain name of the website previously visited, number of visits, average duration of visit, and pages viewed. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is anonymous and is only used to improve how the website works. Third party vendors may have access to this data and may use it to improve their overall services and offerings.

Advertising and Social Media Cookies

Third-party advertising and social media cookies are used to :-

1. Deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests;
2. Limit the number of times you see an advertisement;
3. help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign; and
4. understand people’s behavior after they view an advertisement. They are usually placed on behalf of advertising networks with the site operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a site and quite often they will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.

Please note that if you disable/refuse cookies, Ontology website or their parts may become inaccessible, not function properly or you may not be able to use some of the interactive features of Ontology website.

Retention of your personal data.

Personal data that we are processing will be kept no more than 2 (two) years or until the consent is revoked or you have objected to such processing. Nevertheless, the specified storage periods can be changed (prolonged or shortened) if required by applicable law or in order to defend our legal rights.

Right to request the categories of personal data that have been collected

• Right to remove personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain limitations under applicable law.
• Right to opt-out of sale or sharing of personal information. If a business sells personal information as defined under the CCPA, you have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. As explained above, we do not and will not sell or disclose your personal information.
• Right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal information. We do not collect, use or disclose sensitive personal information in order to provide our services and, therefore, are not required to offer consumers a right to limit its use.
• If you would like to make a request or inquiry regarding your rights, contact us via anmol@ontologyin.com. We will respond to your request within one month.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@ontology.com.

Automated decisions

We do not use automated decision-making including profiling.