Effective Date: 25 November, 2022.
General
This website with the URL of www.talenteso.com (“Website/Site”) is being operated by Aggielands Software Inc. (We/Our/Us”). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy; therefore, we encourage all our users/clients /freelancers/talents/visitors to read this policy very carefully because its contains important information which is mentioned hereinbelow.
We do collect your personal information and process your personal data in accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 as amended up-to-date and its allied Rules & Regulations applicable to us w.r.t Indian Users, California Consumers Privacy Act (“CCPA”), General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) and other US Federal and State laws relating to data protection and privacy.
We collect your personal information/data in order to provide and continually improve our services.
Our privacy policy is subject to change at any time and the same will be accordingly notified to the users/clients /freelancers/talents/visitors through email if opted for and through updating on our privacy policy page which can be accessed through the following hyperlink https://talenteso.com/privacy/. To make sure you are aware of any changes, please also review this policy periodically.
All partner firms and any third-party working with or for Us, and who have access to personal information, will be expected to read and comply with this policy.
Scope
This Privacy Policy sets out how Talenteso collects, retains, and uses information, including personal data (“Personal Data”), about users/clients/freelancers/talents/visitors, and individuals, including our partners. This Privacy Policy also covers data that Talenteso collects in-person, for instance at interview, screening and other official interactions. Your rights in relation to your personal information and how to contact us and supervisory authorities in the event that you have any grievance with respect to your personal data.
How We Collect the Information
From you directly and through this Site: We may collect information through the Website when you visit. The data we collect depends on the context of your interactions with our website.
Through business interaction: We may collect information through business interaction with you or your representative or team.
Personal information obtained by use of cookies or other automated means. We will sometimes obtain information via automated technology. This shall be by use of cookies and other similar technology. A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your computer or electronic device when you access our website. Similar technologies include web beacons, action tags, local shared objects (‘flash cookies’) and single-pixel gifs. Such technologies can be used to track users’ actions and activities, and to store information about them. Usually this will be in order to monitor and obtain information regarding your Email-id, Phone number, Location, pixels, and local storage. On the first occasion that you use our site we will ask whether you consent to our use of cookies and/or other similar processing technologies. If you do not consent, such technologies will not be used. Thereafter you can opt-out of using cookies at any time or you can set your browser not to accept cookies. However, some of our website features may not function as a result.
From other sources: We may receive information from other sources, such as public databases; joint marketing partners; social media platforms; or other third parties such as: Information about your interactions with the products and services offered by our subsidiaries.
Information We Collect
We collect information primarily to provide better services to all of our customers.
When you apply as a freelancer/talent/job applicant on the site, you are asking to be admitted to our Network. In order to admit you to the Network and match your qualifications with our Client’s needs, we need to perform a screening process, which evaluates your language skills, personality, domain-specific knowledge, competence and professionalism. We may also need to screen potential freelancers/talents for specific technical skills, as required by our clients. In this context, you will be asked to provide information about yourself, which includes: your name, contact information, address, location, work experience, education, photograph, Govt. issued Identity Proof, social network information, family information, billing information/financial details such as bank account etc. for the purpose of making payment to you.
For Feelancers/Talents: If and when we undertake background checks about you, we may collect additional information about you including information about criminal convictions or offences committed by you, if any. Details about any pending criminal proceedings or proceedings related to violation of any data privacy laws. If applicable, to you your consent to the collection of such additional data will be solicited at such time, pursuant to applicable laws.
Once the freelancer/talent is admitted to our network and matched with a client, we will receive from our client information regarding the performance of your services to that client, as necessary for maintaining our standards of services and integrity.
We collect personal data from our prospective Clients when we receive a request for hiring our Freelancers/Talents. This includes names and contact information of prospective Clients, their representative and such other information relating to the Client’s needs.
We may supplement the information that we collected from our Clients (such as your email address) with additional information about our Clients and their company obtained from publicly available and third-party databases or services that provide information about business people and companies (including an individual’s name, job title, business contact information, and company information).
When you visit our Site, some information is automatically collected. This may include information such as the Operating Systems (OS) running on your device, Internet Protocol (IP) address, access times, browser type, and language, and the website you visited before our Site. We also collect information about how you use Our products or services.
We automatically collect services availed or content use history, which we sometimes aggregate with similar information from other users to create features such as Best Platform for hiring freelancers, Top Rated, etc.
The full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our website (including date and time); cookie number; products and/or content 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).
We automatically collect information using “Cookies”. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive. Among other things, cookies help us improve our Site, our marketing activities, and your experience. We use cookies to see which areas and features are popular and to count visits to our Site.
Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you set your browser to reject cookies, some features will be unavailable. For more information on how to reject cookies, see your browser’s instructions on changing your cookie settings.
By using this Website, you are agreeing that We may advertise our Client’s feedback about freelancer/talent on the Website and other marketing materials.
We will retain your information as long as we require this to provide you with the services and for such period as mandated by the laws concerned.
If you opt to receive marketing correspondence from us, subscribe to our mailing list or newsletters, enter into any of our competitions or provide us with your details at networking events, we may use your personal data for our legitimate interests in order to provide you with details about our goods, services, business updates and events.
How we use information
We use the information we collect primarily to provide, maintain, protect, and improve our current services, complete your transactions, address your inquiries, process your registration, verify the information you provide is valid, and for compliance and internal business purposes.
We use the information collected through this website as described in this policy and we may use your information to:
Improve our services, Site and how we operate our businesses;
Understand and enhance your experience using our Site, and services;
Personalize our services and make recommendations;
Provide and deliver services you request;
Process, manage, complete, and account for transactions;
To administer and develop our business relationship with you and, if applicable, the corporation or other legal entity you represent.
To assess your proposal to perform a freelance project for us and prepare related governmental and internal statistics reports.
Provide customer support and respond to your requests, comments, and inquiries;
Create and manage the online accounts you manage on our Website;
Send you related information, including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages;
Communicate with you about promotions, upcoming events, and news about services;
We may process your personal information without your knowledge or consent where required by applicable law or regulation for the purposes of verification of identity or for prevention, detection, or investigation, including of cyber incidents, prosecution, and punishment of offences;
Protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity.
Data Transfer
Information about our users is an important part of our business and we take due care to protect the same.
Aggielands Software Inc. who controls and manages the Website/Site i.e., www.talenteso.com, is based in the United States. When you apply as a Freelancer or use our services as a Client, or otherwise use our Site, your Personal Data will be transmitted to servers in the United States as necessary to provide you with the services that you requested, administer our contract with you or to respond to your requests as described in this Privacy Policy, and the data may be transmitted to our service providers supporting our business operations (described above).
We share your data with your consent or to complete any transaction or provide any service you have requested or authorized. We also share data with our affiliates and subsidiaries working on our behalf.
We may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. The functions include fulfilling orders for services, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), processing payments, transmitting content, scoring credit risk, and providing customer service.
These third-party service providers have access to personal information needed to perform their functions but may not use it for other purposes. Further, they must process the personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and as permitted by applicable data protection laws.
We release accounts and other personal information when we believe it is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our conditions of use, and other agreements, protect the rights, property or safety of Us, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Data Retention
Our policy is to keep your Personal Data only for as long as is reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected and processed, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting or reporting requirements. If you have elected to receive marketing communications from us, we retain information about your marketing preferences until you opt out of receiving these communications and in accordance with our policies.
To determine the appropriate retention period for your Personal Data, we will consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your Personal Data, the purposes for which we use your Personal Data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements. In some circumstances we may anonymize your Personal Data so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case it is no longer Personal Data.
Data Security
We take due care to protect your data. Technical measures are in place to prevent unauthorized or unlawful access to data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, data. The employees who are dealing with the data have been trained to protect the data from any illegal or unauthorized usage.
We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Locker (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input. SSL allows sensitive information such as credit card numbers, UID’s and login credentials to be transmitted securely. c. We follow the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) when handling branded credit cards from the major card schemes.
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage, and disclosure of your data and personal information.
We take reasonable steps to help protect your personal information in an effort to prevent the loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure alteration and destruction. It is your responsibility to protect your user names and passwords to help prevent anyone from accessing or abusing your accounts and services. You should not use or reuse the same passwords you use with other accounts as your password for our services.
It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and your computers, devices, and applications. Be sure to sign off when you finish using a shared computer.
The information you provide to us is shared on our secure servers. We have implemented appropriate physical, technical and organizational measures designed to secure your information against accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. In addition, we limit access to personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties that have a legitimate business need for such access.
Information collected from you will be stored for such period as required to complete the transaction entered into with you or such period as mandated under the applicable laws.
Links to third sites/apps
Our Site may, from time to time, contain links to and from other websites of third parties. Please note that if you follow a link to any of these websites, such websites will apply different terms to the collection and privacy of your personal data, and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. When you leave our Site, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
Public Profile
The profile you create on our Site will be publicly accessible unless otherwise indicated. This means it will be visible to the entire Internet, including clients, freelancers, visitors, and search engines such as Google and Bing, and may appear on Talenteso partners’ sites. You may change the privacy settings of your profile through your account portal.
Sharing of your personal information
We do not share your personal data with third parties without your prior consent other than:
With third parties who work on our behalf provided such third parties adhere to the data protection principles set out in the IT Act, 2000 (21 of 2000) as amended up-to-date and its allied Rules & Regulations applicable to us w.r.t Indian Users, California Consumers Privacy Act (“CCPA”), General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”) and other US Federal and State laws relating to data protection and privacy, and other applicable legislation, or enter into a written agreement with Us requiring that the third party provide at least the same level of privacy protection as is required by such principles;
To comply with laws or to respond to lawful requests and legal process;
To protect the rights and property of Us, our agents, customers, and others including to enforce our agreements, policies, and terms of use;
In an emergency, including to protect the personal safety of any person;
For the purpose of a business deal (or negotiation of a business deal) involving the sale or transfer of all or a part of our business or assets (business deals may include, for example, any merger, financing, acquisition, divestiture, or bankruptcy transaction or proceeding).
Children
If you are under 18, or the not the age of majority in the jurisdiction in which you reside, you may only use Our Website with the consent of your parent or legal guardian. In any case, We will not be liable for any cause of action that arose due to non-compliance with this clause.
For Indian Residents/Users
That our Website/Site adhere to the data protection principles as set out in the Information Technology Act, 2000 as amended up-to-date and its allied Rules & Regulations.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is empowered to provide guidance on matters in the realm of electronics and information technology. In matters that involve security incidents, MeitY has constituted the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (‘CERT’) which acts as the nodal agency that receives and responds to all breach notifications.
That according to SPDI Rules you have an option to opt out of providing the data or information that is being sought by us, as well as an option to withdraw consent that may have been given earlier. You may avail this option by contacting us on the details given hereinbelow.
In addition to the right to opt out of sharing information, you have the right to review the information you have provided and to seek the correction or amendment of such information if incorrect.
We have appointed a grievance officer who is to redress the grievances that you may have (Rule 5(9) of the SPDI Rules). Any grievances that you may have with respect to the processing of information will be addressed by us in a time-bound manner, and no later than a month from the date of the receipt of the grievance. The details of the grievance officer is provided below in “Contact Us”.
You can ask us to erase or delete all or some of your personal data (e.g., if it is no longer necessary to provide Services to you).
You can edit some of your personal data through your account. You can also ask us to change, update or fix your data in certain cases, particularly if it’s inaccurate.
You can ask us to stop using all or some of your personal data (e.g., if we have no legal right to keep using it) or to limit our use of it (e.g., if your personal data is inaccurate or unlawfully held).
You can ask us for a copy of your personal data and can ask for a copy of personal data you provided in machine readable form.
FOR EU RESIDENTS/INDIVIDUALS
This section applies to residents/individuals of EU. Our privacy policy describes why and how we collects, uses and stores your Personal Data, the lawful basis on which your Personal Data is processed, and what your rights and our obligations are in relation to such processing, which is listed hereinbelow.
Talenteso & Aggielands Software Inc. is the data controller for processing your personal data. The data controller is responsible how your personal data is used. Our Contact Us section also provides the details to contact us and our representative in the EU for the purposes of Genera Data Protection Regulation.
The residents/individual of this part have following rights, which are as follows: –
If you ask us, we will confirm whether we are processing your Personal Data and, if so, provide you with a copy of that Personal Data along with certain other details. If you require additional copies, we may need to charge a reasonable fee.
If your Personal Data is inaccurate or incomplete, you are entitled to ask that we correct or complete it. If we shared your Personal Data with others, we will tell them about the correction where possible. If you ask us, and where possible and lawful to do so, we will also tell you with whom we shared your Personal Data so you can contact them directly.
You may ask us to delete or remove your Personal Data, such as where you withdraw your consent. If we shared your data with others, we will tell them about the erasure where possible. If you ask us, and where possible and lawful to do so, we will also tell you with whom we shared your Personal Data with so you can contact them directly.
You may ask us to restrict or ‘block’ the processing of your Personal Data in certain circumstances, such as where you contest the accuracy of the data or object to us processing it. We will tell you before we lift any restriction on processing. If we shared your Personal Data with others, we will tell them about the restriction where possible. If you ask us, and where possible and lawful to do so, we will also tell you with whom we shared your Personal Data so you can contact them directly.
You have the right to obtain your Personal Data from us that you consented to give us or that was provided to us as necessary in connection with our contract with you. We will give you your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You may reuse it elsewhere.
You may ask us at any time to stop processing your Personal Data, and we will do so: (1) If we are relying on a legitimate interest to process your Personal Data – unless we demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing or (2) If we are processing your Personal Data for direct marketing.
You have the right to be free from decisions based solely on automated processing of your Personal Data, including profiling, which produce a significant legal effect on you, unless such profiling is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between you and us, or with your explicit consent. We are not currently processing your Personal Data for such type of automated decision-making, including profiling, but if we elect to do so in the future we will provide you with notice and choice, in accordance with EU data protection law.
If we rely on your consent to process your Personal Data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, but this will not affect any processing of your data that has already taken place.
If you have a concern about our privacy practices, including the way we handled your Personal Data, you can report it to the data protection authority that is authorized to hear those concerns.
You may exercise your rights by contacting us from the Contact Us section.
For Nevada Residents/Individuals
Under Nevada law, certain Nevada residents may opt out of the sale of “personally identifiable information” for monetary consideration to a person for that person to license or sell such information to additional persons. “Personally identifiable information” includes first and last name, address, email address, phone number, Social Security Number, or an identifier that allows a specific person to be contacted either physically or online.
We do not engage in such activity; however, if you are a Nevada resident who has purchased or leased services from us, you may submit a request to opt out of any potential future sales under Nevada law by emailing at legal@talenteso.com . Please note we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity and the authenticity of the request. Once verified, we will maintain your request in the event our practices change.
For California Residents/Individuals
California law requires us to disclose information regarding the categories of personal information that we have collected about California consumers (as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the categories of sources from which the information was collected, the business or commercial purposes (as those terms are defined by applicable law) for which the information was collected, and the categories of parties with whom we share personal information.
The CCPA sets forth certain obligations for businesses that “sell” personal information. Based on the definition of “sell” under the CCPA and under current regulatory guidance, we do not believe we engage in such activity and have not engaged in such activity in the past twelve months.
We or our service providers may collect the information as mentioned herein above in Clause 4 and for the purposes as mentioned in Clause 5 of this privacy policy.
The California resident may have certain rights which the California Law permit you to request from us, which is as follows:
We Provide you the categories of personal information we have collected or disclosed about you in the last twelve months; the categories of sources of such information; the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your personal information; and the categories of third parties with whom we shared personal information.
Provide access to and/or a copy of certain information we hold about you.
Delete certain information we have about you.
You may have the right to receive information about the financial incentives that we offer to you, if any. You also have the right to not be discriminated against (as provided for in applicable law) for exercising certain of your rights.
You may exercise your rights by contacting us from the Contact Us section. Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. For example, we need certain types of information so that we can provide the Service to you. If you ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use the Service.
Contact US
Please contact us if you have any questions or queries about our privacy policy or the practices followed by us.
We have also appointed an Data Protection Officer who is responsible for overseeing your questions regarding the privacy policy. You may contact him at legal@talenteso.com
If you are Indian Resident/Individual you may contact the Grievance Officer at legal@talenteso.com regarding your complaints/grievances.
If you are US Resident/Individual you may contact the Grievance Officer at legal@talenteso.com regarding your complaints/grievances.
If you are EU Resident/Individual you may contact our EU representative at legal@talenteso.com