PRIVACY POLICY
For the purpose of this Privacy and Cookies Policy, “CobaltConnect”, “Cobalt”, “we”, “our”, and “us” refers to Cobalt Payments Inc. and its subsidiaries, as the context requires. Please read this policy carefully. If you have any questions, please contact us at: support@cobaltconnect.net
This privacy policy applies to your use of the CobaltConnect software application. It does not apply to your use of other sites, services, or applications, and it does not apply to information we collect through other methods or sources such as sites owned or operated by our affiliates or vendors. Please be sure to review the privacy policy of any site, service, or application that you use as privacy practices often differ. The following statements relate to the use of cookies, collection of data, information security and privacy standards applicable to all users of the Site and/or Services.
Data We Collect
We collect Personal Data from you when you visit our Site or use our Services, when you send us information or communications, and/or when you submit content or enter into transactions in connection with our Services. “Personal Data” means data that allows someone to identify or contact you, including, for example, your name, address, telephone number, email address, as well as any other non-public information about you that is associated with or linked to any of the foregoing data. When you register to use the Services or create a CobaltConnect Account, we may collect certain information, such as your username, password, name, company name, and email address. We also collect Personal Data that you provide to us as you use the Services, including, but not limited to:
IP Addresses
An IP address is a number which recognizes the computer or other device used to access the internet. Typically, a web server automatically collects IP addresses and uses them to administer a application. IP addresses are used in conjunction with cookies for the purpose of “remembering” computers or other devices used to access our Site and/or Services. For further details, see “Cookies” below.
Analytics & Conversion Tracking:
We collect Personal Data from you based on your use of the Site and Services, directly and indirectly using third party tools. Like most Internet services, we automatically gather this Personal Data and store it in log files each time you visit our website or access your account on our network. Our servers (which may be hosted by a third party service provider) collect Personal Data from you, such as browser type and version, operating system, platform, Internet Protocol (IP) address (a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet, which may vary from session to session), domain name, a date/time stamp for your visit, and other demographic information. Cobalt use cookies and navigational data like Uniform Resource Locators (URL) to gather Personal Data such as the date and time of your visit, the solutions and information for which you searched and which you viewed, and the sites you visited before and after visiting the Site. We also use cookies to collect, store and sometimes track Personal Data for statistical purposes to improve the Site and Services.
How We Use the Personal Information We Obtain
Subject to your consent if required by law, we may use your personal information for the following reasons (List is subject to change):
Disclosures of the Personal Information
Portions of our services may be provided by organizations with which Cobalt has a contractual relationship, including processors, affiliates, vendors, and, accordingly, your personal information may be disclosed to them. We take steps aimed at ensuring that all such persons process your personal information as disclosed by us only as necessary for their service delivery and for no other purpose.
We also may disclose your personal information in order to obtain commercial and credit information to establish, maintain or renew a customer’s contract(s), as may be required to provide any of the services for which a customer has subscribed, to comply with the rules and regulations of any credit or debit card payment network or otherwise in accordance with this policy.
We may also disclose your personal information:
Non-Personal Identifiable Information
CobaltConnect users allow the sharing and sale of non-personally identifiable information that has been derived from aggregated and anonymized Personal Data, including, but not limited to: Product stock, order & sales history. Provided such information cannot be used to reidentify individual Visitors, Subscribers or End-Users
Cookies
A “cookie” is a text file that applications send to a visitor’s computer or other internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. This application’s uses of cookies includes those cookies that are strictly necessary to enable the features of the application, performance cookies to see how visitors use the application, and functionality cookies that enable the webpage to “remember” machines or devices, personalize application content and tailor user experience. In addition, cookies may be used to help us define our audience so that we can make appropriate changes to our Site and/or Services (“Demographics” cookies) and target advertisements to users when they are browsing this application and other applications (“Interest Reporting” cookies), in each case by reference to anonymous identifiers, not personal information. Additional information about the types of cookies we may use is provided below.
Function of Cookies
The cookies that we may use on this application fall into the following categories:
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.
Managing Your Preferences
Subject to your consent if required by applicable law, we may use your personal information to provide you with direct marketing information about our products and services as well as those of our affiliates and third parties, and we may permit those affiliates or other third parties to send their own direct marketing to you. Our direct marketing may be by email, telephone, post or SMS or such other method(s) as may become relevant. In addition, Cobalt may provide direct marketing information and permit others to do that as allowed by our customers’ respective contracts. We will take steps to seek to ensure that any direct marketing from us and which is sent by electronic