Website Privacy Policy

Who We Are

The company behind www.blocksi.net is Blocksi, Inc. with headquarters in Palo Alto, California. In connection to this Website Privacy Policy, Blocksi acts as Data Controller.

This Policy

This Website Privacy Policy explains how Blocksi, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit or use our website, www.blocksi.net (“Website”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with applicable data protection and privacy laws.

This Website Privacy Policy may be amended or updated from time to time to reflect changes in our practices with respect to the Processing of Personal Data, or changes in applicable law. We encourage you to read this Website Privacy Policy carefully, and to regularly check this page to review any changes we might make to the terms of this Website Privacy Policy.

By accessing or using our Website you agree to this Website Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Website.

Please note that this Website Privacy Policy does not apply to: Information submitted by job applicants to Blocksi Inc; Entities or third parties that are not under our ownership or control, nor to individuals who are not employed or managed by us. For instance, our Website or support center may contain links to external third parties. We strongly recommend reviewing the respective third party privacy policies and terms of use prior to submitting any information through those sites or services; The utilization of our Solutions (as outlined in our Products Terms or Service) by one of our school or school district customers or other organizational customers (“School(s)” or “your Organization”). To learn more about how we handle data in our products, kindly refer to our Product Privacy Policy , as applicable to Schools in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), our Data Processing Addendum.

What data do we collect?

Depending on how you interact with our Website we may process the following categories of Personal Data about you:

Personal details: first and last name;

Demographic information: title and language preferences;

Contact details: correspondence address, telephone number, email address and details of your public social media profile(s);

Attendance records: details of meetings, webinars or other events organized by or on behalf of Blocksi that you have attended;

Data relating to our Website: (may include) device type, operating system, browser settings, IP address, language settings, dates and times of connecting to a Website;

Views and opinions: any views and opinions that you choose to sent to us, or publicly post about us on social media platforms;

Information you provide when participating in surveys;

Entries to sweepstakes, promotions, competitions or prize-draws;

Newsletter: email address, open ration and time of opening, click ration including time stamp regarding visited URLs in our newsletters. Only with your explicit consent will your email address be included in the list of subscribers.

Purposes of processing Personal Data and legal bases for processing

We handle Personal Data for various purposes, which include: delivering our Website to you; adhering to compliance checks; running our business; communicating with you; complying with applicable law; improving our Website.

What is our legal basis to use or process your Personal Data

We collect and retain Personal Data on several legal bases:

Legal obligation: in some cases, it is required by the law to collect and store your Personal Data;

Legitimate interest: for some data, we have good and fair reasons to use your data in ways that do not infringe your interest and rights.

Consent: when you voluntarily provide your Personal Data, such as entering your email address, you should expect that this information will be stored and used by our system according to this Website Privacy Policy.

Contractual obligation

How do we collect your data?

We may collect or obtain Personal Data about you from the following sources:

Data you provide: We may obtain your Personal Data when you provide it to us (e.g., where you contact us via email, or by any other means, or if you provide us with your business card).

Data you make public: We may collect or obtain your Personal Data that you choose to make public, including via social media (e.g., we may collect information from your social media profile(s), if you make a public post).

Website data: We may collect or obtain your Personal Data when you visit our Website or use any features or resources available on or through a Website.

Registration details: We may collect or obtain your Personal Data when you use, or register to a newsletter or a webinar or other event organized by Blocksi.

Creation of Personal Data

We may also create Personal Data about you, such as records of your communications and interactions with us, including attendance at events we hold. We may record telephone calls, meetings, or other interactions in which you are involved, in accordance with applicable law.

Data retention

We only keep your Personal Data for as long as we need to in order to use it as described above and/or for as long as we have your permission to keep it. Some of your personal data will be stored as long as required by different laws we need to comply with.

How do we share this data with our partners

We do not publicly disclose any information about our users.

We may disclose your personal data to competent authorities or law enforcement as mandated by law, or when strictly necessary to prevent, detect, or prosecute criminal acts or fraud, or if we are otherwise legally obliged to do so.

How can you manage your Privacy Settings

If you are receiving emails from Blocksi and would like to unsubscribe you can do that directly by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of the emails you have received, and you will no longer receive our messages.

What are your data protection rights

What are your data protection rights Subject to applicable law, you may have a number of rights regarding our processing of your Relevant Personal Data, including:

the right to not provide your Personal Data to us;

the right to request access to, or copies of, your Personal Data, together with information regarding the nature, processing and disclosure of those Personal Data;

the right to have certain Personal Data transferred to another Controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, to the extent applicable;

the right to request rectification of any inaccuracies in your Personal Data;

the right to request, on legitimate grounds: (i) erasure of your Personal Data; or (ii) restriction of processing of your Personal Data;

where we process your Personal Data on basis of your consent, the right to withdraw the consent.

Subject to applicable law, you may also have the following additional rights regarding the processing of your Relevant Personal Data:

the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your Relevant Personal Data by us or on our behalf.

Nothing in this Website Privacy Policy affects any of your other statutory rights. To exercise any of the rights outlined in this Website Privacy Policy, or to inquire about these rights or any other aspect of this Website Privacy Policy, or regarding our handling of your Personal Data, please reach out to us using the contact information provided in Section “Contact”. Kindly be aware that:

1. We may need to verify your identity before we can accommodate these rights; and
2. In cases where your request necessitates further investigation (for example, determining if any processing breaches relevant laws), we will conduct a reasonable and timely inquiry before deciding on the appropriate course of action.

California Residents

If you are a California resident, you can learn more about the data processing in the light of California law here.

International transfer of Personal Data

We may transfer your Personal Data to recipients in other countries. Where we transfer Personal Data from the EEA or the UK to a recipient outside the EEA or the UK that is not in an adequate jurisdiction, we do so on the basis of Standard Contractual Clauses.

Data minimisation

We take every reasonable step to ensure that your Personal Data that we process is limited to the Personal Data reasonably necessary in connection with the purposes set out in this Website Privacy Policy.

Security

We recognize that the security of your personal information is of utmost importance. We safeguard the collected data using industry-standard practices and continually enhance our security protocols. However, we acknowledge that no electronic data storage or transmission over the internet is completely secure.

Our use of your Personal Data will always have a lawful basis as previously mentioned above. Only authorized personnel are permitted to access your Personal Data.

Disclosure to third parties

We might share your Personal Data to relevant third parties. For example, we might need to disclose your Personal Data with relevant competent authorities, to law enforcement as it is required by law or if we are otherwise required to do so. We may need to further disclose Personal Data to competent authorities to protect and defend our rights or the rights of our business partners.

We may transfer data to trusted third-party providers in order for them to provide service to us and help us develop our Website. Any third-party service providers are bound by confidentiality clauses and are not allowed to use your Personal Data for other purposes than instructed by us. Only Personal Data that is necessary to fulfill the purposes stated above will be provided to these third-party providers.

Cookie Notice

When you visit our Website, we analyze your use of our website via the use of cookies and similar technologies. Please read our Cookie Notice for more information about the use of cookies.

Contact

If you have any concerns or questions about this Website Privacy Policy or the information we hold about you please contact our Data Protection Officer by email to privacy@blocksi.net or by post to our current registered office (228 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94301, USA), marked for the attention of “The Legal Department”.

Changes to the Website Privacy Policy

We may update this Website Privacy Policy from time to time, to reflect how we are processing your date. The most recent update date for this Website Privacy Policy will be displayed at the beginning of the document. In accordance with relevant laws, we will implement changes only after providing notification and/or obtaining your consent prior to any significant modifications to our Website Privacy Policy affecting you.

This Website Privacy Policy was last updated in April 2023.