General Privacy Policy
Information and consent
By accepting this Privacy Policy, the User is informed and hereby gives his or her free, informed, explicit and unequivocal consent for the personal data provided on the abaqoo Next Gen Browser (hereinafter, the “Browser”) and the website located at the URL www.abaqoo.com (hereinafter, the “Website“) and the to be processed by abaqoo.
Your privacy is a key factor that abaqoo (that’s us) considers in the development of each of our products and services. We are committed to being transparent and open. This abaqoo Privacy Policy explains generally how we receive information about you, and what we do with that information once we have it.
Why do we process your data?
We process your data for the following purposes:
- Manage our relationship with you. In other words, manage how we process and respond to your requests and queries, either using our forms or by e-mail.
- Once you complete the Browser registration form:
- Manage communications about new services on the platform
- Pay you the earnings you have made via any of the available redeem methods
- Manage the monetisation service of the data provided. (More information in the specific Monetisation Privacy Policy).
What is the lawful basis for processing your data?
The legal basis for processing your data is the express and unequivocal consent given when voluntarily requesting information about our platform and your relationship with abaqoo as a registered user. Our lawful bases for collecting and processing personal information of users include:
- Performing our contract with you: Registration for a abaqoo Account requires your agreement to the Terms and Conditions. To provide the services described, such as syncing your browser history or providing email verification, we need to receive your email address.
- Legitimate interests: We receive technical and interaction data of users, which may include IP addresses, to customize and offer location specific features, improve the security and reliability of our services and prevent abuse, and to understand where people learn about abaqoo.
- Consent: Where we ask for your consent to process your information, you can always withdraw this consent.
- Monetization service: When you use the monetisation service and decide to disclose certain information from your profile (such as your anonymous data or your interests)
However, you can choose not to receive information at any time and still continue to enjoy our services by sending an e-mail to [email protected] or clicking on the corresponding link in the e-mail you receive.
The consents obtained for the purposes mentioned above are independent, so as a user you can revoke just one of them without affecting the others.
What do we do with your information once we have it?
When you give us information, we will use it in the ways for which you’ve given us permission. Generally, we use your information to help us provide and improve our products and services for you.
Our lawful bases for collecting and processing personal information of users include:
- Performing our contract with you: Registration for a abaqoo Account requires your agreement to the Terms and Conditions. To provide the services described, such as syncing your browser history or providing email verification, we need to receive your email address.
- Legitimate interests: We receive technical and interaction data of users, which may include IP addresses, to customize and offer location specific features, improve the security and reliability of our services and prevent abuse, and to understand where people learn about abaqoo.
- Consent: Where we ask for your consent to process your information, you can always withdraw this consent.
In many cases, you can access, update, or delete personal information.
If you have a question or concern, please contact us and we hope to resolve it for you. If we cannot, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
How do we store and protect your personal information?
What else should you know?
What are your rights in relation to the processing of your data?
You can exercise your right to information, access, rectification, erasure, restriction on processing, opposition and portability and opt out of decisions based solely on the automated processing of your data, where applicable.
How can you exercise them?
The general procedure consists of sending an e-mail to [email protected] with the Reference “Exercise of rights”. Proof of identity must be provided by enclosing a photocopy of your ID to make sure we are answering the data subject or his/her legal representative. In the latter case, proof of representation must also be provided.
If this message is being sent from the e-mail with which you registered, it is not necessary to send a copy of the ID card unless there is reasonable doubt about the applicant’s identity. In this case, you may be asked to send a copy of the ID card.
What if we change this privacy policy or any of our privacy notices?
Contact with abaqoo:
Höh-Rohnenweg 17
[email protected]
Last updated: November 2021
Privacy policy specific to the monetization service
Purpose of processing
The sole purpose of the monetisation service (which requires prior registration as a user) is to voluntarily provide certain data to be used by companies in the chosen sectors to offer their products and services that may be of interest to you. In exchange, you benefit economically from the information that we market to our client companies in a transparent and controlled manner.
The products and services offered by the client companies that have received your data from us will be offered to you via ads in the abaqoo Browser.
There is a single monetisation mode consisting of providing data under “My Anonymous Data” section and interests under “My Ads Interests” to abaqoo which shares (in an anonymous way) so companies can provide specific products or services via ads in the Browser. User will receive a percentage of the generated revenue.
In keeping with the principle of transparency, you are hereby informed that in order to participate in the monetisation service you must register as a user on our Browser.
abaqoo guarantees that your data will not be used for any other purpose as part of this service.
Origin and type of data
The types of personal data we use in monetisation processing are limited to the ones provided by you:
- Identifiers: e-mail and Paypal username
- Ads interests related to your Interests under “My Ads Interests” section (location, date of birth, gender, level of education, number of children, description of your family status, income, home type, personal interests, industry, office type)
- Data related to you under “My Anonymous Data” section (Business and Industry, Entertainment, Family and Relationships, Fitness and Wellness, Food and Drink, Hobbies and Activities,Shopping and Fashion, Sports and Outdoors, Technology)
Contact with abaqoo:
Höh-Rohnenweg 17
[email protected]