Privacy

This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information when you visit our web site or utilize our services. This Privacy Policy applies to any visitor to our website or user of our applications or services, including (i) casual visitors who do not sign up for our services or (ii) users who have been sent to us in order to complete a document or witness a signature.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not use any of our notary services or our web site. By requesting or using our notary services, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This policy may change from time to time without notice. Your continued use of our notary services after we revise this policy means you accept those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Children

Our notary services are not intended for children as defined under applicable law and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you think that your child provided any personal information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately at info@blueskynotary.net and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

  1. OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY

Our Privacy Policy tells you what personally identifiable information we may collect from you, how we may process your personally identifiable information, how you can limit any use of your personally identifiable information by us and your rights to obtain, modify and/or delete any personally identifiable information we have collected from you.

  1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect information from and about users of our notary services:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us.
  • Automatically when you use our remote online notarization services.
  • From third parties, including recruiting software providers, recruiters, background check providers, counterparties in a transaction, credential analysis companies, notaries, and identity verification services. This information may include your street address, date of birth, social security number, resume/CV, name, email address, telephone number, government-issued identification, audio and visual recordings, information related to your documents, current company, links (including your LinkedIn URL, Twitter URL, GitHub URL, Portfolio URL, and other websites), gender, race, veteran status, and any additional information that we may collect or you choose to share.

Cookies

Our website may use cookies to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies are small files stored on your device that track your preferences and activities on our site. You can choose to accept or decline cookies through your browser settings, although this may affect the functionality of our website.

Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites that are not operated by us. These third-party sites have their own privacy policies and we are not responsible for the content or practices of these sites.

Certain third parties may use automatic information collection technologies to collect information about you or your device. These third parties may include:

  • Advertisers, ad networks, and ad servers.
  • Analytics companies.
  • Your mobile device manufacturer.
  • Your mobile service provider.
  • Your internet service provider.


These third parties may use tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our notary services. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites, apps and other online services websites. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

  1. HOW INFORMATION IS USED

When any of our notary services uses or processes personal data about you, it does so only as necessary to provide the services you use or otherwise with your consent, to comply with applicable law, or to fulfill other legitimate interests of you or us as described in this Privacy Policy.

3.1 We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

  • Provide, operate and maintain our any of our notary services.
  • Improve, personalize and expand our any of our notary Services.
  • Understand and analyze how you use any of our notary Services.
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to tour notary services and for marketing and promotional purposes.
  • Send you emails or other forms of communication.
  • Find and prevent fraud.

 

3.2 Legally Required Releases of Information

We may be legally required to disclose your personally identifiable information, if such disclosure is (a) required by law, or other legal process; (b) necessary to assist law enforcement officials or government enforcement agencies; (c) necessary to investigate violations of or otherwise enforce our terms; (d) necessary to protect us from legal action or claims from third parties including you; and/or (e) necessary to protect the legal rights, personal/real property, or personal safety of our company, clients, third party partners, employees and affiliates.

  1. WHO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH

In order to provide our services, we may need to provide your information to our trusted third-party partners, for example:

4.1 We will cooperate with all third parties to enforce their intellectual property or other rights. We will also cooperate with law enforcement requests from within or outside your country of residence.

4.2 We shall not sell, share, hire or otherwise deal in any of your personal information with third parties unless you give us specific permission to do so through a subsequent affirmative confirmation of our notary services.

4.3 Our use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google’s API services User Data Policy including the Limited Use requirements.

4.4 Affiliates. We may disclose the information we collect from you to our affiliates or subsidiaries in order to provide our notary services.

4.5 Mergers, acquisitions, and sales of business. To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Information we hold about our notary services’ users is among the assets transferred.

 

  1. OBTAINING, CHANGING OR DELETING YOUR INFORMATION

5.1 Access to your personal information. To obtain a copy of all information we maintain about you, you may send us a request using the contact information at the end of this Privacy Policy. After receiving the request, we will tell you when we expect to provide you with the information and whether we require any fee for providing it to you.

5.2 Remove or Change your Information. If you wish us to remove or change personally identifiable information that you have provided us, you may contact us at the contact information at the end of this Privacy Policy.

5.3 Verification of your Information. When any of our notary services receives any request to access, edit or delete personally identifiable information, we will first take reasonable steps to verify your identity before taking any action. This is important to safeguard your information.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

  • Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
  • Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
  • Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.

 

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the contact information at the end of this Privacy Policy.

  1. RETENTION PERIOD FOR PERSONAL DATA

Except as otherwise mentioned in this Privacy Policy, we keep your personally identifiable information only for as long as required:

  • to provide you with the services you have requested, or otherwise to perform or enforce a contract between us;
  • to continue to provide the best possible user experience to visitors who return to our site to collect information;
  • to comply with other law, including for any period demanded by tax authorities; or
  • to support a claim or defense in any court or in any legal, regulatory or administrative proceeding.

 

  1. DATA SECURITY

Protecting your personal information is a top priority for us. We employ industry-standard security measures to safeguard your data against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These security measures include:

  • Encryption: We use encryption technologies, such as Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption, to secure data transmission between your browser and our website. This helps prevent unauthorized interception of your information during transmission.
  • Secure Data Storage: Your personal information is stored on secure servers with restricted access to authorized personnel only. These servers are protected by firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and other advanced security measures to prevent unauthorized access.
  • Access Controls: Access to your personal information is restricted to employees, contractors and service providers who need access to perform their duties. All individuals with access to your information are required to adhere to strict confidentiality obligations.
  • Regular Security Audits: Our partners conduct regular security audits and assessments to identify and address potential vulnerabilities in our systems and processes. This helps us maintain the highest standards of data security and compliance.

 

While we take every precaution to protect your personal information, it’s important to note that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security against all threats. However, we are committed to continually enhancing our security measures to protect your privacy and maintain your trust.

If you have any concerns about the security of your personal information or suspect any unauthorized activity, please contact us immediately using the contact information provided in this Privacy Policy.

  1. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

You assume the sole risk of transmitting your information as it relates to the use of this site, and for any data corruptions, intentional interceptions, intrusions or unauthorized access to information, or of any delays, interruptions to or failures preventing the use this site. In no event shall we be liable for any direct, indirect, special, consequential or monetary damages, including fees, and penalties in connection with your use of materials posted on this site or connectivity to or from this site to any other site.

  1. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Your continued use of our notary services after we revise this policy means you accept those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

  1. CONTACT US

You may contact us at info@blueskynotary.net.