Privacy Policy

for Octopus Digital

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the website and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the website. By using the website, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for You to access our website or parts of our website.
Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Octopus Digital.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Country refers to: UAE/USA/Pakistan/Qatar/KSA
Device means any device that can access the website such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Website.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the website, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the website or to assist the Company in analyzing how the website is used.
Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the website.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the website or from the website infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website refers to Octopus Digital, accessible from https://octopusdtl.com/
You means the individual accessing or using the website, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the website, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our website, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the website.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the website by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our website or when You access the website by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our website and store certain information. The technologies We use may include:

Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our website. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our website may use Cookies.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

Manage cookie preferences Cookie Settings You can change your cookie preferences any time. This will let you revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. For any information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please refer to this Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain our website, including to monitor the usage of our website.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the website. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the website that are available to You as a registered user.
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the website.
To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct 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 Data held by Us about our website users is among the assets transferred.
For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our website, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our website, to contact You.
For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.
With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the website. By using the website, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the website
Protect the personal safety of Users of the website or the public
Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By email: info@octopusdtl.com
By visiting this page on our website: https://octopusdtl.com/contact-us/

This Privacy Notice describes how we collect and use your personal information in relation to the Octopus Digital website (referred to as ‘website’ or ‘the website’), applications, products, services, events, and experiences that reference this Privacy Notice (together, “Octopus Digital Offerings”).

This Privacy Notice does not apply to any products, services, websites, or content that are offered by third parties or have their own privacy notice.

Personal information we collect

We collect your personal information in the course of your use of the website.

Here are the types of information we gather:

Information you give us: We collect any information you provide in relation to the website and the Octopus Digital Offerings.
Automatic information: We automatically collect certain types of information when you interact with the website and Octopus Digital Offerings.
Information from other sources: We might collect information about you from other sources, including service providers, partners, and publicly available sources.

How we use personal information

We use your personal information to operate, provide, and improve the website and Octopus Digital Offerings. Our purposes for using personal information include:

Provide Octopus Digital website: We use your personal information to provide and deliver the website.
Measure, support, and improve the website: We use your personal information to measure use of, analyze performance of, fix errors in, provide support for, improve, and develop the website.
Recommendations and personalization: We use your personal information to recommend Octopus Digital Offerings that might be of interest to you, identify your preferences, and personalize your experience of the website.
Comply with legal obligations: In certain cases, we have a legal obligation to collect, use, or retain your personal information.
Communicate with You: We use your personal information to communicate with you in relation to the website and Octopus Digital Offerings via different channels (e.g., by email, chat).
Marketing: We use your personal information to market and promote the website and Octopus Digital Offerings.
Purposes for which we seek your consent: We may also ask for your consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose that we communicate to you.

Cookies

To enable our systems to recognize your browser or device and to provide, market, and improve the website, we and approved third parties use cookies and other identifiers.

How we share personal information

Information about our customers is an important part of our business and we are not in the business of selling our customers’ personal information to others. We share personal information only as described below and with octopusdtl.com, and the affiliates that octopusdtl.com controls that are either subject to this Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Notice.

Third-party service providers: We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. 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 that information in accordance with this Privacy Notice and as permitted by applicable data protection law.
Business transfers: As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or services. In such transactions, personal information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Notice (unless, of course, the individual consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that Octopus Digital or substantially all of its assets are acquired, your information will of course be one of the transferred assets.
Protection of us and others: We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our terms and other agreements, or protect the rights, property, or security of Octopus Digital, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud prevention and detection and credit risk reduction.
At your option: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when personal information about you might be shared with third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.

Location of personal information

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is located in the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”), and our affiliated companies are located throughout the world. Depending on the scope of your interactions with the website, your personal information may be stored in or accessed from multiple countries, including the UAE. Whenever we transfer personal information to other jurisdictions, we will ensure that the information is transferred in accordance with this Privacy Notice and as permitted by applicable data protection laws.

How we secure information

At Octopus Digital, security is our highest priority. We design our systems with your security and privacy in mind.

We maintain a wide variety of compliance programs that validate our security controls.
We protect the security of your information during transmission to or from the website, applications, products, or services by using encryption protocols and software.
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage, and disclosure of personal information. Our security procedures mean that we may request proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.

Access and choice

Communications: If you do not want to receive promotional messages from us, please unsubscribe.
Cookies preferences: You can change your cookie preferences on the website at any time by clicking Cookie Preferences in the footer of the website. You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. The “Help” feature on most browsers and devices will tell you how to remove cookies from your device, how to prevent your browser or device from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.

Third party sites and services

Octopus Digital may embed content provided by others or include links to other websites and applications. These companies may collect information about you when you interact with their content or services. We are not responsible for the practices of these companies. Please consult their privacy policies to learn about their data practices.

Retention of personal information

We keep your personal information to enable your continued use of the website, for as long as it is required in order to fulfill the relevant purposes described in this Privacy Notice, as may be required by law, or as otherwise communicated to you. How long we retain specific personal information varies depending on the purpose for its use, and we will delete your personal information in accordance with applicable law.

Contacts, notices, and revisions

If you have any concerns about privacy at Octopus Digital, please contact us with a thorough description, and we will try to resolve the issue for you.

Contact details for specific jurisdictions, can be found in the “contact us” section of the website.

If you interact with the website on behalf of or through your organization, then your personal information may also be subject to your organization’s privacy practices, and you should direct privacy inquiries to your organization.

Our business changes constantly, and our Privacy Notice may also change. You should check our website frequently to see recent changes. You can see the date on which the latest version of this Privacy Notice was posted. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all personal information we have about you and your account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of personal information collected in the past without informing affected customers and giving them a choice.

Making a complaint

If you are not satisfied with the response, please contact us at info@octopusdtl.com with the details explaining your concerns. We will review your complaint and investigate if the right procedures have been followed and respond back to you as appropriate. We aim to complete this investigation within 15 working days of receiving your complaint, however, in some cases it may take longer. If you are still unsatisfied with the response, you may contact us.