among groups of people and conducting research on demographics,
interests, and behavior;
• for internal business/technical operations, including troubleshooting, data
analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes, and as part of
our efforts to keep our Website, network, and information systems secure;
and
• to (a) comply with legal obligations, (b) respond to requests from competent
authorities; (c) enforce our Terms of Use; (d) protect our operations or those
of any of our affiliated businesses; (e) protect our rights, safety or property,
and/or that of our affiliated businesses, you or others; and (f) enforce or
defend legal rights, or prevent damage. This means we can store and
disclose your information to law enforcement authorities, state, or
government agencies if we establish that such disclosure is necessary to
comply with the law. This includes responses to court orders or subpoenas,
as well as other judicial or regulatory processes.
As used in this privacy policy, “legitimate interests” means the interests of Decode
Global and our affiliated businesses in conducting and managing our business. When
we process your personal data for our legitimate interests, we make sure to consider
and balance any potential impact on you and your rights under data protection laws.
Our legitimate interests do not automatically override your interests. We do not use
personal data for activities where our interests override the impact they may have on
our users, unless we have their explicit consent or those activities are otherwise
required or permitted by law. You have the right to object to the processing of your
personal data that is based on our legitimate interests at any time, on grounds relating
to your particular situation.
When would we share personal information
We share your personal data with third parties in the following situations:
• Service providers: Decode Global, like many businesses, occasionally
engages with selected third parties who act on our behalf to support our
operations, such as (i) card processing or payment services (ii) IT suppliers
and contractors (i.e. data hosting providers or delivery partners) as
necessary to provide IT support and enable us to provide subscription
services and other goods/services available on this Website or to users, (iii)
web and mobile analytics providers, (iv) providers of digital advertising
services, and (v) providers of marketing and sales software solutions.
Pursuant to our instructions, these parties may access, process or store
your personal data in the course of performing their duties to us and solely
in order to perform the services we have hired them to provide.
• Payment information: Paid Users must provide payment information
(name, postal address, payment card information or payment account
information). This information is used for billing purposes only and is
processed by our payment processors. When you are making a payment,