Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to crelancer.com, and Crelancer LLC (“Crelancer”) and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Crelancer include crelancer.com. By using Crelancer, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
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Collection of your Personal Information. In order to better provide you with the services offered, Crelancer may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
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First and Last Name
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Company Name
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Mailing Address
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E-mail Address
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Phone Number
In addition, when applying to be a freelancer on the platform, Crelancer may also collect detailed professional information presented in your resume. This may include your educational background, work experience, skills, references, and any other information you choose to provide in your resume.
Crelancer does not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to Crelancer. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to Crelancer when you elect to use certain services. These may include: (i) registering for an account; (ii) sending Crelancer an email message; or (iii) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing services through the platform. Crelancer also may gather information about you from other third parties.
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Use of your Personal Information. Crelancer collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services, create your profile on the website, for email marketing, and for other legitimate interests, including analyzing use of the website, improving the website, and fulfilling obligations to you and other users. All emails will have an option for you to “opt-out” from future communication from Crelancer.
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Sharing Information with Third Parties. Crelancer does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Crelancer may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information is transferred to the third party. Crelancer may also share data with third parties to help perform statistical analysis and advertising. The use of your data by any such third party will be subject to their privacy policy. Such third parties include Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/, the host of Crelancer’s website, as well as Constant Contact and Google Ads for data tracking and targeted advertising (further mentioned in Section 6. Use of Cookies).
Crelancer may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (i) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Crelancer; (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Crelancer; and/or (iii) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Crelancer, or the public.
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Tracking User Behavior. Crelancer may keep track of the websites and pages users visit within Crelancer, in order to determine what Crelancer services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising for users whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
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Automatically Collected Information. . Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Crelancer. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain the quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Crelancer website.
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Use of Cookies. The Crelancer website uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. The main purposes for which Crelancer uses cookies are:
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For functional purposes essential to the effective operation of Crelancer's website, particularly in relation to online transactions, site navigation, and preference. This includes: (i) SessionID : Used to store a session identifier, keeping users logged in and maintaining session state for seamless navigation; (ii) CSRFToken : A unique token to prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks on website forms, enhancing security; and (iii) StripeSID and StripeMID : Cookies set as part of Stripe integration for handling payment session management and fraud prevention during transactions.
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For marketing and advertising purposes, which may include cookies from third-party services such as Constant Contact.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser to decline cookies if you prefer. Crelancer also gives you the ability to accept or decline cookies when first entering the website. If you choose to decline cookies, Crelancer will refrain from collecting your data for certain analytical and marketing purposes, but cookies may still be collected that are essential for the functional operation of the website.
Third-Party software Crelancer uses that utilizes cookies to collect your data include:
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Constant Contact. Crelancer utilizes Constant Contact to manage and send email communications, enhancing your experience with the services. To understand how Constant Contact uses your personal data and manages email communications, you can review their privacy policy here:
https://www.constantcontact.com/legal/privacy-notice. If you wish to opt-out of receiving emails from Crelancer via Constant Contact, you can do so by following this steps: In every email sent through Constant Contact, there is an “Unsubscribe” link located at the bottom. By clicking this link, you can instantly opt-out from receiving future emails from Crelancer’s mailing list.
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Google Ads. Crelancer uses Google Ads to serve targeted advertisements to users both on Crelancer website and across the Google Display Network. If you wish to opt out of personalized advertisements served by Google, you can manage your preferences by visiting Google’s Ad Settings page:
https://myadcenter.google.com/personalizationoff
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Links. This website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that Crelancer is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. Crelancer encourages users to be aware when they leave Crelancer’s site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
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Security of your Personal Information. Crelancer strives to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while Crelancer strives to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (i) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the internet which are beyond Crelancer’s control; and (ii) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and Crelancer through this site cannot be guaranteed.
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Right to Deletion. Subject to certain exceptions (some of which are set out below), on receipt of a verifiable request from you, Crelancer will: (i) Delete your personal information from Crelancer’s records; and (ii) Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records. Please note that Crelancer may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to: (i) Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, provide a service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and Crelancer; (ii) Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for that activity; (iii) Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality; or (iv) Comply with an existing legal obligation.
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Data Retention. Crelancer retains your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, Crelancer considers the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which Crelancer processes your personal information, and whether those purposes can be achieved through other means, as well as applicable legal requirements. After this period, your personal information will be securely deleted or anonymized so that it can no longer be associated with you, unless the law allows or requires Crelancer to preserve certain information, including in the context of an ongoing or anticipated legal proceeding.
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Privacy Rights. You have a right to not receive discriminatory treatment by Crelancer from exercising any of your privacy rights. These include your (i) right to know about personal information Crelancer collects from you and how it is shared; (ii) the right to delete personal information collected; (iii) the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information; (iv) the right to correct inaccurate personal information; and (v) the right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information. To exercise any of your rights, you can contact Crelancer via the Contact Information under Section 15 of this Privacy Policy.
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External Data Storage Sites. Company may store your data on servers provided by Amazon Web Services (“AWS”), a third-party hosting vendor with whom Company has contracted. AWS is solely responsible for hosting the website and is not involved in any other aspects of the Company's operations. It is important to note that AWS operates under its own privacy policy, and users are encouraged to review AWS's privacy practices to better understand how their data may be handled.
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External Data Storage Sites. Company may store your data on servers provided by Amazon Web Services (“AWS”), a third-party hosting vendor with whom Company has contracted. AWS is solely responsible for hosting the website and is not involved in any other aspects of the Company's operations. It is important to note that AWS operates under its own privacy policy, and users are encouraged to review AWS's privacy practices to better understand how their data may be handled.
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Changes to this Statement. Crelancer reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Crelancer will notify you about significant changes in the way Crelancer treats personal information by placing a prominent notice on our website and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or services available after such modifications will constitute your: (i) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (ii) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
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Contact Information. Crelancer welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. Please contact Crelancer at: