This Privacy Policy is prepared to inform users of the terms and conditions regarding the use of data and the manner in which data to be obtained during the use of the website www.hood.ee ('the Website'), managed and operated by Birdi, is processed to provide communication between the Digital Nomad and the Client ('the Member(s)').

Birdi is committed to data confidentiality and transparency in the storage of information. This Privacy and Personal Data Policy includes: what kind of data is collected, how it is used, with whom it is shared if necessary, what your rights are regarding your personal data and how such rights might be exercised.

This Privacy and Personal Data Policy is an integral part of the User Agreement.

Each visitor/member who confirms the Privacy and Personal Data Policy with Birdi, and persons who provide services through Birdi within the following limitations, expressly gives consent and approval to the processing, storage (indefinitely, within the legal term, affiliation period or the period stated/to be stated by Birdi), analysis, classification, updating and transfer to third party business partners and/or consultants of personal and/or non-personal data.

Collection of personal data and methods of collection

Personal data includes any information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify an individual, such as: name, identification number, location data, bank details, IP address or any other attribute of that individual.

When you use Birdi, we collect the following information about your use of our services:

• Registration information

  To take advantage of Birdi's services, you must be a Birdi member. To register with Birdi, you must enter your username, password and email address. If you choose to register with a third party (such as your Google account), Birdi will record that the third party account belongs to you during this registration.

• Invoicing information

  When making a payment to Birdi, you will be required to provide invoicing information such as name, address, email address, company name, tax office and tax identification number, financial and banking information associated with the type of payment you choose, among others. The payment infrastructure on which Birdi's system is based is protected by 3D Secure.

• Service data to be evaluated and reviewed

  The information you have submitted about the services you wish to provide through Birdi will be stored in Birdi's infrastructure for evaluation and to better serve you in the future.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no information that members and/or site users provide to Birdi will be shared with third parties. Birdi stores this data for internal use only in order to develop its own database and provide better service to its customers.

• Usage data

  Whenever you request our services, usage data is collected about you, such as which pages you visited within the Birdi website, what you clicked on and when, etc. In addition, like many websites today, some of our network servers may maintain log files; these files store data each time a device accesses them. Log files may include information about the nature of each access, such as originating IP addresses, Internet service providers, files displayed on the site (HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system versions, and timestamps.

• Device data

  Data such as your IP address, system version, device type, performance information and the type of browser you use to access our services.

• Thrid-party data

  If you allow third parties to share your information with us, we may collect information or data about you from those third parties. For example, if you choose to register and sign in to Birdi using your Google Account information, your login information will be verified by Google; we will only collect information about your Google Account that you specifically choose to share with us by allowing your Birdi account to connect to your Google Account.

Processing of personal data and its purpose

The information collected by Birdi may be used to optimize and improve Birdi's services. Birdi may use this information for website management, security, promotional activities, research and analysis. No information will be disclosed to the public. However, we may also use your anonymized information or share it with third parties where appropriate.

Birdi is obligated to take technical and administrative measures to provide an adequate level of security to ensure the maintenance of data and to protect against unlawful processing activities and access to personal data, paying the utmost attention to the storage of your information.

Birdi has no obligation other than to notify the person concerned and the relevant administrative authority in the event of unauthorized access, alteration or deletion of your information, interruption or replacement of your data stored by Birdi.

Each time you visit the site, your IP address, operating system, browser, connection time and other similar information is automatically saved; such information obtained without your permission may be used by Birdi, associated with your personal information or anonymously on the condition that it is not shared with third parties.

All information obtained from the user in order for the them to benefit from the services offered by Birdi is protected in accordance with our obligations under the relevant legislation on the protection of personal data.

Birdi provides limited access to its employees and associated companies that need access to relevant information in the scope of legal obligations or system requirements.

Transfer of personal data and its purpose

Your personal data collected by Birdi may be transferred to, processed and stored on servers in foreign countries in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Birdi may transfer user/member information, including personal information, to other countries and jurisdictions that may have different privacy laws.

Accordingly, Birdi may subcontract the processing to another person or share your information with third parties in countries other than your country of residence to carry out the activities described in this Privacy Policy. In doing so, Birdi complies with its obligations under applicable law. Therefore, your personal information may be subject to different privacy rules than in your country of residence. However, the data will be treated according to a restrictive interpretation of the scope of this text.

Birdi does not rent, sell, or share your personal information with other companies. However, Birdi may share non-personal (anonymous) information with third parties.

Birdi may share personal information with companies that provide services (such as data processing centers or service centers), subject to their legal obligations. These service providers are required to protect this information.

In order to comply with Birdi's legal obligations (where there is a duty to provide information, e.g. crime prevention, threats to government and public safety), your personal information may be disclosed to government agencies and organizations authorized to request such information.

Birdi may disclose relevant information to third parties to comply with its own terms and conditions or to ensure the operation or safety of the user, if Birdi agrees that such disclosure is reasonable and permitted by law.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files used to recognize persistent users that are placed on the device you use to access our services. All cookies expire after a certain period of time, depending on our reason for using them. Cookies are used for a variety of reasons:

• To improve the use and functionality of our site:

  If you use the "Remember me" feature to speed up access to your account, we may store your username in a cookie.

• Security reasons :

  We use cookies to verify your identity (or, for example, to see if your session is still open on Birdi).

• Customization of our site to meet your personal needs:

  We may store user preferences in cookies, such as default language, to customize the content you see.

• To improve our services:

  We use cookies to measure your use of Birdi, to keep track of routing information, and sometimes to show you different versions of content. This information helps us improve our services and optimize the content we display to users.

Types of cookies in relation to usage

• Strictly necessary cookies:

  These are cookies that are absolutely necessary for the correct functioning of the site. They are necessary for the operation of the system to prevent fictitious transactions; if they are blocked, the site may not function properly.

• Analytical/performance cookies:

  These cookies help us analyze and understand how our site interacts with you and improve our site. You may choose to prevent the use of these cookies.

• Functionality cookies:

  These cookies allow us to operate the site according to your choices. These cookies allow us to "remember" you between visits and provide you with easy access to certain content on the site. You can prevent the use of these cookies.

• Advertising cookies:

  These are cookies that collect information about your activities on this and other sites in order to provide you with advertisements. You can prevent these cookies from being used. However, this opt-out will not prevent the display of all advertising content; only ads with generic content will be displayed in place of ads that may be of interest to you.

Types of cookies regarding retention period

• Persistent cookies:

  These cookies remain on your device for a period of time or until you manually delete them. These cookies are often used to measure user preferences and site activity.

• Session cookies:

  These cookies are used to divide the user's visit into sessions and do not collect user data; they are deleted when the user is inactive for a certain period of time on the site they are visiting or when they close the site. Tracking cookies are used to provide third party services on the site and to increase the effectiveness of those services. These cookies can remember the web pages and sites you have visited and collect personal information, in particular the IP address of the user's device. The site uses both its own data and third-party cookies in these situations to collect information, remember your demographics and interests, present targeted advertisements, and track advertising and number of visits. When you visit the site and use social networking plugins (such as Facebook), the site connects directly to the server of the selected social network. The content provided by the plugins is then sent directly from the social network to your web browser and the website you are visiting. As a result, the social network may process your information by accessing it and combining it with information from your account on that social network. Birdi has no control over the data that social networks process through plugins.

For detailed information on Internet browser cookie settings, please see the links below:

• Microsoft Edge:

  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/view-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-a7d95376-f2cd-8e4a-25dc-1de753474879

• Safari:

  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265

• Chrome:

  https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

• Firefox:

  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

• Opera:

  https://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/en/cookies.html

Data retention period

The following criteria are used by Birdi to determine the storage and retention periods of your personal data obtained in accordance with the provisions of the relevant legislation:

1. If the relevant legislation provides for a period of retention of personal data, that period will apply. Once this period has expired, appropriate action will be taken.
2. In the absence of a legal deadline, the data will be stored only to the extent that they are useful for the operation and improvement of Birdi (always in compliance with current legislation), being anonymized whenever possible.

Changes and updates

Birdi reserves the right to modify this Privacy and Personal Data Policy at any time, which will be notified by posting the new version on the site.

Your rights

The following rights are granted by European Union directives and regulations:

• Right to confirmation and right of access:

  We will confirm whether we are processing any of your personal data, which data we are processing, and for what purpose we are processing it.

• Right to rectification:

  If you detect that any of the data we have stored is incorrect, it will be corrected.

• Right to erasure:

  If you ask us to delete your personal data, we will do so to the extent permitted by law.

• Right to restriction of processing:

  If you ask us to limit the use of your personal data, we will do so to the extent permitted by law.

• Right to withdraw your consent:

  If you wish to revoke any previously granted consent, we will comply with your request. Revocation does not affect the permissibility of the processing of your data up to now.

In addition, you can object to the further processing of your data if we process your data based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f), Art. 21 GDPR). If we process your data for the purpose of direct advertising, you have a general right to object. If we do not process your data for advertising purposes, the objection must be based on your particular situation.

In addition, if you consider that the processing of your personal data violates the relevant legislation, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to file a complaint with the appropriate authority.

Contact details

Amaicha OÜ

HQ: Sepapaja tn 6, 15551, Lasnamäe linnaosa, Tallinn, Estonia

VAT ID: EE102426977