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PEERLESS SOFTWARE INC., (“we,” “Peerless”, “Our”, “us”) a company incorporated under the laws of the United Arab Emirates with its registered office Unit IH-00-01-02-OF-01, Level 02, Innovation One, Dubai International Financial Centre, Dubai, United Arab, is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the relevant Data Protection laws and other applicable data privacy laws and regulations in the United Arab Emirates. We value and respect the privacy of the people we deal with and have developed this privacy policy to describe how we collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information, and how we maintain the quality and security of your personal information. The reference to ‘you’ or ‘your’, means you, website visitors etc., who engage with our products and services. It applies to our website and all related sites, applications (altogether, our “Platform”).
By continuing to use the Platform, you accept and consent to the provisions described in this Policy.
We collect your information when you :
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our services to you.
The Personal Data we collect, fall into various categories, such as:
While using our services, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally, identifiable information may include, but is not limited to Name and Contact Data: We may collect your first, middle and last name, email address, bank verification number, postal address, phone number, signature, date of birth, an identification document such as a copy of driver’s license, international passport, national identity card, Bank Verification Number (BVN), and other similar contact data.
If you subscribe to our subscription-based products, in order to process your payment easily, we may store your card Personal Access Number (PAN), Personal Identity Number (PIN), and Card Verification Number (CVV). All payment data is processed, transmitted, and stored securely in line with PCI DSS requirements.
We may hold information about you which includes without limitation health, criminal conviction information or biometric information used to uniquely identify you, (for example your fingerprint, facial recognition or voice recording). We will only hold this data when we need to for the purposes of the product or services we provide to you, where we are required to process the data for a public interest purpose, or where we have a legal obligation or your consent to do so your image (still, video, and in some cases 3-D images), voice, and other identifiers that are personal to you when you attend events hosted or organized by or for Peerless, regardless of whether such an event is a physical or virtual one or when you use certain Peerless offerings. information regarding identity, including government-issued identification information.
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you access our online services or when you access the services by or through a mobile device ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service 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 services on or through a mobile device, this Usage Data may include: Geo-Location information, when we request access to or permission to track location-based information from your mobile device, either continuously or while you are using our mobile application, to provide location-based services. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device's settings.
Access We may request access or permission to certain features on your mobile device, including your mobile device's camera, calendar, Bluetooth, contacts, storage, and other features. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device's settings.
Data We may automatically collect device information (such as your mobile device ID, model, and Manufacturer), operating system, version information, IP address, and diagnostic data
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our service. We may also collect information about your marketing preferences to provide you with information about relevant services, products, and offers that we think may be of interest to you
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website and mobile app traffics and events, currently as a platform inside the Google Marketing Platform brand. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads on its own advertising network
This includes Information from any social media profiles or any accounts that you share with us.
Other personal data which we collect includes image recordings this could include CCTV images of you at our offices but only for surveillance, monitoring and auditing purposes, to help forestall crime.
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our services and hold certain information. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our service. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. You can also refuse permissions to read your phone data by the mobile application. However, if you do not accept cookies on your browser or allow permissions on your mobile device, our online service experience to you may be degraded and you may not be able to use some portions of our service. We may also collect information about your internet browser settings and Internet Protocol (IP) address and other relevant information to help us identify your geographic location when providing you with our services
To the extent permissible under applicable law, we may use your information for the following legitimate actions:
Transfers out of United Arab Emirates.
In the course of our relationship with you, we may need to share your Personal Data with third parties or suppliers who process your Personal Data on behalf of Peerless. Under certain circumstances, as permitted by applicable law, this will involve us transferring your data outside the United Arab Emirates.
If we need to transfer your Personal Data outside the UAE, we will (1) ensure that the information is transferred in accordance with this Privacy Notice; (2) comply with all relevant regulatory requirements and (3) provide you with any additional information (as and when required) for you to be able to make an informed decision.
We have implemented appropriate organizational and technical measures to keep your personal information/data, confidential and secure. This includes the use of encryption, access controls and other forms of security to ensure that your data is protected. We require all parties including our staff and third-parties processing data on our behalf to comply with relevant policies and guidelines. Where you have a password which grants you access to specific areas on our site or to any of our services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We request that you do not share your password or other authentication details (e.g. token generated codes, PIN or Passwords) with anyone.
Although we have taken measures to secure and keep your information confidential, because the security of your data is important to us, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage can always guarantee 100% security. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security, you are responsible for securing and maintaining the privacy of your password and account/profile registration information and verifying that your personal information with us is valid, accurate and up to date. If we receive instructions using your account login information, we will consider that you have authorized the instructions and we will process the instruction accordingly, and without incurring any liability for doing so.
We retain your Information for as long as the purpose for which the information was collected continues. The information is then securely destroyed unless its retention is required to satisfy legal, regulatory, internal compliance or accounting requirements or to protect Peerless’ interest.
You are responsible for making sure the information provided to Peerless is accurate and should inform us on any changes as it occurs, this will enable us to update your information with us.
Any changes will affect only future uses of your Personal Information. Subject to applicable law, which might, from time to time, oblige us to store your Personal Information for a certain period, we will respect your wishes to correct inaccurate information. Otherwise, we will hold your Personal Information for as long as we believe it will help us achieve our objectives as detailed in this Privacy Policy.
In providing our products and services to you, we will process your Personal Data in accordance with the UAE Data Protection Law, your rights under this Privacy Notice include:
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note, however, that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal.
Our information, service and products are meant for public use. Peerless’ does not however knowingly collect names, email addresses, or any other personally identifiable information from children. Our Platform and service thereon are only available to persons who are 16years old and above, or persons who have attained the age of majority in their respective jurisdictions. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data without our knowledge and without the requisite parental consent, please promptly contact us.
As part of our recruitment process and as an applicant, you explicitly consent to the collection, use, transfer, and storage or in any other form of your personal data contained in application forms/letters, curriculum vitae (CV)/resumes obtained from your identity document(s) or collected through interviews/other forms assessment by Peerless or its affiliates. This information is for the exclusive purpose of assessing and evaluating applicants’ suitability for employment in any current or prospective position within our organization, verifying applicants’ identity and the accuracy of your details provided to us or for other related purposes. We shall, in line with our internal policies, controls and relevant Data Protection law ensure that this data is not disclosed or assessed by unauthorized persons. By providing any information on Peerless’ career page, you confirm that you have read the terms and privacy statement and accept it. As an applicant, you consent to Peerless using the data provided in accordance with terms described above.
Our Platform may have links to or from other websites that are not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the security, privacy practices or content of third-party websites or services. We recommend that you always read the privacy and security statements on these websites.
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate the Service (“Service Providers”), on our behalf, to perform specific Service-related roles or to assist us in analyzing how the Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose outside of the service-specific need for which the data is required.
This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date stated above and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on our website.
Based on the changing nature of privacy laws, user needs and our business, we may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any change to our privacy policy will be communicated on our website, via email or by placing a notice on our Platform and this will be effective as soon as published and we will need not notify you of the change.
We encourage periodic reviews of this Privacy Policy for awareness of any changes that may have occurred. Your continued use of the Services after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on our website will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
We are committed to resolving your privacy complaints and concerns as quickly as possible and have procedures in place to help resolve any problems or complaints efficiently. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@bepeerless.co.
Or send a letter addressed to:
The Data Protection Officer Unit
IH-00-01-02-OF-01, Level 02
Innovation One, Dubai International Financial Centre
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Social Media Platforms
We operate and communicate through our designated pages and accounts on some social media platforms to communicate and engage with our customers. We monitor and record comments and posts made about us or the Platform on these channels so that we can improve the service. The general public can access and read any information posted on these sites. Please note that any content you post to such social media platforms is subject to the applicable social media platform’s terms of use and privacy policies. We recommend that you review the information carefully in order to better understand your rights and obligations regarding such content.
The service may also allow you to connect with us on, share on, and use third-party websites, applications, and services. Please be mindful of your personal privacy needs and the privacy needs of others, as you choose whom to connect with and what to share and make public. We cannot control the privacy or security of information you choose to make public or share with others. We also do not control the privacy practices of third parties. Please contact those sites and services directly if you want to learn about their privacy practices.