Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy and Data Processing Principles

As LeadsFunda (“The Company”), the protection and security of your personal data are of paramount importance to us.

Therefore, we are constantly reviewing our data processing activities and revising our policies in accordance with the applicable legislation in our present markets.

This Privacy Policy and Data Processing Principles (“Privacy Policy”) in our company websites (“Websites”) are also reviewed in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Californian Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) applies to all Websites, apps, events and to any other services owned and operated by the Company.

1. Data Processing Principles

  • Data Collection: We automatically collect certain information when you visit our websites. This includes your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, how you came to our site, and where you go after, along with date, time, and browser cookies. We don’t collect your exact location like latitude or longitude.
  • Use of Data: We use the data to improve our services, for research, and to develop new features. Sometimes, we anonymize this data (so it doesn’t identify you directly) and may share it with others for business purposes.
  • Protection of Your Information: We promise not to sell, exchange, or give your personal data to other companies without your consent, except to provide you with the product or service you requested. We take steps to ensure your data isn’t given to outside parties.
  • Communication: We may use your email address to send information, respond to your queries, or for other requests related to our services.
  • Necessity of Data: Providing personal data is important for us to offer you our services. If you don’t provide this data, we might not be able to serve you effectively.

2. How & What Personal Information We Collect and How We Use:

Personal Information We Collect: We only collect and process the following categories of data about companies and business professionals;

  • Full Name
  • Business Email Address
  • Job Title
  • Business Phone Numbers (general and direct)

How and Why We Use:

  • We provide accurate business data to our customers to promote their goods and services using direct marketing to the right people (decision-makers, influencers, champions, etc.);
  • Promoting your business in the web searches,
  • Enables you to interact with features or tools on our platform such as live chat;
  • Providing you with our existing and new services,
  • Improving your user experience and our features;

We will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing prior notice.

3. Withdrawing your Consent or Request for Deletion

For GDPR; You may withdraw your consent fully or partially at any time by contacting us at [email protected] from any form on our Website.

For CCPA; You can request the deletion of your personal information by sending an email to [email protected] or by clicking the “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link and by just filling out the form.

4. Marketing Purposes and Newsletter

From time to time we may contact you with relevant information about our services and products. Most messages we send will be by email. For some messages, we may use personal data we collect about you to help us determine the most relevant information to share with you.

5. Disclosure of Your Information to Other Third Parties only if necessary

  • For Protection Against Abuse: We may share your data if we believe it relates to potential abuse victims (like child, elder, or domestic abuse). This could be with law enforcement, child protection agencies, or court officials.
  • With Service Providers: Includes infrastructure partners (e.g., AWS), customer support, analytics, cybersecurity, fraud detection, payment processing, and advertising networks.
  • For Joint Services: With consultants or partners for services like contests, marketing, customer support, safety checks, and payments.
  • Via Social Networks: If you connect your social network accounts (like Facebook) to our services.
  • Legal and Safety Reasons: To comply with laws, respond to legal requests, enforce our Terms, protect our rights or safety, and address fraud, security, or technical issues.
  • During Business Transfers: In case of a merger, sale, reorganization, or similar company changes.

We expect these third parties to respect your data’s privacy and security, but we’re not responsible for their actions.

6. International Transfers 

Transfer Locations: Your personal data may be transferred and processed in countries outside your local jurisdiction, including outside the EU, such as in the US or Turkey.

Protection Measures: Transfers are either to countries approved by the European Commission for data protection or under specific safeguards like Standard Contractual Clauses or Corporate Binding Rules as per European Commission guidelines.

Further Information: For more details about these data protection measures, you can contact us as outlined in our Privacy Policy.

7. Data Security:

Security Measures: We use extensive security measures, like SSL encryption and administrative controls, to protect your data from loss, misuse, or alteration.

Transmission Limits: While we take care to secure data transmission, we can’t guarantee 100% security over the Internet and aren’t liable for unintentional disclosures.

8. Data Retention:

Retention Period: We keep your personal data only as long as needed for the purposes we collected it, including legal, accounting, or reporting needs.

Determining Retention: The retention time is based on the data’s amount, nature, sensitivity, the risk of unauthorized use, processing purposes, and legal requirements.

Your Rights under GDPR and CCPA:

  • Access: You can request a copy of your personal data that we have.
  • Correction: You can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
  • Erasure: You can request the deletion of your personal data in certain situations.
  • Object to Processing: You can object to our processing of your data based on our legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
  • Restrict Processing: You can request that we temporarily stop processing your personal data under specific conditions.
  • Data Portability: You can ask to transfer your data to you or another party in a machine-readable format.
  • Withdraw Consent: You can withdraw your consent to data processing at any time, although this may affect our ability to provide certain services.
  • To exercise any of these rights, please contact us through our website.

10. Deletion Request Rights:

You have the right to request us to delete any of your personal data that we process with some exceptions.

Once we receive your valid request, we will delete (and ask our service providers and customers to delete as well) your personal information from our systems, unless an exception applies.

We may resist deleting your personal data in the following cases though;

1. Complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information, provide a good or service that a consumer requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with that consumer, or otherwise perform our contract with that consumer.

2. Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.

3. Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality. 4. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights or exercise another right provided for by law.

5. Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 seq.).

6. Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement if a consumer previously provided informed consent.

7. Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on a consumer’s relationship with us.

8. Comply with a legal obligation.

9. Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which a consumer provided it.

11. Links to Third Party Sites

The Website may, from time to time, contain links to and from third-party services. If you follow a link to any of these services, please note that these services have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for their policies. Please check the individual policies before you submit any information to those services.

12. Our Policy Towards Children

The Website is not directed at persons under 18 and we do not knowingly collect personal data from persons under 18 or from any change that can be deemed as child in your jurisdiction.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy so you should review this page periodically. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will update the “last updated” date at the start of this Privacy Policy.