harmon.ie Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 5, 2024

In order to ensure transparency and give you more control over your Personal Data (as defined below), this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) governs how we, harmon.ie Corporation and our affiliates (together, “harmon.ie” “we”, “our” or “us”) use, collect and store personal data we collect or receive from or about you (“you”) such as in the following use cases:

1. When you make use of, or interact with, our software applications: harmon.ie One, harmon.ie 365, harmon.ie Cloud, harmon.ie for Outlook, hamron.ie App for Office, Email TeamMate, harmon.ie for iOS, harmon.ie for Android and any other mobile software application that we license (collectively – “Software”).
2. When you browse or visit our website – (“Website”).
3. When you make use of, or interact with, our Website:
   1. When you request a free trial.
   2. When you purchase a subscription to our Software.
   3. When you subscribe to our blog.
   4. When you register or attend our events.
   5. When you submit the partner form.
   6. When we process your job application.
   7. When you contact us (e.g. contact sales, support team, need help, submit a request).
   8. When you sign in.
4. When you attend a marketing event and provide us with your Personal Data and/or exchange business cards with us.
5. Personal data of our customers (e.g. contact details).
6. Personal data of our resellers, distributors, agents and/or finders (e.g. contact details).
7. Personal data of our service providers (e.g. contact details).
8. When you interact with us on our social media profiles (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn).

We greatly respect your privacy, which is why we make every effort to provide a platform that would live up to the highest of user privacy standards. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, so you can fully understand our practices in relation to Personal Data. “Personal data” means any information that can be used, alone or together with other data, to uniquely identify any living human being. Please note that this is a master privacy policy and some of its provisions only apply to individuals in certain jurisdictions and / or individuals using certain Software. For example, the legal basis in the table below is only relevant for GDPR-protected individuals

Important note: Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit in any way your statutory right, including your rights to a remedy or means of enforcement.

Table of contents:

1. What Personal Data we collect, why we collect it, and how it is used.
2. How we protect and retain your Personal Data.
3. How we share your Personal Data.
4. Transfers of Personal Data.
5. Your privacy rights. How to delete your account.
6. Use by children.
7. Interaction with third party products.
8. Log files.
9. Analytic tools.
10. Specific provisions applicable under California privacy law.
11. How to contact us.

This Privacy Policy can be updated from time to time and, therefore, we ask you to check back periodically for the latest version of this Privacy Policy. If we implement significant changes to the use of your Personal Data in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you by posting a notice on our Website or by other means.

1. WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT, WHY WE COLLECT IT, AND HOW IT IS USED

Finally, please note that some of the abovementioned Personal Data will be used for fraud detection and prevention, and for security purposes. The abovementioned Personal Data may also be used to comply with applicable laws, with investigations performed by the relevant authorities, law enforcement purposes, and/or to exercise or defend legal claims. In certain cases, we may or will anonymize your Personal Data. “Anonymous Information” means information which does not enable identification of an individual user, such as aggregated information about the use of our services. We may use Anonymous Information and/or disclose it to third parties without restrictions (for example, in order to improve our services and enhance your experience with them).

2. HOW WE PROTECT AND RETAIN YOUR INFORMATION
   1. Security. We have implemented appropriate technical, organizational and security measures designed to protect your Personal Data. However, please note that we cannot guarantee that the information will not be compromised as a result of unauthorized penetration to our servers. As the security of information depends in part on the security of the computer, device or network you use to communicate with us and the security you use to protect your user IDs and passwords, please make sure to take appropriate measures to protect this information.
   2. Retention. Your Personal Data will be stored until we delete the record and we proactively delete it or you send a valid deletion request. in some circumstances we may store your Personal Data for longer periods of time, for example (i) where we are required to do so in accordance with legal, regulatory, tax or accounting requirements, or (ii) for us to have an accurate record of your dealings with us in the event of any complaints or challenges, or (iii) if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation relating to your Personal Data or dealings. We have an internal data retention policy to ensure that we do not retain your Personal Data perpetually. Regarding retention of cookies, you can read more in our cookie policy https://harmon.ie/legal/cookie-policy. However, harmon.ie does not store or retain credit card or payment card numbers after they have been forwarded to its billing and payment processor(s), unless it is necessary for providing the Software.
3. HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
   In addition to the recipients described above, we may share your Personal Data as follows:
   
   1. With our business partners with whom we jointly offer products or services. We may also share Personal Data with our affiliated companies.
   2. To the extent necessary, with regulators, courts or competent authorities, to comply with applicable laws, regulations and rules (including, without limitation, federal, state or local laws), and requests of law enforcement, regulatory and other governmental agencies or if required to do so by court order;
   3. If, in the future, we sell or transfer, or we consider selling or transferring, some or all of our business, shares or assets to a third party, we will disclose your Personal Data to such third party (whether actual or potential) in connection with the foregoing events;
   4. In the event that we are acquired by, or merged with, a third party entity, or in the event of bankruptcy or a comparable event, we reserve the right to transfer, disclose or assign your Personal Data in connection with the foregoing events; and/or
   5. Where you have provided your consent to us sharing or transferring your Personal Data (e.g., where you provide us with marketing consents or opt-in to optional additional services or functionality).
4. TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL DATA
   1. Storage:Microsoft Azure: UK, subject to the Privacy Shield certification of Microsoft.
   2. Internal transfers: Transfers within the harmon.ie group will be covered by an internal processing agreement entered into by members of the harmon.ie group (an intra-group agreement) which contractually obliges each member to ensure that Personal Data receives an adequate and consistent level of protection wherever it is transferred to.
   3. External transfers: Where we transfer your Personal Data outside of EU/EEA (for example to third parties who provide us with services), we will obtain contractual commitments from them to protect your Personal Data. When harmon.ie engages in such transfers of personal information, it relies on i) Adequacy Decisions as adopted by European Commission on the basis of Article 45 of the GDPR (for example, when we access from Israel), or ii) Standard Contractual Clauses issued by the European Commission.
5. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS. HOW TO DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT
   1. Rights: The following rights (which may be subject to certain exemptions or derogations) shall apply to certain individuals (some of which only apply to individuals protected by the GDPR):
      • You have a right to access Personal Data held about you. Your right of access may normally be exercised free of charge, however we reserve the right to charge an appropriate administrative fee where permitted by applicable law;
      • You have the right to request that we rectify any Personal Data we hold that is inaccurate or misleading;
      • You have the right to request the erasure/deletion of your Personal Data (e.g. from our records). Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are required to retain your Personal Data, for example for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
      • You have the right to object, to or to request restriction, of the processing;
      • You have the right to data portability. This means that you may have the right to receive your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and that you have the right to transmit that data to another controller;
      • You have the right to object to profiling;
      • You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are entitled to continue processing your data, in particular if the processing is required to meet our legal and regulatory obligations. Also, please note that the withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal;
      • You also have a right to request certain details of the basis on which your Personal Data is transferred outside the EEA, but data transfer agreements and/or other details may need to be partially redacted for reasons of commercial confidentiality;
      • You have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority (i.e., your place of habitual residence, place or work or place of alleged infringement) at any time or before the relevant institutions in your place of residence. We ask that you please attempt to resolve any issues with us before you contact your local supervisory authority and/or relevant institution.
      You can exercise your rights by contacting us at privacy@harmon.ie. Subject to legal and other permissible considerations, we will make every reasonable effort to honor your request promptly in accordance with applicable law or inform you if we require further information in order to fulfill your request. When processing your request, we may ask you for additional information to confirm or verify your identity and for security purposes, before processing and/or honoring your request. We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law, for instance if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. In the event that your request would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others (for example, would impact the duty of confidentiality we owe to others) or if we are legally entitled to deal with your request in a different way than initial requested, we will address your request to the maximum extent possible, all in accordance with applicable law.
   2. Deleting your account: Should you ever decide to delete your account, you may do so by emailing privacy@harmon.ie. If you terminate your account, any association between your account and Personal Data we store will no longer be accessible through your account. However, given the nature of sharing on certain services, any public activity on your account prior to deletion will remain stored on our servers and will remain accessible to the public.
6. USE BY CHILDREN. We do not offer our products or services for use by children and, therefore, we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from, and/or about children under the age of eighteen (18). If you are under the age of eighteen (18), do not provide any Personal Data to us without involvement of a parent or a guardian. For the purposes of the GDPR, we do not intend to offer information societyservices directly to children. In the event that we become aware that you provide Personal Data in violation of applicable privacy laws, we reserve the right to delete it. If you believe that we might have any such information, please contact us at privacy@harmon.ie.
7. INTERACTION WITH THIRD PARTY PRODUCTS. We enable you to interact with third party websites, mobile software applications and products or services that are not owned or controlled by us (each a “Third Party Service”). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Third Party Services. Please be aware that Third Party Services can collect Personal Data from you. Accordingly, we encourage you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of each Third Party Service.
8. LOG FILES. We use log files when you send us your log files for support, in order to provide you with support in connection with your use of the software.
9. ANALYTIC TOOLS
   1. Google Analytics. The Website uses a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about use of the Website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this Website, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other websites they used prior to coming to this Website. We use the information we get from Google Analytics to maintain and improve the Website and our products. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with Personal Data. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service, available at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/, and the Google Privacy Policy, available at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. You may learn more about how Google collects and processes data specifically in connection with Google Analytics at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You may prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
   2. Mixpanel. We collect Personal Data such as your email address and your user activity through the use of Mixpanel. Mixpanel’s ability to use and share information is governed by the Mixpanel Terms of Use, available at https://mixpanel.com/legal/terms-of-use, and the Mixpanel Privacy Policy, available at https://mixpanel.com/legal/privacy-policy. You can opt-out of Mixpanel’s services by clicking on the following link: https://mixpanel.com/optout/.
   3. Hotjar. We use Hotjar to collect usage information to better understand user behavior and improve product experience. Hotjar collects data such as anonymized IP addresses, device information, and user interactions. Hotjar stores this information in a pseudonymized user profile. Neither Hotjar nor we will ever use this information to identify individual users or to match it with further data on an individual user. For further details, please see Hotjar’s privacy policy at https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy. You can opt-out to the creation of a user profile, Hotjar’s storing of data about your usage of our Website and Hotjar’s use of tracking cookies on other websites on this link https://www.hotjar.com/policies/do-not-track/.
   4. Google Tag Manager. Manages website tags efficiently to streamline our marketing and analytics efforts without collecting personal data.
   We reserve the right to remove or add new analytic tools.
10. SPECIFIC PROVISIONS APPLICABLE UNDER CALIFORNIA PRIVACY LAW
    1. Our California Do Not Track Notice:Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. Please note that we do not respond to or honor DNT signals or similar mechanisms transmitted by web browsers, but we may allow third parties, such as companies that provide us with analytics tools, to collect personally identifiable information about an individual consumer’s online activities over time and across different web sites when a consumer uses the Services.
11. HOW TO CONTACT US. If you have any questions, concerns or complaints regarding our compliance with this notice and the data protection laws, or if you wish to exercise your rights, we encourage you to first contact us at privacy@harmon.ie.