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      <br><h1>PRIVACY & COOKIES POLICY</h1>
      <p>Effective <b>10 January 2018</b> <br>Last modified on <b>10 January 2018</b></p><br>
      <!-- TODO: insert link for archived versions of the privacy policy -->

      <h2>Hello! We are so chuffed to have you with us.</h2>
      <p>This <a class="footnote">Privacy Policy<span>that is, the
	    whole body of this document you are reading right now, as may
	    be amended from time to time</span></a> applies to our website, web
	applications, platform, services, community / developer
	resources, and products as provided at <a class="a-link"
						  href="https://legalese.com" target="blank">legalese.com</a>
	(each a "<b>Product</b>", and collectively, the
	“<b>Products</b>”).</p>

      <p>There are many ways that you can use our Products.<br>
        We understand and appreciate that when you use our Products
        you may share information with us. Sharing your information
        may help us make our Products even better –– for instance,
        to show you more relevant search results, to show you more
        appropriate smart defaults, to make sharing with others
        quicker and easier, etc. 
      <p>That said, your privacy and preferences are important to us. So whether you are new to us
	or a long-time user, <a class="a-link"
				href="mailto:support@legalese.com?subject=Uhm, about your
				      Privacy Policy&CC=clause@legalese.com">please feel free to
	  reach out</a> should you have any questions.</p><br>


      <h2>First things first</h2>
      <h3 class="small-centre">Read this with the terms of use</h3>
      <p>This Privacy Policy complements
	our <a class="a-link" href="terms.html" target="_blank">Terms of
	  Use</a>. This means they are to be read together. We urge you to
	also familiarise yourself with both of them and all other documents that they may reference.</p>
      <p>This Privacy Policy is intended to help you understand what
        information we collect, how we might use it, and what choices
        you have with regard such information. </p>
      <p><b>By using our Product(s), you consent to the collection
          and use of information by us as set out in
          this Privacy Policy.</b></p>
      
      <h3 class="small-centre">Navigating this document</h3>
      <p><a class="footnote">Highlighted text like this (go on, you
	  can hover over)<span>Good job, you hovered over something.</span></a>
	display further information when hovered over
	(they're a bit like footnotes), all of which are incorporated as
	part of this Privacy Policy.</p>
      <p> Capitalised terms not otherwise defined under
	this Privacy Policy will bear the same meaning
	as that ascribed to them under the <a class="a-link"
					      href="terms.html" target="_blank">Terms of Use</a> (as may be
	amended from time to time).</p>

      <br>	  
      <h2>Information that we collect</h2>
      <p>We collect information in a bid to better understand our Products
	and users (like you) so that we may then provide better Products
	and user experiences.</p>
      
      <p>We collect the following kind of information:</p>
      <ul>
	<li> <b>Information you give us</b><br>
          <p>This could be <a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That
		is, data that personally identifies a single person in
		question (in this case, you). For instance, your name, email
		address, or credit card details.</span></a> or non-personal
            information. You may be asked to provide such information anytime you are in
            contact with Legalese or using any of the Products. We may
            then share such information and use it in a way that is consistent
            with this Privacy Policy. Here are some examples of such information
            that we may collect and how we might use them:
	    <ul><li>For example (but not by way of limitation),
		our Products may require you to sign up for an account with us
		in order to unlock or use certain features or
		functionalities. When you do sign up for an account, we’ll ask
		for <a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That is, data that
		    personally identifies a single person in question (in this
		    case, you). For instance, your name, email address, or credit
		    card details.</span></a> such as your contact details, address, and name to store with your
		account. </li>
	      <li>For example (but not by way of limitation), we may use <a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That
		    is, data that personally identifies a single person in
		    question (in this case, you). For instance, your name, email
		    address, or credit card details.</span></a> of
		your family, friends, associates, or such other relevant
		persons as you may elect and inform us of, in order for us to fulfill your requests and
		instructions (such as, the sending out of generated documents,
		reminder emails, prompts, etc) or for anti-fraud
		purposes.</li>
	      <li>For example (but not by way of limitation), we may use
		<a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That is, data that
		    personally identifies a single person in question (in this
		    case, you). For instance, your name, email address, or credit
		    card details</span></a> that you give us (including date of
		birth) to verify identity, assist with the identification of
		users, and to determine appropriate services.</li>
	      <li>For example (but not by way of limitation), we may from
		time to time use your <a class="footnote">Personal
		  Data<span>That is, data that personally identifies a single
		    person in question (in this case, you). For instance, your
		    name, email address, or credit card details.</span></a> to
		send important notices (such as communications about purchases
		and changes to our Terms of Use, conditions, and
		policies.</li>
	      <li>For example (but not by way of limitation), we may use
		<a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That is, data that
		    personally identifies a single person in question (in this
		    case, you). For instance, your name, email address, or credit
		    card details</span></a> for internal purposes such as
		auditing, data analysis, and research to improve our Products
		and customer communications and understanding.</li>
	      <br>
	    </ul>
	</li>
	
	<li><b>Information we get from your use of
	    Products</b><br>We
	  collect <a class="footnote">information about the Products that you use and how you use them<span>This includes
	      information like your data usage, preferences, selection,
	      interaction with our Products, browsing history, searches,
	      documents, and other content hosted by us or on our
	      behalf. This may also include any content as it flows
	      through out system.</span></a>. We have systems set up to
	  analyse and process such information as they are sent, received, and
	  when they are stored. Such information is classified as
	  non-personal information as it is collected in a form that
	  does not, on its own, permit direct association with any
	  specific individual. We may collect, use, transfer, and
	  disclose such non-personal information for any
	  purpose. The following are some examples of non-personal
	  information that we collect and how we may use it:
	  <br>
          <ul><li><a class="footnote">device information<span><b>device
		    information</b> means information that is specific to the
		  device you used to access the Product(s). For example:&nbsp
		  your hardware model, operating system version, unique device
		  identifiers, and mobile network information (including phone
		  number). We may associate your device identifiers or phone
		  number with your account with us. And <b>a device</b> is a
		  piece of technological equipment that can be used to access
		  any of our Products, including a desktop computer, tablet, or
		  smartphone. </span></a></li>
            <li><a class="footnote">log information<span><b>log
		    information</b> means information that is automatically
		  collected and stored in server logs when you use our Products
		  or view content provided by us. This may include details of
		  how you used our Products, internet protocol address, device
		  event information (e.g. crashes, system activity, hardware
		  settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of
		  your usage), cookies that may uniquely identify your browser
		  or your account.<br><br>

		  On <b>"server logs"</b><br> Like most websites, our servers
		  automatically record the page requests made when you visit our
		  sites. These “server logs” typically include your web request,
		  Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the
		  date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may
		  uniquely identify your browser.</span></a></li>

            <li><a class="footnote">location information<span><b>location
		    information</b> means information that we may collect and
		  process about your actual location when you use our
		  Products. This helps us better provide the Products and/or the
		  features therein contained. We may use different technologies
		  to determine your location, including IP address and GPS
		  information.</span></a></li>
            <li><a class="footnote">information in local
		storage<span><b>information in local storage</b> means
		  information (including personal data) that we may collect and
		  store locally on your device using mechanisms such as browser
		  web storage (including HTML5) and application data caches (an
		  application data cache is a data repository on a device; it
		  can, for example, enable a web application to run without an
		  Internet connection and improve the performance of the
		  application by enabling faster loading of
		  content).</span></a>; and</li>
            <li><a class="footnote">information from cookies & similar
		technologies<span><b>information from cookies & similar
		    technologies</b> means information we may obtain from various
		  technologies we may use to identify the browser or device
		  which you used to visit or use a Product of ours. Such
		  information may also include information that we collect and
		  store when you interact with our Product(s), including
		  situations where you interact with Products we offer our
		  partners.</span></a>.</li></ul></li></ul>

      <br>

      <h2>How we use information that we collect</h2>
      <p>If you do not want us to use your information in any of the
	way(s) described in this Privacy
	Policy, please <a class="a-link" href="mailto:support@legalese.com">let us
	  know immediately</a>.</p>
      
      <p>We use the information that we collect so that we can
	provide the Products to you and enhance your experience of
	the Products. We may also personalize your repeat visits in
	a bid to make the process more seamless and tailored to your
	needs. We may use your <a class="footnote">Personal
	  Data<span>That is, data that personally identifies the
	    person in question (in this case, you). For instance, your
	    name, email address, or credit card details.</span></a> to
	contact you and, if you agree, to enable our affiliates or
	partners to contact you.</p>

      <ul><li>For example (but not by way of limitation), we may
	  contact you to give you notices about your account, site
	  updates, new services and features or to fulfil the
	  purpose of a Product feature.</li></ul>

      <h3 class="small-centre">According to your account preferences</h3>
      <p>Information you post or share on or via our Products may be
	shared with others according to the account preferences associated
	with that particular account. By default, this would be the
	default account preferences settings when you first created an
	account with us. These account preferences may be updated by you
	at a later time under your personal or company settings options;
	they may also be set by administrator(s) of any linked accounts of
	yours. Your profile may be visible to others in accordance with
	these settings. We cannot guarantee the security of any
	information you publicly disclose online; this means that you must
	make any such disclosures at your own risk.</p>

      <h3 class="small-centre">Non-personal information and/or anonymous data</h3>
      <p>We may use non-personal information and/or anonymous data collected from you or your use of the
	Products for site administration, analytics, advertising and
	promotional purposes, and we may share such information with
	other entities (such as service providers) for such
	purposes. We may also aggregate data to enable research or
	analysis so that we can better understand and serve you and
	others.</p>
      <ul>
	<li>For example (but not by way of limitation), we may
	  conduct research on your demographics and usage. Although
	  this aggregated data may be based in part
	  on <a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That is, data that
	      identifies a single person in question (in this case,
	      you). For instance, your name, email address, or credit card
	      details.</span></a>, it does not identify you
	  personally.</li></ul>
      <p>We may share this type of anonymous data with others,
	including service providers, our affiliates, agents and
	current and prospective business partners. We may use your
	anonymous data outside of Legalese to improve third party
	marketing or use your data in combination with third party
	data to improve your experiences both in and outside
	Legalese. We may retain your IP address and/or other
	device-identifying data in order to help us diagnose
	problems with our servers, to administer our Products
	including personalizing content or links relevant to your
	geographic area or device-type, to verify that your account
	is not being used by others, to gather broad anonymous
	demographic data (such as the number of visitors from a
	geographic area), to enforce compliance with
	our <a class="a-link" href="terms.html"
	       target="_blank">Terms of Use</a> or otherwise in order to
	protect our Products, users, customers, or such other third
	parties.</p>
      <p>We may use analysis tools such as Google Analytics. These provide us with information about how our users use the Products.</p>

      <br>
      <h2>Control you have over our use</h2>
      <p>You may delete your account at any time – this will remove your account page from our Product(s). We do not guarantee the ability to delete all stored data.</p>
      <p>If you would like us to
	delete/correct <a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That is,
	    data that personally identifies the person in question (in this
	    case, you). For instance, your name, email address, or credit card
	    details.</span></a>, let us know and we will act on your request
	as soon as reasonably practicable.</p>
      <p>Your account information will be protected by a password for
	your privacy and security. You have the responsibility of
	preventing unauthorized access to your account and personal data
	by selecting and protecting your password appropriately and
	limiting access to your computer or device and by signing off
	after you have finished accessing your account.</p>
      <p>You can access information associated with your account by logging into your account with us.</p>

      <br>
      <h2>Sharing your data with third parties</h2>
      <p>We may share anonymouse data with third parties to, for
	example (but not by way of limitation), improve Legalese,
	the Products, and to enable data aggregation as described
	above.</p>
      <p>Where necessary, we may share
	your <a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That is, data
	    that personally identifies a single person in question (in this
	    case, you). For instance, your name, email address, or
	    credit card details.</span></a>, with our independent
	contractors, subcontractors, service providers, or
	affiliates (in each case, subject to confidentiality
	obligations).</p>
      <p>We may also share <a class="footnote">Personal
	  Data<span>That is, data that personally identifies a single
	    person in question (in this case, you). For instance, your
	    name, email address, or credit card details.</span></a> with
	interested parties in the event that we anticipate a change
	in control or the acquisition of all or part of our business
	or assets or with interested parties in connection with the
	use or rights in respect of our technology.</p>
      <p>If Legalese is sold or makes a sale or transfer, we may,
	in our sole discretion, transfer, sell or assign your
	personal data to a third party as part of or in connection
	with that transaction. Upon such transfer, the privacy
	policy of the acquiring entity may govern the further use of
	your personal data. In all other situations your data will
	still remain protected in accordance with
	this <a class="footnote">Privacy Policy<span>that is, the
	    whole body of this document you are reading right now, as
	    may be amended from time to time</span></a>.</p>
      <p>We may share your <a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That is,
	    data that personally identifies a single person in question
	    (in this case, you). For instance, your name, email address,
	    or credit card details.</span></a> at any time if required
	for legal reasons or in order to enforce
	our <a class="a-link" href="terms.html"
	       target="_blank">Terms of Use</a> or
	this <a class="footnote">Privacy Policy<span>that is, the
	    whole body of this document you are reading right now, as
	    may be amended from time to time</span></a>.</p>

      <br>
      <h2>How we protect your data</h2>
      <p>We care a great deal about keeping your data secure and
	protecting it from inappropriate disclosure. This is why we
	implement a variety of security measures to ensure the
	security of your <a class="footnote">Personal
	  Data <span>That is, data that personally identifies a single
	    person in question (in this case, you). For instance, your
	    name, email address, or credit card details.</span></a>on
	our systems. Any <a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That
	    is, data that personally identifies a single person in
	    question (in this case, you). For instance, your name, email
	    address, or credit card details.</span></a> collected by us
	is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible
	by a limited number of Legalese personnel who have special
	access rights to such
	systems. Where <a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That
	    is, data that personally identifies a single person in
	    question (in this case, you). For instance, your name, email
	    address, or credit card details.</span></a> is collected by
	us, it will be transmitted and protected via a secure
	protocol and encrypted in our databases to be accessed only
	as stated above. If and when we use subcontractors or
	service providers to store your data, we will not relinquish
	control of your <a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That
	    is, data that personally identifies the person in question
	    (in this case, you). For instance, your name, email address,
	    or credit card details.</span></a> or expose it to security
	risks that would not have arisen had the data remained in
	our possession.</p>
      <p><b>However, no transmission of data over the internet is
	  guaranteed to be completely secure.</b> It may be possible for
	third parties not under our control to intercept or access
	transmissions or private communications unlawfully. While we
	strive to protect your <a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That
	    is, data that personally identifies the person in question (in
	    this case, you). For instance, your name, email address, or credit
	    card details.</span></a>, we cannot ensure or warrant the security
	of any <a class="footnote">Personal Data<span>That is, data that
	    personally identifies the person in question (in this case,
	    you). For instance, your name, email address, or credit card
	    details.</span></a> you transmit to us. Any such transmission is
	done at your own risk. If you believe that your interaction with
	us is no longer secure, please <a class="a-link"
					  href="mailto:support@legalese.com">contact us immediately</a>.</p>

      <br>
      <h2>Cookies</h2>
      <p>Cookies are small files of letters and numbers downloaded
	onto your computer or access device when you access certain
	websites. The use of cookies is standard on the internet and
	many websites use them to improve the user experience. There
	are different types of cookies (described further
	below). For more information about cookies and how they
	work, see <a class="a-link"
		     href="https://allboutcookies.org"
		     target="_blank">allaboutcookies.org</a>.</p>

      <h4 style="margin-bottom: 10px">By using our Products, you agree that we can place these kind of cookies on your device:</h4>
      <ul>
	<li><b>Strictly necessary cookies</b> – These cookies make
	  our Products work. These cookies are essential in order to
	  enable you to move around our Products and use our
	  features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these
	  cookies, we would not be able to remember your previous
	  actions, determine whether you are logged in or not, or
	  enable you to see the electronic programme guide tailored
	  to your chosen provider/region.</li>
	<li><b>Performance cookies</b> – These cookies improve the
	  performance of our Products. These cookies collect
	  information about how visitors use our Products, for
	  instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if
	  visitors get error messages from web pages. These cookies
	  don’t identify you personally. All information these
	  cookies collect is aggregated and anonymous. These cookies
	  enable us to manage errors and the performance and design
	  of the Products, to track ad response rates and your
	  visits to our affiliate websites, and to show you which
	  shows are most popular.</li>
	<li><b>Functionality cookies</b> – These cookies save you
	  time. These cookies remember your user name and can also
	  be used to remember settings that you can customise. These
	  cookies allow us to remember choices you make
	  (e.g. whether you want to share your activity with others)
	  and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may
	  also be used to provide services you have asked for such
	  as watching a video or commenting. Without these cookies,
	  we won’t be able to distinguish you from other users and,
	  as a result, save you time.</li>
	<li><b>Targeting or advertising cookies</b> – These
	  cookies make any advertising that you may see
	  relevant. These cookies are used to deliver adverts or
	  links more relevant to you and your interests. They are
	  also used to limit the number of times you see an ad as
	  well as help measure the effectiveness of ad
	  campaigns. They may be placed by us, or advertising
	  networks with our, or our affiliate’s, permission. Without
	  these cookies, you may still receive advertising – the
	  advertising, however, will be less relevant to you.</li>
	<li><b>Third party cookies</b> – Our Products may allow
	  third parties to set cookies on your device. This means
	  that when we display content from a third party this third
	  party may set their own cookies or similar technologies
	  onto your device. We do not control the use of such
	  cookies and in many instances have no access to the data
	  collected by these third parties. Third party use of
	  cookies is subject to their respective privacy
	  policies.</li>
      </ul>

      <h3 class="small-centre">How to manage cookies</h3>
      <p>You can manage cookies to a certain extent by amending
	and setting controls on your internet browser (e.g. via
	your <b>"Preferences"</b>). You should be able to:</p>
      <ul>
	<li>block specific cookies (e.g. from third parties and advertisers) or all cookies either across the web or from a particular website; and</li>
	<li>receive notifications when cookies are set.</li>
      </ul>
      <p>You may also limit or prevent the placement of cookies by advertising networks or by setting your preferences for the major technology providers <a class="a-link" href="https://choice.live.com" target="_blank">at this site</a>.</p>

      <br>
      <h2>International Users</h2>
      <p>If you are visiting from the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use, please note that you are agreeing to the transfer of your Personal Data to us under Singapore law. By providing your Personal Data, you consent to any transfer and processing in accordance with this Privacy Policy.</p>

      <br>
      <h2>Notification of changes and acceptance of changes</h2>
      <p>We keep this Privacy Policy under review and will place any updates on this webpage.</p>
      <p>Continued access or use of our Product(s) (or any part thereof) shall constitute your express acceptance of any modifications to this Privacy Policy.</p>

      <br>
      <h2>Communications from Legalese</h2>
      <p>Our staff or contributors are generally not authorised to contract, negotiate, waive rights, or make representations (whether contractual or otherwise) on behalf of our company. If anything contained in an email from a Legalese.com address contradicts anything in this <a class="footnote">Privacy Policy<span>that is, the whole body of this document you are reading right now, as may be amended from time to time</span></a>, our <a class="a-link" href="terms.html" target="_blank">Terms of Use</a>, any official public announcement on our Product(s), or is inconsistent with or amounts to a waiver of any of Legalese’s rights, the email content shall be read down to grant precedence to the latter. The only exception to this is genuine correspondence expressed to be from Legalese’s legal department and/or founders (as listed at <a class="a-link" href="team.html" target="_blank">our team page</a>).</p>

      <Br> <h2>How to contact us</h2>
      <p>If you have a question about this Privacy Policy or a complaint or want to know more about how your data may be used by us or would like to access or delete your data held by us or correct any inaccuracies, please <a class="a-link" href="mailto:support@legalese.com">email us</a> and we will respond as soon as reasonably practicable, or in the time period prescribed by law, whichever is sooner.</p>
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