Privacy Policy

Last updated: 12/01/2023

1. OUR APPROACH TO PRIVACY

1. Computas (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This privacy policy sets out how we collect, store, process, transfer, share and use data that identifies or is associated with you (“personal information”) and information regarding our use of cookies and similar technologies.
2. Computas operates a platform for visualizing the cost of the GCP BigQuery.
3. This privacy policy applies to our Service as defined in our Terms of service. Terms used in this privacy policy have the same meaning as in the Terms of service, unless otherwise defined in this privacy policy.
4. Before accessing or using our Service, please ensure that you have read and understood our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this privacy policy.
5. Computas is the data controller of the personal information we hold about you.

2. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND HOW WE USE IT

1. We collect personal information from your Google Account about you when you first sign up to our Service. This can include name, email address and company name.
2. If you choose not to provide personal information, we will not be able to provide the Service.
3. The table at Annex 1 sets out the categories of personal information we collect about you and how we use that information. The table also lists the legal basis which we rely on to process the personal information, the categories of recipients of the personal information and information as to how we determine applicable retention periods.
4. We also collect information about how you access and use the Service.
5. We may anonymise and aggregate any of the personal information we collect (so that it does not directly identify you). We may use anonymised information for purposes that include testing our IT systems, research, data analysis, improving our Service and developing new products and features.

3. MARKETING

From time to time we may contact you with information about our products and services. Most marketing messages we send will be by email. For some marketing messages, we may use personal information we collect about you to help us determine the most relevant marketing information to share with you. You may opt out of receiving marketing messages from us by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our marketing emails.

4. STORING AND TRANSFERRING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

1. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, change or damage. All personal information we collect will be stored on our secure servers. All electronic transactions entered into via our website will be protected by SSL encryption technology. We will never send you unsolicited emails or contact you by phone requesting your account ID, password, credit or debit card information or national identification numbers.
2. The service account used to grant our Service access to your GCP is stored encrypted using AES encryption. You have full control over the service account and can revoke access or delete the service account at any time.
3. The Service stores its data in Firebase multi region Eur3 (ie. Finland, Belgium or the Netherlands).
4. If you wish to enquire further about the safeguards we use, please contact us using the details set out at the end of this privacy policy.
5. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is treated securely and in accordance with applicable law and this privacy policy.

5. YOUR RIGHTS IN RESPECT OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Service uses your Google Account and data attached to that account. The Service uses no other source to collect your personal information.

In accordance with General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), we make sure you have the following rights in respect of your personal information that we hold:

• Right of access - The right to obtain access to your personal information
• Right to rectification - The right to obtain rectification of your personal information without undue delay where that personal information is inaccurate or incomplete. In such a case you are responsible for correcting the personal information via your Google Account console.
• Right to erasure - The right to obtain the erasure of your personal information without undue delay in certain circumstances, such as where the personal information is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or processed.
• Right to restriction - The right to obtain the restriction of the processing undertaken by us on your personal information in certain circumstances, such as where the accuracy of the personal information is contested by you, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of that personal information.

If you would like to discuss this policy or request information about your rights, please contact us using the contact details at the end of this privacy policy. You also have the right to make a GDPR complaint to the relevant Supervisory Authority.

6. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

1. Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.
2. Cookies are pieces of code that allow for personalisation of our website experience by saving your information such as user ID and other preferences. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer’s hard disk for record-keeping purposes.
3. We use the following types of cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, or make use of e-billing services.
• Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
• Third party cookies from google for using the login service.

4. Annex 2 contains more information about the cookies we use.
5. The cookies we use are designed to help you get the most from the website but if you do not wish to receive cookies, most browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. Please note that if you choose to refuse cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website. These settings will typically be found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. In order to understand these settings, the following links may be helpful, otherwise you should use the “Help” option in your browser for more details.

• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/products/windows
• Cookie settings in Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies
• Cookie settings in Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
• Cookie settings in Safari on the web https://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042?locale=en_GB and iOS https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT

7. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

Our Service may, from time to time, contain links to and from third party websites, including those of other users, our partner networks, advertisers, partner merchants, news publications, retailers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites 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 websites.

8. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this privacy policy from time to time and so you should review this page periodically. When we change this privacy policy in a material way, we will update the “last updated” date at the top of this privacy policy. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

9. NOTICE TO YOU

If we need to provide you with information about something, whether for legal, marketing or other business related purposes, we will select what we believe is the best way to get in contact with you. We will usually do this through email or by placing a notice on our Service. The fact that we may send notices to you will not stop you from being able to opt out of certain types of contact as described in this privacy policy.

10. CONTACTING US

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcome and should be sent to bid-privacy@computas.com.

ANNEX 1 - PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

1. Contact and profile information

Category of personal information:

Personal information, such as your name, email address and company name.

How we use it

We use this information to:

- Operate, maintain and provide to you the features and functionality of the Service.

- Communicate with you

Legal basis for the processing

• The performance of the contract about supplying our Service to you, and to take steps prior to entering into the contract;
• The processing is also necessary for our legitimate interest, namely for improving the Service, and for marketing purposes and communicating with users of the Service  

2. Usage logging

Category of personal information:

Personal information; userid and usage.

How we use it

We use this information to:

- Operate, maintain and provide to you the features and functionality of the Service.

- Improve our Service

Legal basis for the processing

• The processing is necessary for our legitimate interest, namely to administer and improve the Service.

The following also applies to both 1. Contact and profile information and
2. Usage logging:

Categories of recipients

If (and only if) required by law, we may share your personal information with the following as:

• Law enforcement, regulators and other parties for legal reasons.
• Third parties as required by law or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement; (b) enforce our Terms of service or to protect the security or integrity of our Service; and/or (c) exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Computas, our users or others.

Retention period

For no longer than necessary for the purposes set out and in accordance with our legal obligations and legitimate business interests.

ANNEX 2 - COOKIES

Cookie List

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are necessary for the site to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. These cookies are usually only set in response to actions made by you that amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but blocking these cookies will prevent the site from functioning properly. These cookies typically do not store personal data.