1. From Whom Do We Collect Data?

In the course of our business, we may collect personal data from:

• Contact persons of organizations
• Users of the Platform
• Prospects
• Visitors to our Platform
• Persons who provide us with their business card or other contact details
• Persons who contact us by email or through other channels

2. What Personal Data Do We Request and Why?

By using our Platform, we collect and process certain data. Some of this data may be considered personal data. Below are the categories of personal data we process, along with their purposes and the legal bases for processing under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

3. With Whom Do We Share Your Personal Data?

We may disclose your personal data to the following parties:

• Other Users of the Platform: If you choose to share information on the Platform, that information will be visible to other users. Please be careful with the information you make publicly available.
• Our Service Providers and Partners: We use third parties to help us operate and improve our Platform. These third parties assist with tasks including data hosting and maintenance, analytics, customer care, marketing, advertising, payment processing, and security operations.
• Law Enforcement/When Required by Law: We may disclose your information if reasonably necessary to comply with legal processes or protect safety.

Transfers Outside the EEA

In principle, no personal data will be exported to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Where we do transfer data outside the EEA, we ensure an adequate level of protection by, for example, concluding Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) or verifying other appropriate measures.

4. How Long Do We Store Your Personal Data?

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

• For data collected to provide the Platform to organizations, we store it for as long as necessary for the above purposes.
• If you delete your personal data, we follow a deletion procedure to ensure your data is securely and completely removed from our servers.
• Data kept purely for scientific research or statistical purposes may be stored for longer periods.

5. How Do We Secure Your Data?

We employ appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or unauthorized access. More information about our security measures is available upon request.

6. Your Rights as a Data Subject

Under certain circumstances and in accordance with the GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Withdraw Your Consent at Any Time: You may withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
• Object to Processing: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
• Access: You have the right to confirm whether we are processing your personal data and obtain access.
• Rectification: You have the right to request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
• Erasure: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data in certain cases.
• Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured format.

7. References to Other Websites

Our Platform may contain links to external websites that are not operated by us. We strongly recommend reviewing the privacy policies of each site you visit. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of these third-party sites or services.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If changes are made, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top. The most recent version will always be available on our Platform.

9. Google APIs

The Geospatial Data Catalog's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other application will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

10. Sharing Private User-Uploaded Datasets

"User-uploaded datasets" means any data that you import into our Platform, including data uploaded via CSV, Excel files, pasted from the clipboard, or integrated from Google Sheets.

• We share only the necessary fragments of user-uploaded datasets with third-party large language models.
• Small fragments may be shared with logging tools such as Elasticsearch for monitoring purposes.
• We store user-uploaded datasets in Azure Storage, where they are managed securely.

11. Contact

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we process your personal data, please contact us at:

Email: info@geospatial.community