Codealike Privacy Policy

Last updated January 25, 2023

This privacy policy applies between the User (“You”) of this website and platform and Codealike This privacy policy applies to our use of any and all Data that is provided by you to Codealike or collected by us in relation to your use of the Website. Codealike takes your privacy seriously and requests that you please read this privacy policy in its entirety. 

If you are a California resident, please click here.
If you are an EEA/EU resident please click here.‍

Definitions And Interpretation

  1. In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:
    1. Data: Collectively all information that you submit to Codealike via the Website or platform. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the European Union’s 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR);
    2. Credit & Debit Card Data: We do not store credit card details nor do we share customer details relating to financial data with any 3rd parties;
    3. Cookies: A small text file may be placed on your computer by this Website or platform when you visit certain parts of the Website or platform and/or when you use certain features of the Website or platform. Details of the cookies used by this Website are set out in the clause below (Cookies);
    4. Codealike, we or us: Codealike, owned fully by Torc, Inc., a company incorporated in Delaware USA with its registered office located at 75 State Street, Boston, MA 2109;
    5. UK and EU Cookie Law: the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and the European Union’s 2018 General Data Protection Regulation;
    6. User or you: any third party that accesses the Website or platform and is not either (i) employed by Codealike and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to Codealike and accessing the Website or platform in connection with the provision of such services; and
    7. Website: the website that you are currently using, Codealike.com, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.
  2. In this privacy policy, unless the context requires a different interpretation:
    1. the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
    2. references to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices are to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices of this privacy policy;
    3. a reference to a person includes firms, companies, government entities, trusts and partnerships;
    4. “including” is understood to mean “including without limitation”;
    5. reference to any statutory provision includes any modification or amendment of it;
    6. the headings and sub-headings do not form part of this privacy policy.

About This Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies only to the actions of Codealike and Users with respect to this Website and platform. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this Website including, but not limited to, any APIs or links to third party sites that can be used with Codealike or provided during the course of using Codealike. Codealike only controls its website, therefore, this privacy policy only applies to Codealike.com. 

General

  1. By using this Website, you are accepting the terms of our privacy policy. You may not transfer any rights under this privacy policy to another individual. Codealike may transfer its rights under this privacy policy where we reasonably believe your rights will not be affected.
  2. The privacy policy is governed by and interpreted according to the laws of Delaware. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising under, out of or relating to the validity, interpretation and performance of this privacy policy shall be referred to and finally determined by the competent courts of Delaware shall apply.
  3. If any court or competent authority finds that any provision of this privacy policy (or part of any provision) is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that provision or part-provision will, to the extent required, be deemed to be deleted, and the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this privacy policy will not be affected.
  4. Unless otherwise agreed, no delay, act or omission by a party in exercising any right or remedy will be deemed a waiver of that, or any other, right or remedy.  
  5. Your concerns are important to us and we will do our best to respond in a timely manner. If you have any concerns about this privacy policy, you can contact the Codealike team by sending an email to privacy@codealike.com.

Data That Will Be Collected

The Codealike platform is used to help developers analyze and understand their coding productivity. The intent is for developers to better strategize to maximize his or her coding capabilities. Our data processing agreement outlines the ways in which we may process data. This can be found by emailing privacy@codealike.com.

The categories of data collected are listed here.

Our Use Of Data Enables Our Utility To Coders

  1. For purposes of GDPR, Codealike acts as the “data processor”.
  2. We will retain any Data you submit for as long as Codealike deems it necessary to provide adequate service to the User, unless explicitly asked by a User for their Data to be deleted. Codealike users may easy access to both its retained data and the ability to delete it at any point.
  3. Unless we specifically say otherwise, your Data will never be intentionally disclosed to third parties for the sake of administering better service, but never for marketing purposes through various affiliates and/or other companies within our group.
  4. All personal Data is stored securely in accordance with the principles of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. For more details on these two security regulations see the clause below (Security).
  5. Any or all of the above Data may be required by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our Website or platform. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:
    1. internal record keeping;
    2. improvement of our products / services;
    3. transmission by email of promotional materials that may be of interest to you;
    4. The ability to make automated decision making, including profiling, only for the purpose of offering a better and more personalized experience for the User or marketing to new users based on information from the users of Codealike in aggregate; in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.

Codealike’s Use Of Third-Party Websites For Business Operations

  1. Codealike may utilize the services of other parties for assisting with certain processes needed for the operation or maintenance of the Website or platform. The providers of such services have access to certain personal Data provided by Users of this Website or platform and the providers may be located in various locations throughout the world.
  2. Any Data used by such parties is used only to the extent required by them to perform the services that we request. Any use for other purposes is strictly prohibited. Furthermore, any Data that is processed by third parties will be processed within the terms of this privacy policy and in accordance with the GDPR.
  3. Additionally, Data can be transmitted to 3rd parties for relevant marketing purposes (but not for resale)  at the sole discretion of those employed by Torc, which owns Codealike.

Third-Party Websites

Users of Codealike appreciate its ability to interconnect with other websites. As a courtesy to its users, Codealike may provide links to other websites during the course of your use of the website. Please note that Codealike does not have control over such websites and is not responsible for the content of these websites. As such, this privacy policy does not extend to your use of such websites. 

Change Of Ownership

  1. In the event that Codealike experiences a reduction or increase in its work force, a sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Codealike, it may provide Data about its Users where it is relevant to any part of our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this privacy policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was originally supplied to us. Codealike may disclose Data to a potential purchaser of our business.
  2. Under all circumstances, Codealike will always prioritize your privacy’s protection.

Controlling use of your Data

  1. Wherever you are required to submit Data, you will be given options to restrict our use of that Data. This may include the following:
    1. You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your account’s data held by Codealike
    2. You have the right to withdraw consent necessary to use the services provided by Codealike at any time.
    3. You have the right for your data to be deleted from the servers and databases of Codealike

Functionality of the Website and platform

  1. To use all features and functions available on the Website or platform, you may be required to submit certain Data.
  2. In order to use the service administered by Codealike, all Users must consent for Codealike to use your data for purposes Codealike sees fit as outlined elsewhere in the privacy policy. Refusal to offer consent is grounds for Codealike to block access to our services.
  3. A User may revoke consent at any time.
  4. You may restrict your internet browser’s use of Cookies. For more information see the clause below (Cookies).

Security

  1. Data security is of great importance to Codealike and to protect your Data we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure Data collected via this Website.
  2. If password access is required for certain parts of the Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.
  3. We endeavor to do our best to protect your personal Data. However, transmission of information over the internet is not always perfectly secure and is done at your own risk. We cannot ensure the security of your Data transmitted to the Website or platform.

Cookies

  1. Codealike may place and access certain Cookies on your computer. Codealike uses Cookies to improve your experience of using the Website or platform and to help us improve the use of our products and services. Codealike has deliberately selected the Cookies it uses and has taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.
  2. The Cookies enabled through this Website or platform are used in accordance with current EU Cookie Law.
  3. Prior to this website placing Cookies on your computer, you will be presented with a message bar requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies, you are enabling Codealike to provide a better experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of the Website or platform may not function fully or as intended.
  4. This Website or platform may utilize cookies that it considers necessary to help the company maximize its performance. These are cookies that would be needed to maintain the website or platform. They may include cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website or platform, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
  5. At any point, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Please note that most internet browsers accept Cookies by default, but that can be adjusted. For further details, please see the help menu in your internet browser.
  6. You can choose to delete Cookies at any time; however, you may lose any information that enables you to access the Website or platform more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, personalization settings.
  7. It is recommended that you ensure that your internet browser is up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.

Privacy Policy Updates

  1. Codealike reserves the right to periodically change this privacy policy or as may be required by law. Your use of the website indicates your acceptance of these terms. If you have any questions or concerns about this, we would be happy to connect. You can contact Codealike by email at privacy@codealike.com
  2. This Policy was last updated January 25th, 2023

How To Contact Codealike:

Please email us at privacy@codealike.com.

CODEALIKE  CALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE

This PRIVACY NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS supplements the information contained in the Codealike  Global Privacy Notice and our subsidiaries (collectively, “we,” “us,” or “our”) and applies solely to visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California (“consumers” or “you”). We adopt this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and other California privacy laws. Any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this notice.

Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (the “Shine the Light” law), California residents who provide personal information in obtaining products or services from Codealike  are entitled to request and obtain from us once per calendar year information about the customer information about them that we have shared, if any, with other businesses for their own direct marketing uses. If applicable, this information would include the categories of customer information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared customer information for the immediately prior calendar year (e.g., requests made in 2023 will receive information regarding 2022 sharing activities). If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this information, please submit a written request to:

     Data Protection Officer,
     Torc, Inc.
     75 State Street,
     Boston, MA 2109

Codealike does not sell your personal information, so there is no need to opt-out.

Information We Collect

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device (“personal information”). In particular, we have collected the following categories of personal information from consumers within the last twelve (12) months:

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Personal information does not include:

  1. Publicly available information from government records.
  2. De-identified or aggregated consumer information.
  3. Information excluded from the CCPA's scope, such as:
    a. Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data;
    b. personal information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994.

We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

  1. Directly from our clients or their agents. For example, from your signing up on our website or platform or our client's website
  2. Indirectly from our clients or their agents. For example, through information we collect from our clients in the course of providing services to them.
  3. Directly and indirectly from activity on our website and platform or those of our clients. For example, from entries through our website portal or website usage details collected automatically.
  4. From third-parties that interact with us in connection with the services we perform.

Use of Personal Information

We may use or disclose the personal information we collect for one or more of the following business purposes:

  1. To fulfill or meet the reason for which the information is provided. For example, if you provide us with personal information in order for us to contact you when an item is Codealike , we will do so.
  2. To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us.
  3. To provide you with email alerts, event registrations and other notices concerning our products or services, or events or news, that may be of interest to you.
  4. To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collections.
  5. To improve our website and platform and present its contents to you.
  6. For testing, research, analysis and product development.
  7. As necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property or safety of us, our clients or others.
  8. To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
  9. As described to you when collecting your personal information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA.
  10. To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us is among the assets transferred.

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 you notice.

Sharing Personal Information

We may disclose your personal information to a third party for a business purpose. When we disclose personal information for a business purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.

In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business purpose:

Category A: Identifiers.

We disclose your personal information for a business purpose to the following categories of third parties:

  1. Our affiliates.
  2. Service providers.
  3. Third parties to whom you or your agents authorize us to disclose your personal information in connection with the products or services we provide to you.

In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have not sold any personal information.

Your California Rights and Choices

The CCPA provides consumers (California residents) with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.

Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights‍

You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will disclose to you:

  1. The categories of personal information we collected about you.
  2. The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you.
  3. Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information.
  4. The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information.
  5. The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you (also called a data portability request).
  6. If we sold or disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, two separate lists disclosing:
    a. sales, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient purchased; and
    b. disclosures for a business purpose, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient obtained.

Deletion Request Rights

You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies.
We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service providers to:

  1. Complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you.
  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 you previously provided informed consent.
  7. Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your 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 you provided it.

Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights

To exercise the access, data portability, and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by emailing us at privacy@codealike.com with the subject line of “CCPA Request”.

Only you or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.

You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request must:

  1. Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative.
  2. Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor's identity or authority to make the request.

‍Response Timing and Format‍

We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within 45 days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option. Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable consumer request's receipt. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily usable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.

We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.

Non-Discrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not:

  1. Deny you goods or services.
  2. Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
  3. Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
  4. Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

Changes to Our Privacy Notice

We reserve the right to amend this privacy notice at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this privacy notice, we will notify you by email or through a notice on our website privacy policy.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or comments about this notice, our Privacy Statement, the ways in which we collect and use your personal information, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under California law, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

     Email: privacy@Codealike.com with the subject line of “CCPA Request”
     Postal Address:  
         Data Protection Officer,
         Torc, Inc.
         75 State Street,
         Boston, MA 2109

Last modified: January 25th, 2023

How To Contact Codealike:

Please email us at privacy@codealike.com.

CODEALIKE GDPR PRIVACY NOTICE

This privacy notice applies to EU/EEA residents accessing Codealike's services from the EU/EEA and will explain how we use the personal data we collect from you when you use our platform.

Topics:

  1. What data do we collect?
  2. How do we collect your data?
  3. How will we use your data?
  4. How do we store your data?
  5. Marketing
  6. What are your data protection rights?
  7. What are cookies?
  8. How do we use cookies?
  9. What types of cookies do we use?
  10. How to manage your cookies
  11. Privacy policies of other websites
  12. Changes to our privacy policy
  13. How to contact us
  14. How to contact the appropriate authorities

What data do we collect?

‍Codealike may collect the following data:

  1. Personal identification information (name, email address, phone number, etc.)
  2. Projects and items you are interested in.
  3. Information collected from you interacting with our website, our platform, our customer’s website, or communicated voluntarily by you via email or phone call

How do we collect your data?‍

‍Directly through our website and platform, or via your employer.

How will we use your data?

‍Codealike collects your data so that we can:

  1. Process your instructions and manage your account
  2. Communicate with you regarding our products and services

How do we store your data?

Codealike securely stores your data on Digital Ocean Cloud Services in the US-East region (New York), using commercially reasonable security practices.

Codealike is primarily a Processor of information. You have the ability to access and modify your data when it is on our platform by communicating with your employer.

Marketing

Codealike would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like.
If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date.

You have the right at any time to stop Codealike from contacting you for marketing purposes or giving your data to other members of the Codealike.

If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, email privacy@codealike.com to unsubscribe.

What are your data protection rights?

Codealike would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  1. The right to access – You have the right to request Codealike for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service to cover the costs of retrieval.
  2. The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Codealike correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Codealike to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
  3. The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Codealike erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  4. The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Codealike restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  5. The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Codealike’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  6. The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Codealike transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
    If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email (privacy@codealike.com) subject line of “GDPR Request”. Emails with any other subject line cannot be guaranteed to be responded to within the same timeframe.

EU Representative:

If you are an individual in the EU, you can also contact Jack Baylor, who is based in the Republic of Ireland and has been appointed as Codealike’s representative in the EU pursuant to Article 27 of the GDPR on matters related to the processing of personal data activities that take place in the EU. To make such an inquiry, please write to Jack Baylor at 2 Ashton Place, Gardiner’s Hill, Cork, Ireland.

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites and platform, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

Codealike uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website and platform, including:

  1. Keeping you signed in
  2. Understanding how you use our website and platform
  3. To improve usability
  4. To improve your experience

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website and platform use:

  1. Functionality – Codealike uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and platform and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
  2. Advertising – Codealike uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website and platform, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. Codealike sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser to not accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

Our website and platform may contain links to other websites. Our privacy notice applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy notice.

Changes to our privacy policy

Codealike keeps its GDPR privacy notice under regular review and places any updates on this web page.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about Codealike’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

     Email us at: privacy@codealike.com with the subject line of “GDPR Request”
     Postal Address:  
         Data Protection Officer,
         Torc, Inc.
         75 State Street,
         Boston, MA 2109

Last modified:  January 25th, 2023

How To Contact Codealike:

Please email us at privacy@codealike.com.

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