There are many different ways you can use our services – to search for and share information, to communicate with other people or to create new content. When you share information with us, for example by creating a Google Account , we can make those services even better – to show you more relevant search results and ads, to help you connect with people or to make sharing with others quicker and easier . As you use our services, we want you to be clear how we’re using information and the ways in which you can protect your privacy.
Our Privacy Policy explains:
- What information we collect and why we collect it.
- How we use that information.
- The choices we offer, including how to access and update information.
We’ve tried to keep it as simple as possible, but if you’re not familiar with terms like cookies, IP addresses, pixel tags and browsers, then read about these key terms first. Your privacy matters to Google so whether you are new to Google or a long-time user, please do take the time to get to know our practices – and if you have any questions .
Information we collect
We collect information to provide better services to all of our users – from figuring out basic stuff like which language you speak, to more complex things like which ads you’ll find most useful , the people who matter most to you online , or which YouTube videos you might like.
We collect information in the following ways:
Unique application numbers
Certain services include a unique application number. This number and information about your installation (for example, the operating system type and application version number) may be sent to Google when you install or uninstall that service or when that service periodically contacts our servers, such as for automatic updates.
Local storage
We may collect and store information (including personal information) locally on your device using mechanisms such as browser web storage (including HTML 5) and application data caches .
Information you give us. For example, many of our services require you to sign up for a Google Account. When you do, we’ll ask for personal information , like your name, email address, telephone number or credit card to store with your account. If you want to take full advantage of the sharing features we offer, we might also ask you to create a publicly visible , which may include your name and photo.
Information we get from your use of our services. We collect information about the services that you use and how you use them, like when you watch a video on YouTube, visit a website that uses our advertising services, or view and interact with our ads and content. This information includes:
Information we collect when you are signed in to Google, in addition to information we obtain about you from partners, may be associated with your Google Account. When information is associated with your Google Account, we treat it as personal information. For more information about how you can access, manage or delete information that is associated with your Google Account, visit the section of this policy.
How we use information we collect
We use the information we collect from all of our services to provide , maintain , protect and improve them, to develop new ones , and to protect Google and our users . We also use this information to offer you tailored content – like giving you more relevant search results and ads.
We may use the name you provide for your Google Profile across all of the services we offer that require a Google Account. In addition, we may replace past names associated with your Google Account so that you are represented consistently across all our services. If other users already have your email, or other information that identifies you, we may show them your publicly visible Google Profile information, such as your name and photo.
If you have a Google Account, we may display your Profile name, Profile photo, and actions you take on Google or on third-party applications connected to your Google Account (such as +1’s, reviews you write and comments you post) in our services, including displaying in ads and other commercial contexts. We will respect the choices you make to limit sharing or visibility settings in your Google Account.
When you contact Google, we keep a record of your communication to help solve any issues you might be facing. We may use your email address to inform you about our services, such as letting you know about upcoming changes or improvements.
We use information collected from cookies and other technologies, like pixel tags , to improve your user experience and the overall quality of our services. One of the products we use to do this on our own services is Google Analytics. For example, by saving your language preferences, we’ll be able to have our services appear in the language you prefer. When showing you tailored ads, we will not associate an identifier from cookies or similar technologies with sensitive categories , such as those based on race, religion, sexual orientation or health.
Our automated systems analyze your content (including emails) to provide you personally relevant product features, such as customized search results, tailored advertising, and spam and malware detection.
Accessing and updating your personal information
Whenever you use our services, we aim to provide you with access to your personal information . If that information is wrong, we strive to give you ways to update it quickly or to delete it – unless we have to keep that information for legitimate business or legal purposes. When updating your personal information, we may ask you to verify your identity before we can act on your request.
We may reject requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort (for example, developing a new system or fundamentally changing an existing practice), risk the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup systems).
Where we can provide information access and correction, we will do so for free, except where it would require a disproportionate effort. We aim to maintain our services in a manner that protects information from accidental or malicious destruction. Because of this, after you delete information from our services, we may not immediately delete residual copies from our active servers and may not remove information from our backup systems.
Information we share
We do not share personal information with companies, organizations and individuals outside of Google unless one of the following circumstances applies:
With domain administrators
Other useful privacy and security related materials
Further useful privacy and security related materials can be found through Google’s policies and principles pages , including:
- Information about our technologies and principles , which includes, among other things, more information on
- technologies we use for advertising .
- A page that explains what data is shared with Google when you visit websites that use our advertising, analytics and social products.
- The tool, which makes it easy to review your key privacy settings.
- Google’s , which provides information on how to stay safe and secure online.
Example
"access to your personal information"
For example, with Google Dashboard you can quickly and easily see some of the data associated with your Google Account.Example
"ads you’ll find most useful"
For example, if you frequently visit websites and blogs about gardening, you may see ads related to gardening as you browse the web.Example
"advertising services"
For example, if you frequently visit websites and blogs about gardening that show our ads, you may start to see ads related to this interest as you browse the web.Example
"and other sensors"
Your device may have sensors that provide information to assist in a better understanding of your location. For example, an accelerometer can be used to determine things like speed, or a gyroscope to figure out direction of travel.Example
"collect information"
This includes information like your usage data and preferences, Gmail messages, G+ profile, photos, videos, browsing history, map searches, docs, or other Google-hosted content.Example
"combine personal information from one service with information, including personal information, from other Google services"
For example, when you’re signed in to your Google Account and search on Google, you can see search results from the public web, along with pages, photos, and Google+ posts from your friends and people who know you or follow you on Google+ may see your posts and profile in their results.Example
"connect with people"
For example, you could get suggestions of people you might know or want to connect with on Google+, based on the connections you have with people on other Google products, like Gmail and people who have a connection with you may see your profile as a suggestion.Example
"credit card"
Whilst we currently don’t ask for a credit card during sign up, verifying your age through a small credit card transaction is one way to confirm that you meet our age requirements in case your account was disabled after you have entered a birthday indicating you are not old enough to have a Google Account.Example
"We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information publicly"
When lots of people start searching for something, it can provide very useful information about particular trends at that time.Example
"Wi-Fi access points and cell towers"
For example, Google can approximate your device’s location based on the known location of nearby cell towers.Example
"more relevant search results"
For example, we can make search more relevant and interesting for you by including photos, posts, and more from you and your friends.- Information about our technologies and principles , which includes, among other things, more information on
With your consent
We will share personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of Google when we have your consent to do so. We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information .
PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY. IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE USING THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES. BY USING THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED SAVEFROM"S PRIVACY POLICY.
Your use of the Website and Services (as each of these terms are defined in this Privacy Policy), including any dispute concerning privacy, is subject to this Privacy Policy and SaveFrom"s Terms of Service http://savefrom.net/terms.html . By using the Website or Services, you accept the practices set forth in this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service. SaveFrom reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time by posting such changes on this page. Please check the revision date below to determine if this Privacy Policy has been modified since you last reviewed it. Your continued use of any portion of the Website or Services following posting of the updated Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the changes.
This privacy statement was last updated on September 26, 2014. Magicbit, Inc., (d/b/a SaveFrom.net, "SaveFrom" ) have created this privacy statement in order to disclose its information gathering and dissemination practices for its website located at http://www.SaveFrom.net and other related websites owned and/or operated by SaveFrom (together, the "Website" ), products (for example, SaveFrom Net Helper), and the services offered and provided through the Website (the "Services" as described in the Terms of Service). Upon reading this Privacy Policy, you will be informed of the following:
- description of the types of personally identifiable information (yours and that of third parties) collected through the Website and Services;
- how the collected personally identifiable information is used;
- with whom the collected personally identifiable information may be shared;
- the choices available to you regarding the collection, use, and distribution of such information;
- security procedures that are in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of personally identifiable information under SaveFrom"s control; and
- instructions how you can access and correct inaccuracies in the information collected about you.
A note about the Website and Services: some of our Services, data centers, service providers, affiliates or operating partners and servers may be located in other countries. As such, the Website and Services may be subject to the laws of numerous countries and jurisdictions, some of which may require us to disclose certain information about our users. We are committed to keeping your information private, while still complying with all applicable laws in jurisdiction in which we operate.
Should you have any concerns or believe that there are problems or issues relating to compliance with the policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, please notify us by e-mail at: [email protected]
A Word from SaveFrom
SaveFrom has a strong commitment to providing superior service to all of our customers and visitors and particularly respecting their concerns about privacy. We understand that you may have questions about how the Website and Services collect and use your information. Accordingly, we prepared this statement to inform you of the privacy principles that govern the Website and Services (the "Privacy Policy" ). We will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information or a list of our customers to third parties. However, as described in more detail below, there are limited circumstances in which some of your information may be shared with third parties, under strict restrictions, so it is important for you to review this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy contains numerous general and technical details about the steps we take to respect your privacy. We have organized this Privacy Policy by major processes and areas so that you can quickly link to the information of most interest to you. The bottom line is that meeting your needs and expectations forms the foundation of everything we do, including protecting your privacy.
Changes in Privacy Policy
We want you to always be aware of what personal and other information we collect, how we use that information, and under what circumstances we may disclose it. All personal information that we collect will be handled according to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time the information is collected. If the Privacy Policy changes in any significant respect in the meantime, we will not (without your permission) use your personal data in a manner that is inconsistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time your information was collected.
From time to time, we may find the need to make changes to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may be amended by SaveFrom upon notice given through the Website or via e-mail. Please check the Privacy Policy published on this Website regularly to ensure that you are aware of all terms governing your use of this Website.
A. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Information We Collect Through the Website
This Website does not collect personally identifiable information from your computer when you browse the Website and request pages from our servers. This means that, unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide us with personally identifiable information, we will not know your name, your e-mail address, or any other personally identifiable information.
When you request a page from our Website, our servers log the information provided in the HTTP request header, JavaScript or similar technical tools, including the IP number, the time of the request, the URL of your request and other information. We collect this information in order to make our Website function correctly and provide you the functionality that you see on the Website, as our servers use this information to deliver to you the pages on this Website. We also use this information to better understand how visitors use our Website and how we can better tune our Website, its contents and functionality to meet your needs. However, this information is not associated with any personally identifiable information of persons browsing the Website.
When you use the Website, SaveFrom or trusted third parties authorized by SaveFrom may also collect certain technical and routing information about your computer (also known as environmental variables) to facilitate your use of the Website and the Services enabled thereby. When you browse the Internet, your Internet browser (such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Microsoft Internet Explorer) automatically transmits some information to SaveFrom every time you access content on one of our internet domains. Examples of such information include the URL of the particular Web page you visited, the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the computer you are using, or the browser version that you are using to access the Website. All of this information may be collected by SaveFrom and used to help improve our offerings to you.
User Content
Users may be permitted to upload certain content onto the Website and Services ("User Content" ). This information shall be private and, except in accordance with this Privacy Policy, will not be disclosed to third parties without your prior permission.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, some of the data collected from you in connection with your use of this add-on/extension/app, as applicable, is shared or otherwise made available to third parties with whom we are affiliated or contracted with to provide analytical data and/or improve user experience, and is collected, stored and used in accordance with the third-party privacy policy set forth at: http://pyprotocol.com/
Providing Your Information to SaveFrom
You never have to provide personally identifiable information to SaveFrom. However, should you choose to withhold certain required information, SaveFrom may not be able to provide you with some or all of the Services. Some of the information we ask you to provide may be identified as mandatory or optional. If you do not provide the mandatory information with respect to a particular activity, you may not be able to engage in that activity or make such a purchase. SaveFrom will inform you of the mandatory or optional nature of the requested or required information.
SaveFrom is the sole owner of the information it gathers on the Website and Services. SaveFrom will only share your information with outside parties in ways that are described in this privacy statement or if we are required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, cooperate with law enforcement agencies, or comply with a legal process served on us and the subsequent legislation adopted in the United States.
You may be provided an opportunity on the Website to allow SaveFrom to contact you from time to time regarding company news and product or Services updates. In order to do so, you may be required to provide certain personally identifiable information to SaveFrom. SaveFrom will treat this information in accordance with the policies set forth in this Privacy Policy.
When you submit personal information to SaveFrom through the Website, you understand and agree that this information may be transferred across national boundaries and may be stored and processed in any of the countries in which SaveFrom and its affiliates and subsidiaries maintain offices. You also acknowledge that in certain countries or with respect to certain activities, the collection, transferring, storage, and processing of your information may be undertaken by trusted vendors of SaveFrom. Such vendors are bound by contract not to use your personal information for their own purposes or provide it to any third parties.
SaveFrom may establish relationships with various service providers whose services may become available to you from the Website or from other websites that are linked to the Website. Typically, these providers would offer services that SaveFrom customers might find useful, such as those that can be used in conjunction with the Website and Services. In order to use these services, you may be required to provide personal information to the services providers. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, personal information that you provide while you are visiting a provider"s website will be subject to the privacy policy posted on such site, and personal information that you provide while on the Website in conjunction with a provider"s service will be subject to this Privacy Policy. For instances, credit card information entered as part of the filling out the purchase form or registration process is collected by the third parties registration services and subject to their respective privacy policies. You should be aware that our agreements with these service providers often provide that they will share with SaveFrom personal information collected from you. In such instances, SaveFrom may use this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
User Account
Some of the Services offered to users of the Website require you to register for a user account with SaveFrom ("User Account" ). When registering for a User Account, SaveFrom will ask you to voluntarily supply SaveFrom with certain information about yourself, such as your first and last name and e-mail address. You may also register with SaveFrom through your account with certain third party social networking services, including Facebook, VKontakte, Twitter and/or Odnoklassniki (collectively, "SNS" ).
Please note that if you opt to use your SNS account to login to our Website and use our Services or interact with other user of the Website, SaveFrom is able to access all of your data in connection with your SNS account, including, without limitation your friends list, pictures you posted or those posted of you, businesses and stories you "liked", places you visited, etc.
This information you provide is used for such purposes as allowing you to set up a User Account and profile that can be used to improve the content of the Service, customize the advertising and content you see, and communicate with you about specials and new features. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities and/or make any purchases from SaveFrom.
If you wish to deactivate your personal User Account, you can contact us and our technical support Service and Website at [email protected] . When you deactivate your personal account, all information stored and maintained as part of your account, including, without limitation information obtained from your SNS will be deactivated (although some information may be retained for archival, analytics, backup and record purposes). You may change your personal information and privacy preferences at any time by logging into your personal account. You may also access and change your personal information and privacy preferences by contacting us and our technical support Service and Website at: [email protected]
Third Party Websites
The Website may contain links to websites owned and operated by third parties. These links are presented for your convenience and information. SaveFrom does not control these third party websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices or content. SaveFrom does not control the information collection and distribution policies on such websites other than those that are under the control of SaveFrom itself. Content on third party websites may not reflect products, services, and/or information provided by SaveFrom. Third parties may also set their own cookies and/or use web beacons, which may be used to identify some of your preferences or to recognize you if you have previously had contact these third parties. SaveFrom does not control the use of such technology by third parties, the information they collect, or how they use such information. You should direct all concerns regarding any third party website to the site administrator or webmaster of such website
SaveFrom also uses third party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Website. These companies may use general information about your visits to the Website as well as other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and your choices as to not having your information used by these companies, please direct such concerns to the respective company"s administrator or webmaster.
Third Party Applications
SaveFrom may make third party applications available to you through the Website or Services. The information collected by SaveFrom when you enable a third party application is processed under this Privacy Policy. Information collected by the third party application provider is governed by the provider"s privacy policies.
Information Relating to Children
The Children"s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) was passed by the U.S. Congress in November 1998. COPPA provides parents with specific rights regarding their children"s privacy. For additional information and resources on COPPA, please visit the Federal Trade Commission Web site at https://www.ftc.gov/ . The SaveFrom Website and any Software or Services available on that site are not directed at children under 13 years of age and, therefore, COPPA does not apply. However, we recognize that children under the age of 13 may access this Website and subscribe to the newsletter, purchase Software and Services, or download software programs. The collection of information is covered above. Parents and Legal Guardians may request from us to review, delete or stop the collection of the personally identifiable information of their child. You may do so by contacting us by letter or email to [email protected] .
California Online Privacy Protection Act Notice
SaveFrom does not track users over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore does use do not track (DNT) signals. However, some third party sites may keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you. If you are visiting such sites, your web browser may allow you to set the DNT signal on your browser so that third parties (particularly advertisers) know you do not want to be tracked.
SaveFrom does not authorize the collection of personally identifiable information by third parties and third parties cannot collect this information unless you provide it to them directly.
Cookies and Web Beacons
The Website uses "cookie" and "web beacon" technology. "Cookies" are short pieces of data generated by a web server that a website stores on a user"s computer. Certain pages on our Website may require the use of a cookie for purposes of keeping information you enter on multiple pages together. Cookies also enable us to customize our Website and offerings to your needs and provide you with a better online experience with us. In addition, cookies are used to:
- measure usage of various pages on our Website to help us make our information; more pertinent to your needs and easy for you to access;
- identify and categorized the internet webpages from which the visitor came to the Website and observe the browsing patterns; and
- provide functionality such as online orders, SaveFrom services and other functionality that we believe would be of interest and value to you.
The types of cookies that we use are referred to as "session" cookies and "persistent" cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted once you leave the Website. Persistent cookies remain on your computer hard drive until you delete them. We do not use cookies to gather information concerning your visits to other websites, nor ascertain any personally identifiable information about you apart from what you voluntarily provide us in your dealings with SaveFrom. Cookies do not, under ordinary circumstances, corrupt or damage your computer, programs, or computer files.
In addition, the service providers we use to serve and host our advertisements, and/or deliver our e-mails use session and persistent cookies, to track the number of times the Website is accessed and whether the site was accessed from an advertisement. There are no cookies in the advertisements or e-mails. A cookie is placed on your computer only if and when you click on an advertisement or open the e-mail. The cookie generated from the advertisement or e-mail does not contain any personally identifiable information and will remain on your hard drive until you delete it.
You may set your browser to block cookies (consult the instructions for your particular browser on how to do this), although doing so may adversely affect your ability to perform certain transactions, use certain functionality and access certain content on our Website.
Web beacons are used in combination with cookies to help website operators understand how visitors interact with their websites. A web beacon is typically a transparent graphic image (usually 1 pixel x 1 pixel) that is placed on a site. As opposed to cookies, which are stored on a user"s computer hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on Web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. These web beacons are not tied to personally identifiable information. The use of a web beacons allows the site to measure the actions of the visitor opening the page that contains the web beacon. It makes it easier to follow and record the activities of a recognized browser, such as the path of pages visited at a website. SaveFrom uses the information provided by web beacons to develop a better understanding of how the Website"s visitors use the Website, and to facilitate those visitors" interactions with the Website. SaveFrom may make the aggregate data obtained from web analytics (including from our third party analytics providers, if applicable) publicly available. If this data is made available, none of the information will be personally identifying information or potentially-personally identifying information.
B. USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
How Your Personal Information is Used
SaveFrom collects information from you in order to record and support your participation in the activities provided by SaveFrom. We may use your e-mail address to send a confirmation e-mail when you sign up for a User Account and, if necessary, may use other information you provide to contact you for help to process the purchase or service you have selected. Your personal information also may be used to keep you informed about new services, service upgrades, special offers, and other Services.
As described above, SaveFrom may collect information about your use of the Website and Services. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually. SaveFrom may use this aggregate, non-identifying statistical data for statistical analysis, marketing, or similar promotional purposes.
SaveFrom recognizes and appreciates the importance of responsible use of information collected on this Website. Without your consent, SaveFrom will not communicate any information to you regarding the Website, Services, or special offers available from SaveFrom or its affiliates, although we may find it necessary to communicate with you regarding your use of the Website, or Services in certain limited circumstances. Except in the particular circumstances described in this Privacy Policy, SaveFrom will also not provide your name to other companies or organizations without your consent.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
Although we will always strive to guard your identity, we may disclose your personally identifiable information without your permission in limited circumstances. We will only do so if we have a good-faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (1) comply with laws, regulations, or government requests or (2) to investigate or protect against harmful activities to our guests, visitors, associates, or property (including the Website or Services), or to others. If we are required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide your personally identifiable information, we will only do so upon receipt of appropriate documentation. We may also disclose your information to investigate violation of and enforce our Terms of Service. Please know that we do not take this responsibility lightly. Your privacy is of paramount importance to us.
SaveFrom does use the services of third parties, such as e-mail service providers, purchase, shipping and order processing merchants and marketing companies that act as independent contractors on behalf of SaveFrom. These parties are contractually prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than for the purpose SaveFrom specifies. We do provide non-personally identifiable information to certain service providers for their use on an aggregated basis for the purpose of performing their contractual obligations to us. We prohibit the sale or transfer of personal information to entities outside of the SaveFrom"s affiliates for their use without your approval.
In the event that all or substantially all of SaveFrom"s stock and/or all or substantially all assets are transferred or sold to another entity, SaveFrom may transfer personally identifiable information to the acquiring entity. If, as a result of such a business transition, your personally identifiable information will be used in a materially different manner, you will be given choice consistent with our policy regarding notification of changes.
Securing the Transmission and Storage of Information
SaveFrom operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary, and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our users. SaveFrom takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or from the Website or Services. Your use of the Website and Services is at your own risk.
We treat the information you provide to us as confidential information; it is, accordingly, subject to our company"s security procedures and corporate policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. After personally identifiable information reaches SaveFrom it is stored on a server with physical and electronic security features as customary in the industry, including utilization of login/password procedures and electronic firewalls designed to block unauthorized access from outside of SaveFrom. Because laws applicable to personal information vary by country, our offices or other business operations may put in place additional measures that vary depending on the applicable legal requirements. Information collected on the sites covered by this Privacy Policy is processed and stored in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions and also in other countries where SaveFrom and its service providers conduct business. All SaveFrom employees are aware of our privacy and security policies. Your information is only accessible to those employees who need it in order to perform their jobs.
C. CHOICES AVAILABLE TO YOU
You can always choose whether or not to disclose personally identifiable information and that choice will not prevent you from using the Website. Please note, however, if you should choose to withhold requested information, we may not be able to provide you with some of the Services dependent upon the collection of this information and you will be given an opportunity to "opt-in" and make your preference choices for any items that are optional and which are not prerequisite for our rendering such Services.
You can choose at any time to opt out of receiving emails from SaveFrom by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email you receive from SaveFrom or by contacting SaveFrom directly at: [email protected] . If you elect to opt out, we will not, as applicable, share your personal information with third parties or send you emails. However, we may continue to use your personal information for internal purposes, to enhance your user experience or as necessary to administer the site or comply with applicable law.
We reserve the right to send a one-time registration confirmation email, and infrequent service alert messages to users to inform you of specific changes that may impact your ability to use a service that you have previously signed up for, regardless of email contact opt-in status. We also reserve the right to contact you if compelled to do so as part of a legal proceeding or if there has been a violation of any applicable licensing, warranty and purchase agreements.
SaveFrom is retaining these rights because in limited cases we feel that we may need the right to contact you as a matter of law or regarding matters that will be important to you. These rights do not allow us to contact you to market a new or existing Service if you have asked us not to do so, and issuance of these types of communications is rare.
If you wish to opt out of receiving emails, the sharing or retention of any personal identification information, or otherwise change your personal preferences, you must contact SaveFrom at [email protected] .
To ensure that your request is honored, you must provide SaveFrom with information sufficient for us to accurately identify and access your records. The information we require is your full name, address and the email address you provided to SaveFrom when you requested Services or Software. SaveFrom reserves the right to contact you to verify that we have accurately identified your record.
D. PRIVACY-RELATED INQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS
SaveFrom takes and addresses its users" privacy concerns with utmost respect and attention. If you believe that there was an instance of non-compliance with this Privacy Policy with regard to your personal information or you have other related inquiries or concerns, you may write or contact SaveFrom at email: [email protected] .
In your message, please describe in as much detail as possible the nature of your inquiry or the ways in which you believe that the SaveFrom Online Privacy Policy has not been complied with. We will investigate your inquiry or complaint promptly.
Please note that if you provide SaveFrom with inconsistent privacy preferences (for example, by indicating on one occasion that third parties may contact you with marketing offers and indicating on another occasion that they may not), SaveFrom cannot guarantee that your most recent privacy preference will be honored.
Copyright © 2014 Magicbit, Inc. All rights reserved. The Website and Services and accompanying products and documentation are the copyrighted property of Magicbit, Inc. and/or its licensors and protected by copyright laws and international intellectual property treaties. SaveFrom™ and related logo, and all related product and service names, design marks and slogans are the trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Magicbit, Inc. All other product and service marks contained herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. Any use of the Magicbit, Inc or third party trademarks or logos without the prior written consent of Magicbit, Inc. or the applicable trademark owner is strictly prohibited.
Privacy Policy
PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: 23/05/2018
1. Who we are
1.1 We are Pixonic Games Ltd located at 243, 28th Oktovriou Street, 7th Floor, Apartment 702/802, at Christiana Sea View Court, 3035 Limassol, Cyprus.
1.2 This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect and use your personal information when you use our website сайт, including contact form ("Services"), offered by Pixonic Games Ltd and the choices available to you in connection with our use of your personal information (the Privacy Policy).
This Privacy Policy should be read alongside, and in addition to, our Terms and conditions (at https://сайт) (Terms).
In case of any contradictions between this Privacy Policy and the Terms, this Privacy Policy will prevail.
1.3 For the purposes of relevant data protection legislation, Pixonic Games Ltd, is the data controller of the information you provide in submitting your resume or employment application.
2. This Privacy Policy
2.1 By making available the Services we, acting reasonably and in good faith, believe that you:
(a) provide true information about yourself to the extent necessary for use of the Services;
(b) are aware of and accept this Privacy Policy.
2.2 We do not check the user information received from you, except where such check is necessary in order for us to fulfill our obligations to you.
3. Information we collect about you
3.1 In order to provide you with access to the use the Services and with feedback to your e-mail, we will improve, develop and implement new features to our Services, and enhance the available Services functionality. To achieve these objectives, and in compliance with applicable laws, we will collect, store, aggregate, organise, extract, compare, use, and supplement your data that you choose to provide us via e-mail with (hereinafter “processing”). We will also receive and pass this data to our affiliates and partners as set out in the table below and section 4 of this Privacy Policy.
3.2 We set out in more detail the information we collect when you use our Services, why we collect and process it and the legal bases below.
- Information collected: Your e-mail address
Purpose: We use this information in order to manage and administer the Services provided to you. We use this information in order to communicate with you.
- Information collected: Information that you submit to us via contact form when send us an email, including those which contain your employment application (certain information about you including your name, address, date of birth, education and qualifications, training, previous employment, references and other related details you provide or provided about you in the course of your employment application).
Purpose: We use the information we collect from you for the purposes of:
Evaluating and progressing your employment application;
Creating your employee personnel file, if hired;
Maintaining our own internal records of employment applications; and
Protecting the rights and interests of Pixonic Games Ltd and others.
Legal basis: Legitimate interests
3.3 We process your data for the purposes identified above, as necessary, (1) for the legitimate interests of us and other third parties, including maintaining and administrating the Services; (2) to comply with our legal obligations; and (3) to perform our obligations under your employment contract, should your application be successful. We also process your data where you have otherwise provided consent.
3.4 Please pay your attention, we do not collect and process information that usual automatically collected through a User’s interaction with services through cookies and other technologies.
3.5 Your personal information may also be processed if it is required by a law enforcement or regulatory authority, body or agency or in the defence or exercise of legal claims.
We will not delete personal information if it is relevant to an investigation or a dispute.
It will continue to be stored until those issues are fully resolved and/or during the term that is required and/or permissible under applicable/relevant law.
3.6 We do not require you to submit any special categories of personal data, such as personal data relating to your health or religion, as part of your employment application. Please note, if you do not want us to process sensitive and special categories of data about you (including data relating to your health, racial or ethnic origin, political opinion, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, and your sexual orientation) you should take care not to send this information to us.
3.8 If we intend to further process your data for any other purpose to those set out in this Privacy Policy, we shall provide you with details of this further purpose before we commence processing.
4. Data sharing
4.1 We may share your personal information with companies, organisations and individuals inside and outside of the Pixonic Games Ltd where one of the following circumstances applies:
To other companies in our group, for administrative and management, subject to us taking reasonable measures to ensure that your information is kept secure at all times;
To trusted third parties businesses, or persons who perform services and process your personal information for us for the purposes listed above, based on our instructions, subject to us taking reasonable measures to ensure that your information is kept secure at all times; and
To companies, organisations or individuals outside of the Pixonic Games Ltd if we have a belief in good faith that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to:
o meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request;
o detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; or
o protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of the Mail.Ru Group, our customers or the public, as required or permitted by law.
4.2 Pixonic Games Ltd, My.com B.V., other companies in the Mail.ru Group or our selected third party partners with our permission, using their own ad servers, can show advertisements to you.
5. International Transfers
5.1 We may transfer and maintain on our servers or databases some of your personal information outside the European Economic Area (EEA) including in USA, Japan, Russia.
5.2 The countries to which we transfer your data may not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction. We take reasonable cyber security measures and/or put in place the Standard Contractual Clauses (e.g. Model Clauses, Data Processing Agreement/Addendum) to ensure your data is adequately protected.
6. Retention Periods
6.1 We will retain your personal information for as long as required to perform the purposes for which the data was collected depending on the legal basis for which that data was obtained and/or whether additional legal/regulatory obligations mandate that we retain your personal information during the term that is required and/or permissible under applicable/relevant law. Where you are unsuccessful in your application, but potentially your application might be suitable for future vacancies within Pixonic Games Ltd, we will keep your information during three (3) years, otherwise will delete immediately. If you are successful, this will be for the duration of your employment with Mail.ru Group plus a period following your employment.
6.2 You may request to remove your data on our Services by contacting the Service support (see Section 10 for details).
7. Your Rights
7.1 You have the following rights, in certain circumstances, in relation to your personal information:
(a) Right to access your personal information.
(b) Right to rectify your personal information: you can request that we update, block or delete your personal data, if the data is incomplete, outdated, incorrect, unlawfully received or no longer relevant for the purpose of processing.
(c) Right to restrict the use of your personal information.
(d) Right to request that your personal information is erased.
(e) Right to object to processing of your personal information.
(f) Right to data portability (in certain specific circumstances).
(g) Right not to be subject to an automated decision.
(h) Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
7.2 If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact Support Service at legal@сайт or send your request to us, in writing to 243, 28th Oktovriou Street, 7th Floor, Apartment 702/802, at Christiana Sea View Court, 3035 Limassol, Cyprus. We will aim to respond to you within 30 days from receipt of request. We will need to verify your identity before we are able to disclose any personal data to you.
8. Security Measures
8.1 We take technical, organizational and legal measures, including, where suitable, encryption, to ensure that your personal data are protected from unauthorized or accidental access, deletion, modification, blocking, copying and dissemination.
9. Changes to this Policy
9.1 From time to time, we may change and/or update this Privacy Policy. If this Privacy Policy changes in any way, we will post an updated version on this page. We will store the previous versions of this Privacy Policy in our documentation achieve. We recommend you regularly review this page to ensure that you are always aware of our information practices and any changes to such.
10. Contact Us
10.1 If you have any questions, please send your inquiries to Service support at legal@сайт or send your request to us, in writing to 243, 28th Oktovriou Street, 7th Floor, Apartment 702/802, at Christiana Sea View Court, 3035 Limassol, Cyprus. So we can deal with your enquiry effectively, please quote this Privacy Policy. We will aim to respond to you within 30 days from receipt of request.
10.2 All correspondence received by us from you (written or electronic inquiries) is classified as restricted-access information and may not be disclosed without your written consent. The personal data and other information about you may not be used without your consent for any purpose other than for response to the inquiry, except as expressly provided by law.
10.3 The e-mail address of our DPO is [email protected].
A Privacy Policy is a document where you disclose what personal data you collect from your website’s visitors, how you collect it, how you use it and other important details about your privacy practices.
In this post, we’ll take a look at what Privacy Policies are and why you likely need to have one posted on your website. We’ll also go over some important clauses that are useful to include in your Privacy Policy. Finally, we’ll look at how different websites display their Privacy Policies.
Privacy Policies are legally binding agreements you are required to post on your website if you’re collecting any sort of personal information from your site’s visitors or customers.
A Privacy Policy is an important legal document that lets users understand the various ways a website might be collecting personal information. The purpose of a Privacy Policy is to inform users of your data collection practices in order to protect the customer’s privacy.
Your Privacy Policy should disclose how the website/app collects information, how the information is used, whether or not it is shared with third parties and how it is protected and stored.
There are 3 main reasons for having a Privacy Policy: (1) you’re required by law, (2) you’re required by third party services, (3) you want to be transparent.
The most important reason Privacy Policies are useful is because you’re most likely required by the law to have one posted on your website. The applicable laws in your region or the region you’re conducting business in may require you to include and abide by certain clauses in your Privacy Policy.
For instance, in the United States, the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA) requires websites that collect personal information from the residents of the state of California to include a statement in their Privacy Policy that discloses how you handle their information. Since there isn’t a way to filter out visitors from California, you’re likely required to comply with CalOPPA even if your website is ran from a location nowhere near California.
Forever 21’s Privacy Policy agreement has a separate section on California Residents that explains the rights of the residents of California in compliance with CalOPPA.
Similarly, Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) act, and Australia’s Privacy Act of 1988 also require you to post a Privacy Policy and include certain clauses in it if you’re collecting any personal information from the residents of these regions.
Required by Third Party Services
Most of the third party services you use to improve your website’s user experience, monitor analytics or display advertisements also require you to post a Privacy Policy on your website.
According to their requirements, you should include clauses that disclose how you use these third party services, APIs, SDKs, plugins, etc.
Some of the most popular third party services that require you to post a Privacy Policy on your website include:
Analytics services work by placing cookies on your visitors’ devices and then collecting information about them when they visit your website, such as which device(s) they use, browsing activities, etc.
This is why third party services (like Google Analytics) require you to post a Privacy Policy that discloses your usage of their services and cookies.
Google Analytics’ Terms of Service agreement states in its Privacy section that you must post a Privacy Policy on your website that discloses your use of cookies and your use of Google Analytics and how it collects and processes data.
Websites and web applications that use analytics services to improve the user experience they deliver must therefore abide by these rules.
If you’re a Facebook app developer, you’re required by Facebook to post a Privacy Policy on your website that’s easily accessible and discloses the information you collect and how you will use that information.
As more and more people online are becoming aware of privacy laws, having a Privacy Policy displayed on your website that discloses how you gather and handle your visitors’ personal information is a great way to build trust and help your website users feel secure.
It’s a good practice to follow even if you’re not collecting any sort of personal information from your website’s visitors. This is because Privacy Policies are increasingly prevalent. If a visitor sees that you don’t have one published, she may be led to believe that you do, in fact, collect information from your visitors but aren’t disclosing it. It’s better to have one posted that states that you do not collect any information from your site’s visitors. This is especially true for blogs.
DuckDuckGo , for example, has a Privacy Policy posted on its website that simply states that it doesn’t collect any personal information from visitors.
A Privacy Policy should be organized in a way that helps the reader understand key categories of information. This is best done with well-structured and clearly written clauses, neatly identified with descriptive headlines.
The clauses you include in your Privacy Policy depend on a number of factors including the type of business you’re running and the applicable law. However, there are some clauses that just about every website that collects personal information from visitors includes in a Privacy Policy.
Let’s take a look at some examples of clauses that are useful to add in a Privacy Policy agreement:
Type of Information You Collect
Most Privacy Policies start out by disclosing the type of information the business collects from its visitors or customers. It lets the end user know which type of personal information they can expect to provide, whether required or optional.
Let’s take a look at MailChimp’s Privacy Policy agreement:
MailChimp has an incredibly detailed Your Information section which explains what information it collects from users. It’s been divided into several sections – Information you provide to us, Information we collect automatically, Information we collect from other sources, Information from the use of our mobile apps .
It identifies the personal information you provide when you sign up with them and/or purchase their services such as name, address, email address, IP address, and credit card information.
Some web applications, like GitHub , collect information from their site’s visitors in addition to their end users.
Here’s a look at how GitHub explains this in its Privacy Policy agreement:
GitHub explains that it collects personally-identifying information from website’s visitors and why it’s collected. The type of information collected from users who have accounts on GitHub is also disclosed.
How the Collected Information is Processed and Shared
You’re required to disclose how you process and share the personal information you collect from your site’s visitors. It should explain what you do with the information after you’ve collected it.
For example, in its Privacy Policy, LogMeIn explains the different ways it uses the personal information it collects:
LogMeIn also has a section in its Privacy Policy that explains how it shares visitors’ personal information with third parties:
Use of Cookies and Tracking
Websites that use cookies or other technologies to obtain personal information from their website’s visitors or customers include a cookies clause in their Privacy Policies. Generally, the cookies clause states that the website uses cookies , why it uses them, and how users can disable cookies on their devices.
Canva’s Privacy Policy has a section on Cookies information that explains cookies usage.
It says that Canva uses cookies to improve your experience with their website by helping you log in faster and making their on-site navigation better. Cookies are also placed in order to track how you use the website. Canva discloses that its business partners also receive this information. Finally, it’s noted that if you disable cookies, some features of Canva might not work properly.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
You will likely have to change the content of your Privacy Policy at some time. For this reason, most Privacy Policies have a clause that states how they will inform users about updates and revisions to the agreement.
Let’s take a look at LogMeIn’s Privacy Policy again:
This clause states that the Policy may be updated and discloses how notifications of material changes will be given. It also says that if you continue to use the services after the update then you automatically agree to the revised Privacy Policy.
Examples of Websites with Privacy Policies
Regardless of whether you’re running a website, web app, mobile app or desktop app, if you’re collecting personal information from your end users then you’re required to post a Privacy Policy.
Most websites provide a link to their Privacy Policy in their homepage footer, main navigation, or an appropriate sub-menu.
Let’s take a look at the Privacy Policy agreements of some popular websites.
Reddit links to its Privacy Policy from the fine print in the footer of the homepage:
The Privacy Policy itself follows the same format and theme as the rest of the website and includes anchor navigation links in the left sidebar.
It includes the following clauses:
- What We Collect
- How We Use Information About You
- How Information About You is Shared
- Ads and Analytics Partners
- Your Choices
- Other Information
- Contact Us
Canva
Canva’s Privacy Policy uses short summaries to the right of the clauses to help summarize information for readers. This helps make the Policy easier to understand and more user-friendly.
The New York Times
The New York Times has a link to the Privacy Policy in the website’s footer:
The Privacy Policy includes anchor navigation links, a search bar and a button to initiate chat. The benefit in this formatting is that it makes it easy for the site visitor to find information they need to fully understand their privacy rights.
Summary
If you’re collecting any sort of personal information from your website’s visitors, end users, subscribers, customers, or clients then you’re most likely required by law or by third party services to post a Privacy Policy on your website.
You need to be aware of:
- The privacy laws and Privacy Policy requirements in the jurisdiction your business is based in and the jurisdiction(s) where your site visitors live.
- The Terms of Service requirements of any third party services your website or app uses.
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Privacy Policy определяют политику разработчика в отношении персональных (личных) и других данных пользователей приложения, которые разработчик получает в процессе использования приложения. Основная задача этого документа – проинформировать пользователя, как минимум, о том, какая информация о нем собирается при использовании приложения, как эта информация используется и в каких случаях она может быть раскрыта третьим лицам, в том числе, государственным органам. Персональным данным во всем мире придается все больше и больше значения, поэтому разработчику особенно важно получить подтверждение того, что пользователь ознакомился с данным документом (впрочем, других документов это тоже касается).
Правовое регулирование оборота персональных данных различается от юрисдикции к юрисдикции. Более того, до сих пор остается много вопросов относительно того, в каком объеме и каким образом законодательство о защите персональных данных применяется к отношениям в сети Интернет (в том числе, и в связи с приложениями), где сложно или практически невозможно достоверно определить пользователя, который должен давать верифицируемое согласие на обработку персональных данных в ряде случаев. Тем не менее, общий принцип один: пользователь должен понимать, каким образом информация, которую он вольно или невольно передает разработчику, может быть использована, и выразить свое согласие с этим, либо, как правило, отказаться от сервиса (приложения) в принципе, а разработчик должен максимально убедительно суметь доказать, что такое понимание у пользователя есть.
При разработке Privacy Policy российским компаниям следует помнить, что наименьшие риски связаны со случаями, когда персональные данные используются только для взаимодействия конкретно разработчика и пользователя в рамках одного приложения – это, во многих случаях, может подпадать под категорию обработки персональных данных для исполнения договора, стороной которого является субъект персональных данных, о которой говорится в п. 5 ч. 1 ст. 6 Федерального закона «О персональных данных», что не требует согласия субъекта персональных данных, то есть пользователя, по особой форме. Более сложные, с юридической точки зрения, ситуации возникают тогда, когда разработчик обрабатывает персональные данные для широкого круга целей, например, в целях маркетинга, и, особенно, при этом осуществляет передачу персональных данных для обработки третьим лицам и (или) за рубеж. Для таких ситуаций российское законодательство требует развернутое согласие пользователя в письменной форме, с учетом требования законодательства об электронных подписях.
Общие рекомендации здесь дать сложно и каждый проект надо анализировать отдельно – очень многое зависит от деталей. Вместе с тем, можно сказать, что во многих случаях риски будут ниже, если в рамках архитектуры проекта персональные данные сделаны общедоступными самими пользователями и (или) если происходит их обезличивание – так, что на их основании в принципе нельзя установить то или иное лицо. С развитием сервисов, которые позволяют активно использовать изображение пользователя, дополнительно стоит отметить, что существенные риски могут быть связаны и с обработкой биометрических персональных данных, т.е. сведений, которые характеризуют физиологические особенности человека и на основании которых можно установить его личность.
License Agreement , наверное, наиболее понятный, с юридической точки зрения, документ – он определяет то, в каких пределах пользователь может использовать приложение как результат интеллектуальной деятельности, т.е. предоставляет пользователю ту или иную лицензию. Думаю, не будет ошибкой сказать, что исторически этот документ, из числа рассматриваемых, появился по отношению к компьютерным играм первым, поскольку законодательство об интеллектуальной собственности было наиболее разработанным на момент появления первых компьютерных игр. Более того, для однопользовательских игр, распространяемых на физических носителях без «живой» поддержки, это и сейчас может быть единственным документом, хотя таких игр, конечно, уже крайне мало (вероятно, это уже по большей части только нераспроданные «антикварные» экземпляры). Часто можно встретить более развернутое название данного документа – End User License Agreement, т.е. «Лицензионное соглашение с конечным пользователем».
Практически всегда пользователям предоставляется простая (неисключительная) лицензия, посредством которой правообладатель, в нашем случае условно – разработчик как лицензиар предоставляет пользователю как лицензиату права использования результата интеллектуальной деятельности с сохранением за собой права выдачи лицензий другим лицам. Исключительные лицензии, которые не предполагают сохранения такого права, распространены уже не в отношениях с пользователями, а в рамках сугубо деловых отношений, например, при разработке. Согласно российскому законодательству, если иное прямо не предусмотрено лицензионным договором, то лицензия предполагается как раз простой (неисключительной), и это следует иметь в виду тогда, когда вы получаете права на какой-либо продукт, используемый при разработке. Иными словами, если к договору применяется российское право и если при этом прямо не оговориться, что только вы имеете право на использование соответствующего продукта, то лицензиар (тот, кто права предоставляет), может эти права предоставить и другим лицам, а движок, например, который вы используете по данной лицензии, будет «неэксклюзивным», вне зависимости от того, что вам обещали раньше.
Регулирование лицензионных отношений в целом имеет нюансы в разных странах, но общие принципы сохраняются, поскольку данное регулирование основано на одних и тех же международных соглашениях. В России общие положения о лицензионных договорах закреплены в ст. 1235 Гражданского кодекса Российской Федерации. Так, результат интеллектуальной деятельности может быть передан только в тех пределах и теми способами, которые предусмотрены лицензионным договором. По общему правилу, лицензионный договор должен быть заключен в письменной форме, иначе он считается недействительным. В лицензионном договоре должна быть указана территория, на которой допускается использование результата интеллектуальной деятельности, а если такая территория не указана, то лицензиат вправе осуществлять использование лицензируемого продукта на всей территории Российской Федерации (но не за рубежом). Срок лицензионного договора не может превышать срок действия исключительных прав. Для компьютерных программ, права на которые регулируются также как и литературные произведения (за исключением некоторых дополнительных положений), этот срок, по общему правилу, составляет жизнь автора и 70 лет с момента смерти автора, считая с 1 января года, следующего за годом смерти автора. Если срок не определен, то договор считается заключенным на пять лет, если иное не предусмотрено Гражданским кодексом. При отсутствии указания размера вознаграждения или порядка его определения договор считается незаключенным. Кроме того, лицензионный договор должен определять предмет договора и способы использования лицензируемого результата интеллектуальной деятельности.
Нужно ли эти документы создавать в обязательном порядке всегда или это опциональное требование?
Какого-либо формального требования, которое было бы установлено на уровне закона, создавать эти документы в целом нет, но, во-первых, требование о наличии данных документов может определяться в договоре разработчика с площадкой, используемой для распространения, а во-вторых, их отсутствие может повлечь разные по степени тяжести юридические последствия, как это было описано ранее. Особенно это касается лицензионного соглашения. Создание данных документов практически всегда в интересах разработчика.В тех случаях, когда нужно создавать – как это сделать «наименьшей кровью»? Ведь далеко не все инди-разработчики могут себе позволить услуги хорошего юриста.
По моему опыту общения с ИР, многие сейчас начинают задумываться о юридических аспектах своих проектов, что хорошо, поскольку может заранее уберечь ИР от ряда рисков. Если есть такая возможность – то при получении каких-либо инвестиций имеет смысл забюджетировать юридические услуги – их объем можно заранее согласовать с юристом, лучше – если он (юрист) прямо специализируется в области права интеллектуальной собственности, информационных технологий и медиа (последнее также важно, поскольку на сегодняшний день развивается и законодательство, и судебная практика в области регулирования интернет-технологий и контента). Это, как минимум, необходимо, чтобы избежать ситуаций в стиле описанных в цитате #427206 c «Башорга» – когда заказчик просил разработать логотип с серпом и молотом, а когда не смог его зарегистрировать по понятным причинам, попросил разработать новый логотип с Марио (любые ассоциации с недавними мобильными хитами случайны и ненамеренны).В идеальной ситуации, на мой взгляд, юрист должен участвовать в консультировании проекта уже на этапе разработки дизайн-документа, чтобы заранее «отфильтровать» излишне рискованные в условиях современного законодательства и практики аспекты гейм-дизайна и контента либо порекомендовать способы снижения рисков за счет дизайнерских (архитектурных) решений. Наиболее качественные услуги здесь могут оказать юридические фирмы и отдельные практикующие юристы, уже имеющие значительный опыт на рынке IT и медиа в России и за рубежом, но я понимаю, что этот вариант жизнеспособен только при хороших инвестициях в проект и оценке актуальности юридических рисков, скорее, уже самим инвестором.
Второй возможный вариант – найти юриста, с которым ИР может обсудить возможность участия в проекте юриста на «рисковых» началах, при которых юрист получит свое вознаграждение в случае получения прибыли от проекта. Не все юридические фирмы и частнопрактикующие юристы, если они исходят из того, что выполняют функции независимого советника по правовым вопросам (а для адвокатов такая позиция определена законом и кодексом профессиональной этики) могут на это согласиться, поскольку в такой ситуации юрист фактически становится частью команды, а это налагает дополнительные, по крайней мере, моральные обязательства. Однако, в общем, такой вариант возможен.
Наконец, имея определенный опыт и знания в юридических вопросах, теоретически, можно попытаться обойтись своими силами – например, написав свои документы на основе примеров, полученных от коллег. Но этот вариант достаточно рискован – не владея системными знаниями в области права, есть большая опасность не только не снизить риски, но и создать дополнительные. Кроме того, крайне нежелательно прямое копирование чужих документов, поскольку они сами по себе могут представлять собой результаты интеллектуальной деятельности, ведь объектами авторских прав, по крайней мере, по российскому законодательству, из числа юридических документов не являются только официальные документы органов государственной власти, местного самоуправления и международных организаций. «Частные» документы охраняются. Не менее важно и то, что документ по другому проекту может просто не отражать критические, с точки зрения закона, аспекты вашего проекта.
Плюс ко всему, можно представить и смешанный вариант, предполагающий меньшие затраты – создать проект документа(-ов) самому, а потом дать его на проверку юристу, и если не потребуются изменения, это может сократить бюджет на правовое сопровождение.