Context
At AutoScraping, we consider data privacy protection a central aspect of our activities. As specialists in Web Scraping, Data Science, automation, software design, outsourcing, and staff augmentation, we recognize the importance of managing data responsibly and ethically.
Our clients trust us to deliver data solutions that are high quality, compliant with regulations, and ethically sourced, while ensuring the highest privacy standards.
Since our services are globally accessible, we closely follow evolving international regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Argentina’s Personal Data Protection Law (Law 25.326), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
This Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal data, both from users of our services and individuals whose data may be processed. For any inquiries, please contact us at: privacy@autoscraping.com.
Scope and Acceptance
AutoScraping manages the website www.autoscraping.com («the Site»), along with its software, applications, and related services (hereinafter «the Services»). By using the Services or providing us with information through any medium, you confirm your acceptance of the terms set forth in this Privacy Policy, which will be updated periodically to maintain legal compliance and reflect the latest updates to protect your data. If you do not agree with these terms, please cease using the Services and notify us so we can take appropriate action if we have collected your personal data.
Definitions for the User
- Authorization: Prior and informed consent from the data subject for the processing of their personal data.
- Privacy Notice: Verbal or written communication from the Personal Data Controller to the data subject, informing them of the processing of their personal data.
- Personal Data Bank: An organized set of personal data, automated or not, that has a specific purpose, regardless of the form in which it is created, organized, stored, and accessed. Personal data may belong to more than one data bank.
- Non-automated Personal Data Bank: A collection of non-computerized data of natural persons, structured according to specific criteria, allowing easy access to the personal data.
- Cancellation: The action described as «suppression» in the law when referring to personal data, which involves eliminating or deleting personal data from a data bank.
- Personal Data: Any numeric, alphabetical, graphical, photographic, acoustic, or other types of information concerning natural persons that identify or make them identifiable.
- Public Data: Data that is not semi-private, private, or sensitive.
- Optional Data: Data that AutoScraping requires for providing additional services.
- Sensitive Data: Personal data referring to a person’s racial or ethnic origin, economic income, health data, political, religious, philosophical or moral beliefs, union membership, and information related to health or sexual life, among others.
- Data Processor: A natural or legal person, public or private, who, either independently or in association with others, carries out personal data processing on behalf of the data controller.
- Rectification: A general action aimed at affecting or modifying a personal data bank, either to update it, include information, or specifically correct its content with accurate data.
- Data Controller: The person responsible for each personal data bank and ensuring compliance with legal requirements regarding it (AutoScraping).
- Personal Data Processing: Any technical operation or procedure, automated or not, that allows the collection, registration, organization, storage, maintenance, processing, modification, extraction, consultation, use, blocking, deletion, transfer, or any other processing of personal data.
- Transfer of Personal Data: Any transmission, provision, or disclosure of personal data, either nationally or internationally, to a private legal entity, a public entity, or a natural person different from the data subject.
Information We Collect
NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal information identifies or can identify you. Examples include:
- Browser type
- Pages visited
- Time spent on pages
- Access dates, times, and visit durations.
NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal information identifies or can identify you. Examples include:
- Full name, email address, and phone number
- IP address
- Home or office address (State, Province, Postal Code, City)
We may also collect personal information provided by you during your communications with us related to our services, such as technical support threads. Additionally, we may need to use your personal information for audits and to comply with our legal obligations under applicable law.
PUBLIC DATA
We may collect publicly available personal data, such as contact details from online sources, to support our operations.
COMBINED DATA
When non-personal data is linked to personal information, we treat the combined data as personal information while the connection exists.
LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING
Under GDPR, we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent: When you have given explicit consent to process your personal data for one or more specific purposes.
- Contract Performance: When processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
- Legal Obligations: When processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
- Legitimate Interests: When processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided that such interests do not override your rights and freedoms.
Law 25.326 (Argentina): Informed consent, legitimate interest, compliance with legal obligations.
CCPA (California): Compliance with CCPA, right to opt-out of the sale of your personal data.
What We Use Your Information For
We use your information to:
- Operate and maintain our service.
- Notify you of changes to our service.
- Gather analytical data to improve our service and personalize your experience.
- Perform technical and business analysis.
- Detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
- Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
Use of Visitor Identification Technologies (RB2B):
We use the rb2b.com visitor identification tool to associate browsing data (IP, pages viewed, etc.) with public or inferred information about organizations or business users for purely commercial purposes. This tool is activated only if the visitor is in jurisdictions where it is legally permitted, such as the United States, and is automatically deactivated for EU IP addresses, in compliance with GDPR. This tool:
- Is not used to identify individuals in the EU.
- Does not apply to minors or sensitive profiles.
- Is used solely for B2B purposes in compliance with CCPA and Argentine legislation.
- Can be disabled by following our «Do Not Sell My Information» instructions.
Automated decisions may be made about your browsing behavior to determine potential commercial interest. No legal or significant decisions will be made solely based on automated processing without your explicit consent.
Contractual Clauses with Third Parties for Service Provision
At AutoScraping, we understand the importance of protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information. Therefore, we share your information only under specific circumstances and with proper precautions. Below are the details of how and when we may share your information:
- Trusted third-party service providers (e.g., for storage and analysis).
- Clients, when necessary for service provision.
- Regulatory authorities, when required by law.
We may also share information:
- To comply with legal obligations.
- To prevent fraud or security breaches.
- To enforce this Privacy Policy and other agreements.
We share your data with third parties who have access to your personal information solely to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use that information for any other purpose. We will ensure that the «Data Processor» handles personal data according to the instructions and purposes for which they were obtained; they will not disclose it, even for storage, to other persons or entities without the explicit authorization of the data subjects or the client in the case of a service contract; they will include and implement all necessary security measures according to the contract terms; and once the contractual relationship ends, the data must be destroyed or returned to the entity.
Additionally, AutoScraping will maintain an updated inventory of contracts with entities (third parties) that provide services related to the processing of personal data, and those entities to which AutoScraping provides services related to the processing of personal data.
Security Measures
AutoScraping adopts security protocols to protect your data from unauthorized access, modifications, disclosures, or misuse. While we guarantee the security of your information, it is important to note that no system is completely invulnerable.
AutoScraping has appropriate security mechanisms, incident registration, and personal data backup procedures.
AutoScraping carries out the following control activities:
- Adequate recording of access profiles and users with access to applications or systems that process personal data, or keeps it updated.
- Periodic reviews of access profiles and users with access to personal data, either fully or partially, on a regular or occasional basis.
- Updated incident records (automated or not) where losses, alterations, or destruction of personal data or devices storing personal data in AutoScraping’s databases are logged.
- Necessary corrective measures regarding detected incidents, including immediate notification to affected clients and data subjects, as appropriate.
- Updated inventory of files or databases that are backed up.
- Regular backups for the files or databases inventory.
In case of detecting a potential security breach, we ask that you inform us immediately so we can proceed with the appropriate investigation.
International Data Transfers
If AutoScraping transfers your personal data, we guarantee that such transfers are made under appropriate security measures, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission or any other authorized mechanism to ensure the protection of your data under CCPA or Law 25.326.
User Rights
Any AutoScraping user can exercise the right to access their personal data, as well as rectify any inaccurate data or, when applicable, request their deletion. Under certain circumstances, you may request the restriction of processing your data, in which case we will only retain it for the exercise or defense of a right in legal proceedings.
You may obtain a copy of your personal data in an electronic structured format stored in AutoScraping’s databases.
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:
- Access and receive copies of your personal data.
- Request the correction or deletion of your data.
- Object to the processing of your data.
- Request the limitation of processing your personal data.
- Request the portability of your data.
- Withdraw consent at any time.
- File a complaint with a supervisory authority.
- Opt-out of the sale of your personal data (CCPA).
- Not be discriminated against for exercising your rights (CCPA).
To exercise these rights, please contact us at: privacy@autoscraping.com, specifying the rights you wish to exercise, and we will send you a form for you to complete.
Additionally, we inform you that you may exercise your right to lodge a complaint through the competent supervisory authority.
Use of Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience on our website. These cookies collect information about your online activities and allow us to personalize our interaction with you. You can control the use of cookies through your browser settings. For more details, please consult our Cookie Policy. https://www.autoscraping.com/cookie-policy/
Retention Policy
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for commercial or legal purposes. Factors influencing retention include the nature of the data and its intended use. Once data is no longer necessary, we delete or anonymize it.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information Policy
In compliance with the CCPA, AutoScraping offers users residing in California the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information. You can exercise this right at any time by accessing our opt-out form at:
Notification of Security Breaches
In the event of a data breach affecting your rights and freedoms, we will notify the data protection authorities within the legal timeframe following detection, as required by the GDPR. If such a breach significantly impacts your rights, we will also notify you directly.
Minors
We do not intentionally collect personal data from minors under the age of 16 without explicit parental or guardian consent. If we discover that we have collected data from minors under 16 without proper consent, we will take steps to delete such information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
AutoScraping reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy. If we do so, we will update the «last updated» sections at the top of the Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to this policy, we may notify you via our website, a blog post, email, or any other method we determine.
Your continued use of this website or our service and/or the continued provision of information to us will be subject to the terms of the current Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
For questions or concerns about this policy, please email us at privacy@autoscraping.com.