Backslash Security Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 30 June 2024

            

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) governs how we, Backslash Security(“Backslash Security” “we”, “our” or “us”) use, collect, disclose, and store Personal Data we collect or receive from or about you (“you”) such as in the following use cases:

  1. When you browse or visit our website, www.backslash.security (“Website”):
  2. When you make use of, or interact with, our Website 
  1. When you request a product demo
  2. When you subscribe to our distribution list(s) / newsletter(s) / blog(s)
  3. When we process your job application
  4. When you contact us (e.g. customer support, need help, submit a request)
  1. When you attend a marketing event and/or we exchange business cards and you provide us with your Personal Data 
  2. When we use the Personal Data of our customers (e.g. contact details)  
  3. When we use the Personal Data of our service providers (e.g. contact details)  
  4. When you interact with us on our social media profiles (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn) 

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Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, so you can understand our practices and your rights in relation to personal data. “Personal Data” or “Personal Information” means any information that can be used, alone or together with other data, to uniquely identify any living human being and any information deemed as Personally Identifiable Information by privacy laws. Please note that this is a master privacy policy and some of its provisions only apply to individuals in certain jurisdictions. For example, the legal basis in the table below is only relevant to GDPR-protected individuals and the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" mechanism(s) below are only relevant for CPRA-protected individuals

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Important note: Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit in any way your statutory right, including your rights to a remedy or means of enforcement. 

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Table of contents:

  1. What information we collect, why we collect it, and how it is used
  2. How we protect and retain your Personal Data
  3. How we share your Personal Data
  4. Additional information regarding transfers of Personal Data
  5. Your privacy rights
  6. Use by children
  7. Log files 
  8. Analytic tools
  9. Specific provisions applicable under California privacy law
  10. Contact us

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This Privacy Policy can be updated from time to time and, therefore, we ask you to check back periodically for the latest version of this Privacy Policy.  If we implement significant changes to the use of your Personal Data in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you by posting a notice on our Website or by other means.

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  1. WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT, WHY WE COLLECT IT, AND HOW IT IS USED

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Finally, please note that some of the abovementioned Personal Data will be used for detecting, taking steps to prevent, and prosecution of fraud or other illegal activity, to identify and repair errors, to conduct audits, and for security purposes. Personal Data may also be used to comply with applicable laws, with investigations performed by the relevant authorities, law enforcement purposes, and/or to exercise or defend legal claims. In certain cases, we may or will anonymize or de-identify your Personal Data and further use it [for internal and external purposes, including, without limitation, to improve the services and for research purposes]. “Anonymous Information” means information which does not enable identification of an individual user, such as aggregated information about the use of our services. We may use Anonymous Information and/or disclose it to third parties without restrictions (for example, in order to improve our services and enhance your experience with them). 

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  1. HOW WE PROTECT AND RETAIN YOUR INFORMATION
  1. Security. We have implemented appropriate technical, organizational and security measures designed to protect your Personal Data. However, please note that we cannot guarantee that the information will not be compromised as a result of unauthorized penetration to our servers. As the security of information depends in part on the security of the computer, device or network you use to communicate with us and the security you use to protect your user IDs and passwords, please make sure to take appropriate measures to protect this information.

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  1. Retention of your Personal Data. In addition to the retention periods mentioned above, please note that in some circumstances we may store your Personal Data for longer periods of time, for example (i) where we are required to do so in accordance with legal, regulatory, tax or accounting requirements, or (ii) for us to have an accurate record of your dealings with us in the event of any complaints or challenges, or (iii) if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation relating to your Personal Data or dealings. 

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  1.  HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA 

In addition to the recipients described above, we may share your Personal Data as follows:

  1. With our business partners with whom we jointly offer products or services. We may also share Personal Data with our affiliated companies. 
  2. To the extent necessary, with regulators, courts or competent authorities, to comply with applicable laws, regulations and rules (including, without limitation, federal, state or local laws), and requests of law enforcement, regulatory and other governmental agencies or if required to do so by court order;
  3. If, in the future, we sell or transfer, or we consider selling or transferring, some or all of our business, shares or assets to a third party, we will disclose your Personal Data to such third party (whether actual or potential) in connection with the foregoing events;
  4. In the event that we are acquired by, or merged with, a third party entity, or in the event of bankruptcy or a comparable event, we reserve the right to transfer, disclose or assign your Personal Data in connection with the foregoing events, including, in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, consolidation or restructuring, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by or to another company; and/or 
  5. Where you have provided your consent to us sharing or transferring your Personal Data (e.g., where you provide us with marketing consents or opt-in to optional additional services or functionality).

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  1. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL DATA
  1. External transfers: Where we transfer your Personal Data outside of EU/EEA (for example to third parties who provide us with services), we will generally obtain contractual commitments from them to protect your Personal Data. When Backslash Security engages in such transfers of personal information, it relies on i) Adequacy Decisions as adopted by European Commission on the basis of Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) (for example, when we access from Israel), or ii) Standard Contractual Clauses issued by the European Commission. Backslash Security also continually monitors the circumstances surrounding such transfers in order to ensure that these maintain, in practice, a level of protection that is essentially equivalent to the one guaranteed by the GDPR. 

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  1. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS. 
  1. Rights: The following rights (which may be subject to certain exemptions or derogations) shall apply to certain individuals (some of which only apply to individuals protected by the GDPR):
  • You have a right to access Personal Data held about you. Your right of access may normally be exercised free of charge, however we reserve the right to charge an appropriate administrative fee where permitted by applicable law;
  • You have the right to request that we rectify any Personal Data we hold that is inaccurate or misleading;
  • You have the right to request the erasure/deletion of your Personal Data (e.g. from our records). Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are required to retain your Personal Data, for example for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
  • You have the right to object, to or to request restriction, of the processing;
  • You have the right to data portability. This means that you may have the right to receive your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and that you have the right to transmit that data to another controller;
  • You have the right to object to profiling;
  • You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are entitled to continue processing your data, in particular if the processing is required to meet our legal and regulatory obligations. Also, please  note that the withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal;
  • You also have a right to request certain details of the basis on which your Personal Data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, but data transfer agreements and/or other details may need to be partially redacted for reasons of commercial confidentiality;
  • You have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority (i.e., your place of habitual residence, place or work or place of alleged infringement) at any time or before the relevant institutions in your place of residence. We ask that you please attempt to resolve any issues with us before you contact your local supervisory authority and/or relevant institution.
  1. The following rights (which may be subject to certain exemptions or derogations) shall apply to individuals protected by the CPRA:
  • You have the right to know what Personal Information is being collected about you, This include the right to request that we disclose what Personal Information of yours  we collect, use, disclose, and sell;
  • You have a right to correct inaccurate Personal Information we have about you;
  • You have the right to request the erasure/deletion of your Personal Information (e.g. from our records and the records of our service providers). Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are required to retain your Personal Information, for example for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
  • You have the right to know whether your Personal Information is sold or disclosed and to whom;
  • You have the right to restriction of, or object to, processing of your Personal Information, including the right to opt in or opt out of sale or sharing of your Personal Information to third parties, if applicable, where such requests are permitted by law;
  • You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of the privacy rights conferred by the CPRA;
  • You have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority (i.e., your place of habitual residence, place or work or place of alleged infringement) at any time or before the relevant institutions in your place of residence (e.g. the Attorney General in your State). We ask that you please attempt to resolve any issues with us before you contact your local supervisory authority and/or relevant institution. You have certain choices about your Personal Information. Where you have consented to the processing of your Personal Information, you may withdraw that consent at any time and prevent further processing by contacting us as described in this Privacy Policy. Even if you opt out, we may still collect and use non-Personal Information regarding your activities on our services and for other legal purposes as described above. While we cannot guarantee privacy perfection, we will address any requests to the best of our ability as soon as possible. We will process such requests in accordance with applicable laws.

 

  1. You can exercise your rights by contacting us at privacy@backslash.security. You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf if you provide the authorized agent written permission signed by you. To protect your privacy, we may take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request. Subject to legal and other permissible considerations, we will make every reasonable effort to honor your request promptly in accordance with applicable law or inform you if we require further information in order to fulfil your request. When processing your request, we may ask you for additional information to confirm or verify your identity and for security purposes, before processing and/or honoring your request. We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law, for instance if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. In the event that your request would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others (for example, would impact the duty of confidentiality we owe to others) or if we are legally entitled to deal with your request in a different way than initial requested, we will address your request to the maximum extent possible, all in accordance with applicable law. 

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  1. USE BY CHILDREN 

We do not offer our products or services for use by children and, therefore, we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from, and/or about children under the age of eighteen (18). If you are under the age of eighteen (18), do not provide any Personal Data to us without involvement of a parent or a guardian. For the purposes of the GDPR, we do not intend to offer information society services directly to children. In the event that we become aware that you provide Personal Data in violation of applicable privacy laws, we reserve the right to delete it. If you believe that we might have any such information, please contact us at privacy@backslash.security

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  1. SPECIFIC PROVISIONS APPLICABLE UNDER CALIFORNIA PRIVACY LAW

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  1. This Privacy Policy for California Residents supplements and is expressly made part of the information contained in this Privacy Policy, and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California (“consumers” or “you”). We adopt this Privacy Policy to comply with the California Privacy Rights Act ("CPRA"). Any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this Privacy Policy.

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  1. Our California Do Not Track Notice (Shine the Light): 

We do not currently respond or take any action with respect to web browser “do not track” signals or other mechanisms that provide consumers the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of personally identifiable information about an individual consumer’s online activities over time and across third-party web sites or online services. We may allow third parties, such as companies that provide us with analytics tools, to collect personally identifiable information about an individual consumer’s online activities over time and across different web sites when a consumer uses the Website.

  1. Sale or Sharing of Personal Information. Disclosure of Personal Information for business purposes. Financial incentives for collection of Personal Information 

We do not sell or share any Personal Information and we do not disclose any Personal Information for any business purpose. Therefore, we have not sold or disclosed consumers’ Personal Information for a business purpose in the preceding 12 months. Also, we do not offer financial incentives for collection of Personal Information.

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  1. Personal Information collected in the last 12 months is described above in Section 1. If you have further questions with respect the collection, use, disclosure or sale of your Personal Information, please make your request by contacting us to privacy@backslash.security 

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  1. Backslash Security obtains the categories of personal information from the following categories of sources:
  • Directly from you. For example, from forms you complete or products and services you purchase.

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  1. Your privacy rights: Please see Section 5 above.

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  1. Marketing emails – opt-out: You may choose not to receive marketing emails from us, you can exercise that choice by sending a single email with the subject "BLOCK" to privacy@backslash.security. Please note that the email must come from the email account you wish to block from receiving marketing communications.

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  1. Non-Discrimination. If you decide to exercise your rights, you will not receive any discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of the privacy rights conferred by the CPRA. However, note that some features of our website, our products and/or our services will not function without your Personal Information. Unless permitted by the CPRA, we will not:
  • Deny you goods or services.
  • Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
  • Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
  • Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

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  1. CONTACT US

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If you have any questions, concerns or complaints regarding our compliance with this notice and the data protection laws, or if you wish to exercise your rights, we encourage you to first contact us at privacy@backslash.security.

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