“Kefify” provides this Privacy Policy to let you know our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information through “https://kefify.com/” , and any other websites, features, mobile applications, widgets or online services that are owned or controlled by Kefify and that post a link to this Privacy Policy (together with the Site, the “Service” ), as well as any information Kefify collects offline in connection with the Service. It also describes the choices available to you regarding the use of, your access to, and how to update and correct your personal information.
Kefify has always respected and enforced our customer’s right to data privacy and protection. We have always been committed to safeguarding our customer’s data and information. Kefify adheres to Federal Law No. 5 of 2012 on combating cybercrimes and its amendment by the Federal Law No. 12 of 2016 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which requires the companies and organizations to be transparent on processing of individual data of UAE and other country citizens. Kefify has also created its own privacy statement to show our commitment to our customers concerning their online privacy and security. We want to stress that at no point will we rent, sell or otherwise share your information to any external company.
The data we collect about you
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows :-
Identity Data :- Includes first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, marital status, title, date of birth and gender.
Contact Data :- Includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers
Financial Data :- Includes bank account and payment card details
Transaction Data :- Includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products and services you have purchased from us.
Technical Data :- Includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
Profile Data :- Includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback, and survey responses
Usage Data :- Includes information about how you use our website, products, and services
Marketing and Communications Data :- Includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences
How your personal data is collected?
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity, Contact and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you :
apply for our products or services.
create an account on our website.
subscribe to our services or publications.
request marketing to be sent to you.
enter a survey; or give us feedback or contact us.
Automated technologies or interactions :- As you interact with our website, we will automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies.
Third parties or publicly available sources :- We will receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below:
Technical Data from analytics providers, advertising networks and search information providers.
Contact, Financial and Transaction Data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services.
Messaging Kefifys :- Partners, and Clients may communicate with each other through the Service. For example, Kefifys, Agencies, and Clients may wish to discuss Client needs and Kefify work proposals. If you communicate with an Agency or Client, that Agency or Client will also be a “data controller” with respect to such communications
Community Forums :- We may offer public forums or blogs. If you participate, your comments and questions will be publicly displayed.
The Service may provide you the opportunity to participate and post content publicly in forums, on blogs, through interactive features on Kefify and through other communication functionality (“Knowledge Base”). You may choose, through such features or otherwise, to submit or post questions, comments, or other content (collectively, “User Forum Content”). Please note that certain information, such as your name and Profile may be publicly displayed on the Service along with your User Forum Content. Please note that your use of Community Forums is subject to the Kefify Forum Rules and our Terms of Service.
How we use personal information
The information we request, collect, and process is primarily used to provide users with the product or service they have requested. More specifically, we may use your personal information for the following purposes :-
to provide the service or product you have requested;
to facilitate the creation of a User Contract (see Terms of Service for more information);
to provide technical or other support to you;
to answer enquiries about our services, or to respond to a complaint;
to promote our other programs, products or services which may be of interest to you (unless you have opted out from such communications);
to allow for debugging, testing and otherwise operate our platforms;
to conduct data analysis, research and otherwise build and improve our platforms;
to comply with legal and regulatory obligations;
if otherwise permitted or required by law; or
for other purposes with your consent, unless you withdraw your consent for these purposes.
The ‘lawful processing’ grounds on which we will use personal information about our users are (but are not limited to):
when a user has given consent;
when necessary for the performance of a contract to which the user is party;
processing is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations;
processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of our users or of another natural person.
processing is done in pursuing our legitimate interests, where these interests do not infringe on the rights of our users.
We use automated decision when helping matching users to jobs. The primary way this occurs is through how we rank users. These rankings are produced by analysing user generated content, user activity and the outcome of jobs; in this context, user generated content will include reviews that users receive when completing jobs. More information on these ranking guides can be found in our community articles. Automated decision making is also used to recommend potential jobs to our users and as a part of our marketplace security systems.
When we disclose personal information
Our third party service providers
The personal information of users may be held, transmitted to or processed on our behalf outside UAE, by our third party service providers. Our third party service providers are bound by contract to only use your personal information on our behalf, under our instructions.
Our third-party service providers include:
Cloud hosting, storage, networking, and related providers
SMS providers
Payment and banking providers
Marketing and analytics providers
Security providers
Third party applications
It is possible for users to grant third party applications access to their Kefify account. Depending on the permissions that are granted, these applications may be able to access some personal information or do actions on the user’s behalf. These third party applications are not controlled by us and will be governed by their own privacy policy. Users can remove third party applications from access their data through their settings.
Other Disclosures and Transfers
We may also disclose your personal information to third parties for the following purposes:
if necessary to provide the service or product you have requested
we receive court orders, subpoenas, or other requests for information by law enforcement.
if otherwise permitted or required by law; or
for other purposes with your consent.
Exercise your other rights.
You have a number of other rights in relation to the personal data Kefify holds about you, however, there may be restrictions on how you may exercise the rights. This is largely due to the services we provide. Much of the data we collect is in order to facilitate contracts between users, facilitate payments, and provide protection for the legitimate users of our marketplace – these data uses are protected against the below rights
You have the right to:
Seek human review of automated decision-making or profiling.
Opt-out of direct marketing, and profiling for marketing.
Erasure
Temporary restriction of processing
Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies (such as web beacons, pixels, tags, and scripts) to improve and personalize your experience, provide our services, analyze website performance and for marketing purposes.
Links to other sites
On our website, you will encounter links to third party websites. These links may be from us, or they may appear as content generated by other users. These linked sites are not under our control and thus we are not responsible for their actions. Before providing your personal information via any other website, we advise you to examine the terms and conditions of using that website and its privacy policy.
External links
Please note that the Site contains links to third party sites and if you link to a third party site from the Site, any data you provide to that site and any use of that data by the third party are not under the control of Kefify and are not subject to this Policy. You should consult the privacy policies of each site you visit. This Policy applies solely to personal information collected by our Site. If you upload content, including personal information, to a social network and then tag the Site, your submission will be subject to that social network’s terms of use and privacy policy, even where you post on an official Kefify page on the social network. We do not have control over these terms of use and privacy policies and have not reviewed their adequacy. You should therefore review these before submitting any personal information.
Security
We take a number of steps to protect your data, but no security is guaranteed
Kefify takes commercially reasonable steps to help protect and secure the information it collects and stores about Kefify Users. But remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Thus, while we strive to protect your Personal Information, Kefify cannot ensure and does not warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.
Change to this policy.
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy and any other places we deem appropriate, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
Kefify may update this Privacy Policy at any time and any changes will be effective upon posting. In the event that there are substantial changes to the way we treat your Personal Information, we will display a notice through the Services prior to the change becoming effective. We may also notify you by email, in our discretion. However, we will use your Personal Information in a manner consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time you submitted the information, unless you consent to the new or revised policy.