Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy: Last Updated: Jan 9, 2015
This is the privacy policy that governs how Melis Technology and our affiliates companies (collectively, "Melis", "we", "us" or "our"), use Personal Information that we collect, receive and store in connection with the use of the website www.melistechnology.com (together with its sub-domains, content and services, the "Website").
Short version of our Privacy Policy
We are committed to respecting your online privacy and we recognize your need for the protection and management of any Personal Information that you share with us.
We will not sell or communicate your personal information that you give to us, including your email, and will use it for internal purposes only.
We place various cookies on your browser to understand how you’re using the Melis Technology Website and how we can then provide you with experiences and offers that align with your needs. Some of the cookies are for third parties that help us advertise and measure the impact of our advertising, which allows us to spend our marketing and communication money thoughtfully.
If you don’t like cookies, then please reject or delete cookies from your browser as indicated below or do not browse the Melis Technology Website.
By using the Website, you consent to the terms of our Privacy Policy (whole version) and to Melis Technology's processing of Personal Information for the purposes stated herein. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, then please do not use the Website
The whole version of our Privacy Policy
This privacy policy explains how information that you provide on, or that is otherwise collected about you from our website and Melis Technology’s products and services (collectively, the “Services”) is used, disclosed and protected by Melis Technology. It also explains our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your Personal Information is collected and used in connection with the Website.
The use of information collected through our service shall be limited to the purpose of providing the service for which the Client has engaged Melis Technology.
Melis Technology may change this policy from time to time by posting the modified policy on the Melis Technology Website. If we make change we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and in some cases, we may provide you with more precise information in adding a statement to our homepage or sending you an email notification. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you continue to agree with the terms of this policy. Your use of the Melis Technology Website means that you accept this privacy policy.
Melis Technology Website
“Melis Technology Website” as used in this policy means www.melistechnology.com, including all subdomains thereunder. The Melis Technology Website is owned, provided by and controlled by Melis Technology SAS a French SAS company registered in Paris under RCS n° 809 007 164.
This privacy policy is based on our fundamental goal to provide you with quality information and resources while maintaining personal privacy and individual anonymity
Collection of Information
Information You Provide to Us
We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you send an email to us, create or register an account, provide credentials to access or authenticate your account via social networks (facebook, Linked-in, Viadeo or other third party services), use the Services, fill out a form, respond to a poll or other questions, comment in a blog, request customer support or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we may collect include, but not limited to, a first and last name, personal profile, your email address, postal address and other contact or identifying information you choose to provide.
Information We Collect Automatically When You Use the Services
When you access the Melis Technology Website, we automatically collect information about you as specified below. No other information is collected through the Melis Technology Website unless you deliberately decide to send it to us (e.g., by clicking on a link to send us an e-mail), which is also specified below.
Log and Client Information: We log information about your use of the Services, including identification of the page or service you are requesting, the type of browser and operating system you use, access times, pages viewed, your IP address, GeoIP information, Internet domain, registered company, and the page you visited before navigating to our Services.
Device Information: We collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers and mobile network information.
“Additional Technical Information”: the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our website, and the "Cookie Information" described below.
Melis Technology Website uses "cookies"
We use various technologies to collect information. This may include sending cookies to your computer or mobile device. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us to improve our Services and your experience, see which areas and features of our Services are popular and count visits. We may also collect information using web beacons (also known as “gifs,” “pixel tags” and “tracking pixels”). Web beacons are electronic images that may be used in our Services or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness, and determine whether an email has been opened and acted upon. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, please see “you can delete or reject cookies” below.
The cookie may transmit information via your browser with a purpose of authenticating or identifying the computer (via e.g., the IP address) or the user. Cookies may contain information such as registration data and user preferences, but would not get access to your Personal Identifiable Information with cookies. When a server receives a request from a computer which stores a cookie from Melis Technology Website, the server is able to use the information stored in the cookie in combination with the information stored on the server. A cookie generally would not collect information from your computer and cannot carry any virus or other damaging files.
What do we use cookies for?
We use some third parties cookies on Melis Technology Website that help us advertise, analyse the user's traffic patterns (including Google Analytics), serve content, and measure the impact of our website. It enables us over time to provide the user with better experience when using Melis Technology website. By example the cookies enable us to remember your settings, thereby avoiding having to ask for the specific information each time you visit.
You can delete or reject cookies
You can reject and/or delete cookies either one at a time or all at once. We have inserted a link to the most common used browsers below. Please remember to delete/reject cookies in all the browsers you use to visit Melis Technology Website:
iPhone, iPad and other equipment from Apple
All phones and other equipment on Android
Melis Technology does not guarantee that the above links provide the correct rejection/deletion procedure and accept no liability in this respect.
Additionally, you may opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page, and may opt out of a third party vendor's use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page
You may specifically opt-out of data being collected and used by Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
Use of Personally Identifiable Information
Client Information is used to route the requested web page to your computer for viewing; in theory, the requested web page and the routing information could be discerned by other entities involved in transmitting the requested page to you - we do not control the privacy practices of those entities. We may keep Client Information obtained from our systems indefinitely after the web page is transmitted.
We take your privacy very seriously. Any information constituting personally identifiable information is only used to complete your specific request, and we do not share or otherwise distribute Personally Identifiable Information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that request, or in response to a validly-issued subpoena, court order, or other legal process, or when necessary to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims made by you or on your behalf. In such instances we would seek confidential treatment of any of your Personally Identifiable Information so disclosed, but there is no guarantee that confidential treatment can be obtained.
Finally, we agree that we will never use or share Personally Identifiable Information provided to us by you in any way that violates or is otherwise unrelated to the means described in this policy, without providing you with both a clear notice on the Melis Technology Website and an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
So that we may best serve you, you are responsible for ensuring that all Personally Identifiable Information you provide on the Melis Technology Website is maintained and kept current.
Registration
In order to use some features of the Melis Technology Website, you must first complete the registration process. As registration may also occur via your Facebook, Google, Viadeo, LinkedIn or other third parties social accounts you acknowledge that when you provide credentials to access or authenticate through these third party services, Melis Technology is not responsible for the security of your password, credentials, or other Personally Identifiable Information stored or provided by such services.
Your California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers of Melis Technology who are California residents to request certain information regarding its disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to contact@melistechnology.com. Please note that we are only required to respond to one request per customer each year.
Scope of Policy; Third Party websites
This policy does not apply to entities that are not owned or controlled by Melis Technology.
Melis Technology does not make any representations for other websites that you may access through this Website. While Melis Technology has no control over web sites produced and authored by third parties, Melis Technology declines all liability for the accessibility, content and use as well as the products, services, and all documentations made available through such third party's web site. Melis Technology does not claim any responsibility for the privacy practices of these third party sites. If you visit them we recommend that you read their privacy policy statements.
See all details into the Legal Notice section
How to contact us
Should you have other questions or concerns about our privacy policies and practices, please contact Melis Technology by regular mail or send us an e-mail at contact@melistechnology.com