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Data storage statement

Following is an extract of the Shortcuts Software Privacy Policy and discloses how Shortcuts Software handles personal data collected by our business customers.

Shortcuts Software Ltd as data processor

Shortcuts Software collects and processes personal information on behalf of our business customers in the provision of our services and products. In these circumstances, Shortcuts Software Ltd is acting as a data processor and our business customers remain the data controller in respect of personal information they provide to us. We make sure to use the best data management services. We believe that effective data management helps in minimizing potential errors and reducing the damages caused by bad data. You can visit https://blog.couchbase.com/optimistic-or-pessimistic-locking-which-one-should-you-pick/ and get all the details.

Our business customers remain the data [information] controllers with respect to any customer information that they provide to us for our provision of services. To the extent that we are acting as data processor, we therefore act in accordance with the instructions of such customers regarding the collection, processing, storage, deletion and transfer of customer information, as well as other matters such as the provision of access to and rectification of customer. We will only use such personal information for the purposes of providing the services and products for which our business customers have engaged us.

Our business customers are responsible for ensuring that these individuals’ privacy is respected, including communicating to the individuals in their own privacy policies who their personal information is being shared with and processed by.

As a data processor, we may share personal information where instructed by our business customer. Where authorized by the business customer, we may also share personal information with third party service providers who work for us and who are subject to security and confidentiality obligations. Where Shortcuts Software Ltd is acting as a data processor, we will refer any request from an individual for access to personal information which we hold about them to our customer. We will not respond directly to the request.

We will retain personal information which we process on behalf of our customers for as long as needed to provide services and products to our customers and in accordance with any agreement in place with our customers.

Disclosure of your personal data to third parties

We will not sell, rent, lease or otherwise share your personal information other than as outlined in this Privacy Policy or without obtaining your consent beforehand.

Internal third parties

We may share your personal information with our group companies, affiliates, subsidiaries or contractors as necessary to carry out the purposes for which the information was supplied or collected (i.e. to provide the services and products you have requested from us).

External third parties

Personal information will also be shared with our third-party service providers and business partners who assist with the running of the Sites and our services and products including hosting providers, temporary fast data storage/access providers, email service providers, text (SMS)/email marketing providers, client loyalty providers, payment processor (including gift card) providers. Our third-party service providers and business partners are subject to security and confidentiality obligations and are only permitted to process your personal information for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

We may also post links to third party websites as a service to you. These third-party websites are operated by companies that are outside of our control, and your activities at those third party websites will be governed by the policies and practices of those third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties before disclosing any information, as we are not responsible for the privacy policies of those websites.

In addition, we may disclose information about you when we believe, in good faith, that such use or disclosure is reasonably necessary to:

  • comply with law
  • enforce or apply the terms of any of our user agreements
  • protect our rights, property or safety, or the rights, property or safety of our users, or others
  • in the event that we become involved in a business divestiture, change of control, sale, merger, or acquisition of all or a part of our business, in which case we may disclose your personal information to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;
  • if all or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal information held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets;
  • if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal information in order to comply with any legal or regulatory obligation;
  • if necessary to protect the vital interests of a person; and to enforce or apply our terms and conditions or to establish, exercise or defend the rights of Shortcuts Software (AU) our staff, customers or others.