Last Revised: July 1, 2018
Mellius (“Mellius” or “we”) respects the privacy of its website users (“User” or “you”) and is committed to protect its Users’ personal information. We believe that you have a right to know our practices regarding the information we may collect and use about you when you use our primary website at https://www.mellius.com/ (the “Site”). Please read the following carefully to understand Mellius’ views and practices regarding your personal information and how Mellius will treat it.
Table of Content
3. Your acknowledgment of this policy
4. Which information may we collect about Users?
5. How do we collect information about our Users?
6. What are the purposes of the collection and processing of information?
7. Sharing Personal Information with Third Parties
11. Third Party Service Providers and Third Party Software
12. Links to Third Party Websites
13. Cookies and Similar Technologies
16. Changes to the Privacy and Cookie Policy
This Privacy Policy applies when you visit our Site. It also applies where we are in contact with you in other ways whether in your capacity as an individual or as director, shareholder, partner, employee or other representative of a company or other organization.
In this policy, references to Mellius, or to "we" or "us" are to Mellius Ventures Ltd., which is a registered company in Seychelles (No. 132908) with offices at Suite 108, Premier Building, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles. Individuals wishing to contact us about data protection issues may do so by writing to us at the above address or by emailing us at info@mellius.com. We are not required to appoint a formal data protection officer under data protection laws. However, we have appointed a Privacy Manager who you can contact about any queries you may have in relation to this Privacy Policy at info@mellius.com.
This Privacy and Cookie Policy (“Privacy and Cookie Policy”) details how your Personal Information collected via the Site is used and processed by Mellius.
BY ENTERING, CONNECTING TO, ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE OR HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME AWARE OF AND AGREE (IN JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH CONSENT IS REQUIRED) TO THIS PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY AND MELLIUS’ PRACTICES DESCRIBED THEREIN, INCLUDING THE PROCESSING (INCLUDING COLLECTING, USING, DISCLOSING, RETAINING OR DISPOSING) OF YOUR INFORMATION UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY.
We collect from Users of our Site, two types of data and information:
4.1.Non-personal Information. The first type is non-identifiable and anonymous information. Non-personal Information, which is being gathered, consists of technical information and behavioral information that does not pertain to a specific individual (“Non-Personal Information”).
You may access and browse the Site without disclosing personal information, although, like most websites, we passively collect certain Non-Personal Information from your devices, including: (i) technical information such as the type and version of your device and its operating system, the type of browser, screen resolution, device browser and keyboard language, Wi-Fi connectivity and the type and name of your device and/or browser, etc.; and (ii) behavioral information which may include the User’s click-stream on the Site, the activities of the User on the Site and additional information of a similar nature (collectively, “Technical and Behavioral Information”). We may also use third-party service providers such as Google Analytics to obtain detailed analytics on the device and the User's behavior on the Site.
Please note that we or our third party service providers will collect such Technical and Behavioral Information by using certain technologies such as Cookies (as further detailed below under Section 13 "Cookies and Similar Technologies").
4.2.Personal Information. The other type of information we collect is individually identifiable information. To put it simply, this information identifies an individual or is of a private and/or sensitive nature, such as your contact information (“Personal Information”), including:
4.2.1.Personal Information which is provided voluntarily:
4.2.2.Personal Information collected via technology:
4.2.3.Personal Information relating to job applicants:
You may use the "Career" page available on our Site in order to apply for a position at Mellius and send us your CV, and in such case the following applies:
4.3.Please note:
WE DO NOT GENERALLY COLLECT SENSITIVE (OR SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF) PERSONAL DATA FROM OUR USERS AS IT IS CURRENTLY NOT REQUIRED AS PART OF OUR SERVICES OFFERED TO USERS. SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA IS DEFINED BY DATA PROTECTION LAWS AS INCLUDING, INTER ALIA, PERSONAL DATA REVEALING A PERSON’S RACIAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGIOUS OR PHILOSOPHICAL BELIEFS, OR DATA CONCERNING HEALTH. IF IN THE FUTURE SUCH INFORMATION WILL BE REQUIRED, WE WILL ASK FOR YOUR EXPLICIT CONSENT TO OUR PROPOSED USE OF THAT INFORMATION AT THE TIME OF COLLECTION.
There are two main methods we use to collect information:
5.1.We collect information through your entry, connection, access and/or use of the Site. In other words, when you access or use the Site we are aware of your usage of the Site, and may gather, collect and record the information relating to such usage. For example, when you use the Site, we gather your Technical and Behavioral Information.
5.2.We collect information which you provide us voluntarily. For example, we collect Personal Information that you provide via the Contact Form on our Site. We will inform you prior to collecting your Personal Information if it is requested on a voluntary basis and the consequences of not providing voluntary Personal Information.
6.1.Non-personal Information is processed in order to:
6.2.Personal Information is processed in order to:
Note to our Users in the EU:
In order for Mellius to process your Personal Information, as detailed herein, such processing must be justified by a "basis" for processing. Please note that the Personal Information processing activities detailed herein may be justified on the basis that:
Note to non-EU Users:
BY ENTERING, CONNECTING TO, ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, YOU CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AS SPECIFIED HEREIN.
7.1.Mellius respects your privacy and will not disclose, share, rent, or sell your Personal Information to any third party, other than as permitted under this Privacy and Cookie Policy.
7.2.In addition to using the information collected by us for the purposes described under Section 6 above, we may also share your information in the following cases:
7.3.For avoidance of doubt, Mellius may transfer and disclose Non-personal Information to third parties at its discretion including without limitation for statistical, analytical and research purposes and for customization, developing and improvement of our Site.
Mellius acknowledges you have the right to access and change the Personal Information we collect and process. If you wish to access or to correct, amend, or delete Personal Information, please send us an email to: info@mellius.com and we will respond within a reasonable timeframe, but in any event no later than permitted by applicable law.
Note to our Users in the EU:
We hereby inform you of the following rights (by virtue of EU law), in respect of your Personal Information:
To exercise these rights, where applicable, please contact us by sending an email to: info@mellius.com
The information collected from you by Mellius, as detailed in this Privacy and Cookie Policy, may be transferred to, and stored on, servers which may be located in countries outside of your jurisdiction and in a country that is not considered to offer an adequate level of protection under your local laws.
It may also be processed by Mellius and its suppliers, service providers or partners' staff operating outside your country.
Mellius is committed to protecting your Personal Information and will take appropriate steps to ensure that your Personal Information is processed and stored securely and in accordance with applicable privacy laws, as detailed in this Privacy and Cookie Policy. Such steps include putting in place data transfer agreements or ensuring our third-party service providers comply with Mellius' data transfer protection measures.
Note to our Users in the EU:
If you are located in the EU, you have a right to request further information regarding the data transfer mechanisms used by us with respect to data transfers to third countries.
In order to keep your Personal Information safe, we apply strict safeguards when transferring it outside of the EEA, which may include the following:
BY SUBMITTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION THROUGH THE SITE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE, AND AGREE, IN JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH CONSENT IS REQUIRED, TO SUCH TRANSFER, STORING AND/OR PROCESSING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
The Site is intended for Users over the age of sixteen (16). Therefore, Mellius does not intend and does not knowingly collect directly Personal Information from children under the age of sixteen (16) and does not wish to do so. We reserve the right to request proof of age at any stage so that we can verify that minors under the age of sixteen (16) are not using the Site.
11.1.While using the Site we may be using third party service providers, who may collect, store and/or process your information, as detailed in this Privacy and Cookie Policy.
11.2.Note, that we collect, hold and/or manage your Personal Information through Mellius' authorized third parties vendors of certain products or services (such as hosting cloud services) (including, as applicable, their affiliates) solely and limited to providing us with such requested services, and not for any other purposes.
11.3.Such vendors may be located in a country that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction.
11.4.Such third parties service providers include without limitation the following categories of service providers:
Please read such third party service providers' terms of use and privacy policies to understand their privacy practices.
Certain links provided in the Site permit Users to leave our Site and enter non-Mellius sites or services. Most of such linked sites and services provide legal documents, including terms of use and Privacy and Cookie Policy, governing the use thereof. It is always advisable to read such documents carefully before using those sites and services, inter alia, in order to know what kind of information about you is being collected.
13.1.What are cookies? Cookies are small text files which are stored on, and accessed from, your computer or mobile device when you visit the Site or a page on the Site. We use cookies, web beacons, pixels, clear gifs and other similar tools (collectively, "Cookies") on our Site to recognize your device from those of other Users of the Site, to improve the Site's performance, to deliver a better and more personalized service according to the User's individual interests and the device or browser used, to track Users' use of the Site, to gather information about the Users' approximate geographic location (e.g. city) to provide localized content, to prevent fraud and/or abuse, to estimate our audience size and usage pattern, perform other analytics and develop our Site.
In this Privacy and Cookie Policy, reference to "Cookies" includes cookies and all other files that collect information in a similar manner. Please note that most Cookies do not collect information that identifies you, and will instead collect more general information such as how Users arrive at and use our Site, or a User’s general location.
13.2.How long will Cookies stay on my device? Most of the Cookies we use are erased from your device immediately after your browser session terminates ("Session Cookies"). Other Cookies remain saved on your device and enable us to recognize your device in the event of a later visit to our Site ("Persistent Cookies"). Persistent Cookies allow us to make our Site more user-friendly, effective and safe and to record your acceptance of our cookie policy detailed herein. Please note that the data collected through Cookies will not be kept for longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes mentioned above.
13.3.First and third party Cookies - First-party Cookies are Cookies that belong to us and that we place on your device. Third-party Cookies are Cookies that another party, which provides us a service, places on your device through your use of our Site. For example, to administer our Site and for research purposes, we have contracted third-party service providers to track and analyze statistical usage and volume information from our Site Users.
13.4.Do we track whether users open our emails? Our emails may contain a single "web beacon pixel" which enables us to verify whether our emails (and any links or advertisements within the email) are opened. We may use this information to determine whether our emails are of interest to Users, to approach Users who do not open our emails and verify whether they wish to continue receiving them and to inform our advertisers in aggregate of the audience size for their advertisements. Please note that such "web beacon pixel" will be deleted once you delete the email from your email account. If you do not wish the "web beacon pixel" to be downloaded to your device at all, please set your email account settings to receive emails from us in plain text rather than HTML.
13.5.What sort of Cookies does our website use? Generally, our Cookies perform the following functions:
·Essential Cookies – those Cookies are essential to navigate around the Site and use its features. For example, they allow us to remember your Cookie preferences and to verify if something is not working properly, so we can fix it quickly.
Analytical and Performance Cookies – those Cookies are used to analyze how our Users use our Site and to monitor the Site's performance. For example, we might use performance Cookies to keep track of which pages are frequently visited and from what locations our Users come from. We might also use these Cookies to highlight Site services that we think will be of interest to you based on your usage of the Site. We generally use third party Cookies to perform these services, for example, Google Analytics.
·Functionality Cookies - those Cookies allow us to operate the Site in accordance with your preferences when browsing the Site. For example, such Cookies save you the trouble of typing in a username every time you access the Site, and recall your customization preferences, such as your preferred text size, fonts, languages and other parts of the Site that are alterable.
13.6.Can a Site User block Cookies? Most devices and browsers will allow you to erase Cookies from your device’s hard drive, block acceptance of Cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. However, if you block or erase Cookies, your experience of the Site may be limited. Please note that unless you block the acceptance of Cookies, the Site will utilize Cookies upon your use of the Site (all unless it is required by applicable law to provide a separate consent to use such Cookies, and in which case we will use such Cookies only after we receive your separate consent to such use and subject to your right to withdraw such consent at any time). For detailed instructions regarding the blocking of Cookies, please refer to your browser 'help', 'tool' or 'edit' section or see http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/. If you want to remove previously stored Cookies, you can manually delete the Cookies at any time. However, this will not prevent the Site from placing further Cookies on your device unless and until you adjust your settings as described above.
Opting out of performance Cookies - It is possible to opt-out of having your browsing activity within the Site recorded by performance Cookies. Please note that we use Google Analytics as our service providers in order to track Users' activities on the Site, including by use such services' persistent Cookies. Google provides a browser-add on which allows users to opt-out of Google Analytics across all websites, which can be downloaded here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
14.1.We take appropriate measures to maintain the security and integrity of our Site and prevent unauthorized access to it or use thereof through generally accepted industry standard technologies and internal procedures.
14.2.Your Personal Information is stored internally on our servers, which provide advanced strict security standards (both physical and logical).
14.3.Some of the security measures that we employ include, without limitation: highly secure services design and implementation using state of the art encryption and architectures mechanisms, restriction of access to your Personal Information to individuals who need access to it in order to process it on Mellius’ behalf and implementation of a secured permission management and auditing system using specific and proprietary firewall and network access filtering as well as security group mechanisms.
Please note, however, that there are inherent risks in transmission of information over the Internet or other methods of electronic storage and we cannot guarantee that unauthorized access or use will never occur.
14.4.Mellius will comply with applicable law in the event of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your Personal Information and will inform you of such breach if required by applicable law.
14.5.TO THE EXTENT THAT MELLIUS IMPLEMENTED THE REQUIRED SECURITY MEASURES UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, MELLIUS SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, HACKING, OR OTHER SECURITY INTRUSIONS OR FAILURE TO STORE OR THE THEFT, DELETION, CORRUPTION, DESTRUCTION, DAMAGE, OR LOSS OF ANY DATA OR INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THE PERSONAL INFORMATION.
Mellius will retain the Personal Information for as long as we are comfortable that it is accurate and can be relied upon. Personal Information which is no longer required for the purpose for which it was initially collected will be deleted unless we have a valid justification to retain it which is permitted under applicable law, such as to resolve disputes or comply with our legal obligations.
The Company reserves the right to change this Privacy and Cookie Policy at any time, so please re-visit this page frequently to check for any changes. In case of any material change, we will make reasonable efforts to post a clear notice on the Site or we will send you an e-mail regarding such changes to the e-mail address that you may have provided us with. Such material changes will take effect seven (7) days after such notice was provided on our Site or sent to you via e-mail, whichever is the earlier. Otherwise, all other changes to this Privacy and Cookie Policy are effective as of the stated “Last Revised” and your continued use of the Site on or after the Last Revised date will constitute acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, those changes. In the event that the Terms should be amended to comply with any legal requirements, the amendments may take effect immediately, or as required by the law and without any prior notice.
If you have any questions (or comments) concerning this Privacy and Cookie Policy, please send us an email to the following address: info@mellius.com and we will make an effort to reply within a reasonable timeframe.