Privacy policy and Term of use

Privacy Policy SOIA DESIGN

Last updated: 11 April 2024

Overview

This Privacy Notice (“Notice”) together with the Terms of Use form an entire legal Agreement (“Agreement”) between SOIA DESIGN LLC (SOIA DESIGN) and you as a user (“you”, “user”). The Agreement applies to our website (“Site”) located at https://www.soiadesign.com/ If you have any questions you can contact us at info@soiadesign.com.

Quick Summary of our Privacy Notice :
This document explains what data is collected in connection with SOIA DESIGN Site.
It also explains how we use that data, where we store it, and how we protect it.
In short:
You may generally browse our Site without providing any kind of personal data. However, if you would like to send us your project request or your career request we will have to process personal data as described in this Notice.

We will not share your data for third party advertising purposes.

Finally, it explains your rights in relation to your personal data.

Who we are?
We are SOIA DESIGN LLC. You may contact us via email info@soiadesign.com or via mail: SOIA DESIGN LLC, 11311 Chandler blvd, North Hollywood, CA, 91601.

What data do we collect?
You may browse our Site without providing your personal information.

Data you provide us with. Through our Site, you may provide us with your personal data to send your project request or to send your career request. Data which you may provide to us include:

Full name;
Phone number;
Email address;
City;
CV;
Link to your portfolio.

Data collected automatically. We use this data to constantly improve our website. Therefore, when you access our Site, certain data may be collected automatically. Such data include:

Cookies. Read more about cookies further in this Privacy Notice.
Device data (device model, OS type etc.);
IP address;
Connection type (WiFi, LTE, 3G);
Language and region;
Your interactions with Site.

Also, through our Site, you may send us a message. Please, be aware of what kinds of data you are sharing.

Automatically collected data is aggregated and anonymized.

How do we use your data?
We collect data to provide and improve our services and to comply with our legal obligations.

Provision, improvement, and development of our Site. We use your data to: (1) Provide you with an access to our Site; (2) Provide you with customer support; (3) Provide you with career opportunities; (4) Contact you to deliver certain services or data you have requested; (5) Conduct researches to improve our services; (6) To improve the content and general administration of our Site, (7) For analytical purposes.

Compliance with our legal obligations. We may be obliged to store some of your personal data to comply with the relevant data protection legislation.

Legal basis for data usage: performance of a legitimate interest. Legal basis for this data usage: compliance contract with legal obligations.

Policy towards children
SOIA DESIGN does not provide services to persons under the age of 13. We do not and will not knowingly collect personal data from any child under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and are concerned about the personal data of your child, please contact info@soiadesign.com. If we become aware that a minor has provided us with personal data, we take steps to remove such data and terminate that person’s profile.

Do we use cookies?
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Cookies generally do not permit us to personally identify you. We generally use session cookies to save your preferences and such cookies expire when you close your browser. These cookies are likely to be analytical, or performance cookies.

We, along with third-party vendors such as Google and Wix use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies).
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works. All of this information is anonymized.

How do we share and disclose data?
If you provide us with your personal data, we may share and disclose data that we collect for the following reasons:

With your consent. In cases where you have provided your explicit consent, we may share your personal data, as described at the time of consent.
Safety, Legal purposes, and Law enforcement. We will disclose your personal data (a) if we are required to do so by law, regulation or other government authority or otherwise in cooperation with an ongoing investigation of a governmental authority, (b) to enforce the SOIA DESIGN’s Site Terms of Use or user agreements or to protect our rights.

Business transfers. We will not sell your personal data to any company or organization, but we may transfer your personal data to a successor entity upon a merger, consolidation or other corporate reorganization in which SOIA DESIGN participates or to a purchaser or acquirer of all or substantially all of SOIA DESIGN assets to which this Site relates. In such event, we will notify you before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Aggregated data. Through the third party analytics providers and directly through our Site, we may track data that will be maintained, used and disclosed in aggregate form only and which will not contain your personal data. For example, without limitation, the total number of visitors of our Site, the browser type. We may analyze this data for trends and statistics in the aggregate, and we may use such aggregate data to administer the Site and gather broad demographic data for aggregate use.

Service providers. We may provide your personal data and the data generated by cookies and the aggregate data to the vendors and service agencies that we may engage to assist us in providing our services to you for their use solely to provide us with such assistance.

How do we handle your data?
In this section, we will tell you how we store, retain and secure data.

Retention. We retain your personal data on the protected server which is located within the European Economic Area.

We generally retain your personal data for as long as is necessary for the provision of our service to you and us and to comply with our legal obligations. If you request, we will delete or anonymize your personal data so that it no longer identifies you, unless, we are legally allowed or required to maintain certain personal data, including situations such as the following:

Where we are required to retain the personal data for our legal, tax, audit, and accounting obligations, we will retain the necessary personal data for the period required by applicable law;
Where necessary for our legitimate business interests such as fraud prevention or to maintain the security of our users.

Security. We operational and technological measures that are generally consistent with industry practice. Such measures are reasonably designed to help protect your personal data from loss, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. We may use encryption, secure socket layer and password protection to help prevent unauthorized access to your personal data.

Moreover, we are actively monitoring and enforcing the data protection standards during all of our activities, namely:
Limitation of the rendered access to data only to those employees who need it for providing services to the user;
Signature of non-disclosure agreements by employees;

Signature by partners and external companies invited for the fulfillment of particular functions of non-disclosure agreements and agreements concerning non-usage of such data for any unauthorized purposes;
Storing of the personal data obtained from the user in an encrypted form, at protected servers secured from unauthorized access.

The security of your data is important to us. Nevertheless, we cannot guarantee the absolute protection of your personal data. If you have a reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us by contacting us in writing at info@soiadesign.com.

Do we transfer your data?
Due to the international nature of SOIA DESIGN in the course of our operations, we may need to process data on a server located outside of the country in which you reside. In such case, we will use appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal information will remain protected in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

What are your rights and choices?
In case you provide us with your personal data you may use your powers and exercise any of the rights described in this section. If you have any additional questions you can always send an email info@soiadesign.com and we will do our best to help you.

Access. You can request an explanation of the personal data we process about you. Also, you can request a copy of your personal data undergoing processing.

Rectification. You can rectify/correct any inaccurate data about you.

Data portability. You have a right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you provided to us. You can make a request to transmit this data directly to another data controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. We will transmit your data directly to another controller in cases where it is technically feasible.

Erasure. You have a right to be forgotten which means that we will delete all personal data that you have provided to us. Note, we may retain certain information as required by law and for legitimate business purposes permitted by law.

Restrict processing. You can request us to temporarily or permanently stop processing all or some of your personal data.

Object processing. You can, at any time, object to the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation. You have the right to object your personal data being processed for direct marketing purposes.

Right to lodge complaints. You have the right to lodge complaints in relation to the data processing activities carried out by us to the competent data protection authorities.

How do we update this notice?
From time to time we may update this notice. For example, we may need to update it for legal reasons or to reflect changes in our services. If we do so, we will make the updated Privacy Notice available in our application. Also, we will update the “Last Updated” date.
We strongly encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Notice for any changes. We will make prior versions of our privacy notices available for review.

Terms of Use

Introduction

Your use of this Site is subject to these Site Terms of Use (“Terms”), which tell you the basis on which you may make use of our Site located at https://www.soiadesign.com/ (“Site”). The Site is operated and owned by "SOIA DESIGN" LLC, registered at 11311 Chandler blvd, North Hollywood, CA, 91601. These Terms are a legally binding contract between you and SOIA DESIGN which sets out your rights and responsibilities when you use our Site and/or other services (“Services”) provided by us. Throughout the Site, the terms “company”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to SOIA DESIGN. SOIA DESIGN offers this Site, including all information, tools and services available from this Site, to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all the terms, conditions, policies stated here.

Please read these Terms carefully, because using or accessing this Site indicates your acceptance of these Terms of Use. If you do not accept these Terms of Use, please do not continue to use this Site.

Entire agreement and admissibility

These Terms and any policies, including our Privacy Policy, or operating rules posted on this Site constitute the entire agreement and understanding between you and SOIA DESIGN with respect to the subject matter thereof and supersede all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether oral or written, between the parties with respect to such subject matter. A printed version of these Terms of Use shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based on or relating to use of the Site to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

Intellectual property rights and Use of materials on the Site

All Content (as further defined) on this Site is the exclusive property of and owned by SOIA DESIGN, its licensors or its content providers and is protected by copyright, trademark and other applicable laws.

All texts, images, designs, graphics, logos, icons, audio and video clips, downloads, interfaces, code and software and other materials on this Site (“Content”) are objects of copyright and other intellectual property rights owned by SOIA DESIGN or included in the Content with the permission of the relevant owner.

The trademarks, logos, characters, and service marks ("trademarks") are protected trademarks. SOIA DESIGN® and SOIA DESIGN logo are Registered Trademarks. SOIA DESIGN has the exclusive right to permit or to prohibit the usage of the Trademarks.

You are permitted:
To freely browse the Site;

To access or use information from this Site, including any texts, images, audio, and video, etc., (hereafter referred to as “information”) for your own non-commercial use.
This should be done on the condition that all copyright and other proprietary notices are kept intact, and that the above trademark notice appears on such reproductions. No reproduction of any part of this Site may be sold or distributed for commercial gain, nor shall it be modified or incorporated into any other work, publication, or Site without SOIA DESIGN’s explicit permission in writing.

You are prohibited:

To use the Site or the Content for any other purposes, including but not limited to the modification, distribution, transmission, performance, broadcast, publication, uploading, licensing, reverse engineering, transfer or sale of, or the creation of derivative works from any material, information, software, products or services obtained from the Site;
To use the Site for other purposes competitive to SOIA DESIGN.
If you want to use the Content for the above purposes, you must obtain SOIA DESIGN’s explicit permission in writing.

Nothing contained on this Site should be construed as granting any license or right to use any trademark displayed on this Site. Your use/misuse of the trademarks displayed on this Site or of any other content on this Site, except as provided for in these Terms, is strictly prohibited. You are also advised that SOIA DESIGN will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including criminal prosecution, for serious offences.

You may find objects of copyright and other intellectual property rights owned by SOIA DESIGN on the other sites and resources, in particular, following the Media links, situated on the site. Note, that such media resources have already obtained SOIA DESIGN’s permission to use the intellectual property of SOIA DESIGN, and this does not in any way mean that such property is open to general use and you can use it without our permission.

You agree to abide by all additional restrictions displayed on the Site as it may be updated from time to time. SOIA DESIGN, or its licensors or content providers, retain full and complete title to the material provided on the Site, including all associated intellectual property rights, and provide this material to you under a license that is revocable at any time in SOIA DESIGN’s sole discretion. SOIA DESIGN neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials on this Site will not infringe rights of third parties not affiliated with SOIA DESIGN.

You may not use contact information provided on the Site for unauthorized purposes, including marketing. You may not use any hardware or software intended to damage or interfere with the proper working of the Site or to surreptitiously intercept any system, data or personal information from the Site. You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of the Site in any way. SOIA DESIGN reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to limit or terminate your access to or use of the Site at any time without notice. Termination of your access or use will not waive or affect any other right or relief to which SOIA DESIGN may be entitled at law or in equity.

Consequences

If SOIA DESIGN becomes aware that you have violated any of the terms and conditions contained in this legal statement, the company may immediately take corrective action. Such measures include preventing the user from using the services offered by SOIA DESIGN.
SOIA DESIGN is especially determined to protect its intellectual property rights in case of any violation either provided by these Terms or by the legislation of the service location.

If the violation won’t stop, SOIA DESIGN reserves the right to send you warning letters, and in case no solution or agreement is reached by peaceful means, the dispute will be resolved in court. The disputes shall be resolved in accordance with the provisions of Section 8 of these Terms.
If SOIA DESIGN has been injured by your violation, the company may, in its sole discretion, seek to recover damages.

Electronic сommunication

In connection with your use of the Service, we may send you electronically all communications, agreements, documents, receipts, notices, and disclosures which relates to Service and which the SOIA DESIGN Site provides. We may provide these communications to you via email or via means of communication of your choice.

Information on this Site

The information contained on this Site is given for general information and interest purposes only. The SOIA DESIGN Site is aimed to highlight SOIA DESIGN’s design services and demonstrating possible results (“Projects”). We do not guarantee that as a result of our cooperation you will be able to use the same Projects as represented on the Site, given that some of them are intended for commercial use and may become the distinguishing feature of a company. In such a case the design is a part of the business model and its usage by the other company is defined as unfair competition.

Whilst we try and ensure the information contained on the Site is accurate and up to date, we cannot be responsible for any inaccuracies in the information. As a result, you should not rely on this information, and we recommend that you take further advice or seek further guidance before taking any action based on the information contained on this Site.

Links to third-party Sites

This Site may contain links to other websites, some of which are operated by SOIA DESIGN or its affiliates and others of which are operated by third parties. These links are provided as a convenience to you and as an additional avenue of access to the information contained therein. We have not necessarily reviewed all the information on those other sites and are not responsible for the content of those or any other sites or any products or services that may be offered through those or any other sites. Inclusion of links to other sites should not be viewed as an endorsement of the content of linked sites. Different terms and conditions may apply to your use of any linked sites. SOIA DESIGN is not responsible for any losses, damages or other liabilities incurred as a result of your use of any linked sites.

Applicable law and Jurisdiction

The applicable laws of Russia govern these Terms of Use and your use of the Site, and you irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Russia for any action arising out of or relating to these Terms of Use or use of this Site. We recognize that it is possible for you to obtain access to this Site from any jurisdiction in the world, but we have no practical ability to prevent such access. This Site has been designed to comply with the laws of Russia. If any material on this Site, or your use of the Site, is contrary to the laws of the place where you are when you access it, the Site is not intended for you, and we ask you not to use the Site. You are responsible for informing yourself of the laws of your jurisdiction and complying with them.

Warranties and disclaimers

Use of this Site is exclusively at the sole risk of you, the user. SOIA DESIGN is not responsible if the information on this Site is inaccurate or incomplete. Any reliance upon the material of this Site shall be at the user’s own risk. You agree that it is your responsibility to monitor any changes to the material and the information contained on this Site.

This Site is provided to you on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Consequently, SOIA DESIGN gives no warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise (including the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose). Such warranties include, but are not limited to, any representations that material on this Site is complete, accurate, reliable, timely, and non-infringing on third parties; that access to this Site is uninterrupted or error-free; that this Site is secure; or that any advice or opinion obtained from SOIA DESIGN through this Site is accurate or reliable. Any such representations or warranties thereto are expressly disclaimed.

SOIA DESIGN reserves the right to restrict or terminate your access to this Site, or any feature of this Site or part thereof, at any time.

Liability

SOIA DESIGN, and any other parties involved in the creation, production, or delivery of this Site on the company’s behalf, shall not be held liable or responsible in any way for:
any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential, damages, costs, losses;

Or liabilities that may occur as a result of:
your use and/or inability to use the SOIA DESIGN Site;
access to the SOIA DESIGN Site;
changes in the contents of this Site or from any other Site accessed through a link from this Site;
any action SOIA DESIGN takes or fails to take as a result of any electronic mail messages sent by the user to SOIA DESIGN.

SOIA DESIGN, and any other parties involved in the creation, production, or delivery of this Site, shall have no responsibility to: maintain the material and services made available on this Site or to supply any corrections, updates, or releases in connection herewith. Any material on this Site is subject to change without notice.

Indemnification

In case SOIA DESIGN gets sued because of something that you did, you agree to defend and indemnify us. You agree to defend SOIA DESIGN and its employees and hold us harmless from any legal claims and/or demands, including reasonable attorney’s fees that may arise from your action, use/misuse of our Services, your breach of the Terms.

SOIA DESIGN reserves a right to handle our legal defense however we see fit, including instances when you are indemnifying us. Therefore you agree to cooperate with us so we execute our strategy.

Changes to these terms of use

SOIA DESIGN reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of these Terms of Use, in whole or in part, at any time, by posting revised terms on the Site. It is your responsibility to check periodically for any changes we make to the Terms of Use. Your continued

use of the Site after any changes to the Terms of Use or other policies means you accept the changes.

In the event we make material changes to the Terms of Use, notice of the changes will be posted on the homepage of this Site and the revised terms will take effect immediately after their publication on the Site.

Headings

Headings of provisions are for convenience only and shall not be used to limit or construe any provisions of these Terms.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is determined to be unlawful, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of these Terms will continue to be fully valid, binding, and enforceable.

If you have any questions or comments about these Terms of Use or this Site, please contact us by:

Emailing us at: info@soiadesign.com, Writing to the following address: 11311 Chandler blvd, North Hollywood, CA, 91601

Disclaimer: The original, legally binding version of this document is composed in English, and may be translated into other languages for the courtesy of our non-English-speaking users. If there are any discrepancies between the English version and a translated version, the English version supersedes the translated version.

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