Flourishers Edge Privacy Policy

How to contact us

Questions, comments and requests regarding this Policy should be addressed to our Data Protection team through the following means: Info@flourishersedge.com

Introduction

We will collect personal information when you use the Site and the associated services and as part of the normal course of business. This Policy sets out how we collect and use personal information and your rights regarding our use of your personal information.

Flourishers Edge works with software vendors and prospective software buyers, and this Policy applies to both. Examples include (but are not limited to) the following:

• For software buyers, this policy would apply to prospective buyers when you write a review of a software product.

Further information

Where we collect and use information for our legitimate interests as mentioned above, a legitimate interest will only apply when we consider that your interests or rights requiring protection of your personal information do not override our legitimate interests. For more information regarding our legitimate interests as applied to your personal information, please contact us.

Our websites and online services are for individuals who are at least 18 years old. Our online services are not designed to be used by individuals under the age of 18.

Your personal information may also be processed if it is necessary: to respond to a lawful request from a law enforcement or regulatory authority, body or agency; in the defense of legal claims or in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or violations of any of our Site terms.

Recorded Communications with Flourishers Edge

We may record calls for training, quality and research purposes. All recordings will be treated as confidential. If you do not want us to record your call, you will be given a chance to opt out. If your call is already in progress, you may ask us to turn off the recording at the start of the call.

Payment Card Information

When applicable, you may pay for Flourishers Edge products or services using your payment card and in such cases we will collect your personal data connected to your payment card. We use this personal data in order to process your payment and to prevent fraudulent transactions. We do this on the basis of your consent to process this information.

When we disclose your information

Publication of reviews

We allow individuals to submit software reviews and remain anonymous. If you choose this option, you are required to use your LinkedIn account to register with the Flourishers Edge website to ensure we can appropriately verify the review source. Your LinkedIn profile details that Flourishers Edge receive will be made available to the Once submitted, the review will be displayed to our Site users as a "Verified User".

You cannot submit an anonymous review if you use a guest account, as we will not be able to verify the authenticity of the reviewer. It is important that Flourishers Edge can verify the source of the review to ensure that our website continues to provide fair, objective, and reliable software reviews.

Attributed Reviews

If you do not choose to provide an anonymous review, or you provide the review without using the LinkedIn sign-in option, your review will be attributed to you when it is published on our Site.

Further information

In addition to publishing reviews as set out above, we may disclose your personal information to third parties as follows:

• When we have your consent or authorization to do so;
• To third parties who work on our behalf to help us administer our Site, or to service or maintain business contact databases and other IT systems, such as suppliers of the IT systems which we use to process personal information, or who provide other technical services, such as printing;
• To third parties providing services to us who have a need to access your information, such as our professional advisors (e.g. auditors and lawyers);
• To comply with applicable laws, protect rights, safety and property, and respond to lawful requests from public authorities (such as disclosing data in appropriate situations for national security or law enforcement purposes);

Your personal information will also be transferred to other third party organizations in certain scenarios (subject to applicable law):

• If we sell, purchase or transfer any part or all of our business or assets (including in bankruptcy), or in the event of another corporate change, in which case we may disclose your Information to the prospective seller, buyer or administrator of such business or assets including for pre-transaction review under suitable terms as to confidentiality;
• If we are defending a legal claim, our property, our website or other users, Information may be transferred as required in connection with defending such claim.
• If there is an emergency which requires us to share your data or for the health and safety of our Site's users or the general public.

We also may share aggregate or anonymous information about you (which does not contain any personal information) to develop content and services and further improve your digital markets experience.

Retention periods

We will retain your personal information for as long as required to perform the purposes for which the data was collected, depending on the legal basis for which that data was obtained and/or whether additional legal/regulatory obligations require us to retain it.

In general terms, this will mean that your personal information will be kept for the duration of our relationship with you and:

• the period required by tax and company laws and regulations; and
• as long as it is necessary for you to be able to bring a claim against us and for us to be able to defend ourselves against any legal claims. This will generally be the length of the relationship plus the length of any applicable statutory limitation period under local laws.

Choices about your information

We believe it is important to give you choices about the use of your Information. We will use your personal information as described in this Policy. If we want to use your information for a purpose not described in this Policy, we will first get your consent to do so.

Marketing Communications

We will respect your wishes not to receive marketing communications. You can change your marketing preferences by contacting us at Info@flourishersedge.com. Please note that we will continue to send you service-related communications regardless of any opt-out request. We will not sell or share your information with third parties (other than our subsidiaries or affiliates) for their own promotional or marketing purposes unless you give us consent to do so and where permitted by applicable law.

Security

We have implemented administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help prevent unauthorized access. Despite these measures, no data transmission over the Internet can be entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit via our websites or apps. Please note that you are responsible for maintaining the security of your credentials used to access any Digital Markets service or account, and you must report suspected unauthorized activity to us.

We make reasonable efforts to restrict access to information to only those employees, contractors, and agents who need such access in order to operate, develop, improve, or deliver our programs, products, and services.

Miscellaneous

Changes to this policy

From time to time, we may change and/or update this Policy. If this Policy changes in any way, we will post an updated version on the Site. We recommend you regularly review the Site to ensure that you are always aware of our information practices and any changes to such. Any changes to this Policy will go into effect on posting to this page.

Last Updated: June 2024