Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Inokyo, Inc. is a corporation registered in the United States with its principal place of business at 1672 15TH St Ste B, San Francisco, California 94103-3509. We operate the website https://www.inokyo.buzz under the developer name Inokyo and are engaged in the field of computer systems design and related services, including computer integrated systems design, within the professional, scientific, and technical services sector.

This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. By accessing or using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, you must not use our website.

2. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including information that identifies you personally and information that does not directly identify you but relates to your interaction with our online platforms.

Personal Information You Provide to Us

When you fill out contact forms, subscribe to communications, or otherwise interact with our website, you may provide us with the following categories of personal information:

• Contact identifiers such as your full name, email address, telephone number, and postal address
• Professional information including your job title, organization name, and industry
• Project-related information such as technical requirements, system specifications, and descriptions of your infrastructure needs
• Communications records including emails, messages, and notes from our conversations
• Any other information you choose to share with us through our website or direct correspondence

Information We Collect Automatically

As you navigate through and interact with our website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to gather certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns:

• Technical identifiers such as your internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system, and device type
• Usage data including the pages you visit, the time and date of your visits, the time spent on each page, and the referring website address
• Information collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies, as further described in Section 6 of this policy

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following business and operational purposes:

• To provide, maintain, and improve our computer systems design and integration services to meet your specific requirements
• To respond to your inquiries, service requests, and support needs in a timely and effective manner
• To communicate with you about project updates, technical documentation, service changes, and other relevant information pertaining to our engagement
• To personalize and enhance your experience on our website by presenting content and information in the most effective manner
• To analyze website usage patterns and trends to improve the functionality, performance, and user experience of our digital platforms
• To comply with applicable legal obligations, regulatory requirements, and industry standards
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, security incidents, fraud, and unauthorized access to our systems
• To maintain accurate business records for accounting, auditing, tax, and reporting purposes

We will not use your personal information for purposes that are incompatible with those described in this policy without providing you with prior notice and, where required by applicable law, obtaining your consent.

4. Legal Basis for Processing Under GDPR

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, our processing of your personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We rely on the following legal bases for processing your information:

• Consent: Where you have given us explicit permission to process your personal data for a specific purpose, such as receiving marketing communications or accepting non-essential cookies. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
• Contractual Necessity: When processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract, such as responding to a service inquiry or preparing a proposal.
• Legitimate Interests: When processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate business interests, including improving our services, maintaining the security and integrity of our systems, and managing our business operations. We carefully balance these interests against your privacy rights and will not process your data where your interests override ours.
• Legal Obligation: When processing is required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, or other legal processes.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We respect the confidentiality of your personal information and do not sell, trade, or rent your data to third parties for their own marketing purposes. We may share your personal information only in the following circumstances and with appropriate safeguards in place:

• Service Providers: We may share your data with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, managing our communications, analyzing data, and delivering our services. These providers are contractually bound to process your information only on our instructions and to implement appropriate security measures to protect your data.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, including to comply with valid subpoenas, court orders, or other legal obligations.
• Protection of Rights: We may disclose your information when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, or safety of our clients or others, including to enforce our Terms of Service or investigate potential violations.
• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or bankruptcy, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will provide notice before your data becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Any third party with whom we share your data is subject to contractual obligations requiring them to use the information solely for the specified purposes and to maintain confidentiality and security consistent with this policy and applicable law.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to distinguish you from other users, enhance your browsing experience, and help us improve our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device by your web browser when you visit a website.

We use the following categories of cookies:

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Without these cookies, our website cannot function properly. These cookies do not collect information for marketing purposes and are automatically set when you access our website.
• Analytics and Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors to our website and to see how visitors navigate around our site. This helps us improve the way our website works by understanding which pages are most and least popular and how users interact with our content. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
• Functionality and Preference Cookies: These cookies enable our website to remember choices you make, such as your preferred language or region, and provide enhanced, more personalized features. They may also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other customizable elements of the website.

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Most web browsers allow you to refuse or accept cookies through your browser settings. Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, some parts of our website may become inaccessible or may not function properly. For more detailed information about cookies and how to manage them, we recommend visiting aboutcookies.org.

7. Data Security Measures

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect your personal information against accidental loss, unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our security practices include the following:

• Encryption of data in transit using Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols to protect information transmitted between your browser and our servers
• Secure server infrastructure with restricted access controls, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems
• Regular security assessments, vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing to identify and address potential weaknesses
• Access controls and authentication mechanisms that limit access to personal data to authorized personnel on a need-to-know basis
• Employee training and awareness programs on data protection, privacy best practices, and information security
• Incident response procedures to promptly detect, investigate, and respond to data breaches or security incidents

While we strive to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security, but we will promptly notify you and relevant regulatory authorities of any data breach that may compromise your personal information in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

8. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction and applicable data protection laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

Rights Under the GDPR (for EEA and UK Residents)

• Right of Access: You have the right to request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and, if so, to request a copy of that data along with information about how we process it.
• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Erasure: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances, including when the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or when you withdraw consent on which processing is based.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, such as when you contest the accuracy of the data or object to our processing.
• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller without hindrance.
• Right to Object: You have the right to object to processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Rights Under the CCPA (for California Residents)

• Right to Know: You have the right to request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources from which we collected it, the business purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
• Right to Delete: You have the right to request deletion of personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions such as when the information is necessary to complete a transaction or comply with a legal obligation.
• Right to Opt Out of Sale: You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information. We do not sell personal information to third parties, and we do not have actual knowledge that we sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising any of your CCPA rights. We will not deny you services, charge different prices, or provide a different level of service based on your exercise of these rights.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in Section 14 of this policy. We will acknowledge receipt of your request within five business days and provide a substantive response within the time frame required by applicable law, typically 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests, and we will inform you if we require additional information for this purpose.

9. Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information from our systems as promptly as possible. If you believe that we may have collected personal information from a child under 16, please contact us immediately using the details in Section 14, and we will investigate and address the matter promptly.

10. International Data Transfers

Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence, including the United States where Inokyo, Inc. is established and maintains its principal place of business. These countries may have data protection laws that differ from those in your jurisdiction.

When we transfer personal data across international borders, we implement appropriate safeguards to ensure that your data receives an adequate level of protection. For transfers from the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom to the United States, we rely on standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission and the UK Information Commissioners Office, which require the recipient of data to protect it in accordance with European data protection standards.

By submitting your personal information to us, you acknowledge that your data may be transferred to and processed in the United States. If you have questions about the specific safeguards we use for international data transfers, please contact us.

11. Third-Party Links and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, plugins, services, or resources that are not owned or controlled by Inokyo, Inc. These links are provided for your convenience and do not signify our endorsement of the third-party content or practices.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of every website you visit before providing them with any personal information. The fact that we link to a third-party website does not mean that we endorse, authorize, or sponsor that website or its privacy practices.

12. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, the purposes for which we process the data, and applicable legal requirements.

In some circumstances, we may aggregate and anonymize your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you. We may use such anonymized information for research, analysis, and business purposes without further notice to you. When personal data is no longer needed, we will securely delete or destroy it in accordance with our data retention and disposal policies.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or operational environment. When we make material changes to this policy, we will update the Last Updated date at the top of this page and may notify you through our website or other communication channels as appropriate.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information. Your continued use of our website after any changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms. If we make changes that materially affect how we handle previously collected personal information, we will obtain your consent where required by applicable law.

14. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, complaints, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data handling practices, please do not hesitate to contact us:

• Organization: Inokyo, Inc.
• Registered Address: 1672 15TH St Ste B, San Francisco, California 94103-3509, United States
• Email: zhangkui@inokyo.buzz
• Telephone: +1 831 653 8478
• Website: https://www.inokyo.buzz

We acknowledge receipt of privacy inquiries within five business days and will provide a substantive response within 30 days. If you are unsatisfied with our response, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority or, in the United States, with the Federal Trade Commission or the California Attorney General.