Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 17th, 2021

AccelaTest, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, “AccelaTest”, “we”, “us”) is a global organization offering software tools used by developers, testers and operations team members to deliver high quality software and applications. We offer products for testing and API development (“Services”).

This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is intended to describe our practices regarding personal information collected through our websites products, and services. Please visit AccelaTest.com for the list of sites, products, and services covered by this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Sites”).

Due to the global nature of the AccelaTest Sites and Services, our data processing practices may vary among the jurisdictions in which we operate in order to comply with applicable legal requirements. Please note that certain rights, requirements, and disclosures in this Privacy Policy may be subject to exemption or otherwise may not apply to you based, for example, on applicable law or regulations. If you reside in a relevant geographic location, please see the Region Specific Disclosures section for more information.

1. INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT AND FROM WHOM

As described in this Privacy Policy, we may collect personal information from or about you in order to provide, enhance, market, and offer our Sites and Services. This section describes the categories of personal information we may collect, including personal information we have collected in the past twelve months. You are not required to give us all the personal information identified in this Privacy Policy; however, if you do not provide requested personal information, we may not be able to provide you with some or all of the Services.

We may collect the following categories of personal information about you:

Identifiers, which includes name; address (including billing and shipping address); telephone number; email address; fax number; screen name; user ID and password; IP address or MAC address;
Commercial information, which includes payment or financial information;
Information relating to Internet activity or other electronic network activity, which includes operating system type and version; web server type and version; PHP version; database type and version; cookie information; device information; browsing activities, and platform or mobile application use data; referring domain; destination domain and destination path; performance, security, software configuration and availability of our software on your servers and network; website user statistics and website and portal use and viewing activity records; communication preferences
Professional information, such as employer or organizational affiliation for a customer or partner; the contents of your resume;
Geolocation data, which includes geographic information derived from a customer’s IP address or MAC address; latitudinal and longitudinal data
Audio, electronic, or visual information, which includes screen sharing views; any data in any files uploaded, emailed or otherwise provided by customers;
Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date), and other; and
Other information, including the contents of your communications with us, whether via email, social media, telephone or otherwise., and inferences we may make from other personal information we collect

We collect personal information from the following categories of sources:

Directly from You. For example, (i) if you visit our websites, respond to a survey, participate in a telephone interaction, fill out a registration form or otherwise agree to use our software (ii) if you fill out a form or communicate with us through one of our websites to receive information about our business to business services or to schedule a demonstration of our online, media, marketing, or data services products or programs, and (iii) if you expressed interest in being contacted by us at a trade show in which we participated or hosted.
Directly from our customers or their agents. For example, from documents or files that our customers provide to us including, but not limited to, suppression lists/do not call lists and IP addresses corresponding to individuals who have either opted-out of Client communications or who have visited customer’s websites, or related to the products or services our customers are purchasing from us.
Indirectly from our customers or their agents. For example, through information we collect from our customers in the course of providing services to them.
Directly and indirectly from activity on our websites. For example, from observing your actions on our websites or through your submission of an online form requesting a demonstration or walkthrough for one of our products or services.
From Third Parties that contract with us or interact with us in connection with the services we perform. For example, from (i) vendors and partners that help us to build contact lists, supplement or update your information in our database, or confirm/verify our records and information are accurate and up to date, (ii) third parties that may contact you, on our behalf, to provide you relevant content and/or to become a member, or (iii) third parties (including, other B2B contact providers) that integrate their services with ours or provide us access to their services

Mobile Devices
When you use your mobile device to interact with us or use the Services, we may receive information about your mobile device, including, as noted above, a unique identifier for your device. We and our service providers and third parties we collaborate with, including ad networks, may use cross-device/cross-context tracking. For example, you might use multiple browsers on a single device, or use various devices (such as desktops, smartphones, and tablets), which can result in your having multiple accounts or profiles across these various contexts and devices. Cross-device/cross-context technology may be used to connect these various accounts or profiles and the corresponding data from the different contexts and devices.

2. USE OF INFORMATION

To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may use personal information collected in connection with our Services, including:

To operate the AccelaTest Products and Services and provide support.or business functions;
To fulfill customer requests, such as to create an AccelaTest Products and Services account or complete customer purchases.;
To protect against criminal activity, claims and other liabilities;
To send customers information regarding the AccelaTest Products and Services and issues specifically affecting AccelaTest Products and Services.;
To respond to reviews, comments, or other feedback provided to us.;
To support and personalize our Services, websites, mobile services, and advertising.;
To protect the security and integrity of our Services, content, and our business.;
To provide customer support.;
For benchmarking, data analysis, audits, developing new products, enhancing the AccelaTest Products and Services, facilitating product, software and applications development, improving our services, conducting research, analysis, studies or surveys, identifying usage trends, as well as for other analytics purposes.;
To meet our contractual requirements;
To comply with applicable legal or regulatory requirements and our policies;
To communicate with our customers; to inform customers and users of products, programs, services and promotions;
To market, advertise, and provide our Services; and
For any other lawful purpose for which the information is collected.

Aggregated and Anonymized Personal Information

To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may use, process, transfer, and store data about individuals and customers or partners in an anonymous (or pseudonymous) and aggregated manner. We may combine such aggregated personal information with other information, collected online and offline, including information from third party sources. We may also use information in other ways with consent or as permitted by applicable law. for benchmarking, analytics, A/B testing, metrics, research, reporting, machine learning and other business purposes, as permitted by applicable law.

3. SHARING OF INFORMATION

To the extent permitted by applicable law, AccelaTest may share and disclose information, including personal information, as set forth below:

Customers. We may share personal information with our customers and their service providers and other platforms that may assist those customers.
Affiliates and Agents. We may share personal information with our affiliates or any business partners or agents acting on our behalf.
Service Providers. We may share personal information with our service providers, agents, vendors and other third parties we use to support and advertise the AccelaTest Services and our business. We share personal information with such third parties to provide services to us. A listing of our subprocessors, service providers that may receive access to and process personal information of our customers, may be found at: https://accelatest.com/legal/accelatest-subprocessors/.
Advertising and Marketing. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may share personal information with third parties for marketing, advertising, promotions, contests, or other similar purposes.
Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures. We may share, disclose or transfer personal information to a buyer, investor, new affiliate, or other successor in the event AccelaTest, or any affiliate, portion, group or business unit thereof, undergoes a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition, consolidation, reorganization, divestiture, liquidation or dissolution (including bankruptcy), or a sale or other transfer of all or a portion of any assets of AccelaTest or any affiliates or during steps in contemplation of such activities (e.g., negotiations and due diligence).
Law Enforcement and National Security. We may share personal information with legal, governmental, or judicial authorities, as instructed or required by those authorities or applicable laws, or to comply with any law or directive, judicial or administrative order, legal process or investigation, warrant, subpoena, government request, regulatory request, law enforcement or national security investigation, or as otherwise required or authorized by law.
Protection of Rights, Property or Safety. We may also share personal information if, in our sole discretion, we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property or safety of any person, or to protect against fraud or other illegal activity,.

AccelaTest may also disclose personal information for other purposes or to other third parties when an individual has consented to or requested such disclosure, or where a customer has obtained permission from such individual, or where such disclosure is otherwise legally permitted for legitimate business purposes, and, for customer data, with such customer’s authorization or otherwise in accordance with AccelaTest’s agreement with such customer and pursuant to applicable law.

4. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

We may use cookies and similar technologies to operate and improve the AccelaTest Products and Services, as well as to simplify our interaction with you. A “cookie” is a unique numeric code that we transfer to your computer so that we can keep track of your interests and/or preferences and recognize you as a return visitor to the websites. We may use cookies, log files, pixel tags, web bugs, web beacons, clear GIFs, Local Storage Objects (LSOs) such as HTML5 and Flash or other similar technologies to collect information about the ways you interact with and use the AccelaTest Products and Services, to support and enhance features and functionality, to monitor performance, to personalize content and experiences, for marketing and analytics, and for other lawful purposes. We may also engage third party service providers to provide advertisements and promotions on our behalf, or authorize third parties to advertise and market products and services via the AccelaTest Products and Services.

We may use the following types of cookies and similar technologies:

Strictly necessary cookies required for the operation of the AccelaTest Products and Services. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas.
Analytical/performance cookies that collect information about how you use the AccelaTest Products and Services. They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website. This helps us to improve the way our website works. These cookies are sometimes placed by third party providers of web traffic analysis services.
Functionality cookies that remember choices you make and recognize you when you return. This enables us to personalize our content, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
Targeting cookies that collect information about your browsing habits such as the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We use this information to make our website more relevant to your interests, and, if we enable advertising, to make advertising more relevant to you, as well as to limit the number of times you see an ad. These cookies are usually placed by third-party advertising networks. They remember the other websites that you visit and this information is shared with third-party organizations, for example, advertisers.

Most internet browsers accept cookies by default. You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to reject all or some cookies. The help and support area on your internet browser should have instructions on how to block or delete cookies. Some web browsers (including some mobile web browsers) provide settings that allow you to control or reject cookies or to alert you to when a cookie is placed on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Although you are not required to accept cookies, if you block or reject them, you may not have access to all of the features available through the AccelaTest Products and Services.

For more information, visit the help page for your web browser or see http://www.allaboutcookies.org or visit www.youronlinechoices.com which has further information about behavioral advertising and online privacy.

We may use third party analytics such as Google Analytics or similar analytics services. For information on how Google processes and collects your information regarding Google Analytics and how you can opt-out, please see https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

We may use third-party advertisers to serve or track advertisements on or relating to the AccelaTest Products and Services. These third parties may use cookies and other tracking and analytical technologies to, among other things, record which ads your browser has loaded and which pages you were viewing when ads were delivered or accessed. Information so collected is subject to the privacy policies of those third parties, which you should carefully review. We have limited or no control over third party use of cookies. Click here to view the full cookie policy.

5. CHOICES AND OPT-OUT

To the extent required by applicable law, or in our discretion otherwise, you can limit certain uses of personal information. Where consent is the basis of processing, you may at any time withdraw the consent you provided for the processing of your personal information for the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy by contacting us as set forth below, provided that we are not required by applicable law or professional standards to retain such information.

If you would like to stop receiving newsletters or other marketing or promotional messages, notifications, or updates, you may do so by following the unsubscribe instructions that appear in these e-mail communications or by mail at 3019 SW Butternut Dr. Ankeny, IA 50023 USA; Attn: General Counsel, Legal Dept. to opt-out of direct marketing. Please be advised that you may not be able to opt-out of receiving certain service or transactional messages from us, including legal notices.

Please note that if you do not provide consent, if you withdraw your consent or object to processing, or if you choose not to provide certain personal information, we may be unable to provide some or all of the services to you.

6. THIRD PARTY SITES

The AccelaTest Products and Services may provide links to other websites, mobile applications, resources, or Internet locations over which AccelaTest does not have control (“External Web Sites”). Such links do not constitute an endorsement by AccelaTest of those External Web Sites. AccelaTest is providing these links to you only as a convenience. We have no control over and are not responsible for External Web Sites, their content, or any goods or services available through the External Web Sites. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to External Web Sites. Your use of External Web Sites is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies located on the External Web Sites., and we encourage you to read the privacy policies of any External Web Sites with which you choose to interact.

7. DATA SECURITY

We implement technical and organizational security measures designed to secure and protect personal information. Please note, however, we cannot fully eliminate security risks associated with the storage and transmission of personal information.

8. REGION SPECIFIC DISCLOSURES

8.1. California Privacy Rights

To help you further understand what we do with the above categories of personal information, we have provided you with a matrix detailing the sources, purposes, and any sharing related to each category. You may review that matrix by scrolling down to “Table 1” of this Privacy Policy.

We do not sell personal information, or otherwise provide personal information to third parties, other than service providers receiving information to perform services for us on our behalf.

We disclose the following categories of personal information for a business purpose:

Identifiers;
Commercial information;
Information relating to Internet activity or other electronic network activity;
Educational information;
Professional information;
Geolocation data;
Audio, electronic, or visual information;
Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law; and
Other information.

Your Rights Under California Law

If you are a California resident, subject to applicable law, you have the following rights under California law with respect to your personal information:

Right to Know. You have the right to request what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and/or sell, as applicable.
Right to Delete. You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information that is collected or maintained by us.
Right to Non-Discrimination. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of the privacy rights described above.

You may also authorize someone to exercise the above rights on your behalf. In order to authorize another person to exercise your rights under California law, with respect to your personal information, you must (i) provide written permission to the person acting on your behalf, and (2) you must verify your identity directly with AccelaTest by emailing Privacy@AccelaTest.com. If we have collected information on your minor child, you may exercise the above rights on behalf of your minor child.

The above rights are subject to our being able to reasonably verify your identity and authority to make these requests. These rights are also subject to various exclusions and exceptions under applicable laws. The process used to verify requests, including any information that must be provided, is that the applicable individual is required to email Privacy@AccelaTest.com, from the email address that we have on file for the person making the request, and state in writing that they are the correct individual and are making the request.

If you are a California resident and wish to seek to exercise these rights, please reach us in one of the following ways:

Interactive webform
Email: Privacy@AccelaTest.com
Mail:

General Counsel, Legal Dept.

AccelaTest, LLC.

1011 N Ankeny Blvd, #541

Ankeny, IA 50023

For more information regarding this Privacy Policy, or if you have any questions or concerns, you may contact us in the following ways:

Email: Privacy@AccelaTest.com
Phone: +1 (515) 412-0772
Mail:

General Counsel, Legal Dept.

AccelaTest, LLC.

1011 N Ankeny Blvd, #541

Ankeny, IA 50023

Please consult the other sections of our Privacy Policy for further information on our practices regarding your personal information.

Shine the Light Law

Under California’s “Shine the Light” law, California residents who provide personal information in obtaining products or services for personal, family or household use may be entitled to request and obtain from us, once per calendar year, information about customer information we have shared, if any, with other businesses for such other businesses’ own direct marketing uses. If applicable, this information would include the categories of resident information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared such resident information for the immediately prior calendar year. To obtain this information, please contact us as indicated below. Please include sufficient personal identification information so that we can process the request, including that you are a California resident.

8.2 Canadian Residents

Canadian residents may have additional rights under Canadian law. Please see the information provided by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada for additional details. You, and we, confirm that it is our wish that this document and all other related documents be drawn up in English.

Vous reconnaissent avoir exigé la rédaction en anglais du présent document ainsi que tous les documents qui s’y rattachent.

9. QUESTIONS, COMPLAINTS AND DISPUTES

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or our collection, use, sharing or storage of information about you, you can contact us by email at privacy@AccelaTest.com, or write to the following address:

Attn: General Counsel, Legal Dept.

AccelaTest, LLC.

1011 N Ankeny Blvd, #541

Ankeny, IA 50023

Phone: +1 (515) 412-0772

10. PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES

AccelaTest may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in our sole discretion to reflect changes to our information and privacy practices. AccelaTest will post any updated Privacy Policy on this page at https://accelatest.com/privacy/ or in the AccelaTest Products and Services, or with any notice to individual users if required by applicable law. AccelaTest encourages you to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. The date of last revision is shown at the “Last Updated” legend at the top of this page.

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January 17th, 2021 – Initial Version.

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