Privacy Policy

Hirundo Ltd. (“Hirundo”, “Company”, or “we”) is committed to maintaining the privacy of its users (“user”, “you”). The following information describes how Hirundo, collects and processes information about you when you use our website (the “Website”) (as defined below).

Our privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains:

• What Information we Collect, and Why we Collect it
• How we Use that Information
• How we Disclose and Transfer Information 
• Data Subjects Rights
• Notice to California Residents
• CAN SPAM Act
• Cookies Collection 
• Opt-In or Opt-Out 
• Links to other Websites
• Data Security 
• Data Retention 
• Children’s Privacy 
• Questions regarding our Privacy Policy 
• Revisions and Modifications to Our Privacy Policy 
• Governing Law and Jurisdiction

By using our Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction with Hirundo’s relevant Terms of Use for the Website which constitutes an integral part of this Privacy Policy.

1. General

Hirundo provides its customers (“Customers”) with a cloud-based platform made available as a Software as a Service (SaaS) (“Platform”) that helps data science teams find and remove unwanted data from AI models, addresses data labeling issues, streamlines data management, and provides insights for optimizing models (“Services”). This Website provides information about Hirundo and its Services. It enables users to contact Hirundo, receive Hirundo’s newsletters, schedule a demo, or sign up for early access to the Services.

2. Device

Users can access the Website through various Devices. A “Device” is any digital device used to access the Website, including without limitation a desktop, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, or other consumer electronic device. This Privacy Policy governs your access to the Website, regardless of how you access them, and by using our Website you consent to the collection, transfer, processing, storage, disclosure and other uses described in this Privacy Policy. 

3. Collecting Information

Please note that the scope of this Privacy Policy is limited only to information collected by Hirundo through your use of its Website. Some information may be automatically collected, and some is collected when you interact with our Website. The type of information that may be automatically collected is non-personal information, which includes your session durations, the content you accessed on the Website, the frequency and scope of your use of the Website and information about your Device and internet connection including the operating system you use and browser type.

Information from which you can be personally identified may also be collected, including but not limited to your name, email address, phone number, country, job title, and the location of the Device through which you used the Website (hereinafter: “Personal Information”). Personal Information shall be collected only if received voluntarily from you, including, without limitation, via the following ways:

1. Contact Us

If you wish to contact us regarding our Website, Services or Platform, this Privacy Policy, or any other matter, you can do so via e-mail or submitting an inquiry form on the Website and/or by contacting us in the message box via a social network plug in. In the specific cases, we will collect your full name, email address, your company, and the content you submitted to facilitate your inquiry.

2. Schedule a Demo

If you wish to schedule a demo of our Platform, we will collect your Personal Information such as your full name, email address, your company, and the content you submitted to facilitate your demo scheduling request. 

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3. Sign up for early access

If you wish to sign up for early access to our Platform, we will collect your Personal Information such as your email address to facilitate your inquiry.

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4. Marketing Communications and Newsletter

If you wish to register and receive communications from Hirundo, such as joining our newsletter, and to be provided with information on the Services, subject to your consent, we will collect your email address, and will send you the required materials.

4. Use of Information

We use the Personal Information we collect from you for a range of different business purposes according to different legal bases of processing. We may use or process your Personal Information for the following purposes. One or more purposes may apply simultaneously.

1. Providing the Requested Services 

• We collect Personal Information listed in Sections 3(a), (b), (c)  to facilitate your inquiry when you choose to contact us, book a demo or sign up for early access via the Website. 
• Such collection of information will enable us to provide you with technical and professional assistance, with regard to the Website you are provided with or wish to be provided with. 

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We process the Personal Information where it is necessary for the adequate performance the Website or requested Services.

2. Improvement and Development of the Services

• We collect Personal Information to improve and develop our Services and understand feedback on Hirundo's Website to help provide more information on the use of our Services quickly and easily.
• We collect Personal Information for ongoing review and improvement of the information provided on our Website to ensure it is user friendly. 
• We collect Personal Information to improve the management and administration of our business and maintain compliancy with our internal policies and procedures.
• We conduct surveys and research, test features in development, and analyze the information we have to evaluate and improve our Website and Services, develop new features, and conduct audits and troubleshooting activities. 

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We process this information in light of our legitimate interest in improving the Website and Services to allow our users to have the best experience.

3. Maintain a Safe and Secure Environment

We may use your information to detect and prevent fraud, abuse and security incidents in the following ways;

• Verify and authenticate your identity and prevent unauthorized or illegal activity;
• Enhance the safety and security of our Website;
• Conduct security investigations and risk assessments;
• Prevent or take action against activities that are, or may be, in breach of our terms of service or applicable law. 

We process this information in light of our legitimate interest in improving our Website by enabling our users to browse in a secure environment.

4. Personalize Content, Advertising and Marketing

Subject to your consent and provision of email address, we will send you Hirundo’s newsletter.

• If you have used Hirundo’s Services in the past, we have a legitimate business interest for matching the data we collect with other data we had already collected. 
• This enables us to understand your needs and interests, optimize the content we send you and make it more suitable and relevant to your needs.
• This also enables us to improve your experience on the Website by providing you with personalized content, recommendations, and features.

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We process this information in light of our legitimate interest to personalize your experience on the Website and customize our content.

5. Disclosure of Information and Transfer of Data 

Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we reasonably attempt to ensure that we never intentionally disclose any of your Personal Information, to any third party without having received your permission, except as provided for herein or otherwise as permitted or required under law.

In order to perform our contractual and other legal responsibilities or purposes, we may, from time to time, need to share your Personal Information with third parties. For instance, we may share your Personal Information with our affiliates, subsidiaries or any third-party service providers and individuals to facilitate our Services or any portion thereof, such as marketing, data management or maintenance services. We may also share your information with analytics service providers for analytics services. Such analytics service providers set their own cookies or other identifiers on your Device, through which they can collect information about your usage of our Website. This helps us compile aggregated statistics about the effectiveness of our Website. 

The above mentioned third parties may be located in countries other than your own, and we may send them information we receive. When such third-party service providers process your Personal Information on our behalf, we will assure that they comply with obligations similar to those which are set forth in this Privacy Policy. We will also assure that they will abide by our data privacy and security requirements, and will be allowed to use the Personal Information solely for the purposes we set. We will transfer your Personal Information while using appropriate and suitable safeguards, while using a variety of legal mechanisms, including contracts, to ensure your rights and protections travel with your data. 

We may also transfer your information, including Personal Information, in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, the sale of related assets or corporate division or other fundamental corporate changes. Furthermore, information about you may also be released in order to comply with any valid legal obligation or inquiry or process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court order. We will also release specific information in special cases, such as if you use the Website or Services to perform an unlawful act or omission or take any act or omission that may damage Hirundo, its property and goodwill, or if there is an attempted breach of the security of the Website or Services or a physical or property threat to you or others. With respect to our data protection practices, you have the right to file a complaint to any relevant supervisory data protection authority. 

6. Your Rights

You have the right at any time to request to access or modify your information. To exercise these options, please contact us at privacy@hirundo.io.

In some jurisdictions, in particular those located within the European Union (the "EU") or within the European Economic Area (the "EEA"), you may be afforded specific rights regarding your Personal Information. Subject to such eligibility, you may have the following rights to:

1. Request a rectification of your Personal Information where the information we hold about you is incorrect or incomplete.
2. Object to the processing of your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes.
3. Object to the processing of your Personal Information where our legal basis for that processing is that such processing is necessary for our legitimate interests.
4. Object to an automated decision-making (including profiling) in certain circumstances.
5. Request the erasure of your Personal Information in certain circumstances, such as where processing is no longer necessary for the purpose it was originally collected for, and there is no compelling reason for us to continue to process or store it;
6. Receive your Personal Information, or ask us to transfer it to another organization that you have provided to us, which we process by automated means, where our processing is either based on your consent or is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.

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If you wish to file a request regarding any of the above, you may contact us at: privacy@hirundo.io.

7. Notice to California Residents 

This section is designated for California residents and is provided under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“California Privacy Laws”). It explains your privacy rights, provides “notice at collection”, and provides certain mandated disclosures about how we handle your Personal Information. This section uses certain terms that have the meanings given to them by the California Privacy Laws, unless otherwise specified. Please note that some of the disclosure obligations required under the California Privacy Laws are satisfied within other sections of this Privacy Policy. 

The California Privacy Laws permit some users to request to exercise certain rights. If these rights are applicable to you, you are afforded with the following rights:

1. Right of access

You can request Hirundo for certain information about our practices with respect to your Personal Information. In particular, you can request to receive information on the following:

• The categories and specific pieces of your Personal Information that we have collected. 
• The categories of sources from which we collected your Personal Information.
• The business or commercial purposes for which we collected or shared your Personal Information. 
• The categories of third parties with which we shared your Personal Information. 

2. No Sale of your Personal Information

Please note that Hirundo does not engage in practices that are considered a “sale of Personal Information” as defined under the California Privacy Laws.

3. Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information 

We do not share sensitive Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising, and we do not sell sensitive Personal Information.

4. Exercising your California Law Rights 

Please note that we will be required to verify your identity and request before an action is taken to exercise your rights. As a part of this process, government identification may be required. Moreover, you may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. We make our best efforts to respond to a verifiable consumer request within 45 days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. Any disclosures we provide, will only cover the 12 months period preceding your verifiable request’s receipt. If, for some reason, we cannot reply within such time frame, our response will include an explanation for our inability to comply. If you wish to exercise your California Privacy Laws rights, please contact us at: privacy@hirundo.io.

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8. CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a Federal US law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

To be in accordance with CAN SPAM, we agree to the following:

• Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
• Identify the commercial message sent to you as an advertisement when required. 
• Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
• Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at  privacy@hirundo.io and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

9. Cookies

We may use “cookies” and/or other technologies or files (collectively, “cookies”) to identify how visitors make use of our Website. This aggregated tracking information may be used to help us improve and enhance the Website experience for all of our users. In addition, cookies are used for adjusting the Website to your personal preferences. Cookies contain information such as the pages you visited, the length of time you stayed on the Website, the location from which you accessed the Website and more. If you would prefer not to have cookies stored on your Device, you may modify your browser settings to reject most cookies, or manually remove cookies that have been placed on your Device. However, by rejecting the cookies, you may be unable to fully access the offerings on this Website. To find out more about our cookies, see Hirundo’s Cookie Policy. 

10. Opt In or Opt Out

You are always in control of your data, and if you choose to receive information from us, or others, you can change your mind later. If, at any time, you would like to stop receiving such information or opt out of a feature, you may notify us by writing to privacy@hirundo.io. You should be aware, however, that it is not always possible to completely remove or modify information in our databases and servers, although we will always make reasonable efforts to do so upon your request. 

11. Links to Other Websites

This Website may provide links to other websites. Please be aware that these other websites are not covered by our Privacy Policy or any of Hirundo’s data protection practices. This Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices exercised by other providers of products or services, advertisers or other websites, companies or individuals, which are not owned or controlled by Hirundo. We suggest that when linking to another website via the Website, you always read that Website’s privacy policy before volunteering any personally identifiable information. 

12. Data Security

We deploy industry standard measures to ensure the security, confidentiality, integrity and availability of the Personal Information we process. We maintain physical, technical and administrative safeguards, and test and update these periodically. We endeavor to restrict access to Personal Information on a ‘need to know’ basis for the provision of the Website to you. No such measures are perfect or impenetrable. In the event of a security breach, we will take all reasonable action to minimize any harm. Although we will do our best to protect Personal Information, we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our Website, and transmission is at the users own risk.

13. Data Retention 

Generally, Hirundo does not retain information longer than necessary and for its reasonable business and lawful needs. If you withdraw your consent to us processing your Personal Information, we will erase your Personal Information from our systems, unless the Personal Information is required for Hirundo to establish, exercise or defend against legal claims or it is necessary for the performance of the requested Services.

14. Children's Privacy

The Website is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not, knowingly or intentionally, collect information about children who are under 16 years of age. 

IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 16 YOU MAY NOT USE THE WEBSITE, UNLESS PARENTAL CONSENT IS PROVIDED ACCORDINGLY

15. Questions Regarding Our Privacy Policy

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices described above, you are always welcome to contact us at  privacy@hirundo.io.

16. Revisions and Modifications to our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to revise, amend, or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. When changing the policy, we will update this posting accordingly. Please review this Privacy Policy often so that you will remain updated regarding our current policies.

17. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

This Privacy Policy will be governed and interpreted pursuant to the laws of the State of Israel without giving effect to its choice of law rules. You expressly agree that the exclusive jurisdiction for any claim or action arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy shall be to the competent courts in Tel Aviv, Israel, to the exclusion of any other jurisdiction.

This page was updated in April 2024.

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