Privacy Policy

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1. GENERAL
The website www.ideahunting.net and all its services are property of Projecto Manhattan Ltd., a Portuguese company based in Travessa Particular à Rua da Centieira nº8, 1800-300 Lisbon, Portugal, which is also the sole responsible for collecting and processing data of its users.

Collecting information from users of the website www.ideahunting.net is made in strict compliance with applicable law, namely with laws n.º 67/98, October 26 and n.º 41/04, August 18, concerning personal data treatment and protection, and in accordance with directives and recommendations issued by competent authorities, including Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados (CNPD) – National Commission for Data Protection.

Projecto Manhattan Ltd. ensures the thorough and responsible handling of all personal data collected from its users, always aiming to provide a more personalized service to each user and allowing unrestricted access to the www.ideahunting.net website services.

2. COLLECTING INFORMATION
The simple access to www.ideahunting.net does not imply any collecting of personal information. Nevertheless, by visiting our website, our server will automatically store some information in an anonymous way, namely your IP address and the website from which the access is done.

However, when the user register itself on the website (login) and fills in the application form or when the user updates its own personal information, Projecto Manhattan Ltd. collects and stores the date supplied by the user.

The stored data provided by the user is the required and optional information electronically inserted on the registration form, which will allow the user identification and the usage of the provided services, particularly but not exclusively name, address, age, profession, email address (email) and telephone number.

User financial information may be requested and stored, including its tax number, bank account number and others, strictly if necessary for collection of payment of the services provided by www.ideahunting.net.

Projecto Manhattan Ltd. ensures that all gathered information will be stored securely on the server of www.ideahunting.net.

3. DATABASE
Projecto Manhattan Ltd. may store its users collected data in a database for its own exclusive use, at its responsibility, ensuring that it will comply with all applicable statutory provisions, including the registration on the Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados (CNPD) – National Commission for Data Protection, with protection of the users’ right to consult and correct its data.

4. COLLECTED INFORMATION USE
The usage of user information provided by the user will be in accordance in any case with the rulings on the applicable law, namely the one expressed above, concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of electronic communications privacy.

Personal data, such as name, tax number and address, will be used when sending the required documents for collection or payment of the services used on the website.

The user age and occupation will be used in order to establish the user profile, as well as to ensure that user meets our registration requirements, as stated on T&C.

The user name (login), combined with a password (password), user account and IP address intend to enable the user to enter its specific Dashboard on the website (website), allowing the usage of the provided services, whether setting a Pitch, or submitting a creative solution.

The email address (email) will be used to establish a direct communication channel with the user, informing him about existing features of our website.

Financial information, namely your tax number, tax address, bank account number and outer similar ones, will be used exclusively to carry out the collection or payment for the usage of the provided services

At any time, providing that the user is not participating on an active creative Pitch (having set a Pitch or published a creative solution), it may delete its account on the website www.ideahunting.net. After the user account deletion, its data will be completely removed from our server.

 
5. INFORMATION SHARING
The collected information will be for exclusive use of Projecto Manhattan Ltd., which ensures its non-release to other entities, freely or costly, for commercial or any other purpose.

However, the gathered information may be communicated to third parties upon the occurrence of the following situations:

- Financial and identification information may be communicated to third parties, if necessary, to process payments or other transactions regarding the use of the provided services.

- If Projecto Manhattan Ltd. and all its assets are acquired by others the collected user data may be considered property of that company. If this occurs, registered users will be informed of any changes in how their personal information will be handled henceforth.

- If Projecto Manhattan Ltd. should be legally obliged to share its user’s information in cases of violation of our T&C or infringement of copyright or intellectual property rights and similar situations.

- Our servers’ stored information may be communicated to third supervisor entities, namely Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados (CNPD) – National Commission for Data Protection, ICP, ANACOM or judicial entities, if required by law or court order.

6. VISUALIZATION AND/OR MODIFICATION OF USERS’ PERSONAL INFORMATION
Users may consult, at any time, and/or change the information provided by the time of the registration on www.ideahunting.net by simply accessing to the website, entering the username (loin) and password (password), then selecting the appropriate choice in order to make the changes. According to the T&C, users must ensure the truthfulness of its profile data on Projecto Manhattan Ltd. and make sure to keep it updated.

7. USER ACCOUNT CANCELLATION AND DISPOSAL OF PERSONAL DATA
At any time, providing that the user is not participating on an active creative Pitch (having set a Pitch or published a creative solution), it may delete its account on the website www.ideahunting.net from its Dashboard. After the user account deletion, its data will be completely removed from our server.
If the user is active on a Pitch which is still going on, it must wait for the Pitch to finish so it may proceed to the deletion of its account.

8. COOKIES
Projecto Manhattan Ltd. uses the so-called “cookies” to collect and store information in order to customize its service, adapting it to our users’ profile and preferences, and also to assess the performance and satisfaction level of the provided services, so it may update them and continuously improve them, meeting our users’ expectations and needs.

A cookie is a computer file that is sent from www.ideahunting.net server to users’ browsers, being stored on their computers and it may be retrieved whenever the website is accessed.

Cookies are used by Projecto Manhattan Ltd. exclusively to identify its users, enabling us to provide our services in a more efficient, safe and personalized way, as well as it gives us the chance to estimate our services usage levels.

To ensure data’s security and privacy, each user has attached a single cookie, but the showing of statistic information is made in a joint way and not individually, nevertheless not allowing the identification of the user.

The user can freely block cookies, preventing them to be stored on the hard drive, using the appropriate settings option on its computer, but Projecto Manhattan Ltd. would like to underline that the cookies are only aimed to meet the purposes mentioned above.

9. SECURITY
The personal information stored, as well as the user profile, is protected by a password (password) so that only user may access that information. Therefore, Projecto Manhattan can not be held responsible for any misuse of the account, if the user provides the password and/or user name to third parties.

If using its account on a public place, user should always end its session (logout) and close the browser window to prevent misuse of the website and its account.

Projecto Manhattan Ltd. ensures that the server where the collected data is stored is solely controlled by it. Therefore, only its authorized employees, who are bound by confidentiality agreements, have access to registration information, database and collected general data.

Besides, while Projecto Manhattan Ltd. can not be held responsible for fraudulent intrusions on its server, it will, nevertheless, pledge to take all the reasonable steps within its power to prevent such interference, compelling to immediately inform the users if any intrusion should be spotted.

10. ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVACY POLICY
The usage of website www.ideahunting.net is subject to this Privacy Policy and to our T&C of use. BY REGISTERING AND USING OUR WEBSITE, YOU ARE TACITLY ACCEPTING THE TERMS AND PRINCIPLE ESTABLISHED IN OUR PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE.

Projecto Manhattan Ltd. does not claim any ownership right over your submitted personal information.

11. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Projecto Manhattan Ltd. reserves the right to change its Privacy Policy at any time. Any eventual future changes will be posted on the website. It is user responsibility to check our Privacy Policy periodically, so that it may become aware of any changes made.
The use of the website services after the posting of changes to its Privacy Policy will constitute the tacit acceptance of the changes made.

 
Last updated in May, 24, 2010     

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