Privacy Policy

Last modification: April 15, 2021

Proxy-Tools.com ("us", "we" or "our"), operates websites ("Site" or "proxy-tools.com") located on the domain proxy-tools.com and subdomains of the main domain proxy-tools.com, including those listed below:

We understand that you are concerned about how we use the information you have provided us with. We value your trust and try to store and use your information in accordance with applicable laws. This page describes our privacy policy. You accept and agree to the actions described in this Privacy Policy notice by visiting the sites ("Site" or "proxy-tools.com") located on the proxy-tools.com domain and the subdomains of the main proxy-tools.com domain, including those listed below:

 

DEFINITIONS:

The Privacy Policy of the Site is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For a better understanding of this agreement, we have listed the definitions used in our Privacy Policy:

Personal data

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Data subject

Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person, whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.

Processing

Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

Restriction of processing

Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.

Controller or controller responsible for the processing

Controller or controller responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

Processor

Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

Third party

Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.

Consent

Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

 

INFORMATION COLLECTION

Automatically collected information and cookies

When you visit our Site or use our Services, our servers automatically collect information that your browser or device generates. In some cases, this information may contain personal data. This information includes, but is not limited to, the following items:

To collect this information when you visit our Site, cookies can be set on your computer or device. Cookies contain a small amount of information that allows our web servers to recognize you. We store information that we collect through cookies, log files, but we do not use this automatically collected information to try to identify you by name, and we do not link it to information that you voluntarily provide yourself, as detailed below. In some countries, including the European Economic Area ("EEA") countries, the information referred to in this paragraph above may be treated as personal information under applicable data protection laws.

The Information You Provide

In order to access or use certain parts of the Site and/or to use our services, including conducting business with us, you may be asked to provide us with certain personal information.

This personal information is necessary to enter into a contract with you or to execute a contract with you, and failure to provide any information may result in our inability to provide the requested Services or products.

Account Registration

When creating a personal account, we may request your contact information such as name, company, address, email address, and telephone number. If you choose to send a friend to our site, we may also collect your friend's email address so that we can send them a referral or promotional code to subscribe to our site.

Payment Information

The information provided about your financial account for your account is sent to our third-party payment processor via a secure connection.

Communication and support requests

We can get more information about you if you contact us directly. For example, your name, email address, phone number, message and/or attachment content, and any other information you may choose to provide.

The personal information you may be asked to provide and the reasons for it will be explained to you when we ask you to provide such information.

User Content

The "Site" feature may allow you to post content publicly on our site, for example, to post comments to news or publications. By posting such content to our Site, you agree that your profile information and posting material may be viewed and used by other users and third parties not under our control.

Third-Party Partners

We may also receive publicly available information about you from our third party partners and combine this information with information we have about you, such as geolocation services.

Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)

If you do not agree with the collection or use of your personal data as set out in this policy and would like us to delete your data, please email us at [email protected]. However, we will not be able to fully comply with your request if there are other legitimate reasons for processing your data, such as legal obligations.

 

INFORMATION USE

Proxy-Tools.com uses the information we collect in various ways, including to:

 

INFORMATION SHARED

We may share the information we collect in various ways, including the following:

Vendors and Service Providers

We may share information with third party vendors and service providers who provide services on our behalf, such as providing assistance in maintaining our Site, for advertising and/or marketing purposes, and provide you with information that is relevant to you, such as product announcements, software updates, special offers, or other information.

Aggregate Information

Where legally permissible, we may use and share information about users with our partners in an aggregated or de-identified form that can’t reasonably be used to identify you.

Information we share when you sign up through a referral

If you sign up for our Site through a referral from a friend, we may share information with your referrer to let them know that you used their referral to sign up for our Site.

Analytics

We use analytics providers such as Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect non-identifying information.

Business Transfers

Information may be disclosed and otherwise transferred to any potential acquirer, successor, or assignee as part of any proposed merger, acquisition, debt financing, sale of assets, or similar transaction, or in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership in which information is transferred to one or more third parties as one of our business assets.

As required by Law and Similar Disclosures

We may also share information to (I) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; (II) enforce this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations hereof; (III) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues; (IV) respond to your requests; or (V) protect our rights, property or safety, our users and the public. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and spam/malware prevention.

With your consent

We may share information with your consent.

 

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA UNDER GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Proxy-Tools.com legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

Proxy-Tools.com may process your Personal Data because:

 

THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

You may access other third-party services through the Site, for example by clicking on links to those third-party services from within the Site. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices of these third-party services, and we encourage you to carefully review their privacy policies.

 

SECURITY

Proxy-Tools.com is committed to protecting your information. To do so, we employ a variety of security technologies and measures designed to protect information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The measures we use are designed to provide a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing your personal information. However, please bear in mind that the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

 

DATA RETENTION

Proxy-Tools.com will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Proxy-Tools.com will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Site, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

 

YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS UNDER GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Proxy-Tools.com aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.

The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.

The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.

The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.

The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller.

The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Proxy-Tools.com relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

 

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Proxy-Tools.com does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18, and children under 18 are prohibited from using our Site. If we discover that a child under the age of 18 has provided us with personal information, we will try to purge any such information as soon as possible. If you are under the age of 18 and have provided personal data, please ask your parent(s) or guardian(s) to notify Proxy-Tools.com and Proxy-Tools.com will delete all such personal data. If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of this Privacy Policy, you can alert us at [email protected]

 

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

 

CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to email us: [email protected]