Privacy Policy

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains how Innover Online Media Group Ltd ("we," "us," or "our") collects and processes information from the users (“you”, “your” or “user (s)”) of the website, browser extensions/add-ons (the "Extension (s)"), applications, and other online services we provide (collectively the “Services”).

At Innover Online Media Group Ltd, we provide our users with feature-focused websites, browser extensions & applications that are geared to customized and more specific browsing experiences. Our products facilitate specific functionality and provide ease of access to information and widgets that can be accessed from the new tab, start page, and/or via browser search settings.

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our users who visit or access our websites, download, install, and/or use the Extensions for search applications installed on their computers or mobile devices.

This document describes our obligations under applicable data protection laws and explains what type of information we are collecting and how we are using this information.

1. What information we process:

In the course of browsing our websites, installing and using the Extension, we capture the following:

  1. Information necessary for the proper functioning of the Extension. Based on the Extension's functionality, we may collect certain types of information that you explicitly provide to us. The type of information depends on the specific - Extension but may include package tracking numbers, flight information and routes (temporarily and in no case for more than seven days), and certain files you choose to upload. Other types of information necessary to the Extension may be collected but stored only on your computer (i.e., we do not store it on our server). This latter category depends on the specific Extension but may include your astrological sign, your reminders and to-do lists, your recipe search terms and recipes, and your map search queries.
  2. Information you provide to us. We may collect other types of information that you explicitly provide to us through your use of the Extension, including search terms entered by you within the Extension and associated sites, and any other information provided by you (including your name, telephone number and/or email address) if submitted by you as part of a feedback form, crash report, enhancement suggestion or other communication from you to us. We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for a specific Service and permitted by applicable law. Sensitive personal information may include details such as racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, biometric data, or similar protected information.
  3. Automatically-captured information. Apart from the types of information listed above, we automatically collect information from you to optimize the Extension. This includes without limitation, your interaction with the Extensions and their associated websites (e.g. your clicks, impressions, etc.), your user agent, browser information, and certain information we extrapolate therefrom (e.g., your browser language, type, and version, and your OS type and version), and certain install flow events (e.g. the source from where you install the Extension, referring URL and install date).
    We may collect technical and usage information, including Extension version, source version, IP address, approximate location such as city, ISP, device type, screen size, browser information, number of searches, search queries, clicks, impressions, and event dates/times. Where this information can identify or reasonably be linked to a user, browser, device, or installation, we treat it as personal data. Where information is properly anonymized so that it can no longer identify or be linked to a user, we may use it for analytics, reporting, research, product improvement, security, and business purposes.
  4. We also collect identifiers that we or our partners associate with your browser or device to help us provide the Services, such as:
    • Cookie IDs or other user IDs that are specific to your web browser, but do not directly identify you. (You can learn more about cookies here.) We use cookie IDs or similar assigned identifiers that are placed on your browser or device by us, by websites that use the Services, or by other partners to make sure the same device does not see the same advertisement too many times. We may also use cookie IDs to recognize your device or browser if you have visited our website, or the website of one of our content partners, before. We also use the information about your visits to web pages which we receive from cookies to help us understand how the Services are used and improve the Services.
    • Click IDs, ids that are added to your browser when you click on an advertisement. We use click IDs to measure and report on the number of people who engage with the Services so that we can determine how effectively we and our advertisers communicate with our users.

2. Why we process this information

We use the categories of information we collect to:

  1. Provide the primary features of the Extension and create immersive product experiences with an active focus on user-centricity;
  2. Perform essential functions that enable us to monitor, manage, and enhance the Services
  3. Tailor utility and output based on customer preferences;
  4. Create internal analytics and reports;
  5. Run data-based experiments to deliver better usability and functionality;
  6. Ensure customer service by actively engaging with users and responding to their queries, suggestions, and addressing complaints;
  7. Prevent, detect, or investigate spam, fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful activities; and
  8. Enforce our Terms of Service.

3. What we do with the information we process.

  1. We process the information we collect in such a way that it cannot be attributed to a specific user. Information that can be used to directly identify you is held separately and securely to ensure you are not identified.
  2. We reserve the right to process the information identified in this policy where necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure, but only to protect or assert legitimate interests, such as our legal rights, your legal rights and/or the legal rights of others.
  3. In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process the information set out in this policy, we may also process information where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.
  4. Please do not supply any other user's personal data to us, unless we prompt you to do so and you have permission from that person.
  5. Where information has been properly anonymized and can no longer identify you, we may use it for analytics, reporting, research, product improvement, security, and business purposes. Where information is pseudonymous or can reasonably be linked to a user or device, we treat it as personal information where required by law.

4. Providing your information to others.

  1. We may disclose your information to third parties where reasonably necessary to comply with legal obligations, protect vital interests, establish or defend legal claims, provide the core features of the Extension, prevent or investigate spam, fraud, abuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity, or support a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of assets. We may also share information with affiliated group companies where they provide services on our behalf, including cloud hosting, infrastructure, technical support, security, and service operations.
  2. The employees of our organization, on a need-to-know basis, may be able to access your information in the following circumstances:
    1. To respond to your feedback/request, resolve your query, or provide technical support, as may be necessary. Your personal information, if provided in such scenarios, will only be used for the reasons listed above
    2. To prevent, detect, or investigate spam, fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful activities
    3. To ensure compliance with applicable laws
    4. To analyze the use of the Extension and create internal reports, using anonymized or aggregated user information
  3. When you install the Extension on Firefox, information related to your search queries is collected by Yahoo to return search results for your query. Yahoo may use this information for its own internal purposes, and its processing of such information is governed by Yahoo’s privacy policy. To support trend monitoring, performance review, and fraud detection for the Extension, Yahoo may share aggregated information with our affiliated group company that provides hosting, cloud infrastructure, and technical operations support on our behalf. This aggregated information is not intended to identify individual users and is not used by us to identify you. We do not control Yahoo’s collection or processing practices, and Yahoo’s practices are governed by its own privacy policy.

5. Retaining and deleting your information.

  1. We retain your personal information only for as long as we need it.
  2. We retain the information we receive from advertisers, websites, and their representatives and from business partners for up to a year after we end our business relationships with them unless we have a valid legal reason to retain it longer.
  3. We retain our first-party cookie information as long as necessary to fulfill its purpose.
  4. We anonymize IP addresses soon after we collect them where required by applicable law. We retain IP addresses we log and other device information as long as needed for legitimate business purposes.
  5. We retain aggregated information for reporting and analysis for only for as long as we need it, unless we are legally or contractually required to keep it longer.
  6. We retain personally identifiable information you provide through business communications as long as our business relationship continues, and in some cases longer if we need to retain it to exercise our legal rights or defend legal claims.
  7. When we no longer need personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, we will delete or anonymize it. If immediate deletion is not possible, such as where information is stored in backup systems, we will securely store it and limit further processing until deletion is possible.

6. Security of your information.

  1. We use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to help protect the personal information we process from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
  2. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While we take reasonable steps to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to bypass our safeguards or improperly access, collect, steal, or modify your information.
  3. Any transmission of personal information to or from the Services is at your own risk. You should access and use the Services only in a secure environment.

7. Your rights with respect to your information.

  1. Depending on where you live and where you access the Services, you may have the right to request that we:
    1. provide you with information about how we use your personal information
    2. give you access to, and a copy of, your personal information that we store on our system;
    3. update, correct, or delete your information held in our files;
    4. stop using, and require that third parties stop using, some or all of your personal information for certain purposes, even if you continue to use the Services; and
    5. discontinue contacting you by phone or by email.
    6. You may exercise these rights by emailing us at the address provided in the ‘Contact Information’ section of this Privacy Policy or through the web form on the page that describes rights for a U.S. state.
    7. Consumers from certain U.S. states have specific rights and choices available to them. You can get more information about these state-specific rights, and exercise your choices, here.
    8. Additional rights for certain international users are described here.

8. Third-party websites & services.

  1. Our Service includes hyperlinks to and details of third-party websites, as well as software (including, but not limited to, APIs and widgets). Below is a list of the third-party APIs used by us for the website or the Extensions. Please note some of these third parties are Extension-specific like Maps API for the Extension providing direction functionality. Chess API may provide chess games for a Games extension. Please read the privacy policies of these third parties to understand their data collection/processing practices.
  2. We have no control over and are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of third parties.
  3. When you install the Extension on the Chrome browser, Google may collect and process your information, including but not limited to the comments and reviews that you post on the Chrome Webstore. Google's collection and processing of user information is governed by the Google Privacy Policy.
    • The use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
  4. Links, icons, logos, and website titles displayed in our custom search engines are for reference purposes only and do not constitute or imply any endorsement, affiliation, or partnership. Such content may be obtained through publicly available APIs. Users are responsible for reviewing and complying with the applicable privacy policies and terms of use of the respective third-party websites.

9. Personal data of children.

  1. The Extension is targeted at persons over the age of 18.
  2. If we have reason to believe that we hold personal data of a person under that age in our databases, we will delete that personal data.

10. Additional notice to and rights of residents of California

  1. Shine the Light:

    We do not sell your personal data to third parties. Section 1798.83 of California’s Civil Code permits you—if you are a California resident—to request further information about our disclosure of personal data to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, where applicable. To make such a request, please send an email to the address provided in the ‘Contact Information’ section. Please note that we are only required to respond to one request per customer each year, and we are not required to respond to requests made by means other than through this email address.

  2. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

    If you are a California resident, please read the following section to understand the type of information we collect, how we use this information, and your rights under the CCPA

Types and Sources of Information Collected by the Extension (On Chrome)

We collect various types of information that can identify, relate to, describe, reference, or be associated with an individual user or their device (“Personal Information”). The specific types of Personal Information we collect may vary depending on the features and functionality of the Extension. The categories of Personal Information we may collect include, but are not limited to, the following:

Category Examples Sources
A. Identifiers Email address, and other identifiers necessary to the functionality of the specific Extension (e.g., birth date for horoscope news, flight information for flight status reports, etc.)Name Directly from the user or indirectly from the user's activity
B. Geolocation Internet Protocol Address Indirectly from the user's activity
C. Internet / other network activity A user agent, Extension version, source version, type of implementation, installation date, user activity events (e.g., click, uninstall, search), landing page events (e.g., impressions, clicks, installs), referring URLs, and type tags Directly from the user and/or indirectly from the user’s activity

Types and Sources of Information Collected by Landing page/Website:

We collect information (“Personal Information”) that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular device or person (“user”). The categories of Personal Information include the following:

Category Examples Sources
A. Identifiers Name, Email address Directly from the user or indirectly from the user’s activity
B. Geolocation Internet Protocol Address Indirectly from the user's activity
C. Internet / other network activity A user agent, Extension version, source version, type of implementation, installation date, user activity events (e.g., click, uninstall, search), landing page events (e.g., impressions, clicks, installs),l, referring URLs, and type tags Directly from the user and/or indirectly from the user’s activity

Use of Personal Information

Except as otherwise set forth at the time we collect your Personal Information, we may use or disclose the above-listed types of Personal Information for one or more of the following business purposes (the “Purposes”):

Apart from Personal Information that you expressly provide, we will delete all Personal Information once it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or if you request its deletion. We will update this notice should we need to collect other types of Personal Information or use the Personal Information we do collect for materially different reasons.

Sharing Personal Information

Absent a request from you to the contrary, we may share your Personal Information with third parties for the Purposes. Such third parties include our affiliates, our service providers, and other third parties with whom we share your Personal Information subject to your authorization. Before doing so, we will execute an agreement with each such third party that (a) describes the Purposes, (b) requires the third party to keep the Personal Information confidential, and (c) prohibits use of the Personal Information it for any purpose other than the Purposes, as you permit or as required to perform the third party’s services. If any such third party wishes to share your Personal Information with anyone else, it is required to provide you with notice and an opportunity to opt-out. To the extent we are aware that a user is less than sixteen (16) years of age, we will not share or sell that user’s Personal Information.

Rights under CCPA

If you are a California consumer, you have the right to:

  1. know what information we have collected about you;
  2. ask us to delete your personal information;
  3. ask us to correct personal information if you believe we are keeping inaccurate information about you; and
  4. opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information
  5. We will not discriminate against you in any way for exercising these rights.

You can exercise these rights by emailing us at the address listed in the ‘Contact Information’ section or you can make your request here.

For certain requests we may email you to verify your identity. A verifiable request must (1) include information that is sufficient for us to verify your identity, and (2) describe your request in sufficient detail. It must only be made (1) by you or a person registered with the California Secretary of State to act on your behalf, and (2) twice within a twelve (12) month period. We will only use the information in a verifiable request to verify your identity and process your request (to the extent we are able). You will not need to create an account to make a verifiable request.

We strive to respond to all verifiable requests within fourty five (45) days, though we may take an additional 45 days to respond, in which case we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.

11. Additional notice to and rights of residents of Canada.

  1. If you are a resident of Canada, you are permitted to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal data to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, where applicable. To make such a request, please send an email to the address provided in the ‘Contact Information’ section.

12. Additional Information for GDPR Compliance (EU/UK).

  1. Data Controller / Data Processor

    2. The GDPR classifies organizations that handle personal information into two groups: Data controllers (that process personal information for their own purposes) and data processors (that process personal information on behalf of other organizations). Innover Online Media Group Ltdis a Data Controller located at the address mentioned in our ‘Contact Information’ section.Legal Bases for Processing Personal Data

    This Privacy Policy does not apply where we process personal information only as a processor on behalf of a customer or third party. In those cases, the relevant customer or third party is responsible for providing privacy notices and handling privacy rights requests.

  2. Legal Bases for Processing Personal Data

    3. We process personal information when it is in our legitimate interest to do so (if we believe that our interests are not outweighed by the risks to data subjects), when we obtain data subjects' consent for us to process the personal information, when we must process the personal information to perform our obligations under a contract (or in anticipation of a contract), or because we have a legal or regulatory right or obligation to do so. When we process personal information of users, we generally rely on the consent that we obtained. We may rely on our legitimate interest to process certain business or employment information.

    Where EU GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we may rely on one or more lawful bases to process personal information, including consent, performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, legitimate interests, protection of vital interests, or any other lawful basis permitted by applicable law.

  3. Transfers Outside of the EEA and the United Kingdom

    4. When we transfer personal information outside the EEA or the United Kingdom, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data.

    For example, we may use European Commission-approved standard data protection clauses or binding corporate rules.

    If you are located in the EEA, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, your personal information may be transferred to, stored, or processed in countries outside your country of residence. These countries may have different data protection laws.

    Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, the UK International Data Transfer Agreement, the UK Addendum to the Standard Contractual Clauses, or another lawful transfer mechanism.

  4. User Rights and Control Over Personal Information

    5. If you are located in the EEA or the United Kingdom, you may have the following rights under applicable data protection laws:

    • Consent withdrawal: Where we rely on consent to process your personal information, you may withdraw your consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before your withdrawal. Where permitted by law, we may continue processing your information if another lawful basis applies.
    • Restriction: You may ask us to restrict the way we use your personal information if:
      (i) you have concerns about the accuracy of your personal information;
      (ii) you believe your personal information has been processed unlawfully;
      (iii) you need us to retain your personal information only for a legal claim; or
      (iv) we are reviewing your objection to processing based on legitimate interests.
    • Objection to processing: You may object to our processing of your personal information where we rely on legitimate interests or public interests. If you object, we will stop processing your personal information unless we can show that we have compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or where processing is needed for legal claims.
    • Data portability: You may request a copy of your personal information or ask us to transfer it to another party, where technically feasible and required by law.
    • Deletion: You may request that we delete your personal information. We will take reasonable steps to delete it, unless we are required or permitted to retain it under applicable law. If deletion affects your ability to use our products or services, we will inform you.
    • Access: You may request access to the personal information we hold about you. You may also ask for information about how we use your personal information and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
    • Rectification: You may request that we correct or update your personal information if you believe it is inaccurate or incomplete.
    • Automated decision-making: Where we make a decision solely by automated means that produces legal or similarly significant effects, you may request information about the main factors involved and ask for human review, where required by law.

    You can exercise your rights at any time by contacting us at the email address listed in the Contact Information section.

    If you have any complaints or concerns regarding our data practices, please contact us using the details provided in the Contact Information section. If you are located in the United Kingdom, you may also contact the United Kingdom Information Commissioner’s Office at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, or visit: https://www.ico.org.uk.

13. Rights for Virginia, Connecticut and Colorado Residents

If you are a Virginia, Connecticut or Colorado consumer, you have the right to

  1. Confirm whether or not we are processing your personal data and access your personal data;
  2. Correct inaccuracies in your personal data and the purposes for which we are processing it;
  3. Delete your personal data;
  4. Obtain a copy of personal data you have previously provided to us;
  5. Opt out of targeted advertising
  6. Opt out of the sale of your personal data;
  7. Opt out of profiling that would be used for significant decisions about you.

For certain requests, we may email you to confirm your identity. You can email us at the address specified in the ‘Contact Information’ section to make your request or make your request here.

14. About cookies.

  1. Cookies are small pieces of code stored on your browser that can allow information about the web pages you have visited to be communicated by your browser. Some cookies are necessary to allow web pages to function. You can reject other cookies by changing the settings in your browser, however, this may limit the functionality of certain web pages and Services, and it could mean that some of your choices, which may also be stored in cookies, will be lost.
  2. Promotions or advertisements displayed via the Services may also contain cookies, and we do not have access to or control over information collected by advertisers when you click on any such promotions or advertisements.

15. Cookies that we use.

  1. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
  2. We use cookies for the following purposes: (i) to help us to determine if you are using the Extension; iii) to help us to analyze the use and performance of the Services; (iv) to detect spam and fraudulent activities on the Services; and (v) to store your preferences in relation to the use of cookies more generally.
  3. We may use cookies and similar technologies for analytics, attribution, advertising measurement, frequency capping, retargeting, interest-based advertising, and understanding how users interact with the Services, where permitted by law and subject to required consent or opt-out rights.

16. Cookies used by our service providers.

  1. Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you first download and/or install the Services.
  2. Specifically, we use Google Analytics to analyze the use of the Services. Google Analytics gathers information about online activity by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to the Services is used to create anonymous reports about the use of the Services. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
  3. Where enabled, Google Analytics or similar tools may provide analytics, advertising, demographic, interest-based, remarketing, display impression reporting, or similar features. You may opt out through available Google tools, browser settings, device settings, or our cookie preference settings, where applicable.
  4. Please be informed that we do not monitor or in any other way control the data collection and processing practices of such service providers and this policy does not govern their privacy practices. We shall not be responsible for tracking technologies deployed by such service providers. We recommend that you read the Privacy Statements of such third parties to understand their data collection and processing practices.

17. Managing cookies.

  1. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
    1. (i) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
    2. (ii) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
    3. (iii) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
    4. (iv) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
    5. (v) https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac (Safari); and
    6. (vi) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
  2. Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
  3. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features of the Services.
  4. Where we provide a cookie preference tool, you may use it to manage your choices for non-essential cookies, including Analytics cookies, Advertising cookies, and similar tracking technologies.

18. Amendments.

  1. We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
  2. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.

19. Contact Information.

You may receive further information regarding our privacy practices and/or exercise any of your rights in relation to your information by written notice to

Address

contact@innovergrp.com