PRIVACY POLICY

INTRODUCTION

DATE : 08/04/2021

ATS PORTAL FZC (“alaqaree.com”, “platform”,“us”, “our”, or “we”) is a technology company and provides cloud-based services (which include a website, mobile apps, and other technology and services).

This Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use, and process personal data that we collect on behalf of our customers register to use our alaqaree.com service platform.

In registration process ATS PORTAL FZC( alaqaree.com ) collect personal data; full name, email address,telephone number and any other information you may choose to provide. Alaqaree.com can use information gathered from users who visit our Site, for the purpose of making all kinds of analysis. Alaqaree.com can share such information with its partners. However, e-mail and other personal data may not be shared with any company or other organizations without permission of the user.

We have separate policies for how we process personal data through our alaqaree.com app and website, and for sales and marketing activities, including our general website (www.alaqaree.com ) and other websites that may be used from time to time.

OVERVIEW OF THE PLATFORM

The Alaqaree.com Platform is a cloud-based platform hosted and operated by ATS PORTAL FZC that enables to communicate with you, employees and/or individuals authorized (collectively, “Users”) by the organization to use the Platform.

A company, a user or an organization contracts with alaqaree.com to create a unique sample and add posts to our platform. With your user account, you can connect to the platform and also you can connect through your social media sites, but only with your express consent, which you can withdraw at any time.

Alaqaree.com is not a property sales or lettings agency. Alaqaree.com members ( which include local, regional and international, real estate agents, commercial estate agents, lettings agents, brokers, landlords, home owners, new home developers ,real estate developers, overseas home owners, banks, public institutions, and are referred to as "members" ) that display property details for you to view.

INFORMATION COLLECTED

We collect different types of personal data from our Platform. Users and Organizations may provide personal data to us through the Platform in a number of different ways, from registration to communications, or when uploading content within and outside the Platform.

Account registration: Basic account information that you or your Organization provide to us when setting up a user account, consist of your name, mobile number and email address or corporate email address. Other information includes your language, subscription or notification preferences, privileges assigned in the platform, your role or job title within your organization. Some of this information may be optional, collected or added at a later date by our organization, or not collected at all.

Other optional information: You may, optionally, choose to provide add other information about yourself or your company , such as a company logo, photo or birthday, to your profile

Platform content: You can add, post, upload and share content through the Platform, comment on others’ posts, and provide other information such as when you fill out a form, respond to a survey, or use the Platform to send emails or other communications. In addition, your company or organization can create advertising and communications campaigns and share content with through the Platform.

Metrics, maintenance and analytics: When you access or use the Platform, we may collect certain information automatically about your device and your use of the Platform. This will include IP addresses, browser types, log files, and other information regarding your system and connection. We collect information about how you access and use the Platform, such as what pages are viewed, when the profile was registered and what portions of the Platform are used. We also collect metrics related to comments, total posts that you viewed, shared, and submitted, and other activities you conduct through the Platform. This information is collected automatically through the use of various commonly used information-gathering technologies, including cookies and web beacons. Some of these cookies and web beacons can be turned off through your website browser; however, on a mobile device, including our mobile apps, you may not be able to turn them off. For additional information see our Cookie section below.

Information collected from Social Networking Sites (“SNS”): Some users or Some Organizations using our Platform provide their Users with the option to link some of the Users’ SNS (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) to our Platform. As a User, you will then have the option to link your SNS to our Platform. Once connected, the SNS will send us your user profile (including profile photo, handle name) and analytics information about the posts you share on their platform, such as how many people potentially see a post, the number of responses generated by your content, and information about the activity related to your post (such as the number of likes and shares, but we will not have access to the actual responses or identity of individuals who interact with such content). Your SNS profile photo and handle name may also be viewable by other Users. We do not collect passwords to your SNS, as that information is confirmed by the SNS separate from our Platform. Certain SNS permit sharing without linking to our platform. In these cases, the information collected may be a subset of the above.

Our Platform, by default, does not process sensitive data and you should not provide information regarding an individual’s financial, medical or health condition, race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs or other legally protected sensitive or special categories of data. For more information see our Terms of Use.

USE OF INFORMATION

To identify you as a user and provide access to our website ( alaqaree.com ), to provide you with the benefit of services for registered users only, To communicate with you if you have purchased or participated in anything on the Website, to enhance the services that you use on our Site, to contact you for your views on our services and to notify you occasionally about important changes to our Terms of Use or this Policy or developments to this Site or our services, to deliver relevant advertising to you, to contact you for market research purposes, to provide you with information about new opportunities, promotions, special offers and other information that we may feel is relevant to you, to process and resolve any queries that you may have.

To provide the Site to you, to conduct reviews that assist us in the improvement and optimization of our Site, to ensure that content from our Site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device, to administer our Site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes, as part of our efforts to keep our Site safe and secure and to customize and enrich your experience on our Site.

Some examples of these uses, as part of our legitimate interests to provide, operate and maintain the Platform, include:

    • To manage the Platform, system administration, and account management. The Platform’s administrative tools allow alaqaree.com’s employees involved in the support and maintenance of the Platform to view content in a network in order to troubleshoot specific issues, maintain and improve the Platform or perform other Platform-related functions, or as may be required by law. We also use third party analytics services for our web and mobile applications. We use these services for quality assurance, product interaction analysis, product improvement, and trouble-shooting.
    • To process and complete transactions, including billing to a member;
    • To handle Company, Organization and Users’ inquiries and support requests, and to provide information and access to resources or services that they have requested from us;
    • To compile aggregated data about the operation and use of the Platform and to better understand the preferences of Companys, Organizations and Users;
    • To Conduct Quality-Assurance, and to carry out research and development to improve our products and services;
    • To send Companys, Organizations and Users communications including technical alerts, reports, updates, security notifications and other service-related communications – according to their notifications preferences;
    • To send marketing messages, related to new product features, promotions or other information about our services; however you can opt-out of receiving these communications at any time;
    • To investigate and prevent fraud, unauthorized access or use of the Platform, breaches of terms and policies, and other wrongful behavior;
    • To enforce our agreements, and as required by applicable law.

When you download and use our mobile app to access the Platform, we and our service providers may track and collect app usage data, such as the date and time the app on your device accesses our servers and what information and files have been downloaded to the app based on your device number.

INFORMATION WE SHARE

We will only share and disclose your information in furtherance of your request, for instance when you decide to share information within or outside the Platform. Examples include:

    • With other Users within and outside the Platform: if you choose to submit comments, post or upload content, you will share this content with others. When you post an ad, alaqaree.com can publish contact information such as e-mail, telephone numbers of registered users and visitors in its Site; and it may not share them with any of company or other organizations if the user specifies otherwise. You can also decide to share this information outside the Platform with a wider audience, for instance when you share this information through your Social Networking Site (SNS) – e.g. Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, etc. When you choose to link your SNS to our Platform some information from your SNS (e.g. profile photo and handle name) will also be viewable by other Users.
    • Within the alaqaree.com group of companies, for the purposes outlined in this Policy. For clarity, alaqaree.com is based in Emirate of Ajman, UAE, but may include other offices that may be established in the future.
    • To vendors and other third-party service providers who may have access to your personal data to assist in the provision of the Platform service and other business-related functions such as cloud storage, mobile phone push data, email provisioning and usage analytics.
    • To law enforcement authorities, government agencies, or judicial courts. We may be required to disclose personal data that we handle in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements, in connection with the sale, transfer, merger, bankruptcy, restructuring or other reorganization of our business; to protect or defend our rights, interests or property, or that of third parties; to investigate any wrongdoing in connection with the Website, our Platform or our services; in connection with a subpoena, warrant, discovery or other legal order; or to protect the vital interests of an individual.
    • With your consent. We may share other information with third parties when we have your consent to do so.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES

Our Platform may contain links to other websites and services that are outside our control and are not covered by this Policy.

There will be postings and other information by Users on the Platform. We are not responsible for the content, security or privacy practices employed by other websites or services. If you access other websites or services using the links provided, or interact with your SNS the operators of these websites and services may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours. If you do not wish these third parties to process your personal data, please do not click on these links or access these services. We are not responsible for the content, security or privacy practices employed by other websites or services.

All credit/debit cards’ details and personally identifiable information will NOT be stored, sold, shared, rented or leased to any third parties.

If you make a payment for our products or services on our website, the details you are asked to submit will be provided directly to our payment provider via a secured connection.

OUR SECURITY

We are committed to process your data in a secure manner, by putting in place specific technical and organizational measures to prevent the personal data we hold being accidentally or deliberately compromised.

We conduct information risk assessments and we ensure that our staff understands the importance of protecting personal data. We include both physical security and IT security in our overall data security approach. We are diligent in selecting vendors that process personal data on our behalf so that they also ensure appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the data. We also integrate privacy in the design of our projects that involve the use of personal data to secure the information and implement the aforementioned principles.

We will provide support to Organizations in their duty to notify Users and regulatory authorities, as required by law, when personal data has been stolen, disclosed, altered or infringed by an unauthorized person. If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy or if you are aware of a potential breach, please contact us.

The information collected by alaqaree.com is kept in a secure environment which is not open to general use. alaqaree.com uses all kinds of industrial standards in order to protect the information in the environment. But nevertheless, it cannot give any guarantee for security-related issues. Due to the nature of the internet, information may travel over the Internet without adequate security measures and be taken and used by non-authorized persons. alaqaree.com is not responsible for this use and damages arising from

INFORMATION ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

When using the platform your personal data may be stored and processed by us in the United Arab Emirates.Currently our primary production data center is located in the United Arab Emirates. Our staff that oversee, manage, and support those data centers (including having access to the data) are located primarily in the United Arab Emirates.

Alaqaree.com acknowledges its commitment to comply with the EU, UK – USA and Swiss for all Personal Data received from the EU, UK, or Switzerland. alaqaree.com will collect, use, and disclose Personal Data received from the EU, UK, or Switzerland only the Principles, or as required by law.

If you are one of our customers and the use of our Platform requires alaqaree.com to process personal data falling within the scope of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

YOUR CHOICES

If you are located in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland you have certain privacy rights recognized under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), for instance the right to request access to information, rectification, or erasure.

This section explains how alaqaree.com assists you in fulfilling your privacy rights established under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We only complete the actions below when they are approved by you.

We will support in completing the following actions:

Right to access and correct your personal data: You may access, or correct, information you have uploaded to the Platform by using the tools within the Platform. Changes on the Platform take immediate effect, but data will be retained by us in our backup systems for a commercially reasonable amount of time, typically 90 days.

Account closure and right of erasure: If you would like to stop using the Platform, you should contact us.

• Account closure and delete identifiable information: In general, account closure means that your name and other identifiable information (including your photo, if provided) will be deleted and not available to us– your name will be changed to an “anonymous user”. Your comments and posts will not be deleted, but those will no longer be linked to you.

• Deletion of content: Please note that content you create and share is owned by yours and may remain on the Platform and be accessible even you deactivate or terminates your account. In this way, content you provide on the service is similar to other types of content (such as presentations or memos) that you may generate in the course of your work. Note that we cannot manage or delete posts or comments that you or other Users shared or published outside the Platform, using Social Network Sites

Information viewable by Users within the Platform will be deleted within 30 days upon receiving your request, in any case complete removal of data stored on our backup systems, will happen in a commercially reasonable period of time, typically 90 days.

Right of objection and restriction: You have the opportunity to elect whether you would like to receive certain correspondences from us or opt out of alaqaree.com’s promotional emails. Please understand that if you opt out of receiving promotional correspondence from us, we may still contact you in connection with your relationship, transactions, and communications related to the Platform, unless your account is deleted.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE

If you, your company or your organization believes that we do are not complying with our privacy policy, or have any issue or concern you can submit a complaint with us and we will respond to you within 45 days. To that end please contact us in writing and provide your identification and contact details, name or domain of your Organization or company and a complete explanation of your concern.

ATS PORTAL FZC , alaqaree.com commits to resolve complaints about our collection or use of your personal information. EU and Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our Privacy policy should first contact alaqaree.com at [email protected]:

ATS PORTAL FZC

Attn: Privacy Office

Email: [email protected]

If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint from us, or if we have not addressed your complaint to your satisfaction, please visit our website for more information or to file a complaint. In the event that you cannot fully resolve your complaint through the Department of Trade, it is possible that you may use binding arbitration as a final resort.

DATA RETENTION

We will retain information collected as required by applicable law.

Upon termination of our contractual relationship with you, your company or your Organization, we will delete all personal data stored in our servers and backups within 90 days. If you stop working for the Organization or the company, the Organization or the company may suspend your User account and/or delete any information associated with your User account. See Account closure and right of erasure for more information.

Privacy Rights

  • We do not sell personal data to third parties. As such, we do not provide an opt-out mechanism.
  • We do not distinguish different levels of service or cost based on an individual’s exercise of their right to opt-out or delete data.
  • We generally collect, use, and disclose personal information at the instruction of either the Organization or the individual themselves. All other exceptional collection, use, and disclosure is pursuant to what is permitted under the law.
  • We provide you with access to and right to delete your personal information as described under Your Choices

We are committed to collecting and processing personal data responsibly and in compliance with the applicable data protection laws in all countries in which we do business. Our goal is to apply data protection standards established on the basis of internationally accepted data protection principles supporting an effective protection of personal data we process. In addition to upholding your rights set forth under the GDPR, we will consider other applicable data privacy laws and comply where necessary. We reserve the right to evaluate any request against the governing Data Privacy Law.

CHILDREN

The Platform is not directed at children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly solicit or collect personal data from children under the age of 18.

COOKIES

The Platform uses technologies such as cookies in order to properly function and for analytical purposes.

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or use online services. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites and services work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, alaqaree.com) are called “first party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third party cookies”. Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

We use first party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons for our Platform to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies enable us to enhance the experience on our Platform. Third parties serve cookies through our Platform for analytics, performance and functionality. The specific types of first and third-party cookies and the purposes they perform are described in the table below:

Cookies: alaqaree.com Platform

Who Serves These Cookies

How to Refuse

Essential cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and Service and to use some of their features, such as the ability to sign in and access to secure areas.

alaqaree.com Platform

These cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the Website and Service so you cannot refuse them.

Performance and functionality cookies

These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Service but are non-essential to their use (e.g. collecting performance and error data, enabling customer support for users, enabling localized times/dates).

Google Analytics

To refuse these cookies, please follow the instructions below this chart.

For more information please click on the relevant link of each provider:

Analytics cookies

These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website and Service are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us improve user experience.

AdRoll

Bizible

Google Doubleclick

Marketo

SAP Jam

To refuse these cookies, please follow the instructions below this chart.

For more information please click on the relevant link of each provider:

SAP Jam: https://cloudplatform.sap.com/content/sapjam/website/sap-jam-privacy-statement.html

Social networking cookies
These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Website through third party social networking and other websites. The choices of which social networks to use are solely decided by our customers. However, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are the most popular choices.

Blogger

Facebook

LinkedIn
Tumblr

Twitter

Weibo

YouTube

Based on the options of a customer

To refuse these cookies, please follow the instructions below this chart.

For more information please click on the relevant link of each provider:

In addition, you can exercise advertising cookie choices by visiting any of:
http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
http://youronlinechoices.com/

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate opt-out links provided in the cookie table above. You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse first-party and/or third-party cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Platform though your access to some functionality and areas of our site may be restricted.
The means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser. Therefore, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information. Here are the current relevant information pages for the main browsers:

    • Microsoft Internet Explorer:
    • Google Chrome:
    • Mozilla Firefox:
    • Apple Safari: Blocks cookies by default and accepts cookies only from your current domain. To change, click Safari, Preferences, Security, and choose your preference.

We gather certain information automatically to analyze trends in the aggregate and administer the Platform. This information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, device identification, your browser header (browser type, operating system and related information), and other items that correlates to your IP address, including but not limited to location, Internet service provider, and mobile carrier. We use this information to record the pages and files you view and the actions you take on the Platform. We also use this information to analyze overall usage trends and to improve the Platform.

Web Storage (aka local storage, DOM storage, Flash Cookies, website data) may be used on our website in a similar manner to cookies (for example, to enhance your experience by and storing your user preferences and settings). You can manage these settings via your browser’s settings, similar to cookies.

UPDATES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we update this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Effective Date” date above and post the new Privacy Policy online, make it available through the Platform. If you disagree with the changes you should cancel your account by contacting us. See “Your Choices” for more information.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this policy or concerns regarding the use or disclosure of your personal data through the Platform, you can contact us by sending an email to [email protected]:

ATS PORTAL FZC

Attn: Privacy Office

Email: [email protected]

Please provide your identification and contact details, name or domain of your Organization or your company and a complete explanation of your concern.

To communicate with our Data Protection Officer, please e-mail [email protected]

Alaqaree.com provides translation of the English version of the Privacy Policy into other languages. Translation of the Privacy Policy into other languages is for your convenience only. Also, if there is any inconsistency between the English version of the Terms and any translation, the English version of the Privacy Policy will prevail.