AnyQuestion Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 13, 2021
AnyQuestion, Inc. (“AnyQuestion” or “we,” “us,” “our”) provides a service that makes it easy for everyone to learn from the top experts in the world, whatever the field of expertise.. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy” or “Policy”) explains our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of information that we receive through our our website located at www.anyquestion.com (the “Site”), our mobile application (the “App”), the other features and software and technologies we provide, and our communications with you (collectively, the “Services”). It also serves as a way to help you understand and exercise your privacy rights. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any third-party websites, services, or applications, even if they are accessible through our Services.

Revisions to this Privacy Policy

Any information that is collected via our Services is covered by the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is collected. We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we’ll notify you of those changes by posting them within the Services or by sending you an email or other notification, and we’ll update the “Last Updated” date above to indicate when those changes become effective.

Scope of the Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to all users of our Services including without limitation, guests, Site visitors, App users, registered users, subscribers, or Experts (defined below), as applicable, including account holders and non-account holders (each a “User,” collectively “Users”). Note that, AnyQuestion, at its sole discretion, may allow certain Users to monetize their expertise through one or more different forms of financial arrangements. We will refer to this type of User as an “Expert.” Experts must agree to and are subject to this Privacy Policy.

European, Brazilian, and California Users

This Privacy Policy contains specific privacy related provisions and information intended for European, Brazilian, and Californian Users below.

Information That We Collect

This section describes the different types of Personal Data we may obtain about you.

Information that You Provide Directly

Information Collected Automatically

Information from Job Applicants: We may post job openings and opportunities on our Services. If you reply to one of these postings by submitting your application, CV and/or cover letter to us, we will collect and use your information to assess your qualifications. We may also use this information to monitor recruitment statistics, to communicate with you, to comply with law, and as otherwise necessary for compliance, fraud prevention, and safety purposes.
Information From Third Parties
We may also obtain information about Users from third parties, including but not limited to affiliates, joint marketing partners, lead providers, fraud and risk mitigation vendors, and identify verification services.

How We Use the Information

Our primary goals in collecting information are to provide and improve our Services, to customize content and the Services for you, to make recommendations to you within the Services, to administer your use of the Services (including your account, if you are an account holder), and to enable you to enjoy and easily navigate our Services. We will use your Personal Data for the following purposes:
We may use Personal Data and other information about you to create de-identified and/or aggregated information, such as de-identified demographic information and de-identified location information.
We may also use your information for any other purpose disclosed to you at the time we collect or receive your information, or otherwise with your consent. Any communication or material you transmit to us via e-mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, chats, phone calls, suggestions or the like (though excluding your Personal Data) will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary.

Information that We Share with Third Parties

We may share information you provide us, including your Personal Data, with third parties, in the types of scenarios, and for the types of reasons described in this section.

Your Choices

We offer you choices regarding the collection, use and sharing of your Personal Data and we’ll respect the choices you make. Please note that if you decide not to provide us with the Personal Data that we request, you may not be able to access all of the features of the Services.

Responding to Do Not Track Signals

Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. Our Site does not currently have the capability to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from various web browsers. To find out more about "Do Not Track," please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

The Security of Your Information

We take reasonable administrative, physical, and electronic measures designed to protect the information that we collect from or about you (including your Personal Data) from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When you enter sensitive information on our forms, we encrypt this data using SSL or other technologies. Please be aware, however, that no method of transmitting information over the Internet or storing information is completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of any information. If we learn of a security system’s breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically by posting a notice on our Services, by mail or by sending an email to you.

Data Retention

We need to retain the information you provide us in order to provide our Services, and we retain such information for as long as you maintain your account, at a minimum. We also retain certain relevant information, including transaction, location, device, and usage information, for as long as it is required to do so, in connection with regulatory, tax, insurance, legal, administrative, and other requirements. You may request deletion of your account at any time as provided above. Following such a request, we will delete the information that it is not necessary to retain. In certain circumstances, we may be unable to delete your account, such as if there is an outstanding credit or debt on your account or an unresolved dispute, ongoing investigation (e.g. for fraud or misuse), or we believe that we may be required to retain your account for legal reasons. Upon resolution of the issue preventing deletion, we will delete your account as described above. We may also retain certain information if necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as fraud prevention and enhancing Users' safety and security. For example, if we shut down a User's account because of security or fraud incidents, we may retain certain information about that account to prevent that User from opening a new account in the future.

Links to Other Sites

Our Services may contain links to websites and services that are owned or operated by third parties (each, a “Third-party Service”). Any information that you provide on or to a Third-party Service or that is collected by a Third-party Service is provided directly to the owner or operator of the Third-party Service and is subject to the owner’s or operator’s privacy policy. We’re not responsible for the content, privacy, or security practices and policies of any Third-party Service. To protect your information, we recommend that you carefully review the privacy policies of all Third-party Services that you access.

Processing Information in the United States

We are headquartered in the United States and may use services providers that operate in other countries. Your Personal Data may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. We strive to safeguard your information consistent with the requirements of applicable laws by taking reasonable administrative, physical, and electronic measures designed to protect the information that we collect from or about you from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no security measures are failsafe and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

Our Policy Toward Children

Our Services are not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 16. If we learn that we have collected Personal Data of a child under 16, we will take steps to delete such information from our files as soon as possible.

Privacy Notice for California Residents

If you’re a California resident, you have certain additional privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). Those rights are all discussed in this Privacy Notice for California Residents section of our broader Privacy Policy.

California Consumer Protection Act

Your Rights Under the California Consumer Protection Act
The following rights (in this section) are available to California residents.
  • Right to request disclosure of information collected. You have the right to request details on the specific Personal Data we’ve collected about you during the past 12 months. We provide detailed information about the types of information we collect throughout this broader Privacy Policy, but you may also contact us directly to inquire about your Personal Data specifically, as described in this Privacy Notice for California Residents section.
  • Right to request disclosure of information shared or sold. First, we do not sell your Personal Data (or “personal information,” as used in the CCPA) within the meaning of the CCPA. That said, we do share certain data about some of our Users with service providers. This sharing is outlined in this broader Privacy Policy, as well as below. And you do have the right under CCPA to contact us at any time, as described in the section below, to request this information from us.
  • Right to opt out of selling of your Personal Data. As stated above, we do not sell your Personal Data, within the meaning of the CCPA. That said, in the event that we ever do choose to sell data to third parties, we will provide a method to allow our Users to opt out of that selling, in accordance with California law.
  • Right to request deletion of data. You have the right to request deletion of your data, unless an exception applies. Examples of exceptions include when we need to keep data to meet legal obligations, detect fraud, investigate reports of abuse or other Terms of Use violations, or fix security issues. Additionally, an exception would apply if we would be unable to provide the services that you signed up for without the data, in which case, you are free to request account deletion and cease use of the services. See more about this throughout the broader Privacy Policy. Once we’ve verified your request, we’ll delete your Personal Data (unless an exception applies) and will direct our service providers to do the same.
  • Timely response. You have the right to make two free requests in any 12-month period. We will respond to your request within 45 days, and in more difficult cases we may extend our response time by another 45 days.
  • Non-discrimination. You are entitled to exercise the rights described above free from discrimination. We will not discriminate against you because you exercise your rights. For example, we will not deny you any goods or services, charge you a different price, or provide a different level or quality of goods or services just because you exercised your rights under the CCPA.

Contacting Us (CCPA Purpose)
To make any inquiries, request, or exercise any of your rights granted under California Consumer Protection Act, you can contact us by email at privacy@anyquestion.com, or by toll free call at 1-855-437-6992. Please state that you are a California resident in that communication. We may need to go through a few verification steps after you reach out, but we’ll help you through that.

Information We Collect (CCPA Required Disclosure)
As we address throughout this Privacy Policy, we collect Personal Data for a range of purposes, though primarily to allow us to provide and improve our services. In the last twelve months, we have collected the following types of Personal Data about our Users. In some cases, the data is provided directly by Users. In other cases, it was provided by third parties, or obtained through User interaction with our services.
  • Identifiers, such as your name, email address, IP address, username, or other similar identifiers. We primarily use these identifiers to create your account, maintain security of our services, and communicate with you.
  • Customer records information, such as telephone number, credit card number, or debit card number. We primarily use these types of information to facilitate transactions and payments and to communicate with our Users. (This category under CCPA overlaps with other categories.)
  • Commercial information, such as payment history and purchase history. We primarily use this type of information to keep track of User transactions and for internal business and financial recordkeeping.
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as session logs, search history, information about your interaction with a website, application, or advertisement. We primarily use this type of information to help understand how our services are performing for them, as well as to improve our own understanding of our services.
  • Geolocation information, such as your IP address which provides a rough approximation of location, or from your mobile device’s GPS or location services, if you use the app and enable location services. We use this data primarily to understand where our Users are accessing the services, and in some cases to provide more relevant advertising.
  • Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information, such as the audio or video content of the videos that you submit when you post questions or answers or other posts to the Services. We use this type of information to facilitate the audio and video of your posts.
  • Professional or employment-related information, such as the career or profession you may choose to identify in your profile. We use this information just to let other Users know what you do, if you choose to share it
  • Inferences, such as the types of Users or Experts you may like to follow, and the types of content you like. We use this information to customize the services and provide relevant recommendations and content for you.

Information Sharing (CCPA Disclosure)
In the past 12 months, we’ve disclosed the above categories of information for business purposes, or at your direction, with our service providers, affiliates, and other third parties. For instance, we share Personal Data about our Users with our data hosting and storage providers. We have agreements with our service providers which limit their ability to use your information and require them to ensure its confidentiality.

Updates to this CCPA Section of the Privacy Notice for California Residents
We will update this Notice every 12 months and let you know when we’ve made updates, consistent with our Privacy Policy.

Privacy Notice for European and Brazilian Users

We are providing this supplemental privacy notice to European data subjects (including users in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland), pursuant to European data protection laws including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Brazilian data subjects, pursuant to Brazilian data protection laws including the General Personal Data Protection law (“LGPD”). AnyQuestion, Inc. is the controller of your Personal Data. This means that AnyQuestion, Inc, is responsible for how your Personal Data is handled. And we encourage you to review the remainder of this section to understand the bases upon which we process Personal Data as well as the rights afforded to you.

Bases for Processing of Personal Data
Pursuant to the GDPR and LGPD, we may process Personal Data under only the following conditions:

Processing PurposeLegal Basis
To operate our services:Processing is necessary to perform the contract governing our provision of our services or to take steps that you request prior to signing up for the services. If we have not entered into a contract with you, we process your personal information based on our legitimate interest in providing the services you access and request.
For research and development, marketing purposes, compliance, fraud prevention and safety:These activities constitute our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal information for these activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law).
To comply with the lawProcessing is necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
With your consentProcessing is based on your consent. Where we rely on your consent you have the right to withdraw it any time in the manner indicated when you consent or in the services.

Rights Under the GDPR and LGPD
Where the GDPR and LGPD apply, you have rights in relation to the Personal Data we hold about you. We set out below an outline of those rights and how to exercise those rights. Please note that we will require you to verify your identity before responding to any requests to exercise your rights by providing details only known to the account holder. Please note that for each of the rights below we may have valid legal reasons to refuse your request. In such instances we will let you know if that is the case. To inquire about or to exercise any of these rights, you may contact us at privacy@anyquestion.com.
  • Access: You have the right to know whether we process Personal Data about you, and if we do, to access data we hold about you and certain information about how we use it and who we share it with.
  • Portability: You have the right to receive a subset of the Personal Data you provide us if we process it on the legal bases of our contract with you or with your consent in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and a right to request that we transfer such Personal Data to another party. If you wish for us to transfer the Personal Data to another party, please ensure you detail that party and note that we can only do so where it is technically feasible. We are not responsible for the security of the Personal Data or its processing once received by the third party.
  • Correction: You have the right to require us to correct any Personal Data held about you that is inaccurate and have incomplete data completed. When you request correction, please explain in detail why you believe the Personal Data we hold about you to be inaccurate or incomplete so that we can assess whether a correction is required. Please note that while we assess whether the Personal Data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you may exercise your right to restrict our processing of the applicable data as described below.
  • Erasure: You may request that we erase the Personal Data we hold about you in the following circumstances: where you believe it is no longer necessary for us to hold the Personal Data; we are processing it on the basis of your consent and you wish to withdraw your consent; we are processing your data on the basis of our legitimate interest and you object to such processing; you no longer wish us to use your data to send you marketing; or you believe we are unlawfully processing your data. Please provide as much detail as possible on your reasons for the request to assist us in determining whether you have a valid basis for erasure. Please know there may be some types of Personal Data that we are required to retain for legal, regulatory, or accounting reasons, or other legitimate interests.
  • Restriction of Processing to Storage Only: You have a right to require us to stop processing the Personal Data we hold about you other than for storage purposes in the following circumstances: you believe the Personal Data is not accurate for the period it takes for us to verify whether the data is accurate; we wish to erase the Personal Data as the processing we are doing is potentially unlawful but you want us to simply restrict the use of that data; we no longer need the Personal Data for the purposes of the processing but you require us to retain the data for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; or you have objected to us processing Personal Data we hold about you on the basis of our legitimate interest and you wish us to stop processing the Personal Data while we determine whether there is an overriding interest in us retaining such Personal Data.
  • Objection: You have the right to object to our processing of data about you and we will consider your request. Please provide us with detail as to your reasoning so that we can assess whether there is a compelling overriding interest in us continuing to process such data or we need to process it in relation to legal claims. You also have the right, at any time, to object to our processing of data about you in order to send you marketing, including where we build profiles for such purposes and we will stop processing the data for that purpose.
  • Withdrawal of Consent: Where you have provided your consent to us processing your Personal Data, you can withdraw your consent at any time by emailing us at the address above in this section.

Complaints and Questions
If you’re based in the EU, you can always file a complaint with the supervisory authority in your Member State. That said, we’d encourage you to reach out to us directly first (at privacy@anyquestion.com) so we can try to assist you with your questions or help you exercise the rights you’re seeking to exercise.

Privacy Questions

We know issues of privacy and data protection are complex. But we’re here to help in any way we can. So please contact us, via email (below) if you have any questions about your Personal Data, our data practices, or this Privacy Policy.
AnyQuestion, Inc.
177 Huntington Ave.
Ste. 1703 PMB 57566
Boston, MA 02115
privacy@anyquestion.com