Privacy Policy

Personal Information We Collect

Information you provide to us.

Personal information you provide to us through the Services or otherwise may include:

• Personal and business contact information, such as your first and last name, email address, mailing addresses, and phone number.
• Academic institution information, such as your institution name, and school-issued student identification number (including an image of an identification card).
• Content you choose to share, such as chat messages on the Service, or any other information you may share through the App, on our website or otherwise with us, along with the metadata associated with the files you share.
• Any communications or other information you voluntarily share with Paritii in connection with the Services, such as by email, through the App, chat features, or through live discussion.
• Profile information, such as your username and password that you may set to establish an online account with us, as well as your photograph, interests, and preferences.
• Registration information, such as information that may be related to a service, an account or an event for which you register.
• Feedback or correspondence, such as information you provide when you contact us with questions, feedback, or otherwise correspond with us online including in response to surveys.
• Demographic information, such as your city, state, country of residence, postal code, and age.
• Marketing information, such as your preferences for receiving our marketing communications and details about your engagement with them.
• Other information not specifically listed here, which we will use in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

Information we obtain from other third parties.

We may combine personal information we receive from you with personal information of the kinds identified above that we obtain from other sources, such as:

• An Educational Partner or other business partner may share your contact information with us if you have expressed interest in learning specifically about our products or services, or the types of products or services we offer;
• We may obtain your personal information from other third parties, such as marketing partners, publicly-available sources, and data providers; and
• If you choose to log in to any part of the Services via a third-party platform or social media network, or otherwise connect your account on the third-party platform or network to your account through the Services, we may collect information from that platform or network. You may also have the opportunity to provide us with additional information via the third-party platform or network, such as a list of your friends or connections and your email address. You can read more about your privacy choices in the “Linked third-party services” portion of the Your Choices section of this Privacy Policy.

Information Collected by Automated Means

We, our service providers, and our advertising partners may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your interaction over time with the Service, our communications and other online services, such as:

• Device data, such as your computer or mobile device's operating system type and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, RAM and disk size, CPU usage, device type (e.g., phone, tablet), IP address, unique identifiers (including identifiers used for advertising purposes), language settings, mobile device carrier, radio/network information (e.g., Wi-Fi, LTE, 3G), and general location information such as city, state or geographic area;
• Online activity data, such as pages or screens you viewed, search history, how long you spent on a page or screen, the website you visited before browsing to the Service, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times and duration of access, and whether you have opened our emails or clicked links within them;
• Precise geolocation information, such as when you authorize our websites or App to access your location; and
• Communication interaction data, such as your interactions with our email, text, chat or other communications (e.g., whether you open and/or forward emails) – we may do this through use of pixel tags (which are also known as clear GIFs), which may be embedded invisibly in our emails enabling us to detect if you have opened or forwarded a message.

Tracking technologies.

Some of the automatic collection described above is facilitated by the following technologies:

• Cookies, which are small text files that websites store on user devices and that allow web servers to record users' web browsing activities and remember their submissions, preferences, credentials, and login status as they navigate a site. Cookies used on our sites include both “session cookies” that are deleted when a web browser session ends, “persistent cookies” that remain longer, “first party” cookies that we place and “third party” cookies that our service providers and other third parties place.
• Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, which are used to demonstrate that a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed, clicked or forwarded.
• Chat and other artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as those provided by third parties that employ cookies and software code to operate the chat features that you can use to communicate with us through the Service. These third parties may access and use information about webpages visited on our website, your IP address, your general geographic information (e.g., city, state), and other personal information you share through online chats to respond to your questions and for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

How We Use Your Personal Information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection:

To provide the Services.

We use your personal information to:

• provide and operate the Service;
• provide information about the Services and our other products and services;
• establish and maintain your user profile for the Services;
• personalize the service, including remembering the devices from which you have previously logged in and remembering your selections and preferences as you navigate the Services;
• enable security features of the Services, such as by verifying your account via email or SMS, and remembering devices from which you have previously logged in;
• communicate with you about the Services, including by sending you Service-related announcements, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages related to the Services;
• understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with the Services and our communications;
• provide support and maintenance for the Services;
• facilitate your invitations to friends you invite to join the Service;
• to collect and share user testimonials;
• respond to your requests, questions and feedback; and
• fraud prevention and security.

Research and development and other service improvement purposes.

We may use your personal information for research and development purposes, including to develop, analyze and improve our products and services, including to train our AI. As part of these activities, we may create aggregated, de-identified or other anonymous data from personal information. We may use this anonymous or de-identified data and share it with third parties for any lawful business purposes. We do not attempt to reidentify deidentified information derived from personal information, except for the purpose of testing whether our deidentification processes comply with applicable law.

Marketing and promotional communications.

We may send you direct marketing communications and may personalize these messages based on your needs and interests. You may opt-out of our marketing communications as described in the Opt-out of marketing section.

Compliance and protection.

We may use your personal information to:

• comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas, court orders, investigations or requests from government authorities;
• protect our, your or others' rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims);
• audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements or our internal policies;
• enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Service; and
• prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.

With your consent.

In some cases, we may specifically ask for your consent to collect, use, or share your personal information for further purposes, if those purposes are not compatible with the initial purpose for which that personal information was collected.

Cookies and similar technologies.

In addition to the other uses included in this section, we may use the Tracking technologies described above for the following purposes:

• Technical operation. To allow the technical operation of the Service, such as remembering selections as you navigate the site and remembering whether you are logged in.
• Functionality. To enhance the performance and functionality of our services.
• Analytics. To help us understand user activity on the Service, including the volume and demographics of users, which pages are most and least visited and how users move around the Service or interact with our emails. For example, we use Google Analytics for this purpose. You can learn more about Google Analytics and how to prevent the use of Google Analytics relating to your use of our sites here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Data sharing in the context of corporate transactions, we may share certain personal information in the context of actual or prospective corporate transactions – for more information, see How we share your personal information, below.

How We Share Your Personal Information

Service providers. We may share your personal information with third parties that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Services or our business (such as hosting, internet service providers, information technology, order fulfillment, customer support, online chat functionality providers, email delivery, marketing, consumer research and website/data analytics).

Educational Partners. We may share your personal information, including your school-issued student identification, with Educational Partners. Please review your associated Educational Partner's privacy policy to learn more about how it handles your personal information. We do not control how our Educational Partners use your personal information.

Linked third-party services. If you have enabled features or functionality that connect the Services to a third-party platform or social media network (such as by logging in to the Services using your account with the third-party, providing your API key or similar access token for the Services to a third party, or otherwise linking your account with the Services to a third party's services), we may disclose the personal information that you authorize us to share. We do not control the third party's use of your personal information.

Consented Testimonials. If you choose to submit a testimonial or review about your experience with Swyft by Paritii, we may display your comments on our website or social media.

Professional advisors. Professional advisors, such as lawyers, auditors, bankers and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.

Authorities and others. Law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties in litigation, as we believe in good faith to be necessary or appropriate for the Compliance and protection purposes described above.

Corporate transactions. We may disclose personal information in the context of actual or prospective business transactions (e.g., investments in Paritii, financing of Paritii, public stock offerings, the sale, transfer or merger of all or part of our business, assets or shares, liquidation or reorganization). For example, we may need to share certain personal information with prospective counterparties and their advisers. We may disclose your personal information to an acquirer, successor, or assignee of Paritii or a portion of our business assets as part of any merger, acquisition, sale of assets, or similar transaction, and/or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership in which personal information is transferred to one or more third parties as one of our business assets.

Your Choices

In this section, we describe the choices available to you.

Access or Update Your Information. If you have registered for an account with us, you may review and update certain personal information in your account profile by logging into the account.

Opting out of marketing emails. You may opt-out of marketing-related emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the email, or by contacting us. It may take time for your opt-out to be effective. Please note that if you choose to opt-out of marketing-related emails, you may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails.

Cookies. Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, the Service may not work properly. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your browser and how to manage and delete them, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

Blocking images/clear gifs. Most browsers and devices allow you to configure your device to prevent images from loading, so the business hosting the image will not detect that you have viewed a page. To do this, follow the instructions in your particular browser or device settings.

Access or update your information. If you have registered for an account with us through the Service, you may review and update certain account information by logging into the account and navigating to your account profile and settings.

Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

Declining to provide information. We need to collect personal information to provide certain services. If you do not provide the information we identify as required or mandatory, we may not be able to provide those services.

Linked third-party services. If you choose to connect to the Services via a third-party platform or social media network, you may have the ability to limit the information that we may obtain from the third party at the time you log in to the Services using the third party's authentication service or otherwise connect your account. Subsequently, you may be able to control your settings through the third party's platform or service. If you do so and then you withdraw our ability to access certain information from a third-party platform or social media network, that choice will not apply to information that we have already received from that third party.

Other Sites, Mobile Applications and Services

The Service may contain links to websites, mobile applications, and other online services operated by third parties. In addition, our content may be integrated into web pages or other online services that are not associated with us. These links and integrations are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. We do not control websites, mobile applications or online services operated by third parties, and we are not responsible for their actions. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites, mobile applications and online services you use.

Security Practices

We employ organizational, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies, and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

International Data Transfers

We are headquartered in the United States and may have service providers in other countries, and your personal information may be transferred to the United States or other locations outside of your state, province, or country where privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your state, province, or country.

Children and Students

The Services are not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from, anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian of a minor from whom you believe we have collected personal information in a manner prohibited by law, or if information was provided on your behalf when you were under 18, please contact us. If we learn that we have collected personal information through the Service from a child without the consent of the child's parent or guardian as required by law, we will comply with applicable legal requirements to delete the information.

A Note about FERPA (where applicable):

Certain personal information is collected or maintained by Paritii as a processor on behalf of schools and school districts. This personal information may be subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”), which means we will only use personal information that is considered to be “personally identifiable information” maintained as part of “education records” (as both are defined under FERPA) (such information, “FERPA Covered Information”) for legitimate educational interests, which includes providing the Services.

FERPA provides parents (or students over the age of 18) with certain rights with regard to FERPA Covered Information.

Please note our use and processing of FERPA Covered Information as a processor is governed by our agreements with the schools or school districts. The schools or districts may have their own privacy policies that govern FERPA Covered Information collected in connection with their use of the Services, and the policies of the applicable school or district govern how they process and share such information relating to the Services, including with respect to any rights users may have to such information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

The “Last Updated” legend at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you by updating the “Last Updated” date. Depending on the kind of change we make, we may also notify you directly or ask for your consent to the change. Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the modified version or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting.

How to Contact Us

Please direct any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices to us. You may also write to us via postal mail at:

• Email: support@paritii.com
• Website: https://www.paritii.com/contact-us
• Phone: +1 (206) 445-0701