Privacy Policy

7 SEO, Inc. (together with its affiliates, subsidiaries and parent company, collectively, “7 SEO”) provides search engine optimization tools to enhance your marketing and research activities. 7 SEO takes your privacy very seriously and is committed to protecting your information.

This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) explains how 7 SEO handles the personal information you provide and what rights you have.

1. Privacy Policy Overview

2. Information We Collect, Receive and Create About You

3. Data Processing and Retention

4. Sensitive Personal Information

5. Direct Marketing

6. Behavioral Advertising

7. Cookies

8. Information We Share With Third Parties

9. International Transfers of Information

10. Data Security and Breach Handling

11. How to Control your Information

12. Your Rights with Respect to Your Personal Information

13. How to Change Your Preferences

14. Contact Details

15. Children

16. California Consumer Rights Metrics

17. How this Privacy Policy May Change

1.Privacy Policy Overview

7 SEO owns and operates the interactive marketing website 7seo.com. This policy applies to 7seo.com and all its related websites or domains, including its online interactive features and services (collectively, the “Services” or “our Services”).

Part of the purpose of this policy is to explain to users 7 SEO’s policies and practices regarding its data. By using the provided Services, you agree to the Terms of Use (ToU); this policy is a part of the ToU.

2.Information we collect, receive and create about you

We may collect or obtain information about you when you register, create a profile, create a page or contribution, use and interact with our Services, and make your personal information public. In some cases, we may also obtain information about you from third parties.

Information you submit when registering: such as username, email, password, subscription details and address.

Data you provide when you create a profile, page or submit a contribution: This includes user-generated content, such as your profile information, which includes your name, contact details, professional background and any demographic information you voluntarily provide, as well as comments and posts you make in forums. We aim to provide users with opportunities to join online communities, interact with others and share. This may involve personal information that users choose to make public. We encourage all users to be careful about what they share online. 7 SEO and its affiliates, subsidiaries and parent companies are not responsible for information that you disclose to the public through your use of our Services.

Inferences: We may infer data about you based on your interests, where you live, the languages ​​you speak and other information we are able to obtain.

Data we collect when you use our Services: We record and store relevant information in the process of providing you with service support or assistance. In addition, we may collect information about your interactions with different parts of our services or third-party content you browse on our apps and websites. We also obtain data about your interactions with the ads you see.

We may obtain information about you from third parties, such as social media. In some cases, please note that this policy does not apply to the actions of third parties, including those that may share information with 7 SEO.

3.Data Processing and Storage

We collect your personal information to provide you with the best service experience. At the same time, we may also process your information when it is necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.

The following table shows the categories of personal information we process, the purposes for which we use it, and how long we store this data. How we process your data depends on the choices you make when using our services, your privacy preferences, and your account settings.

• Account Information (Personal Information): Information you provide to us, including your name, mailing address, telephone or mobile number, email address, employer information, login information (username and password), interests, public social media accounts or profiles, and photos you share with other users.

  Purpose of Processing: We will provide the corresponding services as set out in the Terms of Use.

• Application Data: If you would like to learn about a specific application or tool and the data it collects, please click here. Please note that we may obtain information from third-party applications.

  Purpose of Processing: To maintain and improve the Services

• Audio, video and other electronic information: includes audio, electronic, visual or similar types of information, such as photos, video submissions and call recordings.

  Processing purpose: For quality assurance purposes, we record video sales calls.

• Consent records: All relevant records of consents you may provide, including the date, time, method of consent and other relevant information (such as the subject of the consent).

  Processing purpose: Comply with relevant laws and regulations and user choices.

• Customer Records: electronic customer files that include personal information, such as name, signature, address, phone number, and any financial information. We may also collect your personal data through communications with our customer support team. Please note that it is important not to submit any sensitive personal information, such as health, political or religious beliefs, and information about minors, when requesting support.

  Purpose of Processing: To ensure service standards and provide users with the ability to communicate efficiently and effectively with our company.

• Demographic Information includes: title, position, company background, education, work experience and other professional information, and language preference.

  Processing purpose: fulfill customer requests, maintain and improve service standards, and conduct marketing.

• Location information: We collect your IP address to obtain the approximate location of the user’s computer or device (such as city or zip code). If you provide relevant location information when registering or in your profile, project page or contribution, we may also obtain this information.

  Processing purpose: maintain service standards, provide relevant information and marketing.

• Precise location data: If your settings allow, we will collect and process information about the specific geographic location of your device. This may involve your current location information and mobile status so that we can obtain your geographic location periodically.

  Processing purpose: Marketing.

• Profile information and user contributions: In some services, you can choose to create a public profile, project page or personal homepage, or post your own contributions. These pages and their content, including your expressed views and opinions, will be processed.

  Processing purpose: Support customer expression and provide our services as agreed in the terms of service.

• Inference: Conclusions drawn about your preferences, characteristics, tendencies, behaviors and attitudes based on personal information.

  Processing purpose: Promote, maintain and improve service standards.

• Transaction Information: Records of your interactions with the Services, such as information about products or services you purchase, obtain, or consider, coupons viewed and redeemed, and gift cards you purchase or sell through our Services. It also includes cash back offers you apply for and copies of receipts you submit. In addition, financial information related to the transaction and related data required to manage your participation in the rewards program are also recorded. Payment information includes payment card number, expiration date, and CVN. Information about how you use our Services, emails, or search and interact with e-commerce opportunities, such as interactions with our merchants, business partners, and service providers, is also recorded, depending on your settings, including items you purchase from these merchants.

  Processing Purpose: To perform contracts, conduct marketing, and make full use of our Services as agreed in the Terms of Use.

• Device Information and Device ID: A device ID is a unique number associated with a smartphone or similar portable device. Device Information also includes device type, operating system, software information, and related settings.

  Processing Purpose: Maintain and improve the quality of the Service

• Advertising Identifier: An advertising user-resettable identification number associated with a device (for example, the advertising identifier IDFA is used in iOS and the Google Advertising ID is used in Android).

  Processing Purpose: Marketing

• Connection Information: WiFi connection, service set identifier (“SSID”), international mobile subscriber identity (“IMSI”), and international mobile equipment identity (“IMEI”).

  Processing Purpose: Maintain and improve the quality of the Service

• Cookies: Information collected through the use of cookies, eTags, Javascript, pixel tags, device ID tracking, anonymous identifiers and other technologies, including information obtained through these methods and technologies about how you access, interact with and use the Services (subject to your privacy choices and settings), content and advertising on third-party websites, apps, platforms and other media channels (collectively, “Channels”), and your interaction with emails (including their content and advertisements) (collectively, “Online Data”).

  Processing Purpose: Marketing

• Engagement Data: refers to your visits, interactions and engagement with the Services, content and advertising on third-party websites, apps, platforms and other media channels (collectively, “Channels”), and your interaction with emails (including their content and advertisements) (collectively, “Online Data”). This information is collected through the use of cookies and similar technologies.

  Processing Purpose: During the account validity period and for a reasonable and legal time thereafter, subject to the Cookie Policy.

4.Sensitive Personal Data

We do not collect or process sensitive personal data, such as race, ethnicity, political affiliation, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health, and sex life. If users voluntarily disclose sensitive personal data in profiles, contributions or other free text fields provided by 7 SEO, we will not use this information for other purposes without the user’s consent, unless it is necessary for legal compliance or crime prevention.

5.Direct Marketing

We may use the contact details you provide to send you information about services that may be of interest to you, such as upcoming promotions. You can unsubscribe or opt out of text messages at any time free of charge.

6.Behavioral Advertising

7 SEO and third parties may collect data about your behavior when you use our services, based on your privacy choices and settings. This data will be used to provide you with more relevant interest-based advertising on other websites, applications, and on our partners’ platforms and media channels. If you do not want to receive such advertising, you can modify your preferences here.

7.Cookies

We may collect information about you by using cookies and similar technologies on our websites and applications, or on your device. Depending on your privacy choices and settings, we may also allow third-party service providers to perform various analytics and provide you with more relevant or interest-based advertising through Cookies.

Some third parties may choose to use their own Cookies to collect information about ad browsing. To learn more about how we use Cookies and how to manage your preferences, please refer to our Cookie Policy. This Policy and our Cookie Policy apply only to the use of Cookies in connection with 7 SEO.

8.Information We Share with Third Parties

Ziff Davis Companies: 7 SEO is owned by Ziff Davis, Inc. We share your information with Ziff Davis, Inc. and its other businesses to help us operate, optimize and further develop the Services.

We share information with other Ziff Davis companies for targeted advertising. If you wish to opt-out of having your data sold or shared with other Ziff Davis companies, please contact privacy@7seo.com.

Other Third Parties: We may also share your personal information with the following parties:

• We use third-party ads, plugins or content through relevant third-party service providers, subject to your privacy choices and settings and our Terms of Service.
• You consent and choose to participate in merchants, partners or advertisers associated with offers, competitions or other activities.
• Third-party processors (such as analytics service providers, data centers, etc.) can be located anywhere in the world, subject to relevant requirements and restrictions.
• Legal and regulatory authorities are required to report any actual or suspected violations of relevant laws or regulations.
• Any party, to the extent necessary, in accordance with the instructions of law enforcement agencies or courts, to establish, exercise or defend legal rights;
• Law enforcement activities for the prevention, detection or investigation of crimes and related legal proceedings.
• In the case of full or partial acquisition, relevant third parties.

9.Global Transfer of Information

We may transfer your personal information to recipients in other countries. When we transfer your personal information from the European Economic Area (“EEA”) to a jurisdiction that does not meet the transfer conditions, the transfer will be carried out based on standard contractual clauses. If you need a copy of the relevant standard contractual clauses, you can request one by sending an email to privacy@7seo.com.

10.Data Security and Breach Handling

We take appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information held by us from unlawful destruction, loss, modification, misuse or unauthorized access. All contracting parties are required to comply with applicable laws and regulations to ensure that reasonable data security measures are taken for the customer information we share.

If we discover a breach that affects user security, we may contact you by email or other direct means, or notify the public by posting a blog in our Help & Support Security Center. If you suspect that your data has been compromised with us (for example, your account has been accessed without authorization), please contact us at privacy@7seo.com.

11.Data Retention

We will retain your personal information for only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Policy and applicable law. For specific information on data retention periods, please see the table in Section 3.

12.Your Rights to Your Personal Information

Many privacy regulations provide consumers with specific rights. The European Economic Area, Brazil, California, and some other states in the United States grant specific rights to residents within their jurisdictions.

Your Rights:

• Right to Withdraw Consent: Where you have been asked to consent to the processing of your information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

You can withdraw your consent at any time with respect to personal information.

• Right to Know: You have the right to know how we collect, process, share or sell your personal information. This policy is designed to make your data usage more transparent. If you have any additional questions, please contact privacy@7seo.com by email.
• Access Rights: You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we have collected about you.
• Right to Deletion/Erasure: You have the right to request that we delete all information related to you. Please note that if you choose to exercise this right, you may lose access to your account and its related purchases, points or features. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we stop using some or all of your information to provide you with services, please contact us.
• Right to Correction: If you find that any information we process is inaccurate, you can contact us to correct it. We will delete or cancel your information accordingly, but may retain copies of the information as needed to meet legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce agreements. For some requests, we may need you to provide more information.
• Right to Opt Out of the Sale or Sharing of Personalized Ads: In some cases, we may sell or share the personal data you provide in order to serve you ads that are tailored to your interests. If you do not want us to sell or share your data, you can opt out by sending an email to privacy@7seo.com. We may ask you for further information to verify your request.
• Right to object to processing: In certain circumstances, you can object to our processing of your personal information by sending an email to privacy@7seo.com. Please note that if you object, you may not be able to use some or all of our services. This right only applies to personal data processed for business purposes.
• Right to object to the use of sensitive personal information: You have the right to object to our use of your sensitive personal information. Sensitive personal information includes information about your health, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation or philosophical beliefs. Please be careful when sharing personal information online, especially when it comes to sensitive information.
• Right to object to automated processing: You have the right to object to processing based on your data for automated decision-making.
• Right to non-discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against by ZMG for exercising your rights.
• Right to withdraw consent: When you have given IeL consent to process your personal information, you can withdraw that consent at any time.

To submit a privacy request, please contact privacy@7seo.com by email. Our contact information can be found in the “Contact Us” section below.

You may need to confirm your identity so that we can exercise these rights. If you are making a request on behalf of a user, we require a signed authorization letter from the user.

13.How to Adjust Your Settings

You can change your preferences at any time. Here are some steps you can take.

Update Your Personal Information: Keeping your personal information up to date helps ensure that we can accurately send you notifications and bills. There are several ways you can help update your personal information. Please log in to the 7 SEO application to update or delete your information. We may retain and use copies of your information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, handle disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Your Newsletter and Email Subscriptions. You can opt out or unsubscribe from the relevant newsletter or other mailing list at any time by following the instructions at the bottom of the newsletter or email you receive. It may take five to ten business days for the changes to take effect. In some services, membership-related communications are an important part of the service you subscribe to, and even if you unsubscribe from a newsletter or mailing list, you may still receive emails as part of that service. In this case, you can choose to cancel your account to stop receiving related information. Also, please note that if you have provided multiple email addresses, we may continue to send you information unless you request to unsubscribe or delete your account for each address.

Direct Mail, Push Notifications, and Unsubscriptions. If you consent to receive marketing communications from us, we will send you relevant content via email and/or push notifications (based on your choice). You can withdraw your consent to email marketing (i.e., unsubscribe) at any time by: (i) clicking on the “unsubscribe” link in the marketing emails we send; (ii) for the Q&A forum, by logging into your account, going to “Community Profile” and then “Settings”; or (iii) for 7 SEO Pro, by logging into your account, going to “Email Settings” in “Account & Billing”. You can also opt out of web-related notifications through your browser’s settings. If you would like to opt out of email communications, please send an email to our support team and please allow two business days for us to process your request in all of our systems.

Opting out of tracking. Currently, our Services do not recognize browser do-not-track signals. However, you can manage how your browser handles cookies and related technologies by adjusting your browser’s privacy and security settings. Each browser’s settings are different, so please review the instructions for the browser you use to learn about the available cookie privacy and security settings. The “Help” portion of the toolbar on most browsers will instruct you on how to prevent your computer from accepting new cookies, how to notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can opt out of being targeted by certain third-party advertising companies by visiting the following links: IAB Opt-Out Platform, Network Advertising Initiative, Omniture, Digital Advertising Alliance, PrivacyChoice, BlueKai, and European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance.

Location-Based Services. You can opt out of the collection of your precise location information at any time by adjusting the relevant options in the “settings” of your mobile device.

California residents, in accordance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act, when you use our services, we may collect personal information related to your online activities. California’s “Shine the Light” law permits California residents to request information about certain personal information we disclose to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request or wish us to not collect your personal information, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information in Section 14.

14.Contact Information

You may submit privacy inquiries by sending an email to privacy@7seo.com.

For other questions, you may contact us by sending an email to privacy@7seo.com, help@7seo.com.

We have registered our Data Protection Officer (DPO) with the Irish Data Protection Commission. If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer at the following email address: dpo@7seo.com.

15.Child

The Services are not intended for use by children, especially those under 16 years of age. If we find that a user is under the age requirement to use these services, we have the right to delete the user’s account at any time if necessary. If you believe that we have accidentally collected personal information from a child under the age of 16, please report it to us promptly so that we can take appropriate measures to deal with it.

16.California Consumer Rights Index

In compliance with California privacy laws, our consumer rights indicators can be viewed on our Regulatory Information website.

17.Possible changes to this privacy policy

This policy may be modified or updated from time to time at our discretion. Unless otherwise stated, all updates will be effective when posted. Your continued use of our services following the posting of policy updates constitutes your acceptance of those changes. We will give you advance notice before we make material changes to how we process your personal data and will not use your data in a materially different way without your consent.