Privacy Policy
Last revised on: September 18, 2023
MergerBuddy AB (MergerBuddy) operates www.mergerbuddy.com and www.mergerbuddy.se websites. This Privacy Policy will explain how MergerBuddy uses the personal data collected from you when you use our website.
About this privacy policy
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If you choose to use our website, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy.
The processor of your personal data is:
MergerBuddy AB
Karlbergsvägen
113 37 Stockholm
Sweden
Email: Info@MergerBuddy.com
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Topics:​
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What data do we collect and how do we collect your data?
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How will we use your data?
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How do we store your data?
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Marketing
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What are your data protection rights?​
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What are cookies?
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How do we use cookies?
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What types of cookies do we use?
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How to manage your cookies
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Privacy policies of other websites
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Changes to our privacy policy
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How to contact us
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How to contact the appropriate authorities
​What data do we collect and how do we collect your data?
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We collect personal data when you (i) submit an information form, ask to be contacted or request support or (ii) sign up for our newsletter and (iii) are browsing our website. We collect several different types of information for purposes listed to provide and improve our service to you. Information collected:
A. Information that you voluntarily give us:
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If you complete and submit one of our contact forms, registration forms or sign up for our newsletter we collect personal identification information that you provide, which we use to contact and identify you, this information may include, but is not limited to:
Name
Email address
Phone number
Mailing address
Payment information
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We may use your personal data to deliver the requested services you have indicated, contact you answering your inquiries we may receive, collect and process your personal data in connection with the requested services, conduct surveys on our website, send the MergerBuddy newsletter, send MergerBuddy related marketing or promotional materials that may interest you.
You can opt out of receiving some or any of above at any time by contacting us via email.
B. Information collected automatically:
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Log data
Whenever you visit our website, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol ("IP") address, operating system, browser version, pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
Location data
We may use and store information about your location if you give us permission to do so. You can enable or disable location services when you use our Service at any time, through your device settings.
Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites cookies are placed on your device. We collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. For further information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
We use cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
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Session Cookies
We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Functionality and Performance
We use these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
Advertising
We use these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. We sometimes share some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
Security Cookies
We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Our site may offer our users: email newsletters, contact forms, surveys and questionnaires. In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide a functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page that is affected by your preferences.
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Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we may also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.
For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you. Our website is hosted on the Wix.com platform, to learn more which cookies Wix.com uses please read this site.
From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimizations our users appreciate the most.
The Google AdSense service we may use to serve advertising uses cookies to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you.
For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.
We may use adverts to offset the costs of running this site and provide funding for further development. The behavioral advertising cookies they may be used by this site are designed to ensure that we provide you with the most relevant adverts where possible by anonymously tracking your interests and presenting similar things that may be of interest.
Several partners advertise on our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and where applicable allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.
We may also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including Facebook Pixel, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
How will we use your data?
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MergerBuddy collects your data so that we can:
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Support you in using our services.
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Answer your inquiries we may receive.
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Notify you about changes to our Service.
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Email you with news, surveys, special offers and general information about our services and events.
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Monitor the usage and gather analysis to improve our Service.
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Managing and analyzing research.
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Managing promotions.
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Provide customer service and support.
MergerBuddy does not transfer on your personal data to third parties unless a legal basis exists for such transfer. Examples of such a basis will typically be, an agreement with you, or a legal basis that instructs us to disclose the information.
How do we store your data?
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MergerBuddy securely stores your data through Wix.com platform data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications.
MergerBuddy retains your personal information only as long as is necessary or permitted for the purpose for which the personal data was originally collected. In certain special cases, a longer retention period might be required by law, such as for tax reasons, accounting purposes or other legal requirements and obligations. When MergerBuddy will no longer require your personal information MergerBuddy will either delete it or anonymize it.
Marketing
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MergerBuddy would like to send you information about services of ours that we think you might like.
If you have agreed to receive our newsletter and/or our marketing, you may always opt out at a later date. You have the right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please contact us via email.
What are your data protection rights?
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MergerBuddy would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
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The right to access – You have the right to request MergerBuddy for copies of your personal data in accordance with GDPR.
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The right to rectification – You have the right to request that MergerBuddy correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request MergerBuddy to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
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The right to erasure – You have the right to request that MergerBuddy erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
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The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that MergerBuddy restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
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The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to MergerBuddy’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
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The right to data portability – You have the right to request that MergerBuddy transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
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If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email info@MergerBuddy.se.
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Privacy policies of other websites
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The MergerBuddy website may contain links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our websites (mentioned above), so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
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Changes to our privacy policy
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We keep our Privacy Policy under regular review and we place any updates on this web page and update the “Last Modified” date. Any changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.
How to contact us
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If you have any questions about MergerBuddy’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us:
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How to contact the appropriate authority
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Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that MergerBuddy has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection, https://www.imy.se/en/ .
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