Privacy Policy
Updated February 20, 2024
This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) is provided to inform you of our website policies and practices and of the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and how that information is used.
Bonko Labs (“Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy describes (1) the types of personal information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website located at www.getbonko.com (our “Website”), and (2) our practices for collecting, using, protecting, and disclosing that information.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
Bonko Labs Website
Personal information is collected from you through our Website, including your email address and other information you provide to us by making requests for information about our services. Any information provided to us will be retained and used solely for the purposes of fulfilling your request for information, fulfilling a request through a site feature, providing you with a product or service through website use, carrying out obligations and enforcement of rights arising from contracts entered into between you and us, performing and carrying out the terms of the service, or communicating with you as a client or subscriber of our services. We rely on the personal information that you give us, so it is important that all of the details that you provide are accurate and up-to-date.
Our Website may collect certain information about your visit, such as the name of your Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the browser you are using; the date and time you access our Website; the pages that you access while at our Website and the Internet address of the Website from which you linked directly to our Website. This information is used to help improve our Website, analyze trends, and administer our Website.
From time to time, we may engage Google Analytics or other third-party providers of marketing services to assist us with the purposes set forth above. We maintain contracts with each of these third parties restricting their access, use and disclosure of personal data. For more information on how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please visit “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services” linked here. We otherwise do not disclose personal information collected from our Website to non-agent third parties without authorization from the individual who submitted such information to us.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for those individuals visiting our website from a UK or EU-based IP address, we provide an “opt-in” approach to the use of cookies and storage of personal information.
We provide the opportunity for individuals to “opt-out” of having their personal information (as collected from our Website) used for the purposes set forth above, and we provide the right to be “forgotten” (i.e., we will remove all of your personal information from our records). If you do not wish your personal information (as collected from our Website) to be stored on our systems, or provided to third parties, we will remove your information from these systems. Simply email douglas.shank@getbonko.com with the details of your request and we will respond promptly.
Disclosure Required by Law
In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
We reserve the right to disclose personal information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our legal rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
Access to Personal Information
We acknowledge the right of individuals to access their personal data as collected through our Website. Individuals wishing to review, edit, supplement, or delete their personal data as collected through our Website may do so by contacting us at douglas.shank@getbonko.com, and we will promptly respond to any such request.
Security of your Personal Information
We are committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We do not sell any personal information to any third parties. While no computer system is completely secure, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure your personal information.
EU-U.S. Data Protection Framework (DPF), Swiss-U.S. DPF, and the United Kingdom Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF
Pursuant to the Data Privacy Frameworks, EU, UK, and Swiss individuals have the right to obtain our confirmation of whether we maintain personal information relating to you in the United States. Upon request, we will provide you with access to the personal information that we hold about you. You may also correct, amend, or delete the personal information we hold about you. An individual who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, or delete inaccurate data transferred to the United States under the Data Privacy Frameworks, should direct their query to douglas.shank@getbonko.com. If requested to remove data, we will respond within a reasonable timeframe.
We will provide an individual opt-out choice, or opt-in for sensitive data collected on our Website, before we share your data with third parties other than our agents, or before we use it for a purpose other than which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized. To request to limit the use and disclosure of your personal information collected on our Website, please submit a written request to douglas.shank@getbonko.com.
In compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF), Bonko Labs commits to resolve complaints about our collection or use of your personal information transferred to the U.S. pursuant to the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF. EU, UK, and Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints should first contact Bonko Labs.
Your Rights
Individuals located in certain countries have certain statutory rights in relation to their personal data. Subject to any exemptions provided by law, you may have the right to request access to information, as well as to seek to update, delete or correct this information.
To the extent that our processing of your personal data is subject to the GDPR, we only collect, use, and process personal data where we have lawful grounds to do so, which may include, without limitation: (i) in order to provide the requested Services, (ii) in connection with our legitimate interests, (iii) in connection with our fulfillment of legal obligations, or (iv) as otherwise consented to by you. For the avoidance of doubt, we may process personal data for direct marketing purposes as set forth above and you have a right to object to our use of your personal data for this purpose at any time.
California Privacy Rights
California affords its residents certain rights concerning personal information and data collected and retained by the Company. To learn more about California residents’ privacy rights, visit: California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
We may collect, transmit and store various categories of your personal information.
Subject to certain limitations, the CCPA and CPRA provide you the right to request:
That we provide you access to details on the categories or specific pieces of personal information we collect and/or sell (including how we use and disclose this information, to whom we may sell it);
That we delete any of your personal information;
That we correct any inaccuracies in your personal information;
To opt out of any “sale” or "sharing" of your personal information that may occur, including sensitive personal information; and
To not be discriminated against for exercising any of the above rights.
If you would like to submit a request to exercise your California privacy rights, you may do so by emailing douglas.shank@getbonko.com with your request. We will verify your request using information associated with your account, including your email. Further identification may be required. You may also designate an authorized agent to act on your behalf.
Please note that Bonko Labs may retain a record of your request to delete your personal information.
Other States’ Privacy Rights
Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah each provide their state residents with rights to:
Confirm whether we process their personal information.
Access and delete certain personal information.
Data portability.
Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.
Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia also provide their state residents with rights to:
Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information's nature processing purpose.
Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. Residents who wish to exercise this sale opt-out rights may submit a request to douglas.shank@getbonko.com
Children Under the Age of 16
Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at douglas.shank@getbonko.com.
California residents under 16 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information.
Choice of Future Communications
From time to time, we may send you information about our Services that may be of interest to you. At such a time, you will be given an opportunity to opt out of future communications.
Cookies and Tracking
We may use technology, such as Google Analytics, to track the patterns of behavior of visitors to our Website. This can include using a “cookie,” a text file sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser for record-keeping purposes. As a result, it is possible to speed up your future activities on our Website and allow us to provide you with a personalized browsing experience.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the features of our Website.
Our Website does not process or respond to web browsers’ “do not track” signals or other similar transmissions that indicate a request to disable online tracking of users who visit our Website.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for those individuals visiting our www.getbonko.com website, or those users visiting our website from a UK or EU-based IP address, we provide an “opt-in” approach to the use of cookies and storage of personal information.
Links to Third-Party Websites
Our Website may provide links to unaffiliated third-party websites. As we do not control these websites, we encourage you to review the policies of these third-party sites.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When we do, we will also revise the “Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by prominently posting a notice of such changes. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of our Website or Services constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.
Contact and Enforcement Information
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at douglas.shank@getbonko.com.