AIxBlock, Inc and its affiliates respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. We provide this Privacy Policy to inform you of our practices and of the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. This Privacy Policy applies to the sites accessible from https://aixblock.io/, https://https:/datajob.aixblock.io/, and any other affiliated AIxBlock websites that link to or refer to this Privacy Policy (each a “Site”, and collectively, “Sites”), as well as data we receive from you via the Sites in our capacity as a data controller.
We ensure that any personal data received will be processed in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection laws, including the Data Protection Act 2018, Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament (the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR), the UK GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and any other laws that apply to personal data in respect of which we are subject (collectively referred to in this Privacy Policy as “applicable data protection laws”).
This Privacy Policy explains how we, as a data controller, may collect, use, and share information that we obtain about you directly or indirectly in accordance with applicable data protection laws. Where you use our services, or where your personal data is processed in connection with such services, we will be the data controller of such information. Your provision of personal data to us, or your use of our online services, constitutes your acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy applies to your use of any of our services; where you apply to us for a job or work placement; your supply of services to us where this involves any personal data; as a result of your relationship with one or more of our clients; and/or to any information collected from third parties.
This Privacy Policy additionally applies to our Sites and online services and any online service created or hosted by us on which this Privacy Policy appears (together, our “online services”), through which we may collect certain details if, for example, you wish to subscribe to publications or newsletters that we may periodically issue. Please note that our online services make use of cookies and similar technologies, as described in more detail below.
A cookie is a small piece of text based information that is generated by our web server and is stored within the memory of your computer or stored on your hard disk, which can be later retrieved by your web browser and communicated to the web server that issued it. We use cookies to enhance your interaction and convenience with our website and do not use cookies to record any personal information.
Cookies only store information about a current or prior web session on our servers or information that you have asked to be stored for convenience, such as “Remember Me” information. Any statistical data is aggregated and used by us and our web monitoring service provider to improve our services and at no time do we personally identify you as the source of that data.
You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your web browser which allows your web browser to refuse cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our website and this may have a detrimental effect on your experience and the web based services that we can offer you. Unless you have adjusted your web browser settings to refuse cookies, our systems will automatically issue you with a cookie when you visit our website and you are deemed to have consented to our use of this cookie.
The purpose for which the cookie is used is for identification of a specific session on our website e.g. when a user is logged on to the website to identify what permissions they have and what items are in their shopping cart. Session based cookies are deleted and destroyed at the end of the session. Any other cookie based information may be stored and recovered by your web browser. You may delete the cookies stored on your computer at any time.
“Personal data” is any information that can be used to identify you or that we can link to you. Where you use our services, we will collect personal data directly from you. We may also collect personal data from third parties such as your employing organisation, regulatory authorities, recruitment agencies, credit reporting agencies, information or service providers, publicly available records, and the third parties described in this Privacy Policy.
We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including when you communicate with us via email or other channels; when you sign up for or request that we send you newsletters, alerts, or other materials; when you register for a webinar or event; and when you respond to our communications or requests for information. The information you provide may include current and historical personal data such as your name, contact details, title, identification, employment history, positions held, and enquiry or complaint details, along with information about the organisation with which you are affiliated.
We may also collect personal data about your other dealings with us and our clients, including any contact we have with you in person, by telephone, email, or online. We may collect information from other sources, such as social media platforms that share information about how you interact with our content; any information gathered through these channels will be governed by the privacy settings, policies, and procedures of the applicable social media platform, which we strongly encourage you to review.
When you use our online services, we may collect the following:
Information you provide by completing forms, including information submitted when requesting services, entering competitions, registering for any of our online offerings, or subscribing to our newsletters or other services.
If you apply for a job or work placement with us then you may need to provide information about your education, employment, racial background and state of health. As part of your application you will be asked to provide your express consent to our use of this information to assess your application and to allow us to carry out both recruitment analytics and any monitoring activities which may be required of us under applicable law as an employer. We may also carry out screening checks (including reference, background, financial probity, identity, eligibility to work, vocational suitability and criminal record checks) and consider you for other positions. We may exchange your personal data with academic institutions, recruiters, screening check providers, health service providers, professional and trade associations, law enforcement agencies, recruitment analytics providers, referees and your current and previous employers. We may also gather additional information about you from publicly available resources such as LinkedIn or other social or professional media platforms and collate this with the information that you provide to us. Without your personal data, we may not be able to progress considering you for positions with us. In some instances, personal data must be provided to us in order for us to legally or contractually perform services to you, for example where we are obligated to gather personal data for anti-money laundering identification purposes. Where relevant we will highlight to you those details that we are obligated to collect.
Where we intend to use your personal data, we rely on the following legal grounds:
We may need to collect and use your personal data to enter into a contract with you or to perform a contract that you have with us. For example, where you access AIxBlock’s AI model training, data annotation, model evaluation, or AI application development and deployment services, and where we respond to your requests and provide services in accordance with our terms and conditions or other applicable terms of business agreed with you or your employing organisation. Another example is where you provide your personal data as part of a paid-work or data collection project that you have enrolled in on our platform.
Where we consider use of your information to be (a) non-detrimental to you, (b) within your reasonable expectations, and (c) necessary for our own or a third party’s legitimate purpose, we may use your personal data. This includes:
We may be required to process your information due to legal requirements, including employment laws, tax laws, and other regulatory provisions applicable to us as a provider of decentralised AI development and deployment services.
You may be asked to provide your consent in connection with certain services, for example in respect of the processing of your personal data for our marketing, recruitment, or AI development purposes where you or your employing organisation is not our client, or in respect of certain special categories of personal data such as your health or racial background for which we are legally obliged to obtain your consent. Where we rely upon your consent, you may withdraw it at any time by contacting us as described in the Further Information section below.
We use the information we collect about you for the following purposes:
We may not be able to do some or all of these things without your personal data. Sometimes we may need to give information to our agents and subcontractors who assist us in providing services. In these circumstances we always ensure that the information is safe and secure. If at any time we intend to change the purpose for which we hold your personal data, for example to offer you with a complimentary service that we may provide in the future, we will give you prior information of that new purpose so you are aware of this. Subject to the above, the information collected about you will not be used for any other purposes and will not be sold or otherwise disclosed to any other organisations, unless required by law, except our successors in title. If we transfer ownership or management of a Site to a third party we may also transfer your data to such a third party, provided such third party agrees to observe this Privacy Policy.
We may, in providing our services and operating our business, allow access to your personal data to different entities within our group for internal administrative purposes such as billing, promoting our services, and providing you or your organisation with services, provided in all instances that such processing is consistent with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
When you participate in paid-work tasks on the AIxBlock platform, such as data labelling, annotation, AI model evaluation, crowdsourced data collection, or similar compensated activities - the data you contribute as part of that work may be shared with third-party clients and/or partners of AIxBlock, Inc. Contributed data may include, but is not limited to, task outputs, annotations, audio recordings, images, video, and text data.
The purposes of such sharing include: fulfilling the requirements of specific client projects, enabling third-party companies to conduct research and development activities, and improving or training AI and ML systems for commercial or academic use. We are transparent about these purposes: you will be clearly informed of the nature, scope, and intended use of any project before you choose to participate. Participation in all paid-work projects on AIxBlock is entirely voluntary.
Third parties who receive your contributed data are contractually bound to use it only for the stated project purposes and are required to maintain data security and confidentiality standards consistent with this Privacy Policy. They may not use your data for any purposes beyond those agreed.
Where a paid-work task involves the collection or processing of special categories of personal data, including but not limited to biometric data, health information, or racial or ethnic origin data - AIxBlock, Inc will obtain your explicit prior consent before any such data is collected, processed, or shared with any third party.
You may withdraw from a paid-work project at any time, subject to the terms agreed at enrolment. Such withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of any data processing that took place prior to your withdrawal.
Any third parties with whom we share your data are obliged to keep your details securely and to use them only to fulfil the service they provide on our behalf. When such third parties no longer need your personal data to fulfil this service, they will dispose of it in line with our policy unless they are themselves under a legal obligation to retain it. We do not sell, rent, or otherwise share information that reasonably identifies you or your organisation with unaffiliated entities for their independent use, except as expressly described in this Privacy Policy or with your express prior permission.
We retain the information we collect no longer than is reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for which such data was originally collected, in accordance with our internal data retention policies or to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations. The specific retention period will depend on the nature of the data and the purpose for which it was collected. Where data is no longer needed, we will securely delete or anonymise it.
The Sites and communications may, from time to time, contain links to and from websites of our partner networks, advertisers, and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that those websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for them. Please review those policies before you submit any personal data to those websites. This Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices of any third-party websites.
We sometimes collect anonymous information from visits to a Site to help us provide better service. For example, we measure visitor activity on our Sites in ways that keep such information anonymous. We use the information we collect to measure the number of visitors to different areas of our Sites and to help us make our Sites more useful to visitors. This includes analysing logs periodically to measure traffic through our servers, the number of pages visited, and the level of demand for pages and topics of interest. None of the information contained in such logs will include or constitute personal data. Such logs may be preserved indefinitely and used at any time to prevent security breaches and to ensure the integrity of the data on our servers.
We take steps to hold information securely in electronic or physical form. Our information security practices are supported by a variety of processes and procedures, and we store information in access-controlled premises or electronic databases requiring logins and passwords. All of our employees, officers, contractors, and third-party providers with access to confidential information are subject to access controls and confidentiality obligations, and we require our third-party data storage providers to comply with appropriate information security industry standards.
Whilst we continually strive to ensure that our systems and controls are updated to reflect technological changes, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. As such, we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to our online services; such transmission is at your own risk. It is your responsibility to scan any content you choose to download from our Sites to ensure that it is free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other similar destructive code.
If you communicate with us using a non-secure mechanism, you assume the risks that such communications may be intercepted, not received, delayed, corrupted, or received by persons other than the intended recipient. Once we have received your information, we will take reasonable steps to use procedures and security features to prevent unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure. You can help us keep your information secure by ensuring that any username or password in relation to our online services is kept strictly confidential and not made available to any other person. You should stop using your username and password and notify us immediately if you suspect that someone else may be using your credentials.
Where you are submitting personal data from within the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, California, or any other particular jurisdiction, such information may be transferred to countries outside that jurisdiction, including countries that may not provide the same level of data protection as your home country. This may happen if one or more of our third-party service providers with whom we share personal data are located, or have servers located, outside your country or the country from which the data were provided.
If we transfer your information outside your jurisdiction in this way, we will take steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected to the standard required under applicable data protection laws. This may include implementing standard contractual clauses approved by the relevant supervisory authority or relying on other lawful transfer mechanisms as permitted by applicable law.
Under applicable data protection legislation, we have a duty of care to ensure that your personal data is accurate and up to date. Please contact us to update or correct your information if this changes or if you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate.
Where you have consented to our processing of certain personal data, you may at any time withdraw such consent and/or tell us not to contact you with updates and information regarding our products and services, either at the point such information is collected or by following the unsubscribe instructions in any communications sent to you. You can also exercise this right at any time by contacting us using the details provided below.
You also have the right to object to, or request the restriction of, our use of your personal data. If you would like to exercise any of the rights set out in this Section, please contact us using the details set out below. We may refuse to provide access where we have legitimate reasons for doing so under applicable data privacy laws, and in exceptional circumstances may charge a fee for access if the relevant legislation allows us to do so, in which case we will provide reasons for our decision.
We value your comments and opinions. If you have any comments, questions, or complaints about us, about our use of your information, or about this Privacy Policy, please contact us. Our contact details are as follows:
AIxBlock, Inc
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://aixblock.io/
Address: 1111B S Governors Ave STE 20424 Dover, DE 19904
If you do not receive a response to your enquiry relating to our privacy practices, or if you feel your enquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you may submit a complaint to your local data supervisory authority. If you make a privacy complaint with us, we will respond to let you know how your complaint will be handled. We may ask you for further details.
Please note that this Privacy Policy will change from time to time. We expect most such changes to be minor, but there may be changes that are more significant. Regardless, we will post all changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will also provide a more prominent notice. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed of how we are protecting your information. The date at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when it was last updated.
At your request, we can confirm what information we hold about you and how it is processed. If we do hold personal data about you, you can request the following information by contacting us using the details below:
All Data Subject Requests can be made through our website at https://aixblock.io/ or by contacting us directly at [email protected]. Proof of identity is required.
Neither AIxBlock, Inc nor any of its affiliates, agents, contractors, employees, or other representatives will be liable for losses arising out of or in connection with the use of our Sites to the extent permissible by law. We provide our Sites and their contents on an “as is” basis and we make no (and expressly disclaim all) representations and/or warranties of any kind, express or implied, with respect to our Sites or their contents, including without limitation warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.
In addition, we do not represent or warrant that the information accessible from or via our Sites is accurate, complete, or current. The limitations of liability in relation to our Sites apply to all damages of any kind, including without limitation compensatory, direct, indirect, or consequential damages, loss of data, loss of opportunity, income, production or profit, loss of or damage to property, and claims of third parties. These limitations do not limit our liability to the extent that it cannot be limited and/or excluded by applicable law.
You are liable for any telephone charges and any charges made by your internet service provider as a result of your use of the internet to access our services.
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