Our Privacy Policy
Latest update: December 02, 2024
AUTechniques respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy. Your privacy is a priority at AUTechniques.
This Privacy Policy describes the types of information, including Personal Data, that we collect from you when you visit our website https://www.autechniques.com and use our products and services as described in this Privacy Policy, how we process that data, and your options to access or update your data.
This policy applies to information we collect:
- Through our Website (including our register and comment forms);
- Through the use of our products and services;
- Through email and other electronic messages between you and us (including our technical support services).
Why we collect your personal information?
For customers: We only collect any information about you when you buy AUExpress Tools (eg: AUExpress.Cells, AUExpress.Cad,..), and we use the information we collect about you to process your order and to simplify your purchases.
For subscribers: We will never sell your email address to any third parties, ever. We only use your email to communicate with you personally, and you are free to unsubscribe from our communication at any time.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Personal Data processed for the following purposes and using the following services:
- To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
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If you use AUExpress.Cells Add-in for Excel, we provide features that support the ability to access and manage files from your Google Drive account directly on Excel via the Google Drive API.
Here are the features provided:- User-defined functions help you list files, analyze and summarize data from Excel files, Google Spreadsheets on Google Drive.
- UI (dialog) helps you manage the list of Files, Folders Google Drive including:
- Rename File, Folder.
- Move File, Folder.
- Delete File or Folder.
- Preview File content.
- Download any File, Folder.
Notes:- These services are not activated automatically, but require explicit authorization by the User. This means if you want to use this feature, you will need to log in to your Google Drive account via your Gmail as well as grant access to view or editor permissions from the application, otherwise you will not be able to use the these features.
- This service allows this Add-in to connect with the User's account on Google Drive, provided by Google LLC.
- This service allows this Add-in to access Data from your account on a third-party service and perform actions with it.
- Personal Data processed: device information, email address, Trackers and Usage Data.
- Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
- To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
- To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
- To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
- For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
- To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
- For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.
- We will not disclose your personal information for any other purpose without your consent.
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Trackers; Usage Data; email address; device information.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application.
Cookie Policy
Our website uses cookies, Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
We use Cookies for authentication purposes and to determine your account state when you visit, navigate or log in to our website. This will go a long way in helping us to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our website and services in general.
In addition, We use cookies to help us to analyst the use and performance of our website and services.
Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
Our Application uses Trackers. To learn more, Users may consult the Cookie Policy.
Further Information for Users
Legal basis of processing
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
- Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.
- Provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
- Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
- Processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
- Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.
In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Further information about retention time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
Therefore:
- Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
- Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.
The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.
Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.
You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.
Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about User’s Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Application and/or – as far as technically and legally feasible – sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.
Contact Us
If you would like to contact us with questions or comments concerning our Privacy Policy or if you feel your inquiry or request has not been addressed to your satisfaction, You can contact us:
- By email: autechniques@gmail.com – sales@autechniques.com
- By visiting this page on our website: https://autechniques.com