1. Introduction
Welcome to Blue Coding ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data in an open and transparent manner. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://bluecoding.com (the "Site") and use our services.
By using our Site and services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
2. Information We Collect
We collect several types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our services to you.
a) Personal Data: While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This may include:
- Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, company name.
- Professional Information: Job title, resume/CV, work history, skills, project descriptions - if you apply to an open position.
- Inquiry Information: Details about your project needs or your interest in working with us that you provide through contact forms, chat, or email.
b) Usage Data: We automatically collect information on how the Site is accessed and used. This may include:
- Your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address
- Browser type and version
- The pages of our Site that you visit
- The time and date of your visit
- The time spent on those pages
- Unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data
c) Tracking & Cookies Data: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site.
- Cookies are small files stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.
- We use both Session Cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and Persistent Cookies (which remain until you or your browser deletes them).
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected data for various purposes:
- To Provide and Maintain Our Services: To connect clients with developers, manage projects, and facilitate our outsourcing services.
- To Communicate With You: To respond to your inquiries, send you updates about our services, and provide customer support.
- For Marketing and Promotions: To send you newsletters, marketing materials, and information about promotions, with your prior consent where required by law.
- To Improve Our Site: To analyze how you use our Site so we can enhance user experience and develop new features.
- To Ensure Security: To monitor for fraudulent activity and protect the security of our Site and users.
4. Legal Basis for Processing (For EEA Users)
If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information depends on the context in which we collect it. We typically rely on the following bases:
- Performance of a Contract: Your data is necessary to fulfill a contract with you (e.g., to provide our talent-matching services).
- Your Consent: You have given us permission to use your data for a specific purpose (e.g., marketing emails).
- Legitimate Interests: Processing your data is necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as improving our services and marketing, provided your rights do not override those interests.
- Legal Compliance: To comply with a legal obligation.
5. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent your Personal Data to third parties. We may share your information in the following situations:
- With Your Consent: We will share your information when you have given us explicit consent to do so.
- Service Providers: We employ trusted third-party companies to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), such as hosting providers, analytics companies, and communication tools. These providers have access to your data only to perform tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
- Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred.
- For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your data where required by law or to respond to valid legal requests.
6. International Data Transfers
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to —and maintained on— computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ. If you are located outside of [Your Country] and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data to [Your Country] and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy, followed by your submission of such informatio,n represents your agreement to that transfer.
7. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you have certain data protection rights:
- The right to access – You can request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification – You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure – You can request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing – You can object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability – You can request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- The right to withdraw consent – Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.
8. Data Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your personal data. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
9. Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us.
10. Links to Other Sites
Our Site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us:
- By Email: info@bluecoding.com
- Through our LinkedIn or Instagram
