Privacy Notice for MU Notifier
Last updated: 18.07.2024
Intro
Tekkie OÜ (“MacUpdate” or “we”) welcomes you.
This Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) applies to our desktop application “MU Notifier” (“App”).
The Privacy Notice describes which of your personal data the App collects, how it stores, processes, and uses it, and what happens when you use the App.
We describe personal data processing on the Website in the Privacy Notice for MacUpdate Website.
Content
- About us
- About you
- Personal data
- Sources of data
- Lawful bases for processing
- Users’ data
- Active Users’ data
- Data received from third parties
- Data sharing with third parties
- Data sharing outside the European Economic Area
- Data protection
- Data subjects rights
- European Economic Area and United Kingdom residents
- United States residents
- Do not sell my personal information
- Do-not-track requests
- Canada residents
- Australia Residents
- Privacy Notice updates
About us
We are the controller of your personal data processed through the App. This means that we determine the purposes and means of personal data processing.
| Name | Tekkie OÜ |
| Registry code | 16910282 |
| Address | Harju maakond, Tallinn, Põhja-Tallinna linnaosa, Kopli tn 27, 10412, Estonia |
| support@macupdate.com – for general inquiries privacy@macupdate.com – for privacy inquiries |
About you
When you install the App, you become our user (“User”).
We divide the Users into categories depending on your activities in the App, so you can easily find details about the processing of your personal data.
| Type of User | Description |
|---|---|
| Active User | The User who utilizes the functionality of scanning your installed applications |
| Please note! We do not knowingly process Users’ personal data under the age of 13. If you are such a User or the legal representative of such a User, please contact us. | |
Personal data
Sources of data
We receive your data when you use the App and interact with it, depending on your actions in the App.
You can change your personal data by exercising your right to rectification or by the App functionality. Please note that the same lawful basis and storage terms apply to the changed data.
We may also (although we do not necessarily do so) receive data from third parties. It depends on your settings and the features you use.
Lawful bases for processing
To process your personal data, we rely on the following lawful bases:
- performance of the contract — for the processing of personal data necessary for the negotiating on, conclusion, and performance of a contract (mainly, the Terms of Use) with you;
- legitimate interest — for the processing necessary for the development of our services, taking into consideration your interests, rights, and expectations.
Users’ data
When you use the App, we collect some data automatically. We collect some technical data about the Users to optimize performance, debug issues, and enhance features while ensuring security and privacy to improve the overall user experience.
Most of the technical data we collect are anonymous, but some data is associated with your device ID. Please read about personal technical data below.
| Data | Reasons for processing | Lawful basis |
|---|---|---|
| Information about your device (Mac OS version, Mac’s model and serial numbers, MAC address, overall system information) | The optimization of the performance, debugging, enhancement of the features’ proper functioning, administering and improvement of the App | Legitimate interest |
| Device characteristics (type, CPU, RAM, VGA, memory, processor, etc.) | ||
| Information about services and software/hardware you use | ||
| Bug information (version of the App, Mac OS version, identifier of the installed App, event status, source of the event, event message, backtrace, API request, response) | Identifying and correcting errors in the App | Legitimate interest |
| Data storage | ||
| Stored for the duration of your use of the App or 3 years, whatever is longer | ||
Active Users’ data
We collect some of your personal data when the App automatically scans your installed applications.
| Data | Reasons for processing | Lawful basis |
|---|---|---|
| Information about your applications (e.g. versions, size, date of the last update, etc.) | To keep your applications up-to-date and ensure the smooth functioning of your system. | Performance of the contract |
| Applications activity information | ||
| Data storage | ||
| Stored for the duration of your use of the App or until you choose to disable this feature. | ||
Please note! We shall send you system notifications in the App. The App will discreetly notify you (via the system tray) when apps are out of date.
Data received from third parties
We may receive some personal data from third parties.
The amount of data collected, the purposes, and the lawful bases for processing are determined by the respective privacy documents of these third parties.
| Third party | Privacy documents |
|---|---|
| Apple | Privacy Policy |
Data sharing with third parties
We can share your personal data with third parties without any harm to you and in full compliance with applicable law. In addition, we have implemented organizational and technical measures to ensure the security of personal data during data transfer to third parties.
| Third party | Description |
|---|---|
| Contractors, services providers on App | We cooperate with service providers and contractors to provide you with their services, operate, develop, and improve the features and functionality of the App, fulfill your support requests, complete payment transactions, etc. |
| State authorities, courts, law enforcement agencies, etc | We may be obliged to transfer some of your data to tax authorities, courts, law enforcement agencies, and other governmental bodies:
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| To get a detailed list of the third-party recipients of your personal data, contact us. | |
To share your data, we rely on the following lawful bases, depending on the case: consent, compliance with the law, and performance of a contract.
Data sharing outside the European Economic Area
The personal data we collect is stored within the EU.
We may share personal data with recipients in other countries, including non-EEA ones, ensuring that your data is protected and processed under the General Data Protection Regulation.
To share the data outside the EEA, we rely on the adequacy decision by the European Commission or the Data Privacy Framework participation of the recipient.
If the recipient does not participate in the Data Privacy Framework and its country is not deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for your personal data, we adopt Standard Contractual Clauses based on legislation assessments for data protection during transfer and storage.
You can read more detailed measures to protect your personal data here.
Data protection
We apply a variety of security measures appropriate to the possible risks.
| Organizational measures | |
|---|---|
| Internal policies and instructions | |
| Non-disclosure agreements (NDA) | Transfer protection |
| Technical measures | |
| Two-factor authentication | Backups |
Data subjects rights
You, as a data subject (individual), have the right to interact with your data directly or through a request to us. This section describes these rights and how you can exercise them depending on your residency.
European Economic Area and United Kingdom residents
| Right | Description |
|---|---|
| Right to access | You can request an explanation of the processing of your personal data. |
| Right to rectification | You can change the data if it is inaccurate or incomplete. |
| Right to erasure | You can send us a request to delete your personal data from our systems. We will remove them unless otherwise provided by law. |
| Right to restrict the processing | You may partially or completely prohibit us from processing your personal data. |
| Right to data portability | You can request all the data you provided to us and request to transfer data to another controller. |
| Right to object | You may object to the processing of your personal data. |
| Right to withdraw consent | You can withdraw your consent at any time. |
| Right to file a complaint | If your request was not satisfied, you could file a complaint to the regulatory body. |
| To exercise your rights, contact us. | |
| For EEA residents: We will answer your request within one month. If your request is not satisfied, you can submit a complaint to your local Data Protection Authority. You may find it here. | |
| For UK residents: We will answer your request within one month. If your request is not satisfied, you can submit a complaint at the Information Commissioner’s Office via number 0303-123-1113 or go online at www.ico.org.uk/concerns. | |
United States residents
Your rights vary depending on the state of your residency, as indicated below.
| Right | Description | Area |
|---|---|---|
| Right to access | You can request an explanation of the processing of your personal data. |
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| Right to correct | You can change the data if it is inaccurate or incomplete. |
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| Right to delete | You can send us a request to delete your personal data from our systems. |
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| Right to portability | You can request all the data you provided to us and request to transfer data to another controller. |
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| Right to opt out of sales | The right to opt out of the sale of personal data to third parties. |
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| Right to opt out of certain purposes | The right to opt out of processing for profiling/targeted advertising purposes. |
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| Right to opt out of the processing of sensitive data | The right to opt-out of processing of sensitive data. |
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| Right to opt in for sensitive data processing | The right to opt in before processing sensitive data. |
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| Right against automated decision-making | A prohibition against a business making decisions about a consumer based solely on an automated process without human input. |
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| Private right of action | The right to seek civil damages from a controller for violations of a statute. |
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| To exercise your rights, contact us. | ||
| We will answer your request within 30 to 60 days, depending on the state and legislative requirements. If your complaint is not satisfied, you can submit a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission. | ||
| Please note! Some states do not have privacy laws. The rights of residents of such states are governed by U.S. federal law. If your state is not on the list, please contact us. | ||
Do not sell my personal information
California residents have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to opt out of the “sale” of their personal information by a company governed by CCPA.
MacUpdate does not sell your personal information to anyone nor use your data as a business model.
However, we support CCPA by allowing California residents to opt out of any future sale of their personal information. If you would like to record your preference that we will not sell your data in the future, please contact us.
Do-not-track requests
California residents using the App may request that we do not automatically gather and track information about their online browsing movements across the Internet.
Such requests are typically made through web browser settings that control signals or other mechanisms that allow consumers to exercise choice regarding collecting personal data about an individual consumer’s online activities over time and across third-party Apps or online services.
We currently cannot honor these requests. We may modify the Privacy Notice as our abilities change.
Canada residents
| Right | Description |
|---|---|
| Right to access | You can request an explanation of the processing of your personal data. |
| Right to rectification | You can change the data if it is inaccurate or incomplete via request or profile settings in the App. |
| Right to delete | You can send us a request to delete your personal data from our systems or delete your account via App settings. We will remove all data unless some of them we have to store in compliance with the law requirements. |
| Right to data portability | You can request all the data you provided to us and request to transfer data to another controller. |
| Right to object opt-out | You may object to the processing of your personal data. |
| Right to withdraw consent | You can withdraw your consent at any time. |
| Right not to be subject to automated decision-making | You can object to being subject to automated-based processing to know if there are consequences concerning them due to such processing. |
| Right to lodge a complaint | If your request is not satisfied, you can file a complaint to the regulatory body. |
| To exercise your rights, contact us. | |
| We have 30 days to exercise your request from the moment it is received on our contact email. | |
| If your complaint is not satisfied, you can file a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. | |
Australia Residents
| Right | Description |
|---|---|
| Right to access | You can request personal information held about you, except where the law allows them to refuse your request. |
| Right to rectification | You can ask for your personal information that is incorrect to be corrected. |
| Right to be deidentified | You can have the option of not identifying yourself or of using a pseudonym in certain circumstances. |
| Stop receiving unwanted direct marketing | You can request not to receive direct marketing communications and for that organization not to disclose your personal information to others for direct marketing purposes. |
| Right to lodge a complaint | If you think we mishandled your personal information, make a complaint about us to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. |
| To exercise your rights, contact us. | |
| We will answer your request within 30 days. If your complaint is not satisfied, you can submit a complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. | |
Privacy Notice updates
This Privacy Notice is developed according to the General Data Protection Regulation, other applicable privacy laws, and best privacy practices.
Existing laws and requirements for the processing of personal data are subject to change. In this case, we will publish a new version of the Privacy Notice for the App.
If there are material changes to the Privacy Notice or the App that affect your data privacy rights, we will notify you by displaying information in the App or otherwise and, if necessary, ask for your consent.