Valid from March 2020
Privacy Policy
Engage Squared Pty Ltd (“Engage Squared”) offers tools and platform commercialised as “Role Based Messaging” which provide assistance with medical rostering. Engage Squared understands the importance of protecting individuals’ privacy and their personal information. For this reason, we strive to have business procedures and security safeguards in place to protect personal information under its control.
1. Application and Scope
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is intended to establish responsible and transparent practices for the management of personal information and to satisfy the relevant and applicable legal requirements. This Policy sets out the standards, responsibilities and obligations of Engage Squared in respect of any personal information collected, accessed or processed by Engage Squared in the course of its business operations and specifies the obligations of Engage Squared that arise from Engage Squared Terms of Service (available at https://engagesq.com/role-based-messaging-app-terms/) (the Terms) entered into between Engage Squared and its corporate customers (each, a Customer), whereby Engage Squared might handle or have access to personal information (the Service).
This Policy also governs personal information collected about Engage Squared’s website users and explains how Engage Squared uses and discloses personal information collected from people who visit its website and otherwise interact with Engage Squared through https://engagesq.com (Website). It also explains how Engage Squared uses cookies and similar technologies.
2. International Compliance
Engage Squared complies with: (i) data protection laws applicable to Engage Squared; and (ii) applicable industry standards concerning data protection, confidentiality or information security.
Engage Squared has global operations and therefore, in some cases, information managed by Engage Squared may be transferred, processed and stored to other countries, although at all times, Engage Squared will ensure that personal information is protected by confidentiality and security procedures and protections that are, at a minimum, equivalent to those employed by Engage Squared itself.
Engage Squared complies with this Policy as well as applicable Australian data protection laws as well as protection of personal information according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), being Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
3. Definition of Personal Information
Personal Information has the meaning attributed to that term in the GDPR;
4. Collection and Use of Personal Information through the Service
When providing the Service, Engage Squared only processes personal information in accordance with the Terms and applicable laws. Engage Squared generally uses personal information from or about its Customers and Users (as defined in the Terms), (hereinafter referred to as “Customer’s Personal Information”) for the following purposes:
When the Customer signs up to use the Service, we collect the following data types:
All Customer data collected and managed by Engage Squared is classified as sensitive and treated as such. Unless required or authorized by law, Engage Squared will not use Personal Information for Customer or User for any other or new purpose without obtaining prior consent. Engage Squared may use information provided by Customers to create de-identified data aggregated for research and benchmarking purposes.
5. Collection and Use of Personal Information through the Website
Engage Squared generally collects and uses personal information from or about its website users as follows:
(a) Information provided by users. In many cases, Engage Squared collects personal information directly from users when they visit or use the website. For instance, Engage Squared may collect the following types of information:
(b) Technical information. When users visit the website, Engage Squared may collect, using electronic means such as cookies, technical information. This information may include information about visits to the website, including the IP address of the users’ computer and which browser was used to view the website, the users’ operating system, resolution of screen, location, language settings in browsers, the site the user came from, keywords searched (if arriving from a search engine), the number of page views, information entered, advertisements seen, etc. This data is used to measure and improve the effectiveness of the website or enhance the experience for users. While most of the time this information is depersonalized, if this information relates to an identifiable individual, Engage Squared will treat this information as personal information. Engage Squared may also, without limitations, collect and use the following type of information when users visit and/or interact with Engage Squared on the website:
(c) Choice with Cookies. Users can block the use of cookies by activating the settings in their browser. The “Help” feature on most browsers will tell users how to prevent their browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify the users when they receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. If users choose to withhold consent, or subsequently block cookies, they may not be able to access all or part of the content of the website. Additionally, users can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, by changing the add-on’s settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer.
(d) Privacy Policies of other Websites. This Policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information by Engage Squared. Other websites that may be accessible through the website have their own privacy policies and data collection, use and disclosure practices.
(e) Personal Information from other Sources. Engage Squared may obtain from third parties additional personal information about a website user if such user gave permission to those third parties to share its information.
6. Sharing of Personal Information
Engage Squared will not sell, rent or trade personal information to any third party. However, Engage Squared may share personal information when authorized and/or required by law or as follows:
7. Security of Personal Information for the Service
Engage Squared will store and process the personal information in a manner consistent with industry security standards. Engage Squared has implemented technical, organizational and administrative systems, policies, and procedures to help ensure the security, integrity and confidentiality of personal information and to mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to or use of personal information, including
8. Training and Supervision
Engage Squared maintains adequate training programs to ensure that its employees and any others acting on its behalf are aware of and adhere to its Security Program. Engage Squared shall exercise necessary and appropriate supervision over its relevant employees to maintain appropriate confidentiality and security of the personal information it manages.
9. Data Incidents involving Customer’s Personal Information
Engage Squared shall immediately notify Customer of any reasonably suspected or actual loss of data or breach or compromise of its Security Program which has or may result in the loss or unauthorized access, disclosure, use or acquisition of Customer’s Personal Information (including hard copy records) or otherwise presents a potential threat to such information (Data Incident).
While the initial notice may be in summary form, a comprehensive written notice shall be given within 48 hours to Customer. The notice shall summarize in reasonable detail the nature and scope of the Data Incident (including each data element type) and the corrective action already taken or to be taken by Engage Squared.
Engage Squared shall promptly take all necessary and advisable corrective actions, and shall cooperate fully with Customer in all reasonable efforts to mitigate the adverse effects of Data Incident and to prevent its recurrence.
10. European Union
The following sections relate specifically to GDPR for the purpose of delivering the Service to the Customer.
(a) The Customer is the data controller and Engage Squared is the data processor.
(b) All Engage Squared employees and contractors have a responsibility for ensuring that Customer data we collect is stored and handled appropriately.
(c) Our Customers also have certain obligations. These include:
(d) Engage Squared runs its systems on state-of-the-art data centres located in a region agreed to by the Customer. These state-of-the-art, highly secure and universally trusted data centres provide protection of hardware, software, networks, data and facilities utilising a range of verified controls in compliance with a comprehensive set of international protective security standards.
(e) Engage Squared has implemented a range of comprehensive security controls to protect customer data. These include:
(f) All Engage Squared data is sourced from the Customer’s Microsoft Teams or SharePoint instances. Any update in the Customer Teams or SharePoint system is automatically replicated in the Engage Squared system. Customers can choose to add or remove additional user attribute data to Engage Squared.
(g) Engage Squared retains a maximum of two years of Teams/SharePoint data for each customer. Data which has a date stamp in excess of two years is deleted. Upon the expiry of the subscription agreement between Engage Squared and the customer all raw data will be deleted.
(h) Personal information held in Engage Squared will be stored in one of Engage Squared’s regional data centres as nominated by the customer. For support and troubleshooting purposes, some customer data may be accessed by Engage Squared support staff in Australia. Engage Squared has implemented a range of appropriate safeguards via various controls and mechanisms (some described above) to ensure the protection of personal information.
11. How to Contact Us
Any questions or complaints regarding this Policy, GDPR or Engage Squared’s handling of personal information can be addressed by sending an email to help@engagesq.com
12. Change of Privacy Policy
Engage Squared will review and update its policies and procedures as required to keep current with rules and regulations, new technologies, standards and customer concerns. This Policy may therefore change from time to time.
This Policy was last updated on 31 March 2020.