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Privacy Policy

At Provide Support, we respect your need for online privacy and protect any personal information that you may share with us when using Provide Support Services, in an appropriate manner. Our Privacy Policy is designed to explain how we collect, store, use, disclose, process, and transfer this personal information. For the purposes of this Policy, the term "Services" shall refer collectively to applications provided by Provide Support, website https://www.providesupport.de/, localized domains, successor URLs and all subdomains.

If you are visiting a third-party website or service that uses Provide Support chat widget and communicate with this third party while being on messenger.providesupport.com subdomain, Provide Support will temporary collect and process personal data on behalf of this third party, with subsequent forwarding of the data to the third party. In this case Provide Support acts as a mere conduit for data transmitted between third parties, without determining the purposes and means of processing such data. We encourage you to review privacy policies of each specific third party prior to providing your personal information to them through Provide Support chat widget. We are not responsible for and do not control the privacy practices of any of our customers. In this Privacy Policy we list the types of data that may be collected while you are using a third-party website that is using Provide Support Services.

Types of Data We Collect

Account registration data - names and e-mail addresses of yourself and your colleagues, as well as your company name, address, phone number and other contact details that you provide when signing up or customizing your account.

Payment details - credit/debit card information if you select this payment option among others.

History of your communication with us - chat transcripts, e-mails, phone calls.

Automatic technical data - IP, location, your browser/operating system/device details, pages viewed, items clicked, time spent at any part of our Services.

Information from third-party platforms (Provide Support Blog only) – public profile information gathered from social media sites, any interactions with our content on these sites, such as “Likes”, views and shares.

Information shared on our blog – your name and e-mail required to leave a comment on a blog post or to subscribe to our blog, as well as any other information you explicitly make public when submitting a comment.

Other data that are necessary for the operation of the Services and are not specifically listed there. Any collection and usage of such information is done in accordance to this Privacy Policy and The Privacy Shield Principles.

Data shared through Provide Support Services on third-party websites or applications

If you are visiting a third-party website that is using Provide Support Services, Provide Support will temporarily store and process automatic technical data, such as IP, location, browser/OS/device details, pages viewed, time spent on the third-party website and any other details the third party had collected before and decided to pass to Provide Support. This data will be stored by Provide Support only while you are staying on the third-party website and will be automatically destroyed when you leave.

If you use the chat widget provided by Provide Support on a third-party website, all the technical data mentioned above, as well as any information shared by you during the chat, will be temporarily stored by Provide Support for the duration of the chat session as a part of the chat transcript. After the chat is over, the transcript with all the details will be e-mailed to the owner of the third-party website (optionally, according to their preference) and removed from Provide Support system.

If you send an offline message on a third-party website through Provide Support widget, all the technical data along with the contents of the message will be stored by Provide Support for a very short period of time and solely for the purpose of dispatching these data to the receiving third party. After that all the data will be removed from Provide Support system.

Cookies

Our system creates essential cookies to ensure the proper functionality of the system. Below we will describe all the cookies that our system uses.

The following cookies are created by our system only for those users who visit our website or create an account with us:

  • providesupport-auto-login – created if a user checks the box "remember me" on the login form
  • providesupport-or – created after a user enters the website, stores the referring URL
  • providesupport-parent-company – created if a visitor comes to our website through a referral link
  • ps_rvm_demo – created if a visitor uses Live Demo section in the account, used for its proper functioning

The following cookie is created for those who visit websites with Provide Support chat widget installed:

  • ps_rvm_XXXX – created when the chat button code is loaded.
    XXXX is a randomly generated string consisting of 4 letters in lower and upper cases. Depending on the particular website configuration, there may be more than one such cookie.
    These cookies are used to preserve the chat session when switching between pages, and make sure that the chat button behaves correctly when clicked during an active chat session.

The following cookies are created when a website visitor uses Provide Support chat widget:

  • account-hash_screenType – chat window cookie which signals which form was opened (pre-chat or offline)
  • account-hash_lifeTime – chat window cookie used for the proper functioning of chat invitation

Google Analytics and CloudFlare

Google Analytics allows us to collect anonymous visitor data to get insights how our visitors use the website. CloudFlare service helps us ensure that our service is fast and reliable for our clients in any part of the world.

  • _ga and _ga_269QZGEXV8 – Google Analytics 4 cookies used to distinguish users and to persist session state
  • _gid – Google Analytics cookie that registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how a visitor uses the website
    We can't provide the exact list of Google Analytics cookies that may be used as they change constantly. You can get more details about Google Analytics cookies in Google Policies
  • cf_clearance – CloudFlare Clearance Cookie is used for protection from bots. You can get more details about CloudFlare cookies in CloudFlare policies

Possible cookie issues

All our cookies and other tracking technologies don't allow us or our partners to collect any personally identifiable information about you. You may choose to deny first-party or third-party cookies through your web browser settings, but certain features of our Services may become unavailable or non-functional after that.

For example, if your website visitor has third-party cookies disabled, he/she will be able to chat with you only while staying on the same page, but the session will be automatically closed after the visitor goes to a different page. Also, there may be problems with chat window behavior, real-time visitor monitoring, etc.

Data Usage

We use your personal information:

  • to operate, maintain, and provide you with the functionality of the Services
  • to provide customer support to you
  • to send updates and marketing communications (newsletters) for which you will have the ability to opt-out by following the directions in the email
  • for billing, identification and authentication, and fraud prevention
  • to process payments and refunds
  • aggregated anonymous and pseudonymous data are used for analytics and marketing research

We do not use your email address to send commercial messages without your consent.

Sharing of Information with Third Parties

Under no circumstances will Provide Support sell or trade your personal information to third parties. We may share or transfer your personal information to third parties in the following cases:

  • To companies that provide services to help us with our business activities, such as our payment processor. These companies are bound by privacy restrictions at least as restrictive as those set forth in this Privacy Policy and authorized to use your personal information only as necessity to provide their services to us.
  • To respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, to prevent fraud or imminent harm, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; or in response to a lawful request by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

Children Personal Data

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any personal information through our Services.

Links to Third Party Websites

Some pages of our website contain external links. You are advised to verify the privacy practices of such other websites. We are not responsible for the manner of use or misuse of information made available by you at such other websites. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any website you visit.

Accessing, Updating and Removing Personal Information

Upon request, we will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal data. Users who wish to correct, update or remove any personal details including those from a testimonial or a case study throughout our Services may do so either by accessing their user account or by contacting us at .

Opt-Out of Communications

You may opt-out of receiving communications from us, remove your information from our database, and choose not to receive future communications from Provide Support by using the 'unsubscribe' option in the email received from us or by contacting us at . However, for as long as you are subscribed to our paid service, you will still be receiving billing-related messages and password recovery emails from us.

International Data Transfer

If you reside outside of the United States, please note that we may transfer your personal data outside your country. By submitting your personal data or making this data available while using our Services, you consent to such transfer.

Security

Data privacy and security is the highest priority for Provide Support. We take all reasonable and appropriate measures to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Our servers are located in the top quality US data centers with 24/7/365 multiple-layer security access, infrastructure and perimeter monitoring. We offer a secure connection option in our system. We use the latest TLS protocol with industry-strength AES-256 encryption. If the confidentiality of your chat sessions is important, this feature should be used. If you decide not to use the secure connection, your conversations may be unlawfully intercepted by third parties during transmission over the Internet.

Privacy Policy Changes

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, without prior notice. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices. Your continued use of this site following changes to this privacy policy constitutes your acceptance of the changes.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about the Provide Support Privacy Policy, please contact us at .

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