Privacy and Policy
Last updated: April, 2024This Privacy Policy ("Policy") describes how aestimium GmbH ("aestimium," "we," "us," "our") collects, uses, and discloses information from and about you (your "Information") when you visit our website www.testerup.au ("Site") or when you use any of the Modules offered on our Site (collectively, the "Services"). All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in our Terms.
Please read this Policy carefully to understand how we handle your Information. By browsing the Site or using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understand this Policy. If you do not agree with the collection, use and disclosure of your Information in accordance with this Policy, please do not access or continue to use the Site or any aspect of the Services or otherwise provide any Information to us.
1. Scope of this Policy
This Policy covers our treatment of the information that we collect when you use the Services. It also applies to information collected offline, for example through customer service calls. This Policy does not apply to the practices of entities that we do not own or control, such as our Clients; individuals that we do not employ or manage; or other websites or digital services to which this Policy does not link. Unless otherwise indicated, the information below applies to the Services generally.
We indicate below which terms are only applicable to the Earn Money Module ("Earn Money”). For more information about Earn Money, see Part B of our Terms.
2. Information we collect
As a general rule, and unless otherwise allowed by the laws applicable in your jurisdiction of residence, we will only collect, use, or disclose your Information with your consent. Please note that, in certain cases, we may be unable to provide certain services to you if you refuse to provide certain Information.
Information we collect automatically. When you access or use our Services, we may, if and to the extent permitted by applicable law, automatically collect Information about your browser, device, and interaction with the Services, including but not limited to your IP address, browser type and version, device ID, information about your operating system, date and time of access, country, and browser language. Some of this Information is collected using cookies, pixels, and other similar technologies. For more information on these technologies and your choices regarding them, please see Section 5 below titled “Your Choices.”
Information you provide to us. We may collect any Information you provide to us when, for example, you contact us, create an account, enter Information into a webform, otherwise enter Information into the Services, or otherwise interact with us. This Information may include (but is not limited to) your name, email address, postal code, phone number, profile picture, payment information (e.g., in order to be paid for completing Tasks in Earn Money), username and password, email address associated with your PayPal account (if that is the method you choose to use for payment purposes), taxfile number, other tax-related information, and any other Information you choose to provide to us in any way. In some cases (such as when you create an account or seek to cash out a payment), you may be required to undergo a liveness check and/or identity verification for user authentication and fraud prevention purposes. Through this process, we or our service providers may collect biometric Information (such as facial image scans and geometry), your government-issued identification, and certain Information about your browser or device.
Information we collect from other sources. We may collect your Information when you interact with us on social media by, for example, “liking” or “sharing” our content. We may collect Information that you have made publicly available on social media, which may include your name, profile picture, age, gender, friends list, and any other Information you have marked as being publicly available. To limit what Information we and other companies can collect via social media, you may change your social media account settings. If you choose to sign into the Site via your Facebook account, we may collect your email address and default public profile fields (for more information see this page). If you login via your Google account, we may collect your name, email address, OAuth user ID (to help authenticate you), and Google account picture. If you login via your Apple ID, we may collect your Apple ID and Oauth user ID (to help authenticate you).
3. How we use your Information
We may use the Information we collect for any of the following purposes:
- To operate, provide, maintain, and improve the Services and all functionality and features thereof;
- To provide customer support and respond to your inquiries;
- To communicate with you about updates, surveys, offers, and other information related to our Services, subject to any opt-out preferences you have communicated to us;
- To research and analyze the functioning and use of the Services;
- To manage and remember your preferences;
- To verify and authenticate your identity and allow you to log into your account;
- To process orders and complete transactions (payment card information is collected and processed by a third-party payment processor, not by us);
- To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;
- To advertise and market our services to you, including on third-party websites (subject to any opt-out preferences you have communicated to us);
- To understand and resolve technical and security issues;
- To comply with legal requirements, relevant industry standards, and our policies;
- To protect our safety, rights, property or security or that of our users, employees, third parties, members of the public and/or our Services, including by preventing fraud and malicious or illegal activity;
- To enforce our terms and policies, including our Terms and this Policy; and
- For any other purpose with your consent.
Please note that if we collect your biometric Information and government identification Information, we only use such Information for the following purposes:
- To verify and authenticate your liveness and/or identity.
- To comply with legal requirements, relevant industry standards, and our policies.
- To protect our safety, rights, property or security or that of our users, employees, third parties, members of the public and/or our Services, including by preventing fraud and malicious or illegal activity.
- To enforce our terms and policies, including our Terms and this Policy.
We may aggregate, de-identify, pseudonymize, and/or anonymize any Information collected through the Services so that such Information is no longer reasonably capable of being associated with you. If and to the extent permitted by applicable law, we may use such Information for any purpose and disclose such Information for any purpose to any third parties, in our discretion.
Use of your Information specific to Earn Money. If you use Earn Money, in addition to the uses mentioned above, we may link any of the Information we collect with the content you provide us in the course of completing Tasks, which may include text, ratings, images, video, and screenshots, with any other Information we collect from and about you.
4. How we disclose your Information
We may disclose the Information described above as follows:
Internally. Your Information may be accessible to our employees, contractors and affiliates who have a legitimate need to access it.
Vendors and service providers. We may disclose your Information to third parties that provide business, professional, or technical support functions on our behalf. They may provide a variety of services to us, including website hosting, data storage, information security, authentication services, payment processing, consulting, counsel (e.g., tax and legal counsel). We may also disclose your Information to providers of advertising, marketing, and data analytics, and we may also allow them to collect Information from you and your browser directly.
Legal matters and safety. We may disclose your Information as may be necessary or appropriate to comply with our legal obligations, respond to legal process, provide Information to law enforcement or regulatory agencies, or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety; to address a violation of our terms or policies; or to protect our rights or the rights of our employees, users or any third party.
Business transfers. We may disclose your Information if we undergo organizational restructuring such as a sale, merger, or acquisition; in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership; or in contemplation of transactions, such as in due diligence. If any of our assets are sold or transferred to a third party, your Information may be one of the transferred business assets.
With your consent or at your direction. We may disclose your Information with your consent or at your direction. For example, in Earn Money, our Clients may ask for certain Information about you in the description of a Task. If you choose to complete that Task, you consent and direct us to convey such Information to our Client.
In order to achieve the purposes described in this Policy, your Information may be transferred outside of Australia to recipients located in Germany.
5. Cookies and other tracking mechanisms
When you interact with the Services, we and our third parties service providers and vendors may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, automatically collect certain information about your browser, device, and use of the Services through cookies and other similar technologies. These technologies serve a number of purposes, including allowing the Services to function, personalizing your experience of the Services, helping us analyze and understand use of the Services, and assisting us with advertising and marketing.
Cookies are small text files stored on your browser or device. You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.
Your browser may allow you to manage your cookies and other similar technologies. Because each browser is a little different, we encourage you to check your browser’s “Help” feature to learn how to manage cookies. For more information about managing cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.
Unless permitted by applicable law, we will not collect or process your Information through cookies or other similar technologies without your consent. Please note however that if you do not consent to our collection and processing of certain Information through cookies or other similar technologies, we may be unable to provide certain Services to you. Similarly, if you or otherwise reject certain cookies or other similar technologies, certain features of the Services may not function as expected.
Advertising. If, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, we use third parties such as ad networks to serve advertisements on our Services and on third-party websites or other media (e.g., social networking platforms). Such third parties may collect data on our Services using cookies and other similar technologies. We recommend using the Cookie Settings “fingerprint” button on our Site to adjust your preferences regarding the use of cookies for these purposes.
Some of these advertising activities may be tailored. You have certain choices about how your Information is used for this purpose.
For more information about tailored advertising or to opt out of participating companies, please visit the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) opt-out program at www.aboutads.info/choices or the Network Advertising Initiative’s (NAI) opt-out page at https://optout.networkadvertising.org/. We make no representation about the accuracy or effectiveness of these opt-out mechanisms. Opting out of tailored advertising does not prevent you from seeing ads for our Services online; instead, the ads you see are not based on your interaction with the Services.
Some tailored advertising is carried out using cookies. You may be able to set your browser to refuse certain types of cookies, or to alert you when they are being used. Please consult the "Help" section of your browser for more information. However, if you or otherwise reject cookies or other similar technologies, our Services may not function as expected. Because we and third parties may use non-cookie technologies with your browser or device, browser settings that cookies used in isolation may not affect the functioning of those technologies.
Mobile devices often include settings to help you manage how your device collects and shares Information for advertising purposes. For more information on how to manage those devices settings, please visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s mobile choice page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choice.
Please note that modifying your mobile device or browser settings or opting out of tailored advertising using your web browser may have different results depending on the type of device or web browser you are using and the version your device’s operating system. Opting out is generally effective only on a device-by-device or browser-by-browser basis. If you use more than one browser or device, the effect of any opt-out mechanism you use may be limited to the device or browser on which you used the mechanism.
Analytics. If, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, we and third parties use certain automated analytics tools (such as cookies and other similar technologies) to help us analyze how users use the Services. We may combine this Information with other Information we collect from our users, and we may provide the third-party analytics providers with Information, including personal information, about you.
Some analytics providers have opt-out mechanisms. For example, to opt out of Google Analytics, you may install a Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on on many types of browsers. These opt outs may be specific to your browser or device, so if you get a new device, install or start using a new browser, or erase or alter your browser’s cookie file, or if you use a browser that automatically clears cookies, you may need to opt out again.
6. Your Rights and Choices
In Australia, you may access or request correction of Information that we hold about you. We will provide you with access to any of your Information we hold within a reasonable time frame (except in circumstances where access may be denied under applicable law). There is no charge for requesting access to your Information but we may ask you to meet reasonable costs in providing you with access (for example, photocopying or postage costs).
To request access to or correction of your Information please contact us using the information in the “Contact information” section below. . We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and process your request.
7. Retention
We do not retain your Information for longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless we are entitled or obliged by applicable laws to retain it longer. Retention periods may vary depending on the type of Information and the context and purpose of its collection and use.
If we use your Information to render a decision in relation to you, we will retain this Information for at least one year (or longer, if required by applicable law).
8. Security
We store your Information in electronic format and hardcopy and take reasonable steps to protect your Information against loss, theft or unauthorized access, alteration or disclosure. While we take efforts to protect the integrity and security of our network and systems, no security measures or methods of electronic storage are perfect, so we cannot guarantee the security of your Information.
You should always exercise caution when disclosing Information over the internet. You should also take steps to protect against unauthorized access to your account by, among other things, signing off after using a shared computer, choosing a complex password, and keeping your login credentials private. We are not responsible for any lost, stolen, or compromised passwords or for any unauthorized access to or activity using account. You are responsible for all activity that takes place under your account, including any unauthorized activity.
9. Third-Party Links
Our Services may contain links to third-party websites. These third parties have separate and independent privacy policies. We have no responsibility or liability for, or control over, the content and activities of those linked sites, including their privacy practices. Please review third parties’ policies and terms to understand how they handle your Information.
10. Children’s privacy
The Services are not intended for children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect any “personal information” (as defined in applicable legislation) from children under 16. If we learn that a child under the age of 16 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information in accordance with applicable law. If you have a reason to believe that a child has shared any personal information with us, please contact us using the contact information below.
11. Changes to this Policy
We may change this Policy from time to time. If we make any changes, we will change the Last Updated date above. We encourage you to read this Policy carefully and regularly check for changes. Any change to this Policy will apply to existing Information, as well as Information collected after we publish such changes. You acknowledge that your continued use of the Services after we publish changes to this Policy signifies your acceptance of such changes.
12. Contact information
If you have questions, concerns or complaints about our compliance with this Policy or our processing of your Information, please contact us by email at privacy@testerup.com or by writing to us at:
- aestimium GmbH
- Rödingsmarkt 39
- 20459 Hamburg
- privacy@testerup.com
If you are concerned about the way in which any privacy issue has been handled by us, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (www.oaic.gov.au).