Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy governs your visit to takadam.com and your use of the Takadam mobile application, and explains how we collect, safeguard, and disclose information that results from your use of our Service.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using Takadam’s website or mobile application, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Service.

The Takadam Platform, comprising the website at takadam.com and the Takadam mobile application (iOS and Android), operated by ToRead Global LLC.

Personal Data.

Data about a living individual who can be identified from that data (or from that data together with other information in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

Usage Data.

Data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service’s infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page or screen visit).

Cookies.

Small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device). On the mobile application, comparable device identifiers and local storage serve the same function.

Data Controller.

The natural or legal person who determines the purposes and means of processing personal data. For this Privacy Policy, ToRead Global LLC is the Data Controller of your data.

Data Processor.

Any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Data Controller. We use various Service Providers to help process your data.

Data Subject.

Any living individual who is the subject of Personal Data.

The User.

The individual using our Service, whether via the website or the mobile application. The User corresponds to the Data Subject.

We collect several different types of information for various purposes, to provide and improve the Service to you across both the website and the mobile application.

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”), including but not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Phone number
• Address, country, state, province, ZIP/postal code, city
• Education degree, field of study, and related interest data
• Cookies and Usage Data

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you.

Usage Data

We collect information that your browser or the Takadam mobile application sends whenever you visit or use the Service. This may include your IP address, browser type and version, the pages or screens you visit, the time and date of your visit, time spent on those pages or screens, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When you access the Service through the mobile application, Usage Data may also include your device type, device operating system and version, mobile network information, unique device identifiers, and app diagnostic data.

Location Data

We may use and store information about your location if you give us permission to do so (“Location Data”), including precise location from your mobile device where you have enabled this. We use this data to provide, improve, and customize features of the Service.

Push Notifications

If you use the Takadam mobile application, we may send you push notifications regarding updates to the Service, account activity, and promotional or marketing messages. You can disable push notifications at any time through your device settings.

Tracking Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies — including beacons, tags, and scripts on the website, and comparable device-level identifiers within the mobile application — to track activity on our Service and hold certain information.

You can instruct your browser to refuse cookies, or adjust your device’s privacy settings to limit tracking. If you do, some portions of the Service may not function as intended. Examples of cookies we use:

Session Cookies

— to operate our Service.

Preference Cookies

— to remember your preferences and settings.

Security Cookies

— for security purposes.

Advertising Cookies

— to serve advertisements relevant to you and your interests.

Other Data

While using our Service, we may also collect the following: sex, age, date of birth, place of birth, passport details, citizenship, registration at place of residence and actual address, telephone number (work, mobile), education and qualification documents, employment agreements, bonus and compensation information, marital status, family members, social security or other taxpayer identification number, office location, and other data.

ToRead Global LLC uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service;
• To notify you about changes to our Service;
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so;
• To provide customer support;
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service;
• To monitor the usage of our Service;
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues;
• To fulfil any other purpose for which you provide it;
• To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;
• To provide you with notices about your account and/or subscription, including expiration and renewal notices, email instructions, and app notifications;
• To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those you have already purchased or enquired about, unless you have opted not to receive such information;
• To share with organizations for advertisement and reach services through this Platform;
• In any other way we may describe when you provide the information;
• For any other purpose with your consent.

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when it is used to strengthen the security or functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain it for longer.

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 data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

ToRead Global LLC will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless adequate controls are in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide:

Disclosure for law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law, or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

Business transaction

If we or our subsidiaries are involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred.

Other cases

We may also disclose your information:

• To our subsidiaries and affiliates;
• To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business;
• To fulfil the purpose for which you provide it;
• For the purpose of including your company’s logo on our website;
• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information;
• With your consent in any other cases;
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of ToRead Global LLC, our customers, or others.

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf, and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze use of our Service, across both the website and the mobile application.

CI/CD tools

We may use third-party Service Providers to automate the development process of our Service.

Advertising

We may use third-party Service Providers to show advertisements to you, to help support and maintain our Service.

Behavioral remarketing

We may use remarketing services to advertise on third-party websites and applications to you after you have visited our Service. We and our third-party vendors use cookies and mobile device identifiers to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your past use of our Service.

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. We use third-party services for payment processing and do not store or collect your payment card details ourselves. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors, whose use of your personal information is governed by their own privacy policy. These processors adhere to PCI-DSS standards as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council.

Portions of the data, text, images, and other materials available on the Service are submitted, uploaded, or contributed by volunteers and other independent users of the Platform, rather than by ToRead Global LLC. This content is provided by those individuals on their own behalf, and does not reflect content that we have created, verified, or endorsed.

Volunteers and contributing users are solely responsible for the material they submit, including for ensuring they hold the necessary rights, permissions, or consents to share it. ToRead Global LLC does not independently verify the accuracy, ownership, or legality of user- or volunteer-contributed content, and disclaims liability for any misuse, infringement, or other issue arising from it.

If you believe that any content on the Platform infringes your copyright, misuses your personal data or image, or is otherwise unlawful or inappropriate, please contact us at legal@toreadglobal.com with a description of the content and its location on the Service. We will review the report and, where warranted, remove or disable access to the content directly.

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. 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.

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, where appropriate, through the mobile application.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at: