StackShare Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 01, 2024

StackShare (operated by FOSSA, Inc.) has adopted FOSSA, Inc.’s Privacy Policy located at https://docs.fossa.com/docs/privacy-policy , which is incorporated herein by this reference (with all references to “FOSSA,” “we,” “our,” and the like therein being deemed StackShare for purposes of the StackShare websites, products and offerings; and with all references to the Site and Service(s) therein meaning the StackShare.io websites and StackShare services (collectively, the “StackShare Service”) for purposes of this StackShare Privacy Policy. In addition, this Privacy Policy describes additional policies and procedures specific to StackShare regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use the StackShare Service, via the StackShare website. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including offline) or from other sources. Capitalized terms that are not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meaning given them in our Terms of Service.

Additional Uses of Data:

StackShare also uses information we collect to analyze how the Service is used, diagnose service or technical problems, maintain security, personalize content, remember information to help you efficiently access your account, monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns, and track User Content and users as necessary to comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other applicable laws.

What Personal Data Do We Collect From You?

We receive Personal Data directly from you when you provide us with such Personal Data, including without limitation the the Personal Data described in the FOSSA Privacy Policy and the following:

• T-shirt size
• Location
• Company Name
• Company Title
• Company Website
• Social and third-party website profiles (GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, LinkedIn, AngelList, X (Twitter), Facebook)
• User content, for example, your tech stack, comments and posts you submit publically, or files you upload (which can include Personal Data if you include Personal Data in such content)

Some third parties such as software vendors provide us with Personal Data about you, such as the following:

• Account information for third party services: If you interact with a third party service when using our Services, such as if you use a third party service to log-in to our Services (e.g., GitHub OAuth), or if you share content from our Services through a third party social media service, the third party service will send us information about you, such as information from your public profile, if the third party service and your account settings allow such sharing. The information we receive will depend on the policies and your account settings with the third party service.

Additional Information we automatically collect when you use our Services

Some Personal Data is automatically collected when you use our Services, such as the following:

• Page view statistics
• Usage information
• Diagnostics data
• Transaction information (e.g. transaction amount, date and time such transaction occurred)
• Cookies and other tracking technologies (e.g. web beacons, pixel tags, SDKs, etc.)
• Location information (e.g. IP address, zip code)
• Log data (e.g. access times, hardware and software information)

Information we collect through Integrated Services

You may be given the option to access or register for the Service through the use of your user name and passwords for certain services provided by third parties (each, an “Integrated Service”), such as through the use of your Google account, or otherwise have the option to authorize a third party integrated service (an “Integrated Service”) to provide Personal Data or other information to us. By authorizing us to connect with an Integrated Service, you authorize us to access and store your name, email address(es), location, profile picture, and other information that the Integrated Service makes available to us, and to use and disclose it in accordance with this policy. You should check your privacy settings on each Integrated Service to understand what information that Integrated Service makes available to us, and make changes as appropriate. Please review each Integrated Service’s terms of use and privacy policies carefully before using their services and connecting to our Service.

Information we collect from other sources

We may obtain information, including Personal Data, from third parties and sources other than the Service, such as our partners, advertisers, and Integrated Services. If we combine or associate information from other sources with Personal Data that we collect through the Service, we will treat the combined information as Personal Data in accordance with this Policy.

How Else Do We Use Your Personal Data?

We process Personal Data as described herein and in the FOSSA Privacy Policy and to operate, improve, understand and personalize our Services. For example, we use Personal Data to:

• Create and manage user and company profiles
• Communicate with you about the Services
• Contact you about Service announcements, updates or offers
• Provide support and assistance for the Services
• Provide advertising, sponsorship, and other paid products to our customers (including, but not limited to our own Pay Per Click native advertising platform)
• Personalize website content and communications based on your preferences
• Meet contract or legal obligations
• Respond to user inquiries
• Fulfill user requests
• Comply with our legal or contractual obligations
• Resolve disputes
• Measure and evaluate access to and traffic on the public area of the Site, and create user navigation reports for our site administrators
• Protect against or deter fraudulent, illegal or harmful actions
• Enforce our Terms of Service

How and With Whom Do We Share Your Data?

We share Personal Data with vendors, third party service providers and agents who work on our behalf and provide us with services related to the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Service. These parties include but are not limited to:

• Staff augmentation and contract personnel
• Hosting service providers

For a full list of the providers we utilize to operate our service, and thus have the potential to process customer data, please see section “List of Subprocessors” below.

We also share Personal Data when necessary to complete a transaction initiated or authorized by you or provide you with a product or service you have requested. In addition to those set forth above, these parties also include:

• Other users (where you post information publicly or as otherwise necessary to effect a transaction initiated or authorized by you through the Services)
• Social media services (if you interact with them through your use of the Services)
• Third party business partners who you access through the Services
• Other parties authorized by you

In connection with the StackShare Service, Data Processor (or Service Provider) shall also include:

Personal Data of Children

We do not knowingly collect or solicit Personal Data from anyone under the age of 16. If you are under 16, please do not attempt to register for the Services or send any Personal Data about yourself to us. If we learn that we have collected Personal Data from a child under age 16, or from any other minor without parental consent we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a child under 16 may have provided us Personal Data, please contact us at privacy@fossa.com.

California Residents

In this section, we provide information for California residents, as required under California privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which requires that we provide California residents certain specific information about how we handle their personal information, whether collected online or offline. This section does not address or apply to our handling of publicly available information made lawfully available by state or federal governments or other personal information that is subject to an exemption under the CCPA

California Residents’ Rights. California law grants California residents certain rights and imposes restrictions on particular business practices as set forth below.

• Do-not-sell: California residents have the right to opt-out of our sale of their personal information. If you are a California resident, you may submit an opt-out request here. We do not sell personal information about residents who we know are younger than 16 years old without opt-in consent.
• Notice before collection: We are required to notify California residents, at or before the point of collection of their personal information, the categories of personal information collected and the purposes for which such information is used.
• Request to delete: California residents have the right to request, at no charge, deletion of their personal information that we have collected about them and to have such personal information deleted, except where an exemption applies. We will respond to verifiable requests received from California residents as required by law.
• Request to know: California residents have the right to request and, subject to certain exemptions, receive a copy of the specific pieces of personal information that we have collected about them in the prior 12 months and to have this delivered, free of charge, either(a) by mail or (b) electronically in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily useable format that allows the individual to transmit this information to another entity without hindrance. California residents also have the right to request that we provide them certain information about how we have handled their personal information in the prior 12 months, including:
  • categories of personal information collected;
  • categories of sources of personal information;
  • business and/or commercial purposes for collecting and selling their personal information;
  • categories of third parties/with whom we have disclosed or shared their personal information;
  • categories of personal information that we have disclosed or shared with a third party for a business purpose; and
  • categories of third parties to whom the residents’ personal information has been sold and the specific categories of personal in formation sold to each category of third party.

California residents may make a Request to Know up to twice every 12 months, at no charge. We will respond to verifiable requests received from California residents as required by law

• Discrimination and financial incentives: The CCPA prohibits discrimination against California residents for exercising their rights under the CCPA. A business may offer financial incentives for the collection, sale or deletion of California residents’ personal information, where the incentive is not unjust, unreasonable, coercive or usurious, and is made available in compliance with applicable transparency, informed consent, and opt-out requirements. California residents have the right to be notified of any financial incentive offers and their material terms, the right to opt-out of such incentives at any time, and may not be included in such incentives without their prior informed opt-in consent. We do not offer any such incentives at this time

Submitting Verifiable Requests. Requests to Know and Requests to Delete may be submitted

• By email at privacy@fossa.com

We will respond to verifiable requests received from California residents as required by law. For more information about our privacy practices, you may contact us at privacy@fossa.com.