Privacy policy.

Last Updated: October 24, 2023

1. Background

Hidynotes is a privacy notes section for Trello to visually hide your notes from other team members on the board. Hidy Pty Ltd (“Hidynotes”) operates the hidynotes.com website, Hidynotes dashboard, Trello Power-Up, Hidynotes web app, mobile app.

Hidynotes is responsible for ensuring that it uses that Personal Data in compliance with data protection laws. At Hidynotes we respect the privacy of our clients and we are committed to keeping all your Personal Data secure. This privacy policy sets out how Hidynotes uses and protects any information that you give us when you use this Service. By accessing our Service, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Throughout this policy, when we write “Hidy” or «we» or «us», we’re referring to Hidynotes.

This Notice only applies to Hidynotes websites that link to this Notice. Our websites also may contain links to third-party websites. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the content of third-party websites or resources, and our privacy notice does not apply to any sites that are not affiliated with Hidynotes, even if you access them via a link on our site. You should review the privacy policies of any third-party site before providing any information.

All data subjects whose personal data is collected, in line with the requirements of the GDPR and CCPA.

If you do not agree with this policy, do not access or use our Services or interact with any other aspect of our business.

2. Responsibilities

All Employees of Hidynotes, who interact with data subjects are responsible for ensuring that this notice is drawn to the data subject’s attention and their consent to the processing of their data is secured.

3. Minors

We do not knowingly collect information from minors. To use the Site and Service, you must be the age of legal majority in your place of residence. By using the Site and Service, you hereby represent that you are at least the age of legal majority in your place of residence. We do not use an application or other mechanisms to determine the age of users of the Site and Service. All information provided to Hidynotes will be treated as if it was provided by an adult. If, however, we learn that a minor has submitted information about himself/herself to us, we delete the information as soon as possible.

4. This Privacy Policy

By making available the Site and its services we, acting reasonably and in good faith, believe that you:

  • have all necessary rights to register on and use this Site;

  • provide true information about yourself to the extent necessary for use of the Site Services;

  • are aware of and accept this Privacy Policy.

5. Privacy notice

5.1 Collection of information

The personal information we collect from you may include:

  • Your name;

  • Email address;

  • Trello ID;

  • Language preferences;

  • Time zone;

  • Trello OAuth token;

  • Trello board fields (ID);

  • Trello card fields (ID);

  • You are not required to provide any of this information, but if you do not, we may not be able to provide you with the requested services. You can stop sharing that information with us at any time by removing Hidynotes access to that account.

We do not store your payment information. If you are a paying customer you will provide your credit card number directly to Stripe. The privacy policy of Stripe will apply to the information you provide on the Stripe Website.

5.2 Automatically collected information

Certain data about the devices you use to connect with Hidynotes and your use of the Site and Service are automatically logged in our systems, including:

  • Location information. This is the geographic area where you use your computer and mobile devices (as indicated by an Internet Protocol [IP] address or similar identifier) when interacting with our Site and/or Services.

  • Log data. As with most websites and technology services delivered over the internet, our servers automatically collect data when you access or use our Site and Service and record it in log files. This log data may include browser type and settings, the date and time of use, information about browser configuration, language preferences, and cookie data.

  • Usage information. This is information about the Hidynotes Site and Service you use and how you use them. We may also obtain data from our third-party partners and service providers to analyze how users use our Site and Service. For example, we will know how many users access a specific page on the Site and which links they clicked on. We use this aggregated information to better understand and optimize the Site.

  • Cookies. A cookie is a data file placed on a Computer when it is used to visit the Websites. Cookies may be used for many purposes, including, without limitation, tracking user preferences and web pages visited while using the Websites. You may be able to remove, reject and/or disable some types of cookies using your browser’s preferences or other programs. Some features of the Websites may not function properly or may operate slowly if you disable, delete, or refuse to accept cookies. More information in our Cookie Notice.

5.3. The personal data we collect will be used for the following purposes:

  • to help us administer our Site and Service, authenticate users for security purposes, provide personalized user features and access, conduct research, develop new features, and improve the features, algorithms, and usability of our Site Service.

  • to communicate with you about your use of our Site and Service, product announcements, and Service updates, as well as respond to your requests for assistance, including providing account verification support if you’re having difficulty accessing your account.

  • to display User Content associated with your account and make sure it is available to you when you use our Services.

  • to calculate and aggregate statistics on the number of unique devices using our Site and/or Services, and to detect and prevent fraud and misuse of those.

6. Our legal basis for processing for the personal data:

If you are an individual in the European Economic Area (EEA), we collect and process information about you only in case we have legal bases for it according to GDPR.

The legal bases depend on the Services you use and how you use them. It means we collect and use your information only when:

We need it to provide you with the Services, including the Service operation, providing customer support and personalized features and to protect the safety and security of the Services;

It satisfies a legitimate interest (which is not overridden by your data protection interests), such as for research and development, to market and promote the Services and to protect our legal rights and interests;

If you have consented to our use of information for a specific purpose, you have the right to change your mind at any time, but it will not affect any processing that has already taken place. Where we are using your information because we or a third party (e.g. your employer) have a legitimate interest to do so, you have the right to object to that use though, in some cases, this may mean no longer using the Services.

Consent

By consenting to this privacy notice you give us permission to process your personal data specifically for the purposes identified.

7. Disclosure

We only disclose Personal Data to third parties when:

  • We use service providers who assist us in meeting business operation needs, including hosting, delivering, and improving our Services. We also use service providers for specific services and functions, including email communication, customer support services, payments, and analytics. These service providers may only access, process, or store Personal Data pursuant to our instructions and to perform their duties to us.

  • We determine that the access, preservation, or disclosure of your Personal Data is required by law to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Hidynotes and users of our Site and Service, or to respond to lawful requests by public authorities, including national security or law enforcement requests.

  • We need to do so in connection with a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, reorganization, sale of some or all of our assets or stock, public offering of securities, or steps in consideration of such activities (e.g., due diligence). In these cases some or all of your Personal Data may be shared with or transferred to another entity, subject to this Privacy Policy.

8. International Transfer

Information submitted to Hidynotes is operated by GCP Google Cloud Platform Worlwide. If you post or transfer any Information to or through our Site and Services, in so doing you agree that such Information, including Personal Data and User Content, is hosted in the United States, Australia and Belgium.

9. Security

Hidynotes shall process all personal data in the strictest confidentiality and implement the appropriate technical and organizational measures as required by applicable regulations. However, Internet data transmissions, whether wired or wireless, cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and as a result, Hidynotes cannot ensure the security of Information you transmit to us, including Personal; accordingly, you acknowledge that you do so at your own risk. If Hidynotes finds out about a security system breach, we notify you and provide information on protective steps, if available, through the email address that you have provided to us or by posting a notice on the Site. More information about our security policies and technologies can be found here.

10. Access Requests

As our User, you can exercise your data subject rights to correct, modify or delete the Personal Data about you that Hidynotes holds. If you would like to access, rectify or delete your Personal Data, please send a request to [email protected] with the following information:

  • Your full name;

  • Your email address;

  • What you would like to request (a copy of your Personal Data, to amend your Personal Data or to permanently delete your Personal Data).

We will provide you with this information within one month of receipt of the request.

11. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may occasionally 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 revise the "Last update" date at the top of this web page.

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. Your continued use of the Site or Service after the posting of the modified Privacy Policy constitutes your agreement to abide and be bound by it. If you object to any modification, your sole recourse is to stop using the Site and Services.

You can also read everything about our terms hidynotes.com/terms-service

Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].