Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to NextBuzzer ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This comprehensive Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, use our recruitment lead platform, or utilize our Chrome Extension (collectively, the "Services"). By accessing or using our Services, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We collect several categories of information from and about users of our Services, including:

• Account Information: When you register for an account, we collect your full name, company name, corporate email address, phone number, and password.
• Candidate and Lead Data: Information you capture and store via our Chrome Extension (e.g., candidate profiles, employment history, public professional data, and contact information) which you explicitly choose to save to your NextBuzzer hub.
• Billing Information: If you purchase a premium subscription, our third-party payment processors (e.g., Stripe) will collect the billing and financial information necessary to process your charges.
• Automatically Collected Technical Data: We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This includes IP addresses, browser types, operating systems, referring URLs, device information, and usage metadata.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your interactions with our platform, remember your preferences, and improve user experience.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the personal information we collect for a variety of business purposes, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain your NextBuzzer recruiter dashboard and extension.
• Process your transactions and manage your user account.
• Organize, store, and display candidate leads you capture using our tools.
• Send you administrative information, such as account verification (OTP), security alerts, and updates to our terms and policies.
• Respond to customer service requests and provide technical support.
• Analyze usage trends and measure the effectiveness of our platform to improve overall performance and UI/UX.
• Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.

4. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data or your captured recruitment leads to third parties for their marketing purposes. We only share information in the following situations:

• Service Providers: We share information with trusted third-party vendors, service providers, and hosting partners (such as InsForge, Vercel, and Resend) who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work.
• Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• Protection of Rights: We may disclose your information when we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.

5. Data Retention

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information.

6. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. This includes encryption, secure socket layer (SSL) technology, and strict access controls. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

7. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

Depending on your location (such as the European Economic Area, UK, or California), you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• The right to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information.
• The right to request rectification or erasure of your personal data.
• The right to restrict the processing of your personal information.
• The right to data portability.
• The right to opt-out of the sale of personal data (Note: We do not sell your personal data).

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

8. Third-Party Websites and Extensions

Our Services, particularly our Chrome Extension, interact with third-party websites (such as LinkedIn or other job boards). We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Services are strictly intended for B2B use by professionals and recruiters. We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records.

10. Updates to this Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact our Data Protection Officer at:

Email: privacy@nextbuzzer.com
Company: NextBuzzer Inc.