Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy ("Policy") describes how we process personal data with respect to:

Personal data” means any information relating to an identified person or to a person who can be directly or indirectly identified. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully so that you understand how we collect and use your personal data. Please note, that we may have other privacy policies in place for other processes (such as, for instance, processing personal data of our employees).

1. Data Controller and Contact Details

1.1. The data controller under this Policy shall be „Gigs Remote” JSC, a company incorporated under the laws of Bulgaria with company no. 206874567, having its seat and registered address at no. 5 Oborishte street, 3rd floor, Sofia, VAT no. BG 206874567, (“GigsRemote, "us", "we", "our").

1.2. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy you may contact us on our registered office address above or by email at termsofuse@gigsremote.com.

2. Personal Data We Collect and Use

2.1. We may process the following types of personal data:

2.2. Usually, we receive personal data directly from you. However, in certain cases we may receive data for you from third parties, such as for instance from references, from public registers and websites, from social media for your public profiles in professional social networks; from bank institutions for executed payments, from third parties, such as recruitment agencies, our partners or clients, when they make reference to you.

2.3. In certain cases, provision of your personal data shall be necessary for the contract and its performance (for instance, we will need your identification data to enter into an agreement, we will need your bank details to pay you for your services, we will need your CV and other documentation to assess your skills and experience, etc.). In such cases, if you do not provide the necessary data, you will not be able to receive respective services/result or the services may not be properly performed.

2.4. Your responsibility:

3. Purposes of Processing (How We Use Your Data)

3.1. The main purpose of collecting and processing your personal data is to enter into and to perform a contract for services between us (such as to identify you, including through online profile, invoicing, payment, performance, delivery, communication, exercise of rights and obligations under the contract; etc.).

3.2. We may also process your personal data for the following specific purposes:

4. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA

4.1. When we process your personal data we may do that on the basis that it's necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract to which you are party. That will usually be the case when we process your data for the purposes of services agreement, selection purposes, for your registration of account to our Website.

4.2. To send you marketing or promotional materials for our services, business and clients, if you do not have an account to our Website, we will usually need your consent. That would be the case also if you want to receive our newsletters. In such case you will always have the right to withdraw your consent (if that's the basis for processing) as detailed below in this Policy.

4.3. We may also process your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interest or the legitimate interests of a third party, where such interest is not outweighed by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. Such will be the case when we process your data for the purposes of contacting your public profile in professional social networks based on your stated experience and job preferences, for safety and security purposes and to prevent violation of rights or other interests, for collection of due payments, for statistics and analysis to improve performance and services.

4.4. We may also process your information where that is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as for instance for tax, accounting purposes or to maintain records.

5. RECIPIENTS OF PERSONAL DATA

Your personal data may be disclosed in the following ways:

6. TRANSFER OF DATA TO THIRD COUNTRIES

6.1. In certain events for the purposes as detailed in this Policy we may transfer personal data to third countries outside the European Union, that may have different data protection laws than those of Bulgaria and of the EU. In particular, this may be the case in which one of our clients with whom you will work is a US based company. In such cases we will transfer your personal data to a third country only on the basis of: (a) an European Commission decision on an adequate level of protection for that third country (art. 46 of the GDPR); or (b) appropriate safeguards as provided under art. 46 of the GDPR, including by utilizing the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission as amended and/or supplemented over time by the European Commission or other appropriate safeguards, including subject to specific permission of a competent supervisory authority; or (c) binding corporate rules approved by the supervisory authority (art. 47 of the GDPR).

6.2. In other events we may rely on and request your consent for particular transfer to a third country.

7. RIGHT TO WITHDRAW YOUR CONSENT

When we process personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on your consent before its withdrawal. You may exercise that right at any time without additional costs to you by one of the following:

In the event that you withdraw your consent for the processing of personal data we will, without undue delay and to the extent provided under applicable laws, erase the relevant data from our systems.

8. YOUR OTHER RIGHTS

8.1. You have the following rights with respect to your personal data and as provided under applicable laws:

8.2. In order to exercise your rights, you may contact us at any time by sending us an email to termsofuse@gigsremote.com. We may need to verify your identity or to contact you with respect to your request.

8.3. In the event that you are established in the European Union you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of the EU of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement.

9. AUTOMATED DECISIONS

9.1. We may use software to search databases for relevant professionals and/or clients and suitable individuals. The software may be used to determine suitability for a specific role via targeted questions or criteria relating to the role and/or may identify individuals according to their characteristics. For instance, the software may enable us to quickly identify individuals who have specific professional skills, e.g. Java Developer, Ruby Engineer, etc. or relevant professional experience.

9.2. Where we use software to assist us with our assessment of your suitability for a particular project and you consider that any such assessment has been made wrongly or incorrectly, you may ask for an explanation. You may object to any decision, which significantly affects you, being taken solely by a computer, software or another automated process, if any.

10. STORAGE PERIOD

10.1. We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary for the respective purposes of the processing and to comply with our obligations under applicable laws.

10.2. In particular, we may retain personal data:

10.3. You may stop communicating with us in social networks at any time and according to the tools of the relevant social network, for example, if you have liked our Facebook page, you may withdraw such like (unlike), and so on.

10.4. We will close and delete your profile on our Website if it is not active or if you are not using any services from GigsRemote for a consecutive period of two years.

11. CHANGES IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and you may see the last revision date of this Policy at the end of the document. Where the changes in the Policy affect processing of your data on the basis of your consent, we will notify you of the new Policy and request your consent on it.


Effective Date: This Privacy Policy is effective from 30 August 2022.