Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 11, 2023

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to Tributum Technology, Inc. (“Company” or “Tributum”) online tools and platform(s) (collectively, the “Services”) and other interactions (e.g., customer service inquiries) you may have with Tributum. Except as otherwise indicated, this Privacy Policy describes how Tributum collects, uses, and shares your personal information and your choices with respect to your personal information.

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1. WHAT WE COLLECT

We get information about you in a range of ways:

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1.1 Information You Give Us

We may collect your‎ name, postal address, email address, phone number, username, password, demographic information (such as your occupation), social security number, tax ID number, bank account information, as well as other information you directly give us on our Services, which may include marketing, promotions and when communicating to you about new features.

For customers who have paid software services, we collect your billing details such as credit card information, banking information, and/or billing address.

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1.2 Information We Get From Others

We may get information about you from other sources, such as your employer when they issue you options or shares. We may add this to information you provide us through our Services.

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1.3 Information Automatically Collected

Device Information

We may collect information about the devices accessing our Services. Some examples include the following: type of device, operating system used, application information, unique device identifiers and crash data. The type of information we collect depends on the type of device used and its settings.

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Transactional and Usage Information

We may automatically log information about you and your computer, subject to your consent where required by law. For example, like most services when using our Services, we log your computer operating system type, browser type, browser language, pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, location (your IP address), access times and information about your use of and actions on our Services. This is information we collect from every user of the Services, whether they have an account or not. This information may include personal information.

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Cookies and Similar Technologies Information

As further described below, and subject to your consent where required by law, we automatically collect information from cookies and similar technologies.

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2. USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 

We may use, process and/or disclose personal information for the following purposes:

  • To operate, maintain, and improve the Services. This includes use of other information to support delivery of our services, assist with service requests, monitor for errors, remedy security or technical issues, analyze website and application performances.
  • To respond to comments and questions, verify permission access, and provide customer service.
  • To send information including confirmations, invoices and billing, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages.
  • To communicate upcoming events and other news about products and services offered by us.
  • To communicate and inform you about system updates and important services-related notices, such as privacy and policy update notices or changes in our terms of service. These communications are administrative, and you may not opt out of them.
  • To send marketing emails related to the Services, which you may opt out of using provided unsubscribe links or the opt-out mechanism in those communications.
  • To link or combine user information with other personal information. An example is when we combine the information a company has provided about their shareholders with the information entered by shareholders in their personal portfolios to improve the user experience.
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity, including, but not limited to, validating your identity and preventing fraud on your account, and complying with KYC rules and regulations.
  • To provide and deliver products and services to our business customers with respect to their employees or investors. An example is when an employee exercises their employee stock options and we provide a tax form to their employer to facilitate compliance with tax laws.
  • To facilitate online advertising. Third-party advertising companies and social media companies may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your interaction over time across the Services, our communications and other online services, and use that information to serve online ads that they think will interest you.

We may also use and disclose personal information as follows:

  • Our business customers’ equity administrators, authorized users and other designated representatives can access information that we hold about the equity information of their employees and investors.
  • To comply with laws, lawful requests and legal or regulatory processes.
  • To protect the rights, safety and property of Tributum, our agents, users, customers, and others. This includes enforcing our agreements, policies, and terms of use, reporting on security breaches, or assisting with investigating and preventing fraud or security issues.

We may create, use and share aggregated or anonymized data for any lawful purpose, such as marketing, analytics or research purposes permitted by law.

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We may share personal information with acquirers and other relevant participants in business transactions (or negotiations for such transactions) involving a corporate divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization, sale or other disposition of all or any portion of the business or assets of, or equity interests in, Tributum (including, in connection with a bankruptcy or similar proceedings).

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We may share other information with third parties in other ways not described in this Privacy Policy when we have consent (either from users or business customers) to do so.

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We may share personal information with third party companies or individuals that we engage as service providers to process information and support our business and services. Examples include providers of cloud hosting and storage services, analytics, services, email delivery services and customer support services.

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We may share personal information with our lawyers, accountants and other professional advisors in the course of the services they render to us.

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3. RETENTION

We generally retain personal information to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, to establish or defend legal claims, or for fraud prevention purposes. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we may consider factors such as the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

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When we no longer require the personal information we have collected about you, we will either delete or anonymize it or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. If we anonymize your personal information (so that it can no longer be associated with you), we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

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4. AGE LIMITATIONS 

Tributum does not allow the use of our Services by anyone younger than 18 years old. If you learn that anyone younger than 18 has unlawfully provided us with personal data through the Services, please contact us and we will take steps to delete such information.

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5. INFORMATION CHOICES AND CHANGES 

Our marketing emails tell you how to “opt out.” If you opt out, we may still send you non-marketing emails. Non-marketing emails include emails about your accounts and our business dealings with you. If at any time you would like to change your communication preferences, we provide unsubscribe links and an opt-out mechanism in those communications for your convenience.

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You may send requests about personal information to our contact information below. You can request to change contact choices, opt out of our sharing with others, and update your personal information.

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You can typically remove and reject cookies from our website with your browser settings. Many browsers are set to accept cookies until you change your settings. If you remove or reject our cookies, it may affect how our website works for you. 

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You can update or correct certain personal information in your Tributum account. If you are unable to do so on your own, the information is likely controlled by the security issuer and you should contact the security issuer directly to update your information.

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6. DO NOT TRACK

Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit https://www.allaboutdnt.com.

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7. Privacy Shield Statement

Tributum complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States. 

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If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/.

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Tributum is responsible for the processing of personal data we receive, and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on our behalf.

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Tributum commits to cooperate with EU data protection authorities and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner and comply with the advice given by such authorities with regard to human resources data transferred from the EU and Switzerland in the context of the employment relationship.

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Tributum is subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. In certain situations, Tributum may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

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For inquiries or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy please first contact Tributum at privacy@tributum.tech. Please allow a reasonable amount of time to respond to your request. 

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If these processes do not result in a resolution, you may then contact your local data protection authority, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and/or the Federal Trade Commission for assistance.

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Under certain circumstances a binding arbitration option is available to you to determine, for residual claims, whether Tributum has violated its obligations to you under the Privacy Shield Principles, and whether any such violation remains fully or partially unremedied. This option is available only for these purposes. Please be advised that the arbitrator(s) may only impose individual-specific, non-monetary, equitable relief necessary to remedy any violation of the Privacy Shield Principles with respect to the resident.

Tributum may transfer your Personal Data to countries other than the one in which you live.

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8. CONTACT INFORMATION

We welcome your comments or questions about this Privacy Policy. You may contact us at:

Data Protection Officer

privacy@tributum.tech
14607 Briar Street, Leawood, KS 66224

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