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Please note, this Privacy Policy may be modified from time to time. The effective date for the current policy (below) is July 1, 2025.
Our websites, applications, products, and services (collectively, the "Platform") are operated and owned by Huumans ("Huumans", "we" or "us").The Platform includes, but is not limited to, our websites, desktop applications, software, mobile applications, and any other products or services created and maintained by Huumans, whether delivered within a web browser, as installable software, or in another format, including any updates there to. This policy applies to our handling of information about Platform visitors, prospective users and customers, and authorized users (collectively referred to as “you” throughout this Privacy Policy.
We are committed to complying with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) in our collection, use, and disclosure of personal information.
By visiting or using our Platform, submitting forms, accessing our services or otherwise providing us with your personal information, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Your actions in navigating our website and our Platform, interacting with its features, or choosing to provide personal details serve as an indication of your consent for us to collect, process, and use your information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree with these terms, please discontinue use of our Platform and do not submit any personal information.
We limit our collection of personal information to what is necessary for the purposes identified in this policy. Our guiding principle is to collect only what we need. When you access the Platform and/or sign up for a Huumans product, we collect identifying information such as your name, email address, company name, business financial data, accounting records, transaction history, budgeting information, and other data to provide our accounting and business budgeting services, personalize your account, and deliver essential product updates and account information. Our legal basis for processing personal data includes: (1) explicit consent from users when they provide information, (2) performance of a contract or service, and (3) compliance with legal obligations. We do not collect or use personal information for purposes other than those specified at the time of collection, unless we have obtained additional consent or as required by law. We do not sell any personal information.
We will handle policy updates by posting the revised policy on our Platform and updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. By continuing to use our services after the effective date of any privacy policy changes, you acknowledge and agree to the updated terms. If you do not agree to the changes, you should discontinue your use of our services.
1. We collect only the information necessary toprovide our services effectively. This includes basic analytics data from Platform visits and any information you choose to provide when using our services.
2. We collect personal information users provide uswhen they contact us through various methods, which may include: name, email address, phone number, and other contact details shared through our website andPlatform contact forms, email, phone calls, or in-person interactions when registering for our products and/or services.
3. We collect the minimum amount of information needed to establish and maintain our services. Personal information collected may include, but is not limited to:
(a) contact and identification information, such as name, address, telephone number and email address;
(b) information or submissions submitted to the Platform;
(c) personal information that was not requested but was voluntarily given to us; or
(d) other personal information used for purposes that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances.
4. With consent, we may send promotional emails to keep users informed of our developments and new products and services. Each email features the option to unsubscribe from receiving these emails at anytime. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
5. We obtain your explicit consent through affirmative actions, such as checking a dedicated consent box, clicking a consent button, or providing a clear, unambiguous electronic signature. These actions ensure that you actively and intentionally agree to our information processing and sharing
We generally hold personal information on secure servers located in Canada. When necessary for service delivery, personal information may be transferred to and stored in the United States, subject to appropriate safeguards and data transfer agreements that ensure continued protection of your privacy rights. Such transfers are conducted in compliance with applicable data protection laws and standard contractual clauses.
We retain personal information only for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable laws and regulations. When personal information is no longer required, it will be securely deleted or anonymized in accordance with our data retention policies.
We employ cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your user experience and gather usage data about how you interact with our Platform. We use this information to improve our products and services, analyze trends, and enhance the user experience.These technologies include essential cookies necessary for website functionality, analytics cookies to improve our services, and optional marketing cookies. By continuing to browse or engage with our Platform, you consent to the use of these technologies unless you actively disable them in your browser settings. You are free to withdraw or modify your consent at anytime by adjusting your browser controls, changing your account preferences, or contacting us directly; however, please note that doing so may affect your ability to fully access or utilize some of our Platform’s features.
The security of personal information is important to us. While no method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure, we use commercially reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect personal information against unauthorized use, loss, access, modification, destruction or disclosure while it is in our custody or under our control. These measures include physical, organizational, and technological measures. Physical measures include secure work areas, and technological measures include encryption, firewalls, anti-virus, and system security monitoring. Organizational measures include access controls to limit access to personal information to those employees, contractors and agents who have a business need to know.
Our website and the Platform may contain links to third-party websites that are not operated or controlled by us, and we bear no responsibility for the privacy practices of those websites.Users accessing these external links should review the privacy policies and terms of service provided by those third-party sites, as their practices may differ from ours.
We do not disclose any information in our custody to third parties unless it is with consent or required by law. In cases where we are required by law to disclose information, this may include sharing data with categories of third parties such as law enforcement agencies, regulatory bodies, or legal counsel. We limit such disclosures to only what is necessary to comply with legal requirements.
We engage certain trusted third-party service providers to perform functions and provide services to us, such as hosting and maintenance, database storage and management, payment processing, and marketing. For payment processing, credit card information is submitted directly to our payment processor and doesn't hit our servers. We store a record of the payment transaction, including the last 4 digits of the credit card number and billing address, for purposes of account history, invoicing, billing support, calculating any applicable sales tax, and detecting fraudulent credit card transactions. These third parties may have access topersonal information needed to perform their functions, but are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are restricted from using it for any other purposes.
By explicit permission we mean, in each instance, we will ask additional permission from you before passing along information. This additional permission will set out the parties with which we wish to share your information and the purposes for which we intend todo so. We will also require from you some positive indication to demonstrate you have assented to the disclosure of information.
We may share anonymized or aggregated data with third-party organizations to assist with our services. Personal data will not be shared with third parties without explicit consent or unless required by law.
Users may request access to or ask to edit orremove their personal information that we collect and maintain by contacting us at hello@huumans.com. We will respond within 30 days. If we cannot provide access, for example because it would disclose personal information of a third person, we will provide justification.
For individual requests to access personal information or to express concerns about protection of personal information please contact hello@huumans.com. Users have the right to opt-out of data collection and processing at any time.
To exercise this right, please contact us at hello@huumans.com.
Complaint mechanisms also exists with Canadian national privacy authorities.
