Privacy Policy

Last Updated On April 17, 2023

Effective Date May 18, 2021


This Privacy Policy describes the policies of Panel Consulting Group LLC, 680 Main Street #536, Connecticut 06901, United States of America (the), email: Support@EthOSapp.com, phone: (832) 356-6010 on the collection, use and disclosure of your information that we collect when you use our website ( https://ethosapp.com/ ). (the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the same, please do not access or use the Service.

We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Service. The revised Policy will be effective 180 days from when the revised Policy is posted in the Service and your continued access or use of the Service after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.

Information We Collect

We will collect and process the following personal information about you:

  • Name
  • Email
  • IP Addresses - We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

How We Collect Your Information

We collect/receive information about you in the following manner:

  • When a user fills out the registration form or otherwise submits personal information.
  • Interacts with the website.
  • From public sources.

How We Use Your Information

We will use the information that we collect about you for the following purposes:

  • Creating user accounts
  • Customer feedback collection
  • Support
  • Administration info
  • User to user comments
  • Manage user account
  • Analytics - see user behavior and measure attribution from a single dashboard
  • Cloud Messaging - deliver and receive messages across platforms reliably
  • Authentication - reduce friction with robust authentication
  • Realtime Database - store and sync app data in real time
  • Storage - store files with ease
  • Hosting - deliver web content faster
  • Remote Config - customize the platform on the fly
  • Test Lab - test in the lab environment
  • Crash Reporting - keeping the platform stable
  • Notifications - engage with users at the right moment
  • App Indexing - drive organic search traffic
  • Dynamic Links - send users to the right place inside the app/platform
  • Invites - empower your users to share your app
  • AdWords - acquire users with the reach of Google

If we want to use your information for any other purpose, we will ask you for consent and will use your information only on receiving your consent and then, only for the purpose(s) for which grant consent unless we are required to do otherwise by law.

How We Share Your Information

We will not transfer your personal information to any third party without seeking your consent, except in limited circumstances as described below:

  • Analytics
  • Data collection & process

We require such third party’s to use the personal information we transfer to them only for the purpose for which it was transferred and not to retain it for longer than is required for fulfilling the said purpose.

EthOS utilizes the OpenAI API to assist with analysis on our platform. When interacting with the chatbot on the Instant Insights analysis page, you should consider how sensitive the data is before sharing and do not share source code, proprietary data, internal meeting notes, hardware-related information, presentation notes, emails, or any other sensitive information with the chatbot (including PII). By participating in a project on our platform, you consent to collecting and processing your data as outlined in this privacy policy. Researchers who are processing customer data have the option not to utilize the OpenAI API for analysis purposes by not running any prompts on the Instant Insights analysis page. As of March 1, 2023, the company (OpenAI) will not use data to train or improve its models. Additional information on the data usage policy of OpenAI can be read below and should be consulted before running any data in the EthOS platform, as it may change at any time: https://openai.com/policies/api-data-usage-policies

We may also disclose your personal information for the following: (1) to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order or other legal process; (2) to enforce your agreements with us, including this Privacy Policy; or (3) to respond to claims that your use of the Service violates any third-party rights. If the Service or our company is merged or acquired with another company, your information will be one of the assets that is transferred to the new owner.

Retention of Your Information

We will retain your personal information with us for 90 days to 2 years after users terminate their accounts or for as long as we need it to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected as detailed in this Privacy Policy. We may need to retain certain information for longer periods such as record-keeping / reporting in accordance with applicable law or for other legitimate reasons like enforcement of legal rights, fraud prevention, etc. Residual anonymous information and aggregate information, neither of which identifies you (directly or indirectly), may be stored indefinitely.

Your Rights

Depending on the law that applies, you may have a right to access and rectify or erase your personal data or receive a copy of your personal data, restrict or object to the active processing of your data, ask us to share (port) your personal information to another entity, withdraw any consent you provided to us to process your data, a right to lodge a complaint with a statutory authority and such other rights as may be relevant under applicable laws. To exercise these rights, you can write to us at support@ethosapp.com. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

You may opt-out of direct marketing communications, firebase analytics, and/or the profiling we carry out for marketing and research purposes by writing to us at support@ethosapp.com.

Do note that if you do not allow us to collect or process the required personal information or withdraw the consent to process the same for the required purposes, you may not be able to access or use the services for which your information was sought.

Cookies Etc.

To learn more about how we use these and your choices in relation to these tracking technologies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

Security

The security of your information is important to us and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.

Grievance / Data Protection Officer

If you have any queries or concerns about the processing of your information that is available with us, you may email our Grievance Officer at Panel Consulting Group LLC, 680 Main Street #536, email: support@ethosapp.com. We will address your concerns in accordance with applicable law.

Privacy Notice for California Residents

This privacy notice for California residents supplements the information contained in this privacy policy and applies solely to users who reside in the State of California. We provide this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).

This Privacy Policy covers the specific pieces of information we collect from users of the EthOS platform. The below are the pieces of personal information under the CCPA that we collect and that we may, as discussed throughout this Privacy Policy, use and disclose for our business purposes. We may use all the personal information set forth below for internal research, audits, corporate governance, operation of the platform, security and fraud detection, and legal compliance or for any purpose with your consent. As noted in the table below, we do not sell personal information. If you are a California resident, the CCPA allows you to tell us to stop sharing certain information with third parties.

Category of Personal Information Purpose for collecting and sharing the personal information Parties to whom we disclose personal information for a business or commercial purpose
Contact information such as name and email address
  • Manage your account and our internal operations
  • Provide and improve our Platform
  • Communicate with you about projects and to share important information
  • Your first name, last name, and email address is shared with EthOS Researchers and project managers
  • Our service providers
Demographic and statistical information you provide to such as your age, date of birth, gender, interests, lifestyle information, and hobbies
  • Operate and improve our Platform, including to conducting research
  • Invite you to EthOS projects and tasks
  • Our service providers
  • Researchers
Commercial information
  • Manage your account and our internal operations
  • Operate and improve our Platform
  • Our service providers
Internet and other network device activity such as browsing history and app usage
  • Operate and improve our Platform;
  • Communicate with you about your data
  • Our service providers
  • Researchers
Health or medical information (if provided)
  • Operate and improve our Platform, including but not limited to conducting research
  • Our service providers
  • Researchers
Device information and identifiers 
  • IP address;
  • Browser type and language;
  • Operating system;
  • Platform type;
  • Device type;
  • Software and hardware attributes
  • Operate and improve our Platform;
  • Ensure Platform functionality/reliability
  • Our service providers
Location and geolocation data
  • Operate and improve our Platform, including but not limited to conducting research
  • Our service providers
  • Researchers
User-generated content submitted through the EthOS Platform
  • Operate and improve our Platform, including but not limited to conducting research
  • Our service providers
  • Researchers
Relationship Information (such as marital status)
  • Operate and improve our Platform, including but not limited to conducting research and building your profile
  • Our service providers
  • Researchers
Audio or visual data from video, picture, and audio based tasks
  • Operate and improve our Platform, including but not limited to conducting research
  • Our service providers
  • Researchers
Physical characteristics when you submit a picture or video
  • Operate and improve our Platform, including but not limited to conducting research
  • Our service providers
  • Researchers
Professional, educational, or employment related information
  • Operate and improve our Platform, including but not limited to conducting research
  • Our service providers
  • Researchers