TERMS, PRIVACY & COOKIE STATEMENT

1.1 In these Terms of Service, the following terms are used with an initial capital letter, both in the singular and in the plural. These terms have the following meaning:

Sitly: 2Care4Kids Group B.V., also trading under the name Sitly, registered address (1012KV) Amsterdam, Rokin 44-C, and registered with the Chamber of Commerce under registration number 56028458, VAT number: NL851948844B01.

Content: all information made accessible by Users via the Platform including, but not limited to, Profiles of users.

Databank: data collected by Sitly, including Profiles and other Content.

Service: the service offered by Sitly to the User, as described in art. 3.

User: person who has created a Profile and who makes use of the Service. This includes both parents and childminders/babysitters or nannies.

Terms of Service: these terms of service.

Login Details: the username and password of the User, with which he/she obtains access to the Profile and can make use of the Service.

Intellectual Property Rights: all rights to intellectual property and associated rights, such as copyright, trademark rights, database rights, trade name rights, and associated rights, as well as rights to know-how and performances on a par with such rights (similar performances, performances comparable to a patented invention).

Party: a party (the User and/or Sitly) to these Terms of Service.

Privacy Statement: the Sitly privacy statement, available on the Platform.

Profile: a description written by the User and placed by the User on the Platform with a description of him/herself, including forename, gender, date of birth, location, and optionally a photo.

Platform: any online interface provided by Sitly where you can access and use the services offered. This includes the Sitly website, any associated subdomains, mobile applications for iOS and Android devices offered by Sitly.

2.1 Sitly retains the right at all times to change and/or add to these Terms of Service. The most current Terms of Service can be found on the Platform, or will be brought to your attention while making use of the Service. Should you continue using the Service after an alteration/addition to these Terms of Service, you accept the revised and/or extended Terms of Service irrevocably. If you do not accept the revised and/or extended Terms of Service, the only possibility that remains is to cease use of the Service and to delete your Profile.

3.1 The Service offers you the possibility to create a Profile, which can be seen by other Users and visitors to the Platform. The objective of the Service is to bring together, via the Platform, private individuals who seek temporary childcare from another private individual or professional persons who are willing to offer childcare services to private individuals. Users can form, on the basis of the Profile, an opinion about the characteristics and qualities of other Users.

3.2 The Service consists of offering access to the Database of parents, babysitters or nannies, and childminders, who, in exchange for payment, may be approached via the Platform with the objective of organising childcare together. On the Platform, further conditions may be imposed under which the User may make use of the Service. These conditions concern, alongside other matters, the manner in which Profiles may be created and placed.

4.1 In order to make use of the Service, you must create a Profile in the manner described on the Platform. It is expressly forbidden to create a profile with the name of another person. During registration, you must supply Login Details, with which you may obtain access to your Profile.

4.2 You are personally responsible for ensuring that your Login Details remain secret. It is not permitted to pass your Login Details to third parties. You are responsible for all use made of the Service via your Login Details. Sitly will assume that you are indeed the person making use of your Login Details. If you know or have reason to believe that your Login Details are in the hands of unauthorised persons, you must inform Sitly immediately, notwithstanding your own obligation to undertake appropriate measures yourself, such as changing your Login Details. Sitly is not responsible for any loss or damage caused by unauthorised access to or use of the Platform and/or Service by third parties.

4.3 Sitly retains the right at all times, without notice and without being liable in any way to you to, (i) make procedural or technical changes and/or improvements to the Platform and/or Service and (ii) to remove or to block or to restrict access to the Service or your Profile (temporarily or permanently).

4.4 Sitly is in no way whatsoever responsible for or liable to you for any loss or damage that results from the (temporary) unavailability or inaccessibility of the Platform and/or Service.

4.5 Sitly offers no guarantees, commitments, or indemnities with regard to the quality, security, legitimacy, integrity, or correctness of the Platform and the Service, unless otherwise stated in these Terms of Service.

4.6 You are personally responsible for the purchase and/or correct functioning of the infrastructure and reliable telecommunications facilities (including Internet connection) necessary for the use of the Service.

5.1 Sitly has no knowledge of and/or involvement with the Content. Sitly is not a mediation service. The purpose of the Service is solely to bring together demand and supply in the field of childcare and babysitting. Sitly does not monitor the quality or characteristics of Users. Sitly therefore accepts no responsibility for the quality or characteristics of Users and is not liable for any loss or damage caused by placed advertisements or selected candidates.

5.2 You are required to make a selection yourself, to enter into discussions with candidates, and to make (financial) agreements on the basis of your own wishes and criteria. The selection of and the decision to trust the care of your child(ren) to a User, or to carry out childcare work for a parent, lies entirely with you. Sitly has emphatically no involvement with any contact made between Users as a result of using the Service or with any arrangements and/or agreements that result from this contact. Should you be dissatisfied or should you have a complaint about a User, you can report this via an email to info@sitly.es.

5.3 You are yourself wholly responsible for all actions that you carry out with the help of the Platform and/or Service.

5.4 The Service and its associated database are designed exclusively for individual Users seeking childcare services and for individuals providing childcare services on a personal basis. It is strictly forbidden to use the Service or its Database to recruit personnel for companies, businesses, or other entities. Engaging in such activities is considered a violation of these Terms of Service. If you use, or attempt to use the Service for commercial recruitment purposes, Sitly reserves the right to:
a. Retain any subscription charges paid by you.
b. Apply additional penalties, including but not limited to, banning you from the Service.
c. Take legal action to recover damages and to enforce these Terms.

5.5 Users and Visitors are not permitted:
a. to make use of any tools other than those approved by Sitly to search the Platform or Database, to make use of data mining, robots, or other means of collecting data, or to use any software and/or hardware tools and/or solutions (under own management or made available by others) in order to gain access to information made available via the Databank, or to spider, scrape, search, or in any other improper way make use of and/or view the Database.
b. to collect details of other Users via the Service for purposes other than those named in these Terms of Service without the explicit prior written permission of Sitly.
c. to duplicate, make public, resell, use for commercial purposes, or in any other way make available to third parties any Content obtained via the Service.
d. to engage third parties to carry out any of the actions named in this article.
e. to make unnecessary or excessive use of Sitly’s messaging system. Excessive use includes sending an abnormally high volume of messages and/or invites that spam other users. For this reason, our Fair Use Policy limits the number of messages and invites that can be sent to new contacts.
f. to create a profile using the name, details, or credentials of another person. You must only create and manage a profile for yourself and ensure that all information provided is accurate and pertains solely to you.
g. to share their login details or give access to their profile to any third party. Each profile is to be used exclusively by the individual who created it.

5.6 Users are expected to interact with each other respectfully and responsibly on the Platform. Sitly promotes a safe and professional environment for individuals seeking childcare services and for individuals providing childcare services. Sitly reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to determine whether a User’s behaviour is deemed inappropriate, offensive, or disruptive to the community and service operations. Conduct that may be considered inappropriate includes, but is not limited to, harassment, abuse, use of offensive language, spamming, bullying, discrimination, or any other behaviour that Sitly deems contrary to the purpose of a respectful and safe environment.

6.1 You recognize and agree that the Profile and/or other Content that you make available via the Service may be used by other Users. You recognize that Sitly has no influence on compliance with these Terms of Service by other Users and/or third parties.

6.2 It is forbidden to place Content:
a. that is discriminatory with regard to appearance, race, religion, gender, culture, descent, or that can in any way be interpreted as injurious or inappropriate, in the opinion of Sitly.
b. that incites violence against and/or harassment of another  or others, or which leads to or is the result of the exploitation or abuse of others, or which constitutes illegal activity, or which furthers illegal activities.
c. that in the opinion of Sitly is contrary to good manners or good taste, or is violent in nature.
d. in which the personal details of minors are requested, in which the personal details of others are made available, or in which your personal contact details are included. Should you share content of third parties such as but not limited to displaying them on photo or mentioning their personal details in the references, you should get the other party’s approval. You should be able to provide proof of this approval at all times in case of a dispute.
e. that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, bots, or other programs that could cause damage to an automated system, or which could lead to such a system becoming unusable or inaccessible, or which could erase or grant ownership of such a system, or that are intended to circumvent the technical security measures of the Platform and/or the computer systems of Sitly.
f. that is based upon falsehoods and/or is misleading, or that consists of taking on a false identity, and/or incorrectly suggests that you are connected with Sitly.
g. that involves chain letters, junk mail or spamming and/or whereby passwords or other details that can be traced to individuals are requested for commercial or illegal purposes.
h. that infringes upon the rights of Sitly and/or those of third parties, under which but not limited to, Intellectual Property Rights or rights with regard to the protection of privacy.
i. that is in conflict with these Terms of Service, the Privacy Statement, or with any applicable law and/or regulation, that is in any other way unlawful, or that can damage the interests or good name of Sitly.

6.3 Sitly reserves the right to shorten, alter, or reject the Content, or to remove the Content from the Platform should this be found to be necessary by Sitly, without you in any way being entitled to compensation and/or without liability by Sitly.

6.4 If you are of the opinion that any Content infringes upon your rights or the rights of another User or a third party, you will immediately report this to Sitly in the manner described in article 12.

7.1 Depending upon the chosen subscription, you may make use of the Service either free or in return for payment. The price paid by you for the use of the Service is dependent upon the subscription that you choose. The subscriptions and associated prices are available on the Platform. Click here for an overview of the subscriptions and prices. The costs of subscriptions purchased through the iOS and Android app may be higher because part of the transaction costs Apple and Google charges monthly are passed on to the User. Prices are inclusive of VAT and other charges imposed by the authorities, unless otherwise stated.

7.2 Sitly has the right to alter the prices charged with a notice period of at least three months. Should you not be in agreement with the change in price, you have the right to cease using the Service and remove your Profile on the date upon which the change in price takes effect, or to choose for a free subscription with the same Profile.

7.3 In the event that a payment fails due to insufficient funds, or any other reason that prevents the transaction from being processed, Sitly might attempt to charge the payment method again. Sitly reserves the right to attempt to charge the payment method on file periodically until the payment is successfully processed. If repeated attempts are made and payment is still not secured, Sitly may suspend or terminate your access to the Service.

7.4 Payment takes place in the manner described on the Platform. In the case that payment is not made in a timely manner, Sitly reserves the right to immediately terminate the agreement or to block or to restrict access to the Service until the moment at which you have complied with your (payment) obligations, including any costs and interest.

7.5 Complaints with regard to invoices and/or the Service do not affect your obligation to pay.

7.6 If Sitly determines that your subscription has been used for purposes that violate the usage restrictions as outlined in article 5, Sitly is entitled to retain all fees paid and apply any relevant policies including termination of the subscription without refund.

7.7.1 Sitly may, from time to time, offer discounts or promotional offers on Premium subscriptions to certain users. These offers are subject to the Terms and Conditions specified at the time of the offer.
7.7.2 Eligibility for discounts and promotional offers is determined solely by Sitly based on criteria such as user location, subscription history, or other factors deemed relevant by Sitly.
7.7.3 Discounts and promotional offers are valid for a limited time only, as specified in the offer. After the promotional period ends, the subscription will renew at the standard rate unless the user cancels the subscription before the renewal date.
7.7.4 Sitly reserves the right to modify or terminate any discount or promotional offer at any time without prior notice. Existing discounts or promotional offers will be honoured for the duration of the specified period.
7.7.5 Any misuse of discounts or promotional offers, including but not limited to, creating multiple accounts to benefit from offers, will result in the immediate suspension or termination of the user’s account and any applicable legal action.

8.1 The Intellectual Property Rights applying to the Service, including the Platform and Database, and also any texts, look-and-feel, templates of the Profiles, video, audio, and photo material made available via the Platform, with the exception of the Content, remain the property of Sitly and/or its licensors.

8.2 Under the conditions outlined in these Terms of Service, Sitly gives you the limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, and non-transferable right to access and to use of the Service, including the Database, the Content, and the Platform for the purposes outlined in these Terms of Service.

8.3 You retain in principle the Intellectual Property Rights to Content placed by you. You recognize and accept that making available/uploading of Content by you automatically gives Sitly the royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable, sub-licensable, and transferable licence to make public this Content and to duplicate the Content and to store the Content in the Database as far as is required in order to provide the Service.
8.4 You explicitly renounce all personal rights named in article 25 of the Auteurswet (“Authors’ Law”), including the right to be named and the right to object to changes, as far as this is permitted according to that law.

8.5 You confirm to Sitly that you own all rights to the Content and that you are fully authorised to grant the licence as intended in this article to Sitly.

8.6 It is expressly forbidden to download, copy, alter, reverse engineer, or to make public any information made accessible via the Service or Platform, or to use such information for any purpose other than those named in these Terms of Service, unless Sitly or the rights holders concerned agree to this, or unless mandatory Dutch law expressly permits such usage.

9.1 While creating your Profile and during usage of the Service, you make your (personal) details available to Sitly. These (personal) details will be processed in accordance with the Sitly Privacy Statement and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

10.1 You are liable to Sitly for, and fully indemnify Sitly against, any damages and costs suffered by or incurred by Sitly as a result of (i) a culpable shortcoming by you in complying with the Terms of Service, (ii) any actions carried out by you while making use of the Service, or (iii) any illegal action. Any costs incurred by or damage suffered by Sitly in connection with these claims will be met by you.

10.2 You confirm to Sitly that all information that you provide while creating your Profile or placing Content is complete, current, and accurate. You recognize that the correctness, up-to-date nature of, and completeness of the Content made available is of great importance to the optimal functioning of the Service.

10.3 You confirm to Sitly that you are authorised to make use of the Service and that you will act in accordance with these Terms of Service. You indemnify Sitly against claims by third parties based upon the allegation that the use of the Service by you, including but not limited to the placement of Content, is unlawful.

11.1 Sitly accepts no responsibility whatsoever for damage as a result of providing the Service, or as a result of unlawful actions or otherwise, as far as is permitted by mandatory law.

11.2 If Sitly is liable to you for damage for any reason whatsoever, then this liability is in all cases limited per occurrence (whereby a connected series of occurrences is regarded as one occurrence) to the contributions (including BTW) paid by you to Sitly during the current calendar year for the Service that has lead to liability by Sitly.

11.3 Sitly is in no way responsible for consequential loss, including pure financial loss, loss of turnover or profit, loss of data or immaterial damage connected with or occurring as a result of the Service.

11.4 The restrictions named in this article are not applicable in the case of deliberate and/or conscious recklessness on the part of Sitly itself and/or its management.

11.5 The existence of any right by you to compensation requires that you report the damage in question in writing as soon as possible after its occurrence to Sitly. Any claim to compensation against Sitly will lapse 12 months after the coming into being of the claim.

12.1 Sitly is not responsible for any damage connected with the (unlawful) use of the Platform. Sitly is only obliged, under the conditions stated below, and after receiving a report, to remove any unmistakably unlawful material or to bring a halt to any unmistakably unlawful activities.

12.2 Sitly has established a procedure by which the presence or accessibility of suspected unlawful material can be reported to Sitly. This can occur via an email to info@sitly.es or by clicking on the button “Report user” which is present on profile pages and in received emails.

12.3 Sitly reserves the right to refuse to block material or to bring a halt to activities, should Sitly have legitimate reason to doubt the correctness of the report or the correctness of any evidence submitted together with the report, or if an assessment of interests requires this. In this case, Sitly can request a legal judgement from an authorised judge in the Netherlands, which indicates that the material or activity in question is unlawful.

12.4 Sitly shall in no way whatsoever be required to be a party to a dispute between the person responsible for the report and any third party.

12.5 The person submitting the report indemnifies Sitly against all claims by third parties in connection with the blocking or removal of material or the bringing to a halt of activities. The indemnification applies to all costs incurred by and damage suffered by Sitly in connection with such a claim, including but not limited to the restitution of costs of legal assistance.

13.1 If you make use of a free subscription, you have the right to cease making use of the Service and to remove your Profile.

13.2.1 If you make use of a paid subscription, the Service is available for the period of time chosen by you during the subscription process (the “Subscription Period”).

13.2.2 Unless you notify Sitly before the end of the Subscription Period that you want to cancel a subscription, your subscription will automatically renew on a recurring basis corresponding to the term of your initial subscription. You authorise Sitly to collect the then-applicable subscription fee for such renewal using any credit card or other payment mechanism we have on record for you.

13.2.3 Renewal Subscription Periods are subject to cancellation by you 1 week before the next billing date. If cancelled, the cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current Subscription Period.

13.2.4 To cancel subscriptions that are paid directly through the Sitly Platform, subscribers must either cancel their subscription in their account settings on the Sitly Platform or send a cancellation request via email to info@sitly.es.

13.2.5 Please note that Sitly does not have the capability to cancel subscriptions made through the Sitly Android or iOS app. Subscribers wishing to cancel their subscriptions must do so through their respective Google Play or Apple App Store accounts, following the procedures outlined in Articles 13.2.6 and 13.2.7.

13.2.6 Subscriptions purchased through the Sitly Android app must be cancelled through your Google Play account. Subscribers should follow the steps outlined by Google Support to manage or cancel their subscriptions, which can be found here.

13.2.7 Subscriptions made through the Sitly iOS app must be cancelled through the subscriptions menu on your iPhone. Instructions provided by Apple Support on how to manage or cancel these subscriptions can be found here.

13.2.8 Except as specifically provided in these Terms of Service, all payments made for subscriptions, services, or products through the Sitly Platform or via mobile applications are non-refundable. This includes, but is not limited to, one-time purchases and recurring subscriptions. There are no refunds or credits for partially used periods of a subscription, Service, or product, even if the subscription is cancelled before the end of the current billing cycle.

13.2.9 Upon cancellation of a subscription, you will continue to have access to the subscription services until the end of the current paid billing period. Following the end of the billing period, the subscription will not be renewed, but no refunds will be provided for any preceding period of use or non-use.

13.3 Sitly points out that you cannot make use of the reflection period as stated in article 7:46d part 1 BW (Dutch civil law code). The service is namely executed directly with your agreement, as intended in article 7:46i part 5 under 1 BW.

13.4 In the case of dissolution of the agreement, then no cancellation will take place of that which Sitly has already delivered and/or carried out and any related payment obligations. Sums invoiced by Sitly before the dissolution in connection with that which Sitly has delivered or carried out correctly remain payable, with regard to that stated in the previous sentence, and are directly due at the moment of dissolution.

13.5 Upon ending of the agreement, regardless of the reason, your right to usage of the Service and your access to the Service will be directly withdrawn. Sitly will remove your profile directly upon ending of the agreement, regardless of the reason. Sitly retains the right to use all Content as stated in article 8. However, Sitly will, upon request by you, remove or anonymize all Content. Sitly is not required to deliver to you and/or to convert any Content after the ending of the agreement.

13.6 Sitly reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account and your access to the services without notice or liability if you violate these Terms of Service.

14.1 Dutch law is applicable to these Terms of Service and to usage of the Service and the Platform. Applicability of the Vienna Sales Convention (CISG) is expressly excluded.

14.2 Any disputes that arise between you and Sitly shall be put before the authorised judge in the arrondissement (“district”) of Amsterdam unless mandatory law requires that the dispute be put before another judge.

14.3 Sitly may transfer rights and obligations that arise from these Terms of Service to others, and will inform you should this take place. If you do not find this transfer of rights and obligations acceptable, then you may cease using the service and may remove your Profile.

14.4 Should a part of these Terms of Service be or become invalid, then you and Sitly remain bound to that which remains. Sitly shall replace the invalid part with conditions that are valid and for which the legal consequences, with regard to the content and intent of these Terms of Service, shall as far as possible agree with the invalid part.

Sitly is an online service, the aim of which is to bring together, via the Website, private individuals who wish to organize temporary childcare for their child(ren) by other private individuals or professional persons with private individuals or professional persons who are prepared to offer childcare services to private individuals. Users can form, on the basis of the Profiles, an opinion about the characteristics and qualities of other Users.

Sitly is part of the besloten vennootschap (“Limited Company”) 2Care4Kids Group B.V., also trading under the name Sitly, registered address (1012KV) Amsterdam, Rokin 44-C, and registered with the Chamber of Commerce of Amsterdam under registration number 56028458. The manner in which your personal details are stored and used is registered with the College Bescherming Persoonsgegevens (“Board for the Protection of Personal Details”) under registration number m1517431.

Account refers to a set of resources and rights within a given computer system assigned to you as the User for the purpose of accessing and/or using the Platform.

Controller refers to an entity (in this case Sitly) that determines the purposes and means of the processing of the Personal Data.

Data Subject refers to any person whose personal data is being collected, held, or processed.

GDPR refers to the Regulation 2016/679 of The European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC.

Personal Data refers to all data mentioned in the section Profile.

Processing refers to the collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction of personal data.

Processor refers to an entity (in this case Sitly) that processes the Personal Data on behalf of the Controller.

User refers to a person acting as a parent, a babysitter, or a nanny who accesses and uses the Platform via the User’s Account.

User Content refers to any content and information posted, uploaded, published, linked to, transmitted, recorded, displayed, or otherwise made available on the Platform and/or transmitted by a User to other Users, including text messages, chats, videos, photographs, and others, whether it is publicly or privately transmitted.

Sitly is the controller responsible for the processing of personal data. For all questions concerning the protection of personal data, you can contact us through our contact form on our website.

Sitly does not have a data protection officer.

Profile

In order to make contact with other users, you must first create a personal Profile. When you create such a Profile, you will be asked to enter certain information about yourself. You are not obliged to enter all details. The following details are obligatory for all users:

• Forename and surname
• Valid e-mail address and password
• Postcode and house number
• Personal description

For babysitters, nannies, and childminders, the following details are also obligatory:

• Date of birth
• Gender
• Hourly tariff
• Availability

Optionally supplemented with:

• Mobile telephone number
• Number of years childcare experience
• Experience with age categories of children
• References possessed
• Maximum number of children for whom you are prepared to babysit at one time
• Job / study
• Smoker: yes/no
• Language ability
• Relevant qualification

For parents, the following details are also obligatory:

• Childcare preferences
• Number of children
• Gender of children
• Dates of birth of children
• ​Expecting: yes/no

You can alter the information that you provide at any time. You can also add other information to your profile, such as photo or a link to your website.

Your Profile is, in principle, public. This means that it can be consulted by anyone. You can also set up your profile so that it is only visible by Users who also have a Profile. You can change this setting at any time.

Content

Sitly stores and processes all Content that you make available via Sitly. If you publish Content, for example your Profile, then other Users can make use of or react to the Content.

If you terminate your Profile, then Sitly will immediately make your Profile inaccessible. Upon termination, your data will be stored for a maximum period of six (6) months. Sitly will remove or anonymize the Content, should you request this.

Automatically generated information

In order to ensure the effective operation of Sitly (for example, to ensure that pages are correctly displayed, and in order to ensure the security of the Service), Sitly requires certain information. Therefore, Sitly will collect automatically generated information about your surfing behavior while you are using Sitly. This information consists of your IP address (the number of your computer on the Internet, which makes it possible to recognize your computer), the type of browser (computer program that facilitates the display of web pages), the computer system that you use, and the pages that you visit on the Website.

Purposes

Sitly will use information about you for the following purposes:

To make use of the Service possible.
In order to send you information about Sitly’s own services, and to react to questions and/or complaints that you may have.
In order to send you information about the products and services of Sitly’s partners, if you have given permission for this.
To generate anonymized statistical data.
In order to secure the Service, and to alter and improve the Service.
To process payments.
In order to provide information about you to third parties if you have given permission for this, or if required by law or regulation.
Sitly will keep you informed about the development of the Service. If there is, for example, a new extension to the Service or if an update is to take place, then Sitly will inform you about this. Sitly may also keep you informed about and current or future special offers.

Should you not wish to receive e-mail messages from Sitly, you can unsubscribe via the settings on your profile. A link that allows you to unsubscribe is also included in every e-mail send to you by Sitly.

Sitly uses automatically generated data for statistical purposes, and also for the protection and improvement of Sitly. This data may be provided to third parties, provided that it is completely anonymized and thus not traceable to you personally (no personal details).

Use by third parties

Sitly may provide your details to third parties provided that you have explicitly given permission for this to take place; in the case of a particular third party, for example, the processing of payments. It may also do so if these details cannot be traced to you personally (such as automatically generated information, not including your IP address).

Finally, Sitly may provide your details to third parties if obliged to do so by law or regulation, if required by a court case, or if we believe that it is necessary to do so in order to protect the rights of Sitly.

Sitly will not provide your details to third parties for direct marketing purposes (for example for the sending of special offers) without your explicit permission. Sitly may use a rendering of your account to Job Portals to advertise the use of Sitly. The information provided will be anonymized.

The Website can contain hyperlinks that, when clicked, will cause you to leave the Sitly Website and move to the website of another party. Sitly has no influence over the services and/or websites that are linked to from the Sitly Website. It may therefore be that another privacy statement applies to these services and/or websites. The Sitly Privacy Statement only applies to (personal) details obtained via the Service. Sitly accepts no responsibility whatsoever for (the functioning of and/or content of) services and/or websites of third parties.

The processing of your personal data is based on the following legal basis:

Consent
Sitly processes personal data based on the consent of our data subjects for one or more specific purposes (article 6, lid 1, sub a GDPR).

Contractual relationship
We process the personal data voluntarily communicated to us for the contractual processing of, for example, the required payments (article 6, lid 1, sub b GDPR).

Legitimate interest
We process personal data given by the data subject because this is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Sitly (article 6, lid 1, sub f GDPR).

If you want further information concerning this matter, you can contact us at though our contact form on the website.

Sitly will apply appropriate technical and organizational measures in order to protect your (personal) details against loss and against any form of illegal processing. Among other measures, Sitly will ensure that all personal details are securely stored. Sitly uses enterprise grade cloud providers for this data storage.

You can request, view, and, if necessary, alter your (personal) details in your Profile at any time. If you wish to know which details Sitly has stored about you, or if you wish to alter details that do not appear in your Profile, then you may make contact with us through our contact form on the Sitly website

You have the right to object to processing of personal data concerning to you, on grounds relating to your particular situation, when the processing of this data is based on our legitimate interests.

You can obtain from Sitly a restriction of processing in case the accuracy of the personal data is contested, in case the processing is unlawful, in case Sitly no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the personal data is required by you for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims and, finally, in case you object to processing (as mentioned in the above paragraph).

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller.

You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data without undue delay in case your data is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed, in case you withdraw your consent on which our processing is based, in case you have objected to our processing of your data and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, in case your data has been unlawfully processed, in case the personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which Sitly is subject.

To request any of these rights you can contact us through our contact form on the Sitly website.

For technical or operational reasons, it may be necessary to transfer your details to (the servers of) companies and/or service providers allied with Sitly in the United States or other countries outside Europe. Sitly ensures that personal details are only transferred to countries where the European Commission has determined this country offers an appropriate level of security for personal details, whether this is based on Art. 45 GDPR, or on EU Standard Contractual Clauses and/or on the EU-US Privacy Shield.

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to make use of Sitly. If you are younger than eighteen (18), then you can’t register at Sitly.

This Privacy Statement may be amended. Such changes will be announced on the Website and/or in a message to you.

Should you have questions about this Privacy Statement, you can send a message through our contact form on the Sitly website.

Cookies are small text files containing pieces of data – and they’re placed on your computer, tablet, phone, or other internet-enabled device when you use our website. HTTP cookies contain a unique identifying code that makes it possible for us to recognize your browser during visits to our website and to track certain aspects of your browsing activity. 

Specifically, session cookies allow us to see what parts of our website you access during a single visit; and permanent cookies let us see and remember your preferences over repeated visits so that your settings remain the same upon your subsequent return.

Cookies are stored in the folder of your device’s browser, where you can view and adjust their settings. Permanent cookies may be manually or routinely deleted from your browser, while session cookies are deleted automatically when you close your browser session.

We use the following cookies:

• First-Party Cookies: these are sent to your device by Sitly in order to facilitate the services you request through our website and to personalize your platform experience.
• Third-Party Cookies: these are sent to your device by entities outside of Sitly in order to track and monitor your online browsing activity across other sites on the internet. 

There are several types of cookies, which we’ve categorized by objective and outlined below. Remember, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation of 2016 (GDPR), you have the ability to opt out of any unnecessary cookies you feel compromise your browsing privacy, or manage your settings at any time.

Keep reading for the complete list of first- and third-party cookies that are used on our website. Get a brief description, find out how long these cookies remain on your device, and see who the sender is for each third-party cookie.

Necessary cookies are those which are essential for our website to work correctly, and they include basic functions such as supporting navigation between different parts of the website, identifying sessions, and permitting users to log in to secured areas of the website. For this reason, deactivating technical cookies effectively disables the website’s essential functions.

Functional cookies are those which make our website easier and more convenient for you to use, and they ensure you get a more personalized browsing experience by remembering things like your setting preferences, name, and regional location.

The necessary and functional cookies used on Sitly are listed below:

Cookie Name: AEC
Description: AEC cookies ensure that browsing session requests are made by a user, not other sites, in order to prevent malicious sites from secretly acting on the user’s behalf. In other words, this helps us be sure that you are the person behind your actions on our site.
Origin: Google
Duration: 180 days

Cookie Name: authToken
Description: The authToken cookie is required for users to be able to log in to our site and start a new session with their personal account, verifying that account credentials are correct. That means you need this cookie for accessing your membership on our website.
Origin: Sitly
Duration: 400 days

Cookie Name: CONSENT
Description: The CONSENT cookie stores a user’s preferences and cookie choices to maintain personal privacy while browsing. This gives you a convenient way to keep your cookie settings consistent across different sessions.
Origin: Google Tag Manager GTM
Duration: 400 days

Cookie Name: NID
Description: NID and ENID cookies and ‘VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE’ and ‘YEC’ cookies are used to enhance search results and play embedded videos while providing our team with engagement analytics related to advertising and user preferences – ensuring you’re able to access and interact with all content on our site.
Origin: Google
Duration: 396 days

Cookie Name: SOCS
Description: SOCS cookies store user preferences and settings related to personalized ads. This gives you a convenient way to keep your cookie settings consistent across different sessions.
Origin: Google
Duration: 395 days

Cookie Name: wp-wpml_current_language
Description: The wp-wpml_current_language cookie is required for us to be able to identify and remember a user’s preferred language so our platform remains accessible and inclusive.
Origin: Sitly
Duration: 1 Session

Cookie Name: sitlyCouponCode
Description: The sitlyCouponCode shows us if you have landed on one of our pages containing a promotional offer. It provides us with the information about the promotional page you have visited in order to determine if you’re eligible to receive a discount, and if so, which one.
Origin: Sitly
Duration: 1 session

Analytical cookies, also known as performance cookies, collect information about how our website is used. This information tells us, for example, how our advertising campaigns are performing alongside our platform’s informative and interactive content on our website and mobile app. We use this data to ensure we’re responding to your changing needs and making our site as easy as possible for you to access and use.

The analytical or performance cookies used on Sitly are listed below:

Cookie Name: ABTasty
Description: The ABTasty cookie gathers anonymized data to analyze our on-site experiments with AB Tasty. This means we can recognize if you’ve been on our site before and if so, link you to your previous visits, if you’ve been part of one of the on-site experiments, and what your actions were.
Origin: AB Tasty
Duration: 13 months

Cookie Name: ABTastySession
Description: The ABTastySession cookie determines if yours is a new sesson, and collects information about your current session on our site.
Origin: AB Tasty
Duration: Session

Cookie Name: _clck
Description: The _clck cookie stores a unique ID for each site visitor, allowing us to count and recognize how many distinct users our site has.
Origin: Clarity
Duration: 365 days

Cookie Name: _clsk
Description: The _clsk cookie combines and saves a user’s daily pageviews into a single session recording, letting us see and store each visitor’s activity separately.
Origin: Clarity
Duration: 1 day

Cookie Name: _ga
Description: The _ga cookie assigns each visitor a unique User ID, allowing Google Analytics to distinguish one user from another.
Origin: Google GA4
Duration: 400 days

Cookie Name: _ga_SiteID
Description: The _ga_SiteID cookie stores and counts pageviews for each User ID, so we can see which parts of our site are most active.
Origin: Google GA4
Duration: 400 days

Cookie Name: _gid
Description: The _gid cookie stores and updates User IDs for statistical analysis, so we can identify trends and patterns across our platform.
Origin: Google GA4
Duration: 1 day

Keep in mind, many of these cookies are used in connection with Google Analytics, meaning Google’s ability to use and share the collected information with its other services is subject to the Google Analytics Terms of Service as well as the Google Privacy Policy.

Most importantly, your IP address always remains private, and the data Google collects is anonymized with pseudonyms wherever possible. According to Google, all collected data is stored securely on its servers in the United States, and the company follows the Privacy Shield Principles for U.S. businesses.

You can opt out of Google’s cookies entirely by following the instructions on the Google cookies page  or by installing the opt-out browser add-on from Google Analytics  – just remember that opting out of Google Analytics will also withdraw your participation from Google Optimize.

To opt out of Clarity, click here – or get the Protect My Choices browser extension from the Digital Advertising Alliance.

Advertising cookies, also known as tracking cookies, are used to collect data and analyze your activity on our website and other webpages from our network. These cookies help us offer you personalized and relevant advertising based solely on your profile and preferences, not your name, email address, or other personal data. 

Enabling advertising or tracking cookies can even help prevent the same ad from showing up again and again, ensure that ads are displayed properly on screen, and select ads based on your interests. With your consent, third parties can also install such cookies on your devices in order to monitor your visit on our platform.

The advertising or tracking cookies used on Sitly are listed below:

Cookie Name: _fbp
Description: The _fbp cookie allows Facebook to set a unique User ID for site visitors, letting them track users on our site for more relevant advertisements on their network.
Origin: Facebook
Duration: 90 days

Cookie Name: ad_userdata
Description: The ad_user_data cookie determines whether personal data is sent to Google based on user consent, for online advertising purposes.
Origin: Google
Duration: 13 months

Cookie Name: ad_personalization
Description: The ad_personalization cookie controls whether personal data can be used for purposes such as remarketing, based on user consent. This means that your data can be used by Google for ad personalization.
Origin: Google
Duration: 13 months

Cookie Name: _gcl_au
Description: The _gcl_au cookie lets Google measure, store, and track click data to identify which pages, promotions, and advertisements are involved in converting site visitors to subscribing users.
Origin: Google
Duration: 90 days

Cookie Name: _scid
Description: The _scid cookie allows Snapchat to set unique User and Session IDs for site visitors, so they can track users on our site for more relevant advertisements on their network.
Origin: Snapchat
Duration: 396 days

Cookie Name: _scid_r
Description: The _scid_r cookie is another that lets Snapchat set a trackable User and Session ID for each site visitor on our site in order to offer more relevant advertisements on their network.
Origin: Snapchat
Duration: 396 days

Cookie Name: _tt_enable_cookie
Description: The
_tt_enable_cookie cookie lets TikTok track and store users’ consent settings for their third-party cookies.
Origin: TikTok
Duration: 390 days

Cookie Name: _ttp
Description: The _ttp cookie allows TikTok to assign each site visitor a unique User ID, so they can track users’ activity on our site and offer more relevant advertisements on their network.
Origin: TikTok
Duration: 390 days

Cookie Name: _uetsid
Description: The _uetsid cookie lets Bing set a Session ID for visitors to our site in order to offer users more relevant advertisements on their network.
Origin: Bing Ads
Duration: 1 day

Cookie Name: _uetvid
Description: The _uetvid cookie allows Bing to store and track users’ visits across websites in order to offer more relevant advertisements on their network.
Origin: Bing Ads
Duration: 390 days

You can adjust your settings to prevent third-party companies and advertisers from using your information. Simply follow the instructions on the linked pages below to customize your cookie consent settings.

Facebook Custom Audiences
If you have a Facebook account, click here.
If you don’t have a Facebook account, click here.

Google Ads
click here

Snapchat
click here

Tiktok
click here

Bing Ads
click here