Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy, in conjunction with our Terms and Conditions, forms the basis of our agreement with you. It outlines our privacy practices, detailing when and how we collect your information, including personal data, how we utilize this information, and the circumstances under which we may share it with third parties. This Privacy Policy applies to all services provided by sniperwriters.com.
The Company acts as the “controller” of your personal data, meaning we are responsible for the information you provide through this Website and/or our services. According to the Processing of Personal Data (Protection of Individuals) Law 2001 and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 (“GDPR”), a “controller” is an entity that determines the purposes and methods of processing personal data.
We are committed to handling your privacy with utmost seriousness, ensuring that your personal data is processed fairly, lawfully, and transparently. Therefore, we urge you to carefully and attentively review this Policy, as it outlines the personal data we collect about you, how it is utilized, and our principles and practices related to processing your personal data.
Children’s Privacy
Our services and Website are not intended for individuals under the age of fourteen, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from such individuals. If you are under fourteen years old, please refrain from providing us with any personal information through our Website and/or services. If we become aware that we have inadvertently obtained personal data from a child under the age of fourteen without parental consent, we will promptly delete this data from our records. If you have any information related to a child under the age of fourteen, please contact us via support@sniperwriters.com.
Types of Personal Data We Collect
The processing of your personal data is lawful only when permitted under EU data protection law. This means that we may collect and process your personal data only when we have a specific legal basis for doing so. Legal basis serves as the foundation for processing your personal data. The law mandates that we have a lawful basis for each instance of data processing, and we take this requirement seriously.
- Information provided when filling out the registration form: If you choose to become a freelance writer with us, you must complete the online registration form and furnish all necessary data, including your name, email, phone number, payment information, educational certificates, gender, and country of residence. Your email address will be used to communicate information regarding the orders you are working on and other organizational matters. We need to retain the personal information of team members to facilitate communication. Purpose: This information is required to grant you access to our freelance writers’ program, verify your identity, maintain a record of your transactions, and facilitate communication regarding suitable paper assignments. This information is provided directly by you. Legal Basis: Our legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and the Company, and/or taking steps at your request to enter into such a contract. We may also use your contact details based on our legitimate interests to respond to communications sent to us. This information will be accessible only to our customer care agents and will never be disclosed to third parties. It will not be sold, rented, or shared.
- Information provided when working with your account control panel: After completing the registration form, you will be directed to your personal control panel. Here, you will complete a tutorial, quizzes, writing prompts, and sample essay assignments, as well as upload a photo of your higher education certificate. Writers must also provide their payment details to process payments on designated payment days. This information is visible only to our support members and is secured by an SSL certificate to ensure confidentiality. Purpose: We require this information to assess you as a freelance writer and grant you access to our program. Legal Basis: Our legal basis for this processing is the performance of a contract between you and the Company, and/or taking steps at your request to enter into such a contract. This information will be accessed only by our customer care agents and will never be sold, rented, or shared.
- Online Activity Information and Information about Your Use of Our Website: During your visits to our Website, we collect your IP address, operating system, browser ID, referring website, pages viewed, and country of location. Purpose: This information is used for fraud and abuse detection, ensuring Website security, administering the Website, analyzing your use of the Website, and delivering relevant content, information, and advertisements while measuring the effectiveness of our advertising efforts. Legal Basis: Our legal basis for collecting and processing this personal data is either your consent or our legitimate interests in properly administering our Website, growing our business, and determining our marketing strategy.
- Information for Marketing Activities: Our legal basis for processing your personal data to send you marketing communications is either your consent or our legitimate interests (namely to grow and develop our business). However, please note that we will never share your personal data with any third party for their own marketing purposes without your prior express consent. You have the right at any time to ask us to stop processing your data for direct marketing purposes by sending an email to support@sniperwriters.com or by following the unsubscribe links on any marketing message we send to you.
Your Consent
If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you may revoke your consent at any time by emailing us at: support@sniperwriters.com. Withdrawal of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of our processing prior to the withdrawal of consent.
Data Sharing and Recipients of Your Personal Data
We may share your personal data and non-personally identifiable information with the following:
- Our Affiliates: We may collaborate with other businesses or companies (partners) to enhance services and foster the growth of the Company. On occasion, they may require your personal data to provide their services and facilitate various transactions.
- Third-party service providers: We may engage other companies to act as intermediaries, including hosting our Website, payment services, sending emails on our behalf, analytics, and search engine providers for Website improvement, and affiliate networks.
- Third parties in the event of reorganization, merger, sale, etc.: We may sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business and/or assets to (with) third parties. We may also acquire other businesses or merge with them. In such cases, new owners may use your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
- Third parties in compliance with legal obligations: We may disclose your personal data if required by legal processes, litigation, law, or governmental or public institutions or authorities. We may also disclose information about you if necessary for law enforcement, national security, or protection of our users and/or operations.
- Professional advisers: These include consultants, banking, legal, and accounting services that provide us with professional advice and services.
How Long We Store Your Data
We will retain your personal data for as long as you have an account with us. After the termination of your account (for any reason), we will keep your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.
International Transfers
We may transfer the personal data we gather about you to third parties located in countries other than your own for the purposes for which they were collected. This includes countries that may not be part of the European Economic Area (EEA)
and may not offer the same safeguards for personal data protection as within the EEA.
Any such transfer will only occur when, at least: The third-party recipient is located in a country which, according to the European Commission, provides an adequate level of protection for your personal information; and/or under an agreement which satisfies EU requirements for the transfer of personal data to data processors or data controllers outside the EEA, such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.