PRIVACY POLICY

MindShare respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.kfocus.org (our "Website") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

WHAT WE DO COLLECT

We collect personal identification information including name, email address, shipping address, billing address, and telephone number.

HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR DATA

You directly provide MindShare with most of the data we collect. We collect and process data when you:

• Place an order
• Request to receive a newsletter
• Request to download our ISO installer image
• Ask a question through an online form or email
• Voluntarily complete a survey to provide feedback
• Use or view our website

HOW WE WILL USE YOUR DATA

MindShare collects data so that we can:

• Process your order and manage your account
• Provide order updates
• Provide sales, service, and technical support
• Fulfill a request to download our ISO installer image
• Understand website visitor trends and the effectiveness of our marketing outreach
• If subscribed to a newsletter, email you company and product information
• Through voluntary surveys to better understand your use and satisfaction with our products

We partner with companies for order processing, account management, shipping, data hosting, and newsletter marketing. When we process your order, we may send your data to, and also use the resulting information from, a partner company to prevent fraudulent purchases. Where personal information is provided to third parties, it is subject to contractual protections.

HOW DO WE STORE YOUR DATA

We securely store your data on our hosting provider, AWS. We retain your data only for as long as necessary to provide our services to you, to maintain our records, or as otherwise required by law. Please note that some of our database backups may store your personal information for up to 30 days after deletion. Personal data may be transferred to the United States for processing an order and the laws of the U.S. may not provide the same protection and the laws of the EU.

WHAT ARE YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
• The right to non-discrimination – You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your rights.
• The right to opt-out of marketing – If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt-out at a later date. You have the right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes.

COOKIES

Our website uses a first-party functionality cookie to store your cart status. Third-party, non-essential cookies are used for Google Analytics. You can choose to disable or selectively turn off cookies in your browser settings, but this may affect how you are able to interact with our site and others.

KUBUNTU OS

MindShare does not collect or store any information from the OS user installations. Minimal OS and hardware data is temporarily used—not stored—to provide updates and connectivity verification during the process of building a computer.

Kubuntu software sources include Launchpad, Ubuntu, and Snapcraft hosted repositories. Your Kubuntu installation will connect to these sources to keep your software up to date, secure, and to install additional software that you may select.

Kubuntu provides firmware updates from Ubuntu and LVFS (Linux Vendor Firmware Service) repositories.

HOW TO CONTACT US

MindShare is a Data Controller for the information described in this policy. If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on file, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please contact us at privacy@kfocus.org or by phone at +01 844-536-2871.

Last Updated: January 30, 2024