PRIVACY POLICY

(Effective January 15, 2025)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Your Consent
3. Information We Collect
4. How we use your Information
5. Our Data Processing Activities
6. Marketing
7. Internet Based Ads (Meta Ads)
8. Promotional offers from us
9. Opting out
10. Data Sharing
11. The data subjects rights
12. Your California Privacy Rights
13. Commitment
14. Changes To our Privacy Policy
15. Contact Us

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT CAREFULLY

1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing the AKB² AI Marketing & Consulting services accessible at www.akbsmallbusinessmarketing.com. (The “Site”), trading as AKB² Small Business Marketing.

AKB² Small Business Marketing is the owner and provider of the online platform, located at https://www.akbsmallbusinessmarketing.com. (The “Platform”). When this Policy mentions AKB² AI Marketing & Consulting or AKB² Small Business Marketing, it refers to “we”, “us”, or “our”. Our privacy promise are:

a. We value your privacy & data security

b. We do not use your data for commercial purpose

c. We comply with the United State Privacy Laws

d. We comply with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

e. We Comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA)

f. We will never sell your data

g. You are in control of your data.

In order to fully understand the consent you are giving us in relation to your personal data, please read the Consent Section below.

2. Your Consent

Our Privacy Policy is based on and reflects various mandatory requirements of applicable laws around the world, where AKB² Small Business Marketing is operating, that govern the protection of personal data, including but not limited to the United State Privacy Laws, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) of the Canadian law on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) which gives consumers more control over the personal information that we collect. Under these laws and certain other applicable laws, we are required to get specific consent from you in relation to the personal data we collect about you.

Please note that you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by writing to us at hello@akbsmallbusinessmarketing.com. With clear statement that you withdraw your consent and wish your account to be terminated and all personal data to be deleted. Notwithstanding, you are not obligated to provide us with your personal data completely or partially, however in that way we could not provide you with our services depending on provided personal data volume. If you opt out the processing of your personal data, we will respect that subject to our legal obligations.

3. Information We Collect

We may collect certain personal information, such as your name, email address, and contact information when you voluntarily provide it for registration or support requests. We may automatically collect information about your use of the site, including device information, IP address, usage patterns, and interactions within the site.

4. How we use your Information

We use your information to personalize your experience within the site and provide you with relevant content and features. We may use your contact information to respond to your inquiries or provide updates related to the service. We also collect data to analyze usage patterns and improve the site functionality and user experience. You hold the right to opt out of receiving any of these communications as described under “Data Subject Right” section below.

5. Our Data Processing Activities

DATA PROCESSING  LEGAL BASIS 
Our contract with you is to provide our services to you via the website Contract
Provision of Service Legitimate Interests 
Signing you up as a registered user Contract
Compliance with applicable laws Legal obligation
Keeping the Service running (managing your requests, remembering your settings, hosting, and back-end infrastructure) Legitimate Interests
Preventing frauds, illegal activity, or any violation of the terms of this Policy.  Legitimate Interests
Improving the website and services. Legitimate Interests
Customer support (notifying you of any changes to the Website, services, solving issues, any bug fixing) Legitimate Interests

6. Marketing

We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising. As a member of AKB² Small Business Marketing, we have established a preferences centre where you can view and make certain decisions about how we communicate with you.

7. Internet Based Ads (Meta Ads)

We run Meta ads provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. and also share traffic data with advertisers and other third parties who may use it for advertising purposes, including to serve targeted advertising on non-affiliated third party sites. These advertisers include but not limited to;

a. Google Advertising ID (AAID): You can change your Google Advertising ID settings by optingout

b. Facebook Meta ads provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.

c. Tiktok Ads provided by Tiktok

d. LinkedIn Ads provided by LinkedIn

Some of those ads may be personalized, meaning that they are intended to be relevant to you based on information about your online activities on the Site or other websites over time. Please note that we do not share any information that identifies you personally with the third party service providers who serve ads on our behalf. To opt out of these types of ads, please visit the Network Advertising Initiative for information about how to opt-out of interest-based advertising by their members.

8. Promotional offers from us

We may use your Identity, Contact information, Technical, and Usage Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you (we call this marketing).

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us.

9. Opting out

You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by logging into the website and checking or unchecking relevant boxes to adjust your marketing preferences or by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you..

10. Data Sharing

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may share your data with trusted service providers who assist in delivering our services.

11. The data subjects rights

Under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), you are entitle to the choices below;

a. Exercise of Rights
b. Revocation of Consent
c. Right of Access
d. Right to Rectification
e. Right to Erasure
f. Right to Restriction of Processing
g. Right to Data Portability
h. Right to Object
i. The right to appeal

Learn more about these rights, and find out how you can exercise your rights by sending us a message.

12. Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you are entitled to request information concerning any personal information you provide to us as part of an established business relationship for personal, family, or household purposes that we disclose to nonaffiliated third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not share such personal information with nonaffiliated third parties for such purposes.

We may make your Personal Information available to third parties for their marketing purposes as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to share your Personal Information in this way, send your request to hello@akbsmallbusinessmarketing.com. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA.

13. Commitment

We take the responsibility to protect the security and privacy of our users seriously. We have established effective policies that define our commitment to data security and the information technology we manage. We are continually reviewing policies and procedures to assure that they are appropriate and effective in meeting our commitments to our community, our users, customers and ourselves. Any suspicious attempt to breach our terms and policies, or to engage in any type of unauthorized action involving our information systems, is regarded as potential criminal activity. All suspicious computer mischief will be reported to the appropriate authorities.

14. Changes To our Privacy Policy

Changes to this privacy policy may be made by us from time to time. In no event will these changes result in the degradation of any security measures designed to protect you from unauthorized disclosure.

15. Contact Us

We hope that we can satisfy any queries you may have about the way in which we process your personal information, so we encourage you to submit your claim to our Data Protection Officer at; hello@akbsmallbusinessmarketing.com.

Or write us at

55 Village Centre Place
Suite 200
Mississauga, ON L4Z 1V9
Canada

However, if this does not satisfy you, you also have the right to complain to the data protection authority in the location in which you live, work or believe a data protection breach has occurred.

Last Updated January 15, 2025