Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 7, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to HUMA Certificate ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services.

By using the HUMA Certificate website and services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our services.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

  • Register for our services
  • Fill out a form on our website
  • Sign up for our newsletter
  • Contact us via email or other communication channels
  • Submit content for certification

This information may include:

  • Your name
  • Email address
  • Professional role (artist/creator, consumer, gallery/publisher)
  • Content you submit for certification
  • Communication preferences
  • Other information you choose to provide

2.2 Usage Data

We may also collect information automatically when you visit our website, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device type
  • Pages of our website that you visit
  • Time and date of your visit
  • Time spent on those pages
  • Unique device identifiers
  • Other diagnostic data

2.3 Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

  • Provide and maintain our services
  • Notify you about changes to our services
  • Allow you to participate in interactive features when you choose to do so
  • Provide customer support
  • Gather analysis or valuable information to improve our services
  • Monitor the usage of our services
  • Detect, prevent, and address technical issues
  • Verify authenticity of content submitted for certification
  • Process your certification applications
  • Contact you about your certification status
  • Send you newsletters, promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data based on one or more of the following legal grounds:

  • Your consent
  • Performance of a contract with you
  • Compliance with a legal obligation
  • Protection of your vital interests or those of another person
  • Our legitimate interests, provided these interests don't override your fundamental rights and freedoms

5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. After such time, we will either delete or anonymize your information.

6. Data Transfer

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ.

If you are located outside of our primary operating location and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data to our servers and process it there.

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. No transfer of your personal data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

7. Disclosure of Data

7.1 Business Transaction

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

7.2 Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

7.3 Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our service, provide the service on our behalf, perform service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our service is used. These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

8. Data Security

We value your trust in providing us your personal information, and we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect it. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

  • Right to Access - You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • Right to Rectification - You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • Right to Erasure - You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restrict Processing - You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Object to Processing - You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Data Portability - You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section below.

10. Children's Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so that we can take necessary actions.

11. Links to Other Websites

Our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

This Privacy Policy was created for HUMA Certificate, committed to supporting genuine human creativity in a world of increasing AI-generated content.