Effective Date: 4/30/2024

Welcome to Verdict.com, an innovative Artificial Intelligence Platform and AI Assistant by VERDICT, LLC a Delaware corporation (“Verdict.com,” “Verdict AI Platform,” “Company,” “We,” “Our,” or “Us”). This Privacy Policy explains and outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Services on the Verdict.com AI Platform outlined in our Terms of Service Agreement, including related domains and subdomains; our mobile, tablet and other smart device applications; artificial intelligence ("AI") and application programming interfaces (“APIs”); any and all associated content and media, any Artificial Intelligence tools, any other connected tools, surveys, and programs and all associated networks and technology (collectively, the “AI Platform”), and all related services (collectively, the “Services”). This Privacy Policy is a legally binding agreement between you (“You”, “Your,” “User,” “Registered User”) and the Company. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control.

We use your data to provide and improve the AI Platform. By using the AI Platform, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy now, and as amended by us. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service Agreement.

By accessing and using the Verdict.com AI Platform, you also acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by our Terms of Service Agreement.

Definitions:

• Personal Data: Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from that data (or from other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession)
• Usage Data: Usage Data is data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the AI Platform or from the AI Platform infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• Cookies: Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device (computer or mobile device).
• Data Controller: Data Controller means the natural or legal entity who (either alone or jointly or in common with other entities) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.
• Data Processors (or Service Providers): Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal entity who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.
• User (or Registered User): User is any living individual who is using the AI Platform and is the subject of Personal Data.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve the AI Platform for you. Our information collection includes using cookies on a computer/handheld device or using or touching information in any way, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, deleting, using, combining and disclosing information, all of which activities will take place in the United States. If you reside outside the United States your information will be transferred, processed and stored under United States privacy standards. We collect and receive information from you in the following manner:

• You provide information by using the AI Platform and its Services, such as search queries and any results you view.
• You provide information when you fill any form or otherwise submit your personal information.
• We collect and receive information when you interact with our Service.
• We do create large unidentified and unattributed data sets, allowing us to evaluate global user trends and improve the AI Platform.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using the AI Platform, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Cookies and Usage Data
• Name, Email Address and Mobile Number
• Social Media Profile
• Payment Information
• Other Account Registration Information
• Personal Information that you may choose to provide in creating and managing your profile
• Location and IP addresses when using the AI Platform

We may use your Personal Data to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to enhance our Services and provide you with personalized experiences. AI technologies are employed to analyze user data collectively to identify trends, improve our Services, and develop new features that address user needs more effectively. We may also use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information about the Company. You may opt out of receiving any marketing or promotional communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.

Usage Data

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit the AI Platform or when you access the AI Platform by a computer, a mobile device or by any other means. This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s or mobile device Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, web page requests and the pages of the AI Platform that you visit, referring web pages, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. When you access the AI Platform through a mobile device, this Usage Data may include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Location Data

We may use and store information about your location (“Location Data”). We use this data to provide features on the AI Platform and to improve and customize the AI Platform. You can enable or disable location services when you use the AI Platform at any time, through your browser and/or device settings.

Tracking Technologies & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies such as tags, beacons and scripts to track the activity on the AI Platform and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amount of data which may also include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your device. Tracking technologies, such as beacons, tags, and scripts are used to collect and track data to improve the AI Platform and analyze performance of the AI Platform. 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 of the features on the AI Platform. By default, cookies that are required for the AI Platform to operate properly are allowed to be set without your permission.

Examples of Cookies we use:

• Strictly necessary cookies. Strictly necessary cookies allow core website functionality such as user login and account management. The website cannot be used properly without strictly necessary cookies.
• Performance cookies. Performance cookies are used to see how visitors use the website, eg. analytics cookies. Those cookies cannot be used to directly identify a certain visitor.
• Targeting cookies. Targeting cookies are used to identify visitors between different websites, eg. content partners, banner networks. Those cookies may be used by companies to build a profile of visitor interests or show relevant ads on other websites.
• Functionality cookies. Functionality cookies are used to remember visitor information on the website, eg. language, timezone, enhanced content.
• Unclassified cookies. Unclassified cookies are cookies that do not belong to any other category or are in the process of categorization.

How We Use Your Information

We may use your information for the following purposes:

• Providing and maintaining our Service, as well as monitoring the usage of our Service.
• Managing your account. Your Personal Data can enable access to multiple functions of our Service that are available to registered users.
• For the performance of a contract. Your Personal Data will assist with the development, undertaking, and compliance of a purchase contract for products or services you have purchased through our Service.
• To contact you. We will contact you by email, phone, SMS, or another form of electronic communication related to the functions, products, services, or security updates when necessary or reasonable.
• To update you with news, general information, special offers, new services, and events.
• Marketing and promotional initiatives. We will use non-specific information gathered from you in order to improve our marketing efforts.
• Targeted advertising. Your Personal Data will be used to improve advertising efforts that are relevant to your specific interests.
• Testimonials and customer feedback collection. If you share a testimonial or review about your experience using our Service, it will be shared or otherwise used on the website.
• Managing customer orders. Your email address, phone number, social media profiles, and other user account information will be used in order to manage orders placed through our Service.
• Dispute resolution and site protection. Your information will be used in the instance of a legal dispute to resolve issues related to our Service.
• User to user comments. Your information, such as your screen name, personal image, or email address, will be in public view when posting user to user comments.
• For other purposes. We will use your information for data analysis to identify usage trends or determine the effective of our marketing campaigns when reasonable. We will use your information to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, and marketing efforts.

How We Share Your Information

We will share your information, when applicable, in the following situations:

• With your consent. We will share your information for any purpose with your explicit consent.
• For transfers of business. Your information will be shared in the event of connection, negotiation, merger, sale of business assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business with another company.
• Sharing with affiliates. We will share your information with our affiliates. These may include our parent company or subsidiaries, partners, or companies that we control.
• Sharing with other users. Information you provide may be viewed by other users of our Service. By interacting with other users or registering through a third-party service, such as a social media service, your contacts on the third-party service may see your information and a description of your activity.

Third-Party Sharing

Any third-party Service Provider we share your information with must disclose the purpose for which they intend to use your information. They must retain your information only for the duration disclosed when requesting or receiving said information. The third-party Service Provider must not further collect, sell, or use your personal information except as necessary to perform the specified purpose.

Your information may be shared to a third-party for reasons including:

• Analytics information. Your information might be shared with Service Providers providing online analytics tools in order to track and analyze platform traffic.
• Improving our Service. Your information might be shared with third-party Service Providers, including AI-Generated Content Service Providers and Search Engine/Data Hubs Service Providers in order to improve our Service to you and/or our interactions with Service Providers.
• Payment processing and recovery services. Your information will be used in order to process payments with third-party Service Providers in the event of a purchase, refund, or other similar request.
• Marketing initiatives. Your information will be used with third-party Service Providers for generating and sending newsletters, email marketing efforts, advertisements, promotional and special offers and general information about goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
• Improving targeted advertising campaigns. We partner with third-party Service Providers to improve targeted advertising campaigns.
• Single Sign-On (SSO). Your information will be used with third-party Service Providers in order to process Single Sign-On with Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, X/Twitter, and LinkedIn, streamlining your access to our AI Platform. By using SSO, you agree to manage your third-party account responsibly and acknowledge that your use of these services for signing into the AI Platform is governed by their respective privacy policies and terms of use.
  

For detailed guidelines, Users should consult official documentation and privacy policy of the respective Service Provider:

OpenAI Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy
Anthropic/Claude: https://support.anthropic.com/en/collections/4078534-privacy-legal
Mistral Privacy Policy: https://mistral.ai/terms/
Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Microsoft Privacy Statement: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
DuckDuckGo Privacy Policy: https://duckduckgo.com/privacy
LinkedIn Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Facebook Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy
X/Twitter Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy

Other Use of Data and Data Sharing

Please note that while we do not sell your information to any third-party, we may share certain information with third parties for other performance and maintenance purposes and may use your collected data for other reasons, including, but not limited to:

• To provide relevant information and to maintain the AI Platform;
• To allow you to participate in interactive features on the AI Platform when you choose to do so;
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the AI Platform;
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues on the AI Platform;
• To notify you about any changes on the AI Platform;
• To monitor the usage of the AI Platform;

User Data Deletion and GDPR Compliance

We are committed to fulfilling our obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enacted by the European Union (EU). This section of our Privacy Policy is dedicated to users from the European Economic Area (EEA) and outlines our practices concerning the collection, use, and protection of personal data.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR

Our processing of your personal data is based on the following legal grounds:

• Performance of a Contract: We process personal data to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract. Processing your payment information is necessary for completing transactions and providing you with the services or products you have purchased. This includes verifying your information, processing payments, and providing customer support related to your purchases.
• Consent: We may process your data based on your consent for specific purposes such as marketing, personalized content, and advertising. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
• Legitimate Interests: We process data when it is in our legitimate interests to do so (e.g., for internal administrative purposes, data analytics, and benchmarking) and when these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights.
• Legal Obligation: We may process personal data to comply with our legal obligations, such as tax laws and regulations.
• Vital Interests: Rarely, we may process personal data to protect your vital interests or those of another person (e.g., in the case of a medical emergency).

Your Rights Under GDPR

Under GDPR, you have various rights in relation to your personal data:

• Right to Access: You can request access to your personal data and obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data about you.
• Right to Erasure: In certain circumstances, you can request the deletion of your personal data from our systems.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transmit those data to another controller.
• Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data under certain conditions, including processing for direct marketing purposes.
• Rights Related to Automated Decision Making and Profiling: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.

Exercising Your GDPR Rights

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@verdict.com. We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and process your request.

How to Request Data Deletion

Once your identity has been verified, We will process your request and delete your personal data from our records, except for any data We are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. For example, We may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes, such as resolving disputes and enforcing our agreements.

Response Time

We aim to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally, it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made several requests. In this case, We will notify you and keep you updated on the progress.

Data Transfers under GDPR

Personal data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our Service Providers. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Changes to Our GDPR Compliance Statement

We may update this GDPR Compliance Statement from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page or by other means of contact such as email.

California Privacy Rights

California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA):

Our platform respects your privacy preferences and the Do Not Track (“DNT”) setting in your web browser. While we do not support DNT signals as there is no uniform industry standard for compliance, you can adjust your browser settings to express your preferences regarding tracking.

In compliance with CalOPPA, California residents are entitled to request and obtain from us, once a calendar year, information about the categories of personal information (as defined in the statute) shared with third parties for those third parties' direct marketing purposes, and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you would like to make such a request, please contact us at support@verdict.com.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

For residents of California, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants state residents additional rights regarding the use of their personal information. As detailed in our Privacy Policy, these rights include:

• Right to Know and Access: You have the right to know the personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell about you.
• Right to Deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information collected or maintained by us.
• Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of the privacy rights conferred by the CCPA.

To exercise any of these rights under CCPA, please contact us at support@verdict.com. For verification purposes, we may need to request additional information from you to confirm your identity.

To learn more about your California privacy rights, visit the California Office of the Attorney General’s website at https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa.

Retention of Data

We will use commercially acceptable means to retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will also use and retain your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. We may also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of the AI Platform, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods. Your information may be retained for longer periods for reporting or record- keeping in accordance with applicable laws. Information which does not identify you personally may be stored indefinitely.

Transfer of Data

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 the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we may transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. Company will use commercially acceptable means to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and 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.

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we use Stripe, Google Pay and Apple Pay for payments on the AI Platform and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host the AI Platform, and strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Business Transaction

If Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will use commercially acceptable means to provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

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, etc.).

Legal Requirements

Company may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• To comply with a legal obligation.
• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the AI Platform.
• To protect the personal safety of users of the AI Platform or the public.
• To respond to claims that your use of our Service violates third-party rights.
• To enforce agreements you make with us, including this Privacy Policy.
• To protect against any legal liability.

Payments

We may provide paid services and/or products within the AI Platform. In that case, we use third-party Service Providers for payment processing (e.g. payment processing Service Providers). We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processing Service Providers whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processing Service Providers adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

The third-party payment processing Service Providers we work with include, but are not limited to are Stripe, Google Pay and Apple Pay. For detailed guidelines, Users should consult official documentation and privacy policy of the respective third-party Service Provider:

Stripe Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/privacy/
Google Pay Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://pay.google.com/about/policy/
Apple Pay Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/apple-pay/

Links to Other Sites

The AI Platform contains links to other sites 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 Service Provider, site or service.

Children and Persons under the Age of 18

The AI Platform is not intended for children or persons under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any personal information to or on the AI Platform. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on this AI Platform or through any of its features, nor register on the AI Platform, use any of the interactive or public features, or provide any information about yourself to us, or anyone else, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or username you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from anyone under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a person under 18, please contact us at support@verdict.com.

California residents under 18 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection of their personal information. Please see https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa for more information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time, upon thirty (30) days notice, in our sole discretion, and it shall apply to access and use of the Services and AI Platform thereafter. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Your continued use of the AI Platform following the conclusion of the thirty (30) days notice period means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this Privacy Policy and Terms of Service Agreement from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.

Contact Us

The Verdict.com AI Platform is operated by VERDICT, LLC a Delaware corporation. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@verdict.com.