Privacy Policy
Breef Inc. ("Breef", "we", or "us") provides access to the Service and our website at Breef.com. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect information that applies to the Service, and your choices about the collection and use of your information. All capitalized terms that are not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meaning given to them in the Breef Terms of Use. This Privacy Policy applies to information that you provide through the Service, and applies to all Users, irrespective of whether they create an Account. For Users who access the site as a representative of a company (i.e. businesses or corporate entities), the use of the Service shall be intended to also bind that company to the Privacy Policy, as though the company itself was a User.
You understand that by accessing the Service, your personal information will be handled as outlined in this Privacy Policy. This means, unless you indicate otherwise, it will likely be shared with other Users of the Service, for the purpose of both providing the Service and enhancing the features of the Service. You agree to your personal information being handled as set out in this Privacy Policy.
Breef may, in its sole discretion, modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and so you should review this page on a frequent basis. When we change the Privacy Policy in a material manner, we will update the ‘Last updated’ date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Service after any such change constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
Information Breef Collects
Breef collects and uses information via Breef.com, our project managers and other features of the Service in order to provide the functionality of the Service. By collecting this information, we can provide Users with access to the Service and further develop its functionality. Collection and use of User information also enables us to enhance various components of the Service, for example, access to Agency Talent, Clients, Projects and Pitches. Information that you provide can also assist us to provide customization and tailoring of Service features.
We may collect information any time that you use our Service. This can be through using our website(s), engaging with project managers or members of Breef over telephone, in person or online, communicating as a User of the Service or updating your Account information and preferences.
We collect a variety of information, including:
- Personally Identifiable Information: such as contact details, your name, company name, email address, phone number, physical address, postal address, preferences, experience details. We may also collect date of birth, taxpayer information, copies of government-issued identification, and your photo. On occasion, we may request a copy of your credit report from you or a third-party credit reporting agency.
- Payment Information: such as credit card, financial account information, billing details and payment preferences.
- Service Data: such as analytics data, use of third-party analytics tools that help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Service. These tools collect information sent by your browser, including the pages you visit and other information that assists us in improving the Service. Analytics data is used in aggregate form such that it cannot reasonably be manipulated to identify any particular User.
- Project and Pitch Information: we collect additional information relating to Clients and Agency Talent, including, Projects and Pitches and the contents within, such as budget, location, job history, timing, performance, rates, feedback and rating information.
Under certain circumstances, Breef may also be required or permitted by law to order and collect certain personal information about Users.
We may also retain any messages you send through the Service, customer service correspondence, and may collect information you provide in any content you post to the Service.
Both your personally identifiable information and certain non-identifying information may be combined for the purpose of providing the Service. As a Client, you are able to manage your Project confidentiality preferences. We will use best endeavors to protect the confidentiality of any Project that you post as well as Pitches provided by Agency Talent. Depending on the information you provide, Agency Talent and other Users may be able to identify you or your company. You can always contact us to update your information preferences.
How Breef Uses Your Information
Breef uses the information that you provide us to perform the Service, improve the Service and its functionality, and to market the Service. This includes the following activities:
- Providing the functionality of the Service, including (but not limited to) connecting Clients with Agency Talent, posting Projects, developing and receiving Pitches, registering and administering your Account, building your profile as a part of the Service;
- Communicating with you, including (but not limited to) Service communications, marketing or promotional communications and communications relevant to your use of the Service;
- Managing billing, payments, fraud prevention, identification and authentication purposes;
- Performing site analytics, functionality testing and improvements;
- Undertaking market research, error protection, fraud detection, prevention of crime;
- Working with third party service providers who assist in the provision of the Service and whom we may partner with for additional marketing activities;
- Promoting Service and various functions by providing materials that may be relevant to you;
- Ensuring compliance with laws, Service rules, Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and other Policies;
- Undertaking quality management and personnel training; and
- Any activities as otherwise indicated on the Breef website, throughout the Service or this Privacy Policy as updated from time to time.
By using the Service, you consent to Breef using and disclosing your personal information in any manner that could reasonably be contemplated by our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
You also provide us with consent to contact you via any of the communication details provided by you through the Service (for example, phone number or email address), or by linked communication means (for example, contact details appearing on your website). If you do not wish to be contacted, please email hello@breef.com to opt out of communications.
Your Rights Under CCPA
If you are a resident of California, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including:
- Right to Know – You may request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you in the past 12 months;
- Right to Delete – You may request that we delete personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions;
- Right to Correct – You may request correction of inaccurate personal information maintained about you;
- Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing – You may request to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. Breef does not sell your personal data for monetary value, but some uses may be considered “sharing” under CCPA;
- Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information – If you provide sensitive personal data, you may request we limit its use to only what is necessary to provide services;
- Right to Non-Discrimination – You will not be discriminated against for exercising your CCPA rights.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@breef.com
Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR
If you are located in the European Union or the United Kingdom, Breef acts as a data controller under the General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679) and UK GDPR. We process your data on one or more of the following legal bases:
- To provide services you request;
- Where we are legally required to collect or retain your data;
- Where you have explicitly consented to processing;
- To improve and secure our services, provided your rights do not override these interests.
You have the following rights under GDPR:
- Obtain a copy of your personal data;
- Request deletion of your data;
- Request correction of inaccurate data;
- Limit how we use your data;
- Object to certain uses of your data;
- Receive your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format;
- Withdraw any consent you previously gave;
- File a complaint with a data protection authority in your country.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@breef.com
Project and Pitch Details
Any information and User content that you post to the site shall be viewable by Users of the Service. This includes Project information (except in the circumstances where you request that your name be kept 'confidential'). While we shall use best endeavors to maintain confidentiality, we cannot guarantee confidentiality, and you understand that Users may be able to identify you from Project or other information posted on the Service. You understand that, and consent to, Project details and Pitches being shared between Breef, Clients and Agency Talent. The sharing of such information shall be at Breef's sole discretion.
Client and Agency Talent Account Details
Information that you provide for your User Account (whether a Client or Agency Talent User) will be viewable by Users of the site in a publicly viewable profile, including but not limited to, name, image/logo details, skills, feedback, company details and location. We will not share details such as payment information without your consent. Information provided by you for User Accounts and profiles is solely your responsibility. Breef takes no steps to verify the accuracy of the information that you provide to complete your User profile or that is contained within your User Account.
Marketing Communications
When you register for an Account, Breef will contact you with both Service-related and marketing emails and communications. We will use your Account-registered personal information to send this content to you. If you do not want to receive such email messages and communications, you will be given the option to opt out or change your account preferences. You can also contact us at hello@breef.com. You will not be able to opt out of Service-related emails and communications. By continuing to maintain an Account and/or use the Service, you acknowledge and agree that Breef shall be permitted to continue Service-related emails and communications.
Advertisements
Breef may also share certain information such as your browser and cookie data and other data relating to your use of our Service with our business partners to deliver advertisements (“ads”) that may be of interest to you. Breef may allow third party ad servers or ad networks to serve advertisements on the Service. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly to your browser, the ads and ad links that appear on the Service, and will automatically receive your IP address when they do so. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript and clear gifs, see above) to compile information about your browser’s visits and usage patterns on the Service, and to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize the advertising content. Breef does not sell, rent, or share the information we collect directly from you or about you from third parties with these third-party ad servers or ad networks for such parties’ own marketing purposes.
Please note that an advertiser may ask Breef to show an ad to a certain audience of Users (e.g., based on demographics or other interests). In that situation, Breef determines the target audience and Breef serves the advertising to that audience and only provides anonymous aggregated data to the advertiser. If you respond to such an ad, the advertiser or ad server may conclude that you fit the description of the audience they are trying to reach.
The Breef Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, third party advertisers. Please consult the respective privacy policies of such advertisers or contact such advertisers for more information.
Links to third party websites
The Breef Service is linked to external websites and service providers. Our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy and other Policies only apply to Breef websites. A link to a third-party website is not an endorsement of that third party or its website. Please note that when you use a link to go from the Service to another website, our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and other Policies do not apply to third party websites and services.
We do not review any linked websites for content, terms of use or for any other reason. You agree that we are not responsible and we do not have control over any third-party websites. If you are using a third-party website or service, you do so at your own risk. Breef is also not responsible for websites directing you to Breef. Our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy do not apply to those websites either. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information that we collect by other means (including offline) or from other sources other than through the Service. We recommend that you review the relevant terms and privacy policies of websites that you visit.
Managing your Account information
It is your responsibility to update your personal information and ensure that it is accurate, complete and up to date. You can update the profile information in your Account by contacting us at hello@breef.com. If you would like us to delete your account, please contact us at hello@breef.com
Security
The security of your personal information is our highest priority. While no method of transmission and storage over the Internet is 100% secure, we use a variety of security measures to protect your information. This includes, encrypting of sensitive information using secure socket layer technology (SSL), use of secure server communications in the form of HTTPS, protection of your identity when you choose not to share it with a User, and the use of internal and external security and vulnerability testing techniques. In the event that any information under Breef's control is compromised as a result of breach of security, Breef will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and where appropriate, notify those Users whose information may have been compromised and take other steps, in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations. The sharing of any Project and Pitch information is a matter between Users (i.e. Clients and Agency Talent), as is any relevant work product and personal information shared between those parties. The sharing of such information will be the responsibility of the parties to manage through any work agreements, including (but not limited to), non-disclosure agreements.
Passwords and Account Protection
To protect your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you access to your Account. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and Account information, and for controlling access to your email communications from Breef, at all times.
Information Storage and Transfer
Breef is based in the United States. If you are registering with the Service from a jurisdiction outside the United States, your information will be transferred to Breef in the United States. Your information may also be transferred outside of the United States and stored on information systems where privacy laws differ from your jurisdiction. Your use of the Service means that you acknowledge and agree that your information will be governed by the laws of the United States, and you agree that your information may be transferred outside of the United States.
For users located in the EEA, UK, or other jurisdictions with similar data protection laws, any transfer of your personal data outside those regions is conducted in accordance with applicable legal frameworks. Where such transfers occur, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, adequacy decisions from relevant authorities, or other appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal data remains protected to standards comparable with those in your home jurisdiction. You may request further information or a copy of the applicable safeguards by contacting hello@breef.com
Change in Control
We may buy or sell/divest/transfer Breef (including any shares in Breef), or any combination of its products, services, assets and/or businesses. Your information such as customer names and email addresses, User content and other user information related to the Service may be among the items sold or otherwise transferred in these types of transactions. We may also sell, assign or otherwise transfer such information in the course of corporate divestitures, mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies, dissolutions, reorganizations, liquidations, similar transactions or proceedings involving all or a portion of Breef and/or the Service.
How long we keep User Information
In the event of termination or deactivation of your Account, Breef may retain your profile information and User content for a commercially reasonable time for backup, archival or audit purposes. In certain circumstances, we will be required by Federal and State regulations to store various information. In order to comply with those requirements, we may be unable to delete your information from our database until the expiration of the applicable period.
Compliance with Laws
Breef may be required under certain circumstances to disclose your information in order to comply with certain laws. We will do so in our sole discretion, including but not limited to, responding to legal process, for public safety, to prevent illegal activity, to protect our own intellectual property and/or the Service, to protect third party interests. Use of your information for what we consider 'legal' or 'protection' purposes shall be at our sole discretion.
Lastly, we do not intercept, monitor, or record communications, such as chats, calls, or interactions on our website, without providing clear notice and obtaining the consent of all parties involved. Any technologies that capture communications, including session recordings, chat transcripts, or tracking tools will only be used after you have provided explicit consent where required by law.
Children's Privacy and Age
The Service is not directed at anyone under the age of 18. Breef does not knowingly allow such persons to register as Users. In the event that we learn that we have collected the personal information of anyone under the age of 18 without parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we may have collected information from or about persons under the age of 18, please contact us at hello@breef.com
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about Breef, our Privacy Policy or the Service, please contact us at hello@breef.com
