Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 20, 2020

Alphabet Labs ("Alphabet Labs", “iSpeak Calendar”, “our”, “us” or “we”), respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected by Alphabet Labs through the Alphabet Labs Site, any Alphabet Labs computer software downloadable or otherwise available from the Alphabet Labs Site ("Alphabet Labs Software") and any Alphabet Labs services purchased or otherwise made available from the Alphabet Labs Site ("Alphabet Labs Services") (collectively, the "Alphabet Labs Properties"). This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of any third party websites, applications or services that Alphabet Labs does not own or maintain (collectively, “Third Party Services”) or to any third parties that use the Alphabet Labs Application Programming Interface (API) to perform any function related to the Alphabet Labs Properties (“Integrated Platforms”). In particular, this Privacy Policy does not cover any information or other content you can view via the Alphabet Labs Properties on Integrated Platforms or information you provide to Third Party Services accessed via the Alphabet Labs Properties. As further detailed below, we cannot take responsibility for the content or privacy policies of any Third Party Services. If you are a Viewer we encourage you to carefully review the privacy policies of the Alphabet Labs User whose Content you view and the privacy policies of any Integrated Platforms or Third Party Services used by such User which you may access via the Alphabet Labs Properties.

This Privacy Policy also does not cover any information, recorded in any form, about more than one individual where the identity of the individuals is not known, cannot be inferred from the information, and is not linked or reasonably linkable to an individual, including via a device (“Aggregated Information”). Alphabet Labs retains the right to use Aggregated Information in any way that it reasonably determines is appropriate.

By using the Alphabet Labs Services or otherwise providing us with your Personal Information (as defined below), you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy, as they may be amended by us from time to time, and agreeing to our collection and use of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in this way, please do not use any of the Alphabet Labs Properties or otherwise provide Alphabet Labs with Personal Information.

Please refer to our Privacy Overview at http://alphabets.me/privacy.htmlfor additional details regarding how Alphabet Labs Properties may use your information, including Alphabet Labs’s use of certain applications and platforms operated by Third Party Services, and how you may export your data.

What information Alphabet Labs collects from you

Alphabet Labs collects only the information required to provide products and services to you. The amount of information provided by you and collected by Alphabet Labs depends on the circumstances. Alphabet Labs may collect two (2) types of information about you: Personal and Non-Personal.

  1. “Personal Information.” Personal Information means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual or household, or is otherwise defined as personal information under applicable law. Alphabet Labs may collect Personal Information when you use the Alphabet Labs Properties including, without limitation, setting up account information, filling out surveys, corresponding with Alphabet Labs, or otherwise volunteering information about yourself.
  2. “Non-Personal Information.” Non-Personal Information refers to information that does not meet the definition of Personal Information above. Alphabet Labs may collect Non-Personal Information through any of the methods discussed above as well as automatically through use of industry standard technologies described further below.

How Alphabet Labs collects your information

  1. Registration. Prior to using one or more of the Alphabet Labs Properties, Alphabet Labs may require you to provide us with certain Personal Information and Non-Personal Information to create an account (“Account”) or to enable features or functionality of the Alphabet Labs Properties.
  2. Users. Alphabet Labs may gather Personal Information about organizational representatives via various methods (phone, email, online forms, in-person meetings) but only if such Personal Information is submitted voluntarily. Alphabet Labs may use such Personal Information for sales, marketing, and support of the Alphabet Labs Properties. This Personal Information is never shared with third parties other than Third Party Service Providers utilized by a User in connection with Alphabet Labs Services.
  3. User events from Google Calendar. When you sign into Google Calendar, we use Google Calendar API to read the details of the events in your calendar.  We neither store nor modify them.
  4. User communications. When you send email or other communications to us, we may retain those communications in order to process your inquiries, respond to your requests and improve the Alphabet Labs Properties.
  5. Payment Information. When creating an Account, for certain Alphabet Labs Properties, or when you make online purchases, you may be asked to provide information, which may include your payment instrument number (e.g., credit card), your name and billing address, and the security code associated with your payment instrument (e.g., the CSV) and other financial data (“Payment Information”). We use Payment Information to complete transactions, as well as for the detection and prevention of fraud. When you provide Payment Information while authenticated, we will store that data to help you complete future transactions without your having to provide the information again. We do not, however, retain the security code associated with your payment instrument (e.g., the CSV) in this manner. To remove or modify Payment Information, please contact us. After you close your account or remove Payment Information, however, we may retain your Payment Information for as long as reasonably necessary to complete your existing transaction and for the detection and prevention.
  6. Information Collected Through Technology. Alphabet Labs automatically collects and receives certain information from your computer or mobile device, including the activities you perform on the Alphabet Labs Site, the Alphabet Labs Software and the Alphabet Labs Services, the type of hardware and software you are using (for example, your operating system or browser), and information obtained from cookies (see below). If you have an Account, we may link this Non-Personal Information to your Account to better understand your needs and the needs of Users in the aggregate, diagnose problems, analyze trends, provide services, improve the features and usability of the Alphabet Labs Properties, and better understand and market to our customers and Users.
  7. We use technology to automatically gather information by the following methods:
  1. Information You Provide About a Third Party. You may have the opportunity to communicate with others from the Alphabet Labs Properties, such as by sending an invitation to a friend. If you choose to take advantage of this functionality, we may ask you to provide us with certain information about the person with whom you wish to communicate (e.g., name, email address, etc.). Alphabet Labs collects such information for the purposes of facilitating the requested communication, which may contain a specific promotional message from you (e.g., an invitation to watch a video). Unless we explicitly say otherwise, Alphabet Labs will not use this information for other marketing purposes without first obtaining consent from the person to whom the relevant information pertains. Please be aware that when you use any invitation functionality on the Alphabet Labs Properties, your email address, name or username, and message may be included in the communication sent to your addressee(s).

How Alphabet Labs uses your information

  1. Personal Information. Alphabet Labs identifies the purpose for which your Personal Information is collected and will be used or disclosed. If that purpose is not listed below, we will identify any additional purposes for which we will collect your Personal Information, before or at the time of collection, and we will obtain your consent to collect, use or disclose your Personal Information for such additional purpose(s).
  2. By using the Alphabet Labs Properties, you will be deemed to consent to our use of your Personal Information for the purposes of:
  1. User events from Google Calendar. We use the details of the events in your calendar to notify you according to your customization. We neither store nor modify them. Our employees have no access to your events.
  2. Users utilize Alphabet Labs Properties to manage and deliver Content to Viewers. As part of this process, Alphabet Labs may collect Personal Information from you.
  3. Otherwise, we will obtain your express consent (by verbal, written or electronic agreement) to collect, use or disclose your Personal Information. You can change your consent preferences at any time by contacting us (see the “How to Access, Change and Erase Your Personal Information” section below).
  4. Alphabet Labs extends the rights granted to “data subjects” under the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (the “GDPR”) to all of its Users. Consequently, you have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your Personal Information at any time (if our processing is based on consent) and the right to object to our processing of your Personal Information (if processing is based on legitimate interests).
  5. Non-Personal Information. Alphabet Labs may use Non-Personal Information for the following purposes:

How to access, change and erase your personal information

Upon request, Alphabet Labs will allow Users to update or correct Personal Information previously submitted, but only to the extent such activities will not compromise privacy or security interests. Additionally, upon request, Alphabet Labs will delete Personal Information from the database where such information is stored; however, it may be impossible to entirely delete a User’s entry without some residual information being retained due to the manner in which data backups are maintained. Requests to delete Personal Information may be submitted to info@alphabets.me.

Users also have the right to receive their Personal Information from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and the right to transmit their Personal Information to another controller without hindrance from us (data portability).

Email preferences

Alphabet Labs may use your Personal Information to send you emails periodically listing promotions or events relating to the Alphabet Labs Properties. You have the choice to opt-out of receiving such promotional emails by sending an email to info@alphabets.me and/or following the instructions in such correspondence. Once Alphabet Labs has processed your opt-out request, Alphabet Labs will not send you promotional emails unless you opt back in to receiving such communications.

Disclosure of information to third parties

Except as described below, we do not sell, transfer or otherwise disclose, sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your Personal Information to outside parties. This statement does not include trusted third party service providers who assist us in administering and providing the Alphabet Labs Properties or provide services to us. Examples include storing and managed Content, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, integrations of Third Party Services such as CRM and MAP services, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These third party service providers will have access to Personal Information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes, and they are subject to appropriate agreements with Alphabet Labs and/or its Users to secure and protect the confidentiality of your Personal Information.

We may use service providers located outside of the United States, and, if applicable, your Personal Information may be processed and stored in other countries and therefore may be subject to disclosure under the laws of those countries. You explicitly consent and agree to such transfer, storing and/or processing of your Personal Information outside of the United States or other country in which you are located.

We may share Payment Information with third parties for purposes of fraud prevention or to process payment transactions.

We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our policies, or protect our or others’ rights, property or for safety. We may also provide non-Personal Information to other parties for marketing, advertising or other uses.

Information, including Personal Information, which we collect from Users and Viewers, is considered to be a business asset. As a result, in the unlikely event that we go out of business, enter bankruptcy or if we are acquired as a result of a transaction such as a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Information may be disclosed or transferred to the third-party acquirer in connection with the transaction.

We may also share information related to your account with your employer or organization if you have an individual Alphabet Labs account and your account email domain is owned or managed by your employer or organization.

Lastly, we may provide Users with certain usage information directly related to the videos and/or other Content that they make available through the Alphabet Labs Properties. Such information may include who watched a particular Content (if the viewer is logged into Alphabet Labs), which Content of a particular User was watched, and how many times a particular Content was watched.

Under certain exceptional circumstances, Alphabet Labs may have a legal duty or right to collect, use or disclose your Personal Information without your knowledge or consent. In accordance with applicable laws, We will not disclose any consumer information (which may include Personal Information) without your written consent, except where consumer information is required to be disclosed: (i) for billing or market operation purposes; (ii) for law enforcement purposes; or (iii) for the purpose of complying with a legal requirement.

When you participate in a Alphabet Labs Business or Alphabet Labs Enterprise account (as described in Alphabet Labs’s Terms of Service), the organization administering such account may be able to (1) access information in and about the account, including your Personal Information; (2) disclose, restrict or access Content posted in connection with the account; and (3) control how the account is accessed or deleted. Such accounts and their use are also subject to the Alphabet Labs Terms of Service accepted by the organization that established the Alphabet Labs Business or Alphabet Labs Enterprise account.

You consent to disclosure of your information for the above purposes.

Safeguarding your personal information

Alphabet Labs takes appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of Personal Information. These include, but are not limited to, internal reviews of: (a) Alphabet Labs's data collection; (b) storage and processing practices; (c) electronic security measures; and (d) physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where Alphabet Labs stores Personal Information.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we are committed to protecting your Personal Information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us.

All Alphabet Labs employees, contractors and agents who access Personal Information are bound by confidentiality obligations and may be subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution or unauthorized use or disclosure of Personal Information.

Some or all of the Personal Information we collect may be stored or processed on servers located outside your jurisdiction of residence, whose data protection laws may differ from the jurisdiction in which you live. As a result, this information may be subject to access requests from governments, courts, or law enforcement in those jurisdictions according to laws in those jurisdictions.

Retention of information

Alphabet Labs retains the Personal Information that we collect about you for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We also may retain your Personal Information for a longer period of time on the basis of our legitimate interests in providing or marketing our services to you or as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements. Even if we delete some or all of your Personal Information, we may continue to retain and use information that has been aggregated or anonymized so that it can no longer be used for personal identification.

Children and students

Alphabet Labs takes the privacy of children and students extremely seriously. Personal information we collect through the Alphabet Labs Services may be subject to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and/or the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (“FERPA”).

COPPA Compliance. COPPA requires that operators of websites and online services that collect the personal information of children under 13 years of age (i) inform parents and legal guardians about their practices for collecting, using and disclosing such personal information and (ii) obtain verifiable consent from parents and legal guardians for doing so. We only collect personal information through the Alphabet Labs Services from a child under 13 if that student’s school, school district or teacher has agreed to obtain parental consent for that child to use the Alphabet Labs Services and disclose personal information to us for purposes of providing the Alphabet Labs Services, or we have directly obtained such parental consent.

If you are a student under 13, please do not send any personal information about yourself to us if your school, school district or teacher has not obtained this prior consent from your parent or guardian, or we have not obtained such consent, and please do not send any personal information other than what we request from you in connection with the Alphabet Labs Services. If we learn we have collected personal information from a student under 13 without parental consent having been obtained, or if we learn a student under 13 has provided us personal information beyond what we request from him or her, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a student under 13 may have provided us with personal information in violation of this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@alphabets.me.

FERPA Compliance. FERPA protects personally identifiable information contained in students’ education records from unauthorized disclosure. Consistent with FERPA, we will only use education records, as defined under FERPA, for the purpose of providing agreed services to a school, school district or teacher. We will never share or sell FERPA-protected information, or use it for any other purposes, except as otherwise directed or permitted by the school, school district or teacher. If a parent or eligible student requests access to education records that are hosted on our servers, we will help facilitate such access.

EU and Swiss Privacy Shield Frameworks

Alphabet Labs complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of Personal Information transferred from European Union member countries (as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway), the United Kingdom ("UK") and Switzerland transferred to the United States in reliance on the Privacy Shield. Alphabet Labs has certified that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles with respect to such Personal Information. If there is any conflict between the policies in this Privacy Policy and data subject rights under the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification page, please visit http://www.privacyshield.gov.

With respect to Personal Information received or transferred pursuant to the Privacy Shield Frameworks, Alphabet Labs is subject to the regulatory and enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Types of EU, UK and Swiss Personal Information Collected. Our participation in the Privacy Shield applies to all Personal Information that is subject to this Privacy Policy and is received from the European Union and European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland. We will comply with the Privacy Shield Principles with respect to all EU, UK and Swiss Personal Information. We may collect employment-related Personal Information regarding our employees located in the EU, the UK and Switzerland.

Purposes of EU, UK and Swiss Personal Information Collection and Use. We will only process EU, UK and Swiss Personal Information in ways that are compatible with the purpose for which we collected the EU, UK and Swiss Personal Information, or for purposes that the individual or entity providing the EU, UK and Swiss Personal Information later authorizes.

Pursuant to the Privacy Shield Frameworks, EU, UK and Swiss individuals have the right to obtain our confirmation of whether we maintain Personal Information relating to you in the United States. Upon request, we will provide you with access to the Personal Information that we hold about you. You may also correct, amend, or delete the Personal Information we hold about you. An individual who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, or delete inaccurate data transferred to the United States under Privacy Shield, should direct their query to info@alphabets.me. If requested to remove data, we will respond within a reasonable timeframe.

We will provide an individual opt-out choice, or opt-in for sensitive data, before we share your data with third parties other than our agents, or before we use it for a purpose other than which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized. To request to limit the use and disclosure of your Personal Information, please submit a written request to info@alphabets.me.

In certain situations, we may be required to disclose Personal Information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

Alphabet Labs’s accountability for Personal Information that it receives in the United States under the Privacy Shield and subsequently transfers to a third party is described in the Privacy Shield Principles. In particular, Alphabet Labs remains responsible and liable under the Privacy Shield Principles if third-party agents that it engages to process the Personal Information on its behalf do so in a manner inconsistent with the Principles, unless Alphabet Labs proves that it is not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.

In compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, Alphabet Labs commits to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your Personal Information transferred to the United States pursuant to Privacy Shield. European Union and Swiss individuals with Privacy Shield inquiries or complaints should first contact Alphabet Labs by email at info@alphabets.me

Alphabet Labs

17709 Flowing Brook Dr,

Austin, TX 78738

Alphabet Labs has further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the Privacy Shield Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, the BBB EU PRIVACY SHIELD, operated by the Council of Better Business Bureaus. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please visit www.bbb.org/EU-privacy-shield/for-eu-consumers for more information and to file a complaint. This service is provided free of charge to you.

Alphabet Labs commits to cooperate with the EU data protection authorities (DPAs), the UK Information Commissioner and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) and comply with the advice given by such authorities with regard to human resources data transferred from the EU, the UK and/or Switzerland, as applicable, in the context of the employment relationship with Alphabet Labs.

If your Privacy Shield complaint cannot be resolved through the above channels, under certain conditions, you may invoke binding arbitration for some residual claims not resolved by other redress mechanisms. See Privacy Shield Annex 1 here.

California residents

California law grants additional privacy rights to California residents. In particular, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires businesses to disclose, for the past 12 months, (i) the categories of personal information collected, (ii) the sources of the collected personal information, (iii) the purposes for which the collected personal information is used, (iv) the categories of personal information disclosed for a business purpose, and (v) the categories of any personal information sold. Alphabet Labs provides these disclosures in the following table. Alphabet Labs has not sold personal information in the past 12 months.

Category: Identifiers

Sources of Collection: Website visits and registration for Alphabet Labs Services

Purposes of Collection: To allow use of Alphabet Labs Services and to enable Alphabet Labs to communicate with you

Disclosures for a Business Purpose: To Alphabet Labs service providers for the purpose of providing Alphabet Labs Services to you

Category: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute

Sources of Collection: Registration for Alphabet Labs Services

Purposes of Collection: Credit card information to permit payment for premium Alphabet Labs Services

Disclosures for a Business Purpose: To Alphabet Labs service providers to facilitate payment transactions

Category: Internet or other similar network activity

Sources of Collection: Your browsing and search history on the Alphabet Labs Site

Purposes of Collection: To improve the visitor experience on the Alphabet Labs Site, diagnose server problems and administer the Alphabet Labs Site

Disclosures for a Business Purpose: To marketing specialist companies for the purpose of enhancing the Alphabet Labs Site and improving the effectiveness of our advertising

California residents also have the rights described below. We will not discriminate against any California resident who exercises these rights.

Right to access/know. You may request from us a list of (i) the personal information that we have collected about you, and (ii) the categories of third parties to whom we have disclosed your personal information. You have the right to up to two (2) access requests each twelve (12) months.

Right to delete your personal information. You may request, at any time, that we delete your personal information.

You may contact us to exercise these rights at info@alphabets.me. To ensure the privacy and protection of individuals, we are required to verify your identity or otherwise authenticate your request(s). Please note that, under the CCPA, we are not required to grant a request to access/know or a request to delete with respect to personal information obtained from you in your role as an employee, owner, director, officer or contractor of a company and within the context of Alphabet Labs providing the Alphabet Labs Services to such company.

Third Party Websites and Services

The Alphabet Labs Properties may contain links to third party websites or services, including Third Party Services, (collectively, “Third Party Sources”) who may collect Personal Information and Non-Personal Information directly from you. Links to Third Party Sources are intended for convenience only. Third Party Sources are wholly independent from Alphabet Labs. Third Party Source may have separate privacy policies and data collection practices, independent of Alphabet Labs. Alphabet Labs: (a) has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions; (b) is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites; and (c) does not make any warranties or representations about the contents, products or services offered on such websites or the security of any information you provide to them.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

The terms in this Privacy Policy may be changed from time to time, so you should review it periodically for changes. We reserve the right, at any time, to modify or replace this Privacy Policy. The date of the most recent version of the Privacy Policy is noted below under “Effective Date of this Privacy Policy.” We may also notify you via email or other direct electronic communication method of any changes that, in our sole discretion, materially impact your use of the Alphabet Labs Properties or the treatment of your Personal Information. Your use of the Alphabet Labs Properties following the posting of any changes to the Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of those changes.

How to contact us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, you may contact us directly as follows:

Email us: info@alphabets.me

or:

Alphabet Labs, Inc.

17709 Flowing Brook Dr,

Austin, TX 78738

If you are a resident of the European Union, and you believe that our processing of your Personal Information is inconsistent with your data protection rights under the GDPR and we have not adequately addressed your concerns, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority of your country. Current list of National Data Protection Authorities and members of the European Data Protection Board found here.