Privacy Policy
1. About This Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how ThoughtWorx Pty Ltd (ABN 68 610 430 192) ("Company", "we", "us") collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information in connection with the Activitee platform ("Platform"). This policy applies to all visitors, trial users, and paying customers.
We are committed to compliance with the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) where applicable, and the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Account Information
When you sign up or are invited to the Platform, we collect:
- Name (first and last)
- Email address (used as login identifier)
- Organisation name and domain
- Country/region (for data residency and currency display)
- Job title and phone number (optional)
2.2 Customer Data
As an identity governance and compliance platform, you may upload or generate data including:
- Identity records (employee names, email addresses, employee IDs, department, title, manager)
- Access entitlements, role assignments, group memberships
- Compliance assessment responses, evidence documents, findings
- Privacy records (ROPA, consent records, DSAR requests, breach incidents)
- Audit logs and workflow execution records
Important: Customer Data is processed solely to provide the Platform services. We do not access, analyse, or use Customer Data for any purpose other than delivering the contracted services, unless required by law.
2.3 Usage Data
We automatically collect:
- IP address and approximate geolocation (for currency display and security)
- Browser type, operating system, and device information
- Pages visited, features used, and session duration
- Error logs and performance metrics
2.4 Cookies
We use essential cookies for session management and authentication. We use analytics cookies (with your consent where required) to understand usage patterns. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain the Platform
- Create and manage your account and organisation tenant
- Process subscription billing and payments
- Send transactional emails (onboarding, password resets, assessment notifications)
- Provide customer support and respond to enquiries
- Improve the Platform's functionality, performance, and security
- Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and security incidents
- Comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests
We do not:
- Sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties
- Use Customer Data to train AI or machine learning models
- Share your data with advertisers or data brokers
- Use your data for profiling or automated decision-making that produces legal effects
4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
For individuals in the EU/EEA/UK, we process personal data on the following legal bases:
- Contract performance: Processing necessary to provide the Platform services
- Legitimate interests: Security monitoring, fraud prevention, Platform improvement
- Legal obligation: Tax records, regulatory compliance, lawful disclosure requests
- Consent: Marketing communications, analytics cookies (where required)
5. Data Storage & Residency
Customer Data is stored in the region selected during onboarding:
- Australia (Sydney, AU) — default for AU/NZ customers
- United States (US-East)
- Europe (EU-West)
- Asia-Pacific (Singapore)
We do not transfer Customer Data outside the selected region without explicit consent, except where required by law. Enterprise customers may specify their preferred region and receive contractual data residency guarantees.
6. Data Security
We implement comprehensive security measures:
- Encryption at rest using AES-256 and in transit using TLS 1.3
- Multi-tenant data isolation with per-organisation access controls
- Role-based access control (RBAC) for all platform operations
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA) support
- Immutable audit trails for evidence and compliance data
- Regular penetration testing by independent assessors
- SOC 2 Type II certification (in progress)
- Incident response plan with 72-hour breach notification capability
7. Data Retention
- Active subscriptions: Data retained for the duration of the subscription plus the retention period configured per plan (90 days Starter, 365 days Professional, custom Enterprise)
- Cancelled subscriptions: Data retained for 30 days after cancellation, then permanently deleted
- Trial accounts: Data retained for 30 days after trial expiry
- Audit logs: Retained for 7 years for regulatory compliance
- Account information: Retained as long as the account exists, plus 90 days after deletion for fraud prevention
8. Data Sharing & Third Parties
We share personal information only with:
- Cloud infrastructure providers: For hosting and data storage (subject to data processing agreements)
- Payment processors: Stripe (for billing — we do not store credit card details)
- Email service providers: For transactional email delivery
- Legal and regulatory authorities: When required by law or valid legal process
All third-party processors are bound by data processing agreements that require them to protect your data to standards equivalent to this policy.
9. Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you have the right to:
- Access: Request a copy of your personal data
- Rectification: Correct inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erasure: Request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten")
- Portability: Export your data in a machine-readable format
- Restriction: Request that we limit processing of your data
- Objection: Object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@activitee.io. We will respond within 30 days (or sooner where required by law).
10. Children's Privacy
The Platform is not intended for individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have collected data from a child, we will delete it promptly.
11. International Transfers
For customers outside Australia, we ensure appropriate safeguards for international data transfers, including:
- Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for EU/EEA transfers
- Data Processing Agreements with all sub-processors
- Adequacy assessments for destination jurisdictions
12. Breach Notification
In the event of a data breach that is likely to result in a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will:
- Notify the relevant supervisory authority within 72 hours (as required by GDPR/Australian NDB scheme)
- Notify affected individuals without undue delay
- Provide details of the breach, likely consequences, and measures taken
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be communicated via email or in-platform notification at least 30 days before taking effect. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.
14. Contact & Complaints
For privacy enquiries, data requests, or complaints:
Privacy Officer
ThoughtWorx Pty Ltd
ABN 68 610 430 192
Email: privacy@activitee.io
Web: activitee.io
If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with:
- Australia: Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) — oaic.gov.au
- EU/EEA: Your local Data Protection Authority
- New Zealand: Office of the Privacy Commissioner — privacy.org.nz