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The company may disclose your personal information during bankruptcy or change of control. If you use Babbel through your employer, your usage data may be shared with them. The company also states that it may sell or share your identifiers, internet activity, and inferred preferences with third parties for retargeting advertising.
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Risk Flags
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Critical issues that users should be aware of, such as significant privacy concerns, data breaches, or other high-severity risks.
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Disclosure of Personal Data in Bankruptcy or Change of Control
The company may disclose personal information in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding or a sale, merger, or change of control of the company or the division responsible for the services.
Why it matters: Your personal data may be disclosed to other entities if the company undergoes a bankruptcy proceeding, sale, merger, or change of control.
We may also disclose personal information in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding in relation to Babbel, or the sale, merger, or change of control of Babbel or the division responsible for the services with which your information is associated.
Sensitive personal information, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
Data Use
2 findings
Practices related to the collection, processing, and sharing of user data, including how data is used for advertising, analytics, and third-party sharing.
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Data Sharing with Employers
If you use Babbel through your employer, the company may process information about your service usage and make it available to your employer in usage reports. This includes information about app usage frequency, content access, and live class participation.
Why it matters: Your employer may receive reports on your Babbel usage, including how often you use the app, what content you access, and which live classes you attend.
In case you use Babbel through your employer, we might process information about how you use our services in order to make this available to your employer in the form of usage reports. This includes, in particular, information about how often you use our app, what content you access via the app, and which live classes you have participated in.
Additional information for residents of Switzerland, paragraph 47 · Citation strength: strong
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Sharing Internet Activity Information for Retargeting Advertising
Internet or other similar network activity information, including browsing history, search history, and interactions with websites, applications, or advertisements, may be sold or shared with third parties for retargeting advertising.
Why it matters: Your online activity data may be used by third-party advertising and social media partners to show you targeted ads.
rd parties (such as advertising or social media partners) helping with retargeting advertising to you Share(d) with Third parties (such as advertising or social media partners) helping with retargeting advertising to you
Internet or other similar network activity information, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation and Renewal
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Terms related to subscription cancellation, auto-renewal processes, and associated refund policies.
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Gotchas
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Protections
6 findings
Provisions that safeguard user rights, privacy, and data security, or provide user-friendly features like clear data management options and transparent communication.
Protection95% confidence
Right to Access Personal Data
You have the right to ask for access to information confirming whether and, if so, to what extent the company is processing Personal Data concerning you.
Why it helps: This allows you to verify what personal data the company holds about you, promoting transparency and control over your information.
To ask for access to information confirming whether and, if so, to what extent we are processing Personal Data concerning you.
Your rights in relation to your Personal Data:, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
Protection95% confidence
Right to Correct Personal Data
You have the right to ask the company to correct your Personal Data if it is incorrect or out of date.
Why it helps: This ensures the accuracy of your personal information held by the company, allowing you to maintain correct records.
To ask us to correct your Personal Data if it is incorrect or out of date.
Your rights in relation to your Personal Data:, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
Protection95% confidence
Right to Delete Personal Data
You have the right to ask the company to delete your Personal Data.
Why it helps: This gives you control over your personal information, allowing you to request its removal from the company's records.
To ask us to delete your Personal Data.
Your rights in relation to your Personal Data:, paragraph 3 · Citation strength: strong
Protection95% confidence
Right to Restrict Processing of Personal Data
You have the right to ask the company to restrict the processing of your Personal Data.
Why it helps: This allows you to limit how the company uses your personal data, giving you more control over its handling.
To ask us to restrict the processing of your Personal Data.
Your rights in relation to your Personal Data:, paragraph 4 · Citation strength: strong
Protection95% confidence
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to receive your Personal Data, which you have provided to the company, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and the right to transfer your Personal Data to another company.
Why it helps: This enables you to easily move your personal data between different services and ensures you retain ownership and control over your information.
To receive your Personal Data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and the right to transfer your Personal Data to another company.
Your rights in relation to your Personal Data:, paragraph 5 · Citation strength: strong
Protection95% confidence
Right to Withdraw Consent
Where you have consented to a specific processing activity, you can, at any time, withdraw this consent. Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Why it helps: This gives you the power to change your mind about how your data is used, providing flexibility and control over your privacy choices.
Where you have consented to a specific processing activity (i.e. a specific use by us of your Personal Data), you can, at any time, withdraw this consent. If you do withdraw your consent, the lawfulness of the processing that was based on that consent before it was withdrawn will not be affected.
Your rights in relation to your Personal Data:, paragraph 6 · Citation strength: strong
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