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Welcome to the Kiniun's website (the “Website”).
Kiniun, provides this Website and Services (located at http://kiniun.co/) to you subject to the notices, terms, and conditions set forth in these terms (the “Terms of Use”). In addition, when you use any of our Services, you will be subject to the rules, guidelines, policies, terms, and conditions applicable to such service, and they are incorporated into this Terms of Use by this reference.
Your eligibility for use of the Website is contingent upon meeting the following conditions:
You are at least 18 years of age.
You use the Website and Services according to these Terms of Use and all applicable laws and regulations determined by the state and country of residence.
You provide complete and accurate registration information and maintain accurate registration information on the Website.
You agree and understand that Kiniun may, at any time, and without prior notice, revoke and/or cancel your access if you fail to meet these criteria or violate any portion of these Terms of Use.
In connection with your use of our Website, you must act responsibly and exercise good judgment. Without limiting the foregoing, you will not:
Violate any local, state, provincial, national, or other law or regulation, or any order of a court.
Infringe the rights of any person or entity, including without limitation, their intellectual property, privacy, publicity or contractual rights.
Interfere with or damage our Services, including, without limitation, through the use of viruses, cancelbots, Trojan horses, harmful code, flood pings, denial-of-service attacks, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or electronic mail address information or similar methods or technology.
Use automated scripts to collect information or otherwise interact with the Services or the Website.
Enter into this agreement on behalf of another person or entity without consent or the legal capacity to make such agreements as a representative of an organization or entity.
All code, text, software, scripts, graphics, files, photos, images, logos, and materials contained on this Website, or within the Services, are the sole property of Kiniun.
Unauthorized use of any materials contained on this Website or within the Service may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and/or other regulations and statutes. If you believe that any of the materials infringe on any third party’s rights, please contact Kiniun immediately at the address provided.
The trademarks, service marks, designs, and logos (collectively, the “Trademarks”) displayed on the website are the registered and unregistered Trademarks of Kiniun and its licensors. You agree that, except as expressly permitted by us (e.g., through social media sharing tools provided on the Site) or by our licensors, where applicable, you will not refer to or attribute any information to Kiniun or its licensors in any public medium (e.g., press releases, websites, or public social media) for advertising or promotion purposes, or for the purpose of informing or influencing any third party and that you will not use or reproduce any Trademark of, or imply any endorsement by or relationship with, Kiniun or its licensors.
Our Website may link you to other sites on the Internet or otherwise include references to information, documents, software, materials and/or services provided by other parties. These websites may contain information or material that some people may find inappropriate or offensive.
These other websites and parties are not under our control, and you acknowledge that we are not responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality, decency, or any other aspect of the content of such sites, nor are we responsible for errors or omissions in any references to other parties or their products and services. The inclusion of such a link or reference is provided merely as a convenience and does not imply endorsement of, or association with, the Website or party by Kiniun, or any warranty of any kind, either express or implied.
The Website is provided “AS IS.” Appfigures, its suppliers, officers, directors, employees, and agents exclude and disclaim all representations and warranties, express or implied, related to this Website or in connection with the Services. You exclude Kiniun from all liability for damages related to or arising out of the use of this Website.
Kiniun retains the right to, at any time, modify or discontinue, any or all parts of the Website without notice.
Additionally, Kiniun reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify these Terms of Use at any time, effective by posting new terms on the Website with the date of modification. You are responsible for reading and understanding the terms of this agreement prior to registering with, or using the Service. Your use of the Website and/or Services after any such modification has been published constitutes your acceptance of the new terms as modified in these Terms of Use.
These Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising out of, or related to them, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of Pakistan without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule.
Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of Pakistan.
“We’re all going to have to change how we think about data protection.”
I want organizations to think to themselves: “we base our online user experience around what consumers want. We shape our products and services around what consumers want. We need to shape our data protection approach around what consumers expect.”
This was the message from Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner, ICO UK, as she delivered a speech on GDPR and accountability on 18 January 2017 (source)
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulation in European Union (EU) law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the EU. It replaced the 1995 Data Protection Directive and becomes enforceable from 25 May 2018.
The GDPR aims primarily to give control to citizens and residents over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU and It also addresses the export of personal data outside the EU.
There are strong penalties in place for non-compliance: up to €20m or 4% of global annual turnover, whichever is higher.
Kiniun is gearing up to be GDPR compliant across all of its product delivery & learning platforms, services and solutions by the time the regulation comes into effect.
To meet the new privacy standard set by GDPR, Kiniun has assembled an internal cross-functional team dedicated to implementing required processes and protocols. We have thoroughly analyzed GDPR requirements and have put in place a dedicated internal team to drive our organization to meet them.
Some of our ongoing GDPR initiatives include:
Understanding the context of GDPR: Involving decision makers and key people, understanding impact of GDPR on existing privacy policy, evaluating privacy controls and data protection techniques, understanding relevant issues and requirements, and identifying the interested parties in business.
Awareness and competency: Identified members are trained in Personal Information Management System (PIMS) and GDPR 10012 standard from BSI Training academy to be competent enough and acquire the required knowledge.
Privacy Office: Set up the privacy office including top management, privacy officer, legal consultant and Data Protection Representatives (DPR) ie cross-functional team which is dedicated to implement and ensure compliance to GDPR.
Inventory of Personal Data: DPRs have gathered personal data in our product, service and platforms and have prepared the ‘Data Processing Register’ as per GDPR Article 30 – what type of personal data is collected and/or processed, category of data, purpose of processing, legal or lawful basis processing, processing agreements or contracts, sub-processing or third-party, recipients of data, any transfer to third country, security techniques and measures applied, safeguard controls, storage and retention, disposal details etc. Defining the purview of personal data for each of these and documenting a roadmap for compliance in the days leading up to implementation.
Lawful, transparency and Legal basis processing: Adhering to the current lawful and legal basis of processing, adopting the GDPR Article 6 to identify the conditions for processing like consent, contract, legal, obligation, vital interests, legitimate interests
Contracts and Privacy Notices: Reviewing current legal basis processing & revising contracts wherever applicable to meet the requirements of the GDPR. Reviewing current privacy notices and devising a plan for making any necessary changes in time for GDPR implementation.
Data Privacy Impact Assessment: Conducting the data privacy impact assessment as per GDPR Article 35 – identifying high risk privacy data, risk acceptance criteria and heading towards risk treatment activities.
Enhancing Data Integrity & Security: Data privacy and data security are two sides of the same coin. Reviewing & enhancing current security controls, techniques, processes and measures to tighten more and bring in end-to-end security.
Rights of Data Subject: GDPR has given more rights to end users to control their personal data like right to be informed, right to access, right to rectify, right to object, data portability and withdrawing the consent. GDPR Articles 12 – 23 present how these rights should be implemented. Our privacy office is busy in reviewing and updating the procedures wherever applicable to handle these requests.
Consent: Under the guidelines of GDPR Article 7, DPR team members are busy in reviewing products and services on how the consent of end users are currently obtained, reviewing whether to make any changes, including obtaining the parental or guardian’s consent in case of children under age of 16/13 to meet the GDPR standards, and finally handling the lawful processing in case of consent withdrawal.
Data Protection or Privacy by Design: We implemented a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of personal data. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment Gateway provider’s database, only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the information confidential. Technical & design team are involved in reviewing the current system privacy design and planning for enhancing, strengthening and automating the default GDPR operational flow like obtaining consent, management of data subject request, transparency in displaying the stored data, easy retrieval etc., under the guidelines reference of GDPR Article 25.
Breach notification: Privacy office is well aware of GDPR Article 33, 83 and 84 in dealing with breaches. Privacy office experts are revising procedures and guidelines to detect and investigate incidents of breach and analyse the impact and cause on personal data and notification. We are building predefined solution repository for remedial, temporary and permanent solutions.
Training and Awareness: Trainings and awareness programs are initiated among the employees through internal learning system. Please contact privacy@kiniun.co for more information on GDPR.
Kiniun is committed to providing industry-leading platforms and services to the global publishing and educational clients. Our platforms and services enable our clients to develop, market and deliver e-content and e-learning to their B2B and B2C consumers who rely on this content to further their knowledge, learn new job functions and acquire life-saving skills. We are an important link in our client’s ecosystem in spreading knowledge. We take our role in this knowledge ecosystem seriously and back our excellent technology strength with the stringent quality measures that the invaluable content of our clients deserves.
Continuous innovation by upgrading our solutions to help our clients stay ahead of the technology curve and the competition
Continuous monitoring and improvement of our processes, security policies, quality of the deliverables, talent acquisition and adherence to the best project management practices
Implementing Capability Maturity Model Integration processes
Organization quality is a result of will, commitment, effort and whole-hearted participation from one and all in the organization.