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Privacy Policy for NetCompass ApS

Last updated: 2025/11/21

This privacy policy explains how NetCompass ApS (“we”, “us”, “our”) processes personal data about you as a user of our online platform. We process your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable local laws.

1. Data Controller

NetCompass ApS
Business ID / Registration CVR: 44958775
Address: Dr Louises Alle 10, 3480 Fredensborg, DK
E-mail: info@netcompass.io

2. Purpose of the Processing

When you create a user account on NetCompass ApS, we process your personal data for the following purposes:

  1. Creating and managing your user profile
  2. Displaying your profile to other users, including supporting networking, job matching, and professional connections
  3. Providing the core features of the platform, such as:
    • searching for profiles
    • sharing posts or professional content
    • communicating with other users
  4. Improving our platform, including analytics, troubleshooting, and user feedback
  5. Marketing, based on your explicit consent (e.g., newsletters)

3. Types of Personal Data We Process

Information you provide when signing up:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Password (encrypted)
  • Profile text / biography
  • CV/resumé, work experience, education
  • Profile photo
  • Skills, interests, and industry-related information

Information generated through your use of the platform:

  • Your connections and interactions with other users
  • Your posts, comments, likes, and messages
  • Log data (IP address, timestamps, browser type, device information)

Optional data (processed only with your consent):

  • Location data
  • Contact imports from your phone/email
  • Marketing preferences

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent (GDPR art. 6(1)(a)) – for creating and displaying your profile, marketing, contact imports, etc.
  • Contract (GDPR art. 6(1)(b)) – to deliver the core functionalities of the platform.
  • Legitimate interest (GDPR art. 6(1)(f)) – e.g., for security, preventing misuse, and improving the service.

You may withdraw your consent at any time (see section 9).

5. Sharing of Personal Data

We only share your personal data in the following cases:

  1. With other users of the platform to the extent that the information is part of your public profile.
  2. With data processors – such as hosting providers, email service providers, and IT vendors.
  3. With authorities, if we are legally required to do so.

We do not sell your personal data.

6. Transfer of Data Outside the EU/EEA

If we transfer data to countries outside the EU/EEA, we will ensure that:

  • valid transfer mechanisms are in place (such as Standard Contractual Clauses), or
  • appropriate safeguards exist.

7. Retention and Deletion

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected:

  • User profile: as long as your account is active
  • Log data: typically 12–24 months
  • Marketing data: until you withdraw your consent

If you delete your account, all personal data will be deleted or anonymised within [x] days.

8. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

  • Right of access
  • Right to rectification
  • Right to erasure
  • Right to restriction of processing
  • Right to data portability
  • Right to object
  • Right to withdraw consent

You can exercise your rights by contacting us at legal@netcompass.io.

9. Withdrawal of Consent

You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at legal@netcompass.io.

Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out before the withdrawal.

10. Security

We protect your personal data through appropriate technical and organizational security measures, including encryption, access control, and continuous monitoring.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy when necessary. In case of significant changes, we will notify you clearly on the platform or by email.

12. Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our processing of personal data, you can contact us at:

NetCompass ApS
Email: legal@netcompass.io
Address: Dr Louises Alle 10, 3480 Fredensborg, DK