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Last updated on March 12, 2024.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Your Data Subject Rights

Collection of General Information

Contact 

Document Downloads via Google Drive

Download of ClassSwift 

Registration of an account 

Registration of an account via Microsoft, Google, Apple or myViewBoard

Payment 

Cookies

Third Party Services

Google Analytics

Google Tag Manager 

Google Web Fonts

News and Promotions. 

Information about your right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

Changes to our privacy policy

Questions to the data protection officer 

Introduction

This privacy policy is for this website www.classswift.viewsonic.io and is intended to inform users of the use of their personal information and their privacy rights on the ViewSonic ClassSwift website. For information on the processing of your personal data in connection to the ViewSonic ClassSwift application and software please see the ViewSonic ClassSwift End User License Agreement (EULA).

Please note that references to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in this policy are instead references to the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) for data subjects in the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom (UK). The UK GDPR and the EU GDPR contain similiar rules, but apply to EU and the UK respectively. 

The responsible party within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the GDPR, is: 

ViewSonic Corporation

10 Pointe Dr., Suite 200, Brea, CA 92821, USA

E-Mail: classswift.support@viewsonic.com

UK Representative of ViewSonic Corporation:

c/o ViewSonic Europe Limited

1st Floor, Salamanca Place

9 Albert Embankment

London UK

SW8 1GX

United Kingdom

E-Mail: classswift.support@viewsonic.com 

Tel.: +44 (0) 207 382 8250

data@viewsonic.com 

External Data Protection Officer of ViewSonic Europe Ltd.: 

c/o activeMind.legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH

Potsdamer Straße 3

80802 München

Deutschland

Tel: +49 (0) 89 / 919294-900

E-Mail: viewsonic@activemind.legal 

EU Representative of ViewSonic Corporation:

c/o ViewSonic Technology GmbH 

Fürst-Leopold-Platz 1, 46284 Dorsten, Deutschland

Tel: +49 (0) 2362 9544 805

E-Mail: classswift.support@viewsonic.com 

External Data Protection Officer of ViewSonic Technology GmbH: 

c/o activeMind.legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft GmbH

Potsdamer Straße 3

80802 München

Deutschland

Tel: +49 (0) 89 / 919294-900

E-Mail: viewsonic@activemind.legal 

Your Data Subject Rights

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided by our data protection officer:

• Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
• Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),
• Deletion of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),
• Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),
• objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and
• Data portability, insofar as you have consented to the data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).
• If you have given us consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You may at any time lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, e.g. the competent supervisory authority in the federal state, province, or country of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the controller or the authority responsible for our EU or UK Representative.

Collection of General Information 

Nature and purpose of processing:

When you access our website, i.e., when you do not register or otherwise submit information, information of a general nature is automatically collected. This information (so called “server log files”) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and the like.

In particular, they are processed for the following purposes:

• To ensure a smooth connection setup of the website,
• To ensure a smooth use of our website,
• To ensure a smooth use of ViewSonic ClassSwift,
• To evaluate system security and stability, and
• To optimize our website.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about you personally. Information of this kind is statistically evaluated by us anonymously, if necessary, in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Legal basis:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as data processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Third country transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

• European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom (UK)
• United States of America
• ·        Taiwan

The following data protection guarantees are in place: Standard Contractual Clauses and/or an adequacy decision 

Storage period:

Data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. For data used to provide the website, this is generally the case when the respective session has ended.

In the case of storage of data in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymized, so that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website is not guaranteed. In addition, individual services and services may not be available or may be limited. 

Objection: 

Please read the information about your right to object below.

Contact 

Nature and purpose of processing:

On our website there is are contact forms (e.g. and Schedule Demo Form or Contact Form) which can be used for electronic contact. If a user takes advantage of this option, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored. 

At the time the message is sent, the following data is also stored:

• Date and time of the message
• URL from which the message was sent
• IP address from which the message was sent
• Web browser and operating system used

By providing the contact forms, we would like to enable you to contact us in an uncomplicated manner. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you and for possible follow-up questions.

Alternatively, we may correspond via E-Mail. In this case, the user's personal data transmitted with the E-Mail will be stored. This includes the date and time the E-Mail was sent, E-Mail address, IP addresses and information about the servers involved in the E-Mail communication.

In addition, you may contact us via the telephone. In this case, we collect log data that includes your telephone number and the duration of the call. As a matter of principle, we do not record conversations.

Regardless of the type of communication you choose, we collect the content of your inquiry. Your data is stored for the purpose of individual communication with you.

Legal basis:

The processing of the data is based on a legitimate interest (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR). Our legitimate interest in processing your data is the facilitation of uncomplicated contact with us.

If you contact us to request a contract, the data entered in the contact form is processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6. (1) (b) GDPR).

Recipients:

Recipients of the data are, if applicable, data processors, such as Microsoft.

Third country transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

• European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom (UK)
• United States of America
• Taiwan

The following data protection guarantees are in place: Standard Contractual Clauses

Storage period:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after a request made via a contact form has been processed.

If a contractual relationship arises, we are subject to the statutory retention periods and will delete your data after these periods have expired.

Provision mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your personal data so we may contact you. 

Objection: 

Please read the information about your right to object below.

Document Downloads via Google Drive

Nature and purpose of processing:

We make several documents available for download via a public Google Drive folder. When you access the public Google Drive folder you are leaving the ClassSwift website. The Google Drive Website will also collect information of a general nature automatically – see above please “Collection of General Information”. When you download the documents from the Google Drive we receive the following information as well: 

• ·        Date and time of the access and download
• IP address from which the access and download was made
• Web browser and operating system used 

The purpose of the processing is to make the documents available for users to download and share. 

Legal basis:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in providing you with helpful information regarding ClassSwift.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be service providers who act as data processors for the operation and maintenance of our website and the public Google Drive.

Third country transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

• European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom (UK)
• United States of America
• Taiwan

The following data protection guarantees are in place: Standard Contractual Clauses and/or an adequacy decision. 

Google LLC is registered under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. 

Storage period:

Data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. For data used to provide the website, this is generally the case when the respective session has ended.

In the case of storage of data in log files, this is the case after 14 days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymized, so that an assignment of the calling client is no longer possible.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website and the ability to access the Google Drive for the downloads is not guaranteed. In addition, individual services and services may not be available or may be limited. 

Objection: 

Please read the information about your right to object below.

Download of ClassSwift 

Nature and purpose of processing:

On our website you have the possibility of downloading ClassSwift. 

Please have regard to the EULA and the processing of personal data during the use of the ClassSwift. 

When you download ClassSwift information of a general nature is automatically collected. This includes, in particular, the time of the download, type of software downloaded, version number of the software downloaded, device model, device specification. 

Information of this kind is statistically evaluated by us anonymously, if necessary, in order to optimize the download and the technology behind it.

Legal basis:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR on the basis of pre-contractual measures, so you may be given the option of accepting or rejecting the End User Licence Agreement (EULA) for provision of ClassSwift. 

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as data processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Third country transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

• European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom (UK)
• United States of America
• Taiwan

The following data protection guarantees are in place: Standard Contractual Clauses and/or an adequacy decision

Storage period:

Data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. For data used to provide ClassSwift, this is generally the case when the downloaded has ended and if you have rejected the EULA.

If a contractual relationship arises, we are subject to the statutory retention periods and will delete your data after these periods have expired. 

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of download function is not guaranteed.

Objection: 

Please read the information about your right to object below.

Registration of an account 

Nature and purpose of processing:

When you create an account for ClassSwift, the following data is processed:

• First and last name
• E-mail address 
• Your chosen ClassSwift name
• A checksum of the password you have chosen
• Your role (student, teacher, administrator, owner)
• Your organization 
• Country and territory
• Optional: Remember me on this device

This data is used to maintain your account, communicate with you and allow you to use ClassSwift. 

Legal basis:

When registering, the processing of your data is based on Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the performance of our contract, the End User License Agreement (EULA), with you. 

Recipients: 

Recipients of the data are, if applicable, technical service providers who act as data processors for the operation and maintenance of ClassSwift. 

Storage period: 

We store the data as long as you use ClassSwift. We delete your data when you did not sign in to your account for 12 months.

If you wish to delete your account please send us an email to classswift.support@viewsonic.com. 

Third Country Transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

• European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom (UK)
• United States of America
• Taiwan

The following data protection guarantees are in place: Standard Contractual Clauses and/or an adequacy decision

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of your personal data is not required by law or contract but is necessary for the creation of an account for ClassSwift. If you do not provide the personal data, you will not be able create an account for ClassSwift and thus not able to use ClassSwift. 

Registration of an account via Microsoft, Google, Apple or myViewBoard

When you register an account for ClassSwift via a third party, such as Microsoft, Google or Apple, or using an existing myViewBoard Account, your necessary information is transferred to ClassSwift. Your login details from Microsoft, Google, Apple or myViewBoard  are then used to create your ClassSwift account. For example, we will receive your Microsoft email address from Microsoft in order to create your account. 

Payment

Nature and purpose of processing:

When you purchase ClassSwift licences, we process the following data for payment purposes:

• Your Order ID
• Credit Card Holder Name
• Billing Address
• Customer Address
• Amount payable
• Tax Exempts
• Phone Number

The data is processed for the payment of the chosen licenses by you and stored for tax purposes.

Legal basis:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the performance of the contract.

Recipients:

Recipients are technical service providers within the framework of commissioned data processing. 

With regard to the transfer of data to recipients outside our company, it should first be noted that we only transfer necessary personal data in compliance with applicable data protection regulations. Under these conditions, recipients of personal data may include:

• Public bodies and institutions (e.g. tax authorities, law enforcement agencies) if there is a legal or regulatory obligation;
• Credit and financial services institutions (processing of payment transactions);
• Tax consultants, business and payroll tax auditors (statutory audit mandate).
• Furthermore, technical service providers for user management as part of data processing.

All service providers are contractually obligated to treat your data confidentially.

Third Country Transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

• European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom (UK)
• United States of America
• Taiwan

The following data protection guarantees are in place: Standard Contractual Clauses and/or an adequacy decision

Storage period:

In the case of paid accounts, we process and store your personal data as long as this is necessary for the fulfilment of our contractual and legal obligations. If the data is no longer required for the fulfilment of contractual or legal obligations, it is regularly deleted.

Exceptions to the above deletion criteria arise for data,

• which are required for the fulfillment of statutory retention periods.
• for the preservation of evidence within the framework of the statutory prescribtion provisions. 

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, we can only offer the paid account if we can carry out the associated processing.

Cookies 

Nature and Purpose of Processing: 

A cookie is a small data record that is saved on your end device and contains data such as personal page settings and login information, for example, your acceptance of the language settings. These data records are produced and sent to you by the web server which you connected to using your web browser. 

Legal Basis:

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions requested by you are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies for the error-free and optimised provision of its website. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyse your surfing behaviour) are set, these are set during the course of the third party services listed below and are subject to your consent. And exact list of the cookies set, their purpose, storage duration and legal basis can be found here. 
 

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as data processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Third country transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following third countries:

• European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom (UK)
• United States of America
• Taiwan

The following data protection guarantees are in place: Standard Contractual Clauses

Storage Period: 

Some of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser on your next visit.
 

Provision Prescribed or Required: 

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither prescribed by law nor by contract. However, the functionality of this website may be limited if cookies are deactivated. If you wish to access the full functionality of our web pages and use it in the most convenient way possible, however, you should accept cookies which allow you to use certain functions and/or make the website more user-friendly. 

Technical opt-out option: 

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases, or in general, and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. 

Depending on the provider of your browser, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
• Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en 
• Opera: http://www.opera.com/en/help
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-za/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac 

Objection: 

Please read the information about your right to object below.

Third Party Services

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: "Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies, which are stored on your terminal device, and which enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Due to IP anonymisation, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will IP addresses be transferred to Google servers in the USA and anonymised there by means of shortening. 

We use Google Signals. This allows Google Analytics to collect additional information about users who have enabled personalised ads (interests and demographics) and to deliver ads to these users in cross-device remarketing campaigns. 

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition, you can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) to Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under the following link: Browser Add-On to deactivate Google Analytics.

Google processes your data in the USA. Please note that the level of data protection in the USA might not correspond to that of the European Union/United Kingdom. There is currently an adequacy decision of the European Commission/ adequacy regulation of the Secretary of State of the United Kingdom in place for the USA, and Google LLC has certified thereunder. We have also concluded standard data protection clauses with Google for the use of Google Analytics. 

During your visit to the website, your user behaviour is recorded in the form of "events". Events can be:

• Page views
• First visit to the website
• Start of session
• Your "click path", interaction with the website
• Scrolls (whenever a user scrolls to the bottom of the page (90%))
• Clicks on external links 
• Internal search queries
• Interaction with videos
• file downloads
• ads seen / clicked on
• language setting

Also recorded:

• Your approximate location (region)
• your IP address (in shortened form)
• technical information about your browser and the end devices you use (e.g., language setting, screen resolution)
• your internet service provider
• the referrer URL (via which website/advertising medium you came to this website)

Google processes this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, and to compile reports on website activity. The reports provided by Google Analytics are used to analyse the performance of our website and the success of our marketing campaigns.

For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en  and https://policies.google.com/?hl=en. 

Google Tag Manager

Our website uses Google Tag Manager, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Tag Manager is a solution that allows marketers to manage website tags used for tracking and online marketing through a single interface. It allows JavaScript and HTML tags to be quickly deployed and updated on our website. Google Tag Manager, which implements the tags, is itself a cookie-free domain and only collects personal information, such as the user’s (dynamic) IP address. Rather, it merely serves to manage other services, such as Google Analytics. These services, in turn, may collect data. Your personal information is transferred to Google in the USA.

You can find more information hereto by visiting the following website: https://www.google.com/intl/de/tagmanager/use-policy.html. 

Withdrawal of consent:

No option for a simple opt-out or blocking of data transmission is currently offered by the provider. If you wish to prevent tracking of your activities on our website, please revoke your consent for the relevant cookie category or all technically unnecessary cookies and data transfers in the Cookie Consent Tool. In this case, however, you may not be able to use our website or may only be able to use it to a limited extent.

Google Web Fonts

In order to display our content correctly and graphically appealing across browsers, we use "Google Web Fonts" of Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google") on this website to display fonts.

The data processing is based on our legitimate interest in the accurate display of our website. Your personal information is transferred to Google in the USA.

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Objection:

Please read the information about your right to object below.

News and Promotions

Nature and purpose of processing:

For the delivery of our News and Promotions we collect personal data.

For an effective registration for the News and Promotions, we require a valid e-mail address. In order to verify that a registration is actually made by the owner of an e-mail address, we use the "double opt-in" (DOI) procedure in the relevant regions. For this purpose, we log the registration, the sending of a confirmation e-mail and the receipt of the response requested herewith. 

The following data is also stored at the time of confirmation:

• Location, date and time of registration
• IP address
• E-Mail address
• If applicable, title, first name, last name

In addition, we evaluate your reading and usage behaviour in order to constantly improve our News and Promotionsand adapt these to your interests and needs. For this purpose, we analyse whether and what you click on in the newsletter by e-mail, or/and whether you attend webinars you have registered for, access the recordings of these you will receive by e-mail, in order to make these even more attractive and/or other reading and usage behaviour. 

Legal Basis:

Based on your consent, we will regularly send you our News and Promotions by e-mail to your specified e-mail address.

Recipients:

We may use service providers for the dispatch and the evaluations that take place, who act as our data processors.

Third country Transfer:

The collected data may be transferred to the following countries:

• European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom (UK)
• United States of America
• Taiwan

The following data protection guarantees are in place: Standard contractual clauses

Storage Period:

In this context, the data will only be processed as long as the corresponding consent exists. After that, they will be deleted.

Provision Prescribed or Required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary, based solely on your consent. Without your consent, we can unfortunately not send you our News and Promotions available to you.

Withdrawal of Consent:

You can revoke your consent to the storage of your personal data and its use for sending the News and Promotions. You will find a link to this effect in every communication.

Profiling:

As stated above, we evaluate your interactions with the News and Promotions in order to further improve these and optimise them according to the actual interests of the ClassSwift users. You can unsubscribe from this tracking at any time using the link at the bottom of every communication.

Information about your right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

Individual right of objection

You have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data relating to you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balance of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.

Recipients of an objection

ViewSonic Corporation

Address: 10 Pointe Dr., Suite 200, Brea, CA 92821, USA

E-Mail: classswift.support@viewsonic.com 

Changes to our privacy policy

We reserve the right to adapt this data protection declaration so that it always complies with the current legal requirements or in order to implement changes to our services in the data protection declaration, e.g. when introducing new services. The new data protection statement will then apply to your next visit.

Questions to the data protection officer 

If you have any questions about data protection, please write us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly: 

Data Protection Officer 

ViewSonic Corporation  

10 Pointe Drive, Suite 200, Brea, CA 92821, USA  

E-Mail: classswift.support@viewsonic.com