In this article you can find the following:
Understanding Privacy Regulations
Your Relationship with Rise.ai: Understanding the Roles
How Rise.ai Complies with Privacy Regulations
Understanding Privacy Regulations
Privacy regulations around the world are designed to protect individuals’ personal information and give them control over how their data is collected, used, and shared. Major regulations include:
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) - Protects EU residents’ personal data
CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) - Protects California residents’ consumer data
These regulations share common principles: transparency about data use, security in data handling, and empowering individuals with rights over their personal information.
Who Do These Regulations Affect?
Privacy regulations can affect you if:
You have customers or visitors from regions with privacy laws (EU, United States, etc.)
Your marketing targets individuals in these regions
You collect or process personal information from these individuals
Important: Where your business is located doesn’t matter. If you serve customers in regulated regions, these laws likely apply to you.
Your Relationship with Rise.ai: Understanding the Roles
When you use Rise.ai, there are two important relationships to understand:
You as a Rise.ai User
You are a user of Rise.ai’s services. We collect and process your information (your name, email, store details) to provide you with our platform. In this relationship, Rise.ai acts as a data controller of your information.You as a Merchant with Customers
You are a data controller for your customers’ information. Rise.ai processes your customers’ data on your behalf as a data processor. We only handle your customers’ data according to your instructions and our agreement with you.
How Rise.ai Complies with Privacy Regulations
We take data protection seriously and have implemented comprehensive measures to comply with global privacy regulations. You can check how we process your personal information by visiting Rise.ai privacy policy
When you use Rise.ai, we process your customers’ information on your behalf, in accordance with our Data Processing Addendum.
We protect your data and your customers’ data through:
Technical safeguards: Encrypted cloud storage with Amazon AWS, secure data transmission protocols, access controls and authentication measures
Organizational safeguards: Staff confidentiality obligations, regular security reviews and updates, incident response procedures
Data processing controls: Processing data only as instructed by you, limiting data access to authorized personnel only, implementing measures to prevent unauthorized access or loss.
Your Rights as a Rise.ai User
As a user of Rise.ai, you have comprehensive rights over your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights:
Email us: Send your request to privacy@rise-ai.com
Specify your request: Clearly state which right you want to exercise
Verify your identity: We may ask you to verify your identity to protect your data
Helping Your Customers Exercise Their Rights
As a merchant using Rise.ai, you are responsible for ensuring your customers can exercise their privacy rights.
What Your Customers Can Request
Your customers have rights similar to yours, including:
Access: Request a copy of their personal data
Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data
Deletion: Request deletion of their data
Portability: Receive their data in a portable format
Opt-out: Opt out of data sales (CCPA)
Restriction: Limit how their data is processed
How Rise.ai may support you:
When Rise.ai receives a privacy request from your customer:
We forward it to you: We’ll notify you of the request and provide the customer’s contact information
We don’t respond directly: Since you control the data, you’re responsible for responding to your customer
We assist you: We’ll help you access or delete the data as needed through our platform
We follow your instructions: We’ll process their data according to your lawful instructions
Tools Available to You
Rise.ai provides mechanisms to help you handle customer requests:
Data access: You can view and export customer data through your Rise.ai dashboard
Data deletion: You can request deletion of specific customer data by contacting our support team
Data updates: You can update customer information as needed
