Privacy Regulations Reference

Last updated: April 25, 2021

The data privacy regulatory landscape is undergoing a lot of change. You probably have heard about the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect on May 25, 2018. There are also other regulations in effect or in the works around the world. We've written up this reference document to put helpful information regarding our products and privacy regulations in one place. Please also view our full Privacy policy.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about our Privacy policy, your data, or your rights with respect to your information, please write to us.

European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Timeboard is an Indian company and our data infrastructure is currently based in India. That means if you are in another country in the world and you use our products, your data are transferred to India. The EU has stronger privacy laws than India and a core tenet of the GDPR is that if you transfer any personal data of EU residents out of the EU, you must protect it to the same level as guaranteed under EU law. There are two factors to this:

1. The actions that businesses take handling personal data; and
2. The laws of the countries where you transfer the EU personal data to

Practices we have at Timeboard

We are serious about treating our customers fairly. We strongly believe in your control of your data, your right to privacy, and the security measures we put in place to protect your data. These rights apply to all of our customers, regardless of where you are in the world.

We're able to do this because of the choices we make as a business. Please do read our Privacy Policy and our Security Overview in full. Some highlights:

• We never have and never will sell customer data.
• We don't run ads for other services in our products.
• We limit the data we collect: if we don't need it, we don't ask for it.
• We limit the permissions our web-apps request on your devices.
• We put a lot of security measures into place including in-transit encryption, encryption at-rest, and requiring employees and contractors to sign non-disclosure agreements.
• When you write to us, someone from our Support Working Group will get back to you. You are always speaking with a human! No bots.

Last but not least, we know privacy regulations are constantly evolving. We root for stronger consumer privacy laws! We use various resources to stay aware of relevant changes in the regulatory landscape.

Timeboard policies are open source, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Adapted from the Basecamp open-source policies / CC BY 4.0.