Edge Hound Personal Data Protection Policy

Who we are and what we do?
1. 1.1
  We are Axion Edge EOOD, with a registered seat and address at 9000 Varna, 111 bul. Knyaz Boris I, fl. 3, office 4, Republic of Bulgaria, UIC 207496782 ( “Axion Edge”, “we” or “us”), an operator of the Edge Hound platform available on EdgeHound.com ( “Edge Hound”). We are the data controller of the personal data we collect from you and we are responsible for your personal data. You may contact us on [email protected] or [email protected].
What does this policy cover?
1. 2.1.
  At Axion Edge, we are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data responsibly. When using Edge Hound we may need to process personal data about you. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (for example, your name and email address). When we process such personal data, we will do so in accordance with this document (the “Privacy Policy”), as well as in compliance with the applicable personal data protection regulations, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC ( “GDPR”) and the Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Act.
2. 2.2
  When we process personal data, we comply with the following principles:
  1. 2.2.1
    Compliance with the law: Personal data protection regulations in the Republic of Bulgaria and the EU require that we have a valid legal basis to justify processing of personal data.
  2. 2.2.2
    Fairness and transparency: We are fair and transparent with you regarding why and how we collect and process your personal data. We ensure this by providing you with readily available, clear and concise, easy to understand and access information, as required by the applicable law.
  3. 2.2.3
    Accountability: We are able to demonstrate that we comply with personal data protection regulations.
  4. 2.2.4
    Limitation by purpose: We only use the personal data we collect for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes that we have explained to you, and we do not further process personal data in a way that is incompatible with the purposes for which it was originally collected.
  5. 2.2.5
    Data minimisation: We only collect personal data that is adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for the intended purposes.
  6. 2.2.6
    Accuracy: We take appropriate measures to ensure that the personal data that we process is accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.
  7. 2.2.7
    Storage limitation: We do not keep personal data in a form which permits your identification for longer than necessary for the purposes for which that personal data is processed.
  8. 2.2.8
    Security, integrity and confidentiality: We have adopted and maintain appropriate technical and organisational security measures to ensure that personal data is not put at risk and is handled in accordance with our security standards.
3. 2.3
  This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard personal data gathered from users of Edge Hound and how you can exercise your rights related to your personal data.
4. 2.4
  This Privacy Policy applies to:
  1. 2.4.1
    Registered users of Edge Hound – for personal data we collect from you throughout your registration and use of Edge Hound;
  2. 2.4.2
    People who subscribe to receive marketing information from us or contact us with enquiries relating to Edge Hound.
5. 2.5
  If you are just browsing as a website visitor, we are not collecting personal data from you. However, we do use cookies and similar tracking technologies – please find more information on cookies in Section 4 below.
6. 2.6
  Our services are not directed to, or intended for, children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 18 years of age.
What personal data do we collect?
1. 3.1
  If you are just browsing
  We do not collect your personal data if you are simply visiting Edge Hound.
2. 3.2
  If you are registering as an Edge Hound user
  If you are registering an Edge Hound account we will require the following personal data from you:
  - (i) Names;
  - (ii) Phone number;
  - (iii) Email address; and
  - (iv) Country.
3. 3.3
  If you have subscribed to receive marketing information from us
  For the purposes of sending you our up-to-date marketing information, we will need the following personal data:
  - (i) Names;
  - (ii) Phone number;
  - (iii) Email address; and
  - (iv) Country.
Do we use Cookies or similar tracking technologies?
1. 4.1
  Cookies are small text files which are transferred to your computer or mobile when you visit Edge Hound website or app. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies, to help us track activities on Edge Hound website such as pages visited, time and date and IP address. Cookies also retain your details and preferences so you can smoothly resume browsing sessions as you return to Edge Hound website.
2. 4.2
  You may choose which cookies are enabled when using Edge Hound from your Account Settings. If you enable “Advertising” cookies we may use them for behavioural advertising. If you refuse “Analytics” cookies, the availability or functionality of our service could be affected. Cookies listed as “Necessary” are required for our service to function and cannot be disabled.
3. 4.3
  Third party analytics tools help us learn about usage trends on Edge Hound website or app, including custom behaviour in order to optimize performance. Third party analytics tools collect non-personal data. For example, we may use tools such as Google Analytics.
4. 4.4
  You can find more information about the cookies, including their types and purpose, and change your preferences regarding cookies from your Account Settings at any time.
For what purposes do we use your personal data and on what legal basis?
1. 5.1
  We use certain personal data (such as your names, email address, country and data about the use of Edge Hound) in order to provide to you the services available on Edge Hound.
  Our legal basis for processing your personal data for this purpose is that it is necessary for the performance of our contract with you (under Edge Hound Terms and Conditions).
2. 5.2
  We may use certain personal data (such as your names, email address, country and data on how you engage with Edge Hound) for internal administrative purposes, such as ensuring and improving the quality of our services and analytics.
  Our legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is the pursuit of our legitimate business interests to (i) maintain, improve and modify the operation of our services, (ii) develop new features and functionalities of our services, and (iii) ensure the integrity of our services.
3. 5.3
  If you have opted-in for marketing, we may use certain personal data (such as your names, phone number, email address and country) for marketing purposes, for example – to send you newsletters and other marketing information directly.
  Our legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is your consent. Please note that you may withdraw your consent at any moment from your Account Settings or by sending an email to [email protected].
How do we protect your personal data?
1. 6.1
  We are committed to ensuring the safety of your personal data, we take responsibility to meet the applicable legal standards for protection of personal data and we are taking appropriate technical and organisational measures.
2. 6.2
  Axion Edge, as a data controller, will process your personal data in electronic form and on paper in a manner, guaranteeing their security, including by protecting them from unauthorised access or loss, through appropriate organisational and technical safeguards, in accordance with the applicable personal data protection regulations and this Privacy Policy. Your personal data will be processed only by persons authorised by Axion Edge and will not be provided to third parties, except for as envisaged in this Privacy Policy. Some of the safeguards we have implemented include, but are not limited to: secure server location, data encryption, logged access, role-based access.
How long do we store your personal data?
1. 7.1
  We will not store your personal data for longer than necessary for the purposes for which the personal data is processed or when there are legal requirements on the storage periods – in compliance with such requirements. The period for which we store personal data depends on the purposes for which we collect and use it and/or as required to comply with applicable laws and to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights. When no longer required, we will destroy, erase or de-identify your personal data.
2. 7.2
  Generally, we will store your personal data for as long as you use your Edge Hound account. We will monitor account activity and if your account is not used for a period of more than 1 year, we will suspend it and will no longer store your personal data (including usage history), except if required by applicable law for accounting or other purposes.
3. 7.3
  We may store your personal data for marketing purposes for the period until you withdraw your consent.
Do we share your personal data with others?
1. 8.1
  We will make sure that your personal data is only shared with third parties who agree to process your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy or follow practices required by applicable personal data protection regulations, as set out in the applicable third-party’s privacy policies.
2. 8.2
  We may disclose personal data to the following categories of third parties:
  - (i) Service providers: We may share your personal data with service providers that we engage, such as cloud service providers like Amazon; payment service providers like PayPal, Stripe; user management service providers like Clerk; other companies we may engage for accounting and invoicing or marketing services.
  - (ii) Any competent law enforcement body, regulatory agency, government agency, court or other third party where we believe disclosure is necessary (i) as a matter of applicable law or regulation, (ii) to exercise, establish or defend our legal rights, or (iii) to protect your vital interests or those of any other person.
Do we transfer your personal data?
1. 9.1
  Generally, we are processing your personal data within the EU and are not transferring your personal data to countries outside the EU. However, whenever we may transfer your personal data to a country outside the EU, we will take appropriate measures to ensure such transfer occurs in compliance with the applicable personal data protection regulations. Such measures may include, but are not limited to the following:
  - (i) ensuring that there is an adequacy decision of the European Commission, which means that the recipient country is deemed to provide adequate protection for such personal data;
  - (ii) we have in place standard contractual clauses with the recipient which have been approved by the European Commission. These contractual clauses include certain safeguards to protect the personal data.
What rights do you have?
1. 10.1
  Depending on your location, you have certain rights related to your personal data. If you are located in the EU, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
  - (i) Right of access: You may obtain confirmation of whether we process personal data about you and be provided with details of that personal data and access to it.
  - (ii) Right to rectification: You may require from us to correct any inaccurate personal data that we process about you.
  - (iii) Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) : You may require from us to erase personal data about you on certain grounds.
  - (iv) Right to data portability: You may request from us to receive certain personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit that information to another company, if certain grounds apply.
  - (v) Right to restriction: You may limit the way we process your personal data; still, we can use restricted personal data in certain circumstances (e.g. personal data needed for legal claims).
  - (vi) Right to withdraw your consent: You may withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on your consent as the legal basis for personal data processing. This will not affect the legality of the processing before the withdrawal.
  - (vii) Right to object: You may object to our processing of personal data about you (including our use of your personal data for direct marketing purposes), if certain grounds apply.
  - (viii) Rights related to automated decision making and profiling : You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produces legal effects or similarly significantly affects them.
  Please note that the abovementioned rights are not absolute and we may refuse their performance partially or fully, under the conditions provided by the applicable personal data protection regulations.
2. 10.2
  If you would like further information in relation to your rights or would like to exercise any of them, please contact us on the following email addresses at any time: [email protected] or [email protected].
3. 10.3
  When these rights are exercised, we deal with such requests swiftly and effectively, within the applicable timeframes required by law, unless there is a justification for not doing so (for example, where the request is manifestly unfounded or repetitive).
How do we change our Privacy Policy?
1. 11.1
  We keep this Privacy Policy up to date in line with any legislative amendments and best practices, so we update it from time to time. Please refer back to check changes as they are effective once posted on Edge Hound website. In using our services, you accept this Privacy Policy as it applies from time to time. We will let you know if we make important changes.
How can you contact us or make a complaint?
1. 12.1
  Any questions that you have concerning this Privacy Policy or Axion Edge’s collection and use of personal data should be addressed to [email protected] or [email protected]. We will review and attempt to resolve any such questions or issues regarding the use or disclosure of your personal data.
2. 12.2
  If you are located in the EU, you may also make a complaint to the personal data protection supervisory authority in the Member State where you reside.
3. 12.3
  If you are located in the Republic of Bulgaria, you can lodge a complaint with the Commission for Personal Data Protection: Address: 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia 1592, Republic of Bulgaria, e-mail: [email protected], web-site: www.cpdp.bg.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 7/2025.