Who is remotes.in for?
It’s targeted to everyone working from home and teams of all kind that want a virtual space to keep in touch.
A space for you and your team keep contact while working from home. You can create a room and check all the lovely faces, what are they up to, start a call with them or take a funny snap or you can just use the default page and see who else is working from home around the world!
I WANNA REMOTERenato de Leão is remotin from Coimbra!
Remotes.in started as a Whitesmith’s internal tool to create a stronger bond between our colleagues, wherever they are or decide to work remotely. We decided to open it to the world and hopefully help remote workers be more connected and less alone.
Now we are repurposing this for everyone working from home because of COVID-19, we felt the need to use it again.
It’s targeted to everyone working from home and teams of all kind that want a virtual space to keep in touch.
Simply access /r/[something] and everyone that uses that link will be in the room with you!
We use cookies to enhance your experience so that when you accidentally close the remotes.in tab you don't have to fill the "login" form again. There's a logout button on the app sidebar (click more) if you want to "kill" your session and clear the cookies.
Yes! Just click on the headphones button when hovering the person you want to speak with. If someone wants to have a chat with you, you’ll receive a notification on the requests icon in the down menu.
Not at the moment. You can only do it with one person at a time.
Unfortunately no. To be safer create your room and only share the link with your team and/or with people you trust.
No at the moment. You should only share the link of your group with the people that you want.
Yes, we’re always open to new ideas! Use the feedback button in the menu for next features that you want or just to give us some feedback.
Whitesmith is compliant with high privacy standards, therefore assuring that the processing of any personal data will be strictly directed to the identified purposes and always in respect of the data protection rights and legislation, namely the 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 (hereinafter GDPR)
Accordingly, Whitesmith approves and publishes the following Privacy Policy.
Means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘Data Subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Personal Data Processing can be performed by Whitesmith through automated and/or analogical means, such as
In particular, Personal Data Processing comprises the information collected automatically through Whitesmith’s Application (or third-party services employed in the same Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Data Subjects who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the Data Subject, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the Data Subject's IT environment.
The individual using any Whitesmith’s Application, which must coincide with or be duly authorized by the Data Subject, to whom the Personal Data refers.
The freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the Data Subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing by Whitesmith (according to the below-mentioned rules and requisites) of Personal Data relating to him or her. In the specific case of the use of Cookies, the above-mentioned consent for its use is given through Whitesmith’s website, as well as the opt-out option for the rejection of the Cookies in use.
Whitesmith, Lda., as the legal person entitled to process the Personal Data in compliance with this Policy, which take decisions regarding the purposes, means and methods of Personal Data processing, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of Whitesmith’s Applications.
Any means by which the Personal Data of the Data Subject is collected by Whitesmith, as Data Processor, including Whitesmith’s corporate website (www.whitesmith.co)
Small sets of data stored in the Data Subject's device. See “Whitesmith Cookie Policy” for specific measures related to Cookies.
This Data Protection and Privacy Policy has been drafted and approved to fully comply with the obligations set under 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 (hereinafter GDPR).
Whitesmith, Lda - Instituto Pedro Nunes,
Rua Pedro Nunes,
3030-119 Coimbra,
Portugal
[email protected]
Whitesmith’s Application collects, directly or through third-party services employed in the same Application, the following Personal Data: Name, location and picture.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this Privacy Policy or by specific information texts displayed prior to the Data collection and the consent declaration by the Data Subject. The Personal Data may be freely provided by the Data Subject, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application, always upon previous Data Subject express consent.
Whitesmith requires to the Data Subject, in all cases, the freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous consent for the processing of his/her personal data, using formal templates designed case by case, considering the type, scope and extension of said personal data processing.
According to Article 8 of the GDPR, all personal data belonging to children can only be processed under an express consent observing the rules of Article 6, number 1, point a) of the GDPR related to information society services when said children complete 13 years old.
For children with less than 13 years old, such processing shall be lawful only if and to the extent that consent is given or authorized by the holder of parental responsibility over the child, preferably through the use of electronic certification means, such as Citizen Card or Digital Authentication Key.
All Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data (or the Data Subject denial of express consent) may turn impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Data Subjects are free not to communicate this Data without any consequences on the availability or the operation of the service.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application (or by the owners of third-party services employed by this Application) serves the purpose of providing the service required by the Data Subject, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.
Data Subjects are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application and shall confirm that they have said third party's consent to provide the Data.
Whitesmith, as Data Processor, processes the Data of Data Subjects in a proper manner and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Processor access to said data, in some cases, Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of the site (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Subcontractors. The updated list of these parties may be requested to Whitesmith at any time.
The Data is processed at Whitesmith operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved with the processing are located. For further information, please contact Whitesmith, through the appointed email address.
The Data is kept for the time necessary to provide the service requested by the Data Subject, or stated by the purposes outlined in this document, and the Data Subject can always request to Whitesmith, as Data Processor, the removal of his/her Personal Data.
The Data concerning the Data Subject is collected to allow the Whitesmith to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes:
The Personal Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this document.
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
The services contained in this section enable Whitesmith to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of Data Subject´s behaviour.
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data collected:
Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
- Privacy Policy
- Opt Out
The Data Subject has the right, at all time, to require to Whitesmith, free of charge:
In every case, if a legal rule or legal obligation is in force which supersedes these data subject rights, Whitesmith reserves the right of denial of the data subject request (and/or to determine restrictions to said request, if and when applicable), duly communicating to the Data Subject the respective grounds of said decision.
The Data Subject is entitled to file complaints to Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (hereinafter, CNPD), the Portuguese Controller Authority, according to the definitions duly stated in numbers 21 and 22 of article 4 and article 51 of the GDPR.
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, Whitesmith Application may provide the Data Subject with additional and contextual information concerning particular services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request. More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Data Processor at any time, through the provided Whitesmith’s contacts.
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
Whitesmith reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time by giving notice on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. If a Data Subject objects to any of the changes to the Policy, the Data Subject must cease using this Application and can request to Whitesmith the removal of his/her Personal Data. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy shall continue to apply to all Personal Data already in the possession of Whitesmith.
Means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
Information collected automatically from this Application (or third-party services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.
The individual using this Application, which must coincide with the Data Subject, to whom the Personal Data refers.
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organization authorized by the Data Controller to process the Personal Data in compliance with this privacy policy.
Whitesmith, Lda., as the legal person entitled to process the Personal Data in compliance with this Cookie Policy, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application.
The freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the Data Subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of Personal Data relating to him or her. In the specific case of this Cookie Policy, the above-mentioned consent for the use of Cookies under this Policy is given through Whitesmith’s website, as well as the opt-out option for the rejection of the Cookies in use.
The hardware or software tools by which the Personal Data of the User is collected by the Data Processor.
Small piece of data stored in the User's device.
This Cookie Policy has been drafted and approved to comply with the 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 (hereinafter GDPR).
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by online service providers in order to (for example) make their websites or services work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third party cookies”. Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on (or through) the website or service you are using (such as analytics). The third parties that set these third party cookies can recognise your computer both when it visits the website or service in question and also when it visits certain other websites or services.
Based on your surfing habits, a cookie remembers your preferences. These personal interests are stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies make the interaction between you, the visitor, and the website easier, faster and help you to navigate between the different parts of a website. Cookies are also used to make the content of, or the publicity on a website more relevant for the visitor. Finally, a cookie will ensure that the content is adaptable to your personal taste and needs.
Whitesmith exercises no control over the use of cookies by third parties. You can always check and/or erase cookies and you can set your browser so that cookies are blocked. You can also delete the already installed cookies at any time on your computer or mobile device. This means that you then have to reset your preferences on each visit and that some parts of the website may not always work properly.
You can read more about cookies at www.AboutCookies.org.
Some of the services listed below collect statistics in aggregated form and may not require the consent of the User or may be managed directly by the Owner - depending on how they are described - without the help of third parties.
If any third party operated services are listed among the tools below, these may be used to track Users’ browsing habits – in addition to the information specified herein and without the Owner’s knowledge. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for detailed information. The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behaviour.
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data collected:
Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing:
- Privacy Policy
- Opt Out
In addition to what is specified in this document, the User can manage preferences for Cookies directly from within their own browser and prevent – for example – third parties from installing them. Through the browser preferences, it is also possible to delete Cookies installed in the past, including the Cookies that might possibly have saved the consent for the installation of Cookies by this website. It is important to note that by disabling all Cookies, the functioning of this site may be compromised. Users can find information about how to manage Cookies in their browser at the following addresses: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Windows Explorer.
Whitesmith, Lda - Instituto Pedro Nunes,
Rua Pedro Nunes,
3030-119 Coimbra,
Portugal
Owner contact email: [email protected]
Since the installation of third-party Cookies and other tracking systems through the services used within this Application cannot be technically controlled by the Owner, any specific references to Cookies and tracking systems installed by third parties are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, consult the privacy policy for the respective third-party services listed in this document.
Given the objective complexity linked to the identification of technologies based on Cookies and their very close integration with the operation of the web, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of Cookies themselves and any possible use of them - for example, by a third party - carried out through this site.
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