Privacy Policy (last updated 3/20/2024)

Thank you for visiting the Cloud4J website ("Site") and using the Cloud4J Report Builder application ("Report Builder") which are provided to you by Cloud4J, Inc. ("Cloud4J", "we" or "us"). Cloud4J is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. This Privacy Policy sets out how Cloud4J, collects, uses, and protects information that Cloud4J collects or you provide to us when you use the Site or Report Builder. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into our Terms of Use. Please review our Terms of Use to understand the general rules about your use of this Site and Report Builder. If you are a subscriber to Report Builder, you will also be obligated to read and accept our Terms and Conditions of Sale, provided to you when you subscribe.


CLOUD4J RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO UPDATE OR REVISE THESE TERMS OF USE AND/OR THE PRIVACY POLICY. PLEASE CHECK PERIODICALLY FOR REVISIONS AND UPDATES. THE DATE AT THE TOP OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY REFLECTS THE MOST RECENT VERSION.

Information We Collect and How We Collect It

Registration and Login Information
When you register as a subscriber to Report Builder, and when you use Report Builder, we will collect the following information from your company ("Non-Personal Information"):

  • Company Name
  • Salesforce Org ID
  • Salesforce Instance URL
  • Street
  • City
  • State
  • Postal Code
  • Default Locale
  • Organization Type

We also collect the following information from each individual user which, if it identifies or can be used to identify a natural person, this information is "Personal Information":

  • Salesforce User ID
  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Email Address
  • Time Zone
  • Locale
You are not required to provide any Personal Information in order to view or use the Site.


Information provided during purchase
Cloud4J subscription purchases are conducted by Stripe, Inc. (if you pay via credit card - you can also elect to pay via invoicing in which credit cards are not used). Stripe acts as the processor of data you provide during the purchase process. Report Builder does not store any credit card information. In fact, your credit card information is never submitted to the Report Builder servers as we use Stripe.js library to create credit card tokens.


Request Headers
We collect Non-Personal Information through the use of request headers. "Request Headers" are pieces of information that are sent with each HTTP request. The request headers we capture are:

  • IP Address
  • Browser Type

How We Use the Information We Collect

Use of Personal and Non-Personal Information
We use Personal Information and non-Personal Information to:

  • Provide functionality within Report Builder. For example, to format currency and date/time data, we need to know locale and time zone.
  • Send you communications regarding your Report Builder account, such as a notification that your subscription is expiring, a credit card payment has failed, etc.
  • Analyze how users are using Report Builder. For example, we periodically review which browsers people use to access Report Builder.
  • Protect Report Builder. For example, we use IP address to disallow access from known untrusted sources.
  • Provide support for your use of the Site and Report Builder.
  • Send you emails regarding new Report Builder releases and other product information.

Note we never collect or store any Personal Information from your Salesforce database or any other data source (the "Third Party Data Sub-Processors" listed below) other than the Personal Information listed above. This means that we do not store any customer Personal Information that resides in your Salesforce database or other data sources such as data in the Contact object.

Use of Cookies
Report Builder uses Cookies. "Cookies" are pieces of information that are placed on an individual's computer hard drive to enable the individual to more easily communicate and interact with our Site. We do not store any Personal Information in these Cookie.

Where Information is Stored

All Personal Information and non-Personal Information that we collect is stored in our own business database. We are committed to ensuring that your Personal Information and non-Personal Information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure all of the information we collect.

How Long We Keep Your Information

We retain your Personal Information and non-Personal Information as long as you are using Report Builder because it is required for it to work correctly as mentioned above. If after 24 months, you have not actively used Report Builder, then we will delete your Personal Information from our database. Non-Personal Information may be retained in aggregate form for our internal business purposes.

Controlling Your Personal Information

We will not sell, distribute or lease your Personal Information to third parties unless we have your express written permission or are required by law to do so. We may allow third parties engaged by us to have limited access to your Personal Information in order to assist us in providing you with use of the Site or Report Builder, support services, or other information or assistance you request. We do not sell your Personal Information to third parties for their marketing or solicitation purposes.

If you would like a list of your Personal Information that we retain, please write to development@cloud4j.com.

If you believe or discover that any of your Personal Information or non-Personal Information that we collect, retain, or use with Report Builder is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Opting-Out

You may request to opt-out of certain email communications that we send to you by contacting us at the email above. Please note, however, that most email communications are necessary for you to use Report Builder and opting out may impact your ability to use Report Builder.

List of Third Party Data Sub-Processors

Report Builder uses the following Third Party Data Sub-Processors:

  • Amazon Web Services ("AWS"): "): Report Builder is hosted on an AWS EC2 server and stores all the data required to run Report Builder, including without limitation, the Personal Information and Non-Personal Information listed above as well as application data (Solutions, Formats, etc.) in an AWS RDS database.
  • SendGrid: All email from Report Builder is sent using SendGrid.
  • Stripe: All payment processing is done through Stripe.
Please recognize that when you link from our Site to a Third Party Data Sub-Processor website this Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Any information you actively or inactively (through cookies) provide through browsing and/or interaction on any Third Party Data Sub-Processor website will be governed by the privacy policy displayed on that Third Party Data Sub-Processor website. We are not responsible for the security or privacy practices employed by the Third Party Data Sub-Processors. Please refer to their privacy policies for further details and conditions.

Optional Data Sources

You can also set up a connection from Report Builder to the following data sources:

  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLServer
We never store any of the data from these data sources. You can also revoke Report Builder's access to these data sources at any time.

California Residents' Rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act

If you are a California resident, California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 (CCPA) allows you to request that we provide you with the following information categories relevant to collection of your Personal Information during the preceding 12 months (collectively, the "Personal Information Categories"): (1) the categories of Personal information we collected about you, (2) the categories of sources from which your Personal Information was collected, (3) the business purpose(s) for which we collected your Personal Information, and (4) the categories of third parties with whom we have shared your Personal Information. This information is listed above in this Privacy Policy and will be updated once every twelve months if there are any changes. We do not sell your Personal Information to third parties for their marketing or solicitation purposes.

Twice during any 12 month period you may request disclosure of how your Personal Information was applied to each of the Personal Information Categories by contacting us via email, phone or in writing at where shown below. We will respond to your disclosure request within 45 days, provided, that we reserve the right to extend this period for an additional 45 days if necessary to verify your information and the veracity of your request. We will notify you of any such extension prior to the end of the initial 45 day period. The information will be provided to you at no cost either by mail or electronically.

You may request that we delete from our database any Personal Information that we have collected about you. We will not, however, be obligated to comply with your deletion request if our retention of your Personal Information is necessary for us to comply with any of the following:

  • provide you with a good or service you have requested, such as Report Builder where such deletion would impact your ability to receive Report Builder;
  • to complete a particular transaction in process for which your Personal Information was collected, or to otherwise perform a contract entered into between us;
  • detect a security incident, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
  • debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
  • exercise free speech, ensure the right of another customer or consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
  • comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
  • engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, whereby our deletion of your Personal Information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, as long as you have provided your consent;
  • necessary for our internal business operations that are reasonably aligned with your expectations and our business relationship;
  • comply with a legal obligation; or
  • use your Personal Information internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you have provided us with the Personal Information.

Questions or Concerns

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us using one of the following: