Function of this Privacy Policy
We acknowledge the critical importance of protecting the privacy of our website's visitors. This policy, alongside our terms of use and any other related documents, describes our data handling processes. By engaging with our website, you are agreeing to the terms of how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data. Please read this policy carefully to fully understand our practices regarding your personal information and how we treat it.
Practices for Using Collected Information
Our site collects the following types of personal and non-personal information:
- Personal information which may include your full name, address, phone number, email address, zip code, IP address;
- Demographic information which may include gender, race, ethnicity, education level, age, military/veteran status.
- Login information such as username and password;
- Work title, job title, department information, industry, licensure or credentials, and other information related to your work or Organization;
- User activity which may include all content that you create, share or post in audio, video, text, images, and other media or software files that you provide on or through our web sites, ads, events and profiles, or that are provided on your behalf, including information in or about the content you provide, such as the location of a photo or the date a file was created; and information other people provide about you when using our web sites, ads, events or profiles, including when they send a message to you or upload information about you;
- Web analytics which may include domain, geographic area, date/time of use, date/time data was collected, sites/subsites/pages viewed, click rates, and all communications with other users, including third parties, of our web site and profiles;
- User communications, feedback, suggestions, and ideas sent to us;
- Information you provide us when you or your Organization contact or engage us for support regarding our web site, events or profiles;
Mechanisms of Data Utilization
We may use the Personal Information we collect for the following purposes:
- Administering applications, registration, and financial services: to review and process applications and registrations; to verify the information you provide us and for other related purposes.
- Providing support and services: to provide our Services; to communicate with you about your access to and use of such Services; to respond to your inquiries; to provide troubleshooting, fulfill your orders and requests, process your payments, and provide technical support; for other customer service and support purposes; and to facilitate communications and collaboration with you and others in our community, including through our Partners, Service Providers, and our social networking, community, and collaboration features. In the event you use the chat functionality on our Site, you may either chat with a live agent or a chatbot.
- Personalizing content and experiences: to tailor content we send or display on the Services in order to offer location customization, personalized help and instructions and to otherwise personalize your experiences; to reach you with more relevant ads and to measure ad campaigns
- Marketing and promotional purposes: to administer promotions and contests; to promote our Company and the Services we offer; to send you newsletters, offers, or other information regarding products or services we think may interest you
- Analyzing and improving our services and operations: to better understand how users access and use the Services we offer; for other research and analytical purposes, such as to evaluate and improve our Services and business operations and to develop additional programs, services, and features; and to improve our Services, and user experiences
- Securing and protecting our assets and rights and preventing misconduct: to protect our business operations, secure our network and information technology assets and services; to prevent and detect fraud, unauthorized access or activities, cheating, plagiarism, and other misconduct; and, where we believe necessary, to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected violations of our student policies, Terms of Use, or this Privacy Policy, as well as fraud, illegal activities, cheating, plagiarism, misconduct, and other situations involving potential threats to the rights or safety of any person
- Complying with legal obligations: to comply with the law or legal proceedings. For example, we may disclose information in response to subpoenas, court orders, and other lawful requests by regulators and law enforcement, including responding to national security or law enforcement disclosure requirements
- Supporting our general business operations: to support the administration of our general business, accounting, record keeping, and legal functions, including to analyze operational and business results and risks, to collect outstanding amounts owed, and to maintain business Records
Anonymized information. We may also de-identify information to create Anonymized data sets and reports in order to assess, improve, and develop our business, products, and Services; prepare benchmarking reports; and for other research and analytics purposes.
Collaborations with Third-party Services
Content on our site may include embedded content from other sites, which behaves in the same manner as if you visited the other site. Be aware that these sites may collect data about you and use tracking technology.
How We Ensure Your Data Safety
Sharing of personal information
For the sole purpose of fulfilling Our contractual obligations towards You and Our business partners We may share personal information within Company Network. Company Network will process your personal information in accordance with this privacy policy and all privacy and communications legislation.
We will not share with sell lease or otherwise distribute your personally identifiable Personal Information to any third party organisations outside of Company Network without first obtaining Your permission to do so. In particular, we will not release your Personal Information to any authorised direct marketing agents without first obtaining your prior consent
Accordingly, you agree and acknowledge that:
- (a) we may transfer personal information about You to any member or members of the Company Network for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations with You; and
- (b) some countries where other facilities or companies or third party organisations are situated may have no data protection legislation or laws; and
- (c) in the event that we need to transfer your personal information to any member or members of the Company Network for the sole purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations we will use reasonable endeavours to procure (but cannot guarantee) that such companies or third party organisations give binding contractual undertakings in order to ensure that Your rights with regards to any such processing and Your personal information will remain adequately protected.
If we need Your further specific and express consent to do so we will obtain it before transferring any personal information.
We will not share Your Personal Information with any third party organisations outside of the Company Network without first obtaining Your permission to do so
In all cases any use of Your Personal Information by the Company Network which has been instigated by Us will comply with this Privacy Policy
You acknowledge that We reserve the right to use or disclose any Personal Information as needed to satisfy any law regulation or legal request to protect and defend the integrity of the Site including to enforce our Website Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy and You agree to comply with Our requests and/or to cooperate in any law enforcement or regulatory investigation
If in the future a third party organisation acquires Us or substantially all of Our assets whether by merger acquisition reorganisation or otherwise You acknowledge and agree that Your Personal Information may well be one of the transferred assets
Save for that stated above we do not transfer share or disclose (for profit or otherwise) personal information You have submitted to Us in connection with Our on or off-line activities to third parties outside Company Network.
Changes
We keep our Privacy Policy under regular review and we may update and amend this Privacy Policy from time to time and any changes will be posted on our website. We therefore recommend that you check this page from time to time to take notice of any updates or changes to our Privacy Policy.
Communication Methods
For any questions or concerns related to our Privacy Policy, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.
More Details
Your Profile information, which excludes sensitive details such as your email address and password, is displayed to facilitate connections and enhance functionality on our site. We do not rent, sell, or share your personal information with third parties, except under specific conditions: in response to legal processes like subpoenas or court orders; to protect our rights or defend against legal claims; in the case of suspected fraud, illegal activities, or potential threats to safety; or as part of a corporate acquisition or merger, in which case you will be notified in advance.
Your Data Management Rights
You have the following rights in relation to your Data:
- Right to access – the right to request (i) copies of the information we hold about you at any time, or (ii) that we modify, update or delete such information. If we provide you with access to the information we hold about you, we will not charge you for this, unless your request is “manifestly unfounded or excessive.” Where we are legally permitted to do so, we may refuse your request. If we refuse your request, we will tell you the reasons why.
- Right to correct – the right to have your Data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Right to erase – the right to request that we delete or remove your Data from our systems.
- Right to restrict our use of your Data – the right to “block” us from using your Data or limit the way in which we can use it.
- Right to data portability – the right to request that we move, copy or transfer your Data.
- Right to object – the right to object to our use of your Data including where we use it for our legitimate interests.
To make enquiries, exercise any of your rights set out above, or withdraw your consent to the processing of your Data (where consent is our legal basis for processing your Data), please contact us via this e-mail