Information We Automatically Collect
- We and our third-party
service providers (including any third-party content, advertising, and
analytics providers) automatically collect certain information from your
device or web browser when you interact with the Services to help us
understand how our users use the Services and to target advertising to you
(which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as “Usage
Data”). For example, each time you visit the Services we and our
third-party service providers automatically collect your IP address,
mobile device identifier or other unique identifier, browser and computer
type, access time, the Web page you came from, the URL you go to next, the
Web page(s) that you access during your visit and your interaction with
content or advertising on the Services.
- We and our third-party
service providers use such Usage Data for a variety of purposes including
to diagnose problems with our servers and software, to administer the
Services, to gather demographic information and to target advertising to
you on the Services and elsewhere online. Accordingly, our third-party
advertising networks and ad servers will also provide us with information,
including reports that will tell us how many ads were presented and
clicked on the Services in a manner that does not identify personally any
specific individual. The Usage Data we collect is generally
non-identifying, but if we associate it with you as a specific and
identifiable person, we will treat it as Personal Data.
Cookies/Tracking Technologies
- We use tracking technologies,
such as cookies, local storage, and pixel tags.
- Cookies and Local
Storage
- Cookies and local
storage may be set and accessed on your computer. Upon your first visit to
the Services, a cookie or local storage will be sent to your computer that
uniquely identifies your browser. “Cookies” and local storage are small
files containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer’s
browser and stored on your device when you visit a website. Many major Web
services use cookies to provide useful features for their users. Each Web
site can send its own cookie to your browser. Most browsers are initially
set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies
or to indicate when a cookie is being sent; however, if you reject cookies,
you will not be able to sign in to the Services or take full advantage of
our Services. Additionally, if you clear all cookies on your browser at
any point after setting your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate
when a cookie is being sent, you will have to again reset your browser to
refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent.
- Our Services use the
following types of cookies for the purposes set out below
Flash
- A Flash cookie is a data
file placed on a device via the Adobe Flash plug-in that is built into or
downloaded by you onto your device. Flash cookies are used for various
purposes, including, without limitation, enabling a Flash feature and
remembering your preferences. For more information about Flash and the
privacy choices Adobe offers, visit http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html.
If you choose to adjust your Flash privacy settings on your device some
features of the Services may not function properly.
Pixel Tags
- We also use “pixel
tags,” which are small graphic files that allow us and third parties to
monitor the use of the Services and collect Usage Data. A pixel tag can
collect information such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded
the page on which the tag appears; the URL of the page on which the pixel
tag appears; the time (and length of time) the page containing the pixel
tag was viewed; the type of browser that retrieved the pixel tag; and the
identification number of any cookie previously placed by that server on
your computer.
- We use pixel tags,
either provided by us or by our third-party advertisers, service providers
and ad networks, to collect information about your visit, including the
pages you view, the links you click and other actions taken in connection
with our sites and Services and use them in combination with our cookies
to provide offers and information of interest to you. Pixel tags also enable
ad networks to serve targeted advertisements to you when you visit the
Services or other websites.
- In addition, we use a
variety of other technologies that collect similar information for
security and fraud detection purposes.
- For more information about
the use of cookies and similar technology on your computer or mobile
device and how to manage and delete them at http://www.allaboutcookies.org and http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk.
Information You Choose To Submit
- You can visit the
Services without telling us who you are or revealing any information by
which someone could identify you as a specific, identifiable individual
(which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as “Personal
Data”). If, however, you wish to register to become a member of the
Services, you are required to provide certain Personal Data (for example,
your name and e-mail address), and you must also provide a user name and
password. We use your Personal Data to fulfil your requests for products
and services, to improve our Services, to contact you from time to time,
with your consent, about us and our products and services, and as
otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. In addition, you are required
to provide certain Personal Data when you submit a job application and
supporting materials. Where you submit a job application on behalf of
another person, you confirm that you have made that person aware of how we
collect, use and share their Personal Data, the reason you have provided
it, how they can contact us, the terms of this Privacy Policy and related
policies and that they have consented to such collection, use and sharing.
You can also choose to submit or we may collect additional information
about yourself, such as demographic information (for example your gender,
birth date, or zip code) and information about your preferences and
interests. Failure to provide any required Personal Data will prevent us
from being able to provide the Services you request (e.g., member registration
or submission of job application) or otherwise inhibit our ability to
provide the Services.
- We refer collectively to
all information we collect that is not Personal Data, including Usage
Data, demographic data and de-identified Personal Data, as “Non-Personal
Data”. If we combine Non-Personal Data with Personal Data, we will treat
the combined information as Personal Data under this Privacy Policy.
- You also can choose to
submit your alias, bio, email, photos or any other information that you
would like to share with other users of the Services (which we will refer
to in this Privacy Policy collectively as “User Submissions”).
- Personal Data,
Non-Personal Data, and User Submissions are referred to in this Privacy
Policy collectively as “User Information.”
- Information We Receive
From Other Sources
- We supplement the
information we collect with outside records in order to learn more about
our users, to better tailor the content and offers we show you, and for
other purposes. We receive this information about you from public sources
or third parties, including without limitation consumer data resellers and
advertisers. We combine the information we receive from those other
sources with information we collect through the Services. In those cases,
we will apply this Privacy Policy to the combined information.
Information Use
- We use the information
we collect, including Personal Data and Usage Data:
- to enable you to use
our Services, to create an account or profile, to process information you
provide via our Services (including verifying that your email address is
active and valid) and to process your transactions;
- to provide related
customer service and care, including responding to your questions,
complaints, or comments and sending surveys (with your consent) and processing
survey responses;
- to provide you with
information, products, or services that you have requested;
- to receive and process
job applications for jobs with us;
- with your consent, to
provide you with information, products, or services that we otherwise
believe will interest you, including special opportunities from us and
our third-party partners;
- to tailor content,
recommendations, and advertisements we and third parties display to you,
both on the Services and elsewhere online;
- for internal business purposes,
such as to improve our Services;
- to administer and
process contests, sweepstakes, and promotions;
- to contact you with
administrative communications and, in our discretion, changes to our
Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, or any of our other policies;
- to comply with
regulatory and legal obligations; and
- for purposes as
disclosed at the time you provide your information, with your consent,
and as further described in this Privacy Policy.
Social Network and Platform
Integration
- The Services contain
integration with social networks and other platforms in which information
is shared between us and such platforms. For example, if you create or log
into your account through a third-party social media site, we will have
access to certain information from that site, such as your name, email
address, account information, photo and friends lists, and other
information in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by
such social media site. If you visit our Services on a device through
which you also interact with social networks or if you interact with us
through a social media function such as a plug-in (for example, a Facebook
“like” button) then you permit us to have on-going access to, to use and
to store information from your social network profile (such as your name,
email address, your friend list, photo, age, gender, location, birthday,
social networking ID, current city, and the people/sites you follow) in
accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you don’t want a social network to
collect the information about you as described above, or you don’t want a
social network to share it with us, please review the privacy policy,
privacy settings and instructions of the applicable social network before
you visit and use our Services.
Our Information Sharing Practice
- (a) Generally. We share Non-Personal Data, including
Usage Data, de-identified Personal Data and aggregated user statistics,
with third parties in our discretion. We share User Information,
including Personal Data, as otherwise described in this Policy, and under
the following circumstances:
- (b) Service Providers.
From time to time, we enter into relationships with third parties who
provide services to us (for example, analytics companies, advertisers and
ad agencies, data management and storage services or credit card
processing services, sweepstakes or contest prize fulfilment). In those
circumstances, we disclose User Information so that such service
providers perform those services. These service providers are only
permitted to use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to enable
them to provide their services to us. They are required to follow our
express instructions and to comply with appropriate security measures to
protect your Personal Data. In particular, our sites use certain Google
analytics and other services, and certain pages use the Google AMP Client
ID API, each of which enable collection and sharing of your information
(including Personal Data) with Google for further use. For specific
information on Google usage and how to control it, please see How Google
uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps and Google’s Privacy
Policy.
- (i) To opt-out of the
sharing of this information with LiveRamp on a people-based level,
please click here (https://liveramp.com/opt_out/).
- (c) Third-Party
Marketing. You will have a choice (opt-in or opt-out) before we share
your information with third parties for marketing purposes. Provided that
you have chosen to receive marketing messages from third parties, we
share your information (including Personal Data) with third parties for
those third parties’ own direct marketing purposes. Please note, messages
delivered from a third-party will subject you to the third-party’s
privacy policy. We also match your email address with third parties with
whom you have also consented to share your email address and use such
match to deliver custom offers or emails to you on the Services and off
the Services provided you have consented to receiving such offers or
emails.
- (d) Change of Control.
In the event we go through a business transition (such as a merger,
acquisition by another company, bankruptcy, or sale of all or a portion
of our assets, including, without limitation, during the course of any
due diligence process), your Personal Data will likely be among the
assets transferred. By providing your Personal Data, you agree that we
can transfer such information in those circumstances without your further
consent. Should such a business transition occur, we will make reasonable
efforts to request that the new owner or combined entity (as applicable)
follow this Privacy Policy with respect to your Personal Data. If your
Personal Data would be used contrary to this Privacy Policy, we will
request that you receive prior notice.
- (e) Other Disclosure
Scenarios. We reserve the right, and you hereby expressly authorize us,
to share User Information: (i) in response to subpoenas, court orders, or
legal process, or to establish, protect, or exercise our legal rights or
defend against legal claims; (ii) if we believe it is necessary in order
to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities,
fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the safety of any
person or property; (iii) if we believe it is necessary to investigate,
prevent, or take action regarding significant abuse of the Services
infrastructure or the Internet in general (such as voluminous spamming,
denial of service attacks, or attempts to compromise the security of
information); (iv) to protect and defend our legal rights or property,
our services or their users, or any other party, and to protect the
health and safety of our users or the general public; and (v) to our
parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under
common control with us (in which case we will require such entities to
honour this Privacy Policy).
Anonymous Data
- When we use the term
“anonymous data,” we are referring to data and information that does not
permit you to be identified or identifiable, either alone or when combined
with any other information available to a third-party. We may create
anonymous data from the Personal Data we receive about you and other
individuals whose Personal Data we collect. Anonymous data will include
analytics information and information collected by us using cookies. We
make Personal Data into anonymous data by excluding information (such as
your name) that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We use this
anonymous data to analyse usage patterns in order to make improvements to
our Services.
Public Information
- If you identify any User
Information as public, you are authorizing us to share such information
publicly. For example, you can elect to make certain of your User
Submissions (such as your alias, bio, email or photos) publicly available.
Also, there are areas of the Services (for example, message boards,
discussion rooms, and other online forums) in which you are able to post
information that automatically will be available to all other users of the
Services. By choosing to use these areas, you understand and agree that
anyone can access, use, and disclose any information that you post to
those areas.
Users Outside of the United States and
Consent to Transfer
- The Services are
operated in the United States. If you are located in another jurisdiction,
please be aware that information you provide to us will be transferred to,
stored and processed in the United States. By using the Services or
providing us with any information, you consent to this transfer,
processing, and storage of your information in the United States, a
jurisdiction in which the privacy laws are not as comprehensive as those
in the country where you reside or are a citizen such as the European
Union. You understand that the U.S. government can obtain access to the
Personal Data you submit if necessary for investigative purposes (e.g.,
terrorism investigation). We will take all steps reasonably necessary to
ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this
Privacy Policy. We use appropriate and suitable safeguards for
transferring your Personal Data to the U.S. (e.g., standard contractual
clauses issued by the European Commission, which can be accessed here).
- Important Information
for California Residents-Your California Privacy Rights
- As stated elsewhere in
this Privacy Policy, VentureBeat Inc does not share Personal Data with
third parties for their direct marketing purposes, as defined by
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, unless we give you choice (opt-in
or opt-out) before sharing with those third parties.
- If you are a California
resident and you have questions about our practices with respect to
sharing information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes
and your ability to exercise choice, please contact us at privacy@venturebeat.com. You
must put the statement “Your California Privacy Rights” in the body of
your request, as well as your name, street address, city, state, and zip
code. In the body of your request, please provide enough information for
us to determine if this applies to you. Please note that we will not
accept inquiries via the telephone, email, or by facsimile, and we are not
responsible for notices that are not labelled or sent properly, or that do
not have complete information.
How We Respond to “Do Not Track”
Signals
- Internet browsers can be
configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you
visit. California Business & Professions Code Section 22575(b) (as
amended effective January 1, 2014) provides that California residents are
entitled to know how VentureBeat Inc responds to “Do Not Track” browser
settings.
- There currently is no
consensus among industry participants as to what “Do Not Track” means in
this context. Therefore, like many websites and online services, the
Services do not alter their practices when they receive a “Do Not Track”
signal from a visitor’s browser. To find out more about “Do Not Track,”
please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.
Advertising
- (a) Generally. We use other companies
under agreements with us to serve third-party advertisements when you
visit and use the Services. These companies collect and use click stream
information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements
clicked or scrolled over during your visits to the Services and other Web
sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely
to be of greater interest to you. These companies typically use tracking
technologies to collect this information. Other companies’ use of their
tracking technologies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this
one.
- (b) Targeted
Advertising. In order to serve offers and advertisements that may be
of interest to our users, we display targeted advertisements on the
Services, or other digital properties or applications in conjunction with
our content, based on information provided to us by our users and information
provided to us by third parties that they have independently collected.
We do not provide Personal Data to our advertisers when you interact with
an advertisement.
- (c) Your Ad
Choices. Some of the third-party services providers and/or
Advertisers may be members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”)
or the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Program for
Online Behavioural Advertising. You can visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp,
which provides information regarding targeted advertising and the
“opt-out” procedures of NAI members. You can opt-out of our use of your
Web site viewing behaviour data to serve you interest-based advertising
on third-party sites and email newsletters here http://www.aboutads.info/choices.
- If you are accessing
the Services through an application (i.e., mobile phone or tablet) you
can download the AppChoices application from your device’s application
store (i.e., Google Play, Apple App Store, and Amazon Store). This DAA
application allows participating companies to offer an opt-out of
customized advertisements that are based on predictions about your
interests generated from your application usage. For more information,
visit http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices.
- Please note opting out
through these mechanisms does not opt you out of being served
advertising. You will continue to receive generic ads while online or on
your device.
- (d) Mobile.
We may from time to time offer certain location or pinpoint based services,
such as location assisted navigation instruction. If you elect to use
such location-based services, we must periodically receive your location
in order to provide such location-based services to you. By using the
location-based services, you authorize us to: (i) locate your hardware;
(ii) record, compile and display your location; and (iii) publish your
location to third parties designated by you by means of location
publication controls available within the applications (for example,
settings, user preferences). As part of the location-based services, we
also collect and store certain information about the users who elect to
use such location-based services, such as a device id. This information
will be used to provide you the location-based services. We use
third-party providers to help provide location-based services through
mobile systems (unless you opt out of such location-based services with
such providers) and we provide the information to such providers to
enable them to provide their location-based services, provided that such
providers use the information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Choice/Opt-Out From Communications
- Please be aware that if
you wish to remove yourself from a newsletter and/or other marketing
emails from third parties that you consented to through the Services, you
must do so by contacting the relevant third-party. Even if you do opt-out
of marketing emails, we reserve the right to send you transactional and
administrative emails including those related to the Services, service
announcements, notices of changes to this Privacy Policy or other Services
policies, and to contact you regarding any goods or services you have
ordered.
Retaining, Modifying and Deleting Your
Personal Data
- You may access the
information we hold about you. If you wish to exercise this right, please
contact us using the details in the Contact Us section below. If you would
like to update, correct, modify or delete from our database any Personal
Data you previously submitted to us, please let us know by accessing and
updating your profile. If you delete certain information you may not be
able to order services in the future without re-submitting such
information. We will comply with your request as soon as reasonably
practicable. Also, please note that we will maintain Personal Data in our
database whenever we are required to do so by law.
- Please note that we need
to retain certain information for record keeping purposes and/or to
complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting such change or
deletion (for example, when you enter a promotion, you may not be able to
change or delete the Personal Data provided until after the completion of
such promotion). We will retain your Personal Data for the period
necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Policy unless a longer
retention period is required or permitted by law.
EU Data Subject Rights
- If you are a resident of
the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the right to: (a) request
access to your Personal Data and rectification of inaccurate Personal
Data; (b) request erasure of your Personal Data; (c) request restrictions
on the processing of your Personal Data; (d) object to processing your
Personal Data; and/or (e) the right to data portability (“collectively,
“Requests”). We can only process Requests from a user whose identity has
been verified. To verify your identity, please provide your email address
or [URL] when you make a request. For more information about how to get
access to Personal Data and for exercising your rights, you can submit a
request by selecting the “I am an EU resident and would like to
exercise my individual rights” option. You also have the right to lodge a
complaint with a supervisory authority.
Security
- We have implemented
commercially reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational
security measures to help protect your Personal Data from accidental or
unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, misuse, or unauthorized access or
disclosure; unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet
can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to
protect your User Information, we cannot guarantee its security. You use
the Services and provide us with information at your own initiative and
risk. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no
longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account
you have with us has been compromised), please immediately notify us of
the problem by contacting us using the details in the Contact Us section
below.
Links
- The Services contain
links to other websites that we do not control, and the Services contain
videos, advertising and other content hosted and served by third parties.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third-party.
Children’s Privacy
- The Services are
intended for a general audience and are not intended for and should not be
used by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect
information from children under the age of 13 and we do not target the
Services to children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes
aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their
consent, he or she should contact us using the details in the Contact Us
section below. We will delete such information from our files as soon as
reasonably practicable.
Sensitive Personal Data
- Subject to the following
paragraph, we ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any
sensitive personal data as this term is defined under applicable data
protection and privacy laws (for example, social security numbers,
information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions,
religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics,
criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the Services
or otherwise to us.
- If you send or disclose
any sensitive personal data to us, you consent to our processing and use
of such sensitive personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If
you do not consent to our processing and use of such sensitive personal
data, you must not submit such content to our Services.
Changes
- We update this Privacy
Policy from time to time in our discretion and will notify you of any
material changes to the way in which we treat Personal Data, by posting a
notice on relevant areas of the Services. We will also provide notice to
you in other ways in our discretion, such as through contact information
you have provided. Any updated version of this Privacy Policy will be
effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Privacy Policy
unless otherwise specified. Your continued use of the Services after the
effective date of the revised Privacy Policy (or such other act specified
at that time) will constitute your consent to those changes. However, we
will not, without your consent, use your Personal Data in a manner
materially different than what was stated at the time your Personal Data
was collected.
Contact Us
- If you have any
questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us by
email at wcoomber@gmail.com.
Information we Automatically Collect
- We and our third-party
service providers (including any third-party content, advertising, and
analytics providers) automatically collect certain information from your
device or web browser when you interact with the Services to help us
understand how our users use the Services and to target advertising to you
(which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as “Usage
Data”). For example, each time you visit the Services we and our
third-party service providers automatically collect your IP address,
mobile device identifier or other unique identifier, browser and computer
type, access time, the Web page you came from, the URL you go to next, the
Web page(s) that you access during your visit and your interaction with
content or advertising on the Services.
- We and our third-party
service providers use such Usage Data for a variety of purposes including
to diagnose problems with our servers and software, to administer the
Services, to gather demographic information and to target advertising to
you on the Services and elsewhere online. Accordingly, our third-party
advertising networks and ad servers will also provide us with information,
including reports that will tell us how many ads were presented and
clicked on the Services in a manner that does not identify personally any
specific individual. The Usage Data we collect is generally
non-identifying, but if we associate it with you as a specific and
identifiable person, we will treat it as Personal Data.
Cookies/Tracking Technologies
- We use tracking
technologies, such as cookies, local storage, and pixel tags.
- Cookies and Local
Storage
- Cookies and local
storage may be set and accessed on your computer. Upon your first visit to
the Services, a cookie or local storage will be sent to your computer that
uniquely identifies your browser. “Cookies” and local storage are small
files containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer’s
browser and stored on your device when you visit a website. Many major Web
services use cookies to provide useful features for their users. Each Web
site can send its own cookie to your browser. Most browsers are initially
set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies
or to indicate when a cookie is being sent; however, if you reject
cookies, you will not be able to sign in to the Services or take full
advantage of our Services. Additionally, if you clear all cookies on your
browser at any point after setting your browser to refuse all cookies or
indicate when a cookie is being sent, you will have to again reset your
browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent.
- Our Services use the
following types of cookies for the purposes set out below
Flash
- A Flash cookie is a data
file placed on a device via the Adobe Flash plug-in that is built into or
downloaded by you onto your device. Flash cookies are used for various
purposes, including, without limitation, enabling a Flash feature and
remembering your preferences. For more information about Flash and the
privacy choices Adobe offers, visit http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html.
If you choose to adjust your Flash privacy settings on your device some
features of the Services may not function properly.
Pixel Tags
- We also use “pixel
tags,” which are small graphic files that allow us and third parties to
monitor the use of the Services and collect Usage Data. A pixel tag can
collect information such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded
the page on which the tag appears; the URL of the page on which the pixel
tag appears; the time (and length of time) the page containing the pixel
tag was viewed; the type of browser that retrieved the pixel tag; and the
identification number of any cookie previously placed by that server on
your computer.
- We use pixel tags,
either provided by us or by our third-party advertisers, service providers
and ad networks, to collect information about your visit, including the
pages you view, the links you click and other actions taken in connection
with our sites and Services and use them in combination with our cookies
to provide offers and information of interest to you. Pixel tags also
enable ad networks to serve targeted advertisements to you when you visit
the Services or other websites.
- In addition, we use a
variety of other technologies that collect similar information for
security and fraud detection purposes.
- For more information
about the use of cookies and similar technology you can also find more
information about cookies and how they work, what cookies have been set on
your computer or mobile device and how to manage and delete them at http://www.allaboutcookies.org and http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk.
Information You Choose To Submit
- You can visit the
Services without telling us who you are or revealing any information by
which someone could identify you as a specific, identifiable individual
(which we will refer to in this Privacy Policy collectively as “Personal
Data”). If, however, you wish to register to become a member of the
Services, you are required to provide certain Personal Data (for example,
your name and e-mail address), and you must also provide a user name and
password. We use your Personal Data to fulfil your requests for products
and services, to improve our Services, to contact you from time to time,
with your consent, about us and our products and services, and as
otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. In addition, you are required
to provide certain Personal Data when you submit a job application and
supporting materials. Where you submit a job application on behalf of
another person, you confirm that you have made that person aware of how we
collect, use and share their Personal Data, the reason you have provided
it, how they can contact us, the terms of this Privacy Policy and related
policies and that they have consented to such collection, use and sharing.
You can also choose to submit or we may collect additional information
about yourself, such as demographic information (for example your gender,
birth date, or zip code) and information about your preferences and
interests. Failure to provide any required Personal Data will prevent us
from being able to provide the Services you request (e.g., member
registration or submission of job application) or otherwise inhibit our
ability to provide the Services.
- We refer collectively to
all information we collect that is not Personal Data, including Usage
Data, demographic data and de-identified Personal Data, as “Non-Personal
Data”. If we combine Non-Personal Data with Personal Data, we will treat
the combined information as Personal Data under this Privacy Policy.
- You also can choose to
submit your alias, bio, email, photos or any other information that you
would like to share with other users of the Services (which we will refer
to in this Privacy Policy collectively as “User Submissions”).
- Personal Data, Non-Personal
Data, and User Submissions are referred to in this Privacy Policy
collectively as “User Information.”
Information We Receive From Other
Sources
- We supplement the
information we collect with outside records in order to learn more about
our users, to better tailor the content and offers we show you, and for
other purposes. We receive this information about you from public sources
or third parties, including without limitation consumer data resellers and
advertisers. We combine the information we receive from those other
sources with information we collect through the Services. In those cases,
we will apply this Privacy Policy to the combined information.
Information Use
- We use the information
we collect, including Personal Data and Usage Data:
- to enable you to use
our Services, to create an account or profile, to process information you
provide via our Services (including verifying that your email address is
active and valid) and to process your transactions;
- to provide related
customer service and care, including responding to your questions,
complaints, or comments and sending surveys (with your consent) and
processing survey responses;
- to provide you with
information, products, or services that you have requested;
- to receive and process
job applications for jobs with us;
- with your consent, to
provide you with information, products, or services that we otherwise
believe will interest you, including special opportunities from us and
our third-party partners;
- to tailor content,
recommendations, and advertisements we and third parties display to you,
both on the Services and elsewhere online;
- for internal business
purposes, such as to improve our Services;
- to administer and
process contests, sweepstakes, and promotions;
- to contact you with
administrative communications and, in our discretion, changes to our
Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, or any of our other policies;
- to comply with
regulatory and legal obligations; and
- for purposes as
disclosed at the time you provide your information, with your consent,
and as further described in this Privacy Policy.
Social Network and Platform
Integration
- The Services contain
integration with social networks and other platforms in which information
is shared between us and such platforms. For example, if you create or log
into your account through a third-party social media site, we will have
access to certain information from that site, such as your name, email
address, account information, photo and friends lists, and other
information in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by
such social media site. If you visit our Services on a device through
which you also interact with social networks or if you interact with us
through a social media function such as a plug-in (for example, a Facebook
“like” button) then you permit us to have on-going access to, to use and
to store information from your social network profile (such as your name,
email address, your friend list, photo, age, gender, location, birthday,
social networking ID, current city, and the people/sites you follow) in
accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you don’t want a social network to
collect the information about you as described above, or you don’t want a
social network to share it with us, please review the privacy policy,
privacy settings and instructions of the applicable social network before
you visit and use our Services.
Our Information Sharing Practice
- (a) Generally. We share Non-Personal Data, including
Usage Data, de-identified Personal Data and aggregated user statistics,
with third parties in our discretion. We share User Information,
including Personal Data, as otherwise described in this Policy, and under
the following circumstances:
- (b) Service Providers.
From time to time, we enter into relationships with third parties who
provide services to us (for example, analytics companies, advertisers and
ad agencies, data management and storage services or credit card
processing services, sweepstakes or contest prize fulfilment). In those
circumstances, we disclose User Information so that such service
providers perform those services. These service providers are only
permitted to use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to enable
them to provide their services to us. They are required to follow our
express instructions and to comply with appropriate security measures to
protect your Personal Data. In particular, our sites use certain Google
analytics and other services, and certain pages use the Google AMP Client
ID API, each of which enable collection and sharing of your information
(including Personal Data) with Google for further use. For specific
information on Google usage and how to control it, please see How Google
uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps and Google’s Privacy
Policy.
- (c) Third-Party
Marketing. You will have a choice (opt-in or opt-out) before we share
your information with third parties for marketing purposes. Provided that
you have chosen to receive marketing messages from third parties, we
share your information (including Personal Data) with third parties for
those third parties’ own direct marketing purposes. Please note, messages
delivered from a third-party will subject you to the third-party’s
privacy policy. We also match your email address with third parties with
whom you have also consented to share your email address and use such
match to deliver custom offers or emails to you on the Services and off
the Services provided you have consented to receiving such offers or
emails.
- (d) Change of Control.
In the event we go through a business transition (such as a merger,
acquisition by another company, bankruptcy, or sale of all or a portion
of our assets, including, without limitation, during the course of any
due diligence process), your Personal Data will likely be among the
assets transferred. By providing your Personal Data, you agree that we
can transfer such information in those circumstances without your further
consent. Should such a business transition occur, we will make reasonable
efforts to request that the new owner or combined entity (as applicable)
follow this Privacy Policy with respect to your Personal Data. If your
Personal Data would be used contrary to this Privacy Policy, we will
request that you receive prior notice.
- (e) Other Disclosure
Scenarios. We reserve the right, and you hereby expressly authorize us,
to share User Information: (i) in response to subpoenas, court orders, or
legal process, or to establish, protect, or exercise our legal rights or
defend against legal claims; (ii) if we believe it is necessary in order
to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities,
fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the safety of any
person or property; (iii) if we believe it is necessary to investigate,
prevent, or take action regarding significant abuse of the Services
infrastructure or the Internet in general (such as voluminous spamming,
denial of service attacks, or attempts to compromise the security of
information); (iv) to protect and defend our legal rights or property,
our services or their users, or any other party, and to protect the
health and safety of our users or the general public; and (v) to our
parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under
common control with us (in which case we will require such entities to
honour this Privacy Policy).
Anonymous Data
- When we use the term
“anonymous data,” we are referring to data and information that does not
permit you to be identified or identifiable, either alone or when combined
with any other information available to a third-party. We may create
anonymous data from the Personal Data we receive about you and other
individuals whose Personal Data we collect. Anonymous data will include
analytics information and information collected by us using cookies. We
make Personal Data into anonymous data by excluding information (such as
your name) that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We use this
anonymous data to analyse usage patterns in order to make improvements to
our Services.
Public Information
- If you identify any User
Information as public, you are authorizing us to share such information
publicly. For example, you can elect to make certain of your User
Submissions (such as your alias, bio, email or photos) publicly available.
Also, there are areas of the Services (for example, message boards,
discussion rooms, and other online forums) in which you are able to post
information that automatically will be available to all other users of the
Services. By choosing to use these areas, you understand and agree that
anyone can access, use, and disclose any information that you post to
those areas.
Users Outside of the United States and
Consent to Transfer
- The Services are
operated in the United States. If you are located in another jurisdiction,
please be aware that information you provide to us will be transferred to,
stored and processed in the United States. By using the Services or
providing us with any information, you consent to this transfer,
processing, and storage of your information in the United States, a
jurisdiction in which the privacy laws are not as comprehensive as those
in the country where you reside or are a citizen such as the European
Union. You understand that the U.S. government can obtain access to the
Personal Data you submit if necessary for investigative purposes (e.g.,
terrorism investigation). We will take all steps reasonably necessary to
ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this
Privacy Policy. We use appropriate and suitable safeguards for
transferring your Personal Data to the U.S. (e.g., standard contractual
clauses issued by the European Commission, which can be accessed here).
Important Information for California
Residents-Your California Privacy Rights
- As stated elsewhere in
this Privacy Policy, VentureBeat Inc does not share Personal Data with
third parties for their direct marketing purposes, as defined by
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, unless we give you choice (opt-in
or opt-out) before sharing with those third parties.
- If you are a California
resident and you have questions about our practices with respect to
sharing information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes
and your ability to exercise choice, please contact us at wcoomber@gmail.com. You
must put the statement “Your California Privacy Rights” in the body of
your request, as well as your name, street address, city, state, and zip
code. In the body of your request, please provide enough information for
us to determine if this applies to you. Please note that we will not
accept inquiries via the telephone, email, or by facsimile, and we are not
responsible for notices that are not labelled or sent properly, or that do
not have complete information.
How We Respond to “Do Not Track”
Signals
- Internet browsers can be
configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you
visit. California Business & Professions Code Section 22575(b) (as
amended effective January 1, 2014) provides that California residents are
entitled to know how VentureBeat Inc responds to “Do Not Track” browser
settings.
- There currently is no
consensus among industry participants as to what “Do Not Track” means in
this context. Therefore, like many websites and online services, the
Services do not alter their practices when they receive a “Do Not Track”
signal from a visitor’s browser. To find out more about “Do Not Track,”
please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.
- Advertising
- (a) Generally.
We use other companies under agreements with us to serve third-party
advertisements when you visit and use the Services. These companies
collect and use click stream information, browser type, time and date,
subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over during your visits to
the Services and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about
goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. These
companies typically use tracking technologies to collect this
information. Other companies’ use of their tracking technologies is
subject to their own privacy policies, not this one.
- (b) Targeted
Advertising. In order to serve offers and advertisements that may be
of interest to our users, we display targeted advertisements on the
Services, or other digital properties or applications in conjunction with
our content, based on information provided to us by our users and
information provided to us by third parties that they have independently
collected. We do not provide Personal Data to our advertisers when you
interact with an advertisement.
- (c) Your Ad
Choices. Some of the third-party services providers and/or
Advertisers may be members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”)
or the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Program for
Online Behavioural Advertising. You can visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp,
which provides information regarding targeted advertising and the
“opt-out” procedures of NAI members. You can opt-out of our use of your
Web site viewing behaviour data to serve you interest-based advertising
on third-party sites and email newsletters here http://www.aboutads.info/choices.
- If you are accessing
the Services through an application (i.e., mobile phone or tablet) you
can download the AppChoices application from your device’s application
store (i.e., Google Play, Apple App Store, and Amazon Store). This DAA
application allows participating companies to offer an opt-out of
customized advertisements that are based on predictions about your
interests generated from your application usage. For more information,
visit http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices.
- Please note opting out
through these mechanisms does not opt you out of being served
advertising. You will continue to receive generic ads while online or on
your device.
- (d) Mobile.
We may from time to time offer certain location or pinpoint based
services, such as location assisted navigation instruction. If you elect
to use such location-based services, we must periodically receive your
location in order to provide such location-based services to you. By
using the location-based services, you authorize us to: (i) locate your
hardware; (ii) record, compile and display your location; and (iii)
publish your location to third parties designated by you by means of
location publication controls available within the applications (for
example, settings, user preferences). As part of the location-based
services, we also collect and store certain information about the users
who elect to use such location-based services, such as a device id. This
information will be used to provide you the location-based services. We
use third-party providers to help provide location-based services through
mobile systems (unless you opt out of such location-based services with
such providers) and we provide the information to such providers to
enable them to provide their location-based services, provided that such
providers use the information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Choice/Opt-Out From Communications
- Even if you do opt-out
of marketing emails, we reserve the right to send you transactional and
administrative emails including those related to the Services, service
announcements, notices of changes to this Privacy Policy or other Services
policies, and to contact you regarding any goods or services you have
ordered.
Retaining, Modifying and Deleting Your
Personal Data
- You may access the
information we hold about you. If you wish to exercise this right, please
contact us using the details in the Contact Us section below. If you would
like to update, correct, modify or delete from our database any Personal
Data you previously submitted to us, please let us know by accessing and
updating your profile. If you delete certain information you may not be
able to order services in the future without re-submitting such information.
We will comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable. Also,
please note that we will maintain Personal Data in our database whenever
we are required to do so by law.
- Please note that we need
to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes and/or to
complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting such change
or deletion (for example, when you enter a promotion, you may not be able
to change or delete the Personal Data provided until after the completion
of such promotion). We will retain your Personal Data for the period
necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Policy unless a longer
retention period is required or permitted by law.
EU Data Subject Rights
- If you are a resident of
the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the right to: (a) request
access to your Personal Data and rectification of inaccurate Personal
Data; (b) request erasure of your Personal Data; (c) request restrictions
on the processing of your Personal Data; (d) object to processing your Personal
Data; and/or (e) the right to data portability (“collectively,
“Requests”). We can only process Requests from a user whose identity has
been verified. To verify your identity, please provide your email address
or [URL] when you make a request. For more information about how to get
access to Personal Data and for exercising your rights, you can submit a
request here by selecting the “I am an EU
resident and would like to exercise my individual rights” option. You also
have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
Security
- We have implemented
commercially reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational
security measures to help protect your Personal Data from accidental or
unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, misuse, or unauthorized access or
disclosure; unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet
can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to
protect your User Information, we cannot guarantee its security. You use
the Services and provide us with information at your own initiative and
risk. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no
longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account
you have with us has been compromised), please immediately notify us of
the problem by contacting us using the details in the Contact Us section
below.
Links
The Services contain links to other
websites that we do not control, and the Services contain videos, advertising
and other content hosted and served by third parties. We are not responsible
for the privacy practices of any third-party.
Children’s Privacy
The Services are intended for a
general audience and are not intended for and should not be used by children
under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children
under the age of 13 and we do not target the Services to children under the age
of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided
us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us using
the details in the Contact Us section below. We will delete such information
from our files as soon as reasonably practicable.
Email Policy
- Email Promotions. You
may opt out of receiving commercial email messages from us by following
the instructions contained in those email messages.
- The Services are
intended for a general audience and are not intended for and should not be
used by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect
information from children under the age of 13 and we do not target the
Services to children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes
aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their
consent, he or she should contact us using the details in the Contact Us
section below. We will delete such information from our files as soon as
reasonably practicable.=
Sensitive Personal Data
- Subject to the following
paragraph, we ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any
sensitive personal data as this term is defined under applicable data
protection and privacy laws (for example, social security numbers,
information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions,
religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics,
criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the Services
or otherwise to us.
- If you send or disclose
any sensitive personal data to us, you consent to our processing and use
of such sensitive personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If
you do not consent to our processing and use of such sensitive personal
data, you must not submit such content to our Services.
- If you have any
questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us by
email at wcoomber@gmail.com.
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