Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Blacks In
Technology Foundation (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are
committed to protecting your personal information and your right to
privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy
notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information,
please contact us at info@blacksintechnology.org.
When you visit our website foundation.blacksintechnology.net
(the “Website“), and more generally, use any of our services (the
“Services“, which include the Website), we appreciate that you are
trusting us with your personal information. We take your privacy very
seriously. In this privacy notice, we seek to explain to you in the
clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and
what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to
read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in
this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue use
of our Services immediately.
This privacy notice applies to all
information collected through our Services (which, as described above,
includes our Website), as well as any related services, sales, marketing
or events.
Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information that we collect.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect information that you provide to us.
We
collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when
you register on the Website, express an interest in obtaining
information about us or our products and Services, when you participate
in activities on the Website (such as by posting messages in our online
forums or entering competitions, contests or giveaways) or otherwise
when you contact us.
The personal information that we collect
depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Website, the
choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal
information we collect may include the following:
Personal
Information Provided by You. We collect names; phone numbers; email
addresses; mailing addresses; job titles; usernames; passwords; contact
preferences; contact or authentication data; billing addresses;
debit/credit card numbers; gender; race & ethnicity; and other
similar information.
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary
to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment
instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code
associated with your payment instrument.
All personal information
that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you
must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Information automatically collected
In
Short: Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address
and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically
when you visit our Website.
We automatically collect certain
information when you visit, use or navigate the Website. This
information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or
contact information) but may include device and usage information, such
as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating
system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country,
location, information about who and when you use our Website and other
technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain
the security and operation of our Website, and for our internal
analytics and reporting purposes.
The information we collect includes:
Log
and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic usage
and performance information our servers automatically collect when you
access or use our Website and which we record in log files. Depending on
how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address,
device information, browser type and settings and information about your
activity in the Website (such as the date/time stamps associated with
your usage, pages and files viewed, searches and other actions you take
such as which features you use), device event information (such as
system activity, error reports (sometimes called ‘crash dumps’) and
hardware settings).
Device Data. We collect device data such as
information about your computer, phone, tablet or other device you use
to access the Website. Depending on the device used, this device data
may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server),
device application identification numbers, location, browser type,
hardware model Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier,
operating system configuration information.
Location Data. We collect
information data such as information about your device’s location,
which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we
collect depends on the type of settings of the device you use to access
the Website. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to
collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on
your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect this
information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling
your Locations settings on your device. Note however, if you choose to
opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.
Information collected from other sources
In Short: We may collect limited data from public databases, marketing partners, and other outside sources.
In
order to enhance our ability to provide relevant marketing, offers and
services to you and update our records, we may obtain information about
you from other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing
partners, affiliate programs, data providers, as well as from other
third parties. This information includes mailing addresses, job titles,
email addresses, phone numbers, intent data (or user behavior data),
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, social media profiles, social media
URLs and custom profiles, for purposes of targeted advertising and event
promotion.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We
process your information for purposes based on legitimate business
interests, the fulfillment of our contract with you, compliance with our
legal obligations, and/or your consent.
We use personal
information collected via our Website for a variety of business purposes
described below. We process your personal information for these
purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to
enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for
compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific
processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.
We use the information we collect or receive:
To
facilitate account creation and logon process. If you choose to link
your account with us to a third-party account (such as your Google or
Facebook account), we use the information you allowed us to collect from
those third parties to facilitate account creation and logon process
for the performance of the contract.
To post testimonials. We post
testimonials on our Website that may contain personal information. Prior
to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name
and the consent of the testimonial. If you wish to update, or delete
your testimonial, please contact us at privacy@blacksintechnology.org and be sure to include your name, testimonial location, and contact information.
Request feedback. We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Website.
To
enable user-to-user communications. We may use your information in
order to enable user-to-user communications with each user’s consent.
To manage user accounts. We may use your information for the purposes of managing our account and keeping it in working order.
To
send administrative information to you. We may use your personal
information to send you product, service and new feature information
and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
To
protect our Services. We may use your information as part of our
efforts to keep our Website safe and secure (for example, for fraud
monitoring and prevention).
To enforce our terms, conditions and
policies for business purposes, to comply with legal and regulatory
requirements or in connection with our contract.
To respond to legal
requests and prevent harm. If we receive a subpoena or other legal
request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to
respond.
Fulfill and manage your orders. We may use your information
to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made
through the Website.
Administer prize draws and competitions. We may
use your information to administer prize draws and competitions when
you elect to participate in our competitions.
To deliver and
facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may use your information
to provide you with the requested service.
To respond to user
inquiries/offer support to users. We may use your information to respond
to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with
the use of our Services.
To send you marketing and promotional
communications. We and/or our third-party marketing partners may use the
personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this
is in accordance with your marketing preferences. For example, when
expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our Website,
subscribing to marketing or otherwise contacting us, we will collect
personal information from you. You can opt-out of our marketing emails
at any time (see the “WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS” below).
Deliver
targeted advertising to you. We may use your information to develop and
display personalized content and advertising (and work with third
parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to
measure its effectiveness.
WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?
In
Short: We only share information with your consent, to comply with
laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to
fulfill business obligations.
We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:
Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.
Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
Performance
of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may
process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
Legal
Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally
required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental
requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as
in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to
public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement
requirements).
Vital Interests: We may disclose your information
where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action
regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud,
situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and
illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are
involved.
More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:
Business
Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection
with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets,
financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another
company.
Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service
Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service
providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our
behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples
include: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting
services, customer service and marketing efforts. We may allow selected
third parties to use tracking technology on the Website, which will
enable them to collect data on our behalf about how you interact with
our Website over time. This information may be used to, among other
things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain
content, pages or features, and better understand online activity.
Unless described in this notice, we do not share, sell, rent or trade
any of your information with third parties for their promotional
purposes.
Third-Party Advertisers. We may use third-party advertising
companies to serve ads when you visit or use the Website. These
companies may use information about your visits to our Website(s) and
other websites that are contained in web cookies and other tracking
technologies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services
of interest to you.
Affiliates. We may share your information with
our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor
this privacy notice. Affiliates include our parent company and any
subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control
or that are under common control with us.
Business Partners. We may
share your information with our business partners to offer you certain
products, services or promotions.
Other Users. When you share
personal information (for example, by posting comments, contributions or
other content to the Website) or otherwise interact with public areas
of the Website, such personal information may be viewed by all users and
may be publicly made available outside the Website in perpetuity.
Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your
activity, communicate with you within our Website, and view your
profile.
WHO WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH?
In Short: We only share information with the following third parties.
We
only share and disclose your information with the following third
parties. We have categorized each party so that you may easily
understand the purpose of our data collection and processing practices.
If we have processed your data based on your consent and you wish to
revoke your consent, please contact at privacy@blacksintechnology.org.
Content Optimization
YouTube video embed
Data Backup and Security
Dropbox Backup
Invoice and Billing
Stripe
Social Media Sharing and Advertising
Facebook social plugins and Twitter social plugins
HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In
Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill
the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required
by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long
as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice,
unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such
as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this
notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than
the period of time in which users have an account with us.
When
we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal
information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if
this is not possible (for example, because your personal information
has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your
personal information and isolate it from any further processing until
deletion is possible.
HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
We
have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security
measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we
process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your
information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information
storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot
promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized
third parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly
collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do
our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal
information to and from our Website is at your own risk. You should only
access the Website within a secure environment.
WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
If
you are resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are
unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right
to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You
can find their contact details here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
If you are resident in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at privacy@blacksintechnology.org.
Account Information
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:
■ Log in to your account settings and update your user account.
■ Contact us using the contact information provided.
Upon
your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete
your account and information from our active databases. However, we may
retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot
problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use
and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
Opting out of
email marketing: You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at
any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send
or by contacting us using the details provided below. You will then be
removed from the marketing email list – however, we may still
communicate with you, for example to send you service-related emails
that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to
respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes. To
otherwise opt-out, you may:
■ Access your account settings and update your preferences.
■ Contact us using the contact information provided.
CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most
web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications
include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to
signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online
browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform
technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has
been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser
signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your
choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is
adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that
practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.
DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In
Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted
specific rights regarding access to your personal information.
California
Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law,
permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain
from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of
personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct
marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with
which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding
calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make
such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the
contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of
age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the
Website, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you
publicly post on the Website. To request removal of such data, please
contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the
email address associated with your account and a statement that you
reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly
displayed on the Website, but please be aware that the data may not be
completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g.
backups, etc.).
DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We
may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version
will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version
will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material
changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently
posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a
notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently
to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at privacy@blacksintechnology.orgor by post to:
Blacks In Technology Foundation
4132 Foxpoint Ridge
Cleves, Ohio 45002
United States
HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Based
on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to
request access to the personal information we collect from you, change
that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to
review, update, or delete your personal information, please email us at privacy@blacksintechnology.org. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
