FAIR TRANSPARENCY PRIVACY POLICY

FAIR Transparency respects the privacy of visitors to our website, https://www.fairtransparency.org (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) provides an explanation concerning: (i) how FAIR Transparency collects information from you when you visit the Website, communicate with us, and use our products and services; and (ii) how FAIR Transparency uses the information that we collect from you.

A reference in this Policy to “we”, “us,” or “our” means FAIR Transparency. When we refer to “you”, “your,” or “User,” we are referencing the individual user of our Website or the “End User” of a product or service.

Please read the Policy in full to ensure you understand the contents and how we use your Personal Information (as defined below). If you have any questions or comments about this Policy, please contact us by email at info@fairtransparency.org.

Information Collected by FAIR Transparency

You do not have to provide personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) to visit or use this Website. However, depending on the FAIR Transparency services you access or the Website activity that you choose to engage in (each, a “Service” and collectively, the “Services”), we will collect information from you. The information we collect depends upon the particular Service you choose to engage in, your interactions with us, and your internet browser settings.

FAIR Transparency collects the following information from Website users:   

• Personal Information – this refers to information that enables FAIR Transparency to identify a Website user and includes, but is not limited to, your first and last name, email address, residential address, work address, telephone number, company name, job title, fax number, and other similar contact information. 
• Non-Personally Identifiable Information  

How FAIR Transparency Collects Your Information

We will collect and maintain your Personal Information when you communicate directly with us, subscribe to a newsletter, submit content, complete a survey, sign-up for special offers from selected third-parties, or send us feedback. The foregoing is entirely optional, but by engaging with the Website, and communicating with us, and providing us with the requested information, you expressly consent to our use of such information to provide you the requested Service. Depending upon the Service you request, some of the information we ask you to provide will be classified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide us with the mandatory data for the applicable Service, you will not be able to access or otherwise utilize that Service. We collect Non-Personally Identifiable Information when you visit our Website, such as your device type, the name of the internet browser you use to browse our website, your network server and domain, zip code, area code, age, gender, country and preferred speaking language, IP address, web history, including the URL for the website that you just visited and for the next website you will visit, geolocation data, including global positioning system data, network name, and internet or telecommunication services provider name.

How FAIR Transparency Uses Your Information  

FAIR Transparency may use your Personal Information for the purpose of general business, sales, and marketing purposes, including, but not limited to, responding to online inquiries, e-marketing campaigns, and newsletters. FAIR Transparency may also use your Personal Information to contact you about our products, services, information, upcoming events, company updates and news that may be of interest to you, unless you notify us that you no longer wish to receive these communications

To the extent applicable to the particular circumstance, we will also use your Personal Information to resolve disputes, troubleshoot Service problems, contact you regarding material changes to our Privacy Policy, and to enforce our agreements with you, including our Terms of Use, the IP Policy and this Privacy Policy.

FAIR Transparency uses Your Non-Personally Identifiable Information, including your IP address, geolocation data, cookie data, preferred speaking language, and network information to optimize your user experience with our Website and Services, to diagnose problems with our servers, software, and Services, and to understand the demographics of our users and customers.

How FAIR Transparency Shares Your Information

FAIR Transparency does not sell, trade, lease or otherwise transfer or disclose your Personal Information to other parties without your consent, except as explained in this Policy.

FAIR Transparency may share your Personal Information and Non-Personally Identifiable Information with our employees, agents, contractors, partners, and other service providers (collectively, the “Service Providers”) in connection with the services that these individuals or entities perform for or with us. FAIR Transparency Service Providers only use such data to the extent necessary to carry out their contractual obligations to us. 

If we receive a court order, subpoena, warrant, or other legal demand from law enforcement or any other governmental, regulatory or judicial authorities seeking disclosure of your Personally Identifiable Information, we will comply with such requests and disclose such Personally Identifiable Information to the appropriate governmental authorities. We also fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our services for illegal activities. We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we believe to be unlawful.

FAIR Transparency reserves the right to share your Personal and Non-Personally Identifiable Information to respond to a court order, subpoena, warrant, or other legal demand from law enforcement or any other governmental, regulatory or judicial authorities or where required by law. FAIR Transparency may therefore disclose your Personal and Non-Personally Identifiable Information and any other information about you, if we deem that it is reasonably necessary to: (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process (such as a subpoena or court order), or enforceable governmental request; (b) enforce the Terms of Use and IP Policy, including investigation of potential violations thereof; (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; or (d) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of FAIR Transparency, its users or the public, as required or permitted by law.

FAIR Transparency may also provide your Personal and Non-Personally Identifiable Information to a third-party in connection with the sale, assignment or other transfer of the business of this Website and/or FAIR Transparency to which the information relates. In which case, FAIR Transparency will require that any such buyer agree to treat such information in accordance with this Policy.

Storage of Your Information

FAIR Transparency will use reasonable security safeguards to protect your Personal and Non-Personally Identifiable Information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification by third-parties.

Your Personal and Non-Personally Identifiable Information are stored on a secure server. FAIR Transparency uses reasonable measures to protect your information that is stored within our database and on our secure server, and we restrict access to your information to only those individuals who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, there is always some risk involved in transmitting Personal Information over the Internet and no security system can prevent all potential security breaches. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of your information at any time. As a result, you transmit your information to us at your own risk.

Your Choice on Collection and Use of Your Information

By disclosing your Personal Information to FAIR Transparency, you hereby consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information for the purpose of providing you with our products and services. If you opt-in to receiving email communications regarding FAIR Transparency’s products and services, you have the option to unsubscribe to such email communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of promotional emails or by requesting we delete all of your information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you opt-out of marketing emails, FAIR Transparency will still contact you in connection with providing you with the products and services you have requested from us. You have choices with respect to cookies. Depending upon your chosen internet web browser, you may have the option to reject all cookies by modifying your browser preferences. Rejecting cookies will limit the functionality of some portions of our Website and not all Services will work correctly.

If you disclose your Personal Information in any public area on the Website, you acknowledge and agree that such information is available to, and may be collected and used by, third parties, which may result in your receiving unsolicited messages from third parties. Such activities are beyond FAIR Transparency's control and this Policy does not apply to such information or solicitations that you choose to make public. You hereby expressly acknowledge and agree that any information you submit in any public areas on this Website is publicly accessible to all third parties and that you assume any and all risk, harm and damages arising from or in any way connected to your submission and the information in such public forums. If you do not want your comments to be viewed by third parties, you are advised not to make any public submissions.

Retention

FAIR Transparency will retain your Personal and Non-Personally Identifiable Information only for a period of time needed to fulfill legitimate and lawful business purposes, in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Accuracy 

FAIR Transparency will keep your Personal and Non-Personally Identifiable Information accurate and complete based on the information provided by you to us. However, information contained in files that are dormant or have been closed will not be actively updated or maintained by FAIR Transparency. If you believe that any of your Personal or Non-Personally Identifiable Information is incorrect, you may request an update of that information by contacting us at info@fairtransparency.org.  

Your Rights Under Applicable Data Protection Laws

European Union Data Protection Laws: While this website is not intended for EU users, FAIR Diversity’s processing of your Personal and Non-Personally Identifiable Information will comply with the Regulations (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). For EU users, if You wish to request access to, correct, or delete Your Personal Information collected by FAIR Diversity, please contact us at info@fairtransparency.org. Additionally, FAIR Transparency will provide you, upon request, with an electronic file containing your information in accordance with the GDPR data portability rights.

California Residents:

FAIR Transparency’s processing of your Personal and Non-Personally Identifiable Information will comply with the California Online Privacy Protection Act (the “CalOPPA”). For California residents, if you wish to review and request changes to your information collected by FAIR Transparency, please contact us at info@fairtransparency.org. 

The Privacy of Children

This Website is not intended for or designed to attract individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from or about any individual under the age of 18.

Third-Party Links

FAIR Transparency may provide links to other third-party websites that are independent from FAIR Transparency. This Policy does not apply to those third-party websites. FAIR Transparency is not responsible for the collection or use of your Personal and Non-Personally Identifiable Information on any third-party website. As such, FAIR Transparency disclaims any liability for any third-party use of your Personal and Non-Personally Identifiable Information obtained from using such third-party website, and by using FAIR Transparency’s website you expressly agree that you assume any and all risk, harm and damages arising from or in any way connected with third-party links and third-party websites.

Modifications to the Policy

FAIR Transparency may update this Policy from time to time. FAIR Transparency will handle your Personal and Non-Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with the Policy in effect at the time it was collected. When we post changes to this Policy, we will revise the “last updated” date at the bottom of this Policy. Please refer to the Website for the most current version of our Policy. 

Contact Information

If you have any other questions or comments about this Policy, please contact us by writing to: 

FAIR Transparency

485 Madison Avenue, 16th Floor

New York, New York, 10022