Owner and Data Controller
Tech Council Ventures, LLC
Jane Dela Cruz
PO Box 307
Summit, NJ 07902
United States
Owner contact email: privacy@techcouncilventures.com
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are:
coarse location; Trackers; Usage Data; phone number; last name; company name; profession; physical address; country; county; email address; ZIP/Postal code; various types of Data; city; number of employees; website; device information; session statistics; browser information; Data communicated while using the service; username; answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; Universally unique identifier (UUID).
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Website is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Website to provide its services. In cases where this Website specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by this Website or by the owners of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Website.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Place
The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Retention time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
The purposes of processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following:
Location-based interactions, Access to third-party accounts, Contacting the User, Analytics, Advertising, Managing contacts and sending messages, Tag Management, Backup saving and management, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Traffic optimization and distribution, SPAM protection, Collection of privacy-related preferences, Displaying content from external platforms and Commercial affiliation.
For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.
Facebook permissions asked by this Website
This Website may ask for some Facebook permissions allowing it to perform actions with the User's Facebook account and to retrieve information, including Personal Data, from it. This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook Inc.
For more information about the following permissions, refer to the Facebook permissions documentation and to the Facebook privacy policy.
The permissions asked are the following:
By default, this includes certain User’s Data such as id, name, picture, gender, and their locale. Certain connections of the User, such as the Friends, are also available. If the User has made more of their Data public, more information will be available.
Access Page CTA
Provides the access to manage call to actions on User-managed Pages.
User Timeline Posts Access
Provides access to the posts on a Users's timeline.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
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Access to third-party accounts
This type of service allows this Website to access Data from your account on a third-party service and perform actions with it.
These services are not activated automatically, but require explicit authorization by the User.
Facebook account access (Meta Platforms, Inc.)
This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on the Facebook social network, provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.
Permissions asked: Access Page CTA; User Timeline Posts Access.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
This processing constitutes:
Linkedin account access (LinkedIn Corporation)
This service allows this Website to connect with the User's account on Linkedin, provided by LinkedIn Corporation.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
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Advertising
This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Website, possibly based on User interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Trackers for identifying Users, behavioral retargeting i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, or to measure ads performance. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.
Google Floodlight conversion tracking (Floodlight tag) (Google LLC)
Google Floodlight conversion tracking (Floodlight tag) is an analytics service provided by Google LLC that connects Data from the Google advertising services (i.e. Search Ads 360 and Campaign Manager 360) with actions performed on this Website. Depending on the setup of the service, such Data might also be used for retargeting purposes.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
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Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) (Google LLC)
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in the United States
Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC)
Google Analytics 4 is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before Data is logged in any data center or server. Users can learn more by consulting Google’s official documentation.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.
Personal Data processed: browser information; device information; session statistics; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) with anonymized IP (Google LLC)
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users' IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
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Backup saving and management
This type of service allows the Owner to save and manage backups of this Website on external servers managed by the service provider itself. The backups may include the source code and content as well as the data that the User provides to this Website.
Amazon Glacier (Amazon)
Amazon Glacier is a service to save and manage backups provided by Amazon Web Services Inc.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
Backup on Dropbox (Dropbox, Inc.)
Dropbox is a service to save and manage backups provided by Dropbox Inc.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
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Collection of privacy-related preferences
This type of service allows this Website to collect and store Users’ preferences related to the collection, use, and processing of their personal information, as requested by the applicable privacy legislation.
iubenda Consent Database (iubenda srl)
The iubenda Consent Database allows to store and retrieve records of Users’ consent to the processing of Personal Data, and information and preferences expressed in relation to the provided consent.
In order to do so, it makes use of a Tracker that temporarily stores pending information on the User’s device until it is processed by the API. The Tracker (a browser feature called localStorage) is at that point deleted.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service; Trackers.
Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
iubenda Privacy Controls and Cookie Solution (iubenda srl)
The iubenda Privacy Controls and Cookie Solution allows the Owner to collect and store Users’ preferences related to the processing of personal information, and in particular to the use of Cookies and other Trackers on this Website.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
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Commercial affiliation
This type of service allows this Website to display advertisements for third-party products or services. Ads can be displayed either as advertising links or as banners using various kinds of graphics.
Clicks on the icon or banner posted on the Application are tracked by the third-party services listed below, and are shared with this Website.
For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of each service.
Admitad (Admitad GmbH)
Admitad is a commercial affiliation service provided by Admitad GmbH.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Universally unique identifier (UUID); Usage Data.
Place of processing: Germany – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in California
- a Sharing in California
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Contacting the User
Phone contact (this Website)
Users that provided their phone number might be contacted for commercial or promotional purposes related to this Website, as well as for fulfilling support requests.
Personal Data processed: phone number.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
This processing constitutes:
Contact form (this Website)
By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Website to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.
Personal Data processed: city; company name; country; county; email address; last name; number of employees; phone number; physical address; profession; various types of Data; website; ZIP/Postal code.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; internet or other electronic network activity information; employment related information.
This processing constitutes:
Mailing list or newsletter (this Website)
By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Website. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Website or after making a purchase.
Personal Data processed: email address; last name.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in the United States
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Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Adobe Fonts (Adobe Systems Incorporated)
Adobe Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
Google Fonts (Google LLC)
Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
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Hosting and backend infrastructure
This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Website to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Website.
Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Amazon Web Services, Inc.)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a hosting and backend service provided by Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Canada – Privacy Policy; Brazil – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
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Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties
This type of service allows Users to interact with data collection platforms or other services directly from the pages of this Website for the purpose of saving and reusing data.
If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service.
Mailchimp widget (Intuit Inc.)
The Mailchimp widget is a service for interacting with the Mailchimp email address management and message sending service provided by Intuit Inc.
Personal Data processed: email address; last name; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in California
- a Sharing in California
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Interaction with external social networks and platforms
This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Website.
The interaction and information obtained through this Website are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on this Website isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.
Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (X Corp.)
The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by X Corp.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation)
The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the LinkedIn social network provided by LinkedIn Corporation.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
YouTube button and social widgets (Google LLC)
The YouTube button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the YouTube social network provided by Google LLC.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
Facebook Like button and social widgets (Meta Platforms, Inc.)
The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Meta Platforms, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in the United States
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Location-based interactions
Non-continuous geolocation (this Website)
This Website may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.
Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorization has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by this Website.
The geographic location of the User is determined in a manner that isn't continuous, either at the specific request of the User or when the User doesn't point out its current location in the appropriate field and allows the application to detect the position automatically.
Personal Data processed: coarse location.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: geolocation data.
This processing constitutes:
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Managing contacts and sending messages
This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.
Mailchimp (Intuit Inc.)
Mailchimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by Intuit Inc.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service; email address; last name; username; various types of Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in the United States
- a Sharing in California
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SPAM protection
This type of service analyzes the traffic of this Website, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.
Google reCAPTCHA (Google LLC)
Personal Data processed: answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information; inferences drawn from other personal information.
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Tag Management
This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on this Website in a centralized fashion.
This results in the Users' Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.
Google Tag Manager (Google LLC)
Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
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Traffic optimization and distribution
This type of service allows this Website to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance.
Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between this Website and the User's browser.
Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information of the User are transferred.
Sucuri CloudProxy (Sucuri, Inc.)
Sucuri CloudProxy is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Sucuri, Inc.
The way Sucuri CloudProxy is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through this Website, i.e., communication between this Website and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from this Website to be collected.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
This processing constitutes:
Information on opting out of interest-based advertising
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by
any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more on
how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the
dedicated section of the Cookie Policy.
Further information about the processing of Personal Data
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Tech Council Ventures LLC Additional Statement
WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY
Tech Council Ventures LLC and its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively "Company") are committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of your personal information.
This Website Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy") describes the personal information we collect from techcouncilventures.com (“Website”) about you, how we use, and to whom we disclose that information.
Your use of the Website and any personal information you provide on the Website remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy unless such personal information is related to an individual who seeks to be, is, or was employed by Company.
Personally Identifiable Information
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “personally identifiable information” means information that identifies a particular individual, such as name, physical address, email address, and phone number.
Security
The Company uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. The Company cannot, however, ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to the Company and you do so at your own risk. Once the Company receives your transmission of information, it makes commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
If the Company learns of a security systems breach, then it may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. The Company may post a notice on the Website if a security breach occurs. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive a free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice), you should notify the Company.
You may submit any questions you have about our security procedures by emailing us at website@techcouncilventures.com.
Information The Company Collects
You can visit the Website without disclosing any personal information. However, in order to utilize certain services of the Website, you may be required to submit certain information. We collect the personal information that you submit to the Website, such as your name, email address, phone number and any other contact or other information that you choose to provide by:
- joining Company mailing list;
- by corresponding with a representative of the Company via e-mail using the hyperlinks created for that purpose; and
- by submitting information to the Website.
By providing your home and/or mobile telephone numbers to the Company, you consent to receive calls (or text messages if you provide your mobile telephone number) from or on behalf of the Company regarding important information to the telephone number(s) provided.
COOKIESAdditional information about COOKIES is provided in the COOKIE POLICYWhen you visit the Website, the Company may send one or more cookies — a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters — to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. The Company may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Website. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser help file directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the Website may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
When you use the Website, the Company’s servers may automatically record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any Website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser language, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
The Company does not track you over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore the Website does not respond to Do Not Track signals.
If you submit personally identifiable information to the Company through the Website, the Company may use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of the Website.
The Company does not use your email address or other personally identifiable information to send commercial or marketing messages without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link in any email sent by the Company or by replying to any email sent by the Company and entering the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. The Company may, however, use your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major Website changes or for customer service purposes).
The Company uses both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous user usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Website and to create new features, marketing, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing user preferences and trends.
The Company may use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Website; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track your activity on the Website.
When the Company Discloses InformationThe Company provides personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable information to its subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other businesses or persons for the purpose of processing such information on our behalf. The Company requires that these parties agree to process such information in compliance with its privacy policy, and the Company uses reasonable efforts to limit their use of such information and to use other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
The Company does not share your personally identifiable information (such as name or email address) with other, third-party companies for their commercial or marketing use without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out.
The Company does share non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous user usage data, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with interested third-parties to assist them in understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the Website.
The Company may release personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright Law) or respond to a court order, subpoena, or search warrant.
The Company also reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information that the Company believes, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend itself against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity of its Website, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of the Company, our users or others.
Your ChoicesYou may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through the Website, in which case the Company may not be able to provide certain services to you. You may update or correct your personally identifiable information at any time by visiting your update profile page. In some circumstances, we may not agree with your request to change your personally identifiable information and will instead append an alternative text to the record in question.
We assume that, unless you advise us otherwise, you have consented to the collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information as explained in this Privacy Policy.
You can ask to see your personally identifiable information. If you want to review, verify or correct your personally identifiable information, please contact the Company in writing.
When requesting access to your personally identifiable information, please note that we may request specific information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access, as well as to search for and provide you with the personally identifiable information that we hold about you. If you require assistance in preparing your request, please contact the Company.
Your right to access the personally identifiable information that we hold about you is not absolute. There are instances where applicable law or regulatory requirements allow or require us to refuse to provide some or all of the personally identifiable information that we hold about you. In addition, the personally identifiable information may have been destroyed, erased or made anonymous in accordance with our record retention obligations and practices.
In the event that we cannot provide you with access to your personally identifiable information, we will endeavor to inform you of the reasons why, subject to any legal or regulatory restrictions.
Links to Other WebsitesThis Website may contain links to other sites that are not controlled in any way by the Company. Please be aware of this when you click on any such links; the Company is not responsible for the privacy practices and/or policies of any website other than our own.
Special Note to International UsersThe Website is hosted in the United States and is intended for and directed to users in the United States. If you are a user accessing the Website from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the Website, which are governed by U.S. law and this Privacy Notice, you are transferring your personally identifiable information to the United States and you consent to that transfer.
Contact DetailsIf you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, or you wish to contact the Company, you may e-mail us at privacy@techcouncilventures.com
Disclosure and UpdatesThis Privacy Policy may be revised periodically and this will be reflected by the “effective date” below. Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any future revisions.
For revisions to this Privacy Policy that may be materially less restrictive on the Company’s use or disclosure of the personally identifiable information you have already provided, the Company will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing such revisions with respect to such information.
This Tech Council Ventures LLC Additional Statement is effective July 19, 2023.
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sessionStorage
sessionStorage allows this Website to store and access data right in the User's browser. Data in sessionStorage is deleted automatically when the session ends (in other words, when the browser tab is closed).
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We do not collect personal data about Colorado consumers below the age of 13
We do not knowingly collect personal data of Colorado consumers who are below the age of 13 nor do we sell or process their data for targeted advertising purposes.
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We do not collect personal data about Connecticut consumers below the age of 13
We do not knowingly collect personal data of Connecticut consumers who are below the age of 13 nor do we sell or process their data for targeted advertising purposes.
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We do not collect personal data about Utah consumers below the age of 13
We do not knowingly collect personal data of Utah consumers who are below the age of 13 nor do we sell or process their data for targeted advertising purposes.
Cookie Policy
This Website uses Trackers. To learn more, Users may consult the Cookie Policy.
This section applies to all Users in the European Union, according to the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), and, for such Users, supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting information contained in the privacy policy. Further details regarding the categories of Data processed, the purposes of processing, the categories of recipients of the Personal Data, if any, and further information about Personal Data can be found in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document.
Legal basis of processing
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
- Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.
- provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
- processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
- processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
- processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.
In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Further information about retention time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
Therefore:
- Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
- Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.
The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
The rights of Users based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:
- Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
- Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
- Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
- Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
- Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
- Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
- Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.
- Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.
Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis for Data transfers abroad including to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.
Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will be communicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. At the Users’ request, the Owner will inform them about those recipients.
Further information for Users
in the United States
This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the business running this Website and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).
The information contained in this section applies to all Users (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), who are residents in the following states: California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana.
For such Users, this information supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.
This part of the document uses the term Personal Information
(and Sensitive Personal Information).
Notice at collection
The following Notice at collection provides you with timely notice about the categories of Personal Information collected or disclosed in the past 12 months so that you can exercise meaningful control over our use of that Information.
While such categorization of Personal Information is mainly based on California privacy laws, it can also be helpful for anyone who is not a California resident to get a general idea of what types of Personal Information are collected.
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Geolocation data
Personal Information collected or disclosed:
coarse location
Purposes:
- Location-based interactions
Retention period:
for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose
Sold or Shared ℹ️:
Yes
Targeted Advertising: ℹ️:
Yes
Service providers or contractors: this Website
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Identifiers
Personal Information collected or disclosed:
Access Page CTA, User Timeline Posts Access, phone number, last name, company name, profession, physical address, country, county, email address, ZIP/Postal code, various types of Data, city, number of employees, website, Data communicated while using the service, various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service, Usage Data, Trackers, Universally unique identifier (UUID)
Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️:
username
Purposes:
- Access to third-party accounts
- Contacting the User
- Managing contacts and sending messages
- Backup saving and management
- Hosting and backend infrastructure
- Further information about Personal Data
- Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties
- Traffic optimization and distribution
- Displaying content from external platforms
- Commercial affiliation
Retention period:
for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose
Sold or Shared ℹ️:
Yes
Targeted Advertising: ℹ️:
Yes
Third-parties: Meta Platforms, Inc., Intuit Inc., Amazon, Dropbox, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., this Website, Sucuri, Inc., Adobe Systems Incorporated, Admitad GmbH
Service providers or contractors: this Website
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Internet or other electronic network activity information
Personal Information collected or disclosed:
Trackers, Usage Data, last name, phone number, company name, profession, physical address, country, county, email address, ZIP/Postal code, various types of Data, city, number of employees, website, device information, session statistics, browser information, Data communicated while using the service, answers to questions, clicks, keypress events, motion sensor events, mouse movements, scroll position, touch events, various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service, Universally unique identifier (UUID)
Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️:
username
Purposes:
- Access to third-party accounts
- Contacting the User
- Analytics
- Advertising
- Managing contacts and sending messages
- Tag Management
- Further information about Personal Data
- Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties
- Interaction with external social networks and platforms
- SPAM protection
- Collection of privacy-related preferences
- Displaying content from external platforms
- Commercial affiliation
Retention period:
for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose
Sold or Shared ℹ️:
Yes
Targeted Advertising: ℹ️:
Yes
Third-parties: LinkedIn Corporation, Google LLC, Intuit Inc., X Corp., Meta Platforms, Inc., iubenda srl, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Admitad GmbH
Service providers or contractors: this Website
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Commercial information
Personal Information collected or disclosed:
last name, phone number, company name, profession, physical address, country, county, email address, ZIP/Postal code, various types of Data, city, number of employees, website
Retention period:
for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose
Sold or Shared ℹ️:
Yes
Targeted Advertising: ℹ️:
Yes
Service providers or contractors: this Website
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Employment related information
Personal Information collected or disclosed:
last name, phone number, company name, profession, physical address, country, county, email address, ZIP/Postal code, various types of Data, city, number of employees, website
Retention period:
for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose
Sold or Shared ℹ️:
Yes
Targeted Advertising: ℹ️:
Yes
Service providers or contractors: this Website
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Inferences drawn from other personal information
Personal Information collected or disclosed:
Usage Data, Trackers, answers to questions, clicks, keypress events, motion sensor events, mouse movements, scroll position, touch events
Retention period:
for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose
Sold or Shared ℹ️:
Yes
Targeted Advertising: ℹ️:
Yes
Third-parties: Google LLC
ℹ️ You can read the definitions of these concepts inside the “Definitions and legal references section” of the privacy policy.
To know more about your rights in particular to opt out of certain processing activities and to limit the use of your sensitive personal information (“Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information”) you can refer to the “Your privacy rights under US state laws” section of our privacy policy.
For more details on the collection of Personal Information, please read the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” of our privacy policy.
We won’t process your Information for unexpected purposes, or for purposes that are not reasonably necessary to and compatible with the purposes originally disclosed, without your consent.
What are the sources of the Personal Information we collect?
We collect the above-mentioned categories of Personal Information, either directly or indirectly, from you when you use this Website.
For example, you directly provide your Personal Information when you submit requests via any forms on this Website. You also provide Personal Information indirectly when you navigate this Website, as Personal Information about you is automatically observed and collected.
Finally, we may collect your Personal Information from third parties that work with us in connection with the Service or with the functioning of this Website and features thereof.
Your privacy rights under US state laws
You may exercise certain rights regarding your Personal Information. In particular, to the extent permitted by applicable law, you have:
- the right to access Personal Information: the right to know. You have the right to request that we confirm whether or not we are processing your Personal Information. You also have the right to access such Personal Information;
- the right to correct inaccurate Personal Information. You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate Personal Information we maintain about you;
- the right to request the deletion of your Personal Information. You have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information;
- the right to obtain a copy of your Personal Information. We will provide your Personal Information in a portable and usable format that allows you to transfer data easily to another entity – provided that this is technically feasible;
- the right to opt out from the Sale of your Personal Information; We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
- the right to non-discrimination.
Additional rights for Users residing in California
In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in California, you have:
- The right to opt out of the Sharing of your Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising;
- The right to request to limit our use or disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information to only that which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods, as is reasonably expected by an average consumer. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary to verify or maintain the quality or safety of our service.
Additional rights for Users residing in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana
In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana you have
- The right to opt out of the processing of your personal information for Targeted Advertising or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you;
- The right to freely give, deny or withdraw your consent for the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, but not limited to, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary for the provision of a product or service specifically requested by the consumer. In Maryland, your Sensitive Personal Information will be collected or processed only if strictly necessary to provide or maintain a specific product or service requested by you.
In Minnesota and Maryland Users also have the right to obtain a list of the specific third parties to which the controller has disclosed the consumer's personal data
* Note that in some states like Minnesota you have the following specific rights connected to profiling:
- The right to question the results of the profiling;
- The right to be informed of the reason that the profiling resulted in the decision; if feasible
- The right to be informed of what actions the consumer might have taken to secure a different decision and the actions that the consumer might take to secure a different decision in the future;
- The right to review personal data used in the profiling;
- If inaccurate, the right to have the data corrected and the profiling decision reevaluated based on the corrected data;
Additional rights for users residing in Utah and Iowa
In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in Utah and Iowa, you have:
- The right to opt out of the processing of your Personal Information for Targeted Advertising;
- The right to opt out of the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, but not limited to, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary for the provision of a product or service specifically requested by the consumer.
How to exercise your privacy rights under US state laws
To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your request to us by contacting us via the contact details provided in this document.
For us to respond to your request, we must know who you are. We will not respond to any request if we are unable to verify your identity and therefore confirm the Personal Information in our possession relates to you. You are not required to create an account with us to submit your request. We will use any Personal Information collected from you in connection with the verification of your request solely for verification and shall not further disclose the Personal Information, retain it longer than necessary for purposes of verification, or use it for unrelated purposes.
If you are an adult, you can make a request on behalf of a child under your parental authority.
How to exercise your rights to opt out
In addition to what is stated above, to exercise your right to opt-out of Sale or Sharing and Targeted Advertising you can also use the privacy choices link provided on this Website.
If you want to submit requests to opt out of Sale or Sharing and Targeted Advertising activities via a user-enabled global privacy control, such as for example the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), you are free to do so and we will abide by such request in a frictionless manner.
How and when we are expected to handle your request
We will respond to your request without undue delay, but in all cases within the timeframe required by applicable law. Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need.
Should we deny your request, we will explain to you the reasons behind our denial (where envisaged by applicable law you may then contact the relevant authority to submit a complaint).
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your request unless such request is manifestly unfounded or excessive and in all other cases where it is permitted by the applicable law. In such cases, we may charge a reasonable fee or refuse to act on the request. In either case, we will communicate our choices and explain the reasons behind them.
Additional information for Users in the United States
We do not collect personal data about Virginia consumers below the age of 13
We do not knowingly collect personal data of Virginia consumers who are below the age of 13 nor do we sell their data or process them for targeted advertising purposes.
We do not collect personal information about California consumers below the age of 16
We do not knowingly collect personal information of consumers who are below the age of 16 nor do we sell or share it.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Website or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about User's Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Website may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Website and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Website (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Website and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.
Definitions and legal references
Personal Data (or Data)
/ Personal Information (or Information)
Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Sensitive Personal Information
Sensitive Personal Information means any Personal Information that is not publicly available and reveals information considered sensitive according to the applicable privacy law.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically through this Website (or third-party services employed in this Website), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Website, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.
User
The individual using this Website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
Data Subject
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Processor)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Owner)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Website. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Website.
This Website (or this Application)
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.
Service
The service provided by this Website as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.
Sale
Sale means any exchange of Personal Information by the Owner to a third party, for monetary or other valuable consideration, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law. Please note that the exchange of Personal Information with a service provider pursuant to a written contract that meets the requirements set by the applicable law, does not constitute a Sale of your Personal Information.
Sharing
Sharing means any sharing, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer's Personal Information by the business to a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising, whether for monetary or other valuable consideration, including transactions between a business and a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising for the benefit of a business in which no money is exchanged, as defined by the California privacy laws. Please note that the exchange of Personal Information with a service provider pursuant to a written contract that meets the requirements set by the California privacy laws, does not constitute sharing of your Personal Information.
Targeted advertising
Targeted advertising means displaying advertisements to a consumer where the advertisement is selected based on Personal Information obtained from that consumer’s activities over time and across nonaffiliated websites or online applications to predict such consumer’s preferences or interests, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law.
European Union (or EU)
Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Cookie
Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser.
Tracker
Tracker indicates any technology - e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting - that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.
Legal information
This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations.
This privacy policy relates solely to this Website, if not stated otherwise within this document.