Privacy Policy of www.connectingtalents.org

This Application collects some Personal Data from its Users.

Personal Data processed for the following purposes and using the following services:

    • Analytics

      • Google Analytics (Universal Analytics)

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

    • Contacting the User

      • Contact form

        Personal Data: address; city; country; date of birth; email address; field of activity; first name; gender; last name; phone number; province; state; Tax ID; various types of Data; website; ZIP/Postal code

      • Phone contact

        Personal Data: phone number

      • Mailing list or newsletter

        Personal Data: Cookies; country; email address; first name; last name; Usage Data; ZIP/Postal code

    • Content commenting

      • Comment system managed directly

        Personal Data: Cookies; email address; first name; last name; Usage Data; username

    • Device permissions for Personal Data access

      • Device permissions for Personal Data access

        Personal Data: Approximate location permission (continuous); Precise location permission (continuous)

    • Displaying content from external platforms

      • Google Maps widget and YouTube video widget

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

      • Font Awesome

        Personal Data: Tracker; Usage Data

    • Handling payments

      • Stripe and Braintree

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Hosting and backend infrastructure

      • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties

      • GetResponse widget

        Personal Data: Cookies; email address; first name; Usage Data

      • Mailchimp widget

        Personal Data: Cookies; email address; first name; last name; Usage Data

    • Interaction with live chat platforms

      • LiveChat Widget

        Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

    • Location-based interactions

      • Geolocation

        Personal Data: geographic position

    • Managing contacts and sending messages

      • Mailchimp

        Personal Data: email address

    • Registration and authentication

      • Linkedin OAuth, Google OAuth, Google OAuth, Facebook Authentication and Stripe OAuth

        Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

    • Social features

      • Public profile

        Personal Data: country; first name; last name; picture; profession

      • Inviting and suggesting friends

        Personal Data: various types of Data

    • Tag Management

      • Google Tag Manager

        Personal Data: Tracker

Further information about the processing of Personal Data

    • Connecting talents security measures

      The current software architecture behind Connecting Talents website is managed by different security mechanisms and levels to secure all communications between CT servers and user web browser.
      The first method is to divide personal data & Talent data both as a process and a database. The user data are protected by: a) user password encrypting with a tokenization method; b) Transport Layer Security (TLS)/SSL secured communication. The TLS protocol aims primarily to provide privacy and data integrity between two communicating computer applications. When secured by TLS, connections between a client (e.g., a web browser) and a server (e.g., connectingtalents.org) have one or more of the following properties:
      - The connection is private (or secure) because symmetric cryptography is used to encrypt the data transmitted.
      - The identity of the communicating parties can be authenticated using public-key cryptography.
      The connection ensures integrity because each message transmitted includes a message integrity check using a message authentication code to prevent undetected loss or alteration of the data during transmission
      The Talent Data are stored on a separate server and database, these data are not available directly to the browser (so they are not publically exposed), they are available only after a double authorization from the ConnectingTalent server.
      The authentication works in this way:
      - The client ask to Connecting Talents website to see UTC Data
      - Pass the 1st level of security (described in "The user data" section)
      - The server, using another TLS/SSL connection asks for a security Server-to-Server token (under JWT technology (JSON Web Tokens are an open, industry standard RFC 7519 method for representing claims securely between two parties)
      - Then the UTC Server, using a TLS/SSL connection send the data to the client.

    • Personal responsibility about security of data

      The security of your Personal Information is important to us. We use commercially reasonable efforts to store and maintain your Personal Information in a secure environment. We also take technical, contractual, administrative, and physical security steps designed to protect Personal Information that you provide to us. We have implemented procedures designed to limit the dissemination of your Personal Information to only such designated staff as are reasonably necessary to carry out the stated purposes we have communicated to you.
      You are also responsible for helping to protect the security of your Personal Information. For instance, never give out your Facebook password, and safeguard your user name, password and personal credentials when you are using the Services, so that other people will not have access to your Personal Information. Furthermore, you are responsible for maintaining the security of any personal computing device on which you utilize the Services.

    • Management and retention time of data collected

      The Data is kept only for the time necessary to provide the service requested by the User, or stated by the purposes outlined in this document, and the User can always manage, delete and export the data by accessing the"page "Data management setting". In case user wants to delete personal data, the service, if active, would be suspended.

    • Contacting the ICO (the UK Data protection Supervisor)

      Your Data protection matters to us.

      Connecting Talents is registered at the Information Commissioner's Office. Feel free:
      . to access relevant information on your rights on their website https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/ and/or
      . contact us if you're concerned about how we are using your data by sending an e-mail to Kerry@connectingtalents.org

    • Push notifications

      This Application may send push notifications to the User.

    • Selling goods and services online

      The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.
      The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by this Application depends on the payment system used.

    • The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13

      Users declare themselves to be adult according to their applicable legislation. Minors may use this Application only with the assistance of a parent or guardian. Under no circumstance persons under the age of 13 may use this Application.

    • Unique device identification

      This Application may track Users by storing a unique identifier of their device, for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences.

    • User identification via a universally unique identifier (UUID)

      This Application may track Users by storing a so-called universally unique identifier (or short UUID) for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences. This identifier is generated upon installation of this Application, it persists between Application launches and updates, but it is lost when the User deletes the Application. A reinstall generates a new UUID.

    • Access the address book

      This Application may request access to your address book.

Contact information

    • Owner and Data Controller

      Connecting Talents Ltd
      Queens Yard, Unit 6
      White Post Lane,
      London, England
      VAT GB 235460910

      Registered at the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK’s independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals.

      Owner contact email: kerry@connectingtalents.org