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This policy is intended to provide you with information about your personal data as it relates to our own marketing activities and outreach, our tracking activities and, importantly, on the types of data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, who we may share it with, and how you can control its use and disclosure. We are deemed a “data controller” as it relates to any personal data collected in connection with your use of our Websites.
We collect your personal data in several different ways. Generally, the personal data we collect is your name, job title, email address, phone number, business name and address. We may collect other information as well such as the type of industry you are in, the size of your company, and your job function. We also collect personal and professional information from third parties which we combine with your data to enhance and supplement our records, to ensure it remains accurate, and to help personalize the delivery of our Community Services.
Subject to your consent, where applicable, our Websites may also use cookies, tracking pixels, transparent or clear GIFs, web beacons, and other similar technologies to collect or receive information. Additionally, we may use similar tracking technologies when you read an email, newsletter, or otherwise interact with content from us and to improve our Community Services. Consent may not be required where the technology is necessary to provide a specific functionality or service that you request. These tracking technologies may include first party cookies (e.g., those placed by the website being visited) and third-party cookies (e.g., those placed by a website other than the one being visited).
Cookies are small data files which are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website or use an online service. Cookies have many different functions. In some regions, the use of certain cookies requires your consent and you will be prompted, through a cookie management platform, to choose to provide it or not provide it. If you do not provide it, those cookies will not be placed onto your device or utilized to collect specific information. Some cookie usage is essential for our Websites to work.
Overall cookies can enable us to identify and authenticate you and remember your preferences so we can enhance your experience on our Websites. They also help us serve you ads relevant to your professional interests, to provide aggregated auditing, research, and reporting for advertisers and customers, to understand and improve our service, and to know when content has been shown to you. Because your web browser may request advertisements and beacons directly from third party ad network servers, these networks can view, edit, or set third party cookies, just as if you had requested a web page from their site. Ads served by us may also set third party cookies. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being set.
Cookies enable you to take advantage of some of our website features so, if you decline or delete them, then certain parts of our website and Community Services may not work properly. Even if you decline or delete cookies, you will continue to be served with advertisements; however, they will not be tailored to your preferences, usage patterns, or professional interests. We use several different types of cookies on our Websites, including:
Strictly Necessary or Functional Cookies.
Cookies that require consent in some regions (e.g., the EU/EEA):
Although our Websites currently do not respond to “do not track” browser headers, you can limit tracking through third-party programs and by taking the other steps discussed in this section (including by removing cookies or by setting your web browser settings to refuse cookies and similar technologies). Many web browsers operate using different identifiers so you may need to adjust your settings in each web browser and for each computer or device.
Additionally, if you only delete your cookies, then you may need to remove cookies from your device after every website visit. You may block cookies entirely by disabling cookie use in your browser or by setting your browser to ask for your permission before setting a cookie. The use of online tracking mechanisms by third parties, including our Partners, when you access their websites, is subject to those third parties’ privacy policies, and not this policy.
For residents located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland certain laws and regulations, like the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”), the UK GDPR, and other similar laws require data controllers like Cloud Community to identify the lawful basis that applies to and is relied upon to process the personal data of these residents, including:
“Consent” – If you are a member of Cloud Community and receive access to our Community Services, we rely on your consent as the legal basis for processing your personal data. Your consent may also be obtained by third parties acting on our behalf including, for example, through affiliated websites, co-branded campaigns, or other membership initiatives. We also rely on consent for the purpose of tracking activity (e.g., cookies and other similar tracking technologies) on our Websites, for us and our Partners to communicate with you for purposes of direct marketing and sales, and to provide you with relevant content. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time and we will cease to process your personal data after your consent is withdrawn. (EU/EEA: Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR).
“Legitimate interest” – If you are website visitor or a prospective customer, we rely on legitimate interests as the legal basis to process your personal data, for example, for purposes of business to business sales and marketing of our products and services. We will not use your personal data where your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms are overridden by our legitimate interest. You have the right to object to our processing at any time and we will cease to process your personal data. (EU/EEA: Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR).
“Compliance with a legal obligation” – If we need to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject including, for example, to secure and maintain technical and organizational measures to protect the security of your data, to investigate and report any (suspected) breaches of those technical and organizational measures, or to comply with legal and regulatory obligations including, but not limited to, complying with minimum retention periods for certain types of data. (EU/EEA: Art. 6 I lit. c GDPR).
We use your Personal Data to provide you with relevant content and information about our products and services, to provide you with the opportunity to connect with our Partners that may be providing products and services relevant to your activity and business needs, and to help us operate our business and provide you our Community Services. We also use your Personal Data for one or more of the purposes described below:
We share your information, for any of the purposes described in this policy, with our Partners, research customers, certain service providers, contractors, and other third parties. Where required, we will obtain your consent prior to sharing your information with such third parties as further described below:
We retain your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and provide our Community Services. We will retain members’ personal data for so long as a member’s account remains in existence and as needed to continue to provide our Community Services. We may retain a member’s information after their account has been cancelled or deleted if retention is reasonably necessary to comply with any other legal or regulatory requirements, to prevent fraud and abuse, or to enforce our Terms of Use. We may also retain your information, for a limited period, if requested by a government agency or law enforcement.
We take the security of the data that we collect very seriously and have implemented various technical, organizational, and administrative measures to protect this information. These measures include, but are not limited to, the implementation of current security technologies and processes to protect information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction, the use of encryption to protect our data and services as well as data transmitted to and from our Websites, and the use of other security systems that require authenticated access to internal databases, regular audits of our policies, processes, and procedures, and scheduled reviews of overall web security. Importantly, while we have implemented these measures to enhance the security of the information we collect, process, and maintain, no system can prevent all potential security breaches.
If you have any questions in connection with this policy or our use of your information, please refer to the section entitled “Contact Us” below. Emails sent by or on behalf of Cloud Community include information about how you can easily unsubscribe from future communications.
Subject to applicable law, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, including for the delivery of Community Services, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Your withdrawal of consent will not affect any data that was processed prior to our receipt of your withdrawal of consent.
Complaint to Supervisory Authorities
If you have a concern about our privacy practices or feel that we have not adequately addressed your complaints or concerns, then you can report it to the competent data protection authority that is authorized to hear those concerns.
We may transfer, store, and process your personal data outside of your home country, including in the United Kingdom, for the purposes described in this policy including to provide our Community Services in accordance with our Terms of Use. This includes information and data that we transfer, store, and process from website visitors, members, service providers, contractors, and other third parties who perform services for us. We will protect your personal data in accordance with this policy wherever it is processed, however, the privacy protections and the rights of authorities to access your personal data in such countries may not be equivalent to those of your home country.
Our products, services, events and offerings are directed to professionals. Our business is not directed at children, and we do not solicit or knowingly collect any personal data from children under the age of 16 without verifiable parental consent. If you are not 18 or older, you are not authorized to use our Websites or services. Parents should be aware that there are parental control tools available online that you can use to prevent children from submitting information online without parental permission or from accessing material that is harmful to minors. If you learn that a child under 13 has provided us with personal data without consent, please contact us using one of the contact methods provided in the “Contact Us” section below.
We may modify or amend this policy from time to time concerning matters we do not need consent for. If we change our policy, we will post those changes to our website (and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy) and we will notify you. Additionally, where and when required based on our legal basis for processing, we will seek your consent. We encourage you to read this policy regularly.
If you wish to exercise any rights that you may have to your Personal Data, you can contact us via one of the below methods:
For general questions related to privacy, you can email privacy@thecloudcommunity.net.
In addition to the above, you can write a letter to the attention of our Data Protection Officer at our corporate office located at Cloud Community, Langley House, Park Road, East Finchley, London, N2 8EY.
To the extent of any conflict between the English language version of our policy and any translations available on any of our foreign language websites, this policy shall govern.
Translated versions of our policy are provided for convenience only.