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Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
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Chapter XXVIII Sorority, Limited Co. (also referred to as “Company,” “we” “us” or “our”) respects the relationship we have with our clients (also referred to as “Client” or “you”). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and we assure that any information collected from you will not be misused by us.
Together, we are building a sorority of badass women and to be able to do that, we collect, use, and share some personal data collected from you as a Client or user of www.chapterxxviii.com (the “Website”). If you have any questions about how we protect your privacy or this Privacy Policy, please do drop us an email at polocies@chapterxxviii.com
SCOPE OF THE PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy provides information on what personal data we collect, why we collect it, how it is used and lawfully processed. It also covers the digital rights of the users of this Website and other websites associated with Chapter XXVIII Sorority in relation to the data you share with us by the Website, phone and email.
This privacy policy applies to all Clients and all users of the Website, including those classified as visitors. The website reserves the right to remove and suppress the account of any user who acts against these terms.
By accessing this Website or submitting your personal data, you declare that you accept the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with the Privacy Policy, You could decide not to access or use this Website and not submit any information at all by not entering it into any forms or data fields on our Website. You can exercise the rights of access, rectification, cancellation, and opposition to data processing.
The processing of information, at any stage, will be subject to the duty of transparency, confidentiality, and integrity.
Note to Residents of the European Union: In order to comply with the requirements of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for European users, this Privacy Policy outlines the legal basis on which we process personal data (also referred to as personal information herein) and provides other information required by the GDPR. We process personal data when it has a lawful basis to do so in accordance with the GDPR. Generally, this means that we process personal data only where it has consent, where necessary to provide customers or users with information, programs, or services, or where necessary to comply with legal obligations. We may also process personal data where otherwise permitted by the GDPR for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy (for example, to communicate with customers or users and to respond to their requests). Please see below for further information.
THE DATA WE COLLECT
This Website only collects the necessary data to satisfy the obligations arising from the service we subscribe to you. ‘Personal data’ as used in this Privacy Policy means any information that relates to you and information from which you can be identified. We collect and receive Personal Information from you in various ways; provided by you, collected automatically and from third parties.
INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE US
Identifiers and Contact: We may collect personal information such as your name, email, date of birth, phone number, postal address, payment methods. Please note that we do not force you to provide sensitive data like your sexual preferences, race, or religion.
Correspondence Information: We may collect details from your correspondence with us via email, telephone, contact form or any other means available for client service. When you contact our support team by email, we may collect your IP address and the data you have sent us to help you solve your problem. We may keep a record of our communication with you. The same happens if we receive a complaint from another user against you. In any case, information may be exposed publicly, removing the right to integrity.
In general, we use your data to maintain our quality standards and provide you with an optimal service based on the contract signed between us.
Participation within our community: We may collect the data that you share within our community, such as images and links. We may also collect information about hashtags, groups, and forums in our community.
Unsolicited collaboration: The Website will not accept any kind of unsolicited collaboration, but if you decide to share some of your no-requested partnership, the website may process said data under our Terms and Conditions.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT AUTOMATICALLY OR FROM THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS
Commercial Information: This includes data regarding your purchase and usage history, your tastes in assets within our website and goods and service preferences, including payment information used for purchases. We may share this data with our advertisers to help us personalise our services according to your preferences.
Billing information: Our services are subscription-based. In order to use the members-only portion of the Website and receive our offered Services, you may be required to pay subscription fees or to make certain purchases. We may collect certain information regarding your payments and purchases, such as your name and zip code) as necessary to process your order. You will be required to provide certain payment and billing information directly to us or to our third party payment processing partners, such as but not limited to your name, credit card information, billing address, and zip code. We do not directly access, store or collect your credit card information and we will not use your payment information we collect except as needed to fulfil your purchases, maintain your subscription, and/or communicate with you regarding your transactions.
Social Media: We may use direct social media plug-ins on our websites. For this reason, when you access our website, data may be automatically transferred to social networks, such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin. If you deliberately click on the button related to the social network, your web browser will establish a connection with the respective social network servers. Therefore, by clicking on the individual buttons (e.g., “Forward,” “Share,” or “Share with friends”), you agree that your browser establishes a link to the respective social network servers and transmits usage data to the respective social network operator.
Account creation: When creating your profile, we need to verify your account for security reasons and to improve your user experience. We may do this by using your email or phone number. You may also login using Facebook, Google or your phone number, depending on what information you used while creating a profile.
Usage and Technical Information: This includes your geo-location information, IP address, web browser version, web browsing and search history related to our Services, information regarding your interaction(s) with the Services or ads.
Cookies: This website collects information through “cookies” on your computer or phone.
The “cookies” are pieces of text stored on your computer for a browser. It is a tool that keeps data about visits to pages, recognizes your choices when you visit our website and ensures that the website is correct, allowing us to provide the services that members require. When you access the public sections of our website, a session identification cookie appears on your computer and will only be present while you are browsing our website. Additionally, we place persistent cookies on members’ computers; the website recognizes them and makes their access faster.
We may use tracking cookies in your computer primarily for security reasons, such as preventing phishing, scammers, unauthorized access attempts, and to assist you in case your account is a hack. We may also use cookies to understand how users and visitors use the website. We do not use any information unless you browse on our website. Our use of cookies, including specific cookie names, may change over time. Please visit this page regularly so you are aware of any changes.
You can disable cookies in your browser and on your phone; if you do this, the website’s advantages could be relatively limited. For more information about the list of cookies we use, please read our cookie policy.
Web Beacons: On certain Web pages or e-mails, we may utilize a common Internet technology called a “Web beacon” (also known as an “action tag” or “clear GIF technology”). Web beacons help analyze the effectiveness of Web sites by measuring, for example, the number of visitors to a site or how many visitors clicked on key elements of a website.
USES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
The personal data we collect may be used where we have your specific consent to do so, or where we have a legitimate interest in or other legal basis for processing such information. We use the information in the following ways:
Information you give to us.
We will use this information:
- to take and handle orders, deliver services, and process payments;
- to distribute newsletters and alerts to you and to provide you with information about special offers and promotions;
- to provide you with information about other Programs and services we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about;
- to provide functionality, analyze performance, fix errors, and improve the usability and effectiveness of the Website;
- to notify you about changes to our service by post or email and
- to ensure that content from our Website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device.
Information we collect about you from other sources.
We will use this information:
- to administer our Website and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
- to personalize content that you view or receive on our Website, evaluate and improve our services;
- to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so;
- as part of our efforts to keep our Website safe and secure, prevent fraud;
- to analyze the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you and
- to comply with all applicable laws and corporate reporting obligations
We may combine information you give to us and information we collect about you and may also use the combined information for the purposes set out above.
LAWFUL BASES OF PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may process your Personal Data in compliance with applicable laws and regulations on one or more of the following lawful bases:
- It is in our legitimate interest to process your personal data to enable us to provide you with our services and that legitimate interest is fairly balanced with your rights and freedoms.
- You have explicitly agreed to us processing your Personal Data for a specific reason.
- The processing is necessary to perform any existing agreement we have with you or to enter into an agreement with you.
- The processing is necessary to be in compliance with our legal obligations.
- It is necessary to evaluate, develop or improve our products and services.
YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
Right of Access
You are the only one who controls your account. The details are available to you every time by accessing your “profile” page, allowing you to modify, correct, or update your information at any time just by logging into your profile on our website. We recommend that you change your password periodically to reduce the risk of access by unauthorized persons.
Other than profile information, users have, under the law, the right to access their personal information by requesting a copy of the information we have stored.
Right of Deletion
Users have the right to delete their profiles and remove all personal information. To prevent the use of abusive or inappropriate behavior to our website by a user who has been removed or suspended, we reserve the right to withhold any information we deem necessary to ensure that the user does not create another account or a new profile against our terms and conditions.
Right to Withdraw Consent
Additionally, you may withdraw your consent to share you information at any time. You may withdraw consent by contacting us either in writing or by email. On receiving your written request to withdraw your consent, consequences of withdrawal will be communicated to you with a 30 days’ notice. Upon your agreement, your request for withdrawal will be processed.
Unsubscribe
If you opt-in for particular services or communications, such as a newsletter or promotional emails, you will be able to unsubscribe from receiving such communication by clicking the “unsubscribe” button at the bottom of the communication.
WE DO NOT SELL YOUR DATA
Our business model does not sell users’ data; we will not use your email to send any communication other than an email confirmation of your membership or respond to your requests for information about our service.
Our Website does not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. Our website discloses non-sensitive information for marketing and promotional purposes. In no case do we reveal any information that someone could use for identification.
In particular, concerning the marketing on our website, we use marketing and marketing companies to display advertising when you visit our website. However, these companies may use the information from your visits to our page to display other products or services of interest to you.
Our Website does not send any advertising if you have not given your consent to receive advertising.
If you wish, we may share your information with suppliers of products, services and properly selected other third parties to improve our services, such as payment platform providers. We ensure that third parties strictly adhere to data protection and confidentiality provisions by our privacy policies.
SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION BY US
We may share Personal Information as follows:
With our service providers. We may share your Personal Information with service providers that provide business or technical support functions to us. These include service providers that, among other things, help us maintain and service your account, process or fulfill your orders, provide you customer service, verify your identity, and detect and prevent fraud.
With other corporate entities in connection with a business transfer. If the Company or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case, Personal Information held by it about its customers could be one of the assets transferred to or acquired by a third party.
With our business partners and other third parties. Your Personal Information may also be shared with our sponsors, partners, advertisers, advertising networks, advertising servers, and analytics companies or other third parties in connection with marketing, promotional, and other offers, as well as product information.
With law enforcement and other third parties to ensure compliance and safety. We may access and disclose your Personal Information to respond to subpoenas, judicial processes, or government requests and investigations, in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, or as permitted or otherwise required by law. We may disclose your Personal Information to protect the security of our Services, servers, network systems, and databases. We may also share Personal Information-
(a) if disclosure would mitigate our liability in an actual or threatened lawsuit;
(b) as necessary to protect our legal rights and those of our users, business partners, or other interested parties;
(c) to enforce our agreements with you; and
(d) to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected illegal activity, fraud, or other wrongdoing.
With your consent or at your request. We also may share your information as disclosed to you at the time of collection.
PROCESSING IN THE UNITED STATES
Please be aware that your Personal Information and communications may be transferred to and maintained on servers or databases located outside your state, province, or country. If you are located outside of the United States, please be advised that we process and store all information in the United States. The laws in the United States may not be as protective of your privacy as those in your location. By using the Website or receiving our services, you are agreeing to the collection, use, transfer, and disclosure of your Personal Information and communications will be governed by the applicable laws in the United States.
STORAGE, RETENTION AND TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your information is stored through a data management system, and we use technology and security precautions, rules and other procedures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, improper use, disclosure, loss or destruction.
We will retain and use your Personal Information for the period necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We may use any aggregated data derived from or incorporating your Personal Information after you update or delete it, but not in a manner that would identify you personally. Once the retention period expires, Personal Information shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification, and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after the expiration of the retention period.
This website, and the servers and parties which made this website available on a global scale, are located within and operate within the United States. The internet laws of the United States and California govern any and all matters relating to this Website, including content, as well as the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as they apply to residents of the European Union. Any information you choose to provide through this website, including subscribing to a newsletter, opting-in to receive a free gift, or purchasing something will be transferred to the United States for processing. That information may then be transferred within the United States or back out of the United States to other countries outside of your country of residence, depending on the type of information, and how it is stored by us. If transferred to another country, it may not have data protection laws that are as comprehensive or protective as those in your country of residence; however, our collection, storage, and use of your Personal Information will at all times be governed by this Privacy Policy. By visiting our Website, you acknowledge this information, and by submitting any personal information onto our Website, you hereby authorize this transfer and processing of information.
DATA PRIVACY SECURITY
Our website has implemented all reasonable and appropriate measures to ensure safety, protect and prevent the loss, use improper alteration of the information under our control, including personal data.
Our Website uses reasonable and necessary security measures to guarantee the confidentiality of your personal information, such as the use of secure servers and ‘firewalls.’ Our team of technical experts focuses on protecting your security.
We take all reasonable precautions against the possible security risks of our page. We cannot guarantee that the website will not be exposed to unauthorized access attempts and hacks that can damage the hardware of your equipment, data loss, or other eventualities. We ask you to take all necessary measures to keep your personal information secure (including your password access) and disconnect after use. For more information, check our Terms and Conditions.
Please, do not reveal or share your password with third parties. If you lose your password or show it to a third party, your personal information may be compromised. You must change your password immediately through our website. The website is not responsible for the handling and processing data made by third parties if the user does not keep their access information secure.
ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE
Access without Registering
You can access the website as a visitor, as established in our terms and conditions. We do not collect information from visitors to our page. When you visit us and do not register an account, we will use session identification cookies on your computer. For more information about cookies in general, check our cookie policy.
Access by Minors
If you are under 18 years of age, while you may look at our Site, you should not make a purchase, register, or submit Personal Data to us. We do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18 without the prior, verifiable consent of his or her legal representative. Such a legal representative has the right, upon request, to view the information provided by the child and/or to require that it be deleted.
If a minor registers on our page and saves their personal information, we will take the step of cancelling their subscription, eliminating their membership and all the information on the website. If we delete a profile created against our policy of not accepting minors, we reserve the right to archive your email and IP address to ensure that you do not try to create another profile.
SENSITIVE INFORMATION
Private information
Please, be careful with personal and private details on your profile, such as your address or details of your health. You may voluntarily share information sensitive to us when you create your profile, including sexual orientation and ethnicity is not necessary to do so. Please remember that the photos or images you post on the website may reveal some personal information. If you choose to post sensitive information about a person, you agree that we may make your information public to other community members.
When you use the private messaging system, the amount of personal information you share is at your own risk, so you should be very careful about the information you share.
Private information about other users
You should only use the information you know about other users to meet new friends and make new contacts and related networking issues. You cannot use the data of other members for commercial purposes, send spam, harass or make threats of any kind.
PRIVACY OF PAYMENT METHODS
When you subscribe to our membership through automatic debit on our payment platforms, we do not keep the information about your credit card. When payment service providers do (they are authorized to do so by the appropriate regulators), you can access the privacy policies of the payment company such as Paypal and Stripe directly on their Websites.
PROFILE INACTIVITY
If you have not used the system in three months, your profile will be deleted as part of the page’s data maintenance system.
Another person cannot use your account. Chapter XXVIII Sorority, Limited Co. will remove your profile and content when we become aware of your death.
LINKS
Our Website may contain links to other websites or allow others to send you such links. A link to a third party’s website does not mean that we endorse it or that we are affiliated with it. We do not exercise control over third-party websites. You access such third-party websites or content at your own risk. You should always read the privacy policy of a third-party website before providing any information to the website.
PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will inform you by posting the revised Privacy Policy on the Website. By continuing to use the Site or Services, you consent to the revised Privacy Policy.
Please check the Website frequently for any changes.
GOVERNANCE
This privacy policy and the rules that complement it will comply with by-laws that regulate privacy in the United States, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and by-laws such as the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union (GDPR) for our users from Europe.
CONTACT
If you have questions about our Privacy Policy or how we collect and use your information, contact us at policies@chapterxxviii.com
We’re also available at PO Box 1702 Evans, GA 30809
