This Privacy Policy applies to the processing of personal information by Infotanks, Inc. of:
When interacting with our websites, you also have the ability to link or connect with non-Infotanks, Inc. websites, services, social networks, applications or other features. Enabling these features will lead to other parties than Infotanks, Inc. processing information about you. Infotanks, Inc. does not have any control over these features of other parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these parties before using these features.
Infotanks, Inc. Inc. and its affiliated entities are responsible for processing your personal information described in this Privacy Policy.
Infotanks, Inc. can process information about you collected both offline and online.
Online information about you may also originate from the use of cookies and similar technologies (for example, pixel tags and device identifiers) on our sites or sites of third parties. For more information on cookies and similar technologies, please see Section 15 below.
Specific pieces of information about you that Infotanks, Inc. may be collect and process includes:
Please note that Infotanks, Inc. does not control the content that you may post to Infotanks, Inc. Communities forums or social networks; in some cases, such content may be publicly available on the Internet. You should carefully consider whether you wish to submit personal information to these forums or social networks and whether you wish to make your profile available to other users, and you should tailor any content you may submit accordingly.
We may use personal information for the following business purposes:
We may use personal information for the following commercial purposes:
We may also use the names of company CEOs to provide select services to Infotanks, Inc. customers which may include publicly-available information regarding names of company CEOs.
These purposes are described below in further detail.
If you get in touch with us (such as by submitting contact forms on our sites, attending Infotanks, Inc. events or other occasions, sending an email or by visiting social media platforms), we process information about you to communicate with you and to respond to your requests or other inquiries. We can also process personal information to interact with you on third party social networks.
When you choose to register with us (such as to make use of our communities), we need to process the personal information provided by you so that we can create and manage a personal account for you. Upon creating your account, we will send you your personal login information. This personal information enables us to administer your account, for example by changing your password for you.
If you place an order for our products and services, or if you provide services to Infotanks, Inc., our employees, customers or partners as a supplier or business partner, Infotanks, Inc. processes information about you to engage in and administer the relevant transactions (such as by sending invoices and making payments), administer your order, and help you get started and adopt our products and services (e.g., by contacting you to activate your Cloud services credits). If you download products or services from our sites, Infotanks, Inc. uses information about you to confirm certain information about your order (for example, that you did not experience problems in the download process).
We may process personal information in order to analyze, develop, improve and optimize the use, function and performance of our sites and products and services, including for quality assurance and training purposes, as well as for marketing and sales campaigns. In case the sites permit you to participate in interactive discussions, create a profile, post comments, opportunities or other content, or communicate directly with another user or otherwise engage in networking activities, Infotanks, Inc. may process personal information when moderating these activities.
We may collect site use data for security and operations management to help keep our sites, networks and systems secure, or to investigate and prevent potential fraud, including ad fraud and cyber-attacks and to detect bots.
In some cases, we have to process personal information to comply with applicable laws and regulations. For example, to respond to a request from a regulator or to defend a legal claim. We may also process personal information in the performance and operation of our business, such as to conduct internal audits and investigations or for finance and accounting and archiving and insurance purposes.
If you subscribe to our magazines (such as “Infotanks, Inc.” or newslettters), we process information about you to administer your subscription to our magazines (including the renewal process).
Infotanks, Inc. may use information about you to notify you about new product releases and service developments, events, alerts, updates, prices, terms, special offers and associated campaigns and promotions (including via newsletters). Infotanks, Inc. may also use personal information to advertise Infotanks, Inc.’s products and services or related products and services, and also to have our distributors, resellers or partners notify you about our products or services or their related products or services (such as via joint sales or product promotions). We do our best to tailor your website visit, marketing experience and our communications to your expressed interests. If you attend an event, Infotanks, Inc. may process information about you gathered in relation to the event and can share information about your attendance with your company. Infotanks, Inc. may also
Infotanks, Inc. may use information about you to notify you about new product releases and service developments, events, alerts, updates, prices, terms, special offers and associated campaigns and promotions (including via newsletters). Infotanks, Inc. may also use personal information to advertise Infotanks, Inc.’s products and services or related products and services, and also to have our distributors, resellers or partners notify you about our products or services or their related products or services (such as via joint sales or product promotions). We do our best to tailor your website visit, marketing experience and our communications to your expressed interests. If you attend an event, Infotanks, Inc. may process information about you gathered in relation to the event and can share information about your attendance with your company. Infotanks, Inc. may also permit designated event partners or conference sponsors to send you up to two communications
related to your event attendance. Please note that our partners or conference sponsors may directly request information about you at their conference booths or presentations, and their use of your information that you provide to them will be subject to their privacy policies.
We may also process your personal information to post testimonials on our sites, but will first obtain your consent to use your name and testimonial.
For some services, we may collect the publicly-available names of CEOs of companies to better understand the status of these companies and help inform our services which relate to providing customers information about other companies, etc.
For personal information collected about you in the EU, our basis for processing is the following:
Infotanks, Inc. maintains personal information for the following retention periods:
Sharing within Infotanks, Inc.
As a global organization, information about you may be shared globally throughout Infotanks, Inc.’s worldwide organization.
Infotanks, Inc. employees are authorized to access personal information only to the extent necessary to serve the applicable purpose(s) and to perform their job functions Sharing with third parties
If you use our Site outside of the United States, you understand that we may collect, process, and store your personal information in the United States and other countries. The laws in the U.S. regarding personal information may be different from the laws of your state or country. Any such transfers will comply with safeguards as required by relevant law.
Users in the European Union (EEA) and Switzerland: If you are a resident of the EEA or Switzerland, the following information applies
Purposes of processing and legal basis for processing: As explained above, we process personal data in various ways depending upon your use of our Sites. We process personal data on the following legal bases: (1) with your consent; (2) as necessary to perform our agreement to provide Services; and (3) as necessary for our legitimate interests in providing the Sites where those interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedom related to data privacy. Infotanks, Inc.’s collection of Business Information, and the creation and licensing of Infotanks, Inc.’s Public Profiles and Directory, are within Infotanks, Inc.’s legitimate interests to organize and make available business contact information given the limited impact of this data on an individual’s private life and that this information, unlike
personal contact details, is widely disclosed. Infotanks, Inc. has put in place safeguards to protect personal privacy and individual choice, including disclosures of its data processing activities, the use of consent or opt-outs wherever possible, and the implementation of a privacy center.
Right to lodge a complaint: Users that reside in the EEA or Switzerland have the right to lodge a complaint about our data collection and processing actions with the supervisory authority concerned. Contact details for data protection authorities are available here.
We may share personal information with the following third parties for a business purpose:
Transfers: Personal information we collect may be transferred to, and stored and processed in, the United States or any other country in which we or our affiliates or subcontractors maintain facilities. Per the applicable requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we will ensure that transfers of personal information to a third country or an international organization are subject to appropriate safeguards as described in Article 46 of the GDPR. Please see “Privacy Shield Frameworks” below regarding our compliance with the EU- and Swiss-US Privacy Shields.
Individual Rights: If you are a resident of the EEA or Switzerland, you are entitled to the following rights under the GDPR. Please note: In order to verify your identity, we may require you to provide us with personal information prior to accessing any records containing information about you.
Infotanks, Inc. endeavours to comply with the provisions of the GDPR as to any information in its possession regarding European Union-based persons (“data subjects”). As such, Infotanks, Inc. only processes personal information on data subjects where it has a lawful basis to do so, which may include the consent of the person (especially in the case of website visitors who provide their information), performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, or the legitimate interest of the controller or a third party. Infotanks, Inc. provides notice to all data subjects as required by GDPR Article 13 or 14, as appropriate, and honors the rights of data subjects provided in Articles 12-23, including the right to be forgotten. For any opt-out requests or other inquiries related to privacy, please visit our privacy center.
Infotanks, Inc. complies with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States. If there is any conflict between the policies in this Policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern.
For information received under the Privacy Shield, Infotanks, Inc. will require third parties to whom they disclose personal information to safeguard that personal information consistent with this Policy by contract, obligating those third parties to provide at least the same level of protection as is required by the Privacy Shield Principles. EU and Swiss citizens may choose to opt-out of such disclosures. Infotanks, Inc. may have liability to you in case of failure to comply with the law or this policy in handling onward transfer of your information to third parties.
In compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, Infotanks, Inc. commits to resolve complaints about your privacy and its collection or use of your personal information. European Union or Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding this Policy should first contact Infotanks, Inc at info@infotanksmedia.com European Union and Swiss individuals have the right to access their
personal data.
If you are a California resident, California law permits you to request certain information regarding the disclosure of your personal information by us to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send your request, by mail or email, to the address at the end of this Policy.
Infotanks, Inc. is a global company and personal information is processed globally. If personal information is transferred to an Infotanks, Inc. recipient in a country that does not provide an adequate level of protection for personal information, Infotanks, Inc. will take measures designed to adequately protect information about you, such as ensuring that such transfers are subject to the terms of the EU Model Clauses.
With respect to personal information received or transferred pursuant to the Privacy Shield Framework, Infotanks, Inc. is subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and commits to cooperate with EU data protection authorities.
Infotanks, Inc. has implemented appropriate technical, physical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, damage, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, as well as all other forms of unlawful processing.
Cookies and similar technologies (e.g., pixels tags and device identifiers) are used by Infotanks, Inc. and our advertising technology partners to recognize you and/or your device(s) on, off and across different services and devices for the purposes specified in Section 5 above.
We provide multiple choices in respect of the information we process about you:
If you are a California resident, you may request that we:
1. disclose to you the following information covering the 12 months preceding your request:
2. delete personal information we collected from you (see Section 16); or
3. opt-out of any future sale of personal information about you (see Section 16).
We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.
If you are a California resident, you may obtain information about exercising your rights, as described above, by contacting us at 1-213-550-3870.
Infotanks, Inc. has appointed a Global Data Protection Officer. If you believe your personal information has been used in a way that is not consistent with the Privacy Policy or your choices, or if you have further questions, comments or suggestions related to this Privacy Policy, please contact the Global Data Protection Officer.
Written inquiries to the Global Data Protection Officer may be addressed to:
Amrit Lal Saha & Associates
Advocates & Legal Consultants
Offices:
Agartala: # 29, Central Road, Agartala 799 001, INDIA;
Bengaluru: #2/6, 1st Floor, 80 Feet Road,
RMV II Stage, Bengaluru – 94;
Associate office: New Delhi
Mobile: 080 – 4214 1747, +91- 8826433523
E-mail: asa.lawoffice@asalaw.in
If you are a California resident, you may obtain information about exercising your rights, as described above, by contacting us at 1-213-550-3870.
If you have any complaints regarding our compliance with this Privacy Policy, please contact us first. We will investigate and attempt to resolve complaints and disputes regarding use and disclosure of personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and in accordance with applicable law.
Infotanks, Inc.
#7160, 340 S Lemon Ave
CA 91789, United States
P:213-550-3870
E: info@infotanksmedia.com
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