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This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
Words with capitalized initial letters have meanings specified under the following conditions.
The provided definitions maintain the same significance whether presented in singular or plural form.
In the context of this Privacy Policy:
When you make a payment for a product or service through a bank transfer, We may request that you furnish information to facilitate the transaction and verify Your identity. This information may include, but is not limited to:
Usage Data is automatically gathered during your use of the Service.
This may encompass details such as your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the specific pages you visit on our Service, the date and time of your visit, the duration spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and additional diagnostic data.
When you connect to the Service via a mobile device, we may automatically collect certain information, including, but not limited to, the kind of mobile device you utilize, your mobile device’s unique ID, your mobile device’s IP address, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
Moreover, we may gather information that your browser transmits whenever you visit our Service, whether through a traditional browser or a mobile device.
We utilize Cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on Our Service and store specific information. The tracking technologies employed include beacons, tags, and scripts, serving to collect and track data, as well as enhance and analyze Our Service. The technologies in use may involve :
There are two types of cookies: “Persistent” and “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies persist on your personal computer or mobile device even when you go offline, whereas Session Cookies are deleted when you close your web browser. We employ both Session and Persistent Cookies for the following purposes:
For more details about the cookies we use and your choices concerning cookies, please refer to our Cookies Policy.
The company may employ Personal Data for the following purposes :
Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.
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 do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
The Company will also preserve Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Typically, Usage Data is retained for a shorter duration, unless its retention is essential for enhancing security, improving the functionality of Our Service, or complying with legal obligations that necessitate the prolonged retention of such data.
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.
Your data, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operational offices and other locations involved in the processing. This implies that the information might be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. Your agreement to this Privacy Policy, coupled with your submission of such information, signifies your consent to this transfer.
The Company is committed to taking all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is handled securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. No transfer of your Personal Data will occur to an organization or country unless adequate controls, including the security of your data and other personal information, are in place.
If the Company is engaged in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. Notice will be provided before your Personal Data is transferred and subjected to a different Privacy Policy.
Under specific circumstances, the Company may need to disclose your Personal Data as required by law or in response to valid requests from public authorities, such as a court or government agency.
The Company may disclose your Personal Data in good faith, believing that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend the rights or property of the Company, prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the service, protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public, and protect against legal liability.
While the security of your Personal Data is a priority for us, it’s important to note that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Although we strive to use commercially acceptable means to safeguard your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
In addition to our direct collection of information, our third party service vendors (such as credit card companies, clearinghouses and banks) who may provide such services as credit, insurance, and escrow services may collect this information from our Users. We do not control how these third parties use such information, but we do ask them to disclose how they use personal information provided to them from Users. Some of these third parties may be intermediaries that act solely as links in the distribution chain, and do not store, retain, or use the information given to them.
We use Personally Identifiable Information to customize the Website, to make appropriate service offerings, and to fulfill buying and selling requests on the Website. We may email Users about research or purchase and selling opportunities on the Website or information related to the subject matter of the Website. We may also use Personally Identifiable Information to contact Users in response to specific inquiries, or to provide requested information.
We may also use your personal information for other reasons such as for commercial purposes (as indicated within the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document), as well as for complying with the law and defending our rights before the competent authorities where our rights and interests are threatened or we suffer an actual damage.We will not use your personal information for different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without notifying you.
We may share Personally Identifiable Information and/or aggregated information about our Users, including the demographics of our Users, with our affiliated agencies and third party vendors. We also offer the opportunity to “opt out” of receiving information or being contacted by us or by any agency acting on our behalf.
Our company employs remarketing services to reach out to you with advertisements after you’ve accessed or visited our Service. We, along with our third-party vendors, use both cookies and non-cookie technologies to recognize your device and gain insights into how you utilize our Service. This enables us to enhance our Service based on your interests and deliver advertisements that are more likely to capture your attention.
These third-party vendors collect, store, process, and transfer information about your activity on our Service in accordance with their privacy policies. Their activities enable us to:
Some of these vendors may utilize non-cookie technologies that are not affected by browser settings blocking cookies. Your browser may not provide the option to block such technologies. To decline the collection and use of information for interest-based advertising, you can use third-party tools such as :
Additionally, you can opt-out of all personalized advertising on your mobile device by enabling privacy features such as Limit Ad Tracking (iOS) and Opt Out of Ads Personalization (Android). Consult your mobile device’s Help system for more information.
We may share information, such as hashed email addresses, with these third-party vendors. This allows them to recognize and deliver ads to you across devices and browsers. For details on the technologies used by these vendors and their cross-device capabilities, please refer to the privacy policies of each vendor.
Here is a list of third-party vendors we use:
In instances where we offer paid products and/or services within our Service, we may utilize the services of third-party payment processors for payment processing. It’s important to note that we do not store or collect your payment card details. Instead, this information is directly provided to our third-party payment processors, whose handling of your personal information is governed by their respective Privacy Policies. These payment processors strictly adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard), as overseen by the PCI Security Standards Council—a collaborative effort involving major brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. These standards are designed to ensure the secure handling of payment information.
Below are some of the third-party payment processors we may use, along with links to their respective Privacy Policies:
When using our Service to make payments via bank transfer, we may request information to facilitate the transaction and verify your identity.
Personally Identifiable Information collected by THE CHANGE is securely stored and is not accessible to third parties or employees of THE CHANGE except for use as indicated above.
Users may opt out of receiving unsolicited information from or being contacted by us and/or our vendors and affiliated agencies by responding to emails as instructed, or by either :
Cookies are used for a variety of reasons. We use Cookies to obtain information about the preferences of our Users and the services they select. We also use Cookies for security purposes to protect our Users. For example, if a User is logged on and the Website is unused for more than 10 minutes, we will automatically log the User off. Users who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using THE CHANGE , with the drawback that certain features of Website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
THE CHANGE uses login information, including, but not limited to, IP addresses, ISPs, and browser types, to analyze trends, administer the Website, track a Users movement and use, and gather broad demographic information.
THE CHANGE has entered into and will continue to enter into partnerships and other affiliations with a number of vendors. Such vendors may have access to certain Personally Identifiable Information on a need to know the basis for evaluating Users for service eligibility. Our privacy policy does not cover their collection or use of this information. Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information to comply with the law. We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information in order to comply with a court order or subpoena or a request from a law enforcement agency to release information. We will also disclose Personally Identifiable Information when reasonably necessary to protect the safety of our Users.
All of our employees are familiar with our security policy and practices. The Personally Identifiable Information of our Users is only accessible to a limited number of qualified employees who are given a password in order to gain access to the information. We audit our security systems and processes on a regular basis. Sensitive information, such as credit card numbers or social security numbers, is protected by encryption protocols, in place to protect information sent over the Internet. While we take commercially reasonable measures to maintain a secure site, electronic communications and databases are subject to errors, tampering, and break-ins, and we cannot guarantee or warrant that such events will not take place and we will not be liable to Users for any such occurrences.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we may process Personal Data under the following legal conditions:
In any case, the Company is committed to providing assistance in clarifying the specific legal basis that applies to the processing of Personal Data. This includes specifying whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a necessity to enter into a contract. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the processing of your Personal Data, please feel free to reach out for further clarification.
The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.
You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:
Request access to Your Personal Data.The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal Data directly within Your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You.You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
Object to processing of Your Personal Data.This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
Request erasure of Your Personal Data.You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
Request the transfer of Your Personal Data.We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
Withdraw Your consent.You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.
You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.
The Website collects information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device (“personal information”).
In particular, Website has collected the following categories of personal information from its consumers within the last 12 months:
Category | Examples | Collected |
---|---|---|
A.Identifiers | A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers. | NO |
B.Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). | A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. | NO |
C.Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. | Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information). | NO |
D.Commercial information. | Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. | NO |
E.Biometric information. | Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data. | NO |
F.Internet or other similar network activity. | Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a Website, application, or advertisement. | NO |
G.Geolocation data. | Physical location or movements. | NO |
H.Sensory data. | Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. | NO |
I.Professional or employment-related information. | Current or past job history or performance evaluations. | NO |
J.Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)). | Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records. | NO |
K.Inferences drawn from other personal information. | Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. | NO |
Personal information does not include:
We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:
The categories of personal information outlined above are obtained from the following sources :
Information is acquired from service providers, including but not limited to:
By obtaining information from these diverse sources, we aim to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the services we provide to you on our platform.
We may use or disclose the personal information we collect for one or more of the following business purposes:
We will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collect for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.
We may have utilized or disclosed, and continue to use or disclose, in the preceding twelve (12) months, various categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes. These categories include:
Category A: Identifiers
Category B: Personal information falling under the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
Category D: Commercial information
Category F: Internet or other similar network activity
It is important to note that the mentioned categories align with the definitions provided by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This clarification is not indicative of the disclosure of all examples within each category. Rather, it represents our genuine belief, based on the best available knowledge, that some information falling under these categories may have been disclosed.
In instances where we disclose personal information for business or commercial purposes, a contractual agreement is established. This agreement outlines the specific purpose of the disclosure and mandates the recipient to maintain the confidentiality of the personal information while restricting its use solely to fulfill the terms of the contract.
We may disclose your personal information to a third party for a business purpose. When we disclose personal information for a business purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.
We may share your personal information with specific categories of third parties. These include but are not limited to :
We refrain from selling the personal information of consumers whom we are aware are under 16 years of age, unless we obtain affirmative authorization (the “right to opt-in”) from either the consumer between 13 and 16 years of age or the parent/guardian of a consumer under 13 years of age. Consumers who choose to opt-in to the sale of personal information retain the right to opt-out of future sales at any time. To exercise the right to opt-out, you (or your authorized representative) may submit a request to us by contacting us.
If you suspect that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has provided us with personal information, please get in touch with us, providing sufficient details to facilitate the deletion of that information.
The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. If You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:
In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us:
Your request to Us must:
We cannot respond to Your request or provide You with the required information if we cannot:
We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving Your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonable necessary and with prior notice.
Any disclosures We provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable request’s receipt.
For data portability requests, We will select a format to provide Your personal information that is readily useable and should allow You to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.
You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. Upon receiving and verifying a consumer request from you, we will cease selling your personal information. To exercise your right to opt-out, please contact us.
Our service providers, such as analytics or advertising partners, may utilize technology on the service that qualifies as the sale of personal information under the CCPA law. If you wish to opt out of the use of your personal information for interest-based advertising purposes and these potential sales outlined in the CCPA law, follow the instructions below.
Please be aware that any opt-out is specific to the browser you use, and you may need to opt out on each browser you utilize.
You can opt out of receiving personalized ads served by our service providers by following the instructions provided on the service through:
The opt-out will set a unique cookie on your computer tied to the browser you use for opting out. If you change browsers or delete the cookies saved by your browser, you will need to opt out again.
Your mobile device may offer the option to opt out of using information about the apps you use for serving targeted ads based on your interests:
You can also prevent the collection of location information from your mobile device by adjusting the preferences on your device.
Our service does not acknowledge or respond to Do Not Track signals. While our service itself does not alter its behavior based on such signals, it’s important to note that certain third-party websites may monitor your browsing activities.
If you are accessing these external websites, you have the option to manage your preferences in your web browser to convey your desire not to be tracked. The ability to enable or disable “Do Not Track” (DNT) can typically be found in the preferences or settings page of your web browser. Adjust these settings according to your preferences regarding online tracking.
Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California’s Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes.
If you’d like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below.
California Business and Professions Code section 22581 allow California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted.
To request removal of such data, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with Your account.
Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.
Users may contact us to update Personally Identifiable Information about them or to correct any inaccuracies by either:
We provide Users with a mechanism to delete/deactivate Personally Identifiable Information from the Website’s database by contacting. However, because of backups and records of deletions, it may be impossible to delete a Users entry without retaining some residual information. An individual who requests to have Personally Identifiable Information deactivated will have this information functionally deleted, and we will not sell, transfer, or use Personally Identifiable Information relating to that individual in any way moving forward.
These are summarized rights that you have under data protection law:
We will let our Users know about changes to our privacy policy by posting such changes on the Website. However, if we are changing our privacy policy in a manner that might cause disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information that a User has previously requested not be disclosed, we will contact such User to allow such User to prevent such disclosure.
https://welcome-to-the-change.com contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another website. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.
Last Updated: November 8, 2024