Information We Collect and How We Use It
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Personal information is data that can be used to uniquely identify or contact a single person. You may choose to provide personal information to us when you use Boardspan. Because we change our offerings and features from time to time, the options you have to provide us with personal information also may change, but here are some examples of situations in which you may decide to provide personal information to us:
Creating a Boardspan account;
Signing up for email alerts;
Purchasing premium services;
Contacting us for any reason, such as by email, including for technical support or customer service.
Depending on how you interact with Boardspan, the personal information we collect from you may vary. For example, in order to register with Boardspan:
If you are a representative of a for-profit or non-profit corporation, you must provide your name, e-mail address, username, password, and your corporation’s name.
If you are an individual, you must provide your name, e-mail address, username and password.
If you connect to Boardspan using LinkedIn or another social networking site (each a "Social Networking Site"), we will receive information that you authorize the Social Networking Site to share with us, including your information about your connections on that Social Networking Site. Any information that we collect from your Social Networking Site account may depend on the privacy settings you have set with the Social Networking Site, so please consult the Social Networking Site's privacy and data practices.
NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We also collect non-personal information – data in a form that does not permit direct association with any specific individual. We may collect, use, transfer, sell, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose. Aggregated data is considered non-personal information for the purposes of this Privacy and Cookie Policy. If we combine non-personal information with your personal information, the combined information will be treated as personal information for as long as it remains combined.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT BY AUTOMATED MEANS
We obtain certain personal and non-personal information by automated means when you visit Boardspan. The type of information we collect by automated means may vary, but generally includes technical information about your computer, such as IP address or other device identifier. The information we collect also may include usage information and statistics about your interaction with Boardspan. That information may include the URLs of our web pages that users visited, URLs of referring and exiting pages, page views, time spent on a page, number of clicks, platform type, location data, and other information about how you used Boardspan.
Automated means of data collection include the following:
Web Browser. When you visit the Site, your browser automatically sends us your Internet protocol ("IP") address so that the web pages you request can be sent to your computer or device. We use your IP address to determine additional information, such as whether the computer or device has ever been used to visit Boardspan before, which Boardspan features were used the most often, and how much time was spent on a page.
Web Beacons and Log Files. We may use "web beacons" (also known as Internet tags, pixel tags, tracking pixels, and clear GIFs) on pages of the Site. These web beacons allow third parties to collect information such as the IP address of the device, the URL of the web page, the time the page was viewed, the type of browser used, and any additional information in cookies that may have been set by the third party. The information is typically collected in log files, which generally track traffic on the Site. The information also is used for analytical purposes and to manage technical issues that may arise. We do not attempt to identify individual users through this information.
Location Data. If you access Boardspan using a mobile device, we will collect your physical location if you have enabled this feature and given your consent. In some cases, even if you are not using a mobile device, information about your general location may be discernable from your device's IP address or the URLs we receive.
Cookies. We also collect information using cookies to help us identify you when you visit Boardspan. For more information on cookies and similar tracking mechanisms, how we use them, and how you can control them, please see the section entitled “Cookie Policy”.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT BY AUTOMATED MEANS
We obtain certain personal and non-personal information by automated means when you visit Boardspan. The type of information we collect by automated means may vary, but generally includes technical information about your computer, such as IP address or other device identifier. The information we collect also may include usage information and statistics about your interaction with Boardspan. That information may include the URLs of our web pages that users visited, URLs of referring and exiting pages, page views, time spent on a page, number of clicks, platform type, location data, and other information about how you used Boardspan.
HOW WE USE INFORMATION
We may use the information we receive about you:
- to provide you with personalized content;
- to fill out your profile;
- to generate content for the Site in the form of assessments and other content to provide users with the services;
- to better tailor the features, performance, and support of the Site;
- for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, and service improvement;
- to complete transactions;
- to respond to requests you make;
- to provide relevant advertising, including interest-based advertising from us and third parties, which may mean that we share non-personally identifiable information, such as job title, to third-party advertisers;
- to show you relevant information, if you connect to Boardspan through a Social Networking Site, from your Social Networking Site connections, and to allow you to share board opportunities and profile information with them; and
- to contact you regarding our services.
We may use the information we receive about you:
HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION
We only disclose or share your information in the way that you authorize us to. By using Boardspan, you authorize us to share your information as described here.
We may share personal information we collect with our trusted business partners. We also will share personal information with service providers that perform services on our behalf. These partners and service providers are not authorized by us to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements.
We may access, preserve, and share information we have collected from and about you if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary (1) to comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants or legal process served on us; (2) to enforce our Boardspan User Agreement and Privacy & Cookie Policy; (3) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity; or (4) as we otherwise deem necessary to protect and defend the rights or property of us, the users of our services, or third parties. Our general procedure with respect to civil subpoenas requesting user data is to require a court order, binding on Boardspan, before we release such information.
In addition, we may transfer your personally identifiable information to a successor entity upon a merger, consolidation or other corporate reorganization in which Boardspan participates or to a purchaser of all or substantially all of Boardspan’s assets to which this Site relates.
As described in “Information We Collect and How We Use It”, we may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal information for any purpose. The section entitled “Cookie Policy” explains how you can manage the collection, use and sharing of certain non-personally identifiable information we collect via cookies.