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Privacy Policy

At iGlobal Forum Inc. (“iGlobal”), we recognize that when you choose to provide us with your personal information, you trust us to act in a responsible manner. This Privacy Notice describes how iGlobal collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes your personal information when:

You visit our website at iglobalforum.com, our events platforms, our mobile application, or any other website or digital platform where this Privacy Notice is posted (“Sites”);
You register for and/or attend an iGlobal event as an attendee, sponsor, or speaker, including meetings, sessions, exhibits, or other event activities, whether in-person or virtually (“Events”);
You communicate with us by email, text, online chat, telephone, live online or in person, or other contact forms (“Communications”); and
We interact with service providers, affiliates, partners, sponsors, exhibitors, and other third parties to collect and otherwise process your information (“Third Parties”).

1. Information We Collect

We, or Third Parties on our behalf, may collect some or all of the following categories of personal information from you depending on how you interact with us. As more specifically detailed below, we collect personal information provided by you, automatically from you, and from Third Party sources, including publicly available sources and service providers that support advertising, analytics, payment processing, marketing, data augmentation, security, fraud prevention, and related services.

Identifiers and Contact Information. Name, email address, phone number, postal address, and similar contact details.
Account Information. Usernames, passwords, security questions, account preferences, settings, and other profile information.
Device Information. IP address, browser type and version, operating system, and device identifiers.
Usage Data. Pages viewed, links clicked, date and time of access, referring URLs, actions taken, and frequency and duration of activity.
Event Attendance and Participation History. Event registrations, attendance records, session participation, check-in information, engagement with event content, and related preferences or feedback.
Professional Information. Employment history, job titles, employer names, professional affiliations, and other information about your professional history.
User-Generated Content. Testimonials, reviews, comments, survey responses, speaker submission, networking profiles, and other content and Communications you provide.
Audio and Visual Information. Photographs, images, videos, and voice recordings.
Biometric Information. Facial geometry collected when you voluntarily enroll in automated identification and distribution of event media via the Premagic platform.
Payment Information. Credit card information, bank account details, and other forms of payment used to register for Event or purchase other products or services.
Inferences. Inferences drawn from any of the above categories and your interactions with us.

2. Notice of Collection of Sensitive Information

Several of the categories of personal information that we collect and process may include “sensitive” personal information, including:

Biometric Information. Facial geometry, when used to identify you, may be considered sensitive personal information.[CB1] [LO2]

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use your personal information to:

Respond to your inquiries and other Communications and offer support services;
Facilitate and manage your Event registration and attendance and process related payments;
Provide, maintain, and improve the Sites and Events;
Communicate with you about the Events and send other promotional and marketing communications;
Analyze usage of our Sites, the Events, and the Communications to improve and personalize marketing, promotions, and other content;
Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity and protect the security and integrity of our systems, Sites, and Events;
Protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property and/or that of you or others; and
Comply with legal obligations, respond to lawful requests from public authorities, enforce our terms and conditions, and exercise or defend legal claims.

4. How We Disclose Your Information

We may disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:

With Your Consent. We may disclose or make available your personal information with your consent, which may be obtained in writing, online, through “click-through” agreements, when you accept our terms for our Sites, orally (including over the telephone), or by other means.
With Affiliates. We may disclose or make available your personal information among our corporate affiliates, subsidiaries, and divisions for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice.
With Event Sponsors. We may disclose or make available your contact information and Event attendance information with Event sponsors, subject to certain contractual restrictions and protections.
With Service Providers. We may disclose or make available your personal information to Third Party service providers and processors that provide services to us and on our behalf, including cloud infrastructure, data storage, payment processing, scheduling and participation management, customer support, marketing and advertising, data analytics and augmentation, event photography and media, venue space and access, and security.
In Public Forums. Some of our Sites and Events allow you to post content and Communications in a public forum. If you choose to submit information to a public forum, that information will be publicly available.
In Exigent Circumstances. We may disclose or make available your personal information about you: (1) if we are required to do so by law or legal process, such as for compliance with law enforcement or national security requests, court order or subpoena; (2) to law enforcement authorities, judiciary or other government officials; (3) if necessary to protect your, our or others’ rights, property, safety, or other vital interests; (4) enforce our policies or contracts; (5) collect amounts owed to us; or (6) when we believe, in good faith, disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss in connection with an investigation or prosecution of suspected or actual illegal activity.
In Case of a Business Transaction. In the event that all or a portion of iGlobal, our business, or our assets are acquired by or merged with a third-party as part of a business transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, joint venture, financing, corporate reorganization, or purchase or sale of assets, or in the unlikely event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, personal information that we have collected from or about you may be sold or transferred to that third-party as part of such a transaction, including at the negotiation stage, as permitted by law and/or contract.

5. Tracking Technologies

Our Sites use cookies and similar technologies provided by us and Third Parties to collect your personal information. These technologies include:

Cookies. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that identify your browser. We use session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device and support personalization, security, and advertising). Persistent cookies generally may be managed through your browser settings and may transmit data to Third Parties.
Pixels (also known as web beacons). Pixels are small pieces of code embedded in a website, video, email, or advertisement that send information about your activity to a server. We use pixels, in combination with cookies, to track communications, bring you advertising both on and off the Sites, and provide you with additional functionality.
App Technologies. Our Sites may include software development kits and other non-browser-based technologies that send information about your usage to a server, enabling tracking, advertising, and additional functionality.
Analytics Services. We use various Third Parties, including those detailed below to collect analytics information regarding user behaviors and demographics on our Sites and Communications. For more information on how these Third Parties collect, process, and protect your personal information, please see their respective privacy policy.

o Google Analytics at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

o Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/

o HubSpot at https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy

Session Replay. Our Sites may, from time to time, use session replay technology that allows us to record and review how users interact with the Sites, including clicks, scrolls, mouse movements, and keystrokes, for internal analytical purposes and to improve our Sites.

For more information about how to adjust your preferences for such technologies, see “Your Privacy Choices” below.

6. Security of Your Information

We take commercially reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we process is protected in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. However, it is impossible to guarantee the security of data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network. Therefore, we cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. You are also responsible for taking reasonable steps to protect your personal information against unauthorized disclosure or misuse.

7. Retention of Your Information

We keep your personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, or any other notice provided at the time of collection, taking into account applicable statutes of limitation and records retention requirements under applicable law. We may keep personal information for longer periods where there is a reasonable basis for keeping such data, including without limitation in connection with the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

8. Links to Third Party Websites

Our Sites and Events may contain links to third party websites and applications that are not operated or controlled by us. If you click on a third-party link on our Sites or at our Events, you will be directed to that third party’s website or application. Such websites and applications operate independently from us and have their own privacy policies and/or notices. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of each website and application with which you interact. We do not endorse, screen or approve and assume no responsibility for the privacy policies or practices or content of such other websites or applications. Visiting these other websites or applications is at your own risk.

In addition, our Sites and Events may include social media buttons (including plugin or widgets, such as the “share this” button or other interactive mini-programs). Your interactions with these features, apart from your visit to our Sites and Events, are governed by the privacy policies of the third parties providing the features.

9. Children’s Information

Our Sites and Events are not directed at individuals under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from individuals under the age of 18. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under the age of 18 and you believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at [email protected]

10. Your Privacy Choices

Managing Your Preferences

Preference	How to Exercise
Unsubscribe from Marketing and Promotional Communications	Follow the instructions in each communication for unsubscribing or submit a request at [email protected].
Uninstall Mobile Event Applications	Use the standard uninstall process on your device.
Remove Publicly Available Content	Submit a request at [email protected]. Historical copies of such content may remain on our systems.
Delete Your Account	Delete your account from the website or mobile application.
Change Cookie Preferences	Disable cookies through your browser settings.

US State Rights

We are not currently subject to certain state comprehensive privacy laws that provide specific privacy rights. However, we may, in our sole discretion, honor requests to access, correct, delete, or limit the use of personal information. Any such request will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and may be declined where we are unable to verify your identity, where an exception applies, or where responding would be inconsistent with our legal obligations or legitimate business interests. You or an authorized agent may make submit a request by emailing [email protected].

California’s “Shine The Light” Law

If you are a California resident and an iGlobal Event registrant or attendee, you have the right to request information from us once per calendar year regarding the information we share with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. To request this information, please send an email to [email protected] with “Request for California Privacy Information” in the subject line and in the body of your message. We will provide the requested information to you via an email response.

“Do Not Track” and GPC

Some browsers or extensions may support privacy preference signals, such as “Do Not Track” or Global Privacy Control (“GPC”). Our Sites do not currently change the way they operate based upon detection of a “Do Not Track” or GPC signal, and our privacy practices will continue to apply as described in this Privacy Notice.

11. AI and Automated Decision-Making

We do not use artificial intelligence or other automated decision-making technology for “profiling” or “significant decisions,” as such terms are defined under applicable law.

However, certain features of the Sites and Events may be supported by Third Parties that utilize artificial intelligence technology. When using a feature supported by AI, such Third Parties may record, analyze, or process information in real time and may use and disclose such information for their own purposes, including to improve or train their AI models.

By using the applicable feature, you agree to any additional terms presented with the feature and consent to the collection, use, analysis, and disclosure of personal information as described in this Privacy Notice. If you do not agree with such terms and/or do not consent to such processing, please do not use the applicable feature.

12. Jurisdiction

iGlobal is located in the United States.

Our Sites and Events are not targeted towards individuals residing outside of the United States. iGlobal does not represent or warrant that our Sites or Events are suitable for access outside of the United States and visitors accessing our Sites and Events from outside of the United States do so at their own risk.

International Data Transfers.

Your personal information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. By accessing or using our Sites and Events, you agree that all information processed by us may be transferred, processed, and stored anywhere in the world, including but not limited to, the United States, which may have data protection laws that are different from the laws where you live. We endeavor to safeguard your information consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.

13. Changes to This Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice was last updated and is effective as of the date first written above. We may update or otherwise revise this Privacy Notice from time to time in our sole discretion. Except as may be otherwise required under applicable law, revisions to this Privacy Notice will be effective on the date noted above without any other notice or approval by you. In certain jurisdictions, applicable law may require iGlobal to take additional steps, in which case, revisions to this Privacy Notice will not be effective until we have met our obligations accordingly.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or would otherwise like to contact us regarding our privacy practices, this Privacy Notice, any rights you may have hereunder, or if you wish to submit a request to exercise your rights as detailed in this Privacy Notice, please email us at [email protected].

15. Accessibility

If you would like to receive this Privacy Notice in an alternative format to accommodate a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

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