Privacy Policy
Boston Bridge, Inc.
Last modified:October 17, 2024
Introduction
Boston Bridge, Inc. (“Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy (the “Privacy Policy”).
This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.bostonbridge.org including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through www.bostonbridge.org (the “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies to information we collect:
On this Website.
Ιn email, text, and other electronic messages between you and Company, including through this Website.
[Through mobile and desktop applications you download from this Website, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and this Website.
[When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.
It does not apply to information collected by:
Us through any other means, including on any other website operated by Company or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or
Any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website.
For clarity, this policy does not apply to our data collection from our employees or contractors.
From third parties, for example, our business partners
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use the Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
Boston Bridge does not automatically collect personal information. With user permission we store several types of information that users voluntarily enter, including professional contact information:
By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, education or employment-related information, other personal information about yourself or others that you choose to provide. The member has the right to make this information visible to other members of Boston Bridge. We do not collect information that may be considered “sensitive personal information” under certain privacy laws, such as data that reveals racial or ethnic origin, a mental or physical health condition or diagnosis, sex life, gender identity, or sexual orientation, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);
That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as your username, password or membership number.
Information we obtain from your use of the Website, including information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Website, and usage details.
Other information you provide to us, such as information provided in optional forms or e-mail correspondence.
We collect this information:
Directly from you when you provide it to us.
Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
Information You Provide to Us
The information we collect on or through the Website may include:
Information that you provide by filling in forms on the Website. This includes information provided at the time you apply for membership with Company, registration to use the Website, or when you post material to the Website. We may also ask you for information when you make a donation through the Website or via mail, join us at an event or other gathering, submit responses to a survey or questionnaire, sign up to receive emails from Company, or when you report a problem with the Website.
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted”) on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions”). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we may limit access to certain pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Website with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.
Information We Collect Automatically
As you navigate through and interact with the Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
Details of your visits to the Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). Click here [URL LINK TO DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURES] for information on how you can opt out of behavioral tracking on this website and how we respond to web browser signals and other mechanisms that enable consumers to exercise choice about behavioral tracking.
The information we collect automatically may include personal information or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize the Website according to your individual interests.
Speed up your searches.
Recognize you when you return to the Website.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to the Website.
Web Beacons. Pages of the Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
To present the Website and its contents to you.
To provide you information about our organization and the issues we care about.
To process registrations, applications, or requests for information.
To communicate with you about meetings, talks, workshops, and other events.
To send promotional materials, newsletters, and publications relating to the Company.
To provide you with notices about your membership, including expiration and renewal notices.
To notify you about changes to the Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
To maintain appropriate records for internal administrative purposes.
Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with the Website.
To comply with applicable law, court order, subpoena, or other legal obligation.
Other further uses that are reasonably necessary to or compatible with these other specified purposes.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.
We may also de-identify and aggregate the information that we collect. De-identified and aggregated information can no longer reasonably be linked to the identity of a person and is no longer personal information.
How We Share Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may share your information, as follows, or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:
To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
To any successor of Company in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Company’s assets, in which personal information held by Company about the Website users is among the assets transferred.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.
To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request or requirement.
To enforce or apply our terms of use LINK TO THE BB TERMS OF USE DOCUMENT. (the “Terms of Use”). If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or a third party.
Accessing and Correcting Your Information
You can send us an email at info@bostonbridge.org to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
If you delete your User Contributions from the Website, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Website, including User Contributions, is governed by our Terms of Use.
Residents of certain states and jurisdictions may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Data Subject Rights for more information.
Data Subject Rights
Individuals in Andorra, Argentina, Australia, California, Canada, Europe, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Israel, Isle of Man, Japan, Jersey, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, and certain other jurisdictions may have certain data subject rights. These rights vary, but they may include the right to: (i) request access to and rectification or erasure of their personal information; (ii) restrict or object to the processing of their personal information; (iii) obtain a copy of their personal information in a portable format; and (iv) object to certain personal information processing activities. Individuals may also have the right to lodge a complaint about the processing of personal information with a data protection authority.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights please contact us using the information in the “Contact Information” section below. The rights described herein are not absolute and we reserve all of our rights available to us at law in this regard. Additionally, if we retain your Personal Information only in de-identified form, we will not attempt to re-identify your data in response to a data subject rights request.
The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) prohibits covered businesses from discriminating against you for exercising applicable CCPA rights.
If you make a request related to personal information about you, we will need to verify your identity. To do so, we will request that you match specific pieces of information you have provided to us previously. If it is necessary to collect additional information from you, we will use the information only for verification purposes and will delete it as soon as practicable after complying with the request. For requests related to particularly sensitive information, we may require additional proof of identification. If you make a request through an authorized agent, we will require written proof that the agent is authorized to act on your behalf. We will process your request within the time provided by applicable law.
Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you or where you have chosen a password for access to certain parts of the Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Website like message boards. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Website.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
International Data Transfers
We operate our information technology systems, including the Website, from the United States, where we are headquartered. Any information you provide to us may be stored and processed, transferred between and accessed from the United States, and other countries which may not guarantee the same level of protection of personal information as the one in which you reside. However, we will handle your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy regardless of where your personal information is stored/accessed.
We take reasonable steps to ensure that the overseas recipients of your personal information do not breach the privacy obligations relating to your personal information. Where required by certain jurisdictions, we will transfer your information subject to jurisdiction-approved safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses.
Children’s Privacy
Our site is not directed toward children under the age of thirteen (13) and we will not knowingly collect information for any child under the age of thirteen (13). If you are the parent of a child under the age of thirteen (13) and have a concern regarding your child’s information on our website, please contact us using the information in the section “Contact Information” below.
Third-Party Websites and Content
The Website may reference or provide links to third-party websites or content. Other websites may also reference or link to the Website. Because these websites are not controlled by us, we are not responsible for the third-party websites or the content thereof. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave the Website to review the privacy policies posted on other websites that may collect your information. Please be aware that we do not control, endorse, screen, or approve, nor are we responsible for, the privacy policies or information practices of third parties or their websites or mobile applications. Visiting these other websites is at your own risk and the Privacy Policy does not apply to services or websites offered by other companies or individuals, including products or sites that may be displayed to you on the Website.
Data Retention
We will retain your personal information for as long as is necessary for the processing purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, subject to your rights and legal requirements. We may dispose of any data at our discretion without notice, subject to applicable law.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account or through a notice on the Website home page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting the Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:
Boston Bridge
1 Amherst Street E40-275K
Cambridge, MA 02142