Privacy Policy

THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS DESIGNED TO INFORM YOU ABOUT THE INFORMATION WHICH GLOBESCAN INCORPORATED, WITH REGISTERED HEAD OFFICE AT 145 FRONT STREET EAST, SUITE 102, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA M5A 1E3 AND GLOBESCAN INC. WITH REGISTERED OFFICE AT 388 MARKET STREET, SUITE 1300, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111 ("GLOBESCAN") COLLECT VIA THE WEB SITE ON WHICH THIS POLICY IS FOUND, WHY WE COLLECT SUCH INFORMATION AND HOW WE WILL HANDLE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE US WITH AND INFORMATION WE LEARN ABOUT YOU FROM YOUR VISIT TO OUR WEBSITE. YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE IMPLIES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH OUR PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.

Personal data we collect

We collect personal information on our users in two ways:
• through registration and sending of information that you choose to enter on certain pages on the website; and / or

• using automated means, specifically through cookies. For more information about cookies, please see below.

We may ask you for your first and last name, e-mail address, password or other personal information or contact information. Note that this website is intended to be used by invited users only, and only for the duration of the stakeholder event. If you did not receive an invitation to use this site from either Cranfield University, GlobeScan or one of their selected partners, please do not attempt to create or use a user account on this site.
The website will also allow you to provide your opinions, comments, suggestions, or other information relating to the stakeholder event, our website, our products or services, or our company.

Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website.

This website uses only functional first-party cookies, i.e. cookies that are necessary to ensure the correct functioning of the website by customizing the site to your user profile and by tracking your usage of the site. No third-party cookies will be used, nor does this website use cookies to analyse your behaviour across domains or with a view to direct marketing.

You may delete and block all cookies from this website, but parts of the website will not work. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Use of personal data

We use the personal data which you submit or which we collect:

(a) to enable your use of the website, including by publishing any messages that you choose to submit onto the website. We or other users may choose to respond to your messages, or choose to try to interact with you via the website, as described at the time when we collect your information or as otherwise described to you prior to the use of your information;

(b) to manage your use of the website, including for such issues as user support;

(c) to generate reports and academic papers on the use of the website and on the stakeholder forum as a whole. Such documents may include information that you have chosen to submit to us (including quotes, experiences, opinions, and audio-visual images), which may be attributed to you personally. Such documents and the underlying data can be used internally within GlobeScan for their own purposes, but may also be shared with third parties (including academic institutions and policy bodies) for the purposes of drafting or reviewing such documents and/or for the publication of such documents, including via the Internet. Please do not submit any information that you consider to be sensitive or that you do not wish to see publically attributed to you.

Your contact information may be used to send you information on the outcome of the stakeholder forum and inform you of future GlobeScan research opportunities. It will not be used for other purposes without your express prior consent. GlobeScan will share the following with Cranfield University:

(i) Your contact information where you have opted to receive personalized information from Cranfield University on its sustainability initiatives, including the Sustainability Innovation Exchange as part of your registration; and

(ii) Copies of the reports and academic papers on the use of the website and the Sustainability Innovation Exchange referred to in (c) above.

We may combine the information you submit with other data we have obtained about you from other sources, including if you have provided your information to us in other places or through another medium, such as on other of our affiliated websites.

Passive information we track, including through cookies, is used to customize and enhance your experience on our website and the offerings we make to you on our website, as described above.

We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes described above or as required by law.

Sharing personal data and transferring personal data to other jurisdictions

Please note that in certain cases, your personal data may be transferred to processors, affiliated companies or third parties with whom we manage the stakeholder forum (including Cranfield University), some of which may be located outside the United States of America in countries which do not offer an adequate level of personal data protection. You hereby accept the transfer of your personal data in such cases.

Please note that subject to applicable data privacy legislation, we will also disclose your personal information if we believe we are required to do so to comply with any law, regulation, court order, or legal or government request. In the unlikely event that all or part of our business is acquired by a third party, your information will be transferred to the new corporate owner. Without assuming any obligation to do so, we also reserve the right to collect and share any information we deem necessary to investigate or take action in connection with suspected fraud, illegal activities, possible harm to persons or property, to protect ourselves or one or more of our users or their heirs, or as otherwise required or permitted by law.

As noted above, please keep in mind that certain areas of our web site are interactive in nature, and allow you to post information that other users can see. If you do not wish to have information viewed publicly, please do not use those portions of the website.

Third party websites

On certain areas of this website, we may provide links to third party websites. This Privacy Policy however only applies to the website on which it is published, and does not describe information collection practices on other websites, including those linked to or from this website. These links are provided as a convenience to you; however please be aware that we do not control the third parties or their websites and those third parties will have a different Privacy Policy which applies to information that you may provide when you are on those third parties' websites. You should read the privacy policies of all websites carefully before providing personally identifiable information.

Your rights

At any time, you may exercise your right to access, rectify and, as the case may be, delete any personal data relating to you, in compliance with applicable data privacy law, by sending a request to privacy@globescan.com or in writing to 145 Front Street East, Suite 102, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 1E3.

Security

We use industry standard measures to protect information provided on this website. While we strive to ensure the security of your personal data when storing, using and sharing the information you give us, no website is one hundred percent secure, and thus we encourage you to take appropriate measures to protect yourself, including, for example, keeping all user names and passwords confidential.

Effective date and changes

THIS POLICY WAS CREATED ON AND HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE 3 MARCH 2016. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT, AT OUR COMPLETE DISCRETION, TO CHANGE, MODIFY, ADD, OR REMOVE PORTIONS OF THIS POLICY AT ANY TIME. YOU SHOULD CHECK BACK PERIODICALLY AT THIS PAGE TO READ THE MOST RECENT VERSION OF THIS POLICY AS YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THIS WEBSITE FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF CHANGES TO THESE TERMS WILL MEAN YOU ACCEPT THESE CHANGES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, WE WILL NOT RETROACTIVELY MAKE MATERIAL CHANGES TO OUR USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT.

Queries

If, at any time, you have any requests or queries concerning this policy or want to update your details, please contact us at: privacy@globescan.com.

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