Adndmc respects and values your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect your Personal Data (defined below) on those websites of Adndmc’s that post or link directly to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Site”) and through offline means, how we use, disclose, and protect such data and the choices you have concerning our use of such data. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. Adndmc’s may from time to time update this Privacy Policy. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective when we post or link to the revised Privacy Policy on the Site. Any significant changes to the way we collect or use Personal Data will be highlighted on the homepage of the Site in advance. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Adndmc’s”, “we”, “us”, and “our” means Adndmc.

In some circumstances, you may have the option to decline to provide us with any Personal Data to visit the Site. However, if you choose to withhold requested information, you may not be able to visit all sections or use all features of the Site.

This Privacy Policy shall also apply to any Adndmc’s mobile application and other forms of Adndmc’s online activity that reference this Privacy Policy. In such instances, the term “Site” shall include the applicable mobile application or other Adndmc’s online activity whenever that term is used herein.

Adndmc respects your privacy and this Privacy Statement describes our current privacy practices regarding the collection and use of your personal information and your choices regarding our use and collection. This Statement applies to the personal information we obtain from individuals who interact with any of the Sites and Services. We value users, protect user data from being leaked, and use SSL certificates to protect user information; we do not sell user information, including shipping information and credit card information, user data is our most valuable wealth.

Types of Data Collected

We gather Personal Data and Other Data (as described below).

Collection of Personal Data

Personal data is information that identifies you or can be used to identify or contact you, e.g., your name, email address, address, or phone number (“Personal Data”). We may need to collect and process Personal Data in order to provide requested information, products, or services to you (including the Site) or because we are legally required to do so.

  • Account Setup. If you create an account to take advantage of the full range of services offered on the Site, we ask for and record Personal Data such as your name, address, phone number, and email address. We use your email address to send you updates and news, and contact you at the request of other users (such as other registered users who wish to contact you about a rating you have submitted). Your contact information will not be shared with other users.
  • Logging in to Use Features. In a few areas on the Site, we also ask you to provide information that will enable us to verify whether you are entitled to access and use certain information, materials, and services available from the Site. It is completely optional for you to participate. However, failure to participate may mean that you cannot access and use certain information, materials, and services. These include areas where users log on to certain areas of the Site, at which point you may be prompted to provide us with your User ID code and password as a condition for gaining access to certain information, materials, or services.
  • Submissions. We store and may publicly display your submissions in order to provide the services that we offer. When we display your submissions, we do so together with the user identification code (the “User ID”) you have established. If we display your submission, we may also contact you at the request of other users who wish to discuss your submission with you. We will not reveal your contact information to other users. The term “submissions” refers to the information that you submit or post to the Site for public display, such as business ratings and reviews.
  • Requests to Contact Other Users. If you request that Adndmc contact another registered user on your behalf to discuss a submission, we will share your email address with such other registered users. The decision of whether another registered user wishes to respond to you rests solely with that user.
  • Feedback. If you contact us to provide feedback, update a business listing, dispute a payment rating, or ask a question, we will record any Personal Data and other content that you provide in your communication so that we can effectively respond to your communication.
  • We may use third-party payment services (each, a “Payment Service”) to collect payments made through the Site. If you wish to make a payment through the Site, you may be directed to a webpage that is hosted by a Payment Service (or a Payment Service’s service provider) and not by Adndmc. Any Personal Data that you provide through a Payment Service page will be collected by the Payment Service and not by Adndmc’s and will be subject to Payment Service’s privacy policy, rather than this Privacy Policy. Adndmc has no control over and is not responsible for, a Payment Service’s use of information collected through a Payment Service page.
  • Adndmc collects information through various other means, including searches online, participation at conferences and events, individual introductions, from employers that enroll their employees in our services or provide services to us, and from selected third-party business partners. From time to time, we may also acquire from third parties certain lists containing the names and contact information of individuals who may be interested in our products and services.
  • We collect names and professional contact details of employees of our service providers, either directly from those third-party employees or from their employers.

Use of Personal Data Collected

We use Personal Data transparently and in compliance with applicable law for legitimate business purposes, including the following:

  • Fulfillment of Requests. Adndmc may use Personal Data about you to deliver products and services to you and to provide you with information about products and services you’ve ordered. We will engage in these activities to manage our contractual relationship with you and to fulfill our contractual obligations.
  • We may distribute your submissions to third parties, as permitted pursuant to our Terms. When we distribute your submissions to third parties, we typically include your User ID, but we generally do not include your Personal Data unless you include your Personal Data in your submissions. However, there may be exceptions where your name and email address domain are shared with other members of the Site when you elect to participate in discussions with other members.
  • If you request that Adndmc contact another registered user on your behalf to discuss a submission, we will share your email address with another registered user so that such other use can reply directly to you.
  • If we display your submission, we may contact you at the request of other registered users who wish to discuss your submission with you. The decision of whether you wish to respond to another user will lie solely with you. Should you elect to respond to another user, your response will be transmitted outside of this Site; accordingly, this Privacy Notice will not apply to your response. If you respond to another user, that user may be able to identify you and you hereby agree to assume all risks associated therewith.
  • From time to time, in compliance with applicable laws, we may use Personal Data about you to inform you of products, programs, services, and promotions that we believe may be of interest to you. If your employer is an Adndmc customer, we may also inform you of such products, programs, services, and promotions using Personal Data about you that your employer provided to Adndmc. We may also use the Personal Data of media contacts for press release distribution or sharing other newsworthy developments related to our business activities. If you would prefer that we not send electronic marketing messages to you, please see the “Your Choices” section below.
  • Other Business Purposes. We may also use Personal Data about you for other business purposes, such as data analysis (for example, to improve the efficiency of our services), editorial and feedback purposes, providing customer support, customizing and improving the content and layout of the Site, completing business transactions (for example, to confirm content requested is received by customers), development and delivery of marketing and promotion plans and materials, statistical analysis of user behavior (for example, to understand what parts of the Site are of most interest to users), product development, receipt of services from you or your employer, conducting surveys and market research, and administering individual accounts. We use the names and professional contact details of employees of our service providers as part of executing and managing our contracts with them and paying their invoices.
  • Administrative Communications. Adndmc reserves the right to use Personal Data to send to you important information regarding the Site, products, services, your account status, the User Agreement, this Privacy Policy, or any other policies, agreements, or transactions relevant to your use of the Site, products and/or services. Because this information may be important to your use of the Site, products, and/or services, you may not opt out of receiving such communications. We will engage in this activity to manage our contractual relationship with you and/or to comply with a legal obligation.
  • Compliance with law and regulation. We may use Personal Data as necessary to comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements such as sales tax collection, audits, etc.
  • Enforcement. We may use the information we collect in connection with your use of the Site (including your Personal Data) in order to investigate, enforce, and apply our terms.
  • Adndmc’s uses. Personal Data for purposes compatible with those notified in this Privacy Policy and any other online or offline applicable privacy notice, and in accordance with applicable law. Where required by applicable law, we will only use Personal Data with your consent.

Collection and Use of Other Data

We and our service providers may also collect and use the following types of data, referred to in this Privacy Policy as “Other Data”:

  • Monitoring Data. Adndmc and its service providers may collect and/or track other information such as demographic information, domain names, computer type, browser types, screen resolution, and other statistical data involving the use of the Site (“Monitoring Data”). We use Monitoring Data to help us understand who uses the Site and to improve and market it, as well as our other websites and services.
    Unless combined with Personal Data, Monitoring Data does not personally identify you or any other user, and we may use it for any purpose.
  • Aggregated Data. We may aggregate Personal Data in a manner such that the end-product does not personally identify you or any other user of the Site, for example, by using the information to calculate the percentage of our users who have a particular telephone area code.  Such aggregate information may also be used for any purpose.
  • Cookies. To enhance the Internet experience on the Site, Adndmc and our service providers may use ‘cookies’ on the Site. Cookies are data that a web server transfers to an individual’s computer for recordkeeping and other purposes. We use cookies and other technologies to facilitate users’ ongoing access to and use of our Site. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allow you to automatically decline cookies, or to be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer of a particular cookie, or cookies from a particular web site, to your computer. If cookies are disabled, however, all features of the Site may not operate as intended. Information about disabling cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website.
  • The Site may have a Cookie Policy that applies to its use of cookies and other similar tracking technologies.  If it does, then the Cookie Policy will apply in addition to this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Personal Data Collected

We may disclose Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • Third-Party Service Providers. We may provide Personal Data to third-party service providers, who provide services to us, including but not limited to, data analysis, order fulfillment, payment processing, marketing automation, and other services. Our services providers have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by contract, and process Personal Data for purposes compatible with this Privacy Policy.
  • Third-Party Data Providers. If you subscribe to an Adndmc product or service that contains third-party data, we may be required to provide your Personal Data to the third party as part of our reporting obligations. We will only do so if a third-party data provider conditions your receipt of their data on knowing your identity.
  • Conferences and Events. When you attend a conference or event organized by Adndmc, your name and contact information may be shared with other attendees and co-hosts of the conference or event.
  • Promotions.  We may share the Personal Data you provide in connection with Promotions with third-party sponsors of such Promotions (irrespective of whether such Promotions are hosted by us), or otherwise in accordance with the rules applicable to those Promotions.
  • Assignment.  We may disclose or transfer any and all Personal Data that we collect to an affiliated entity or a third party (and their respective advisors) in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including without limitation in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
  • Law Enforcement; Emergencies; Compliance. We may use and disclose Personal Data about you to others as we believe to be appropriate: (a) in compliance with laws, rules, or regulations in any country in which Adndmc operates, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from government or public authorities, including government and public authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce our Terms of Use; (e) to protect our operations or those of any affiliated entities; (f) to protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of Adndmc’s, its affiliated entities, you, or others; and (g) to permit us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain. For example, we may, to the fullest extent the law allows, disclose Personal Data about you to law enforcement agencies to assist them in identifying individuals who have been or may be engaged in unlawful activities. Where we receive requests for Personal Data from a domestic or foreign government or public authorities, we will resist, narrow, or challenge such requests as appropriate and to the extent permitted by applicable law.

If you would like to receive more information on the third parties with whom we share your Personal Data, please contact us by using the information provided in the “Contact Us” section below.

Links

The Site may contain links to other Internet websites, including social media sites and third-party hosted collaboration tools. These linked sites are not under Adndmc’s control. We provide links only as a convenience, and Adndmc does not endorse or control and is not responsible for, the privacy practices or the content of these linked sites. If you provide any Personal Data through any third-party website or choose to communicate with us using third-party collaboration tools or other social media platforms, your transaction will occur on that third party’s website (not the Site) and the Personal Data you provide will be collected by and controlled by the privacy policy of, that third party. We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the privacy policies and practices of any such third parties. 

Security Measures

Adndmc has established appropriate organizational and technical measures, including external third-party audits for particular products and services, to protect Personal Data within our organization from loss, misuse, or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Adndmc has processes and procedures for suspected privacy breaches to notify regulators and affected individuals where required in accordance with applicable law. Adndmc requires applicable vendors that process Personal Data on its behalf to complete privacy and security assessments and be bound by contractual terms.

Data Integrity

Adndmc’s will use Personal Data only in ways that are compatible with the purposes for which it was collected, authorized by this Privacy Policy, or authorized by you. Adndmc will take reasonable steps to ensure that Personal Data is relevant to its intended use, and is accurate, complete, and current (as provided by you). Adndmc depends on you to update or correct your Personal Data whenever necessary.

Retention Period

We will retain Personal Data about you for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and consistent with applicable law.  The criteria used to determine our retention periods include: (i) the length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you; (ii) whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject; and (iii) whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations).

Use of this Site by Minors

This Site is not directed to individuals under the age of eighteen (18), and we request that these individuals do not provide Personal Data through this Site.