Privacy Policy
We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we have adopted this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy lets you know how and for what purposes your personal information is being collected, processed and used. We pledge that we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information will only be used in ways that are in compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is only in effect for the web pages, websites, including but not limited to the www.expertbizdev.com website, e-mail lists, collective non‑user-specific information and collective personal information collected and/or owned by Expert Business Development, LLC (collectively, “EBD”, “our” or “we”), as well as any online features, services and/or programs offered by EBD (collectively, the “Online Services”). Your use of the Online Services is also governed by Terms and Conditions.
We will make an effort to update this web page with any changes to this Privacy Policy and you are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy frequently (the date of the most recent revision to this Privacy Policy appears at the end of this Privacy Policy).
Use of Information
Information collected by EBD is used for four main purposes. First, we collect information to provide the Online Services. Second, we collect information to improve the Online Services by determining which of our areas, features and forums are most popular. Third, we may now or in the future collect information to personalize the experience of the users of the Online Services. Finally, we collect information to communicate with you and to inform you about EBD’s services.
Other than to allow you to use our services such as ELMS and to send you information about EBD’s services, EBD does not use its user’s email address or other personally identifiable information for commercial or marketing purposes without your consent. That being said, EBD may use your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes.
Additional Ways that Information is Collected
Browser Log Files
Our servers automatically log each user of the Online Services and collect and record certain information about each user. This information includes or may include your “Internet Protocol”, or IP, address, browser language, browser type, operating system, domain names, browsing history (including time spent at a domain, time and date of your visit), referring/exit web pages and URLs, and the number of clicks. The domain name and IP address reveal nothing personal about the user other than the IP address from which the user has accessed the Online Services. We may use this information to examine our traffic in the aggregate but do not collect and evaluate this information for individuals.
Cookies
From time to time, EBD may send a “cookie” to your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your Internet browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. A cookie, by itself, cannot read data from your hard disk or read cookie files already on your computer. A cookie, by itself, does not damage your system. We may use cookies to identify and keep track of, among other things, those areas of the Online Services that you have visited in the. You can choose whether or not to accept cookies by changing the settings of your Internet browser, but your ability to use the Online Services may be impaired or prohibited.
When EBD Discloses Information
In addition to the other times or occasions on which we might disclose information about users of the Online Services, we might also disclose information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with a legal process and applicable laws; (b) enforce this Privacy Policy; (c) respond to claims that any materials, documents, images, graphics, logos, designs, audio, video and any other information provided from or on the Online Services violates the rights of third parties; or (d) protect the rights, property or personal safety of EBD, its users or the public.
We use reasonable precautions to keep the information that is disclosed to us secure. We provide personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other businesses or persons for the purpose of processing such information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information in compliance with our Privacy Policy, and we use reasonable efforts to limit their use of such information and to use other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
EBD does not use its users’ email addresses or other personally identifiable information for commercial or marketing purposes without your consent.
We may share non-personally identifiable information (such as anonymous user usage data, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with third parties to demonstrate the usage patterns for EBD’s content, functionality and/or services on the Online Services.
We also reserve the right to disclose personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information in connection with the enforcement of our Terms of Use, take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity of the Online Services, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of EBD, our users or others.
We reserve the right to transfer your personally identifiable information, as well as any other information, in connection with the sale or other disposition of all or part of the EBD business and/or assets. We also cannot make any representations regarding the use or transfer of your personally identifiable information or other information that we may have in the event of our bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or an assignment for the benefit of creditors. Furthermore, we cannot and will not be responsible for any breach of security by any third parties or for any actions of any third parties (including other users of the Online Services) that receive any of the information that is disclosed to us. The Online Services may link to a wide variety of other websites and the Online Services may contain advertisements of third parties. We are not and cannot be responsible for the privacy policies of those websites of third parties or how they treat information about their users.
Information From Children
The Online Services are not intended or designed to attract children under the age of thirteen (13). We do not collect personally identifiable data from any person that we know to be under the age of thirteen (13). You affirm that you are either more than 18 years of age, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian consent, and are fully able and competent to enter into the terms, conditions, obligations, affirmations, representations, and warranties set forth in this Privacy Policy, and to abide by and comply with this Privacy Policy. In any case, you affirm that you are over the age of 13, as THE ONLINE SERVICES ARE NOT INTENDED FOR CHILDREN UNDER 13 THAT ARE UNACCOMPANIED BY HIS OR HER PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN.
Parents should be aware that EBD’s Privacy Policy will govern our use of personal data, but also that information that is voluntarily given by children – or others – in e-mail exchanges, bulletin boards or the like may be used by other parties to generate unsolicited communications. EBD encourages all parents to instruct their children in the safe and responsible use of their personal data while using the Internet.
Privacy Outside the Online Services
The Online Services may contain various links to other websites, including links to various third party service providers. EBD is not and cannot be responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any of those other websites. Other than under agreements with certain reputable organizations and companies, and except for third party service providers whose services you voluntarily elect to utilize, we do not share any of the personal information that you provide to us with any of the websites to which the Online Services links, although we may share aggregate, non-personally identifiable data with those other websites. Please check with those websites in order to determine their privacy policies and your rights under them.
Choices With Your Personal Information
Whether you submit personally identifiable information to EBD is entirely up to you. You may decide not to submit personally identifiable information through the Online Services, in which case EBD may not be able to provide certain services to you. Please note that any information that you post, upload, or transmit to EBD and/or the Online Services cannot be removed and remain subject to our Terms of Use.
If you have additional questions or comments, please send an email to info@expertbizdev.com