Privacy Policy

Effective as of October 1, 2022

Vanbridge, an EPIC company (“Vanbridge”) is committed to respecting the privacy rights of its clients, visitors and other users of this website. This Website Privacy Policy was created to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy. Our information practices for this website are described below.

Consent

In this Privacy Policy, we describe what information we collect when an individual uses, receives or has access to our website, and how we protect that information, with whom we share it and what privacy options are available to each individual.

By using the website, you consent to our collection and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Scope

This Website Privacy Policy applies solely to the website located at www.vanbridge.com (Site). It does not apply to any subsites or third-party sites that might be linked to, or accessible from the Site.

This Privacy Policy does not address the information practices of any third party, unless as specified otherwise.

Changes

Our Privacy Policy will always indicate the date when it was last changed. We encourage you to visit this page regularly to be aware of our current terms.

We may modify or supplement this Privacy Policy from time to time because we may change our offering and/or data handling practices, or because new laws have been enacted.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated Privacy Policy here, along with its effective date, and notify users as required by applicable law. You should review this page regularly to look for changes in this Website Privacy Policy.

Your continued use of this website after we have posted changes to this Privacy Policy on this page with a new effective date will indicate that you agree to be bound by such changes.

Links to Third-Party Websites

This website may contain links to other websites. Vanbridge does not control the content or privacy policies of such third-party websites or the privacy policies of such third parties. Vanbridge accepts no responsibility or liability for privacy or other issues related to the collection or use of your information by such other websites or third parties.

We urge you to be aware when you leave our website, and to read the privacy statements of each website on which you land after you click on a link or social networking button located on our website.

The inclusion of a link to a third party’s website or service does not imply endorsement of the third party’s data handling practices and does not imply that their practices are covered by this Privacy Policy.

Security

We seek to use reasonable technical, organizational, and administrative measures to protect data collected through this website against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage. We believe that these measures are reasonably adapted to the nature of the information in our custody. However, because no security system can be 100 percent effective, we cannot guarantee the security of any information we may have collected from or about our users.

When the circumstances require, we use encryption technology (data scrambling) and authentication tools to protect information that you may provide through our website. In addition, our employees are instructed that such information is to be used only in accordance with the principles of this Website Privacy Policy, or other information security policies and procedures we may adopt from time to time, and the laws applicable to each specific business.

We will not ask you for any information such as your Social Security number or a bank or credit card account number, through the Site. If you need to send us confidential information and are concerned about the security of the Site, then you should consider sending it via another secure connection or method.

If you believe that your interaction with our website is no longer secure, please immediately notify us of the problem in our contact us section.

Information We Collect

Information We Collect Directly

When you visit the Vanbridge website, your browser automatically provides, and we automatically collect and store, certain information about your device (computer, tablet, smart phone) and your activities. This includes:

Preferences and settings: time zone, language and character size
Identifiers: computer IP address; unique mobile device identifier
Technical information: type of device, operating system or platform (Mac, Windows), browser information (type, version)
Connection: Internet provider or mobile carrier name, connection speed and connection type; Internet service provider (ISP)
URL of the last Web page visited before visiting our Service; exit page
Information about your use of the website: data stamp, pages viewed, time spent on a page, click through, clickstream data, queries made, search results selected, history, comments made
Location: general geographic location

Information You Provide to Us

In some circumstances, you may elect to provide us with some information.

This is the case when we invite users to register, such as to obtain information about an event. In this case, users generally provide their names, email addresses, phone numbers or other contact or personal information. In some cases (e.g., surveys), participation is voluntary. In other cases (e.g., if you want to register to receive information or attend an event), some specific information about you may be required.

Certain features available on the website may require you to submit some personal information in order for those features to function as designed. This is the case, for example, when setting passwords.

How We Collect Information

We (and our service providers) collect information in a variety of ways:

Through the website
Through our emails and other electronic communications
Through your browser or device, cookies or similar technologies

Use of Information

We use the information collected from our users or from the user’s device.

Respond to questions and other requests for information made through the website
Send communications that an individual has requested or that may be of interest to that individual, in accordance with the individual’s preferences
Keep record of contact information, and correspondence
Provide services, such as webinars and other events
Remember the user’s preferences (e.g., language, font size), when using our website
Remember the user’s interests (e.g., the type of webinars attended)
Administer our website, diagnose technical problems and otherwise manage our business
Facilitate the user’s use of the website
Allow the user to navigate or browse through our website quickly and efficiently
Improve user experience, such as by personalizing content to the user’s preferences or interests or by expediting the processing and completion of a transaction
Perform data analysis, audit, fraud monitoring and prevention, enhancing, improving or modifying our website, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and operating and expanding our business activities
Perform other functions as otherwise described at the time of collection

Sharing and Disclosure of Information

We share user information with the following entities or in the following circumstances:

Service providers – We share information with our service providers, suppliers, subcontractors and similar third parties who provide services to us or act on our behalf so that they can assist us with the provision, upkeep and maintenance of the website and other related activities, such as the organization of webinars, email delivery or auditing, or with the selection of applicants to job openings at our company. We require these service providers to refrain from using or sharing with others, for other purposes than as directed by us, the information that we provide to them, or that they collect directly from our users.
Analytics – We use automated tools and applications, such as Google Analytics, to evaluate use of our website. These third-party services use cookies and other tracking technologies to perform their services.
Affiliates – We share information with entities that are under common ownership or control of our parent company (“affiliates”) for the purposes described in the Privacy Policy. Subject to local requirements, this information may be used to provide legal and related services offered by our affiliates and for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Sale, merger, and corporate reorganization – We may transfer users’ information to a third party in case of the reorganization, sale, merger, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, asset or stocks, including in the event of corporate restructuring of our company or its affiliated entities.
Social networks – Your information may be disclosed to anyone to whom you send a message through this website (e.g., when you forward an article). You may disclose it when you post or transmit information or material through our social networking buttons (e.g., a LinkedIn button). Please note that any information that you post or disclose through these social networking services may be available to us, or to other users of that service or the public. We urge you to be careful when using these features.

Advertising Partners

We do not partner with any third-party ad servers or ad networks.

Compliance and Legal Requirements

There may be times when we use, share or disclose information about our users in order to comply with applicable laws or to address legal concerns or liabilities, especially in the following cases:

Compliance with applicable laws – When we believe it is necessary or appropriate under applicable laws, including laws outside your country of residence, or to comply with legal process.
Fraud prevention and protection of legal rights – When we believe it is necessary to enforce our terms and conditions; to investigate, prevent or respond to suspected illegal or fraudulent activity; to protect the safety, rights or property of our company, and those of its affiliates, users or others; or to exercise or protect legal rights or defend against legal claims; to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
Government authorities – If law enforcement authorities, courts or regulators, or other public or government authorities with appropriate jurisdiction – including public and government authorities outside your country of residence – request that we provide user information, and such request is made using the method required by law in the applicable jurisdiction, such as a search warrant, subpoena or a court order, and we believe that such request is facially valid, we will provide any information we have about a user that responds to such request.

Cookies and Web Beacons

We use cookies to recognize your device and browser. The next time you visit our website, we may use information stored in your cookie file to facilitate your use of our website. For example, we may use your cookie file to store a password so that you do not have to input it every time you move to a different section of a password-protected portion of our website. A cookie does not tell us your individual identity unless you have chosen to provide it to us.

Most cookies expire after a defined period, or you can delete your cookie file at any time you choose. In addition, you can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie so that you can decide whether to accept or reject it. Please note that these actions apply to a specific browser.

You can always choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings on your browser. Most browsers contain information on how to control or delete cookies. These settings will typically be found in the “Options” or “Preferences” menu of a browser. If you choose to delete or disable cookies, your experience at our website may be diminished and some features may not work as they were intended.

We use Web beacons. A Web beacon can help us track your activity on the website, such as which page you are viewing or how long you are staying on that page. Some technologies will notify you of the presence of Web beacons, but browsers typically do not notify you of them.

Third Parties’ Cookies and Beacons

Third parties’ cookies and beacons are used for functionality, performance and analytic purposes. These cookies and beacons collect and store automatically information about a user’s computer or mobile device, and the use of the Service. This information is used in aggregate form only.

The practices of these third parties are subject to the third parties’ privacy policies, over which we have no control. We encourage you to read their privacy policies.

Minors

Children under 18 are welcome to browse through our website but should not contact us except through their parents or guardians. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under 18. If we become aware that an individual submitting information is under 18, we will attempt to delete the information as soon as possible.

Social Media

You may find additional information on our products and services through our social media websites, such as LinkedIn and Twitter. These websites have their own privacy policies and data handling practices, which are different from ours.

Please take the time to review these policies before disclosing or posting information on or through these websites or any button that links to these websites.

Please keep in mind that any information you share on social media websites, interactive forums, message boards or chat rooms may become public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose or share your personal information.

Users’ Rights

Do Not Track

Some browsers give individuals the ability to communicate that they wish not to be tracked while browsing on the Internet. The “Do Not Track” feature of these browsers sends a signal that informs operators of services online that the user does not want certain information about their online activities to be collected over time and across websites or online services.

The Internet industry has not yet agreed on a definition of what “Do Not Track” means, how compliance with “Do Not Track” would be measured or evaluated, or a common approach to responding to a “Do Not Track” signal. Consequently, due to the lack of guidance, we have not yet developed features that would recognize or respond to browser initiated “Do Not Track” signals.

Special Notice for California Users

California law requires that we inform California residents who have provided us with personal information that is primarily used for personal, family or household purposes that they may request that we provide information about our disclosures of certain categories of personal information to third parties for such third parties’ direct marketing purposes.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our website privacy policy and agree to its terms

How to Contact Us

Vanbridge welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy and our personal information handling practices.

Vanbridge, an EPIC company
1140 Avenue of the Americas, 8^th FL
New York, NY 10036
[email protected]
646.572.9350

Effective as of October 1, 2022