Privacy Policy

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING ANY PART OF THE WEBSITE

1. OVERVIEW.

The Sage Group representing Marketers that Matter™ (the “Company”) recognizes and respects the privacy of users of the Website. The following privacy policy, as modified from time to time by us as described below, (the “Policy”) tells you about the information that the Company collects through the Website, how we use that information and how you can opt out of certain uses of information we may collect. If you access the Website you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this Policy, as modified from time to time by us.

2. EFFECTIVE DATE AND UPDATES.

The Company reserves the right to make changes to this Policy at any time, and will post any revised Policy on this page. The Company will not notify its Website visitors or customers of any such changes by e-mail or other personal contact. Please note that this Policy applies to all information collected online by the Company.

3. INFORMATION THE COMPANY MAY COLLECT ABOUT YOU.

We collect the following types of information on the Website:

Personal Information is information that is used by the Company to identify you individually, such as your name and address.

Aggregate Information is information that does not contain Personal Information or from which Personal Information has been removed. An example of Aggregate Information is information about use of the Website, such as pages visited on the Website.

The actual information we collect from you depends on the services you use on the Website. The following is a more detailed explanation of some of the types and uses of information we collect.

Email Services.

If you provide us with your email address and opt in to any email notification features that the Company may now have or may develop in the future, you may receive emails from time to time from the Company. Surveys. From time to time, we may collect information through online surveys, questionnaires or information requests on the Website. These surveys may request demographic information (such as age range, gender, areas of interest) and customer feedback. Participation in such surveys, questionnaires or information requests is voluntary and with each request you will have the choice of whether or not to disclose information. We may use such survey information to analyze the Website and to improve users’ overall experience on the Website.

Administrative Purposes.

We may collect and use information that identifies you personally when you Apply or Nominate through the Website for a Marketers that Matter™ award. For example, if you Nominate someone for an award, we will use the information you provide to respond to you and the nominee. We also may collect and use your information to contact you when necessary for other administrative purposes.

APPLY.

When you submit an application, we need to know your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, URL, company, title, and credit card information (if applicable). This allows us to process and fulfill your order and to notify you if you are honored for an award.

BY SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THE COMPANY, YOU AGREE THAT THE SAGE GROUP MAY COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND YOU CONSENT TO THE USE, DISCLOSURE AND TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND AS PERMITTED OR REQUIRED BY LAW.

Subject to legal and contractual requirements, you may refuse or withdraw your consent to certain of the identified purposes at any time by contacting info@marketersthatmatter.com. If you refuse or withdraw your consent, you acknowledge that the company may not be able to provide you or continue to provide you with certain services or information which may be of value to you.

4. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL AND AGGREGATE INFORMATION.

Legal Requirements. We may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law or if we believe that such action is reasonably necessary to: (a) conform with the law, respond to claims or comply with legal process served on the Company or the Website; or (b) protect and defend our rights or property, including the Website, our employees, guests or the public.

Aggregate Information: The Company collects “Aggregate Information” about you and your use of the Website whenever you visit the Company online. For instance, the Company may collect various forms of “click stream” information such as entry and exit points for our Website (i.e., referring URLs or domains), site traffic statistics, page views, impressions, and operating system and browser type. In addition, when users request pages on the Website, the Company’s servers automatically log the users IP address. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web. The Company may collect, compile, store, publish, promote, report, sell, or otherwise disclose or use any and all Aggregate Information. However, if the Company correlates any Aggregate Information to you, such information will be treated like Personal Information under this Policy.

5. COOKIES.

The Company may make use of “cookies” on the Website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on a user’s computer by a web server based on the permissions set in a user’s browser software. A cookie itself is not designed or intended to read any information from a user’s computer (other than the contents of the cookie); rather, it is an identifier used by the website that originally placed it on your hard drive. The actual contents of the cookie information can be retrieved by the same server to identify the computer and subsequently to customize, monitor, or regulate the use of a site based on information stored in the cookie and the host server. Therefore, cookies only identify the user’s computer to the website that may correlate other information, including personal information, with the cookie. Cookies allow the Company to automate access and data entry functions of the Website such as login information, tailor the Website to your preferences or interests, or customize promotions or marketing. In addition, cookies allow us to track usage of the Website to determine which areas are useful or popular and which are not, thereby enabling us to improve and update the Website effectively. In addition, we may use third party advertising companies to display advertisements on our Website. As part of their service, they may place separate cookies on your computer. We have no access to or control over these cookies. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by our Website only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertiser. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you may be able to modify your browser settings to decline cookies. Please note that if you decline or delete these cookies, some parts of the Website may not work properly.

6. OTHER TRACKING DEVICES.

We may use other industry standard technologies like pixel tags and web beacons to track your use of our Website pages and promotions, or we may allow our third party service providers to use these devices on our behalf. Pixel tags and web beacons are tiny graphic images placed on certain pages on our Website, or in our emails that allow us to determine whether you have performed a specific action. When you access these pages or open or click an email, pixel tags and web beacons generate a Non-Personally Identifiable notice of that action. Pixel tags allow us to measure and improve our understanding of visitor traffic and behavior on our Website, as well as give us a way to measure our promotions and performance. We may also utilize pixel tags and web beacons provided by our affiliates and/or marketing partners for the same purposes.

7. SECURITY.

The Company uses reasonable efforts to store and maintain Personal Information to protect it from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction by any unauthorized party. We store no financial information or social security information on the Website. We make reasonable efforts to attempt to prevent the unauthorized access of our systems containing personal data.

8. BREACH OF SECURITY.

In the event of a breach of our information system security that may compromise your Personal Information, we will promptly notify you of such breach at the e-mail address that we have on file for you. We reserve the right to reasonably delay such notification as may reasonably be necessary as part of any internal investigation or law enforcement efforts related to such breach. To respect the privacy of children and to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy and Protection Act, we do not collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13.

9. OUTSIDE LINKS.

While on the Website, you may be referred to web sites other than the Company’s Website. A link from the Website to such a third party website does not imply endorsement of that site nor any ability to control that site’s privacy practices. Be aware that third party websites may collect data and personal information and operate according to their own privacy practices. Therefore, you should carefully review the privacy policies of third party websites before submitting any Personal Information to them.

10. OPTING OUT, REMOVAL OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CONTACTING US.

Any time your provide us with Personal Information, the Website provides you the opportunity to opt out of receiving further communications from us. To opt out of receiving further communications or to unsubscribe from any specific email service, email a request to info@marketersthatmatter.com. If you have questions or concerns about this Policy, or the accuracy of any Personal Information we hold about you, please contact us at info@marketersthatmatter.com. You may request removal of your Personal Information from our system(s) by contacting info@marketersthatmatter.com. We will comply with your request except to the extent we are required to maintain your information in accordance with our document retention policies or applicable laws or regulations. If at any time you feel that the Company has not adhered to this policy, email us at info@marketersthatmatter.com. We will do our best to respond promptly to your concerns.

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