This Privacy Notice explains the information Boardroom Insiders (“Boardroom Insiders”, “we,” “us”, or “our”) collects from you, how we use this information, with whom we share it, and the choices you have in connection with this.
Boardroom Insiders collects personal information, which is information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you.
Boardroom Insiders collects personal information from individuals who interact with our websites, users of our membership platform and executives who are featured in our platform. This described below:
As a visitor to our website, we collect personal information from you when you:
In our processing of your personal information identified in this section, we will also use this personal information if necessary to defend our rights and the rights of others, to efficiently maintain our business, to comply with the law, and for other limited circumstances as described in HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION.
As a Boardroom Insiders subscriber, we collect personal information from you when you create your account. To create your account, we will collect your personal identifiers (name, email address, telephone number) and company information (company name and title) and your payment information (payment card number, CVV, and expiration date). Your payment information is collected and processed directly by our third-party payment processor. Once your account is created, we will also store your password.
We use this personal information to create and manage your account, to provide our services, to process your payment, to communicate with you, and to provide you with marketing communications we feel may be of interest to you on Boardroom Insiders promotions and opportunities. In our processing of your personal information identified in this section, we will also use the personal information if necessary to defend our rights and the rights of others, to efficiently maintain our business, to improve our services, to comply with the law, and for other limited circumstances as described in HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION.
Boardroom Insiders provides in-depth research on executive-level decision makers who lead publicly-traded companies as well as private and public sector enterprises. To provide these services, Boardroom Insiders creates and maintains its Executive Profile Database Product. The Executive Profile Database Product compiles the following information on executives from publicly available sources (including publicly available websites and earnings calls published interviews, and public earnings calls): personal identifiers (name, title, company, business email address, business telephone number, and social media links) and previously published quotes from interviews, articles and corporate earnings call and Analyst Day transcripts. We use this personal information to provide the Executive Profile Database Product to our customers. This information is not collected via scraping or automated means.
When compiling information from sources to produce an executive profile we analyze publicly available information, make determinations as to their relevance and impact to the executive’s career and incorporate them into the relevant profile. If you wish to remove information, correct inaccurate information, or dispute any of the determinations in the profile, please contact us at privacy@boardroominsiders.com.
We may also collect information from our website visitors and subscribers automatically as they use the Boardroom Insiders website. This information includes the following internet or other electronic network activity information:
To collect this information, we use cookies and other tracking technologies. Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your browser to your device. Cookies can be persistent (cookies that remain on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them) or session (cookies that are deleted as soon as you close your browser). When you use the website, we and our third-party providers may place a number of cookies on your device. These cookies include:
Particular third-party cookies on our website to note:
For featured executives, we will share the information within our platform as described above.
For subscribers: Most subscribers are provided access to our website through a company license agreement executed by their employer. Per your employer’s request, we may share your account information as well as information regarding your engagement with the platform (which profiles you viewed) with one or more users of such employer’s account (i.e. your coworkers). If you have questions or concerns regarding the rights of other individuals in your company to access your information, you should raise those concerns with the appropriate person at your company.
Additional sharing that applies to your information as a website visitor, subscriber, or featured executives, is described below:
With service providers. We share personal information with third-party service providers that perform functions on our behalf and help us to administer our website and the services offered thereon. These service providers include our communication vendor, hosting vendor, website development, research, analytics provider, and marketing provider.
In the event of a corporate reorganization. In the event that we enter into, or intend to enter into, a transaction that alters the structure of our business, such as a reorganization, merger, acquisition, sale, joint venture, assignment, consolidation, transfer, change of control, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock, we would share personal information with third parties, including the buyer or target (and their agents and advisors) for the purpose of facilitating and completing the transaction. We would share personal information with third parties if we undergo bankruptcy or liquidation, in the course of such proceedings.
For legal purposes. We will share personal information where we are legally required to do so, such as in response to court orders, law enforcement or legal processes; to establish, protect, or exercise our legal rights or contractual obligations; to defend against legal claims or demands; to comply with the requirements of any applicable law; or to detect, investigate, prevent, or take action against illegal activities, fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the rights, property, or personal safety of any person
With your consent. Apart from the reasons identified above, we may request your permission to share your personal information for a specific purpose. We will notify you and request consent before you provide the personal information or before the personal information you have already provided is shared for such purpose. You may revoke your consent at any time.
For a Business Purpose. In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business purpose with the following categories of third parties:
For a Sale. In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have provided access to the personal identifiers of the executives featured on our platform to our paying subscribers. Executives can opt-out of this sharing by requesting removal of their profile on our website at any time by submitting a request through our interactive webform or by emailing privacy@boardroominsiders.com. Boardroom Insiders will comply with an executive’s request within two (2) business days.
You have the following rights with respect to how we use your information:
To exercise your right to access or delete your personal information, you may submit a request via our interactive webform or via email at privacy@boardroominsiders.com.
For requests submitted via telephone or email, you must provide us with sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected the personal information and describe your request with sufficient detail to allow us to properly evaluate and respond to it. If we are not able to verify your identity for access and deletion requests with the information provided, we may ask you for additional pieces of information.
Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State (for California residents) that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a request related to your personal information. If you are an authorized agent making a request on behalf of another individual, you must provide us with signed documentation that you are authorized to act on behalf of that individual.
Google Analytics. To prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics, you can download the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Cookies. All session cookies expire after you close your browser. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your browser’s directions. To find out how to see what cookies have been set on your device, and how to reject and delete the cookies, please visit: https://www.aboutcookies.org/. Please note that each browser is different. For information on reviewing or deleting cookies from specific browsers, click on the appropriate browser: Firefox, Firefox IOS, Firefox Android, Safari, Safari Mobile, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Opera. To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website. If you reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent, some features of our website may not function properly. If you choose to opt-out, we will place an "opt-out cookie" on your computer. The "opt-out cookie" is browser and device specific and only lasts until cookies are cleared from your browser or device. The opt-out cookie will not work for necessary cookies. If the cookie is removed or deleted, if you upgrade your browser or if you visit us from a different computer, you will need to return and update your preferences.
Email Tracking. You can disable the email tracking by disabling the display of images by default. You can revoke your consent and opt-out of such email communications at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of each email.
Marketing Communications. You can opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us by clicking the “unsubscribe” link provided in each communication. Please note we will continue to send you notifications necessary to the website, your account, and any assistance you request.
If you are a consumer in the State of Nevada, you may request to opt-out of the current or future sale of certain of your personal information. We do not currently sell any of your personal information under Nevada law, nor do we plan to do so in the future. If you have any questions regarding our data privacy practices, or would like to opt-out of the future sale of your personal information, please contact us at privacy@boardroominsiders.com.
Boardroom Insiders stores and processes your personal information, which it collected from publicly available websites, on servers located in the United States. Boardroom Insiders abides by the principles of the Privacy Shield Framework set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information. Boardroom Insiders does not rely on the Privacy Shield Framework as a transfer mechanism.
You can request deletion of your account by contacting us at privacy@boardroominsiders.com.
We will retain your personal information until the earlier of (i) the information is no longer necessary to accomplish the purpose for which it was provided; or (ii) we delete your information pursuant to your request. We retain your personal information for longer periods for specific purposes to the extent that we are obliged to do so in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and/or as necessary to protect our legal rights or for certain business requirements.
For executives profiled in our platform, we will retain your profile on our platform until you ask us to remove it or we otherwise make a determination not to include it anymore.
Even if you delete your account or personal information, please keep in mind that the deletion by our third-party providers may not be immediate and that the deleted information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time.
Although Boardroom Insiders does not rely on the Privacy Shield Framework as a cross-border transfer mechanism, as an entity certified under the Privacy Shield, Boardroom Insiders abides by the Privacy Shield principles as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred to the United States. Boardroom Insiders has certified that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles with respect to such personal information. If there is any conflict between the policies in this privacy policy and data subject rights under the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification page, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/.
With respect to personal information received, processed, or transferred pursuant to the Privacy Shield, Boardroom Insiders is subject to the investigatory end enforcement powers of the Federal Trade Commission. If we become subject to an FTC or court order based on non-compliance, Boardroom Insiders will make public any relevant Privacy Shield-related sections of any compliance or assessment report submitted to the FTC, to the extent consistent with confidentiality requirements.
Pursuant to the Privacy Shield Frameworks, individuals in the EU have the right to obtain our confirmation of whether we maintain personal information relating to them in the United States. Upon request, we will provide you with access to the personal information that we hold about you. You may also correct, amend, or delete the personal information we hold about you. An individual who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, or delete inaccurate data transferred to the United States under Privacy Shield, should direct their query to privacy@boardroominsiders.com. If requested to remove personal information, we will respond within a reasonable timeframe.
We will provide an individual opt-out choice, or opt-in for sensitive data, before we share your personal information with third parties other than our agents, or before we use it for a purpose other than which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized. To request to limit the use and disclosure of your personal information, please submit a written request to privacy@boardroominsiders.com.
In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. Please see HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION for more information.
Boardroom Insiders’ accountability for personal information that it receives in the United States under the Privacy Shield and subsequently transfers to a third party is described in the Privacy Shield Principles. In particular, Boardroom Insiders remains responsible and liable under the Privacy Shield Principles if third-party agents that it engages to process the personal information on its behalf do so in a manner inconsistent with the Privacy Shield Principles, unless Boardroom Insiders proves that it is not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.
In compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, Boardroom Insiders commits to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your personal information transferred to the United States pursuant to Privacy Shield. EU individuals with Privacy Shield inquiries or complaints should first contact Boardroom Insiders at privacy@boardroominsiders.com.
Boardroom Insiders has further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the Privacy Shield Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, the BBB EU PRIVACY SHIELD, operated by the Council of Better Business Bureaus. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please visit www.bbb.org/EU-privacy-shield/for-eu-consumers for more information and to file a complaint. This service is provided free of charge to you.
If your Privacy Shield complaint cannot be resolved through the above channels, under certain conditions, you may invoke binding arbitration for some residual claims not resolved by other redress mechanisms. See Privacy Shield Annex 1 at https://www.privacyshield.gov/article?id=ANNEX-I-introduction.
We do not support Do Not Track (DNT). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.
The Services are not intended for individuals under the age of eighteen (18). If we learn that we have collected or received personal information from individuals under the age of eighteen (18), we will delete the personal information. If you believe we have personal information on individuals under the age of eighteen (18), please contact us at the contact information provided below.
We implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices to protect the personal information we collect from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure. These security measures include encryption, access controls, and backup procedures. However, no security measure or modality of data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure and we are unable to guarantee the absolute security of the personal information we have collected from you.
From time to time, we may amend this Privacy Notice. We will post the changes to this page, and will indicate the date the changes go into effect. We encourage you to review our Privacy Notice to stay informed. If we make changes that materially affect your privacy rights, we will notify you via prominent posting on our Website.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or our information practices, please contact us at privacy@boardroominsiders.com.
Last modified on September 11, 2020
Boardroom Insiders’ Suite of Tools Help You Close Bigger Deals, FASTER. Yes, It’s That Simple.
Stay ahead with industry news, lists and valuable content delivered right to your inbox.
© 2020 Boardroom Insiders Privacy Policy