Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 21, 2021
Copia PowerTM (“Copia,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) has created this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) to explain how we collect, use, and disclose certain information on website, www.copiapower.com (the “Site”).
In order to fully understand your rights, we encourage you to read this Policy as well as our Terms of Use.
I. Information We Collect
In general, we collect certain information, including some personal information, from you when you use our Site and interact with us. When we use the term “personal information,” we mean information that we directly associate with a specific person, or that can reasonably be used to identify a specific person, such as a name, address, telephone number, email address, or username. We may collect some information that is voluntarily provided by you and other information that is collected by our Site automatically.
a. Information You Provide to Us
Through your use of our Site and interactions with us, you may provide us with the following personal information:
· name
· contact information (for example an email address, mailing address, or phone number)
· event or program registration information (such as the attendee’s name, email address, company, affiliation with Copia, or mailing address)
· any other information you submit to us
b. Information We Collect Automatically
When you visit our Site, certain information about your visit is automatically collected, which may include information about your:
· browser type
· mobile device type
· language
· referring site
· IP address
· geographic data, as described below
We may also collect information about your location when you access or use our Site. This could include information regarding your general location using your IP address. Please keep in mind that if you access or use our Site from a mobile device, we may gather more precise geolocation information from your mobile device. You can disable geolocation services in the settings on your mobile device.
We may collect this information from our use of cookies or similar tools, as described in Section II(a) below.
c. Social Media
If you choose to access, visit, and/or use any third-party social networking service(s) that might be integrated with our Site, we may receive personal information about you from those services. To make sure you are comfortable with the personal information third-party social networking services may make available to us, visit those services’ privacy policies and/or modify your privacy settings directly with those services.
II. Use of “Cookies” and Other Similar Tools
a. How We Use Cookies
Like many websites, our Site may use cookies and similar tools (collectively, “cookies”) to enhance your experience while using our Site. Cookies are pieces of information that some websites store on a visitor’s computer or mobile device that are used to collect information. Use of cookies makes browsing easier by performing certain functions such as saving your passwords, personal preferences regarding your use of the particular website, and ensuring that you don’t see the same ad repeatedly. Some of these cookies are necessary for our Site to function. Other cookies allow us to collect information about browsing activities to help us analyze trends, track users’ movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order to improve our Site and deliver customized content.
Specifically, our Site use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors to our Site are using copiapower.com. This tool can also tell us which websites linked users to our Site, when they visited, and whether they have visited our Site before. To find out more about how Google Analytics collects and processes data, please click here.
We will occasionally share this information collected through cookies with third parties. For more information about this, see Section IV below.
b. How to Control Cookies
Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive them, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our Site will not function properly when you view them.
If you would like to opt out of Google Analytics, please follow the instructions provided at this link Google Analytics Opt-out
III. How We Use the Information We Collect
We use information collected about you to:
· communicate with you and respond to your questions
· enable you to register for events
· administer assistance to you when requested
· maintain the security and integrity of our systems
· notify you of particular services or new features provided by our Site
· facilitate registration and applications for programs and courses
· personalize or enhance your use of our Site
· provide you with information that you request from Copia
· facilitate your participation in commenting on articles on our Site
· conduct user polls or surveys
· monitor user traffic patterns, profiles, and site usage to assist in the marketing, planning, development, and design of our Site
· perform any other service which you authorize and give consent for
We will also use your information as otherwise permitted or required by applicable laws, rules, or regulations, or the Terms of Use applicable to our Site.
IV. With Whom We May Share Your Information
We may engage third-party vendors or service providers to help us develop, operate, and improve Copia, including entities who help us maintain and operate our Site. We may provide these vendors and service providers with information about our users. We may provide third parties statistics and other aggregate information regarding users of our Site. Additionally, Copia may allow a vendor or service provider to use certain information about online activity for general improvement or benchmarking purposes. Copia may occasionally share user information with Copia’s partners. See Section VII below for more detail.
Copia may release personal information of users of our Site when it believes in good faith that such release is required by law, requested by subpoena or court order, and/or necessary to assist in discovery of valid legal claims. Additionally, in the event of a corporate restructuring (such as a sale, merger, or other asset transfer), we may share your personal information with a third party.
V. Email Policy
Copia regularly sends emails to our members and registered users with information about events and features. You may update your email preferences or unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every email.
VI. Children Under 18 Years of Age
This site does not target children under the age of 18. Copia does not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 18. If a minor has submitted personal information to Copia, we will delete such information upon written request from a parent or guardian.
VII. Other Websites and Third Parties
Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another website for which Copia has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on all such sites as their policies may be different than ours.
Copia may occasionally shares its address lists with companies and organizations not affiliated with Copia. If at any time you do not wish to have such information provided to other companies or organizations, or you do not wish to receive any further information or contact from Copia, you may notify us at info@copiapower.com.
VIII. Information Security
Copia has taken certain steps to try and keep it’s data secure. However, no online system is completely safe, and we cannot guarantee the privacy or security of the data you provide to us.
IX. Visitors Outside the United States
We are located and operate in the United States. If you are located in another jurisdiction, please be aware that information you provide to us will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States. Data protection laws in the United States may be different from those of your country of residence. By using our Site or services or providing us with any information, you consent to this transfer, processing, and storage of your information in the United States.
X. Changes to This Policy
Copia reserves the right at any time to change this Policy by posting such changes on our Site. Any such change will be effective immediately upon posting, and applies to all information we have already collected or later collect from or about you. Please check back often to review any changes to this Policy.
XI. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Policy, the practices of our Site, or your dealings with our Site, please contact us at info@copiapower.com. We request that when you contact us via email, you use the subject line: “Privacy Policy.”