GeoSapient Privacy Statement
Revised 09 January 2021
GeoSapient, Inc. (“GeoSapient”) values the privacy of those who visit our websites and register for our software, services, and events.
The GeoSapient Privacy Statement (“Privacy Statement”) covers our use, storage, sharing, and disclosure of personal information we collect through our websites, including www.GeoSapient.com, https://my.GeoSapient.com, https://GeoSapient.space, https://GeoSapient.eather. It also describes your choices regarding use, access, and correction of your personal information. Also please be aware that GeoSapient has certain systems, services, platforms, and environments as part of its product offerings and these product offerings support additional privacy assurances. For example, GEX (Global Emissions Explorer), which has certifications or compliance requirements that are more restrictive and/or different than this Privacy Statement, with regard to collection or use of PII and other data types. In the event you attempt to access or contribute information or data to these systems, you should review this Privacy Statement as well as the information, and any supplement provided. By using our websites or services, you authorize GeoSapient to collect, use, store, share, and disclose your personal information as described in this Privacy Statement and any applicable addendums.
Please read the entire Privacy Statement before providing any personal information to us.
This Privacy Statement answers the following questions:
- What personal information does GeoSapient collect and receive?
- Why is GeoSapient collecting my personal information?
- With whom does GeoSapient share my personal information?
- Is my personal information secured?
- What are my privacy choices?
- Can I access and update my personal information?
- Will GeoSapient modify its Privacy Statement?
- How can I contact GeoSapient regarding the Privacy Statement?
GeoSapient will participate in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S. Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. GeoSapient is subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Federal Trade Commission. GeoSapient has certified that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles of Notice, Choice, Accountability for Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation, Access, and Recourse, Enforcement and Liability. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/welcome.
GeoSapient is responsible for the processing of personal data it receives, under the Privacy Shield Framework, and subsequent transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. GeoSapient complies with the Privacy Shield Principles for all onward transfers of personal data from the EU, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, including the onward transfer liability provisions.
If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third-party dispute resolution provider (free of charge) at https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request.
Under certain conditions, more fully described on the Privacy Shield website https://www.privacyshield.gov/article?id=How-to-Submit-a-Complaint, you may invoke binding arbitration when other dispute resolution procedures have been exhausted.
What personal information does GeoSapient collect and receive?
Personal information is information that can potentially identify you as a specific individual. It includes your name, company name, address, telephone number, email address, IP address, location, and billing information.
GeoSapient websites and software may require registration with personal information to gain access to special services, authorization codes, license keys, or other features. This information will be used to authenticate users, provide support, and deliver specialized services.
Third-Party Information
If you use our referral service to tell a friend about GeoSapient, we will ask you for your friend’s name and email address. GeoSapient will automatically send your friend a one-time email with an invitation to visit our website. GeoSapient stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program. Your friend may contact us at info@GeoSapient.com to request that we remove this information from our database.
If you add a user to your GEX account, you may provide names and email addresses of your contacts. We will send your contacts a one-time email inviting them to create an account. GeoSapient stores this information for the sole purpose of contacting such individuals as needed. They may contact us at info@GeoSapient.com to request that we remove this information from our database.
In some instances, we may ask you to provide us with the name and phone number of an individual for the purpose of allowing GeoSapient to contact that person in the event of an urgent matter. GeoSapient stores this information for the sole purpose of contacting such individuals as needed. They may contact us at info@GeoSapient.com to request that we remove this information from our database.
Technologies
We, and our partners, use cookies and similar technologies to analyze trends, administer the website, track users’ movements around the website, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level.
Log Files
We, and our third-party tracking-utility partner, gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes the internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), and clickstream data. We do this to improve our services, marketing, analytics, or site functionality, and to authenticate users.
Why is GeoSapient collecting my personal information?
The personal information we collect is used by GeoSapient and its service providers to:
- Complete transactions ensure appropriate legal use of licensed GeoSapient software and services.
- Allow access to special services or other features.
- Analyze and resolve website and application problems.
- Conduct market research and implement marketing strategies.
- Process orders and register software, data, or services.
- Provide notification to licensees about updates to GeoSapient’s and our affiliates’ software, data, and services.
- Send marketing materials, GeoSapient event information, and newsletters.
- Respond to customer service requests and help provide technical and product support.
It will also allow users to sign up for a trial account, register for training or conferences, make requests that require a direct response, and order newsletters and other GeoSapient publications.
GeoSapient may use the mailing services of third parties that are authorized to use your personal information only for the benefit of GeoSapient and our affiliates.
Advertising
We partner with a third party to display advertising on our website or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our partner may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities in order to provide you with advertising that is based on your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you with interest-based ads, you may opt out. If you are in the United States, go to https://preferences-mgr.truste.com/. If you are located in the European Union, go to https://www.youronlinechoices.eu. Please note that this will not allow you to opt out of being served ads; you will instead receive generic ads.
Social Media Features
Our website includes social media features such as the Facebook “Like” button, widgets such as the “ShareThis” button, or interactive mini programs (“Features”). These “Features” may collect your IP address, your browser type, also the specific page you are visiting on our website and to set a cookie to enable the Features to function properly. Social media features and widgets are hosted either by a third party or directly on our website. Your interactions with the Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them.
With whom does GeoSapient share my personal information?
We use third parties such as a credit card processing company to bill customers for services, an email service provider to send out emails on our behalf, or technical service providers for customer support. When you sign up for our services, we will share your personal information only as necessary for the third party to provide that service. In addition, GeoSapient may share your personal information within your organization, with third parties such as an GeoSapient distributor, affiliate, or service provider within or outside the United States. GeoSapient may also share or publish non-personal information, such as statistical data that provides information on how our users are using our software applications and services and how many people are visiting our websites. Our affiliates and vendors are also committed to protecting personal information as described in their privacy statements/policies. Under certain circumstances, we may remain liable for the acts of our third-party agents or service providers who perform services on our behalf for their handling of EU, United Kingdom or Swiss Personal Data that we transfer to them.
GeoSapient will disclose your personal information when required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (1) conform to legal requirements, such as to comply with a subpoena or valid national security or law enforcement requests, or prevent fraud or imminent harm or, (2) protect and defend the rights or property of GeoSapient.
Is my personal information secured?
Information Entered during Login or Placing Purchases
GeoSapient maintains reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect EU, United Kingdom or Swiss Personal Data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction in accordance with the Privacy Shield. When you make a purchase through our website and sensitive information (such as login credentials or billing information) is entered, GeoSapient encrypts the transmission of that information using transport layer security (TLS). If you have any questions about security on our website, you can contact us at info@GeoSapient.com.
Information Posted on GeoSapient’s Blogs and Forums
Anytime you post on our blog or provide information, pictures, or any other type of personal information, data, or materials to forums, communities, or other social media platforms, please be aware that it will be publicly available and not subject to the terms of this Privacy Statement. Also, you may be posting using a third-party application, and we have no access to or control over such information. Please be aware that you are providing your personal information to these third parties and not to GeoSapient. To request removal of your personal information from our blog, you can either log in to the third-party application and remove your posting/information or contact the appropriate third-party application provider. Your interaction with these features is governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them.
Public Profiles
The profile you create will be publicly accessible unless otherwise indicated. You may change the privacy preferences of your profile through your account settings. Alternatively, you can contact us at info@GeoSapient.com if you would like us to change the privacy settings of your profile.
GeoSapient Directories
If you have chosen to include yourself in an GeoSapient directory such as GeoSapient customers, event exhibitor or attendee, distributors, partners, or as part of MyGeoSapient or GEX, your listing will be accessible within your organization and to all other contributors to those directories. You may change the preferences of your profile by logging in to update your certification record or contacting us at info@GeoSapient.com.
Information Shared while Accessing Websites of a Third Party or an GeoSapient Affiliate
Our website includes links to other websites with privacy practices that may differ from those of GeoSapient. If you submit personal information to any of those websites, your information will be governed by their privacy policies.
What are my privacy choices?
If you submit personal information, GeoSapient may contact you or send you marketing information, newsletters, or promotions about software or services. If you do not wish to receive this information, you may notify us by contacting us at info@GeoSapient.com or following the unsubscribe instructions contained in the emails you receive.
Please provide us with your exact name and address as well as a description of the publication or type of mail you no longer wish to receive.
Can I access and update my personal information?
Upon request GeoSapient will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information. GeoSapient will permit you to correct or delete your information in our database by contacting info@GeoSapient.com. We will respond to all requests for access within a reasonable timeframe.
We will retain the personal information we process on behalf of our users for as long as needed to provide services to our users, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Will GeoSapient modify its Privacy Statement?
We may change this Privacy Statement or related system specific addendums from time to time. If and/or when GeoSapient makes changes to this Privacy Statement, the updated version will be posted in place of this statement. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by means of an announcement prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to visit this policy periodically.
How can I contact GeoSapient regarding the Privacy Statement?
If you have questions or complaints regarding our privacy practices or policy, please contact us at info@GeoSapient.com and identify the issue as such in your communication to GeoSapient.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.
These are some of the things we use cookies to do:
- Remember your preferences
- Tailor our sites to your interests
- Improve your browsing experience
- Improve our website by analyzing how visitors use it
Legal use of cookies
GeoSapient obtains consent to the use of cookies by showing a notification to visitors on their first visit to our website. In the notification, we include links to more information and the ability for visitors to control their cookie settings. Please note that this control is specific to the device and browser you are using and will be reset if you clear your cached cookies.
Cookies used by GeoSapient
GeoSapient uses strictly necessary, performance, functional and targeting cookies. Learn more about these types of cookies and manage your cookie settings below.
Marketing Communications
We use your information to deliver the content you care about.
If you submit personal information, GeoSapient may contact you or send you marketing information, newsletters or promotions about software or services. To change which communications you receive or to unsubscribe, contact GeoSapient at Info@GeoSapient.com. You may also unsubscribe by following the unsubscribe instructions contained in the emails you receive.
Users are added to marketing communications by giving GeoSapient personal information and opting in to receive marketing. Users may also agree to the contents of our Privacy Statements at this time. Users may opt out of marketing communications and subscriptions at any time.
How we use your personal information within marketing communications
We are committed to keeping your information secure and do not sell your information. We may share your personal information within your organization, with third parties such as an GeoSapient affiliate or our service provider. We enrich the data we receive through third party services, for example we may determine your organization through an IP address. GeoSapient may contact you about your services or send you marketing information, newsletters or promotions about software or services.
Terms of Use
These Terms & Conditions (“Agreement”) constitute a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and GeoSapient.com (“we”, “us” or “our”), concerning your access to and use of the https://geosapient.com website (“Website”) and the services we offer (“Services”).
We may amend this Agreement at any time by posting the amended terms on our Website. We may or may not post notices on the homepage of our Website when such changes occur.
Content Disclaimer
Postings on our Website are made at such times as GeoSapient.com determines in its discretion. You should not assume that the information contained on our Website has been updated or otherwise contains current information. GeoSapient.com does not review past postings to determine whether they remain accurate and information contained in such postings may have been superseded. THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS IN OUR WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUR REVIEW IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOTICES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN. THESE MATERIALS ARE NOT GUARANTEED OR REPRESENTED TO BE COMPLETE, CORRECT OR UP TO DATE. THESE MATERIALS MAY BE CHANGED FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.
Our Services and Legal Advice Disclaimer
You understand that we offer legal contracts (“Policies”). You acknowledge that we are not attorneys or paralegals nor do we offer legal advice. You acknowledge that we do not endorse any specific attorney or paralegal or any Policy as being better than another. We do not otherwise guarantee the legal accuracy or applicability of any Policy for your legal needs. You will at all times look to any attorney or paralegal that you select for services as to any legal claims related to such services.
No Warranties; Exclusion of Liability; Indemnification
OUR WEBSITE IS OPERATED BY GeoSapient.com ON AN “AS IS,” “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GeoSapient.com SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT FOR OUR WEBSITE AND ANY CONTRACTS AND SERVICES YOU PURCHASE THROUGH IT. GeoSapient.com SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT OF OUR WEBSITE, FOR CONTRACTS OR SERVICES SOLD THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, FOR YOUR ACTION OR INACTION IN CONNECTION WITH OUR WEBSITE OR FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER OR DATA OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE YOU MAY INCUR IN CONNECTION WITH OUR WEBSITE. YOUR USE OF OUR WEBSITE AND ANY CONTRACTS OR SERVICES ARE AT YOUR OWN RISK. IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER GeoSapient.com OR THEIR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OF OUR WEBSITE, CONTRACTS AND SERVICES PURCHASED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE OUR WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH OUR WEBSITE, CONTRACTS OR RELATED SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL GeoSapient.com’ LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE CLAIM EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO GeoSapient.com FOR THE TRANSACTION GIVING RISE TO SUCH DAMAGE CLAIM.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, GeoSapient.com DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBITE IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, USEFUL, TIMELY OR CURRENT OR THAT OUR WEBSITE WILL OPERATE WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR ERROR.
YOU AGREE THAT ALL TIMES, YOU WILL LOOK TO ATTORNEYS FROM WHOM YOU PURCHASE SERVICES FOR ANY CLAIMS OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING LOSS, DAMAGE, OR WARRANTY. GeoSapient.com AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR GUARANTEES ABOUT ANY CONTRACTS AND SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.
GeoSapient.com MAKES NO REPRESENTATION THAT CONTENT PROVIDED ON OUR WEBSITE, CONTRACTS, OR RELATED SERVICES ARE APPLICABLE OR APPROPRIATE FOR USE IN ALL JURISDICTIONS.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold GeoSapient.com harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising from or related to your use of our Website or any Contracts or Services you purchase through it.
Third-Party Websites Links & Content
Our Website may contain links to other websites (“Third-Party Websites”) owned or operated by parties other than GeoSapient.com
Such links are provided for your reference only. GeoSapient.com does not monitor or control outside Third-Party Websites and is not responsible for their content. GeoSapient.com’s inclusion of links to a Third-Party Website does not imply any endorsement of the material on our Website or, unless expressly disclosed otherwise, any sponsorship, affiliation or association with its owner, operator or sponsor, nor does GeoSapient.com inclusion of the links imply that GeoSapient.com is authorized to use any trade name, trademark, logo, legal or official seal, or copyrighted symbol that may be reflected in the linked Third-Party Website.
Limited License
GeoSapient.com grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use our Website and Services in order for you to make purchases of our policies and related Services through our Website, strictly in accordance with our Agreement.
Copyrights and Trademarks
Unless otherwise noted, all materials including without limitation, logos, brand names, images, designs, photographs, video clips and written and other materials that appear as part of our Website are copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade dress and/or other intellectual property whether registered or unregistered (“Intellectual Property”) owned, controlled, or licensed by GeoSapient.com. Our Website as a whole is protected by copyright and trade dress. Nothing on our Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any Intellectual Property displayed or used on our Website, without the prior written permission of the Intellectual Property owner. GeoSapient.com aggressively fully enforces its intellectual property rights of the law. The names and logos of GeoSapient.com, may not be used in any way, including in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of materials on our Website, without prior, written permission from GeoSapient.com. GeoSapient.com prohibits use of any logo of GeoSapient.com or any of its affiliates as part of a link to or from any Website unless GeoSapient.com approves such link in advance and in writing. Fair use of GeoSapient.com’s Intellectual Property requires proper acknowledgment. Other product and company names mentioned in our Website may be the Intellectual Property of their respective owners.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain economic, market, and other information contained herein (including certain forward-looking statements) has been obtained from published sources or prepared by other parties and in certain cases has not been updated through the date hereof. None of the Company or any of its officers, directors, employees, or affiliates makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this website and its content. Only those particular representations and warranties, if any, that are made in the definitive agreement between the parties, when, as, and if executed, and subject to such limitations and restrictions as may be specified in such agreement, will have any legal effect. The information contained herein should be treated in a confidential manner and may not be reproduced, used, or disclosed in whole or in part for any other purpose.
Past performance information contained herein, if any, is not necessarily indicative of future results, and there can be no assurance that any targeted or projected results will be achieved or that the Company will be able to implement its business strategy or achieve its business objectives. Accordingly, the actual results of operations may differ materially from the results projected herein. Any return on investment to the Company’s stockholders will depend upon the success of the Company. Investors in the Company could lose the entire amounts of their investments.
Statements contained in this website and its content (including headings and those statements relating to current and future economic or market conditions and trends in respect thereof) that are not historical facts are based on current expectations, estimates, projections, opinions, and beliefs of the Company. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, and undue reliance should not be placed thereon. Additionally, certain information contained in this website and its content constitutes “forward-looking statements.” Actual events or results, market conditions, or the actual performance of the Company may differ materially from those reflected or contemplated in such forward-looking statements.
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