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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for HxA Speakers Bureau

Last updated: Nov. 8, 2023   

This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy was generated by TermsFeed and fine-tuned by Sharetribe and Heterodox Academy.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using Our Service.

1 - Interpretation and Definitions

1.1 - Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in the singular or in the plural.

1.2 - Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

  • Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest, or other securities entitled to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority.

  • Application means the software program provided by the Company or Operator downloaded by You on any electronic device, named Heterodox Academy Speakers Bureau.

  • Business refers to the Company or Operator as the legal entity that collects Consumers' personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers' personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers' personal information.

  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Heterodox Academy, address, 501c3 82 Nassau Street, #646, New York, NY 10038 . For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company or Operator is the Data Controller.

  • Consumer, refers to You.

  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

  • Country refers to United States and New York State.

  • Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company or Operator as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.

  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.

  • Do Not Track (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.

  • Operator (referred to as either "the Operator", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Heterodox Academy. For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company or Operator is the Data Controller.

  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity. For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.

  • Sale, means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer's personal information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.

  • Service refers to the Application or the Website or both.

  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company or Operator. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company or Operator to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company or Operator, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company or Operator in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.

  • Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.

  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

  • Website refers to Heterodox Academy Speakers Bureau accessible from www.hxaspeakers.org 

  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable. Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.

2 - What HxA Does with Your Information

HxA does not sell collected user names, email addresses, or other information. However, the messages exchanged by speakers and anyone who contacts them through the site are not private in that the administrators of this website can see them.

Users wishing to discontinue their affiliation with or use of this site can remove their user profile at any time. 

3 - What Sharetribe Does with Your Information

This platform is operated through Sharetribe, so users should read Sharetribe's privacy policy here:  https://www.sharetribe.com/privacy-policy/

4 - Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

  • By email: HxASpeakers@heterodoxacademy.org