Effective date: November23, 2019

Global Encounters, Inc ("us", "we", or"our") operates the https://www.globalencounter.com website (the"Service").

This page informs you of our policies regarding thecollection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service andthe choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Use.

Definitions

Service
Service is the https://www.globalencounter.com website operated by Global Encounters, Inc

Personal Data
Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

Usage Data
Usage Data is 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).

Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

Data Controller
Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

Data Processors (or Service Providers)
Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

Data Subject (or User)
Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information forvarious purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us withcertain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact oridentify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information mayinclude, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Cookies and Usage Data

We may use your Personal Data to contact you withnewsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that maybe of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of thesecommunications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructionsprovided in any email we send.

Usage Data

We may also collect information that your browser sendswhenever you visit our Service ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data mayinclude information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IPaddress), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that youvisit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, uniquedevice identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Location Data

We may use and store information about your location if yougive us permission to do so (“Location Data”). We use this data to providefeatures of our Service, to improve and customize our Service.

You can enable or disable location services when you use ourService at any time, through your device settings.

Tracking Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to trackthe activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with small amount of data which mayinclude an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from awebsite and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons,tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyzeour Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or toindicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies,you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

  • Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
  • Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Use of Data

Global Encounters, Inc uses the collected data for variouspurposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service
  • To notify you about changes to our Service
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
  • To monitor the usage of our Service
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under General Data ProtectionRegulation (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), GlobalEncounters, Inc legal basis for collecting and using the personal informationdescribed in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect andthe specific context in which we collect it.

Global Encounters, Inc may process your Personal Databecause:

  • We need to perform a contract with you
  • You have given us permission to do so
  • The processing is in our legitimate interestsand it's not overridden by your rights
  • For payment processing purposes
  • To comply with the law

Retention of Data

Global Encounters, Inc will retain your Personal Data for aslong as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We willretain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with ourlegal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data tocomply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legalagreements and policies.

Global Encounters, Inc will also retain Usage Data forinternal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorterperiod of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or toimprove the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retainthis data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may betransferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state,province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protectionlaws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside United States and choose toprovide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, includingPersonal Data, to United States and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by yoursubmission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Global Encounters, Inc will take all steps reasonablynecessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance withthis Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to anorganization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place includingthe security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Data

Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Global Encounters, Inc may berequired to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or inresponse to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a governmentagency).

Legal Requirements

Global Encounters, Inc may disclose your Personal Data inthe good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • To comply with a legal obligation
  • To protect and defend the rights or property of GlobalEncounters, Inc
  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing inconnection with the Service
  • To protect the personal safety of users of theService or the public
  • To protect against legal liability

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but rememberthat no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronicstorage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means toprotect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Our Policy on "Do Not Track" Signals under the California OnlineProtection Act (CalOPPA)

We do not support Do Not Track ("DNT"). Do NotTrack is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites thatyou do not want to be tracked.

You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting thePreferences or Settings page of your web browser.

Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA),you have certain data protection rights. Global Encounters, Inc aims to takereasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use ofyour Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following dataprotection rights:

The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.

Theright of rectification. You have the right to have your informationrectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.

Theright to object. You have the right to object to our processing of yourPersonal Data.

Theright of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict theprocessing of your personal information.

Theright to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy ofthe information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonlyused format.

Theright to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consentat any time where Global Encounters, Inc relied on your consent to process yourpersonal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identitybefore responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data ProtectionAuthority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For moreinformation, please contact your local data protection authority in theEuropean Economic Area (EEA).

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals tofacilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Serviceon our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzinghow our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data onlyto perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or useit for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor andanalyze the use of our Service.

GoogleAnalytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics serviceoffered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the datacollected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared withother Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize andpersonalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made youractivity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the GoogleAnalytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google AnalyticsJavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information withGoogle Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practicesof Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within theService. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g.payment processors).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. Thatinformation is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whoseuse of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. Thesepayment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCISecurity Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa,Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure thesecure handling of payment information.

The payment processor we work with is:

Stripe
Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/us/privacy

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are notoperated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed tothat third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy ofevery site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for thecontent, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.