Privacy Policy

Summary

We collect your data (specifically outlined below, but generally basic information about you in a professional context, such as email, company name, etc) strictly to provide you with access to our editorial, events and other content. We will not share this data with anyone unless you explicitly consent to us doing so. We honor your right to privacy and will comply with your wishes to remove your data from our system.

The Data We Collect

While using our website you may be asked to provide us with certain personal data to enable us to send you emails or text messages. Such personal data may include, but is not limited to:

  • Name
  • Email Address
  • Company/Organization Name
  • Job Title
  • Location
  • Billing or mailing address
  • Phone number
  • Pictures you submit
  • Credit/debit card information (note: we do not save or store this information, and it will only be shared with our payment processors in order to complete the transaction in which you are engaging)

Opt-in data will not be shared with any 3rd party except with vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to carry out work on your behalf. This information cannot be used for any 3rd party purposes.

How We Use Your Information

We may use information that we collect about you to:

  • Communicate with you:
    • Promotional. We may send you emails about services and news about us. You may opt-out of these at any time.
    • Responding to your requests. We will also use your information to respond to your questions or comments.
    • Administrative. We may contact you to inform you about changes in our services, our service offerings, and other important service-related notices such as changes to the privacy policy or about security or fraud notices.
  • Other:
    • We also may use your information to manage our business, to comply with legal or regulatory obligations, or perform functions as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.
    • Analyze profile or behavioral data to help us improve the services we offer to you.
    • In specific cases, we will be contractually obligated to share your data with one of our third-party advertisers or partners (for example, event sponsors). In these instances, we will make it clear that the data you share will be transferred to the third party and you will have the option to opt-out.

If you sign up to receive text messages from us, we will use it to send you text message updates from Cook For Commissioner . We may also collect, store, and use your mobile phone number to send you other text messages from Cook For Commissioner . We will also collect and store other personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, phone number, mobile phone number, e-mail address, username, and/or similar information you may choose to provide to us. In addition, as noted above, we may share this information, including your mobile phone number, with our affiliates, partners, and other organizations or entities. However, text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any non-associated and/or non-related third-party individual, brand, or entity except for with vendors, consultants and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf (and who will not use such information for their own purposes).

We may have links on our site to other sites that we do not operate. If you click on a third-party link, you will be taken directly to that site which is governed by its own privacy notice. We strongly encourage you to read that privacy notice. We do not control that site and assume no responsibility for the content, policies, or its practices.

Security

We use reasonable administrative, logical, physical, and managerial measures to safeguard your personal information against loss, theft, and unauthorized access, use, and modification. Unfortunately, no measures can be guaranteed to provide 100% security. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the security of your information.

Sensitive Data

We request that you do not send us any sensitive data such as social security or national identification numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health data, biometrics or genetic, criminal background or trade union membership information. If you do send us this information, then you are consenting to its processing in accordance with this privacy notice. To avoid processing of sensitive data, do not submit it.

Changes to the Policy

We may change this policy from time to time, and if we do we’ll post any changes on this page. If you continue to visit our site after those changes are in effect, you agree to the revised policy. If the changes are significant, we may provide more prominent notice or get your consent on the new policy.