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AwardIT LLC, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates (“we,” “us,” “our,” or the like), has published this Privacy Policy to help you understand what information we collect and how we use it. This Privacy Policy applies to AwardIT | Home of the Review Preview  and other websites, services, applications, or technologies that we make available to you and our other users (“Services”).

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our practices regarding the information we collect. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy or anything in it, do not use our Services. By accessing or using our Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE COLLECT IT

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Services, including information:

  • By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, [social security number][or [OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION CATEGORY COLLECTED]/any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline] (“personal information”).
  • That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as feedback from users who interact with other users.
  • About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Services, and usage details.

We collect this information:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us.
  • Automatically as you use the Services. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
  • From third parties, for example, from our business partners.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our Services may include:

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Services. This includes information provided at the time of registering an account with us and when you use our Services, including when you provide feedback. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Services.
  • Details of transactions you carry out through our Services, which may include financial information in order to process your payments or to pay or reimburse you, or related to Grant Review Services that you request or perform.
  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
  • Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete to improve our Services.
  • [ANY OTHER TYPES OF INFORMATION THE USER PROVIDES.]

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted”) on public areas of the Services, or transmitted to other users of the Services or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions”). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access to certain pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Services with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about who and when you use our Services and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes. We may combine this information with your AwardIT username, contact information, other account information, or other unique information in order to provide the Services that you have requested, to troubleshoot problems, or to provide better service to you or other Users.

The information we collect automatically includes:

  • Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data are service-related, diagnostic usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches and other actions you take such as which features you use), and device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called ‘crash dumps’) and hardware settings).
  • Device Data. We collect device data such as information about the device you use to access the Services. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system configuration information.
  • Location Data. We may collect information data such as information about your device’s location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type of settings of the device you use to access the Services. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You may be able to opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your locations settings on your device. Note however, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.
  • Google Analytics Notice. We currently use Google Analytics, which uses cookies to analyze traffic on the Services. For instance, Google Analytics tells us how many people have used the Services, how they move through the Services, and how long they spend on each area of the Services. We typically do not connect this analytical information with identifiable information like name or phone number, although the analytics may associate information with a geographic location, or device identifier. Additional information regarding privacy of Google Analytics is available here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/4597324?hl=en

[We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). Click here [URL LINK TO DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURES] for information on how you can opt-out of behavioral tracking on this website and how we respond to web browser signals and other mechanisms that enable consumers to exercise choice about behavioral tracking.]

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Services.
  • Web Beacons. Pages of our Services and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Services may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Services. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.

We may tie information collected automatically to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.

2. HOW WE USE THIS INFORMATION

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

  • To provide our Services to you.
  • To provide you with information or services that you request from us.
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
  • To provide you with notices about your account, including termination notices.
  • To protect our Services. For example, we may use your information for fraud monitoring and prevention.
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
  • To notify you about changes to our Services, or to contact you about other offerings that may be of interest to you. You may be able to adjust your user preferences in your account profile in order to limit such contacts.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Services.
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

 

3. SHARING OF INFORMATION

In short, we only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide the Services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

We may disclose deidentified and aggregated information about you and our other users, and other information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:

  • To our subsidiaries and Affiliates.
  • To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business. However, Grant Applicants’ confidential information will only be disclosed to Reviewers who have agreed to contractual obligations to keep such information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them. Please see the AwardIT Guidelines [INSERT AS LINK] for more information about these confidentiality and nonuse obligations.
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about our users is among the assets transferred.
  • [To third parties to market their products or services to you if you have [consented to/not opted out of] these disclosures. [We contractually require these third parties to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.]]
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you give us an email address to use the “email a friend” feature of our Services, we will transmit the contents of that email and your email address to the recipients.
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
  • With your consent.

We may also disclose such information:

  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
  • To enforce or apply any agreements between you and us, including our Terms of Use [INSERT AS LINK], Grant Reviewer Agreement, Grant Applicant Agreement, or other agreements that may apply, including for billing and collection purposes.
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of AwardIT, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

 

4. THIRD-PARTY TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Services are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies, alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies, to collect information about you when you use our Services. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

5. CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE INFORMATION

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

  • Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Services may then be inaccessible or not function properly, and that we are not responsible for such consequences.
  • [Disclosure of Your Information for Third-Party Advertising. If you do not want us to share your personal information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can opt-out by [checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data (the [order form/registration form])/[OTHER OPT-OUT METHOD]]. You can also always opt-out by [logging into the Services and adjusting your user preferences in your account profile][,][ checking or unchecking the relevant boxes] [or by] sending us an email with your request to [EMAIL ADDRESS].]
  • [Promotional Offers From Us. If you do not wish to have your contact information used by us to promote our own or third parties’ products or services, you can opt-out by [[checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data (the [order form/registration form])/[OTHER OPT-OUT METHOD]] or at any other time by] [logging into the Services and adjusting your user preferences in your account profile by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes or by] sending us an email stating your request to [EMAIL ADDRESS]. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. Please note that opting out of promotional offers will not prevent all contacts from us or third parties.]
  • [Targeted Advertising. If you do not want us to use information that we collect or that you provide to us to deliver advertisements according to our advertisers’ target-audience preferences, you can opt-out by [OPT-OUT METHOD]. For this opt-out to function, you must have your browser set to accept all browser cookies.]

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website.

Residents of certain states, such as California, Nevada, Colorado, Virginia, and Utah may have additional personal information rights and choices.

6. Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You can review and change your personal information by logging into the Services and visiting your account profile page.

You may also send us an email at [EMAIL ADDRESS] to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

If you delete your User Contributions from the Services, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other users.

Residents of certain states, such as such as California, Nevada, Colorado, Virginia, and Utah may have additional personal information rights and choices.

7. Your state privacy rights

If you are a California, Nevada, Colorado, Virginia, or Utah resident, your state’s laws may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. To learn more about your California privacy rights, visit [HYPERLINK TO CCPA AND CPRA PRIVACY NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS]. California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Services that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to [EMAIL ADDRESS][ or write us at: [MAILING ADDRESS]].]]

Colorado, Virginia and Utah each provide their state residents with rights to:

  • Confirm whether we process their personal information.
  • Access and delete certain personal information.
  • Data portability.
  • Opt-out of personal data processing for targeted advertising and sales.

Colorado and Virginia also provide their state residents with rights to:

  • Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature processing purpose.
  • Opt-out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

To exercise any of these rights please [REQUEST SUBMISSION METHOD]. To appeal a decision regarding a consumer rights request [APPEAL PROCEDURE].]

[Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. Residents who wish to exercise this sale opt-out rights may submit a request to this designated address: [TOLL-FREE NUMBER/EMAIL/WEBSITE URL].[However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements.]]

8. NON-u.S. USERS

If you are using the Services when outside the United States of America, your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States. The privacy laws of the United States may not be as protective as those in other jurisdictions. By using the Services, you acknowledge that we collect and process your data as described in this Privacy Policy. we collect and use information as reasonably necessary to fulfill your requests for suggested support resources, to operate our business, and to comply with law. You acknowledge that these are acceptable reasons to collect and process your data. You also consent to the transfer of your information to the United States and the use and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you want us to correct, delete, or no longer process your data, please contact us at the “Contact us” address below. You understand and agree that a request for us to delete or no longer process your data means that you can no longer use the Services, as it is necessary for us to provide the Services.

9. data security

We implement measures designed to secure personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions will be encrypted.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. Do not share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Services. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Services.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect sensitive information, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to our Services. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Services.

10. Changes to Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. If you have a separate written agreement with us, such as a Grant Reviewer Agreement or a Grant Applicant Agreement, we may notify you of certain material changes that we make to the Privacy Policy via email, posting to the Services, or other reasonable means selected by us. However, we are not required to notify users of any changes to this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Services after we make changes to the Privacy Policy is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates. The date the Privacy Policy was last changed is specified above.

11. children under the age of 13

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 13 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor above the age of 13 and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 13 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 13, please contact us at the address specified in the next section.

12. CONTACT INFORMATION

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, or to register a complaint or concerns, please contact us.