Privacy and TheLi.st
Your privacy is of utmost importance to us.
Your contact information, including email address, phone number and street address, will not be shared with outside partners without your permission.
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy (the “Policy”) explains when and why we collect personal information about people who visit our websites and use our services and our offline personal information collections (as set forth below), how we use that information, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, and how we keep it secure.
How do we collect information from you?
TheLi.st may obtain information about you by various means.
Information We Collect Directly From You
Most commonly this is when you join TheLi.st and use our websites and services, including TheLi.st HQ, and any others that link to this Policy that we maintain (collectively, our “Websites”). Also, we may collect information about you when you:
● Apply for membership to TheLi.st
● Participate in our online forums
● Register or attend our webinars
● Join us at an event
● Contact us with an inquiry, for troubleshooting, or for any other purpose
● Post on our social media pages
Information We Obtain from Other Sources
We also collect information about you from the following sources:
● Internet Service Providers/Analytics Providers: As discussed in this Privacy Policy, we work with service providers to collect information about a person’s interaction with our Websites and services. We do not necessarily associate this information with any account information that we hold about you, and we typically do not link this to a natural person.
● Other Portfolio Companies: Where permitted by applicable law, our affiliates may provide us with business contact information if they believe that our products might be of interest to you.
Information We Collect Automatically
We also collect information about you automatically as you use our Websites and services available through our Websites, which includes your IP address or other device identifiers and the usage information described below.
What type of information is collected from you?
We may collect the following information:
● Biographical and contact information: your name, company, job title, email address, phone number.
● Usage Information: your IP address, device identifier, and page you clicked before coming to our Websites, information regarding what pages you accessed and when.
● Financial Information: financial information you may be required to provide to the third party payment processor (Paypal) that we use to process Membership Fees payments, but we do not store credit card information.
How is your information used?
We may use your information to contact you for the following reasons:
● Transactional purposes, such as providing the community forum, job placement services, booking speaking opportunities, offering product marketing opportunities, etc.
● Customer service, such as responding to your inquiries.
● Communication, such as responding to your posts to online forums, requests for assistance or relevant updates.
● Marketing, such as inviting you to events, and telling you about our or our partner/sponsor services and products.
● Administration, such as maintaining our Websites, including debugging and repairing.
● Evaluating use of our Services, including which features of our Services are of most interest.
● Research and development, such as improving our Websites and Services, and asking your opinion about our Websites and Services.
● Legal compliance, such as responding to a subpoena or court order.
● To protect our rights and interests and that of other users
● For analytics purposes, to assist us in determining what products and services are of interest to our members, to improve our or our partner/sponsor products and services.
When Do We Disclose Your Information?
We may share your information, including personal information, in the following circumstances with service providers that act on our behalf. Some examples include parties that provide marketing support, website hosting services providers, CRM services, analysis and public relations.
We also may disclose your information in the following circumstances:
● If we are required to disclose or share your personal information to comply with any legal obligation or to enforce or apply our terms of use or to protect the rights, property or safety of our supporters and customers. We also may disclose your personal information when we believe it is necessary to do so to protect our rights and interests and the rights and interests of other persons. In these circumstances, we may disclose your information to law enforcement, regulators, governmental entities, or any other person or entity as may be necessary to fulfill this purpose.
● We may transfer your personal information to another entity as part of a sale of our business/assets or as part of any business restructuring, reorganization or other corporate transaction.
How can you access and update your information?
The accuracy of your information is important to us. If you would like to update the personal information we hold to ensure its accuracy, please contact us by email via privacy@theli.st.
You also have the right to ask for a copy of your personal information held by TheLi.st. To exercise this right please contact us at privacy@theli.st.
Security precautions in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information
We have implemented commercially reasonable measures in an effort to protect your personal information. No measures, however, are 100% secure, and we recommend that you take steps to also prevent inadvertent access to your personal information.
Use of “cookies” and Other Tracking Technologies
The websites operated by TheLi.st use “cookies” – small text files stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. By showing how and when visitors use the Websites, cookies help us see which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to our Websites are based on such data as total number of visitors, pages viewed, and information/documents downloaded. We use the information from cookies and other tracking technologies to improve our products and services as well as to provide services better tailored to our users’ needs.
Any advertisements served by Google, Inc., Mighty Networks, and any of their affiliated companies may be controlled using cookies. These cookies allow Google, Mighty Networks or their affiliates to display ads based on your visits to this Website. Any tracking done by Google Mighty Networks or their affiliates through cookies and other mechanisms is subject to Google’s or Mighty Networks’ own privacy policies. You may decide to opt-out of Google cookies by clicking here. Also, you can use Ads Settings to manage the Google ads you see and opt out of interest-based ads delivered by Google. You may decide to opt-out of Mighty Networks’ cookies by clicking here.
It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. Please consult your browser’s documentation for details.
Links to other websites
TheLi.st’s websites may contain links to other websites run by other organizations. This Policy applies only to our Websites‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our Websites.
In addition, if you linked to our Websites from a third-party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third-party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third-party site.
Your California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of our Website 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 e-mail to privacy@theli.st.
Notice for Visitors Outside of the United States
You should be aware that the United States and other countries have not harmonized their privacy regulations. Because this Website and its servers are located in the United States, the Company has written its Privacy Policy to satisfy United States regulations. By using the Websites, you agree to the level of privacy protection set out in our Privacy Policy.
Review of this Policy
Since we may change this Policy from time to time, please check back occasionally to ensure that you’re happy with any changes. By using our Websites and services, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Policy.
Any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to privacy@theli.st.
Updated 9/29/21