Privacy Policy
TalentEdge Consulting operates this online platform and provides this privacy policy to inform you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information when you use our site and services. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data responsibly in accordance with applicable laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Information We Collect
We collect information to provide and improve our services.
Information you provide to us:
We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when you interact with our site, such as when you register for a workshop, request information about our services, subscribe to newsletters, or fill out forms. This information may include your name, professional title, organization name, contact details like your postal address, and any other information you choose to share.
Information collected automatically:
When you visit our site, we automatically collect certain information about your device and usage. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referral URLs, pages visited, and the dates and times of your visits. We collect this information through cookies and similar tracking technologies.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes:
- To provide, operate, and maintain our site and services.
- To process your requests, registrations, and transactions.
- To communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, and provide customer support.
- To send you relevant information about our services, updates, and promotional materials, where you have consented to receive such communications.
- To improve, personalize, and expand our site and services.
- To understand and analyze how you use our site and services.
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or fraudulent activities.
- To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights.
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal information based on the following legal grounds:
- Your consent: We may process your information based on your explicit consent for specific purposes, such as sending marketing communications.
- Performance of a contract: We process information necessary to fulfill our obligations under a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
- Legal obligation: We may process your information where necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes.
- Legitimate interests: We may process your information for our legitimate business interests, provided that these interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms. This may include improving our services, marketing, fraud prevention, and ensuring the security of our site.
Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information with third parties only in limited circumstances:
- With service providers: We may share information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, payment processing, and customer service. These providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes we specify.
- For legal reasons: We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
- With your consent: We may share your information with your explicit consent.
- Business transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include the length of our relationship with you, the nature of the information, and legal obligations.
Your Data Protection Rights
Under applicable data protection laws, you have certain rights regarding your personal information:
- Right to access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: You have the right to request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete information we hold about you.
- Right to erasure: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information under certain conditions.
- Right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
- Right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
- Right to data portability: You have the right to receive the personal information you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller under certain conditions.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below. We may require you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate 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.
Links to Other Sites
Our site may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Children's Privacy
Our site and services are not intended for use by individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under age 16 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Security of Your Information
We take reasonable measures to protect the personal information we collect from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
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 or our data practices, you may contact us in writing at the following address:
TalentEdge Consulting
379 Queen Street, Suite 802
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Australia