Privacy policy
This is the Privacy Statement and Policy for diiVe. This Privacy Policy was last updated May 2021.
diiVe understands that your privacy is important. diiVe is committed to protecting your privacy and personal information you provide or as you access and use materials on godiive.com, including the Site subscription pages or other websites or apps that post a link to this Privacy Statement. In addition, information that you submit to diiVe in response to an email request for information or other outreach from Diive will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Statement.
diiVe may, in its discretion, amend this Privacy Statement from time to time. To ensure you are able to remain informed about the information we collect and how we use it, material changes to our statement will be reflected here. This Site may contain links to external sites which are not governed by this Privacy Statement. diiVe does not take responsibility for the privacy practices of any third party sites to which we link. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any such sites before you submit information there.
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
Please read this Privacy Statement carefully. By browsing our website and expressly consenting where required (for instance, when submitting your registration), you agree to be bound by this Privacy Statement.
INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT, AND HOW WE USE IT
What information do we collect?
diiVe collects information from you when you subscribe to the mailing list, and apply to programs. If you do not provide such information, you will not be able to apply to programs or subscribe for email newsletters.
Personal information that we collect includes: names, addresses, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, unique personal identifiers, financial information, subject areas of interest and/or demographic information.
In addition, we sometimes aggregate demographic information and the types of systems and browsers of users. diiVe also may conduct user surveys on the Web or use technologies to provide diiVe with information on a number of areas, such as user identity, user viewing habits, whether or not users found what they were searching for, whether the Site content is relevant to user needs, and the like.
How do we use personal information?
The purposes and uses of your personal information will depend on the use of the Site and the personal information provided. We process your personal information:
- (i) for the purposes of safeguarding the legitimate interests pursued by diiVe. This includes:
- Informing you about updates to the service and notifying you about other products and services offered by diiVe that may be of interest to you, including information regarding publications and events.
- Understanding the Site’s user population and identifying subject areas of interest
- Measuring and improving the effectiveness of diiVe’s marketing programs across different channels.
- Improving our web content and navigation.
- (ii) on the basis of your consent. Insofar as you have granted us consent to the processing of personal information for specific purposes (for example, applying to any of our programs), the lawfulness of such processing is based on your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
diiVe retains your personal information for so long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected.
diiVe may disclose information about you to any of our employees, consultants, service providers or subcontractors insofar as this is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy and/or on the website itself.
In addition, we may disclose and/or retain your personal information to the extent that we are required or permitted to do so by law. In this regard, please note that it is our policy to co-operate with relevant authorities in relation to law enforcement inquiries.
Except, as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.
INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
The information that diiVe collects may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate. The information which you provide may be transferred to various countries internationally, whose data protection laws may not be equivalent to those in force in the jurisdiction in which you reside.
In addition, personal information that you submit for publication on the website will be published on the internet and may be available, via the internet, around the world. diiVe cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.
MARKETING
If, at any time, you prefer not to receive further communications from us in any or all forms you will have the ability to unsubscribe from such communications by means of a link provided in every e-mail that is sent to you by us.
COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
diiVe may use cookies on this Site and in our communications with you to keep track of your visit to our Site and our communications with you. A “cookie” is a small amount of data sent from a Web server to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Other tracking technologies work similarly to cookies and place a small amount of data on your devices to monitor your website activity to allow us to collect information about how you use our Site and our services. With most internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your computer. Please refer to your browser instructions or you can visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/ which will give you more information. Once you have given your consent to use cookies we shall store a cookie on your computer or device to remember this for next time. If you wish to withdraw consent at any time you will need to delete our cookies using your web browsers settings. Please be advised that certain sections or functionalities of the Site may be inaccessible to you if your browser does not accept cookies.
We use “web analytics cookies”. These cookies are used by us or third-party providers to analyze how the Site and our services are used, including the following types:
Google Analytics. This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies” to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website and accepting the use of the cookies, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. To find out more about Google Analytics, Google’s privacy policy and opting out of its cookies please visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
SECURITY PROCESSES
diiVe has in place appropriate technological and operational security processes designed to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorized employees will have access to any data provided by you, and that access is limited by need. Each employee having access to any personally-identifiable information is obligated to maintain its confidentiality. Although we take steps that are generally accepted as industry standard to protect your personally-identifiable information, diiVe cannot guarantee that your personally-identifiable information will not become accessible to unauthorized persons and diiVe cannot be responsible for any actions resulting from a breach of security when information is supplied over the internet or any public computer network.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAW
diiVe complies with all applicable privacy laws and regulations. diiVe may be compelled to surrender personal user or customer information to legal authorities if presented with a court subpoena or similar legal or administrative order, or as required or permitted by the laws, rules and regulations of any nation, state or other applicable jurisdiction. Also, in the event of a violation of the terms and conditions of use of the Site or a violation of any restrictions on use of materials provided in or through the Site, we may disclose personal user information to our affected business partners or legal authorities.
ACCESS RIGHTS
In accordance with applicable data protection laws, including but not limited to the GDPR, you have a right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you and details of how we use that information. If any of the information held about you is incorrect or out of date, you have the right to amend or rectify it, please follow the process outlined below and we will amend our records where appropriate. You also have the right to require us to erase your personal data, stop processing your personal data, restricting the processing of your personal information, right of portability of your personal information and/or to withdraw your consent to processing. This may not apply if there are other legal justifications to continue processing. If you think we may have incorrect personal information, or would like a copy of the personal information we hold on you, or to exercise any other data protection right, please write to: info@godiive.com. Please note that we need you to prove who you are before we can provide you with any information.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us at info@godiive.com.