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User Agreement & Privacy Policy

 

Last Updated: 6/1/2024

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Data Privacy and Security Policy

At CivStart, we take the privacy and security of your personal information seriously. By participating in the CivStart Innovation Hub or any of its affiliated sub-communities and programs, you agree to the following data privacy and security measures:

Data Collection and Usage

  • We collect personal information, such as your name and email address, to facilitate your participation in the community and provide relevant updates and information.

  • We do not share your personal information with third parties without your consent, except in the following circumstances or as described in this Privacy Policy.

  • Integration with Social Connection Services: Our platform may integrate with other social connection services like Slack. By using these services, you agree to their respective terms of service as well.

  • Third Party Service Providers: We may share your personal information with third party service providers that provide services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

Data Protection

  • We work with Disco, our technology provide, who employs industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. This includes encryption protocols and access controls to safeguard your data during transmission and storage.

Compliance with Data Protection Laws

  • CivStart is committed to complying with all applicable data protection laws.

  • If you are a resident of the European Union or California, you have certain rights regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information.

  • The right to access: You can request more details about the personal data we hold about you and request a copy of such personal data. To do so, reach out to info@civstart.org

  • The right to rectification: If you believe that any personal data we are holding about you is incorrect or incomplete, you can request that we correct or supplement such data. To do so, reach out to info@civstart.org

Data Breach Notification

  • In the event of a data breach that may compromise your personal information, we will notify you promptly and provide guidance on steps you can take to protect yourself.

  • We will also report any data breaches to the appropriate regulatory authorities in accordance with legal requirements.

User Responsibilities

  • You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for any actions taken using your account.

  • Please notify us immediately if you become aware of any unauthorized access to or use of your account.

 

Intellectual Property Rights

Your Content

  • When you share, post, or upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights on or in connection with our platform, you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, and worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of your content.

Respect for Others' Rights

  • We ask that you respect other people’s rights. You must not post content that infringes or violates someone else’s rights or otherwise violates the law. We can remove any content you post on our platform if we believe that it violates this policy.

Reporting Infringements

  • If you believe your intellectual property rights have been infringed, you can report it to us by providing a comprehensive description of the alleged infringement, including information sufficient to allow us to locate the material.

 

Legal Compliance

Users are responsible for complying with all applicable laws and regulations.

User-Generated Content

  • User-generated content (UGC) refers to any content - text, videos, images, reviews, etc., created by users of our online platform. Users are solely responsible for the content they post.

CivStart's Role

  • We do not endorse, support, represent, or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any content posted via our services unless it was posted specifically by CivStart.

Moderation

  • While we are not obligated to screen content or monitor any areas of our platform where users transmit or post communications, we have the right (but not the obligation), in our sole discretion, to remove any content that violates these guidelines.

Liability

  • To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, CivStart will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages resulting from your access to or use of, or inability to access or use, the services, or any content.

 

Amendments and Updates

CivStart reserves the right to amend or update the community agreements as needed, with notice provided to users through the Community Announcements feed.

 

Thank you for being a part of our community!

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