Trusted Advertising Network, LLC (“TAN,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) provides this Privacy Policy because we know that you care about how your information is collected, used, shared, and retained. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected from visitors through https://www.tagtrust.net (the “Website”). Please be sure to read this entire Privacy Policy. By visiting or using our Website, you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the accompanying Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, then you should not visit or use the Website. Please note that capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meaning ascribed to them in the Terms of Use.
GDPR & Data Privacy Framework Notice
Natural persons located in the United Kingdom or European Economic Area (“EEA”) should review the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and Data Privacy Framework Notice here.
In addition, the Data Privacy Framework Notice should be reviewed if your personal information is transferred from the EEA, United Kingdom, or Switzerland to the US pursuant to the E.U.-U.S. (or related UK Extension) or Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
Information We Collect and/or Receive; the Purpose of Collection and Use
Contact Information. We collect contact information on our Website from visitors that wish to obtain information about our work or join our efforts to build trust in the digital advertising supply chain through distributed ledger technology. Contact information is provided via browser forms or online forms, and includes first name, last name, and e-mail address (“Contact Information”). This Contact Information is used by us to contact our Website visitors, as appropriate, for the purpose of providing the requested information, to provide member services, such as participation in programs, tools, or working groups, or to provide marketing or other services (such as the TAG TrustNet). We may also obtain your Contact Information, or related information, such as TAG ID of your employer, from Trustworthy Accountability Group, Inc. (TAG); such information may be used for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Registration Information. If you would like to apply for TAG ID, you will be asked to provide certain information such as company name, company legal name, address, phone number, Corporate ID type, Corporate ID, business type, website address, date of incorporation, officer names, and country of incorporation (collectively, “Registration Information”). We provide your Registration Information to TAG and its vendors to validate the applicant company’s identity and meets the criteria to receive a TAG ID.
Other Information. In addition to Contact Information and Registration Information, we may collect or receive the following other information:
Aggregate Data. In an ongoing effort to better understand our users and the Website we may analyze your information in aggregate form, and merge your information with other data for purposes of our reporting, planning, development, operating, maintaining, managing, and improving the Website. The aggregate information collected through the Website does not identify you personally; similarly, user level information (i.e., IP Address or Device Identifier) can identify a user’s computer or mobile phone but not the user directly (such as by name). We may share this data with our affiliates, agents, and business partners.
Additional Uses. We also use information collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy to respond to your inquiries and requests, operate our Website, and improve your experience, analyze how our Website is used, identify or remediate possible threats to Website security, conduct research, do internal recordkeeping, solicit feedback regarding our Website, provide relevant content on our Website, and communicate with you via email regarding our current and future products and services.
Sharing with Third Parties
We engage other companies and individuals to perform certain business-related functions on our behalf or in conjunction with us. Examples may include customer relationship management service providers, technical consultants and service providers, financial service providers and consultants, information service providers, hosting services, data storage companies, and database management/back-up services. These other companies and individuals will have access to personal information as reasonably necessary to perform their functions (including the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy) and to the extent permitted by law.
We also share information with our business partners, such as (i) third parties with whom we partner (e.g., Fiducia DLT Limited, such as for the TAG TrustNet) and TAG with whom we have a services agreement l and (ii) third parties who to provide, or assist in their provision of, certain services or for marketing purposes (joint or otherwise), including but not limited to TAG.
Business Transfer
In the event of a merger, dissolution, or similar corporate event, or the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, we expect that the information that we have collected, including personal information, would be transferred to the surviving entity. All such transfers shall be subject to our commitments with respect to the privacy and confidentiality of such personal information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Disclosures to Public Authorities
We are required to disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including for the purpose of meeting national security or law enforcement requirements. We may also disclose personal information to other third parties when compelled to do so by government authorities or required by law or regulation including, but not limited to, in response to court orders and subpoenas.
Opt-Out for Direct Marketing
You may opt out at any time from the use of your personal information for direct marketing purposes by emailing the instructions to this email address: info@tagtrust.net. Please allow us a reasonable time to process your request.
You may also manage your receipt of marketing communications by clicking on the "Unsubscribe" (or similarly worded) link located on the bottom of such email and following the instructions found on the page to which the link takes you. Please allow us a reasonable time to process your request.
Links to Third-Party Sites
We may provide links or automatically redirect you to third-party websites that do not operate under this Privacy Policy. For example, if you click on a link on our Website for another website, you may be taken to a website that we do not operate or control. You should review the privacy policies and terms of use of all third-party websites that you access. These third-party websites may independently solicit and collect information from you. On occasion, those third-party websites may provide us with information about your use of those websites. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PRIVACY POLICY DOES NOT COVER THE COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION BY SUCH THIRD PARTIES.
If you choose to share information about articles that you’ve viewed through your social media accounts while visiting our Website, those social media companies may collect information about you. Your interactions with social media companies and the use of their features are governed by the privacy policies of the social media companies who provide those features. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policies of any social media accounts you create and use.
How We Protect Your Information
We take reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction, taking into account the risks involved in processing and the nature of such data, and comply with applicable laws and regulations. You should keep in mind, however, that no internet transmission is 100% secure or error-free.
Personal Information Rights Requests
In accordance with applicable law, we will provide a process to enable you to access, delete, update, or otherwise submit requests in relation to your personal information. Where applicable law does not provide this right to you, we may provide these rights to you at our discretion in each case. Where such rights are provided under applicable law, you can request these rights by contacting us by email at info@tagtrust.net. You may be asked to provide additional information to verify your identity before rights requests may be fulfilled. If you ask us to remove your personal information, we reserve the right to retain as much of your personal information, and for so long as we deem necessary, to comply with our legal, regulatory, internal audit, and record-keeping requirements, subject to applicable law.
Retention of Personal Information
We will retain your personal information in a form that identifies you only for as long as it serves the purposes for which it was initially collected as stated in this Privacy Policy, subsequently authorized, or as allowed under applicable law.
Important Notice to All Non-U.S. Residents
If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that any information provided to us, including personal information, will be transferred from your country of origin to the United States (where it may be stored and/or processed in our servers, or in a cloud environment provided by our service providers). Except in the case of data transfers under the GDPR, your decision to provide such data to us, or allow us to collect such data through our Website or otherwise through our services (such as member services), constitutes your consent to this data transfer.
California Residents
In addition, TAN does not monitor, recognize, or honor any opt-out or do not track mechanisms including general web browser, “Do Not Track” settings and/or signals.
Children
We not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 through the Website. If you are under the age of 13, please do not provide any personal information through the Website. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce this Privacy Policy by instructing their children to never provide any personal information on this Website or any other web site without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided personal information to us through the Website, please contact us using the information in the Contact Us section of the Website, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.
Changes in our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date stated at the top of this Privacy Policy. From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy, and we will post any changes on the Website as soon as they go into effect. By accessing and/or using the Website after we make any such changes to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have accepted such changes. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@tagtrust.net.
