Our Policies and Privacy Promise

Disclaimer of Endorsement or Affiliation

The Privacy Projects (“TPP”) maintains its own website and the Data Privacy Day webpage (collectively, the “TPP Website”).  The TPP Website provides, directly or through hyperlinks and pointers, a broad array of web resources, videos, articles and other useful privacy materials published by governments, corporations, nonprofits and private entities (collectively, “Outside Material”).  Access to Outside Material from the TPP Website is provided for educational use only, and use of Outside Material is strictly at each user’s own risk.  No hyperlink to an outside website from the TPP Website and no provision of Outside Material on or through the TPP Website should be deemed to imply or otherwise indicate an endorsement or recommendation by TPP of any company, product, or service, or any affiliation between TPP and any other person.  TPP does not control or warrant the accuracy, relevance, timeliness or completeness of any Outside Material or any other information accessible by hyperlink from the TPP Website. TPP does not endorse any organization hosting linked websites or the products or services they offer, and the presence of hyperlinks on the TPP Website should not imply an endorsement by TPP of any views expressed at the linked destinations.  TPP does not own the copyrights to Outside Material and cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked websites; users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked website. If you select a link to an outside webpage, you are leaving the TPP Website, and your use of the outside webpage is governed by the privacy policies of that outside site.

Our Privacy Promise

The Privacy Projects bases all of its activities, communications, and business processes on the premise that personally-identifiable information, or PII, is critically important and requires both our respect and protection.

Although TPP has a short history, our staff includes leading privacy professionals with long-standing reputations in maintaining personal data.  We have never lost, disclosed, or otherwise compromised personal information and we maintain reasonable and appropriate safeguards to continue that excellent record.  We remain accountable for our privacy promise; if you have questions or need more information, write to us at info@theprivacyprojects.com.

PII Collection

As all modern companies do, we collect personal information when individuals knowingly provide it; we do not collect any PII without first providing individuals an opportunity to understand what we are collecting, how we will use it, with whom we may share it and how we protect it.  Should you share your PII with us, we will safeguard it from all uses and disclosures that are outside the promises we made when we collected it.

PII Use

We use your PII to communicate with you for a variety of reasons, including keeping you informed about our research and educational activities.  You can contact us at anytime to request we not communicate with you; you can also ask us to delete your PII from our systems; we will comply immediately.

PII Sharing

We do not share your PII unless you request that we do.  There is an exception, which is standard procedure for all responsible companies, which is that we will share PII in the event we know of or perceive a reason to do so to comply with the law, to report suspected criminal activities, or to protect our safety and that of others.

PII Safeguards

We protect PII from unauthorized use, disclosure, loss, or corruption by limiting access to digital and physical copies, controlling our premises and equipment and deploying technologies designed to safeguard all of our confidential data.  Our personnel are trained to protect PII and exercise care for all PII under their control.

PII Storage

We store only the minimum PII needed to serve our clients, customers, and other parties.  All PII that is no longer needed is disposed of completely to prevent any unauthorized disclosure.