The Information Inn's Privacy Policy- Your privacy is very important to us.

PRIVACY POLICY

Effective May 25, 2018

This Privacy Policy applies to The Information Inn’s owned and operated websites (‘Sites’). The Information Inn (The Information Inn,” “we,” or “us”) knows that you care how information about you is used and shared. This Privacy Policy explains what information of yours will be collected by The Information Inn when you access the Sites, how the information will be used, and how you can control the collection, correction and/or deletion of information. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including offline) or from other sources. The use of information collected through our Sites shall be limited to the purposes under this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect on Our Own Behalf.

Our Sites: We may collect personally identifiable information about you, such as your full name, phone number, email address, or similar, when you register for an account on our Client Management System. If you choose to purchase a product from us, we or our third-party payment processors will collect your payment information. When you visit our websites, we may receive certain information about you as described below.
Registration: If you desire to have access to The Information Inn’s Client Management System, you may be required to become a registered user, and to submit the following types of Personally-identifying information. to The Information Inn: your name, email address, phone number, full username, password, address, and time zone.
Making a Purchase: When you make purchases on our Site, you will need to provide Personally-identifying information. such as your credit card number and billing address.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Technologies such as cookies, beacons, tags and scripts are used by The Information Inn. These technologies may be used in analysing trends, administering the Sites, tracking your movements around the Sites and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We use cookies to remember users’ settings as well as for authentication and analytics. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject cookies, you may still use our Sites, but your ability to use some features or areas of our Sites may be limited. If you are located in Europe, your IP address, keystroke activity, and personal information are never stored or shared with any third-parties. We also use Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Facebook Pixel). Some or all of these tools may be used to track information about your behaviour on our website depending on your region. For more information or to opt-out, please visit the respective website(s) of these vendors or contact us at hello@theinfoinn.com.

2. Information We Collect on Behalf of Third Parties.

Cookies And Tracking Technologies: Technologies such as cookies, beacons, tags and scripts are used by our partners, affiliates, analytics or service providers. These technologies may be used in analysing trends, administering the Sites, tracking your movements around the Sites and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by such companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.

3. How We Use Your Information.

(a) We use the information that we collect to operate and maintain our Sites and to respond to your questions and concerns. The legal basis is section 6(1)(f) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

(b) If you have given your consent, we use the information that we collect to send you marketing communications in our newsletter. The legal basis is section 6(1)(a) of GDPR.

We have a legitimate interest in running a successful and efficient business and in providing you with Services and useful content, and we use the information we collect, both on its own and combined with any other information we collect about you, for the following purposes:

To provide the requested Services to you;
To provide you with useful content;
To ensure the proper functioning of our Services
To offer and improve our Services;
To provide you with requested information or technical support
To facilitate your movement through our websites or your use of our Services;
To do a better job of advertising and marketing our Services (our use of your information to do this is performed with your consent where required by applicable law);
To advertise and market third party products and services (such advertisement is only performed with your permission where your consent is required by applicable law)
To diagnose problems with our servers or our Services;
In connection with our security and compliance programs;
To administer our websites;
To communicate with you;
To target prospective customers with our products or services (such targeting is only performed with your permission where your consent is required by applicable law);
To assist us in offering you a personalized experience or otherwise tailor our Services to you; and
As otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.

4. How We Share Your Information.

(a) Personally Identifiable Information: The Information Inn will not rent or sell your personally identifiable information to others. We may store personal information in locations outside the direct control of The Information Inn (for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers). Any personally identifiable information you elect to make publicly available on our Sites, such as posting comments on our blog page, will be available to others. If you remove information that you have made public on our Sites, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of our Sites or if other users have copied or saved that information.

(b) Non-Personally Identifiable Information: We may share non-personally identifiable information (such as anonymous usage data, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with interested third parties to help them understand the usage patterns for our Site. If you remove information that you have made public on The Information Inn’s Site, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of the Information Inn’s Site, or if other users have copied or saved that information. Non-personally identifiable information may be stored indefinitely.

(c) Instances Where We Are Required To Share Your Information: The Information Inn will disclose your information where required to do so by law, if subject to subpoena or other legal proceeding or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement; (b) to enforce our Terms of Service or to protect the security or integrity of our Service; and/or (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of The Information Inn, our users or others.

(d) What Happens in The Event Of a Change Of Control: We may buy or sell/divest/transfer the company (including any shares in the company), or any combination of its products, services, assets and/or businesses. Your information such as customer names and email addresses and other User information related to the Site may be among the items sold or otherwise transferred in these types of transactions. We may also sell, assign or otherwise transfer such information in the course of corporate divestitures, mergers, acquisitions, bankruptcies, dissolutions, reorganizations, liquidations, similar transactions or proceedings involving all or a portion of the company. You will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our Site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.

(f) Testimonials: We display personal testimonials of satisfied customers on our Site in addition to other endorsements. With your consent, we may post your testimonial along with your name. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at hello@theinfoinn.com.

5. Storage and Processing.

Your information collected through The Information Inn’s site may be stored and processed in the United States, Europe, or any other country in which The Information Inn or its subsidiaries, affiliates or service providers maintain facilities. The Information Inn may transfer information that we collect about you, including personal information, to affiliated entities, or to other third parties across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. If you are located in the European Union or European Economic Area, please note that we will not transfer information, including personal data, to a country outside of the European Union or European Economic Area.

6. How We Protect Your Information.

The Information Inn is concerned with protecting your privacy and data, but we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to The Information Inn or guarantee that your information on The Information Inn’s Site may not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of any of our industry standard physical, technical or managerial safeguards. When you enter sensitive information (such as login credentials) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). No method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Site, you can contact us at hello@theinfoinn.com We use a credit card processing company- PayPal to bill you if you purchase services. This company do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any other purposes. PayPal is an easy and secure way to make purchases. As a customer, you can trust PayPal to help keep your transactions secure.

7. Privacy Shield.

The Information Inn self-certifies compliance with EU-US Privacy Shield at the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Information Inn complies with the EU GDPR framework as set forth by the European Union regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal data from European Union member countries. The Information Inn has certified that it adheres to the requirements of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access and enforcement.

8. Compromise of Personal Information.

In the event that personal information is compromised as a breach of security, The Information Inn will promptly notify our customers in compliance with applicable law.

9. Your Choices About Your Information.

For current The Information Inn customers, you can review, correct, update or delete inaccuracies to the information about you that The Information Inn keeps on file by logging into your account to update your information. Alternately (for data subjects tracked by The Information Inn and former The Information Inn customers), you can contact us directly at hello@theinfoinn.com We will acknowledge your request within seventy-two (72) hours and handle it promptly. If you wish to opt-out of being tracked by The Information Inn’s analytics software, you can do so by sending an email to hello@theinfoinn.com. Data protection law gives you a range of rights in connection with our processing of your personal data. In this regard, you have the right to request that we rectify or delete the personal data or restrict the processing of your personal data, if you think they are inaccurate. Furthermore, you have the right to object against the processing based on our legitimate interests as a legal basis. We are required to assess and act on your request. Additionally, you also have the right to data portability if it should become relevant. You have a right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

10. Our Retention Of Your Information.

(a) If you have an account with The Information Inn’s Client Management System, we will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

(b) If you are a visitor to The Information Inn’s Sites we will retain your information for as long as necessary but no longer than one (1) year after your last visit to our Sites.

11. Children’s Privacy.

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that reason, The Information Inn does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at hello@theinfoinn.com

12. Links to Other Web Sites.

We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites or services linked to or from The Information Inn’s Sites, including the information or content contained therein. Please remember that when you use a link to go from The Information Inn’s Sites to another website or service, our Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services. Your browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service, including those that have a link or advertisement on our website, are subject to that third party’s own rules and policies.

13. Social Media Widgets.

Our Site includes social media features, such as the Facebook Like button and other widgets, that run on our Site. These features may collect your IP address and which page you are visiting on our Site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the organisation providing it.

14. Changes to Our Privacy Policy.

All changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. When we change the policy in a material manner, we will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Site, prior to the change becoming effective and update the ‘effective date’ at the top of this page.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, please contact us at hello@theinfoinn.com.