This privacy policy (“Policy”) describes how OMSR Private Limited a company registered under the Companies Act, 2013 bearing CIN number U72900HR2016PTC064982 whose registered office is E-15, FF, Vipul World, Sector 48, Gurgaon- 122018, Haryana, (Hereinafter “OMSR MEDIA PVT. LTD”, “Company”, “Us”, “We”) and its related companies collect, use and share personal data of users of this website, www.connecwrk.com (the “Website”) and the “ConnecWrk” technology platform accessible through desktops, mobile phones, smart phones and tablets (the “ConnecWrk platform”). ConnecWrk offers a suite of Services (defined in the Terms of Use) to users who register on the ConnecWrk platform (Hereinafter “Members”) from time to time, including amongst others off-site services, such as ad services and plugins.Please take a moment to read this Policy which explains how we collect, use, disclose and transfer the personal information that you provide to us on the ConnecWrk platform,at the time of registration and while using the ConnecWrk platform.
At ConnecWrk our mission is to connect like-minded individuals and benefit the professional and/or personal lives of people around the globe.
If you have any questions or comments about the Privacy Policy, please contact us at https://www.connecwrk.com/privacy.html . This Policy is incorporated into and is subject to the Firm’s Terms of Use, which can be accessed at https://www.connecwrk.com/terms.html . Your use of the ConnecWrk platform and/or Services offered thereunder and any personal information you provide therein remains subject to the terms of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
BY ACCESSING OR USING THE ConnecWrk PLATFORM AND /OR SERVICES PROVIDED THEREIN, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND/OR PRIVACY POLICY DO NOT USE THE SERVICES.
Introduction
By registering on the ConnecWrk platform “Members” are able to use the Services offered therein. Some of our Services may be available to non-members (“Visitors”).
Consent
If you use our Services, you consent to the collection, use and sharing of your personal data as provided under this Privacy Policy (which includes our Cookie Policy and other documents referenced in this Privacy Policy) and agree to the User Agreement.
1. Information Collection and Use
We collect and use your information below to provide, understand, and improve our Services.
Information You Provide To Us
Registration and basic account information
Personal Information: Includes information that whether on its own or in combination with other information may be used to readily identify or contact you such as: name, address, email address, phone number and other information/documents you upload, post, share on the ConnecWrk platform etc. If you choose to create an account on connecwrk.com, you must provide us with some data and personal information including your name, email address and/or mobile number, and a password, as well as other information you directly give us on our ConnecWrk platform. Your name and username are always listed publicly, including on your profile page and search results.
Some of our product features, such as searching and viewing public user profiles on ConnecWrk, do not require you to create an account. If you register for a premium Service, we ask you for payment (e.g., credit card) and billing information. In addition, we may also collect personal information from you when you correspond with us (for example, when you send us e-mail communications or letters, or by telephone).
Your Profile, Contact Management
The following sections of the Personal Data you have made available to ConnecWrk, is visible to all other Members of ConnecWrk:
All other Members of ConnecWrk may access your Profile and view the information shown on the Profile, including data you have specified to be made available to all other ConnecWrk Members.
The following personal statistics are visible to all members of ConnecWrk, at all times:
On your profile you will find an activity meter. This meter shows your posts and articles on ConnecWrk platform.
The information that you post to create your Profile will help you to get more from our Services, including professional opportunities or helping recruiters find you . It’s your discretion whether to include sensitive information on your profile. Please do not post or add personal data to your profile that you would not want to be publicly visible.
Posting and Uploading
We collect personal data from you when you provide, post or upload it to our Services, such as when you fill out a form, respond to a survey, submit a resume and apply for or save jobs or send invitations.
Information We Get From Others
We may get information about you from other sources. Others may post or write about you. We may add this to information we get from this site.
Content and News
You and others may post content that includes information about you on our Services (as part of blog posts, feed updates and comments, videos). We collect public information about you, such as professional-related news and accomplishments (e.g., patents granted, professional recognition, conference speakers, projects, etc.) and make it available as part of our Services (e.g. suggestions for your profile, or notifications of mentions in the news).
Non-Personal Information:
Service Use
We log your visits and use of our Services, including mobile apps. For example, when visiting our site, we log your computer operating system type, the website you visited before browsing to our site, pages you viewed, how long you spent on a page, access times and information about your use of and actions on our site.
We log usage data when you visit or otherwise use our Services, including our sites, app and platform technology (e.g., our off-site plugins), such as when you view or click on content or ads (on or off our sites and apps), perform a search, install one of our mobile apps, share articles or apply for jobs. We use log-ins, cookies, device information and internet protocol (“IP”) addresses to identify you and log your use.
Cookies, Web Beacons and Other Similar Technologies
We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on certain pages of the Website and/or Application to help analyze our web page flow, measure promotional effectiveness, and promote trust and safety. "Cookies" are small files placed on the hard drive of your computer that assist us in providing our Service. We offer certain features that are only available through the use of a "cookie". We also use cookies to allow you to enter your password less frequently during a session. Cookies can also help us provide information that is targeted to your interests. Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on the Website and/or Application and you may be required to reenter your password more frequently during a session. Your Device and Location
We receive data from your devices and networks, including location data.
When you visit or leave our Services (including our plugins or cookies or similar technology on the sites of others), we receive the URL of both the site you came from and the one you go to next. We also get information about your IP address, proxy server, operating system, web browser and add-ons, device identifier and features, and/or ISP or your mobile carrier. If you use our Services from a mobile device, that device will send us data about your location. Most devices allow you to prevent location data from being sent to us and we honor your settings.
Direct Messages and non public communications
We collect information about you when you send, receive, or engage with messages in connection with our Services. For example, if you get a connection request, we track whether you have acted on it and will send you reminders.
We provide certain features that allow you to communicate more privately. For example, you can use Direct Messages to have private conversations with other members on ConnecWrk. When you privately communicate with others through our Services, such as by sending and receiving Direct Messages, we will store and process your communications, and information related to them. Please note that if you interact with public content shared with you via Direct Message, for instance by liking a post shared via Direct Message, those interactions may be public. When you use features like Direct Messages to communicate privately, please remember that recipients may copy, store, and re-share the contents of your communications.
Workplace Provided Information
When your employer buys a premium Service for you to use at work, they may give us data about you.
An employer (or other person or entity procuring our Services for your use) may provide us information about their employees or contractors who make use of these Services. For example, we will get contact information for administrators who create a “Company Profile” and for authorizing users of our premium Services.
Other
We are improving our Services, which means we get new data and create new ways to use data
Our Services are dynamic and we often introduce new features, which may require the collection of new information. If we collect materially different personal data or materially change how we use your data, we will notify you and may also modify this Privacy Policy.
2. How We Use Your Data
We use your data to provide, support, personalize and develop our Services. We do not disclose your private personal information except in the limited circumstances described here
How we use your personal data will depend on which Services you use, how you use those Services and the choices you make in your settings. We use the data that we have about you to provide, support, personalize and make our Services more relevant and useful to you and others.
Services
We use your data to authenticate you and authorize access to our Services.
Staying connected and informed
Our Services allow you to communicate and stay in touch, with colleagues, partners, clients, and other professional contacts. To do so, you will “add as contact” other professionals who you choose, and who also wish to “connect” with you. When you connect, you will be able to search each others’ connections in order to exchange information or professional opportunities.
We will use data about you (such as profiles you have viewed or data provided through address book uploads or partner integrations) to suggest connections for you and others (e.g. Members who share your contacts) and enable you to invite others to become a Member and connect with you. It is your choice whether to invite someone to our Services, send a connection request, or allow another Member to become your connection. When you invite someone to connect with you, your invitation will include your name, photo, network and contact information. We will send invitation reminders to the person you invited. You can choose whether or not to share your own list of connections with your connections.
Visitors have choices about how we use their data.
Our Services allow you to stay informed about news, events and ideas regarding topics you care about and that matter to you. We use the information about you to recommend relevant content across our Services, suggest skills you may have to add to your profile. So, if you let us know that you are interested in a new skill, we will use this information to personalize content in your feed. We use your content, activity and other data, including your name and picture, to provide notices to your network and others. Depending on your settings, we may send notifications to other members that you have updated your profile, posted a blog, made new connections or if there was a mention of you in the news.
Contact Information
You may use your contact information, such as your email address or phone number, to customize your account or enable certain account features, for example, for login verification. If you provide us with your phone number, you agree to receive text messages to that number from us. We may use your contact information to send you information about our Services, to market to you, to help prevent spam, fraud, or abuse, and to help others find your account, including through third-party services and client applications.
Career
Your profile can be found by recruiters (for a job or a specific task) or be hired by you. We will use your data to recommend jobs, show you and others who work at a company, in an industry, function or location or have certain skills and connections.
We may use your profile and activity to recommend jobs to you and you to recruiters.
Our Services allow you to collaborate with colleagues, search for potential clients, customers, partners and others to do business with.
Advertising
Our Services are supported by advertising. We may use the information described in this Privacy Policy to help make our advertising more relevant to you, and to measure the performance of ads, and to help recognize your devices to serve you ads on and off ConnecWrk, We use the following data, separately or combined:
Data from advertising technologies on and off of our Services, like web beacons, pixels, ad tags, cookies, and device identifiers;
Member-provided information
We will show you ads called sponsored content which looks like similar non-sponsored content, except that they are labelled or sponsored ads. If you like, comment or share these ads, your action is associated with your name and viewable by others, including the provider of the advertisement.
Information to Advertisers
We do not share your personal data with any third-party advertisers or (other than hashed or device identifiers, to the extent they are personal data in some countries) ad networks for their advertising without your separate permission. But, if you click on an advertisement, the ad poster will identify that you visited the page, you clicked on. Also, advertising partners can associate personal data collected by the advertiser directly from you with our cookies and similar technologies. In such instances, we seek to contractually require such advertisers to obtain your explicit, opt-in consent before doing so.
Promotions
We use data and content about Members for invitations and communications promoting membership and network growth, engagement and our Services.
Research and Surveys for enhancement of Services
We use data, including feedback from public, to conduct research and development for the enhancement of our Services in order to provide you and others with a better, experience, more engagement on our Services and to promote growth in membership.
In certain instances, we work with trusted third parties to perform research, under controls that are designed to protect your privacy. We use the data available to us to research social and workplace trends such as jobs availability and skills needed for these jobs and policies that help bridge the gap in various industries and geographic areas.
In the event there are polls and surveys conducted by us and others through our Services, you are not obligated to answer to those polls and/or surveys and you have the choice about the information you provide. You may opt out of survey invitations.
3 Information Sharing and Disclosure
Profile
Your profile including your name is fully visible to all Members and customers of our Services. Your visibility settings, the subscriptions they may have, their usage of our Services, access channels and search types (e.g., by name or by keyword) impact the availability of your profile and certain fields.
Law and Security Investigations
We may preserve or disclose your information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, legal process, , governmental request or regulation; to address fraud, security or technical issues; to protect the safety of any person; or to protect our or our users’ rights or property. However, nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit any legal defences or objections that you may have to a third party’s, including a government’s, request to disclose your information.
Posts, Likes, Comments, Messages
Our Services allow viewing and sharing information including through posts, likes and comments.
When you share a post (e.g., an update or an article) the default (which you can change) is to share it publicly. Others who are not your connections will be able to find (including through search engines) and see your post.
When you like, comment on or share another’s post, others will see it, including the person who initiated the post.
In a group, posts are visible to others in the group. Your membership in groups is public and part of your profile unless you change the default settings.
Any information you share through pages on our Services will be viewable by it and others who visit those pages.
When you follow a person or organization, you are visible to others and that “page owner” as a follower. We provide aggregate insights about the followers and viewers to the respective page owners.
We let senders know when you act on their message, subject to your settings where applicable.
Service Providers
We engage others (service providers) to help us provide our Services. We may share your private personal information with such service providers subject to obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures, and on the condition that the third parties use your private personal data only on our behalf and in accordance to our instructions. We share your payment information, including your credit or debit card number, card expiration date, CVV code, and billing address with payment services providers to process payments; prevent, detect and investigate fraud or other prohibited activities; facilitate dispute resolution such as chargebacks or refunds; and for other purposes associated with the acceptance of credit or debit cards.
Business Transfers, Sale, change in control and Affiliates
In the event that we are involved in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, reorganization or sale of assets, we may share your data or it may be sold or transferred as part of that transaction. This Privacy Policy will apply to your information as transferred to the new entity. We may also disclose information about you to our corporate affiliates in order to help provide, understand, and improve our Services and our affiliates’ services, including the delivery of ads.
4. Member Choices and Obligations
Rights to access and control your personal data
If you are a Member who is a registered user of our Services, we provide you with tools and account settings to access, correct, delete, or modify the personal information you provided to us and associated with your account. We provide many choices about the collection, use and sharing of your data, from deleting or correcting data you include in your profile and controlling the visibility of your posts.
Account closure
You can also permanently delete your ConnecWrk account. When deactivated, your account, including your name, username, and public profile, will generally stop being visible on connecwrk.com. We retain your personal data even after you have closed your account if reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our User Agreement, or fulfill your request to “unsubscribe” from further messages from us. We will retain de-personalized information after your account has been closed. Keep in mind that search engines and other third parties may still retain copies of your public information, like your user profile information, even after you have deleted the information from the ConnecWrk Services or deactivated your account.
5. Changes to this Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of the policy will govern our use of your information and will always be at https://connecwrk.com/privacy.html. If we make a change to this policy that, in our sole discretion, is material, we will notify you via an update or email to the email address associated with your account. By continuing to access or use the Services after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.
6. Other important information
Security
We take reasonable security measures and procedures, and as specified by applicable law, to maintain appropriate physical, technical and administrative security to help prevent loss, misuse, or unauthorized access, disclosure or modification of Personal Information. We implement security safeguards designed to protect your data, such as HTTPS. We regularly monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks. However, we cannot warrant the security of any information that you send us. There is no guarantee that data may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.. While we take these reasonable efforts to safeguard your personal information, you acknowledge and agree that no system or transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. You should take steps to protect against unauthorized access to your password, phone, and computer by, among other things, signing off after using a shared computer, choosing a robust password that nobody else knows or can easily guess, and keeping your log-in and password private. We are not responsible for the unauthorized use of your information or for any lost, stolen, compromised passwords, or for any activity on your Account via unauthorized password activity.
Contact
If you have queries or complaints regarding this Policy, you may write to us at grievance@connecwrk.com.
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