Last Updated: April 15, 2025

At The Accountability Network, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services.

1. Information We Collect

Personal Information You Provide to Us

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

• Register for an account
• Sign up for our newsletter
• Purchase a membership
• Participate in community discussions
• Contact us with inquiries
• Complete surveys or provide feedback

This information may include:

• Name and contact details (email address, phone number, business address)
• Billing information and payment details
• Professional information (job title, company name, company size)
• Account login credentials
• Content you share in forums, comments, or messages
• Survey responses and feedback

Information Automatically Collected

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage patterns, including:

• IP address and device identifiers
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Pages visited and time spent on those pages
• Referring website or source
• Network information

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our services
• Process transactions and manage your account
• Send administrative information, such as updates, security alerts, and support messages
• Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
• Deliver personalized content and recommendations
• Send marketing communications, if you have opted in to receive them
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our services
• Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities
• Comply with legal obligations

3. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

Service Providers

We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, and other business partners who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting, and customer service.

Business Transfers

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of business assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.

Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).

With Your Consent

We may share your information with third parties when you have given us your consent to do so.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and use information about you and your interaction with our website. Cookies are small data files that are placed on your device when you visit a website, which enable us to: remember your user preferences, understand how you use our site, and tailor your experience.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly
• Analytical/performance cookies: Allow us to recognize and count visitors and see how they move around our website
• Functionality cookies: Enable us to personalize content for you
• Targeting cookies: Record your visit to our website, the pages you visit, and the links you follow

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

5. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

7. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• The right to access the personal information we have about you
• The right to request correction of inaccurate personal information
• The right to request deletion of your personal information
• The right to object to processing of your personal information
• The right to request restriction of processing of your personal information
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the "Contact Us" section below.

8. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

9. Children's Privacy

Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can delete the information.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

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