Last updated: April 11, 2023 12:04
PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) is attached to and made a part of the Membership Terms and Conditions.
Uppercase terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meaning in set out in the Membership Terms and Conditions
General
This Privacy Policy explains under what circumstances the Center (sometimes referred to in this Privacy Policy as “we,” “us,” or “our”) gathers information in connection with the access to and use of the Center and the Center’s website located at Choctawsmallbusiness.com (the “Website”) by each Member, guest and any other person who uses the Center or the Website )(referred to in this Privacy Policy as “you” or “your”), how we use such information, and who may access that information.
Use is Acceptance
YOUR USE OF THE CENTER AND THE WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH AND ACCEPT ALL OF THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, DO NOT USE THE CENTER OR THE WEBSITE AND DO NOT PROVIDE OR SUBMIT ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION VIA OR WHILE USING THE CENTER OR THE WEBSITE.
Revisions
This Privacy Policy may be revised by us periodically. If revised, we will provide notice to you via posting to the Website or the email address you indicated on your Membership Application or that we otherwise have on file. If you change your email address and do not notify us you have irrevocably waived your right to receive notice of any revisions that occur prior to you providing an updated email address. Your continued use of the Center and/or the Website following our notice, or attempted notice, to you of any changes in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such modifications.
Consent to Collection and Use
By submitting personal information via the Membership Application or providing the Center with any personal information, you are thereby consenting to our use and disclosure of such personal information in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
Collection of Personal Information
We will collect and store certain information about you when you submit a Membership Application and such information will be transported over a third party’s telecommunications network and stored on third party servers and other equipment, in addition, you may disclose or disseminate personal or business data and/ or information in connection with your use of the Center and/or the Website while using the Center’s, or its affiliates’, networks or equipment, which date and information will be stored or cached on the Center’s systems, computers, servers or other equipment,. All of the foregoing information, together with the following information is referred to herein as “Personal Information”;
Your name
Your address
Your e-mail address
Your credit card number and/or other payment account information
Notice: To all members signing up for membership there will be a free membership period from December 1, 2020 through February 1, 2021. Effective February 1, 2021, normal rates and charges as set forth in the above Terms will be in effect for the Center. If you wish to opt out you may do so by providing notice at least by January 1, 2020, and vacating the Center by February 1, 2020.
Our Use and Sharing of Personal Information
We use your personal information as is necessary in order to provide services to you as a Member of the Center, including without limitation:
To bill you for payments owed by you;
For authentication and identification purposes;
To confirm your compliance with the Member Terms and Conditions and/or to investigate any potential breach of the Terms: and
To protect the networks, data, software or business interests of the Center and the members.
We may also use your personal Information to contact you with information relating to your Membership account or the services provided by the Center.
Other Disclosure
We are committed to protecting your privacy and, except as set forth herein, we will not sell or lease your personal Information to any third party. However, in addition to using and disclosing your personal Information in the manner described above, we may disclose the applicable and necessary portions of your personal Information:
to any person, entity or organization for the purpose of connecting Members to other resources for, in our judgment, the benefit of your business;
to financial institutions and other service providers as is reasonably necessary to verify your credit card information and to bill your credit card for any payments owed by your relating to your Membership with the Center and/or use of the services;
to our service provider and agents who provide hosting services, and web and technical support providers, as is necessary or required in connection with the operation, maintenance and support of the services and the Website;
to comply with any legal requirements, subpoena, discovery requests, or court orders, to defend any legal or administrative proceedings, or as we believe in good faith is necessary to comply with any laws or legal requirements;
As the Center believes is necessary or appropriate in an emergency situation, including without limitation, to prevent criminal activity, personal injury or property damage;
to the police, financial institutions or other appropriate authorities in connection with any investigation of suspected criminal or fraudulent activity by Member or any other person or entity.
to protect or defend our rights or property (including enforcement of our rights under the Terms); and
In connection with any legal proceedings relating to your use of the Center, the Website, or our services.
Except as described in this Privacy Policy, we will not disclose your personal information outside of the Center without your consent. We may share aggregated demographic and statistical information that is not linked in any manner to personal information and that cannot identify any individual person.
Use by Other Parties of Your Personal Information
Your personal information may be accessed by any person who has access to your account log-in information (“Log-In Information”). You should carefully protect the security and integrity of your Log-In information to guard against unauthorized access and disclosure of your personal information. Further, we cannot control how third parties and other users may use any information that you disclose in postings or submissions while using any part of the services, including without limitation in your postings in chat rooms and on message boards and forums. We encourage you to protect your personal information as you see fit.
Security
For the processing of credit card payments, our payment processor uses a Secured Socket Layer (SSL) server which encrypts your personally identifiable data prior to transmission of this information over the internet. We have also put in place reasonable physical measures and administrative procedures to safeguard against unauthorized access of personal information and to help prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of personal information and to help prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of personal information that we collect in connection with your use of our services. However, we cannot guarantee that the security measures we implement in connection with the operation of the Website and the services will absolutely prevent others from accessing or acquiring any of your personal information, including without limitation your credit card information.
Email Communications
From time to time, we may email you information relating to other services provided by the Center, its members and/or associated organizations. You consent to the delivery of such communications by e-mail to the e-mail address that you provided in the Membership Application or while otherwise using the services. E-mail sent by the Center will include an option to unsubscribe from future emails, excluding emails regarding your Membership account.
Changing Personal Information
You may contact the Center any time if you need to amend or change your personal information. Please use the contact information provided below. We are not responsible for the retention or use by third parties of any of your personal information at any time, including following its removal from our servers.
Children’s Privacy
The services are designed and intended for use only by individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years old. We are committed to protecting the privacy of children and we do not collect any personally identifiable information from children we actually know are under the age of eighteen (18). To ensure compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we will not intentionally or knowingly collect any personal information from any individual who is not at lease eighteen (18) years old.
Consent to Use Likeness
I understand that when at the Center, I or my employees may be photographed, filmed, interviewed or otherwise recorded for commercial purposes, or my likeness or voice or that of my employees may be in the background of an interview or other publicity coverage. I hereby release any claim I may have with respects to such publicity coverage and grant and convey to the Nation all right, title and interest in and to any and all photographs, images, video, audio recording or likeness of me or my employees associated use of the Center and I agree that the Nation may use such photographs, images, audio recordings or likenesses in connection with publicity.
Contacting the Center
To contact us with any questions, please send an e-mail to smallbusiness@choctawnation.com, and we will work to ensure your inquiry is passed on to and answered by the appropriate person in a timely manner. Please be aware that e-mail you send us is not necessarily secure against interception. If your communication pertains to sensitive information then you should contact us in person or via regular mail or telephone. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy of the practices of the Center, you may email chahtapreneurcenters@smallbusiness.com.
