This Privacy Policy explains how PRIOS, LLC (“PRIOS,” “we” or “us”) collect, use, disclose and retain information about you when you access or use our websites, mobile applications and other online products and services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”), or otherwise interact with us.
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our website homepage or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.
Collection of Information
Use of Information
Sharing of Information
Data Retention
Social Sharing Features
Transfer of Information to the U.S. and Other Countries
Your Choices
Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others
Additional Information for Users in California
Additional Information for Users in Europe
Contact Us
In this Privacy Policy, “personal information” means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with or reasonably can be used to identify an individual or household and other data that is linked to personal information. The types of personal information we collect about you depend on your interactions with us and are described in more detail below.
We collect information directly from you in a variety of ways. For example, we collect information from you when you create an account, participate in any interactive areas of our Services, sign up to receive news, information or special offers from us, make a purchase from us, provide feedback or other submissions to us, fill out a form, participate in a contest or promotion, communicate with us via third party social media sites, request customer support, or otherwise communicate with us.
The types of information we collect directly from you include your name, email address, job title and company name, GPA, photos, ratings and attribute scores you provide, content you create, edit, save or tag, information about meetings or events you create or contribute to, test and assessment responses your provide, and other preferences you express when using the Services.
When you access or use our Services, we automatically collect information about you, including
We may also obtain information about you from other sources. For example, we may collect information about you from other users of our Services, third-party social media sites, in accordance with their authorization procedures (if you or your social media friends create, log into, or otherwise link a PRIOS account with a social media site), or from analytics providers and other third parties that provide us with information so we can better understand you.
The types of information we may collect about you from other sources include your name, email address, demographic information (such as your gender and, age range), social media profile photo, and ratings, dots and descriptions about you provided by other users of our Services.
We may derive information or draw inferences about you based on the other personal information we collect about you. For example, based on the attribute scores or dots you receive through our Services, we may infer your strengths and weaknesses or how you rank with regards to certain attributes as compared to others in your group. We may infer your location from our collection of your IP address. We may also derive various insights from the information submitted by and about you through our Services.
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:
We share personal information as described below:
In certain instances, we may also share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used by those third parties to identify you.
We store the information we collect about you for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it, or for other legitimate business purposes, including to meet our legal, regulatory, or other compliance obligations. Please refer to Your Choices below for information about how to deactivate your account and other choices available to you.
The Services may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools, such as links to share information about PRIOS on social media sites. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.
PRIOS is based in the United States and we process and store information in the U.S. and other countries. Therefore, we and our service providers may transfer your information to, or store or access it in, jurisdictions that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction. We will take steps to ensure that your personal data receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it.
You may update certain account information you provide to us at any time by logging into your account and adjusting your settings. If you no longer want us to process information about you, you can request that we deactivate your account through the customer support functions of our Services, but note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes. We may also retain cached or archived copies of information about you for a certain period of time.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, see our Cookie Policy and Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others below.
We may allow others to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our behalf across the web and in mobile applications. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Services and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in apps, links clicked, and conversion information. In some cases, the information collected by these cookies and other technologies may be linked to other information about you, such as your email address, which we may share in hashed or encrypted form. This information may be used by PRIOS and these entities to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our Services and other websites and mobile applications, and better understand your activity. We may also work with third parties to serve ads to you as part of a customized campaign on third-party platforms (such as Facebook or Google). As part of these ad campaigns, we or third-party platforms may convert information about you, such as your email address and phone number, into a unique value that can be matched with a user account on these platforms to allow us to learn about your interests and to serve you advertising that is customized to your interests. Note that the third-party platforms may offer you choices about whether you see these types of customized ads.
For more information, please see our Cookie Policy. In addition, to learn more about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices or click the Cookie Settings button in the banner presented on the bottom of the page at https://www.principles.com/ or https://economicprinciples.org/. For individuals in the EEA, please visit https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.
You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from PRIOS by following the instructions in those emails. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or updates to our user terms or policies.
With your consent, we may send promotional and non-promotional push notifications or alerts to your mobile device. You can deactivate these messages at any time by changing the notification settings on your mobile device.
If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires us to disclose the following information with respect to our collection, use, and disclosure of personal information.
In the preceding 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information; demographic information (note that some demographic information may be considered characteristics of protected classifications under state or federal law); professional or employment related information; education information; audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information; inferences; and other information that relates to or is reasonably capable of being associated with you. For examples of the precise data points we collect and the sources of such collection, please see Collection of Information above. We collect personal information for the business and commercial purposes listed in Use of Information above.
We may share your personal information with third parties as described in Sharing of Information above. In the preceding 12 months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes: identifiers, internet and electronic network activity information, commercial information, visual information, geolocation data, professional or employment related information, and other information that we have derived or inferred about you or that relates to or is capable of being associated with you. PRIOS does not, and will not, sell your personal information. As described in this Privacy Policy, we do permit our advertising partners to use cookies and other technologies to receive information about you in order to show you ads that are targeted to your interests. In order to opt out of this targeted advertising please see Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others above.
California consumers have the right to request (1) more information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected, and disclosed for a business purpose in the last 12 months, (2) deletion of their personal information (subject to certain exceptions), and (3) opt out of sales of personal information, if applicable. You may make these requests by emailing us at support@principles.com or visiting this page. If you would like to use an authorized agent registered with the California Secretary of State to exercise these rights, we may request evidence that you have provided such agent with power of attorney or that the agent otherwise has valid written authority to submit requests on your behalf. We will not discriminate against you if you choose to exercise your rights under the CCPA.
If you are in the EEA, you have certain rights and protections under the law regarding the processing of your personal information.
If you are in the EEA, when we process your personal information we will only do so in the following situations:
We need to use your personal information to perform our responsibilities under our contract with you (e.g., providing the services you have requested).
We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal information. For example, we may process your personal information to send you marketing communications, to communicate with you about changes to our Services, and to secure and improve our Services.
We find such processing is necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
We have your consent to do so. When your consent is the legal basis for our processing, you may withdraw such consent at any time.
If you are in the EEA, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, erased, or transferred. You may also have the right to object to, or request that we restrict, certain processing. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, you may do so by emailing us at support@principles.com or visiting this page. If you have created an account to access and use our Services, you may also update certain personal information by logging into your account.
If you are in the EEA and have a concern about how we process personal information that we are not able to resolve, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data privacy authority where you reside. For contact details of your local Data Protection Authority, please see: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: legal@principles.com or, where available, through “Contact Support” from within our mobile applications. You can also write to us at:
PRIOS, LLC
Attn: Legal Dept.
One Glendinning Place
Westport, Connecticut 06880