Privacy Policy Update
We have updated our privacy policy and have added new ways for you to control the personal information you share with i2i Consulting. Following the new data protection regulations, we took the opportunity to make improvements for all of our users globally.
I2i Consulting recognises that your privacy is very important and we take it seriously. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use, disclosure, and sharing of your personal information or personal data when you use the i2i Consulting Platform. This Privacy Policy applies to activities by i2i Consulting and its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively “i2i,” “we” or “us”). Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meaning given to them in our Terms of Service.
Privacy Policy
We understand that your privacy is very important and we take it seriously. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use, disclosure, and sharing of your personal information or personal data when you use i2i Platform. This Privacy Policy applies to activities by i2i and its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively “i2i,” “we” or “us”).
The Information We Collect
We collect information directly from individuals and automatically through our i2i Platform. Account and Profile Information: When you create an account and profile on the i2i Platform, we collect your name, contact information (including your telephone number), and other information you provide, such as topics that you know about or find interesting. Your name, photo, and any other information that you choose to add to your public-facing profile will be available for viewing to users of the i2i Platform. Once you create a profile, other users will be able to see in your profile certain information about your activity on the i2i Platform, such as the questions and answers you post, your followers and who you follow, topics of interest to you, the information you list as credentials, and your edits to Your Content. For more information about your choices for publicly
displayed information, see the section below about Your Choices.
Communications. Your contact information will be used to communicate with you (via e-mail, phone, text message, through the i2i Platform or otherwise). When you communicate with us (via email, phone, text message, through the i2i Platform or otherwise), we may maintain a record of your communication. By disclosing your contact information to i2i Consulting, you consent to our use of your contact information to communicate with you.
Integrated Service Provider and Linked Networks. You can opt to sign in or sign up to the i2i Platform through a linked network (i.e. Facebook or Google), and you can connect your existing i2i account with certain third party networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn (each a “Linked Network”). If you elect to sign up through or connect a Linked Network, we receive certain profile and account information about you from the Linked Network. These Linked Networks may also appear in your profile, so that people can find you on these Linked Networks. The specific information provided to us by Linked Networks is determined by these third parties and may vary by network. In all cases, the permissions page for the Linked Network will describe information being shared. You should consult their respective privacy policies for information about their practices. You may elect to use information from the Linked Network to populate your profile on the i2i Platform and help you find and follow your contacts on the i2i Platform. For information on your choices, including how to disconnect a Linked Network from your i2i profile, see the “Your Choices” section below.
Automatically Collected Information about Your Activity. We use cookies, log files, pixel tags and other tracking technologies to automatically collect information about your activities, such as your searches, page views, date and time of your visit, and other information about your use of the i2i Platform. We also collect and may store information that your computer or mobile device provides to us in connection with your use of the i2i Platform such as your browser type, type of computer or mobile device, browser language, IP address, mobile carrier, unique device identifier, location, and requested and referring URLs. We also receive information when you view content on or otherwise interact with the i2i Platform, even if you have not created an account. For more information, see the “Cookies, Pixels and Tracking” section below and our Cookie Policy.
Engagement. We collect browsing information – such as IP address and location, date and time stamp, user agent, i2i cookie ID (if applicable), URL, unique advertising or content identifiers (if applicable) and time zone, and other information about user activities on the i2i Platform, as well as on third party sites and services that have embedded our i2i pixels (“Pixels”), widgets, plug-ins, buttons, or related services. See the section below about i2i Ads and Personalisation for more detailed information about how our Pixels may be used by publishers on the i2i Platform to enable personalisation, as well as your choices related to advertising and personalisation. We may also receive information about you from third parties, such as other users, partners (including ad partners), or our affiliated companies.
How We Use Your Information?
We do not sell your personal data – such as your name and contact information – to third parties to use for their own marketing purposes.
I2i uses the information we collect for the following purposes:
Provide our Services. To provide you the services we offer on the i2i Platform, communicate with you about your use of the i2i Platform, respond to your inquiries, provide troubleshooting, and for other customer service purposes.
To tailor the content and information that we may send or display to you in the i2i Platform, to suggest followers and content, offer location customisation, and personalised help and instructions, and to otherwise personalise your experiences while using the i2i Platform.
Marketing and Promotions. For marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send you news and newsletters, special offers, and promotions, or to otherwise contact you about products or information we think may interest you, including information about third party products and services.
To gather metrics to better understand how users access and use the i2i Platform; to evaluate and improve the i2i Platform, including personalisation, and to develop new products and services.
Comply with Law. To comply with legal obligations, as part of our general business operations, and for other business administration purposes.
Prevent Misuse. Where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person or violations of our Terms of Service or this Privacy Policy.
How We Share Your Information?
We share information as set forth below, and where individuals have otherwise consented:
Affiliates. The information collected about you may be accessed by or shared with subsidiaries and affiliates of i2i., whose use and disclosure of your personal information is subject to this Privacy Policy.
Legally Required. We may disclose your information if we are required to do so by law.
Protection of Rights. We may disclose information where we believe it necessary to respond to claims asserted against us or, comply with legal process (e.g., subpoenas or warrants), enforce or administer our agreements and terms, for fraud prevention, risk assessment, investigation, and protect the rights, property or safety of i2i, its users, or others.
Your Content and Activity. Your Content, including your name, profile picture, profile information, and certain associated activity information is available to other users of the i2i Platform and may be viewed publicly. Public viewing includes availability to non-registered visitors and can occur when users share Your Content across other sites or services. In addition, Your Content may be indexed by search engines. See the section below about Your Choices for information about how you may change how certain information is shared or viewed by others.
Anonymised and Aggregated Data. We may share aggregated or de-identified information with third parties for research, marketing, analytics and other purposes, provided such information does not identify a particular individual.
Cookies, Pixels and Tracking
We and our third party providers use cookies, clear GIFs/pixel tags, JavaScript, local storage, log files, and other mechanisms to automatically collect and record information about your usage and browsing activities on the i2i Platform and across third party sites or online services. We may combine this information with other information we collect about users. Below, we provide a brief summary these activities. For more detailed information about these mechanisms and how we collect activity information, see below:
These are small files with a unique identifier that are transferred to your browser through our websites. They allow us to remember users who are logged in, to understand how users navigate through and use the i2i Platform, and to display personalized content and targeted ads (including on third party sites and applications).
Pixels, web beacons, clear GIFs. These are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, which we use to track the online movements of users of the i2i Platform and the web pages of users, and to personalize content. We also use these in our emails to let us know when they have been opened or forwarded, so we can gauge the effectiveness of our communications.
Analytics Tools. We may use internal and third party analytics tools, including Google Analytics. The third party analytics companies we work with may combine the information collected with other information they have independently collected from other websites and/or other online products and services. Their collection and use of information is subject to their own privacy policies.
Do-Not-Track Signals. Please note we do not change system behavior within the i2i Platform in response to browser requests not to be tracked. You may, however, disable certain tracking by third- parties as discussed in the Personalization section below. You may also opt out of tracking by i2i Pixels, described below in i2i Personalization.
How We Protect Your Information?
The security of your information is important to us. I2i has implemented safeguards to protect the information we collect. However, no website or Internet transmission is completely secure. We urge you to take steps to keep your personal information safe, such as choosing a strong password and keeping it private, as well as logging out of your user account, and closing your web browser when finished using the i2i Platform on a shared or unsecured device.
Access and Amend Your Information
You may update or correct your account information at any time by logging in to your account. You may also make a number of other adjustments to settings or the display of information about you as described in more detail in the following section about Your Choices.
Your Choices
You may, of course, decline to submit information through the i2i Platform, in which case we may not be able to provide certain services to you. You may also control the types of notifications and communications we send, limit the information shared within the i2i Platform about you, and otherwise amend certain privacy settings. Here is some further information about some of your choices:
Anonymous Posts. You may post certain content anonymously, including questions and answers. In such event, your name is not displayed along with the content, and i2i does not associate such content with your user ID and other profile data. For further information see how anonymity works on i2i.
Your Content. You may edit or delete the answers that you post at any time. Any questions you have posted may remain on the i2i Platform and be edited by other users. Any deleted content will be removed from third party sites from which it has been shared via i2i standard sharing features; however we have no control over deletions or changes to Your Content if it has been shared manually by others. When you make edits to Your Content, other users will be able to see the history of those edits in your profile activity and on content edit logs.
Emails, Text Messages and Communications. When you join the i2i Platform by signing up for an account or creating a profile, as part of the service, you will receive the i2i digest containing content that we believe may match your interests. As permitted by law, you are also opting to receive other emails and text messages from us that may be of interest to you as a user of the i2i Platform. You can manage your email, text messages and notice preferences in your account profile settings, under your Emails and Notifications settings, but note that you cannot opt out of receiving certain administrative or legal notices from us. If you opt-out of receiving emails and text messages about recommendations or other information we think may interest you, we may still send you transactional e-mails and text messages about your account or any services you have requested or received from us.
Third parties may comment on your postings within the i2i Platform. In your profile, under your Privacy Settings, you can adjust whether to allow people to comment on your answers and posts. You can also adjust permissions about who you allow to send you messages on the i2i Platform.
Followers. You can block the ability of another i2i user to follow you by selecting the setting for this in the other user’s profile. You can change whether or not you follow other users.
Topics. You can change topics that you follow or that your profile lists as areas that you know about.
Credentials. You can change your credentials that are displayed in your profile or in connection with a specific answer.
Indexed Search. In your privacy settings, you can control whether your profile and name is indexed by search engines. Changes to privacy settings may only apply on a going-forward basis; for example, your name (e.g., answers and profile) that has already been indexed by search engines may remain indexed for a period of time even after you have turned off indexing, as implementing this change is outside of our control.
Deleted or Deactivated Account. If you choose Delete Your Account in your privacy settings, then all of Your Content will be removed from public visibility on the i2i Platform, and it may not be restored by us, even if you change your mind. If you choose Deactivate Your Account, then you will no longer receive any communications from us, and users will not be able to interact with you; however Your Content will remain on the i2i Platform. Once you deactivate your account, you can reactivate it any time by choosing to log in.
Linked Networks. You may connect or disconnect your Linked Networks, such as Facebook, through the Account Settings tab in your profile settings, and you may access, amend and delete much of your profile information through your profile settings. Once you disconnect a Linked Network, we will not receive information from that Linked Network going forward; unless you choose to reconnect it. You may also control whether the Linked Networks is visible in your profile.
Transferring Your Data
I2i is headquartered in New Delhi, India, We will take steps to ensure that your personal information receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it, including through appropriate written data processing terms and/or data transfer agreements.
Links to Other Websites
The i2i Platform may contain links to third party sites or online services. We are not responsible for the practices of such third parties, whose information practices are subject to their own policies and procedures, not to this Privacy Policy.
Contact Us:
If you have any questions about our practices or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@i2iconsulting.biz, or send mail to:
I2i Consulting
10 Sunder Nagar
New Delhi- 11003
If an individual deletes or deactivates their account, then their personal information will be deleted as per requirements under applicable law.
While transferring personal information collected from individuals, we will ensure that it is transferred to entities that offer at least the same levels of data protection as adhered to by us.