Privacy Policy
Your Privacy Matters
BigBang Artwork’s mission is to offer k-12 students opportunities to discover their talents and allow them to be more productive and successful. Central to this mission is our commitment to be transparent about the data we collect about you, how it is used and with whom it is shared.
Table of Contents
I. About the Statement
This Statement applies Personal Data processed by BigBang Artwork when you:
- Visit our website (bigbangartwork.org) and/or any other BigBang Artwork website(s) which reference or link to this Statement (collectively, “Website”);
- Use, download, access, as applicable, any of our various internet-based offerings, including any subscriptions, newsletters, briefings, programs, or applications (collectively, “Services”);
- Visit BigBang Artwork branded social media sites;
- Receive communications from us, including emails, phone calls, or other electronic messages; or Attend or register for any of our events, conferences, networking/community offerings, etc.
- It applies whether you have provided the information directly to us or if we have obtained such information from a different source, such as a third party. This Statement may be supplemented by additional privacy notices provided to you.
- It is important to understand that the Website and the Services may contain links to sites or offerings operated by individuals or entities other than BigBang Artwork. Such links, where applicable, are provided for your reference and convenience only. BigBang Artwork is not responsible for the content or operation of such sites or offerings, nor the security or privacy of any information collected by such third parties. You are solely responsible for determining the extent to which you may use any such content, and you should review the corresponding privacy policies applicable to these third party sites or offerings.
II. Information We Collect
We collect some information directly from you (for example, via forms you complete or products or Services you access, or otherwise obtain). Such information is generally limited to:
- Name, contact details, your child name, age and grade;
- Your communications with BigBang Artwork personnel;
- Content you post on our social media sites;
- Information you provide on the Website, such as online forms;
- Information you provide when you subscribe to email newsletters
- Responses to surveys or other such best-practices studies;
- Information you provide when registering for a free account, log-in credentials and information about your use of and preferences for the Services; and
- Limited billing information, collected and used strictly for billing purposes only, is not shared or used for any other purposes, and is and will be processed in accordance with all applicable laws.
Other information is received indirectly from you via use of the Services or from your child on your behalf (for example, from observing your actions on the Website or to providing you with account access). Such information is generally limited to:
- Information regarding usage of the Services or Website via web logs collected automatically and passively using various technologies, which generally will not specifically identify you or other individuals. Examples may include IP addresses, browser types, and other anonymous statistical data regarding aggregate usage
- Download restrictions or other such consumption limits, where applicable, attributed to your BigBang Artwork account, username, email address, registration, etc. And
- Information provided by you, such as name, email, other contact information, etc., in order to activate and manage your access to and use of our’s subscription to the Service.
If you register for, or attend one of our events, conferences, networking/community offerings, we may:
- With your further consent, take pictures and/or videos of you or your child, collect information such as your name, contact information, your child name, age and grade;
- Record or otherwise broadcast event presentations or locations; and
- Collect information regarding dietary requirements or any reasonable accommodations needed to attend and enjoy the event.
III. Use of Personal Data
BigBang Artwork uses your Personal Data when: it is necessary to perform our obligations or exercise our contractual rights; we have a legitimate business interest to process such Personal Data; it is necessary to comply with applicable laws or regulations; we have your consent (where required under applicable law) to use your information (where we rely on your consent, you have the right to withdraw consent by contacting us as set forth below). Such legal reasons are identified for the following common instances:
Administering our Website and Providing Services: Personal Data is processed to perform our contractual obligations, where applicable. In instances where we have not entered into a contract with you, such processing is based on our legitimate interest to manage and promote our business, operate and administer the Website, provide and improve the Services.
User Registration: In accordance with our contractual obligations or legitimate interest to provide Services, when you register for an account with BigBang Artwork, we process your Personal Data as needed to register and administer your account, provide technical and client support and training, verify your identity, and send important account, subscription, and Services information.
Support Requests: If you contact us by other means, we process your Personal Data to the extent it is necessary for our legitimate interest in fulfilling your requests and communicating with you, or as is required by contractual obligations.
Compliance; Security and Functionality of Website and Services: For our legitimate interests in ensuring adherence to relevant terms, we process your Personal Data to review compliance with the applicable usage. Personal Data is also processed by tracking use of the Website and Services, to perform our contractual obligations, where applicable, to provide a secure and functional experience. In instances where we have not entered into a contract with you, such processing is based on our legitimate interest in promoting the safety and security of the Website, Services, systems and applications and in protecting our rights and the rights of others, whereby we reserve the right to monitor, investigate and report any attempts to breach the security of the Website or Services, verify accounts and activity, and enforce our terms and policies.
Event Registration and Attendance: We process your Personal Data to plan and host events, conferences, networking/community offerings for which you have registered or attend, including sending related communications to you, to perform of our contract with you, or as part of our legitimate interest to operate and improve our events business, enable peer networking opportunities, promote our brand, and collect relevant information for hospitality and health and safety purposes.
Developing Website and Services; Developing Offerings: We process your Personal Data to analyze trends, usage, and interactions with the Website and Services to the extent it is necessary for our legitimate interest in improving the Website and Services, developing new offerings, and providing individuals with tailored content and to personalize your experience with our Services. In certain instances, we will process your Personal Data for such development by directly seeking your input (for example, through surveys).
Improving Services and Offerings: It is our legitimate business interest to improve our Services and Offerings through an increase in data provided to our students to meet their demands, as such, we may process limited Personal Data of business professionals (more specifically, names, professional titles, professional experience, investment details, contact information and educational history).
Identifying Client Interests and Opportunities: Because it is in our legitimate business interest to meet our students demands and ensure positive user experiences, we may process your Personal Data to assess new potential customer opportunities as relevant.
Marketing Communications; Advertisement. It is our legitimate business interest to promote our Website and Services, grow our company, and advertise our offerings (whether via direct marketing or providing personalized content advertisements), and as such we will process your Personal Data by sending certain marketing information, product recommendations, custom research, and other communications (for example, newsletters, sales calls, or other electronic communications) solely as necessary to reflect such legitimate interests, or, if applicable, to the extent you have provided your prior consent.
Payments: In the rare instances where you have provided financial information to us, BigBang Artwork will process your Personal Data to verify such information and to collect payments solely as needed to complete a transaction and perform our contractual obligations.
Legal Obligations: We may be required to process Personal Data for legal and compliance reasons we believe to be necessary or appropriate under applicable law (which may include laws outside your country of residence). Such processing may be required to: respond to requests from courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities; enforce our terms of service or other terms and conditions; or protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, or those of other persons.
IV. Sharing Information
BigBang Artwork may share Personal Data as follows:
Contracted Service Providers. As necessary to provide the Services, conduct our business operations, or when we believe that applicable law permits or requires disclosure, we may share Personal Data with contracted service providers, including entities which provide for hosting and system administration, payment processing, analytics, marketing, data enrichment, or client support, to the extent necessary and in accordance with the legal bases set forth above. These service providers only receive Personal Data necessary to fulfill the services they provide to CBI. Under no circumstances are such service providers permitted to use obtained Personal Data for any purpose other than to provide BigBang Artwork with the designated services.
Event Sponsors. If you attend a BigBang Artwork event, conferences, networking/community offerings, we may share limited Personal Data with certain event sponsors. If you do not wish for your information to be shared, you may choose not to participate in the event, may contact our events team as described in registration communications, or you may write to us as described below.
Mergers or Acquisitions. In the event of a merger, acquisition, consolidation, change of control, corporate divestiture or dissolution where we sell all or a portion of our business or assets, we will disclose necessary Personal Data and such information will be governed by the privacy policies of acquiring entities. In accordance with applicable laws, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any transfer of Personal Data to an unaffiliated third party.
Data Analytics. Occasionally, we may share non-personal, anonymized, and statistical data with third-parties for the purpose of helping BigBang Artwork with such analysis and improvements. BigBang Artwork may also use anonymous, aggregated utilization data for typical business operations (for example, demonstrating the audience size of our newsletter).
Public Forums: If any part of the Website or BigBang Artwork branded social media sites permit public forum posting, the Personal Data you choose to post, share, upload, or make publicly available may be visible to others. You should never post or share any information that is confidential or about others unless you have permission to do so. We may use information you provide to personalize your experience and to make content recommendations.
Published Information: We may provide limited personal data of leadership teams and key personnel to other business professionals through the use of our Services.
V. Retention Periods
BigBang Artwork shall typically retain Personal Data for the amount of time needed for the original purpose of collecting or obtaining such data. Appropriate retention periods are generally further determined by the nature and sensitivity of such Personal Data, including any potential risk of harm which could arise out of unauthorized use or disclosure, as well as whether additional legal/regulatory obligations require us to retain it. In most instances this means we shall only retain Personal Data during our relationship, where needed for tax or regulatory periods, or any statutory limitation periods under applicable laws.
VI. Accessing and Controlling Your Information
Depending on applicable laws, you have certain rights regarding your Personal Data. These rights may include:
- Right to access and/or rectify inaccuracies. You have the right to access Personal Data we hold about you. You also have the right to correct any inaccuracies relating to your Personal Data which we hold.
- Right to restrict use. to the extent permitted by law, you have the right to restrict use of such processing.
- Right to request deletion. You have the right to request that we delete your Personal Data from our systems.
- Please note, if you prefer to opt-out of marketing communications, it is preferable that we retain your basic contact information with a strict “do not contact” mark applied, to ensure we do not contact you in the future.
- Right to object to processing. Where we process your Personal Data on a legitimate interest basis (for example, direct marketing purposes), you can exercise your right to object at any time to such processing without having to provide any specific reason for such objection. In such cases, we will stop processing your Personal Data until we verify that we have compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms in asking us to stop processing the data, or in limited cases where we need to continue processing the data for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
- Right to withdraw consent. To the extent we base the processing of your Personal Data on your consent, you have the right withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on such consent before its withdrawal.
- Right to data portability. In most instances, you have the right to receive all Personal Data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit this data to another data controller, to the extent such transfer is technically feasible.
- Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Provided you are in the EEA, you have the right to file a complaint regarding the processing of your Personal Data with the data protection authority (“DPA”) in the country where you reside, where you work, or where the alleged infringement of data protection laws has taken place. For a list of DPAs within the EU and EEA, please see this link. Other regulatory authorities may be relevant for individuals outside the EEA.
Marketing Communication Preferences:
Regarding electronic marketing communications, you may manage your receipt of the same by clicking on the “unsubscribe” or other equivalent link located on the bottom of any marketing or sales emails, visit the applicable email preference center.
VII. Questions Regarding this Statement and Your Information
If you have any questions or comments regarding this Statement or your information, please contact us at info@bigbangartworkorg.