PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: March 7, 2025
Introduction
SilentGrowl Inc. ("SilentGrowl," "we," "us," or "our") values the privacy
of our users. This Privacy Policy details how we collect, use, share, and
safeguard personal data on our website
(www.silentgrowl.com) and our
virtual event platform.
Scope
This Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") is part of our Terms and Conditions
and applies to all visitors to our website and further applies to our
virtual event platform and all registrants, presenters, exhibitors,
sponsors, and other persons attending or participating in our virtual
events.
Information We Collect, Store, and Use
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Registration Information and Other Identifiers:
When you create a SilentGrowl account or register for any event, we store and use information you provide during the account creation and/or event registration processes, such as first and last name, email address, phone number, postal address, login and password information, company, job title, country, industry sector, and any additional data provided. -
Event Activity:
Events attended, resources downloaded, interactions with other participants, and survey responses. -
Technical Information:
IP address, network connection type, browser type, device information, operating system, internet service provider, geolocation information, dates and times of access and the duration and stop time of such access, and the pages, flies, documents and links that you visit. -
Cookies and Tracking Technologies:
We may use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you, enhance your experience, and analyze platform usage. -
Payment information:
We use a third party payment processor for event registration, and we do not store your payment information relating to events or event registration on our computer servers, with the following exception: We may collect and store payment information relating to payments for matters that are peripheral to attending and participating in events-specifically, housing and ticketing for special events.
How We Use Your Information
We use your information relating to the following matters:
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Manage and deliver events:
To facilitate event registration and participation, provide access to event content, communicate important updates, and detect or prevent fraud. -
Platform improvement:
To Analyze usage data to optimize platform functionality and user experience. -
Networking and communication:
To enable event registrants, presenters, exhibitors, sponsors, and other persons attending or participating in our virtual events to connect, message one another (if the user enables messaging on our virtual platform), and participate in discussions. -
Marketing and Promotional Activities:
We may send communications about events and services, including via emails, notifications, text messages, and or other communications. You may opt out of these communications at any time. -
Privacy Policy Enforcement:
To enforce this Privacy Policy and any other terms and conditions you have agreed to, including protecting SilentGrowl's rights, property, copyright-protected content, or other intellectual property.
Sharing Your Information
We may share your information as follows:
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Event Sponsors/Exhibitors:
We may share your information with event exhibitors, sponsors, and presenters, unless you opt out of such sharing. -
Service Providers:
We may share necessary information with third party vendors who support our platform or event execution (for example, video streaming providers and analytics partners). -
Legal Compliance:
We may disclose information when required by law to protect our rights, or in response to valid legal requests.
Data Security
We implement technical and organizational measures to safeguard your data,
including:
- Encryption of data in transit and at rest.
- Regular security assessments and vulnerability scans.
- Strict access controls and employee training.
State and Country Specific Rights
A. State-Specific Privacy Rights (United States)
Pursuant to certain state privacy laws in the USA, individuals residing in
certain USA states may have additional rights regarding our collection,
use, and sharing of their personal information. This Section A applies to
residents of states including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas, Utah,
and Virginia and provides additional information in accordance with the
privacy laws (current or forthcoming) in those states (collectively, the
"State Privacy Laws"). The exact scope of these rights may vary by state.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under any
State Privacy Laws. Please note that the various rights described in this
Section A may be limited to residents of the states listed above and may
not be available to all users.
The State Privacy Laws may provide residents of certain USA states with
some or all of the rights set forth below. Please note, however, that these
rights are not absolute and may be subject to certain exceptions. For this
reason, Silent Growl may decline requests made under the State Privacy Laws
in certain instances, in accordance with applicable law. Subject to any
exceptions or limitations, and based on your location, these rights may
include:
In addition to the above, pursuant to State Privacy Laws, you may have the
right to opt-out of our processing or "sharing" of your personal
information for one or more of the following purposes: (i) personalized or
targeted advertising; (ii) sales; or (iii) profiling in furtherance of
decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects. You may also
have the right to limit, opt-out of, or require consent to process your
sensitive personal information.
Nevada also provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of
certain personal information sales. SilentGrowl does not sell your personal
information to third parties as defined in Nevada law, and will not do so
in the future without providing you with notice and an opportunity to
opt-out of such sale as required by law. To exercise your opt-out rights, of
if you have any questions regarding our data privacy practices or our
compliance with Nevada data privacy law, please contact us at
support@silentgrowl.com.
B. California Residents: Additional Privacy Disclosures
Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended by the
California Privacy Rights Act of 2020) and its implementing regulations
(collectively, the "CCPA"), SilentGrowl makes the following additional
disclosures regarding its collection, use, and sharing of personal
information:
Categories of Information Collected, Disclosed, and Shared: The
categories of personal information we collect and the sources from which we
collect such information are described above in this Privacy Policy; the
business purposes for which we use this information are described above in
this Privacy Policy; and the categories of third parties to whom we may
disclose this information are described above in this Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy. We have not sold consumers' personal information in the
preceding twelve (12) months.
As further described in our Privacy Policy, in the preceding twelve (12)
months, we or our service providers may have collected the following
categories of personal information, as defined in the CCPA, for a business
purpose:
- Identifiers
- Financial information
- Commercial information
- Internet or other electronic network activity information
- Geolocation data sufficient to identify a precise physical location
- Inferences about preferences and characteristics based on other personal information
Sensitive personal information: SilentGrowl does not use or disclose
"sensitive personal information," as that term is defined by applicable
law, other than to provide you the virtual event platform and marketing
services described above in this Privacy Policy, as permitted by California
law. SilentGrowl does not sell or share sensitive personal information for
the purpose of cross-context behavioral advertising.
California's "Shine the Light" Law: Separate from the CCPA,
California's "Shine the Light" law permits users of SilentGrowl's website
and virtual event platform that are California residents to request certain
information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third
parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not disclose your
personal information to third parties for the purpose of directly marketing
their goods or services to you unless you request such disclosure. If you
have any questions regarding this policy, or would like to change your
preferences, you may contact us at support@silentgrowl.com.
C. Canadian Residents: Your Canadian Privacy Rights
Under applicable Canadian privacy legislation, you have the following
rights:
- Access. SilentGrowl permits the reasonable right of access to your personal information. Upon written request and authentication of identity, we will provide you with access to your personal information under our control, subject to any legal requirements and applicable exceptions to the right of access. We will make the information available within thirty days or provide written notice where additional time is required to fulfill the request. Where an access request is refused, we will notify you in writing and provide our rationale for refusal along with a list of next steps available to you.
- Accuracy. If you demonstrate the inaccuracy or incompleteness of personal information, we will amend the information as required. If appropriate, we will send the amended information to third party service providers to whom the information has been disclosed.
- Complaint. You may also have the right to complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada or the appropriate provincial Information and Privacy Commissioner if you have concerns related to our privacy practices.
If you are a resident of Canada and would like to exercise any of the
aforementioned rights, please contact us at support@silentgrowl.com.
Depending on your use of our website or virtual event platform, you may
have the following choices:
- Cookies Settings and Preferences. You may disable cookies and other tracking technologies through the settings in your web browser. While doing so may negatively affect your experience with the use of website and virtual event platform, it will not prevent us from transacting with you.
- Marketing emails. You may sign up for our mailing list to receive promotional and other materials that may be of interest to you. If you no longer wish to receive marketing emails from us, you may choose to unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link in our emails or by contacting us at support@silentgrowl.com.
- Opt-Outs. You may contact us to opt out of the use or sharing of your personal information, including for marketing or advertising purposes, and/or the provision of your personal information to our business partners for such purposes.
- Online behavioral advertising. We may use Google Analytics on our website or virtual event platform. For more information on how Google Analytics collects and processes information, as well as how you can control the information sent to Google, please review Google's site "How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps" located at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You may control your advertising preferences or opt-out of certain Google advertising products (i.e. the Google Analytics cookies) by visiting the Google Ads Preferences Manager, currently available at https://google.com/ads/preferences.
Use by Children
Our website, virtual event platform, and events are not intended for
persons under the age of 16. We do not seek or knowingly collect personal
information from persons under the age of 16, and we request that such
persons do not provide such information. If you are under 16, you may not
use our website or virtual event platform and may not attend our events. If
we learn we have collected or received personal information from an
individual under the age of 16, we will take reasonable measures to
promptly delete such information from our systems.
Effective Date
This Privacy Policy is effective as of the "Last Updated" date cited above.
This version of the Privacy Policy replaces and supersedes all prior
privacy policies applicable to our website, virtual event platform, and
marketing services.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy. Updates will be posted on our website
and virtual event platform with the "Last Updated" date modified.
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us
at: support@silentgrowl.com.