Effective Date: 08/05/2022
Welcome
Welcome to Emporia, a platform connecting Respondents to Clients seeking their insight. The Emporia website and interactive properties through which the service is delivered (collectively, the “Service”) are owned, operated, and distributed by Emporia Learning Inc., a Delaware corporation (referred to in these Terms of Service as “Emporia” or in possessive use, such as through “we,” “us,” “our,” etc.). By accessing any part of the Service, you are agreeing to the Terms of Service described below, the terms of our privacy policy, and other legal notices published by Emporia on the Service (collectively, the “Governing Documents”). Please carefully read this Agreement to ensure your full understanding of Emporia’s policies. If you do not understand the Agreement or do not accept any part of it, then you may not use or access any part of the Service. These Terms of Service apply to anyone who accesses the Service, including unregistered people who view data via the Service and Users who have registered as members of Emporia.
At the sole discretion of Emporia, we may modify the Terms of Service at any time without notification. By accessing the Service after such modifications, you thereby agree to any updates or changes. Material changes to Terms of Service will be posted on the site reflecting the new updates and effective date.
BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND AND ABIDE BY THESE TERMS WITHIN AND OUR PRIVACY POLICY INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.
Overview
Emporia strives to be transparent with all users and respect their privacy preferences. In this statement we define what personal data we collect through the use of our services and how that data is collected, used and processed, or shared with third parties.
The gathering of personal data is used to connect Clients to potential Respondents and for internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis, research, and customer communications.
We only voluntarily share user data with third parties to help deliver and expand our offerings to users – strictly to third parties with privacy policies in compliance with standard regulation.
We also share how long we store data, how to refuse or withdraw consent for use of data, and how to request data be deleted.
Collectible Data
Emporia collects information by asking directly and by collecting information from and about the equipment you use when you access the Service. We also collect information about the selections and choices you make by examining the way a user interacts with Emporia.
Your Acknowledgments
By using our Services, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. You also agree that you assume all risks regarding your use of the Services, transmissions made over the Internet generally, and your sharing of your Personal or Other Information.
By using our Services, you grant us and all other persons or entities involved in the operation of our Services the right to receive, transmit, monitor, retrieve, store and use your Personal or Other Information, including information that may be privileged or confidential under applicable laws, in connection with the operation of our Services and our maintenance of your Personal or Other Information, as described in this Privacy Policy.
Types of Data
Emporia collects your name and email address (including but not limited to a hashed email address, Facebook identifier, Apple identifier) when you register for an account, update or change information for your account and when you sign up for email updates.
Emporia collects the approximate geographic location information (lower resolution than a latitude and longitude with three or more decimal places). We gather this information to give you more information about class or attendee locations. We may ask you to provide the information or we may use GPS or IP addresses. Location information is not only convenient for you, it may also be a security feature if, for example, it flags a sign in from a country in which you did not originally register your account.