Our Commitment
Age Differently is committed to protecting the privacy of the Personal Information of those who sign up to follow our podcast and visit our website. We value your trust and recognize that maintaining this trust requires that we are transparent and accountable in how we treat the information that you choose to share with us. This policy applies to all Age Differently activities. The policy will be updated periodically in order to maintain compliance with applicable legislation.
Definitions
Collection: the act of gathering, acquiring, recording, or obtaining Personal Information from any source, including third parties, by any means.
Consent: voluntary agreement with the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information for defined purposes. Consent can be either expressed or implied and can be provided directly by the individual or by an authorized representative. Expressed consent can be given orally, electronically, or in writing, but is always unequivocal and does not require any inference on the part of Age Differently. Implied consent is consent that can reasonably be inferred from an individual’s action or inaction.
Cookies: means cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, clear gifs, and other similar functional and tracking technologies typically used by websites and stored by a browser on the host device during, and possibly after, use of a website.
Disclosure: making Personal Information available to a third party
Personal Information: includes any factual or subjective information, recorded or not, about an identifiable individual. For example: name, age, birthday, ID numbers, income, ethnic origin, blood type, familial relationships, opinions, evaluations, comments, social status, or disciplinary actions, employee files, credit records, loan records, medical records, intentions (for example, to acquire goods or services, or change jobs).
Third Party: an individual or organization outside of Age Differently
Use: the treatment, handling, and management of Personal Information by and within Age Differently or by a third party with the knowledge and approval of Age Differently.
Privacy Practices
Collection, Use, Disclosure, And Retention
Personal information gathered by Age Differently is maintained and used only in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy. Personal Information which you voluntarily submit on the Site (for instance during registration to the Site or for services offered) may be used by Age Differently for a variety of legitimate business purposes which could include, for example:
- Verifying your identity
- Obtaining your consent, as appropriate
- Providing you with access to certain sections and features of the Site
- Providing you with access to certain services or subscriptions that may be offered, and which you have opted to receive.
- Communicating with you about your use of, and activities on, the Site, including notification of maintenance, updates and new features.
- Contacting you regarding conferences, educational activities, news and helpful resources.
- Completing requested transactions (and any related business operations)
- Responding to your questions, comments, suggestions, and requests
- Providing offers or information about products and services to you
- Requesting your feedback, for instance to assess user satisfaction, needs and interests, to help us create new tools, features and services or to evaluate effectiveness of the services that we offer
- Delivering content or ads of interest to you or for other marketing purposes
- Sending you materials on behalf of trusted third parties
- Informing you of significant changes to our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy
We ensure an appropriate lawful basis to allow us to use your Personal Information. Typically, these may be:
- Our legitimate interest
- Your explicit consent
- A requirement on us to fulfill a statutory obligation
- A requirement on us to fulfill a contractual obligation with you, or because you have asked us to do something before entering a contract with us
You may choose to access certain additional services via this website (e.g. request to receive specific information offered, registration to educational activities, etc.). Where necessary, through supplementary privacy notices, we will provide additional, specific detail regarding the use of your Personal Information for that purpose, your rights and how to exercise them. Where required we will also gather your further consent.
We gather information related to your use of our website itself, automatically, through the use of Cookies. This information helps us to tailor and improve website content, advertisements, market research, website analytics and operations, and to maintain website security. A detailed explanation of our use of Cookies within this website, and of the choices available to you regarding their use, can be found at the end of this Privacy Policy.
Sharing Your Personal Information
We may share your Personal Information with our affiliates and subsidiaries, all of whom operate under this Privacy Policy.
We may also share your Personal Information with third-party processors who, acting as our agents, under our instructions, provide specific services and perform functions on our behalf. These third-party processors include companies or individuals that host or operate our site, provide platforms that we use to store, manage or analyze data, provide customer services, administer our promotions, provide tools and online software and perform other similar functions for us. They are contractually bound to meet standards consistent with our Privacy Policy, to use the shared Personal Information only for the limited purposes we have defined and to provide at least the same level of protection for your data as we do.
On certain pages of our site, you may have opportunities to request, and consent to receiving, additional services, information or marketing offers directly from partners, sponsors and other third parties not acting directly on our behalf. Necessary Personal Information will be shared with your consent. These parties will become independent controllers of your Personal Information, which will become subject to the service provider’s own Privacy Policy and business practices. We take reasonable and appropriate steps to ensure the quality and integrity of such services, including agreements to ensure compatibility with our own Privacy Policy which: specify that the Personal Information is shared only for limited and specified purposes; oblige the third party to comply with, and provide levels of privacy protection required by applicable law (and to notify us if this becomes impossible) and; oblige the third party to implement reasonable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the Personal Information to protect it from unauthorized or illegal access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.
Should Age Differently collect specific Personal information for a specific use, such will be identified at the time of collection. If we would like to use this specific Personal Information for a reason other than its original purpose, we will contact you first to request permission. Personal Information collected in this context will be appropriately disposed of as soon as the purpose for which it was collected is no longer relevant, except as required by law or other industry record keeping standards.
Safeguards
Age Differently has security measures in place to protect your Personal Information from use or disclosure beyond its original intention. We evaluate the sensitivity of the type of Personal Information we collect and take the appropriate level of security measures to ensure the integrity of your Personal Information and to prevent its loss or destruction.
Age Differently will implement procedures to ensure compliance with the Privacy Policy including:
- Regular privacy audit and procedure reviews.
- Established procedures to receive and respond to inquiries and complaints.
- Training and communicating of employees and client/contractors about Age Differently’s privacy policy and procedures.
- Maintaining reasonable and systematic controls, schedules, and practices for information and records retention and destruction to prevent unauthorized parties from gaining access to Personal Information.
- Obtain contractual agreements with third parties stipulating the confidentiality of the information and the purposes for which it is to be used.
Accuracy and Access
Age Differently strives to keep your personal information accurate. If you would like access to your Personal Information we keep on file to verify its accuracy, please contact us through one of the means of contact set forth at the bottom of this Policy. As further protection of your privacy and security we may take steps to verify your identity before granting access to your information. In certain situations, Age Differently may not be able to provide access to all of the Personal Information it holds about a stakeholder, in which case Age Differently will provide the reasons for denying access upon request.
Website Usage and Security
The www.agedifferently.com website is operated by Age Differently for the benefit of our customers.
Cookies
Age Differently uses cookies – small files containing information to track site visits for purposes of better understanding how our site is used, to make sure our information is served correctly and to improve the performance of our site for our users. We do not use cookies to retain personal information about our users, and do not sell information about our traffic patterns.
Analytics and logs
Our Public Site servers log every ip address and request and store these logs in files that are available to us for analysis. We also use analytics technologies in the browser to record traffic and usage. We use this data in aggregate to analyze trends of interest to Age Differently.
Email Communications
On occasion, we may send out emails. You have the right to opt-out of these communications at any time by following the unsubscribe directions included in such emails.
Online Security
Age Differently uses recognized industry-standard encryption software for all personal information submitted on our website.
External Links
There are links on www.agedifferently.com that take you to other websites outside of our service. Any links provided to third-party websites outside of www.agedifferently.com are provided solely for your convenience. The operation and content of such third-party websites is beyond our control, and we do not endorse in any manner whatsoever or accept responsibility for the content or other material that may be contained on such websites.
Transparency and Accountability
Age Differently’s Privacy Policy is posted to our website and will from time to time be updated to comply with changes in regulations. Your continued use of our website following the posting of changes to this policy implies acceptance of the changes.
Age Differently seeks to maintain transparency and accountability for our management of Personal Information. Our Privacy Policy is published on our website and is otherwise available upon request. Age Differently will make available to stakeholders specific information about its policies and procedures relating to its management of Personal Information.
If you would like to register a complaint regarding our collection, retention, or use of Personal Information, please contact the Age Differently to file your complaint. Upon receiving your complaint in writing, we will promptly investigate and inform you of the investigation results and Age Differently’s response.
Your Rights
You may always choose not to disclose information to us, but this may limit our ability to provide certain services to you.
Your rights regarding access to, and control of, your Personal Information vary depending on where you live and the applicable data privacy legislation. Typically, they will include rights to access, review, update, rectify, limit the use of, and delete the Personal Information we hold about you, we are committed to helping you to understand your rights and to providing access to allow you to exercise those rights should you so wish. We will respond to all legitimate requests in full compliance with the relevant law.
If you would like to exercise any data subject right available to you under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), UK GDPR, California Consumer Privacy Act, California Privacy Rights Act or any other applicable data privacy legislation, please contact us via one of the channels provided at the end of this Privacy Policy. We may need to request additional Personal Information from you in order to verify your identity and protect against fraudulent requests.
Contact Information
For questions or concerns, or wish to exercise any statutory rights relating to Age Differently’s handling of Personal Information, please contact: info@agedifferently.com
