Talent Bender Inc. Privacy PolicyThis Privacy Policy explains how Talent Bender Inc. (“Talent Bender,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information when you visit talentbender.com, use our services, interact with our educational and creative content, or communicate with us by email, SMS, or other channels. By using our website or services, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
We may collect the following categories of personal information, depending on how you interact with us:
- Identifiers, such as name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, account name, and similar contact details.
- Professional or employment-related information, such as job title, profession, or business affiliation.
- Payment and transaction information, if you purchase products, services, courses, or digital content from us.
- Account information, including login credentials and other information used to access your account.
- Communications, including messages you send to us, support requests, survey responses, and SMS opt-in data.
- Device, usage, and technical information, such as IP address, browser type, device identifiers, pages viewed, cookies, log data, and similar analytics data.
- Content you submit, upload, or post through our website, forms, or services.
- Any other information you choose to provide to us.
We may also collect information automatically through cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies.
We use personal information for the following business and
commercial purposes:
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provide, operate, maintain, and improve our website, services, and
content.
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process transactions, manage accounts, and provide customer support.
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send service-related communications, including account notices,
confirmations, reminders, and support messages.
- To
send SMS messages when you have opted in to receive them.
- To
deliver educational resources, creative content, and related
communications.
- To
analyze usage, monitor performance, and improve user experience.
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detect, prevent, and investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, and
unlawful activity.
- To
comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms and policies.
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carry out our internal business operations.
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3.1 Any personal Data you submit will be retained by Talent Bender Inc for as long as you use the Services and Systems provided on the Web Site. Data that you may submit through any communications System that we may provide may be retained for a longer period of up to one year.
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3.2 Unless we are obliged or permitted by law to do so, and subject to Clause 4, your Data will not be disclosed to third parties. This includes our affiliates and / or other companies within our group.
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3.3 All personal Data is stored securely in accordance with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998. For more details on security, see Clause 9 below.
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3.4 Any or all of the above Data may be required by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our Web Site. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:
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3.4.1 internal record keeping;
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3.4.2 improvement of our products / services;
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3.4.3 transmission by email of promotional materials that may be of interest to you;
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3.4.4 contact for market research purposes which may be done using email, telephone, fax or mail. Such information may be used to customise or update the Web Site.
Talent Bender Inc may, from time to time, employ the services of other parties for dealing with matters that may include, but are not limited to, payment handling, delivery of purchased items, search engine facilities, advertising and marketing. The providers of such services do not have access to certain personal Data provided by Users of this Web Site. Any Data used by such parties is used only to the extent required by them to perform the services that Talent Bender Inc requests. Any use for other purposes is strictly prohibited. Furthermore, any Data that is processed by third parties must be processed within the terms of this Policy and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
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5.1 Talent Bender Inc may, from time to time, expand or reduce its business and this may involve the sale of certain divisions or the transfer of control of certain divisions to other parties. Data provided by Users will, where it is relevant to any division so transferred, be transferred along with that division and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was supplied by you.
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5.2 In the event that any Data submitted by Users will be transferred in such a manner, you will be contacted in advance and informed of the changes. When contacted you will be given the choice to have your Data deleted or withheld from the new owner or controller.
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6.1 Wherever you are required to submit Data, you will be given options to restrict our use of that Data. This may include the following:
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6.1.1 use of Data for direct marketing purposes; and
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6.1.2 sharing Data with third parties.
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7.1 You may access certain areas of the Web Site without providing any Data at all. However, to use all Services and Systems available on the Web Site you may be required to submit Account information or other Data.
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7.2 You may restrict your internet browser’s use of Cookies. For more information see Clause 10 below.
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8.1 You may access your Account at any time to view or amend the Data. You may need to modify or update your Data if your circumstances change. Additional Data as to your marketing preferences may also be stored and you may change this at any time.
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8.2 You have the right to ask for a copy of your personal Data on payment of a small fee.
Data security is of great importance to Talent Bender Inc and to protect your Data we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure Data collected online.
Talent Bender Inc reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy as we may deem necessary from time to time or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on the Web Site and you are deemed to have accepted the terms of the Policy on your first use of the Web Site following the alterations.
