NEON Privacy Policy
NEON is committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact our designated privacy contact (see Section 11).
When you interact with NEON — through our website, events, training, or other services — you trust us with your personal information. This privacy notice describes how we collect, use, and protect that information. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully. If there are any terms you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our website and services.
This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our training forms, subscribing to our newsletter, applying for jobs or contracting or freelancing with NEON (referred to collectively in this policy as the “Sites”).
1. What Information Do We Collect?
We only collect personal information that is provided directly to us.
NEON collects personal information that you voluntarily provide to us. This occurs when individuals:
The personal information we collect may include your first and last name, email address, and other similar contact data. All personal information you provide must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes.
2. How Do We Use Your Information?
We use personal information collected via our Sites for the following purposes. We process your personal information in reliance on our legitimate business interests (“Business Purposes”), in order to enter into or perform a contract with you (“Contractual”), with your consent (“Consent”), and/or for compliance with our legal obligations (“Legal Reasons”).
We use the information we collect or receive:
To send you upcoming events information along with any updates from NEON. We may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time. You’ll find an unsubscribe option in our every mail.
To send administrative information to you. We may use your personal information to send you information about our services, new features and/or changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
3. Will Your Information Be Shared With Anyone?
We may process or share data based on the following legal basis:
Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfil the terms of our contract.
Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
External Processors and Consultants: Information is stored using external processors. NEON has verified that all such processors comply with GDPR regulations. Where information is shared with individual external consultants who do not have their own privacy policy, they are required to adhere to NEON’s privacy policy.
Unless described in this policy, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
4. Who Will Your Information Be Shared With?
We only share and disclose your information with the following third-party service providers. If we have processed your data based on your consent and you wish to revoke your consent, please contact us.
Please note that this policy applies to anyone outside of NEON, including external consultants, speakers, and freelancers whose data may be processed through these platforms. Slack and Xero act as external processors only in cases where you are engaged as a consultant or freelancer.
5. Do we use cookies and other tracking technologies?
NEON does not use any cookies or any other tracking technologies. We only use Plausible Analytics to track the usage of this website. This is done without collecting any personal data or personally identifiable information (PII), without using cookies and while respecting your privacy.
By using Plausible Analytics, all the site measurement is carried out absolutely anonymously. Cookies are not set and no personal data is collected. All data is in aggregate only.
6. How Long Do We Keep Your Information?
If you wish to obtain further information regarding the duration for which we retain your data, please contact us using the email address provided in Section 11. In your correspondence, kindly indicate the platform through which your data was submitted, as well as the purpose for which it was provided.
7. How Do We Keep Your Information Safe?
We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Sites is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.
8. Do We Collect Information from Minors?
A priority for NEON is protecting children while they use the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. NEON does not knowingly collect any Personally Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe your child has provided this information via Sites, please contact us immediately, and we will make every effort to promptly remove such records.
9. What Are Your Privacy Rights?
In some regions (like the European Economic Area), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. To make such a request, please use the contact details provided below. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
We are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note however that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal.
If you are resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm
10. Do We Make Updates to This Policy?
We may update this privacy policy from time to time to stay in compliance with the policies. The updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
11. How Can You Contact Us About This Policy?
If you have questions or comments about this policy, please contact us on:
admin@neweconomyorganisers.org
If you are a resident in the European Economic Area, NEON is the “data controller” of your personal information. You can contact us directly regarding the processing of your information using the contact details above.