Privacy Policy

We are committed to the highest degree of respect for the privacy of our customers and visitors to our website. In this Privacy Policy, we use “we”, “us” or “our” to refer to iotvillage.org and “you” or “your” to refer to you, the customer or visitor to our website. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by our website.

When ordering or registering on our site or surveys, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address or phone number. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

Our site uses third parties for web analytics services, including Google Analytics, to collect Technical Information. These third parties do or may use “cookies” or similar technologies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help analyze how you use a Site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of a site (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by these service providers servers in the United States. They will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of a site, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. They may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on their behalf.

We use “cookies” on this site. When we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to login a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.

You may refuse and block the use of all of our (and third party) cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of our site and it might impact your overall experience.

Third party vendors, including Google, also use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

The information collected on our site may be used for:

  • Personalizing your web experience
  • Improving our website
  • Improving our customer service
  • To send periodic emails
  • To administer a promotion, contest, or survey
  • Protection of Information

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties (like sponsors or co-organizers) who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We will only retain your data stored on our servers in accordance with the legitimate needs of our business and as required or permitted by applicable law. We will not retain any unused personal data on our systems longer than necessary for legitimate business purposes.

While no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure, we take reasonable and appropriate measures designed to protect the security of data transmitted to us upon receipt.

Your data when visiting our site from outside of the United States, you acknowledge and agree that this data may be transferred from your then current location to our offices and servers and to those of our affiliates, agents, and service providers located in the United States and in other countries. The United States and such other countries may not have the same level of data protection as those that apply in the jurisdiction where you live.

Our site may contain links to other sites, organizations and resources. Please be aware that we cannot be and are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of such other sites. We encourage you, when you leave our site, to read the privacy statements of those other sites that collect personally identifiable information and have up-to date security and anti-virus software on all of your devices. This Privacy Statement applies only to our site.

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at +1 (443) 270-2296 or via email at [email protected].