Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 30, 2024

The CORSET Collective ("Company", "we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://corsetconnect.org, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the Site.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy.

1. Collection of Your Information

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

A. Personal Data You Provide to Us

We collect personally identifiable information that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as online chat, forum posts, marketplace listings, and virtual events. Specifically, this includes:

  • Account Information: Your name, email address, password, and username when you create an account.
  • Profile Information: Your photograph, professional bio, skills, experience, portfolio, and other details you add to your member profile.
  • Financial Data: Payment information such as your credit card number, card brand, and expiration date. We do not store this data on our servers. All financial data is stored by our payment processor, Stripe. You should review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.
  • Marketplace & Communications Data: Information you provide when creating a service listing, submitting a project proposal, communicating with other members, leaving reviews, or contacting our support team.
  • User Contributions: Content you post in public forums, comments on the leaderboard, or contributions to collaborative workspaces.

B. Information Automatically Collected

When you access the Site, our servers automatically collect information. This data may include:

  • Log and Usage Data: Your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.
  • Device Data: Information about your computer or mobile device, such as your device ID, model, and manufacturer.
  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. For more information on how we use cookies, please refer to Section 4, "Cookies and Tracking Technologies."

2. Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

  • Create and manage your account.
  • Process your payments, subscriptions, and marketplace transactions.
  • Facilitate communication and projects between members.
  • Display your profile and marketplace listings to other members.
  • Operate the community leaderboard and award badges based on your activity and reviews.
  • Email you regarding your account, orders, or community updates.
  • Send you promotional information about our products, services, and events, from which you can opt out at any time.
  • Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
  • Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
  • Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
  • Enforce our Terms and Conditions and Community Policies.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

A. By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

B. With Other Users

Your profile information, marketplace listings, forum posts, reviews, and leaderboard status will be visible to other members of the Site to facilitate community interaction and commerce.

C. Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing (Stripe), data analysis, email delivery (e.g., Google Workspace, Zoho Mail), hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance (e.g., Xtensio). These vendors will have access to your information only to the extent necessary to perform these services.

D. Business Transfers

We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies to enhance your experience. A cookie is a small file placed on your device. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Site. We use cookies for:

  • Functionality: To remember your login status and preferences.
  • Analytics: To understand how our Site is being used in order to improve it.
  • Personalization: To tailor content and recommendations to you.

5. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

6. Data Retention

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it.

7. Your Privacy Rights

You have certain rights regarding your personal information.

  • Account Information: You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by logging into your account settings. Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases.
  • Emails and Communications: You may opt out of receiving marketing or promotional emails from us by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in the email or by contacting us.
  • Access and Control: Depending on your location, you may have rights under local laws (such as GDPR or CCPA) to access, correct, or delete your personal data. To make such a request, please use the contact information provided below.

8. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 18. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please get in touch with us using the contact information provided below.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: info@corsetconnect.org