Privacy Policy

Overview

THIS WEBSITE ("we, “our,” or “us”), operated by Friday HQ Inc., prioritizes the protection of your privacy.  This Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of the information we obtain through your interaction with www.fridayhq.org and www.joinfriday.org (collectively, this "Website").  We suggest regular revisits to this page as this Policy may be updated periodically.

Scope:

This Policy applies to this Website and its subdomains unless explicitly stated otherwise, regardless of how they are accessed (e.g., web browser versus mobile app).

Information Collection:

We gather various types of information as you interact with this Website:

Personal Information:
We collect identifiable information only when you voluntarily provide it to us, such as your email address, full name, bio, location, LinkedIn URL, current role and company, areas of expertise, persona type, and industry interests.  This information may also be shared with the hub if you admit yourself to the directory, although you can choose to withhold it.

Website Usage Information:
When you use and navigate this Website, we may collect additional information that may not by itself reasonably identify you as the source (collectively, “Usage Information”).  Usage Information may include certain information about your computer, your IP address, the type of Internet browser you are using, your location of accessing this Website, the domain name of this Website from which you linked to this Website, and the areas of this Website you visited.

Our servers record the Usage Information your browser sends when you visit this Website.  We also gather data on your interactions with this Website using automated tracking technology, cookies, and web beacons.  Cookies are small data files transferred to your web browser that allow this Website to remember and personalize your next visit.  Most browsers accept cookies by default, but you can adjust your settings to block or alert you before accepting them.  Rejecting cookies may limit this Website’s functionality and features.

Non-Self-Disclosed Information:
We may also collect information about the last time you were online, but this information is not self-disclosed or shared with the hub.

Information Not Collected:
We do not collect private messages you exchange with HQ.

Information Collection Methods

We gather information from several sources:

Directly From You:
Personal Information is collected when voluntarily provided to us, such as when filling out forms or subscribing for email updates.

Through Your Use of this Website:
This Website’s systems record Usage Information as you interact with this Website.  This could be via automated tracking technology or cookies, small data files transferred to your web browser to customize your subsequent visits.  Our systems record Usage Information as you browse this Website, collecting data on your access and interactions through automated tracking technology.  This includes cookies and small data files enabling this Website to recall and personalize your next visit.  You can adjust your browser settings to block or warn about cookies, but rejecting cookies may limit the functionality of this Website.  We may also employ web beacons and certain third-party applications, potentially utilizing cookies, to gather and analyze your browsing activities.

Use of Information

Personal Information:
We use your voluntarily provided Personal Information to respond to messages or inquiries, send you updates on our insights and activities via email, in accordance with your subscription preferences, and from which you may opt out of receiving, analyze the effectiveness of our marketing activities, and manage our daily business needs.

Usage Information:
We use your Usage Information to better understand our users' interests and preferences and improve this Website.

Information Disclosure

User-Generated Content Liability: 

We are not responsible for content users post on forums or other areas of this Website.  While we reasonably filter out illegal or harmful content, users are fully responsible for what they post.  Reliance on any advice or information shared by other users is at your own risk, as we do not certify the truth or accuracy of this content.  It is important for both posters and readers to evaluate the information they encounter critically.  Nonetheless, we reserve the right to remove any content or user for violating our policies.

Third-Party Service Providers:
We do not sell your information to third parties.  However, we may disclose your Personal Information to third parties for limited purposes, such as to assist with our marketing efforts or to improve this Website.  We may also disclose your Usage Information with third-party applications and web analysis providers, including cookies.

Law Enforcement, Safety, and Legal Processes:
We may share your information with law enforcement or other government officials if it relates to a criminal investigation or alleged criminal activity or if required or permitted by law.

Sale or Acquisition of Assets:
If we become involved in a transaction involving the sale of our assets, such as a merger or acquisition, we may disclose your Personal Information as part of the transaction.

Security:

We take reasonable measures to protect your Personal Information, but no data transmitted over or accessible through the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure from misappropriation by hackers or from other nefarious or criminal activities, or in the event of a failure of computer hardware, software, or a telecommunications network.  In the event of a security breach involving your personally identifiable information (as defined by applicable state and federal laws), we will notify you.  We will not be responsible for disclosures of your Personal Information resulting from transmission errors or third parties' unauthorized acts.  As such, we encourage you to exercise prudence in selecting the information you send via the Internet, including email.  Please do not share confidential or sensitive information with us through this Website or email until you receive authorization from our attorney.

Individuals in the European Economic Area

The European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides individuals in the European Economic Area with certain rights, including access to personal data, information about how we process your personal data, correction of your personal data, erasure of your personal data, and more.  Please note that we do not maintain any establishment in the EU and do not directly target individuals located in the EU.

Other Provisions

Accessing and Updating Personal Information and Opting Out:
If you wish to access, update, modify, or request deletion of your Personal Information or if you want to opt out of receiving communications from us, you may do so by contacting us as indicated below.  Opting out from communications or modifying, updating, or deleting your Personal Information will not result in modifying, updating, or deleting any Personal Information that may reside in backup or disaster-recovery storage.

Your California Privacy Rights:
California law provides that California residents have a right to request businesses to tell them how their Personal Information has been shared with third parties, if at all, for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes.  To make such a request, please contact us as indicated below.

Children Under 13:
We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from a child under 13 without the consent of the child’s parent or legal guardian.  If we discover that we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, we will promptly delete such information.

Links:
This Website may contain links to third-party websites outside this Policy's scope.  We are not responsible for third-party websites because we do not control their privacy terms and conditions.  For your own benefit, we urge you to carefully read those websites' privacy policies and statements.

Updates to this Policy:
We may periodically revise this Policy to reflect changes in our business practices or reworkings of this Website (“Updated Privacy Policy”).  In the event of an Updated Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting it on the Privacy Policy page of this Website.  Changes to this Policy will become effective and apply to the information collected starting when we post the Updated Privacy Policy on this Website.  Your continued use of the Website after any change has become effective will constitute your acceptance of any change.

Contact Information:

We maintain this Policy to promote and enhance privacy and data protection principles.  Please contact us directly with questions about accessing, amending, or correcting your information or resolving any issues or disputes.  We are also happy to answer any questions about our general use of your Personal Information or this Policy.  You may contact us directly via email at nour@fridayhq.org