GLOBAL PRIVACY POLICY
80-20 Connect Inc.
This Global Privacy Policy is the underlying policy for the group of “8020 Investor Platforms” powered by 80-20 Connect Inc’s “8020 Technology Platform”. Any specific privacy rules related to an international jurisdiction, not covered by this Global Privacy Policy, will be provided as a special clause or schedule within the Global Privacy Policy and will supersede any conflicting clauses stated in the Global Privacy Policy for the specific international jurisdiction.
8020 Investor Platforms:
8020 USA Inc.: www.8020Stocks.com
80-20
Connect Inc.: www.8020Connect.com/8020Stocks.ca
ICOX Connect Inc.: www.icoxconnect.com
80-20 Connect Inc. and the related 8020 Investor Platforms takes your privacy seriously, but we do require information for the following reasons:
- We will collect your information to provide you a better technology experience and/or service.
- The 8020 Investor Platforms work within an international and regulated financial services environment, and as such, will require certain pieces of information and digital signatures in order to provide certain services in each jurisdiction.
- Other purposes related to the collection and/or storage of information are described below.
The only time your personal information will be shared with other persons will be based on your informed consent, or by law or financial regulation.
The 8020 Technology Platform complies with National Instrument 31-103 Part 11.6, as a guideline for managing and storing communications between issuers and the public. This Canadian guideline meets or exceeds most international jurisdictions requirement
USA Securities and Exchange act of 1934 – Part 240. 17a-3
USER CONSENT: By becoming a member of any 8020 Investor Platform, you consent to the collection, use and sharing of your personal data and you abide by the 8020 Investor Platform “Member Terms and Conditions”. If you do not like how 80-20 Connect, or the related 8020 Investor Platforms may use your personal data, you can opt-out by deleting your account.
If you wish to have all your comments and posts related to your user profile deleted, you may contact [email protected] and request to have this information deleted from the 80-20 Connect Inc and the group of 8020 Investor Platforms. In certain cases, 8020 Connect or the related Investor Platforms may be required to save your comments, posts and/or user profile information to meet the requirements of the local governing investment regulatory bodies or law enforcement.
SIGN-UP/REGISTRATION/PROFILE: To become a member of an 8020 Investor Platform, you must provide a minimum amount of information, which currently includes: your full name, email address, postal code/zip code, password and may include additional information from time to time. You can choose to provide additional information about yourself, professional experience, education and/or background in your profile settings. You agree that by creating an 8020 Investor Platform profile, 8020 Connect Inc, 8020 USA Inc, ICOX Connect Inc and/or other 8020 Investor Platform Members may be able to identify and/or find you by your 8020 Investor Platform profile.
You agree to and allow any and all related 8020 Investor Platforms to use this information in accordance with this Global Privacy Policy and the 8020 Investor Platform “Member Terms and Conditions”.
If an 8020 Investor Platform offers a Premium Service, you may be required to provide additional payment and billing information.
DATA: The 8020 Technology Platform and related 8020 Investor Platforms are committed in taking the necessary steps to protect your information by storing your information on secure servers that meet the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
If you have any concerns about providing information to any of the 8020 Investor Platforms, or having your information displayed, analyzed or used in any other manner deemed appropriate by the 8020 Investor Platforms as permitted by this Global Privacy Policy and/or the 8020 Investor Platform “Member Terms and Conditions”, you should not become a Member of any 8020 Investor Platforms, or if you are currently a member, you can opt-out of the any of the 8020 Investor Platforms and services by deleting your account.
COLLECTION OF DATA: You consent to have the 8020 Investor Platforms collect any and all information available to the 8020 Investor Platform when using services or applications provided by the 8020 Investor Platform.
When communicating in Investors Groups, channels or anywhere on an 80-20 Connect Investor Platform site, 80-20 Connect and related 8020 Investor Platforms may analyze the communication, information, data or other information to determine trends based on the information collected.
NEW SERVICES AND FEATURES: The 8020 Technology Platform is continually adding new services and features to increase your experience on 8020 Investor Platforms. These services may collect new or different information about you or how you use the 8020 Investor Platform of services. In such cases, we will update our Global Privacy Policy and will use our best efforts to notify all users of the changes to our Global Privacy Policy.
ASSOCIATES & CONNECTIONS: You may use the 8020 Technology Platform to search for contacts and make connections with other Members.
You will also be able to invite friends and/or business associates to the 8020 Investor Platform.
In order to comply with the Anti-Spam legislation, you agree to only use the “Send Invites” function with people whom you have prior consent or a personal relationship with.
The 8020 Technology Platforms’ Members page allows you to connect, share and engage with your connections. Other 8020 Investor Platform Members may also view your member profile to learn more about you, your interests and review your activity within the 8020 Investor Platforms.
The 8020 Technology Platform may develop other tools or platforms that may or will allow the syncing of information in order to increase your connections and user experience within an 8020 Investor Platform.
Any information that you post or share on an 8020 Investor Platform may be viewable by other Members of the 80-20 Connect global investor community.
COOKIES: The 8020 Investor Platforms may employ cookies to improve Member experience, increase servicing and maximize security.
MONITORING AND REVIEWING: All 8020 Investor Platforms are constantly monitored and reviewing comments, posts and changes to profiles. The 8020 Investor Platform Compliance and/or the 8020 Investor Platform Site Administrator may remove and/or store comments and posts which violates the 8020 Investor Platform “Member Terms and Conditions” or which violates a rule of the governing regulatory body or law enforcement.
TRANSFERRING/SELLING/SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION: Should you choose, and only if you choose, to be contacted by a professional financial institution or 8020 Investor Platform client company, you allow the 8020 Investor Platform to share, transfer and/or sell your contact information, name, number, email or other profile information to the professional financial institutions or companies. By choosing to be contacted, you agree to be reached via email, phone or other means of communication by the professional institution or 8020 Investor Platform client company.
REGULATORY OR LEGAL DISCLOSURES: 80-20 Connect and its related 8020 Investor Platforms are continually working with Canadian, USA and other international investment industry associations and regulatory bodies. Given this relationship, 80-20 Connect and our related 8020 Investor Platforms may be obligated to meet the requirements of the governing regulatory bodies. 8020 Connect and our related 8020 Investor Platforms may be called upon and/or required to provide certain information on your communications. 80-20 Connect or the related 8020 Investor Platforms will store all corporate client to Member communications for a period seven years based on current Canadian regulations. 80-20 Connect or its related 8020 Investor Platforms are not registered in any capacity with local Securities and Exchange commissions or regulatory bodies, unless identified in this document, and therefore you should not expect the protections of any of the local Securities and Exchange commissions or regulatory bodies securities laws and regulations.
USE OF INFORMATION: 80-20 Connect and its related 8020 Investor Platforms will collect information from profiles, messages, polls, surveys, blogs, postings or other forms of communications to drive a variety of investment analytics. These analytics will be used to increase the 8020 Investor Platform services, educational materials and member experiences to create social investment trends. This information may also be used to help public issuers advertise to you through paid advertising services provided by the 8020 Technology Platform. You agree that 80-20 Connect or related 8020 Investor Platforms may communicate, advertise, solicit you through your 8020 Investor Platform profile or any other means including email, mobile number, text, telephone, or delivery services (postal service) about your account or services associated with the 8020 Investor Platform.
ADVERTISING POLICY: 8020 Investor Platforms may target 8020 Members with ads from 80-20 Connect, 8020 Investor Platform corporate clients or other approved third-party services. Data collected from a Member’s use of the 8020 Investor Platform or its services, Member-answered surveys and/or your profile information may be used to help tailor ads or content specific to your interests. We will not share your personal profile information with any third-party advertisers without your permission. However, should you click on an ad from a third-party service, the third-party service may be able collect information about you through cookies or other technologies.
IMPROVING SERVICES: The 8020 Investor Platform may collect information, conduct surveys, or contact your directly to improve our services and or learn more about our Member community.
POST INTERACTIONS: 8020 Investor Platform offers Members the ability to interact with other Members such as: direct messages, comments on posts, “happy face” for helpful comments and flagging posts for inappropriate content, etc. This information may be displayed for others to view and in some cases, posts or comment flagging will be used by the 8020 Investor Platforms to manage the site and its Members.
DATA RETENTION: Due to regulatory requirements in Canada, USA and the International community, the 8020 Investor Platforms has chosen National Instrument 31-103 Part 11.6 as the primary guideline for managing and storing communications between corporate clients and 8020 Members.
RIGHT TO MODIFY: 80-20 Connect and its related 8020 Investor Platforms retain the right to modify or change this Global Privacy Policy when deemed necessary and without notice. You should periodically review this Global Privacy Policy for any changes to the privacy policy.
Special Clause for the USA Market
There are no special clauses issued for the USA.
Updated: November 15, 2018