Blue Team Con Privacy Policy

In a Nutshell

The personal information we collect is limited and is provided by prospective speakers, staff members, and attendees to the Blue Team Con conference. Personal data is used for purposes of registering you with the conference, which is coordinated via a third-party platform partner (“Platform Partner”), tracking staff members, and publicizing speaker profiles for accepted speakers.

We do not use outside sources to collect additional information about participants and your data is not provided/sold to any sponsor or third-party organization with the exception of our Platform Partner. We will only contact you for legitimate business purposes related to your participation in the conference.

Full details of our privacy policy are described below.

Introduction

Thank you for choosing to be part of Blue Team Con conference organized by Blue Team Con, LLC (“conference”, “company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at [email protected].

When you visit our website https://blueteamcon.com (“Site”) and use our services, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we describe our privacy policy. We seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our site and our services.

This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our Site, Platform Partner, and any other information provided to us through any medium (e.g., Slack, e-mail, verbal).

Please read this privacy policy carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.

What Information Do We Collect?
How Do We Use Your Information?
Will Your Information Be Shared with Anyone?
Do We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?
In Your Information Transferred Internationally?
What is Our Stance on Third-Party Websites?
How Long Do We Keep Your Information?
How Do We Keep Your Information Safe?
Do We Collect Information from Minors?
What Are Your Privacy Rights?
Do California Residents Have Specific Privacy Rights?
Do We Make Updates to this Policy?
How Can You Contact Us About this Policy?

What Information Do We Collect

In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us such as name, address, contact information, passwords and security data, payment information, and social media profile data.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering as a speaker or attendee for our conference. This registration helps facilitate your participation in the conference.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your registration for the conference. The personal information we collect can include the following:

All Participants

First Name, Last Name, Email Address, and if provided, your Job Title and Employer. We collect this information for purposes of identifying you for your registration with the conference whether as a speaker or an attendee.

Our Platform Partner may collect additional information, such as payment and billing information. However, we do not have access or control over that data.

Speakers/Prospective Speakers

Biography. We collect a short biography from you to be published on our Site with your name, company, and title information collectively as your speaker profile if your talk is accepted. This profile will be visible to Site visitors as a way to establish speaker identities and credibility in advance of the conference.

If we are mailing a speaker gift and/or payment, we will also need to collect a mailing address provided by each speaker.

Information automatically collected

In Short: Some information – such as IP address and/or browser and device characteristics – is collected automatically when you visit our Site.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate our websites. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our websites, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our websites, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. These cookies are used for tracking Siteusage analytics and will not be used for any form of targeted marketing campaigns, ads, or other non-conference related purposes.

Information collected from other Sources

In Short: We do not collect information about you from any other sources.

The only information we will collect about you is the information specifically described above that you supply to us when you register to attend or potentially be a speaker at the conference.

How Do We Use Your Information?

In Short: We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.

We use personal information collected via our Site for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes 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 indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.

We use the information we collect or receive:

To facilitate account creation with your Consent. Everyone who registers to attend or speak at Blue Team Con will be registered with our Partner Platform for the purpose of attending the conference.
To send administrative information to you for Business Purposes, Legal Reasons and/or possibly Contractual. We may use your personal information to send you information about the conference. This information may include logistics for accessing the conference platform to attend the conference, conference scheduling information, speaker participation information, and conference recording locations after the conference is complete.
Request Feedback for our Business Purposes and/or with your Consent. We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your experience attending the conference after the conference has completed.
To protect our Sites for Business Purposes and/or Legal Reasons. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our Sites safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).
To enforce our terms, conditions and policies for Business Purposes, Legal Reasons and/or possibly Contractual.
To respond to legal requests and prevent harm for Legal Reasons. If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.
Specific to Job Title and Employer, we may share this information (with only generalities (e.g., “Number of C-Level Executives” or “Number of Architects” or “Number of Analysts” etc.) to prospective sponsors to inform them of the diversity of attendees. We will not share direct Job Title to Employer matched information in a way that could identify exactly who you are (e.g., “CISO for City of Chicago”)
For other Business Purposes. We may use your information for other Business Purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Sites, products, services, marketing and your experience.

Will Your Information Be Shared With Anyone?

In Short: We only share personally identifiable information (PII) with your consent, to comply with laws, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

We only share and disclose your PII in the following situations:

Compliance with Laws. 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, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
Vital Interests and Legal Rights. We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our code-of-conduct, 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.
Platform Partners. We are working with partners to provide the technology platform through which the conference will be conducted. Your information from your registration will be used to create your user profile and for billing purposes on the Platform Partner’s systems to facilitate your attendance at the conference.
With your Consent. We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

Do We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?

In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. These cookies will be used only to facilitate functionality of the website itself and for analysis of website usage.

Is Your Information Transferred Internationally?

In Short: We may transfer, store, and process your information in countries other than your own.

Our site is hosted by a third-party whose servers may be located in locations around the world. Since attendees may be located in any country, your information may be transferred to those countries.

If you are a resident in the European Economic Area, then these countries may not have data protection or other laws as comprehensive as those in your country. We will however take all necessary measures to protect your personal information in accordance with this privacy policy and applicable law.

Such measures implement the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information between our group companies and between us and our third-party providers, which require all such recipients to protect personal information that they process from the EEA in accordance with European data protection laws. Our Standard Contractual Clauses can be provided upon request. We have implemented similar appropriate safeguards with our third-party service providers and partners and further details can be provided upon request.

What Is Our Stance on Third-Party Websites?

In Short: We are not responsible for the safety of any information that you share with third-party providers.

No advertising is hosted on this site.

How Long Do We Keep Your Information?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless otherwise required by law.

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). No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than 3 years following the last registration you’ve processed with us, excluding members of Blue Team Con Staff and former Speakers for the purpose of displaying historical record on our web-site and keeping historical records for archival purposes.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

Our Platform Partners may have their own specific policies regarding retention of your data, so please consult their privacy policies for information on how long they keep your information.

How Do We Keep Your Information Safe?

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have made every effort to ensure our Platform Partners have implemented appropriate technical and organizational 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.

Do We Collect Information From Minors?

In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age without appropriate parental consent.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Sites, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Site. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at [email protected].

What Are Your Privacy Rights?

In Short: In some regions, such as the European Economic Area, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

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.

If 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.

Account Information

You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by:

Logging into your Platform Partner account settings and updating your account
Contacting us using the contact information provided below

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.

Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Sites.

Opting out of email marketing: We will not use your information for purposes of email marketing. Therefore, no opt-out is necessary.

Do California Residents Have Specific Privacy Rights?

In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the Site, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Site. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Site, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.

Do We Make Updates To this Policy?

In Short: Yes, we will update this policy as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

How Can You Contact Us About this Policy?

If you have questions or comments about this policy, please email us at [email protected].