Privacy Policy

Effective as of May 11, 2023

Introduction

The Great Game of Business, Inc. (“GGOB,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects the privacy of your information. This Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use, share, and safeguard your information. This Privacy Policy applies to individuals who access this website and our mobile application (collectively, “Site”) and any of our online services (collectively, “Services”).


From time to time, we may change this Privacy Policy. If we do, we will post an amended version on this webpage. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically.


This Privacy Policy covers the following topics:
1. PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT
2. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
3. HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
4. COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
5. “DO NOT TRACK” SIGNALS
6. CHOICES ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL DATA
7. SECURITY
8. THIRD PARTY LINKS
9. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
10. NOTICE TO NEVADA RESIDENTS
11. ACCESSIBILITY
12. HOW TO CONTACT US


1. PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

We collect personal data from you through your use of the Site and Services. Personal data is information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable individual. We collect the following types of personal data:

Personal Data You Provide
We may collect the following personal data that you voluntarily provide to us in using our Site
and Services:

  • Join the Great Game of Business Community. When you sign up for your Great Game of Business Community subscription, you will provide us with your email address, name, company name, and payment information (e.g., credit or debit card number and billing address or bank account information). Depending on the manner in which you sign up, we will use Shopify, Stripe, HubSpot, PayPal, or Block, Inc. (i.e., Square) to process
    these payments. Please click on the applicable payment processor’s name to see its privacy policy.
  • Interact with the Great Game of Business Community. When you login to access the Community, you will provide us with your email address and password. If you edit your profile, you will provide your name and shared location, and you may choose to provide a profile photo and headline. You may also provide additional profile information, such as your industries, skills and interests, expertise, goals, social media links, gender, age, and email addresses. If you post or upload information, such as by creating a post on the feed, sharing a specific location (“check-in”), commenting on another Member’s post, or responding to a forum discussion, you will provide us with any information you choose to provide in your submission. Please do not add personal data to your profile or post personal data to the Community that you would not want to be publicly available.
  • Unlock Our Downloadable Resources. To access some of our most effective tools for getting started with The Great Game of Business, you will provide us with your name, email address, job title, company name, and industry. You may also choose to provide us with your phone number.
  • Place an Order. If you place an order, you will provide us with your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and payment information (e.g., credit card number and billing address). Depending on the manner in which you place an order, we will use Shopify, Stripe, HubSpot, PayPal, or Block, Inc. (i.e., Square) to process these payments. Please click on the applicable payment processor’s name to see its privacy policy.
  • Contact Us. If you contact us, you will provide us with your name, email address, company name, role, industry, state/region, and any information you choose to provide in your message. 
  • Book a Coaching Call. If you book a coaching call on our Site, you will provide us with your name, email address, phone number, company name, industry, state/region, and any additional information you choose to provide when booking the call.
  • Register for an Event or Workshop. If you register for an event or workshop, you will provide us with your name, email address, organization, title, mailing address, and phone number. We use PheedLoop Inc. and, to the extent applicable, Hivebrite, to help process this registration. Please see PheedLoop’s privacy policy here and Hivebrite’s privacy policy here.
  • Subscribe to Our Blog and/or Podcast. If you subscribe to our blog and/or podcast, you will provide us with your name, email address, job title, industry, and company name.
  • Submit a Comment. If you submit a comment on our Site, you will provide us with your name, industry, email address, and any information you choose to provide in your comment.
  • Chat. If you use our chat feature, you will provide us with any of the information you choose to provide in your chat message(s). Our chat feature is provided by HubSpot. HubSpot may collect, record, and store the information you provide in the chat. Please review HubSpot’s privacy policy here.
  • Become a Certified Coach. If you sign up to become a certified coach, you will provide us with your name, phone number, email address, state/region, and any additional information you choose to provide in your resume and/or comments as to why you want to become a certified coach. 
  • Careers. If you apply for a job with us, you will provide your name, email address, phone number, and any information you choose to provide in your application materials. We use ADP to process this information. Please see ADP’s privacy statement here.

Personal Data as You Navigate Our Site
We automatically collect certain personal data through your use of our Site and our use of cookies and other tracking technologies, such as the following:

  •  Usage Information. For example, the pages on the Site you access, the frequency of access, and what you click on while on the Site.
  •  Device Information. For example, hardware model, operating system, application version number, and browser.
  •  Mobile Device Information. Aggregated information about whether the Site is accessed via a mobile device or tablet, the device type, and the carrier.
  • Location Information. Location information from Site visitors on a city-regional basis.


For more information on our cookie usage see our “COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING
TECHNOLOGIES” section below.


Personal Data We Collect About You from Other Sources
In some cases, we may receive personal data about you from other sources. For example, we may receive personal data about you from other Community Members, government entities, advertising networks, data brokers, operating systems and platforms, mailing list providers,
social networks and advertising and marketing partners.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We use the personal data we collect to provide the Services to you, to improve our Site and Services, and to protect our legal rights. In addition, we may use the personal data we collect to:

  • Process your Member registration;
  • Process and fulfill your order;
  • Review your job application;
  • Email you our blog posts;
  • Contact you regarding our products and services that we feel may be of interest to you;
  • Communicate with you about our Site or Services or to inform you of any changes to our Site or Services;
  • Provide support;
  • Maintain and improve our Site and Services;
  • Protect the security and integrity of our Site and Services;
  • Investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or violations of our Terms of Use, and to otherwise fulfill our legal obligations;
  • Monitor compliance with and enforce this Privacy Policy and any other applicable agreements and policies;
  • Defend our legal rights and the rights of others;
  • Fulfill any other purposes for which you provide it, or any other purpose we deem necessary or appropriate;
  • Efficiently maintain our business; and
  • Comply with applicable law.


3. HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may share the personal data that we collect about you in the following ways:

  • With vendors who perform data or Site-related services on our behalf (e.g., email, hosting, maintenance, backup, analysis, etc.);
  •  With vendors to prepare, deploy and analyze advertising content;
  •  To the extent that we are required to do so by law;
  • In connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;
  • To establish, exercise, or defend our or a third party’s legal rights, including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention;
  • With any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal data where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal data;
  •  With any other person or entity as part of any business or asset sale, equity transaction, merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, or in preparation for any of these events;
  •  With any other person or entity where you consent to the disclosure; and
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the personal data or for any other purpose we deem necessary, including to protect the health or safety of others.


4. COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
How We Use Cookies
Like many other companies, we use cookies and other tracking technologies (collectively, “Cookies”). Cookies are small files of information that are stored by your web browser software on your computer hard drive, mobile or other devices (e.g., smartphones or tablets).

We use Cookies to:

  •  Estimate audience size and usage patterns;
  •  Understand and save your preferences for future visits, allowing us to customize the Site and Services to your individual needs;
  •  Advertise new content and services that relate to your interests;
  •  Keep track of advertisements and search engine results;
  •  Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions to resolve issues and offer better site experiences and tools in the future; and
  • Recognize when you return to the Site.


We set some Cookies ourselves, while separate entities set other Cookies. We use Cookies other entities set to provide us with useful information, to help us improve our Site and Services, to conduct advertising, and to analyze the effectiveness of advertising. For example, we use Cookies from Google, Facebook, and other similar companies.


How You Can Opt Out of Cookies
Browser Settings
You can block Cookies by changing your Internet browser settings to refuse all or some Cookies. If you choose to block all Cookies (including essential Cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of the Site. You can find out more about Cookies and how to manage them by visiting
www.AboutCookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.


Platform Controls
You can opt out of Cookies set by specific entities by following the instructions found at these
links:


Advertising Industry Resources
You can understand which entities have currently enabled Cookies for your browser or mobile device and how to opt out of some of those Cookies by accessing the Network Advertising Initiative’s website or the Digital Advertising Alliance’s website. For more information on mobile specific opt-out choices, visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s Mobile Choices website.


Please note these opt-out mechanisms are specific to the device or browser on which they are exercised. Therefore, you will need to opt out on every browser and device that you use.


Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses Cookies or other tracking technologies to help us analyze how users interact with the Site and Services, compile reports on their activity, and provide other services related to their activity and usage. The technologies used by Google may collect information such as your IP address, time of visit, whether you are a returning visitor, and any referring website. The information generated by Google Analytics will be transmitted to and stored by Google and will be subject to Google’s privacy policies. To learn more about Google’s partner services and to learn how to opt out of tracking of analytics by Google, click here.


Google reCAPTCHA
We use Google reCAPTCHA, a free service provided by Google, Inc., to protect our Site from spam and abuse. Google reCAPTCHA uses advanced risk analysis techniques to decipher humans and bots. Google reCAPTCHA works differently depending on what version is deployed. For example, you may be asked to check a box indicating that you are not a robot or Google reCAPTCHA may detect abusive traffic without user interaction. Google reCAPTCHA works by transmitting certain types of information to Google, such as the referrer URL, IP address, visitor behavior, operating system information, browser and length of the visit, cookies, and mouse movements. Your use of Google reCAPTCHA is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy  and Terms of Service. More information as to Google reCAPTCHA and how it works is available here.


Hotjar
We use Hotjar to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize the service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g., how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and do not like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device’s IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our Site. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf. For more information, please view Hotjar’s privacy page by clicking here.


5. “DO NOT TRACK” SIGNALS
Some internet browsers incorporate a “Do Not Track” feature that signals to websites you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. Given that there is not a uniform way that browsers communicate the “Do Not Track” signal, the Site does not currently interpret, respond to, or alter its practices when it receives “Do Not Track” signals.

6. CHOICES ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Review and Request Changes to Your Personal Data
You may use your Community account to access, correct, or view certain personal data we have collected and which is associated with your Community account. To review or request changes to any of your personal data, please contact us at info@ggob.com.


Marketing Communications
To unsubscribe from our marketing emails, please click the unsubscribe link included in the footer of our emails. You also may submit a request to us at info@ggob.com.


7. SECURITY
We maintain commercially reasonable security measures to protect the personal data we collect and store from loss, misuse, destruction, or unauthorized access. However, no security measure or modality of data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. Although we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.


8. THIRD PARTY LINKS
The Site may contain links that will let you leave the Site and access another website. Linked websites are not under our control. We accept no responsibility or liability for these other websites. 


9. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
The Site and Services are not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal data from children under 13.


10. NOTICE TO NEVADA RESIDENTS
Nevada law allows Nevada residents to opt out of the sale of certain types of personal information. Subject to several exceptions, Nevada law defines “sale” to mean the exchange of certain types of personal information for monetary consideration to another person. We do not currently sell personal information as defined in the Nevada law. However, if you are a Nevada resident, you still may submit a verified request to opt out of sales and we will record your instructions and incorporate them in the future if our policy changes. You may send opt-out requests to info@ggob.com.


11. ACCESSIBILITY
We are committed to ensuring this Privacy Policy is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If you wish to access this Privacy Policy in an alternative format, please contact us as described below.


12. HOW TO CONTACT US
To contact us with any questions or concerns about our privacy policies or practices, please email us at info@ggob.com or call us at 1-800-386-2752