This Privacy Notice describes how we collect and use your personal information in relation to AIM websites, applications, products, services, events, and experiences that reference this Privacy Notice (together, “AIM Offerings”).
This Privacy Notice does not apply to the “content” processed, stored, or hosted by our customers using AIM Offerings in connection with an AIM account. See the agreement governing your access to your AIM account about how we handle content and how our customers can control their content through AIM Offerings. This Privacy Notice also does not apply to any products, services, websites, or content that are offered by third parties or have their own privacy notice.
Personal Information We Collect
We collect your personal information in the course of providing AIM Offerings to you.
Here are the types of information we gather:
Information You Give Us:We collect any information you provide in relation to AIM Offerings.
Automatic Information:We automatically collect certain types of information when you interact with AIM Offerings.
Information from Other Sources: We might collect information about you from other sources, including service providers, partners, and publicly available sources.
How We Use Personal Information
We use your personal information to operate, provide, and improve AIM Offerings. Our purposes for using personal information include:
Provide AIM Offerings:We use your personal information to provide and deliver AIM Offerings and process transactions related to AIM Offerings, including registrations, subscriptions, purchases, and payments.
Measure, Support, and Improve AIM Offerings:We use your personal information to measure use of, analyze performance of, fix errors in, provide support for, improve, and develop AIM Offerings.
Recommendations and Personalization:We use your personal information to recommend AIM Offerings that might be of interest to you, identify your preferences, and personalize your experience with AIM Offerings.
Comply with Legal Obligations:In certain cases, we have a legal obligation to collect, use, or retain your personal information. For example, we collect bank account information from AIM Marketplace sellers for identity verification.
Communicate with You: We use your personal information to communicate with you in relation to AIM Offerings via different channels (e.g., by phone, email, chat) and to respond to your requests.
Marketing: We use your personal information to market and promote AIM Offerings. We might display interest-based ads for AIM Offerings.
Fraud and Abuse Prevention and Credit Risks: We use your personal information to prevent and detect fraud and abuse in order to protect the security of our customers, AIM, and others. We may also use scoring methods to assess and manage credit risks.
Purposes for Which We Seek Your Consent:We may also ask for your consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose that we communicate to you.
Cookies
To enable our systems to recognize your browser or device and to provide AIM Offerings, we use cookies.
How We Share Personal Information
Information about our customers is an important part of our business and we are not in the business of selling our customers’ personal information to others. We share personal information only as described below and with Analyticsindiamag.com and the subsidiaries that Analyticsindiamag.com, controls that are either subject to this Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Notice.
Transactions Involving Third Parties:We make available to you services, software, and content provided by third parties for use on or through AIM Offerings. You can tell when a third party is involved in your transactions, and we share information related to those transactions with that third party. For example, you can order services, software, and content from sellers using the AIM Marketplace and we provide those sellers information to facilitate your subscription, purchases, or support.
Third-Party Service Providers:We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include: delivering AIM hardware, sending communications, processing payments, assessing credit and compliance risks, analyzing data, providing marketing and sales assistance (including advertising and event management), conducting customer relationship management, and providing training. These third party service providers have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes. Further, they must process that information in accordance with this Privacy Notice and as permitted by applicable data protection law.
Business Transfers: As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or services. In such transactions, personal information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Notice (unless, of course, the individual consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that AIM or substantially all of its assets are acquired, your information will of course be one of the transferred assets.
Protection of Us and Others: We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our terms and other agreements, or protect the rights, property, or security of AIM, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud prevention and detection and credit risk reduction.
At Your Option: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when personal information about you might be shared with third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.
Location of Personal Information
Depending on the scope of your interactions with AIM Offerings, your personal information may be stored in or accessed from multiple countries, including the United States. Whenever we transfer personal information to other jurisdictions, we will ensure that the information is transferred in accordance with this Privacy Notice and as permitted by applicable data protection AIM.
How We Secure Information
At AIM, security is our highest priority. We design our systems with your security and privacy in mind.
We maintain a wide variety of compliance programs that validate our security controls.
We protect the security of your information during transmission to or from AIM websites, applications, products, or services by using encryption protocols and software.
We follow the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) when handling credit card data.
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage, and disclosure of personal information. Our security procedures mean that we may request proof of identity before we disclose personal information to you.
Internet Advertising and Third Parties
AIM Offerings may include third-party advertising and links to other websites and applications. Third party advertising partners may collect information about you when you interact with their content, advertising, or services.
Access and Choice
You can view, update, and delete certain information about your account and your interactions with AIM Offerings
You have choices about the collection and use of your personal information. Many AIM Offerings include settings that provide you with options as to how your information is being used. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of certain AIM Offerings.
Children’s Personal Information
We don’t provide AIM Offerings for purchase by children. If you’re under 18, you may use AIM Offerings only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.
Retention of Personal Information
We keep your personal information to enable your continued use of AIM Offerings, for as long as it is required in order to fulfill the relevant purposes described in this Privacy Notice, as may be required by law (including for tax and accounting purposes), or as otherwise communicated to you. How long we retain specific personal information varies depending on the purpose for its use, and we will delete your personal information in accordance with applicable law.
Contacts, Notices, and Revisions
If you interact with AIM Offerings on behalf of or through your organization, then your personal information may also be subject to your organization’s privacy practices, and you should direct privacy inquiries to your organization.
Our business changes constantly, and our Privacy Notice may also change. You should check our website frequently to see recent changes. You can see the date on which the latest version of this Privacy Notice was posted. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all personal information we have about you and your account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of personal information collected in the past without informing affected customers and giving them a choice.
EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield
We do not rely on the Privacy Shield but continue to keep to the commitments that we made when we certified to the Privacy Shield.
Information You Give Us
You provide information to us when you:
search for, subscribe to, or purchase AIM Offerings;
create or administer your AIM account (and you might have more than one account if you have used more than one email address when using AIM Offerings);
configure your settings for, provide data access permissions for, or otherwise interact with AIM Offerings;
register for or attend an AIM event;
purchase or use content, products, or services from third-party providers through the AIM Marketplace (or other similar venues operated or provided by us);
offer your content, products, or services on or through AIM Offerings or the AIM Marketplace (or other similar venues operated or provided by us);
communicate with us by phone, email, or otherwise;
complete a questionnaire, a support ticket, or other information request forms;
post on AIM websites or participate in community features; and
employ notification services.
Depending on your use of AIM Offerings, you might supply us with such information as:
your name, email address, physical address, phone number, and other similar contact information;
payment information, including credit card and bank account information;
information about your location;
information about your organization and your contacts, such as colleagues or people within your organization;
usernames, aliases, roles, and other authentication and security credential information;
content of feedback, testimonials, inquiries, support tickets, and any phone conversations, chat sessions and emails with or to us;
your image (still, video, and in some cases 3-D), voice, and other identifiers that are personal to you when you attend an AIM event or use certain AIM Offerings;
information regarding identity, including government-issued identification information;
corporate and financial information; and
VAT numbers and other tax identifiers.
Automatic Information
We collect information automatically when you:
visit, interact with, or use AIM Offerings (including when you use your computer or other device to interact with AIM Offerings);
download content from us;
open emails or click on links in emails from us; and
interact or communicate with us (such as when you attend an AIM event or when you request customer support).
Examples of the information we automatically collect include:
network and connection information, such as the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer or other device to the Internet and information about your Internet service provider;
computer and device information, such as device, application, or browser type and version, browser plug-in type and version, operating system, or time zone setting;
the location of your device or computer;
authentication and security credential information;
content interaction information, such as content downloads, streams, and playback details, including duration and number of simultaneous streams and downloads;
AIM Offerings metrics, such as offering usage, occurrences of technical errors, diagnostic reports, your settings preferences, backup information, API calls, and other logs;
the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through, and from our website (including date and time) and AIM Offerings, content you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, and page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs);
email addresses and phone numbers used to contact us; and
Information from Other Sources
Examples of information we receive from other sources include:
marketing, sales generation, and recruitment information, including your name, email address, physical address, phone number, and other similar contact information;
subscription, purchase, support, or other information about your interactions with products and services offered by us, our affiliates (such as AIM training courses), or third parties (such as products offered through the AIM Marketplace) in relation to AIM Offerings;
search results and links, including paid listings (such as Sponsored Links); and
credit history information from credit bureaus.
Information You Can Access
Examples of information you can access through AIM Offerings include:
your name, email address, physical address, phone number, and other similar contact information;
usernames, aliases, roles, and other authentication and security credential information;
your subscription, purchase, usage, billing, and payment history;
payment settings, such as payment instrument information and billing preferences;
tax information;
email communication and notification settings; and
