Privacy Policy - Bridge Partners

Last updated: September 25th, 2024

Thank you for visiting our website. Bridge Partners, LLC (“we” or “us”) cares about your privacy and the information you share with us, and we want you to understand how we are using and protecting the information we collect. Bridge Partners is respectful of data privacy and has adapted to ISO/IEC 27701 standards as best practices in compliance with applicable privacy law and regulations.

California residents click here to exercise your data subject rights.

European Union residents click here to exercise your data subject rights.

Use of This Website

This Privacy Policy, along with our Terms of Use and Cookie Policy, describes the information we collect from you and how it may be stored and processed in the United States of America and across Bridge Partners properties as described below.

This website and associated Bridge Partners online publications provide products, content, and services for a professional and consumer audience. Our content is not intended for individuals under the age of 13 years old. We do not knowingly collect or store personal data provided by anyone under 13 years of age in compliance with COPPA.

If you are a European Union (EU) resident, please note that there are several provisions in this privacy policy that apply uniquely to you.

Information We Collect

Bridge Partners collects personal and professional information to better serve your needs and provide you with high-quality content, services, and experiences. The information we collect may include:

Basic business-related details commonly found on a business card, such as your first and last name, job title, company name, work address, work email, and work phone number.

Additional professional data, such as the size of your company and the industry in which it operates.

In some cases, we may enhance or update the information you provide by combining it with data from third-party sources, including publicly available information or professional databases. The personal data we refer to in this document includes both the information you provide directly and data we collect from third-party sources. We treat these combined records as a single user profile for streamlined services.

We also automatically collect certain information through cookies and similar technologies, including:

IP address
Geolocation data (region or general location of a device)
Browser type and version
Operating system
Page view history
Device type and other usage information

For more details, see our Cookie Policy.

Please note, if you are an EU resident, under the GDPR, any data that can uniquely identify your device, such as cookies, IP addresses, or other tracking technologies, is considered personal data. Therefore, this Privacy Policy applies to all personal data collected by Bridge Partners, including data collected automatically through your use of our website or services.

How We Collect Your Data

We may collect your personal data when you engage with Bridge Partners or our third-party partners ("sponsors") in various ways, including when you:

Register to receive any of the products, content, or services we offer, such as publications, eBooks, whitepapers, newsletters, webinars, or videos.

Participate in events, both live and virtual, that are hosted or co-hosted by Bridge Partners.

Download resources or access gated content on our website.

Interact with our marketing materials, including email campaigns or other forms of communication.

Additionally, we may collect data indirectly from third-party platforms, social media channels, or partners when you engage with Bridge Partners' content or advertisements in those spaces. This data helps us provide you with a seamless, personalized experience across different platforms.

What Happens if You Don’t Provide Personal Data?

In order for us to provide the products, content, or services you request, we need your personal data. Therefore, if you do not provide such personal data, we cannot deliver the products, content, or services.

How Do We Safeguard Your Personal Data?

Security of your personal data

Bridge Partners maintains safeguards that include technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We require third parties we contract with to support Bridge Partners’ business operations to employ reasonable security measures as well (see “When and how we share your information with others” below).

We update and test security measures on an ongoing basis and restrict access to your personal data to only those who need to know in order to provide Bridge Partners’ products, content, or services to you.

Storage of your personal data

We may store your personal data using Bridge Partners’ secure on-site servers or other internally hosted technology. Your personal data may also be stored by third parties, via cloud services or other technology, with which Bridge Partners has contracted to support our business operations (see “When and how we share your information with others” below).

These third parties do not use or have access to your personal data other than for cloud storage and retrieval, and Bridge Partners requires such parties to employ at least the same level of security that we use to protect your personal data.

What We Do With the Personal Data We Collect

To communicate with you

We may use your personal data to send you important notices, such as communications about your registration, transactions, and changes to Bridge Partners’ terms, conditions, and policies, and/or for other internal purposes.

To improve our service

We may use your personal data for auditing, data analysis, and research to improve Bridge Partners’ products, content, and services.

To present offers that may be of interest to you

We may contact you to offer additional third-party products, content, or services that may be of interest to you.

The legal basis we have for processing your personal data

The GDPR requires data collectors, such as Bridge Partners, to have a legal basis to use the personal data of EU residents. Therefore, this section applies to such personal data collected by Bridge Partners.

Bridge Partners uses your personal data to supply you with high-quality products, content, and services as you request, to send important notices, and for internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis, and research to help you make informed technology purchasing decisions.

We may also use your personal data to offer you products, content, or services that may interest you, based on your preferences, and may share your personal data with third-party sponsors of content, events, and other services or offers.

The legal basis for processing your personal data is your consent. In certain circumstances, we may otherwise process your personal data based on legitimate interest, provided that it does not infringe your rights and freedoms.

When and How We Share Your Personal Data With Others

For content and services that may interest you or that you request

We may share your personal data with third parties to deliver third-party sponsored content or other services that you request.

For business operations

We may share your personal data with third parties contracted to support Bridge Partners’ business operations, including delivery, fulfillment, payment processing, email deployment, and data processing.

For third-party sponsored content and events

Bridge Partners, partners with third-party sponsors to make a library of content available to our users, such as white papers, professional events (live or online), and other services. In return for access to these offers, we may ask for your personal data as part of registration.

Once shared, the sponsor’s privacy policy applies to your personal data.

As required by law

Your personal data may be shared when authorized by law or necessary to comply with a valid legal process.

How long we keep your personal data

We retain your personal data for the duration of your business relationship with us and as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Your rights and preferences

If you want your personal data erased (if you are an EU resident), or you no longer wish for us to communicate with you for marketing purposes, or to otherwise restrict Bridge Partners’ processing of your personal data, please contact us at privacy@bridge.partners or submit a request online.

Job applicant privacy notice

If you are a candidate for prospective employment, we process your personal data for recruiting purposes, including consideration for other opportunities at Bridge Partners.

Who has access to data?

Your data is shared internally with Bridge Partners employees involved in the recruiting process.

How does Bridge Partners protect data?

We have policies and controls to ensure your data is not lost, misused, or accessed without authorization.

How Can We Help?

Questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy? Please contact our Data Protection Officer at (206) 219-5634 or via email at privacy@bridge.partners.

Privacy Laws and Certifications

Bridge Partners is ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27701 certified and we comply with all applicable privacy laws and regulations. Safeguarding PII and confidential information is our top priority.