Forté Foundation Template Privacy Notice

Effective Date: October 23, 2018

This Privacy Notice applies to information collected by Forté Foundation and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“Forté,” “we,” or “us”) when you sign up for one of our Forté Forums events. 

The data controller is Forté Foundation, which can be contacted at

Forté Foundation
9600 Escarpment #745, PMB 72
Austin, TX 78749
info@fortefoundation.org

PURPOSE OF PROCESSING AND LEGAL BASIS

The information collected will be processed for the purpose of administering the Forté Forum events and providing attendees with additional information regarding Forté’s products and services.  The legal basis under which Forté will process this information is your consent.   In addition, Forté will take photographs at events and may use photographs, images and likenesses of event attendees in our business and promotional materials.  Forté will process this information on the basis of our legitimate interest in developing and disseminating promotional materials to prospective Forté members and event attendees and to our business partners.

RECIPIENTS OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We share your information with third-party web site hosting partners and other parties who assist Forté in operating the web site and our computer systems.  These third parties are not authorized by us to use or disclose the information, except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements. 

With your consent, we will also share your information with the following event sponsors:

BCG, Alliance Manchester Business School, ESADE, HEC Paris, IE Business School, IESE Business School, IMD, Imperial College Business School, INSEAD, London Business School, University of Cambridge (Judge Business School), University of Oxford (Said Business School)

In addition, we will disclose information about you:

  • If we are required to do so by law or legal process;
  • To law enforcement authorities or other government officials;
  • When we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity;
  • If necessary to protect the vital interests of a person;
  • To enforce our Terms of Use;
  • To protect our property, services, and legal rights;
  • To prevent fraud against Forté, our affiliates, business partners, or authorized dealers;
  • To support auditing, compliance, and corporate governance functions; or
  • To comply with any and all applicable laws.

CROSS BORDER TRANSFER

Forté will transfer personal data to the United States.  All such transfers shall be made with your explicit consent.

RETENTION OF INFORMATION

Forté retains all personal information for the duration of the relevant business relationship or, where required, in accordance with its information management policies and schedules.  When deleting personal information based on a request by the data subject, Forté will make reasonable attempts to ensure that all instances of the information are deleted in their entirety. 

YOUR RIGHTS AS AN EU RESIDENT

You have the right to request access to the personal information we have collected about you for the purposes of reviewing, modifying, or requesting erasure of the information. You also have the right to request a copy of the information we have collected about you. In certain situations, you may also request that we restrict or cease processing your information.

If you would like to make a request to access, review, or correct the personal information we have collected about you, please contact us at info@fortefoundation.org. To help protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity, such as requiring a password and user ID, before granting access to your information.   You will be notified of any actions taken on your personal information in response to a request submitted for modification, deletion, or restrictions on the processing of your personal information.

You have the right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before such withdrawal. You also have a right to data portability when the data processing is based on your consent and the data was processed by automated means. You may exercise these rights by submitting a written request to info@fortefoundation.org.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate privacy or data protection regulator in your jurisdiction.