Plus1 (Plus1, we, us, or our) is committed to protecting the privacy of the information you share with us when you access and use our websites and/orproducts. We have created this Privacy Statement as a means to disclose how we collect, use and disseminate personal information you may provide us. It also describes your choices regarding use, access and correction of your personal information. This Privacy Statement applies to all of our websites, including, without limitation: https://www.plus1today.net and https://www.plus1today.comeach referred to herein as a “Site” and collectively the “Sites.” This Privacy Statement also applies to our products (“Products“), including the Plus1 Administrator’s Software Application, and describes the data collected on the Products for which we are the data processor and how we may use that data. The use of information collected through our service shall be limited to the purpose of providing the service for which the Client has engaged Plus1.
Effective as of November 21, 2017
Who We Are
Plus1 takes your privacy seriously. As a leading provider of online voting products, we are committed to establishing and maintaining policies and procedures which protect the privacy of personal information gathered from our customers, prospects and other visitors to our website. Plus1 offers individuals and organizations software application platform to host votes, ballots, and surveys.
How To Contact Us
We welcome your comments regarding this Privacy Statement and our privacy practices. If you have questions about this statement or believe that we have not adhered to it, please contact us. You can contact us by email, by phone, or by regular mail and we shall respond to your query within 30 days.
What This Document Is
This document is our Privacy Statement. It states what information we collect from users of our website, and our Products, how we use that information, who we share it with, how you can access or change your information, how you can contact us, and other important information about how we safeguard our users’ privacy. This statement is incorporated into our “Terms of Use,” which is the contract that governs our relationship with you; whether you are a visitor to our website, or a user of our Products. When you register for or use our Products or Sites and therefore accept our Terms of Use, you are also accepting and agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Statement.
PLEASE NOTE: There are very important terms and conditions governing our relationship that are found in our “Terms of Use,” that are not repeated here in our privacy statement because they do not relate to data collection or privacy. To see the terms and conditions that govern our relationship with you, please visit http://Plus1.com/terms-of-use.
Our Commitment to Privacy
We take your privacy seriously. As a leading provider of online voting software, we are committed to establishing and maintaining policies and procedures which protect the privacy of personal information gathered from our customers, prospects and other visitors to our Sites.
Our Commitment to Children’s Privacy
Protecting the privacy of children is of paramount importance. Therefore we comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act regarding the personal information of children under the age of 13. A summary of our policy regarding children’s privacy is below:
WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED?
We are provided only information that is reasonably necessary to allow children to login and use our products in order to cast their vote/ballot. In general, we will obtain from the child’s school or collect the following information:
1. Information required for a childto be assigned a username and password in order to login and access our Products (i.e. full name, birthdate, student ID, gender,membership numbers and billing address);
2. Information that is required to be entered for each individual ballot by the applicable Administrator;
3. Information we automatically collect about your computer or wireless devices (such as your IP address, cookie ID, and other unique device identifiers); and
4. Information we collect from third parties, including through any social media widgets or third party tracking services.
We do not afford children the ability to make any information that is collected publically available.
For more detailed information regarding the information we collect, please review the sections below entitled HOW ADMINISTRATORS USE OUR PRODUCTS and HOW INFORMATION IS USED ON THE SITES AND PRODUCTS.
HOW IS INFORMATION STORED?
We store a child’s information using reasonable security precautions and for only as long as reasonably necessary for us to complete the applicable vote/ballot and provide the Administratorwith their subscribed services.
Regardless of our precautions, there is always the risk that a third party may impermissibly access a child’s information. If you believe that a third party has obtained your child’s information, please contact us immediately as instructed in this Privacy Statement.
For more detailed information regarding how we store information, please review the sections below entitled HOW ADMINISTRATORS USE OUR PRODUCTS, HOW INFORMATION IS USED ON THE SITES AND PRODUCTS and HOW WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE.
HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION USED?
Generally, the information we collect about a child is used in order for the child to access and use our Products. We may also use a child’s information to verify voting results. Administrators may request additional information about a child pursuant to their applicable ballot and may also have access to a child’s information.
For more detailed information regarding how we use such information, please review the section below entitled HOW INFORMATION IS USED ON THE SITES AND PRODUCTS.
IS INFORMATION SHARED WITH THIRD PARTIES?
We will never sell a child’s information to third parties. Depending upon the circumstances, we may share collected information with (a) law enforcement or others as needed to protect or defend our rights and the rights of others; (b) partners we hire to handle certain activities and technical services; (c) advertisers or third parties with whom we may partner to provide you additional content, products or services; (d) business partners who jointly offer a service or feature on our Sites; (e) in the event of a corporate transaction; and (f) otherwise with consent.
For more detailed information regarding our information sharing practices, please review the section below entitled HOW INFORMATION IS USED ON THE SITES AND PRODUCTS.
WHAT INFORMATION MAY OTHERS COLLECT?
We may use a number of service providers and other such companies in order to provide the services offered through our products. These companies may use their own unique identifiers, and their use of these technologies is within their control and not ours.
Our websites and products also may contains links to other sites or links to social media. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information.
For more information about these third parties and how you might be able to control how they use a child’s information, please review the section below entitled HOW INFORMATION IS USED ON THE SITES AND PRODUCTS.
CONTROL OVER YOUR CHILDREN’S INFORMATION.
Parents and guardians should be aware that, as previously stated, we will notrequire a child to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to participate in an applicable vote or ballot. You can at any time access, update and correct any information about your child that we have collected. You may also direct us to delete such information and refuse to allow us to collect any additional information about your child or use such child’s information.
For more detailed information regarding your control over a child’s information, please review the section below entitled HOW YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES AND HOW WE MAKE CHANGES. You can always contact us regarding the information we collect by utilizing the information referenced in the “How to Contact Us” section above.
Parents and guardians should also be aware that schools where their children attend have the ability to disclose certain personal information about studentspursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
If you believe we have unlawfully or improperly stored personal identification information about a child under the age of 13, please contact us via the information listed above in the “How to Contact Us” section so that we mayinvestigate and delete any such information.
HOW ADMINISTRATORS USE OUR PRODUCTS
Administrators
When you register for our service, we ask for your name, address, email address, phone number and payment information. We only collect your payment information when you decide to purchase our products so that we can complete your order and provide you the service you requested.
Information Collected on our Products
Information Collected on our Products
By using our Products, you consent to our collection, use and sharing of information about you. We collect different types of information from different people, depending on their role and how they use our Products. The types of people we collect information from include ballot administrators (Administrators), and ballot participants/voters (Participants).
Participants
A person using our Products to participate in a ballot/vote conducted by an Administrator is known as a Participant. Administrators, as required by their ballots, may collect personal information from Participants, such as names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, membership status/ID or other identifying numbers, passwords or other personal codes or information which can be used in combination to collect information of a personal nature, and may provide this information to Plus1 in a list of eligible voters prior to the start of a ballot/voting event. None of this third party personal information shall be used for any promotional purposes, or anything beyond servicing Administrator’s requests for ballot services. Administrators using Plus1 Products are forbidden from collecting financial information, such as credit card numbers, credit card PIN numbers or other critical information which enables financial transaction authority or privileged security access to any other system.
When you access a ballot created on Plus1 as a Participant, we record information such as the date, time and name of the ballot your computer accessed. We will also collect your computer’s IP address.
Administrators or authorized Plus1 technicians may upload spreadsheets that include personal information to generate Participant records in the Plus1 system to create user accounts. Such information might include a student number or member number, or other personal information such as a birth date or email address to serve as a username or password. We require Participants to login to our site with login codes that are provided via email, mail or other communication methods by either Us or the Administrator. This login requirement is to ensure the visitor is a valid Participant and to determine which valid Participants have submitted a ballot.
Ballot Results
We will not attempt to access your ballot results at any time, unless (a) you explicitly instruct us to do so during a training session or during a customer service inquiry,(b) we are required to do so by judicial or administrative subpoena, warrant or court order, (c) it is in order to protect the safety of our employees, customers, or the public, or (d) it is to protect our legal rights. We may disclose general turnout statistics about your vote in a case study or marketing document if this information has been provided by the Administrator and approved for publication.
Ballot Content
Customers are solely responsible for the content of the ballots or votes, and we do not control the theme or questions asked. We do not own the contents of your ballot/vote. When you publish your ballot on our servers, we will provide you with a unique URL. We will not provide this URL to any other individuals or parties unless they are authorized business partners who require this information to service your account. In order to enhance response rates, we record if and when a Participant has completed their ballot and if and when a Participant has received an email reminder.
Notice, Access, and Choice
We acknowledge that Participants have the right to access their personal information. Plus1 has no direct relationship with the Participant whose personal data it processes. A Participant who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, or delete inaccurate data should direct his query to their Administrator. If requested to remove data we will respond within a reasonable timeframe.
As your data processor, we make available to you this Privacy Statement so that you can better understand our data practices and whether they are consistent with privacy notices you have made available to your Participants. If you receive a data-access request from a Participant about whom we host data and you would like our assistance in responding to that request, please contact us as described below. We will respond to requests within 30 days of receipt.
As your data processor, we will not share, sell, rent, or trade with third parties for their marketing purposes any Participant data collected by us, unless you direct us to do so and have the appropriate authorization to do so. We may transfer personal information to companies that help us provide our service. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
These services may include:
• Fulfilling orders and delivering packages
• Payment processing
• Providing customer service
• Sending marketing communications
• Fulfilling subscription services
• Conducting research and analysis
• Providing cloud computing infrastructure
Transfers to subsequent third parties are covered by the service agreements with our Clients (Administrators).
We will retain personal data we process on behalf of our Clients for as long as needed to provide services to our Client. Plus1 will retain and use this personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. We collect information for our clients (Administrator), and have no direct relationship with the Participants whose personal data we process. If you are a Participant of one of our Clients and would no longer like to be contacted by one of our Clients that use our service, please contact the Administrator that you interact with directly.
HOW INFORMATION IS USED ON THE SITES
AND PRODUCTS
Tracking Technologies WeUse
As is true of most web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. We do link this automatically collected data to other information we collect about you.
Plus1 and our marketing partners, affiliates, or analytics or service providers use cookies or similar technologies. These technologies are used in analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking user’s movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on our Sites. If you are an Administrator, we link the information we store in cookies to the personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.
We use cookies to identify you while you are using our Products and to ensure that if you cast a vote in our Products, that vote is recorded correctly. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject persistent cookies, you will still be able to use our Site. If you reject session ID cookies, you will be able to view our public website, but will not be able to use our voting applications.
We partner with a third party to either display advertising on our Web site or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our third party partner may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this site and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based ads, you may opt-out by clicking here (or if located in the European Union click here). Please note this does not opt you out of being served ads. You will continue to receive generic ads.
The Way We Use Your Information
We never sell information about Participants or information provided by Administrators or Website Visitors. We also do not use or share the personal information you provide to us online other than as described below without first giving you a chance to opt out, or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses. We will not sell any of your personal information. We do not supplement personally identifiable information with information from any other sources.
We use the personal information you provide to us online as follows:
To ensure our website and our Products are relevant to your needs by evaluating the effectiveness of our products and services.
To deliver services, such as training or Products.
To help us create and publish content.
To alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated information and other new services.
To allow access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.
To send important status and service messages regarding any Products you may have purchased.
For any of the uses of your information that we describe above, you may opt out and forbid our use of the information for that purpose, by calling, mailing, or emailing us. For our contact information, please see the “Contact Us” section of this Privacy Statement. The only information a user cannot opt out of is service updates, which are important notices about the status of the Products and considered a part of the Service. You can also opt-out of secondary emails by following the ‘unsubscribe’ instructions present in each email we send out.
Sharing of Your Information
We do not sell personal information. We also do not share your information with any third parties except under the following very limited circumstances:
Voter Information with Administrator: Our business is to provide tools allowing you and your organization to perform online voting. Accordingly, we allow Administrators to view information about participation and turnout gathered in response to the elections/votes conducted.
As you Explicitly Allow: We may view information about Participants as you provide it prior to the ballot/vote or explicitly allow us to.
Agents Acting on Our Behalf: We may share some of your information with other business partners who provide us with technical services. They will be granted access to only that information which is necessary for them to do their jobs. Any agents to whom we grant access to Participant or Customer Information are contractually barred from using or releasing that information outside of the specific task we have asked them to perform. We have various agreements, policies, safeguards and certifications to ensure that these agents do not sell, distribute or use this information.
For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants, orders, bankruptcy proceedings or similar legal process. We may also disclose your information if it is required to comply with the law, or with legal process served upon us, defend our legal rights or our property, or to act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of our clients, employees, partners, or members of the public.
Acquisition: We may share information in the event of an acquisition of our company, merger of our company with another, or acquisition by our company of another. We will notify you if your information becomes subject to a different privacy policy by manner of a prominent notice on the Site, or email. We will not share Participant or Administrator Information during a potential acquisition or potential merger.
Third Party Tracking
We also use third-party tracking services that use scripts, frames, and other tracking technologies to track non-personal information about visitors to our site in the aggregate. The use of cookies by our service providers is not covered by our Privacy Statement. We do not have access or control over such service provider cookies. Our service providers use session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our Site.
Links to Third Party Sites
Our website contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Statement applies solely to information collected by our website, Sites or our Products.
Social Media Widgets
Our website includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our Site. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy statement of the company providing it.
Blog/Forum
Our website offers publicly accessible blogs or community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. Our blog is managed by third party application that may require you to register to post a comment. We do not have access or control of the information posted to the blog. You will need to contact or login into the third party application if you want the personal information that was posted to the comments section removed. To learn how the third party application uses your information, please review their privacy statement.
Customer Testimonials
We post customer testimonials on our website which may contain personally identifiable information such as the customer’s name. We obtain the customer’s consent to post their name along with their testimonial prior to posting the testimonial.
HOW WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE
Vote Secrecy
All votes are encrypted. When a ballot is set to “anonymous,” no one can see how you voted. Ballots/votes that are set to “not anonymous” will allow the Administrator to see how you voted. Information about how a Participant voted will never be provided to any person or entity outside of Votenet Solutions, Inc. and its business partners unless otherwise provided by the Administrator.
Administrators will be able to see whether you have voted or not in any ballot/vote, including anonymous ballots, where no one will be able to see how you have voted.
Hosting Privacy
Plus1 may host its Products with a highly secure third party data center that provides hardware, operating system software, and connectivity. All hosted environments meet or exceed physical security requirements, including:
A single point of entry to hosting areas
A monitored main point of entry, with additional points of entry for emergency use only
Surveillance cameras in the hosting facility to monitor access to and use of the facility
Access validation with biometric identity check
Access to Plus1’s hardware by Votenet authorized persons only
Additionally, Plus1 allows access to its Products and databases only to Plus1 personnel or authorized agents of Plus1 who have a demonstrated need to access the Products or databases for a particular task.
Our Commitment to Data Security
Our website, Sites and our Products both have security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the data under our control. We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to protect information using both server authentication and data encryption to help ensure that your information is safe, secure, and available only to you. We also implement an advanced security method based on dynamic data and encoded session identifications, and host our website, and our Products, in a secure server environment that uses firewalls, passwords, and other advanced technology to prevent interference or access from outside intruders. Finally, we provide unique user names and passwords that must be entered each time a Participant or Administrator logs in to our Products. These safeguards help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of your information. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS WE PARTICIPATE IN
If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third party dispute resolution provider (free of charge) at https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request.
Privacy Shield Certification
Plus1 [and its parent company Votenet Solutions Inc.] participates in and has certified its compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. We are committed to subjecting all personal data received from European Union (EU) member countries, in reliance on the Privacy Shield Framework, to the Framework’s applicable Principles. To learn more about the Privacy Shield Framework, visit the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Privacy Shield List at [https://www.privacyshield.gov/list].
Plus1 is responsible for the processing of personal data it receives, under the Privacy Shield Framework, and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. We comply with the Privacy Shield Principles for all onward transfers of personal data from the EU, including the onward transfer liability provisions.
With respect to personal data received or transferred pursuant to the Privacy Shield Framework, we are subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission [AND/OR the U.S. Department of Transportation]. In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
Under certain conditions, more fully described on the Privacy Shield website at [https://www.privacyshield.gov/article?id=How-to-Submit-a-Complaint], you may invoke binding arbitration when other dispute resolution procedures have been exhausted.
HOW YOU CAN MAKE CHANGES AND HOW WE MAKE CHANGES
How To Access Or Correct Your Information
You can change your password by selecting “Settings” on the menu for your particular Products application, and setting a new password there. Upon request we will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information. To get a complete record of the personal information associated with your account, to change any information, or request that we delete your account, please contact us by Facebook messenger. If you request a change to your personal information, or you request us to delete your account, we will make the change or delete your account within 30 days after we receive your request.
Opt-Out Policy
We offer our visitors and customers a means to choose how we may use information provided. If, at any time after registering for information or ordering our Products, you change your mind about receiving information from us or about sharing your information with third parties, send us a request specifying your new choice. Simply email, call or write us. Our contact information is located in the “Contact Us” section at the beginning of this statement.
From time to time we send promotional materials by email, as described above in “The Way We Use Information.” Any email you receive from us will include an “unsubscribe” link that you can use to prohibit us from sending any additional information, and our postal address.
Data Retention: We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services contact us at Facebook messenger. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Changes to This Statement
We will occasionally update this Privacy Statement to reflect changes in our services and customer feedback. When we post changes to this Privacy Statement, we will revise the “last revised” date at the top of this statement. If there are material changes to this Policy Statement, or material changes in the way we use your personal information, we will notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes prior to implementing them, and giving you the option to opt-out of the new policy or procedures, or by sending you a notification of the changes directly, prior to implementing them through email. We encourage you to periodically review this Policy Statement to stay informed about how Plus1 collects and uses your private information.
HOW YOU CAN TERMINATE OR DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT AND RELATIVE CONTENTS
Terminate or delete your account and relative contents
You can directly call or email our customer service with your basic information, we will help to delete the user account and entire relative contents.
The information provided includes: name, account number, contact number, Address and the date of birth.
