Transparency & Privacy

Savvy Creative Awards (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the http://savvycreativeawards.com/ website (the “Services”). This statement informs you of the Savvy Creative Awards privacy policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personally identifiable information or sensitive personal information (collectively, “Personal Information”) when you use our Services (“Privacy Policy”). Savvy Creative Awards will not use, collect, disclose or share our clients’, affiliates’, employees’, and stakeholders’ personal or business information except as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy describes our services in connection with information that we collect through activities, events, and projects linked to Savvy Creative Awards. We aim to achieve this by providing a clear understanding of our privacy practices to our clients, affiliates, stakeholders, and employees with respect to how we collect, secure, use, and disclose Personal Information and business related information. By using the Services, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. Savvy Creative Awards issues both brief point-of-collection privacy notices and comprehensive privacy notices: Our point-of-collection notices are issued at the time we seek to collect certain types of Personal Information from our stakeholders and affiliates. Our comprehensive privacy notices are intended to provide a thorough perspective on how our Privacy Policy applies to specific stakeholders and affiliates.

 

Our Commitment to Privacy

Savvy Creative Award’s core mission is to protect our clients’, affiliates’, stakeholders’, employees’, and consultants’ personal information, and to secure all information provided to and for Savvy Creative Awards. We understand and respect that your privacy is important, as a result, Savvy Creative Awards secures all Personal Information, including but not limited to: •Name •Social Security Numbers (SSNs) •Postal address (including billing and shipping addresses) •Telephone number (mobile, work, and home numbers) •Email address (work email and personal email addresses) •Credit card and debit card numbers •Personal pictures (any photo taken for or on behalf of Savvy Creative Awards) •Social media account information (including website, apps, and widgets, mobile interactive features) •Country, State, or Province of residence and/or business

 

Employment Privacy & Data Protection

The Savvy Creative Awards’s employees and consultants are responsible for protecting and securing all Personal Information about our external clients, affiliates, stakeholders, and employees for or on behalf Savvy Creative Awards. In accordance with our Privacy Policy, Savvy Creative Awards will describe why Personal Information is used and disclosed, and how to exercise, protect, and secure the Personal Information of our clients and their affiliates. Savvy Creative Awards collects information for the purpose of providing the Services, identifying and communicating with you, responding to your requests/inquires, servicing and improving our services. Savvy Creative Awards reserves the right to obtain our employees’ and consultants’ Personal Information in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Savvy Creative Awards understands that our employees and consultants may have different levels of concern about their privacy based on cultural and personal perspectives and experiences, so we only collect, use and share the Personal Information we need for employment-related purposes. Savvy Creative Awards provides its clients, employees, and consultants reasonable notice of said collected information that is in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Savvy Creative Awards uses technical, physical and administrative measures based on the sensitivity of Personal Information to protect it from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. Savvy Creative Awards strives at all times to treat our clients (including our employees) in a transparent and consistent manner in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

 

Global Internet Privacy Policy

This Global Internet Privacy Policy describes how Savvy Creative Awards protects your personal information when we, or third party service providers acting on our behalf, collect Personal Information from you over the internet. Savvy Creative Awards may collect Personal Information from you on our website (www.savvycreativeawards.com). We also may engage third-party service providers to collect Personal Information from you on a voluntary basis via internet, intranet, or contractually. Savvy Creative Awards secures Personal Information that you provide, and prevents it from being used and shared for any other purposes. The Savvy Creative Awards website displays this Privacy Policy statement because we are committed to collecting, maintaining, and securing Personal Information about you in accordance with this Privacy Policy, as well as applicable laws, rules and regulations. This Privacy Policy applies to Personal Information (as defined below) collected by Savvy Creative Awards communications (such as website, e-mail, and other online submissions). Savvy Creative Awards website may link with other online website and resources, where Savvy Creative Awards does not have control of the content or the privacy practices of such resources.

 

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. Should you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our Data collection, use and disclosure practices, please contact us

• How does Savvy Creative Awards collect Personal Information online.
• Why does Savvy Creative Awards collect, use and disclose Personal Information?
• Does Savvy Creative Awards consolidate Personal Information?
• What choices do I have about how Savvy Creative Awards collects, uses and discloses Personal Information about me?
• Who will have access to Personal Information about me?
• Does Savvy Creative Awards secure Personal Information with third parties?
• How does Savvy Creative Awards secure Personal Information?
• How does Savvy Creative Awards protect the privacy of children?
• How may I access and correct Personal Information about me?
• How long does Savvy Creative Awards retain Personal Information?
• What is Savvy Creative Awards contact address for privacy questions?
• How will I know whether Savvy Creative Awards has updated this policy?

 

How does Savvy Creative Awards collect Personal Information online?

Savvy Creative Awards collects Personal Information via online website submissions, and also offers resources in collaboration with other online third-party providers on behalf and for Savvy Creative Awards. These online collaborations are governed by agreements that require Personal Information to be protected appropriately. Individuals may access our website without disclosing any Personal Information. Savvy Creative Awards applies two methods in order to collect Personal Information online: 1. Information that you provide: Savvy Creative Awards collects Personal Information and other data that you may enter into forms or data fields on our website or online resources. Such information may include, but not be limited to, contact information (such as your name and e-mail address). 2. Information collected from your computer or other electronic device: We collect information about your computer or other electronic device when you visit our website. This information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, domain name, browser type, date and time of your request and information provided by tracking technologies, such as cookies and single-pixel tags. If you use a mobile device to access our website and online resources, we also may collect information about your device, such as your device ID and device type, as well as usage information about your device and your use of our mobile website and other mobile resources. Savvy Creative Awards may use other companies to deliver e-mail communications on our behalf or to place advertisements on our website. Savvy Creative Awards does not control the tracking technologies used by these third-party companies. If you want to limit anonymous data collection through tracking technologies, please refer to your choices as described below. In some cases, Savvy Creative Awards may use tracking technologies in ways that identify you personally, but only after you have entered Personal Information into a form or data field on our website, or where we have registered you to use our website. Personal Information that you have entered into data fields on our website confirms that you have read, understood, and are in compliance with our Privacy Policy. You may choose whether or not you want Savvy Creative Awardsto use tracking technologies to remember you when you visit our website, and/or to provide additional personalized services to you. If you want to limit data collection through tracking technologies, please refer to your choices as described below.

 

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small data file that is sent by Web servers to your computer’s hard drive, mobile device, and tablet where your Internet browser files are stored and retrieved at a later time. Savvy Creative Awards uses two types of cookies: session cookies, which are temporary cookies that are erased from your computer’s memory when you close your Internet browser or turn your computer off, and persistent cookies, which exist on your computer’s hard drive until they expire, unless you delete them at an earlier time.

 

What are single-pixel tags?

Single-pixel tags, also known as web beacons or web tags, are graphics that function similarly to cookies. Single-pixel tags are not visible because of their small size. They are used to collect information in web logs that do not identify you personally such as web pages viewed, the website you came from and the advertisement you clicked on to visit our website.

 

Why does Savvy Creative Awards collect, use and disclose Personal Information?

1. Generally: Savvy Creative Awards collects Personal Information online as necessary to enable individuals to register for, customize and personalize certain information in the Savvy Creative Awards website and communications. We collect Personal Information to provide products or services that have been requested from us; for example, information with respect to Savvy Creative Awards’ business. Savvy Creative Awards evaluates our website and communications with non-identifiable or aggregate information only. Savvy Creative Awards may also use Personal Information to audit its online resources for authorized access and security.
2. Social Media: Online social media resources are interactive tools that typically enable you to collaborate and share information with others. Some examples of social media resources include social networks, discussion boards, newsletters, bulletin boards, blogs, wikis, and referral functions to share website content and tools with a friend or colleague. Savvy Creative Awards may collect Personal Information from you to enable you to use online social media resources we may offer from time to time. Savvy Creative Awards may also enable you to use these social media resources to post or share Personal Information with others on behalf of our company. You should consider carefully what information about yourself you choose to share with others when you use social media resources. Savvy Creative Awards provides additional notice and choices about how Personal Information is collected, used and disclosed on our website and other online resources. Savvy Creative Awards is not liable or responsible for any information posted on any social media outlet by any individual outside our Company.
3. Mobile Application: Savvy Creative Awards provides online mobile computing applications (“Apps”) for mobile devices, smartphones, and tablets for and on behalf of our clients. Many of these can be purchased or downloaded from online “App Stores” that are offered by a mobile provider of the device operating system, whether Apple or Android. Some of these Apps allow you to record information within the App and can be stored on your device, to create reports, and to email content from the App. In some cases, that information may be Personal Information that identifies or is used to identify you, such as your name, email address, and social media identification. This Personal Information that you record is collected by Savvy Creative Awards, or others working for or on behalf of Savvy Creative Awards, and may be used in accordance to this Privacy Policy in order to create reports and conduct analysis for our clients, stakeholders, and affiliates.

 

Does Savvy Creative Awards consolidate Personal Information?

Consistent with the purposes identified and standards set within this Privacy Policy and other applicable privacy notices that have been provided, in some cases Savvy Creative Awards consolidates and uses Personal Information that individuals share with Savvy Creative Awards through various services and channels, such as the telephone, surveys, website and other online resources and communications, in order to enhance the quality of services that we offer.

 

What choices do I have about how Savvy Creative Awards collects, uses and discloses Personal Information about me?

You have four categories of choices. These include: 1. No Personal Information Collection: You may choose not to provide any Personal Information to Savvy Creative Awards online by electing not to enter any Personal Information into a form or data field on our website, and by not using any personalized services provided by our online resources. However, some of our online resources are available only to individuals who provide Personal Information or who use personalized services. 2. Limitations and Options regarding Uses and Disclosures for Other Purposes: Our website may request your permission to use and disclose Personal Information about you in order to add you to our contact lists, for the use of our directory or a social media resource, and to identify and offer additional services and promotions that we believe you might find interesting. You can limit the use of Personal Information about you by exercising the limitations and options offered. Additionally, you may change your communications preferences (such as to opt-out of communications you requested previously) by contacting us via email online. 3. Limitations and Options on Tracking: Savvy Creative Awards website uses tracking technologies, such as cookies, to remember your personal preferences and selections, enable you to choose whether you want Savvy Creative Awards to use such technologies to remember you, or to provide additional services to you, by checking or un-checking options provided during registration, or at the time that you enter Personal Information into forms or data fields. Our website does not limit non-identifiable uses of tracking technologies for individual users. Individual users can control the use of certain tracking technologies, such as cookies, through most Internet browsers. Some Internet browsers enable you to limit or disable the use of cookies for individual websites. Other browsers allow you to select cookie settings for all websites that you visit. If you are concerned about the use of cookie technology, please read and understand our Privacy Policy thoroughly in regards to tracking information. If you limit or disable cookies, certain functions of our website may not work properly, including access to some of our registration-based website. Opting out of tracking by third parties: If you would like to opt-out of the cookies set by other companies who deliver e-mail communications on our behalf or place Savvy Creative Awards advertisements on our website, please contact us for removal. 4. E-mail Communications: You may choose to receive optional e-mail and other communications from Savvy Creative Awards by signing up for or subscribing to these communications on our website and other online resources. If you do not wish to receive optional e-mail communications, you may opt-out by visiting our website or other online resources or by emailing us at info@savvycreativeawards.com, so that we can update your e-mail communication selections, or you may opt-out of any e-mail communications you receive from us. You also may opt-out by contacting us at the address that is most relevant to you. Until you communicate to us that you are no longer interested in any email communication from Savvy Creative Awards, we will not be able to turn off e-mail tracking and you will still be sent communications from us. If you choose to tell a friend about one of our website and/or services by using our email or website feature, we will provide contextual information about how those features use Personal Information. In general, our email referral features do not store the names or email addresses of individuals to whom you send links to our website or online resources.

 

Who will have access to Personal Information about me?

Personal Information about you will be accessible to Savvy Creative Awards, including its subsidiaries, divisions and groups worldwide, and to individuals and organizations that use Personal Information solely for and at the direction of Savvy Creative Awards. Uses and disclosures of Personal Information by external individuals and organizations acting on behalf of Savvy Creative Awards are governed by agreements that require Personal Information to be protected appropriately. Personal Information about you will be used and disclosed only by Savvy Creative Awards and individuals and organizations working on its behalf, in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy, other applicable privacy notices, and as explicitly permitted or required by applicable laws, rules and regulations.

 

Does Savvy Creative Awards share Personal Information with third parties?

In general, Savvy Creative Awards does not sell or share Personal Information about you except as described in this Privacy Policy and other applicable privacy notices; however, circumstances may arise where Savvy Creative Awards may, for business reasons, decide to reorganize or divest its business through sale, merger or acquisition. In these circumstances, Personal Information may be shared with actual or prospective purchasers. Savvy Creative Awards will obtain written assurances that Personal Information will be protected appropriately in these circumstances. Savvy Creative Awards reserves the right to disclose Personal Information about you, for purposes of reporting to government authorities, to parties in relevant legal proceedings as authorized by the presiding court or tribunal, and otherwise to the extent required or explicitly authorized by applicable law. Except as provided in this Privacy Policy, Personal Information about you will not otherwise be shared without your consent.

 

How does Savvy Creative Awards secure Personal Information?

We will take reasonable steps to protect Personal Information, according to its sensitivity, as it is collected and transmitted between your computer or device and our online resources and servers, as well as to protect Personal Information in our possession from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. It is your personal responsibility to secure your own copies of your passwords and related access codes for our online resources.

 

How does Savvy Creative Awards protect the privacy of children?

In general, our website is not directed at and/or for children and most of our online services, social media platforms, and resources are offered and designed for individuals who are 18 years of age or older. Appropriate steps are taken to ensure that verifiable parental consent is obtained prior to requesting our services, and for usage of our social media platforms. Where requests for information about our services are permitted by law, individuals requesting information for use by children must be 18 years of age or older.

 

How may I access and correct Personal Information about me?

To gain access to Personal Information about you collected online, and to keep it accurate, complete and current, or to request deletion, you may contact us at the address most relevant to you. In some cases, where we are required to retain information by law or regulation, or to continue to manage a service you have requested, or to ensure that we honor your preferences, or for other necessary business purposes, we may not be able to delete certain Personal Information about you. Where offered, you also may update Personal Information about you online by modifying information that you previously have entered into forms or data fields on our website. Where permitted by law, your ability to access and correct Personal Information will be limited where access and correction would inhibit the ability of Savvy Creative Awards to comply with a legal or ethical obligation, to investigate, make or defend legal claims, result in disclosure of Personal Information about a third party, result in breach of a contract or disclosure of trade secrets or other proprietary business information belonging to Savvy Creative Awards or a third party.

 

How long does Savvy Creative Awards retain Personal Information?

We generally retain Personal Information for as long as needed for the specific business purpose or purposes for which it was collected. In some cases, we may be required to retain such information for a longer period of time based on laws or regulations that apply to our business or for other necessary business purposes. Where possible, we aim to anonymize the information or remove unnecessary identifiers from records that we may need to keep for periods beyond the original retention period.

 

What is Savvy Creative Awards’ contact address for privacy questions?

Should you have questions about this Privacy Policy or Savvy Creative Awards’ information collection, use and disclosure practices, you may contact us via email at (info@savvycreativeawards.com), or at Savvy Creative Awards’ mailing address (4 Independence Way Suite 130 Princeton, NJ 08540). When you contact us, please note the name of the website or other online resource you used or to which you provided Personal Information, as well as the nature of any information that you provided. We will use reasonable efforts to respond promptly within 7-10 business days to requests, questions or concerns you may have regarding access to Personal Information about you collected online, or our use of Personal Information about you. We may contact you for follow up information and may share your inquiry with other individuals within Savvy Creative Awards or working on behalf of Savvy Creative Awards. Except where required by law, Savvy Creative Awards cannot ensure a response to questions or comments regarding topics unrelated to Savvy Creative Awards’ Privacy Policy.