Privacy Policy of Growth Partners Media
Growth Partners Media collects some Personal Data from its Users.
Users may be subject to different protection standards and broader standards may therefore apply to some. Users can contact the Owner, to learn more about such standards.
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Owner and Data Controller
Growth Partners Media (a trading name of Athena Digital Media LTD), Brookfield Court, Selby Road, Leeds, LS25 1NB
Owner contact email: [email protected]
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that Growth Partners Media collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: first name; last name; email address; phone number; Usage Data; company name; Cookies; calendar information; name; number of Users; city; device information; session statistics; browser information; ZIP/Postal code; state; province; country; county; latitude (of city); longitude (of city); metro area; geography/region; IP address; app information; device logs; operating systems; language; launches; number of sessions; session duration; scroll-to-page interactions; mouse movements; scroll position; keypress events; motion sensor events; touch events; video views; clicks; browsing history; search history; page views; interaction events; page events; custom events; Application opens.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using Growth Partners Media.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by Growth Partners Media is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for Growth Partners Media to provide its services. In cases where Growth Partners Media specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by Growth Partners Media or by the owners of third-party services used by Growth Partners Media serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through Growth Partners Media.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of Growth Partners Media (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Place
The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Retention time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
The purposes of processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Contacting the User, Displaying content from external platforms, Handling payments, Handling productivity related activity , SPAM protection, Traffic optimization and distribution, Analytics, Tag Management and Managing landing and invitation pages.
For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Analytics 4 is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of Growth Partners Media, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before Data is logged in any data center or server. Users can learn more by consulting Google’s official documentation.
In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.
Personal Data processed: browser information; city; device information; number of Users; session statistics; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of Growth Partners Media and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Font Awesome (Fonticons, Inc. )
Font Awesome is a typeface visualization service provided by Fonticons, Inc. that allows Growth Partners Media to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Google Fonts (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows Growth Partners Media to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Calendly widget (Calendly, LLC)
Calendly widget is a calendar content visualization service provided by Calendly, LLC that allows Growth Partners Media to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: calendar information; email address; name; Trackers.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Handling productivity-related activity
This type of service helps the Owner to manage tasks, collaboration and, in general, activities related to productivity. In using this type of service, Data of Users will be processed and may be retained, depending on the purpose of the activity in question.
These services may be integrated with a wide range of third-party services disclosed within this privacy policy to enable the Owner to import or export Data needed for the relative activity.
Google Sheets (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Sheets is an online spreadsheet and collaboration service provided by Google Ireland Limited.
Personal Data processed: company name; email address; first name; last name.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Google Docs (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Docs is an online text-editing and collaboration service provided by Google Ireland Limited.
Personal Data processed: company name; email address; first name; last name.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Asana (Asana, Inc.)
Asana is a project management service provided by Asana, Inc.
Personal Data processed: company name; email address; first name; last name.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
SPAM Protection
This type of service analyzes the traffic of Growth Partners Media, potentially containing Users’ Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.
Akismet (Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd.)
Akismet is a SPAM protection service provided by Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Google reCAPTCHA (Google Ireland Limited)
Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google Ireland Limited.
The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.
In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Cloudflare Bot Management (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Cloudflare Bot Management is a malicious bot protection and management service provided by Cloudflare, Inc.
Personal Data processed: app information; Application opens; browser information; browsing history; city; clicks; country; county; custom events; device information; device logs; geography/region; interaction events; IP address; keypress events; language; latitude (of city); launches; longitude (of city); metro area; motion sensor events; mouse movements; number of sessions; operating systems; page events; page views; province; scroll position; scroll-to-page interactions; search history; session duration; session statistics; state; touch events; Trackers; Usage Data; video views; ZIP/Postal code.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Traffic optimization and distribution
This type of service allows Growth Partners Media to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance.
Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between Growth Partners Media and the User’s browser.
Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information of the User are transferred.
Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc.
The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through Growth Partners Media, i.e., communication between Growth Partners Media and the User’s browser, while also allowing analytical data from Growth Partners Media to be collected.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Contacting the user
Contact form (Growth Partners Media)
By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes Growth Partners Media to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.
Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name.
Phone contact (Growth Partners Media)
Users that provided their phone number might be contacted for commercial or promotional purposes related to Growth Partners Media, as well as for fulfilling support requests.
Personal Data processed: phone number.
Mailing list or newsletter (Growth Partners Media)
By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning Growth Partners Media. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to Growth Partners Media or after making a purchase.
Personal Data processed: email address; Trackers; Usage Data.
Handling payments
Unless otherwise specified, Growth Partners Media processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers. In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers. Growth Partners Media isn’t involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.
Stripe (Stripe Inc)
Stripe is a payment service provided by Stripe Inc.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Managing landing and invitation pages
This type of service helps with building and managing landing and invitation pages, i.e., pages for presenting a product or service, where you may add your contact information such as an email address. Managing these pages means that these services will handle the Personal Data collected through the pages, including Usage Data.
Unbounce (Unbounce Marketing Solutions Inc.)
Unbounce is a landing page management service provided by Unbounce Marketing Solutions Inc., that allows Growth Partners Media to collect the email addresses of Users interested in its service. Unbounce allows the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of the created landing pages.
Personal Data processed: email address; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: Canada – Privacy Policy.
Tag management
This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on Growth Partners Media in a centralized fashion.
This results in the Users’ Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.
Building and running Growth Partners Media
Key components of Growth Partners Media are built and run directly by the Owner by making use of the software listed below.
WordPress (self-hosted) (Growth Partners Media)
Growth Partners Media is built and run by the Owner via a CMS software (Content Management System) called WordPress.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
Google Tag Manager (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google Ireland Limited.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
