Privacy Policy for EN Community

1. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of information :

• Personal Information :When you register, we collect information necessary to create an account, including your name, email address, profile photo, job details, and professional background.
• Profile Data :Information you add to your profile, such as skills, endorsements, industry, and any content you share or post.
• Behavioral Data :Details about your interactions within EN Community, such as EN Assist contributions, connections, and engagement with other users.
• Billing and Transaction Data :For paid memberships, we collect billing details, payment method information, and transaction history.
• Device and Usage Data :Technical data about the devices you use to access EN Community, including IP address, browser type, and operating system, collected through cookies and other tracking technologies.

2. How We Use Your Information

EN Community uses your data to operate, improve, and personalize our services:

• Service Provision: To enable you to use the features on EN Community, such as connecting with others, participating in EN Assist, and managing your professional profile.
• Transaction Processing: For paid accounts, we use billing information to process transactions and manage your membership.
• Communication: We may send service-related notices, updates, and responses to your inquiries.
• Security: To detect and prevent fraud, abuse, or unauthorized access, and to protect our users.
• Improvement of EN Community: To analyze usage data and optimize the user experience.
• Marketing and Promotion: With your consent, we may send promotional emails, updates, or information about new features.

EN Community uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience, remember preferences, and analyze site usage.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR Compliance)

If you are located in the EEA, we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

• Consent: For sending marketing communications or using certain cookies, where you have provided your consent.
• Contractual Necessity: To provide you with the services you request, including account creation, profile management, and paid membership processing.
• Legal Obligation: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.
• Legitimate Interests: To improve our services, ensure security, and protect against fraud, where such interests are not overridden by your data protection rights.

4. Data Sharing and Disclosure

EN Community only shares your data in the following situations:

• With Other Users: Public profile information, such as your industry, skills, ENR, and endorsements, is visible to other users.
• Service Providers: We work with third-party providers to support operations, including hosting, customer service, and payment processing. These providers only access your data to perform services on our behalf and must comply with confidentiality obligations.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose data to comply with legal obligations, court orders, or government requests.
• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale involving 8Bit-Corp LLC or EN Community, your data may be transferred as part of the transaction. You will be notified of any significant changes affecting your data.

5. International Data Transfers

As EN Community's servers are located in the United States, your data may be transferred to and processed outside the EEA. We ensure adequate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses, to protect your personal data in compliance with GDPR.

6. Data Security

We implement security measures to protect your data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. While we take steps to secure your data, no system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection.

7. Data Retention

We retain your data as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Upon account deletion, we will delete or anonymize your data within a reasonable timeframe, except where retention is required for legal, regulatory, or legitimate business purposes.

8. Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to Access: Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: Request corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to Erasure: Request the deletion of your data, subject to legal and operational constraints.
• Right to Restrict Processing: Request that we limit processing of your data under certain circumstances.
• Right to Data Portability: Request a copy of your data in a structured, commonly used format, which you can transfer to another service provider.
• Right to Object: Object to certain processing activities, such as direct marketing, based on our legitimate interests.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at privacy@en.community. We will respond to your request in accordance with GDPR requirements.

9. Children’s Privacy

EN Community is intended for users 18 years and older. We do not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under 18. If we become aware of such data, we will take steps to delete it promptly.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the "Last Updated" date will be revised. We encourage you to review this policy regularly.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or your data rights under GDPR, please contact us:

8Bit-Corp LLC

Email: support@en.community

Website: www.en.community