Who we are

Suggested text: Our website address is: https://www.thefifty50group.com.

Comments

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An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

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Cookies

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If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

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These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

PRIVACY POLICY

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Introduction
This Privacy Policy governs Fifty/50 Management Group Inc and its affiliates and related parties (collectively, “the Company”) and applies to the Company’s website, www.thefifty50group.com as well as all websites managed or owned by affiliates of Fifty/50 Management Group LLC. It outlines our practices regarding the privacy of website users. Note that this policy does not extend to the Company’s offline information collection activities.

Updates to this Policy
We may periodically update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services and practices. We encourage you to review the date of the latest revision, found at the bottom of this document, to stay informed of any changes since your last visit.

1. Personally Identifiable Information
“Personally identifiable information” refers to data that can uniquely identify an individual, such as a name, company, address, email address, user ID, phone number, birthday, or credit card number.

2. Information Collection, Use, and Distribution
Our website’s nature necessitates collecting and using your personal information as described below. Primarily we collect data for use in our loyalty rewards program. This information may be shared with third parties (e.g., accrediting bodies) to provide requested services and may be used by both the Company and third parties to inform you of relevant offers. Voluntary provision of information implies consent to its use as outlined here. We do not sell or rent your personally identifiable information. Aggregate, non-personally identifiable statistics about our website traffic may be shared with reputable third parties. We may disclose information when legally required or to protect our rights and interests. If you opt-in, we may contact you with offers and information via mail or email.

3. Children’s Privacy and Age Limitations
This website is intended for users aged 13 or older. Users under 18 require parental or guardian consent. We do not knowingly collect information from users under 13 and will delete such information if discovered.

4. Information Security
We employ commercially reasonable and industry-standard security measures to protect your information. However, no internet data transmission can be guaranteed as completely secure. We restrict internal access to your information to necessary personnel, who must adhere to our privacy policies.

5. Protecting Your Information
We advise keeping your user password confidential and logging out after using our site, especially when using shared computers.

6. Retention, Deletion, and Accessibility
We retain data to provide access to our site and products, complying with legal and business requirements. For updates or deletions, contact us at [insert email] with the subject line “Access Request.”

7. Use of Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance user experience and site functionality. You can control cookie settings through your browser, but this may affect website features.

8. Privacy Policy Changes
Significant changes to the policy will be communicated via email or through reasonable means. You will have the option to opt out of new uses of your information.

9. Links to Other Sites
Our website may contain links to external sites, whose privacy practices may differ from ours. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these sites.

10. Ownership Changes
In case of ownership changes of the Company or its website, your information may be transferred to the new owners. This policy will continue to apply until officially updated.

11. Contact Information
For any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, contact us at:

The Fifty/50 Management Group LLC
1914 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
Phone: 773.904.1120

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CLOUD STORAGE AND DATA PROTECTION

Third parties

This site may be using WPMU DEV third-party cloud storage to store backups of its audit logs where personal information is collected.

Additional data

This site creates and stores an activity log that capture the IP address, username, email address and tracks user activity (like when a user makes a comment). Information will be stored locally for 30 days and remotely for 1 year. Information on remote logs cannot be cleared for security purposes.