Privacy and Social Networks
You live your life online - and anyone can read it. Should employers be able to troll your Facebook page? Or should everything that you put online be accessible to anyone, anywhere? With increasingly popular social networking sites aggregating unprecedented volumes of personal data, the age-old issue of online privacy is once again rearing its ugly head. NYU professor and social networking expert Clay Shirky explains where to draw the line between personal and public online. From switched.com
Legal Notice, Disclaimer and Privacy
The Early Stage Group believes in your right to privacy and is committed to the use of fair information practices on the Internet. This Early Stage Group Privacy Statement applies to The Early Stage Group’s web sites (earlystage.be, earlystagegroup.com, enterprise20.be and entreprise20.be). By using the Early Stage Group sites, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement.
Types of Information Collected
/ / Personal Information
When you register to the newsletter or when you leave information on the website, you will sometimes be asked to provide certain personal information. Examples of the personal information that we collect include, but are not limited to, your name and e-mail address.
/ / IP Addresses
An Internet protocol address (“IP address”) is the unique number that identifies the computer you are using to browse the Internet. Early Stage uses IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the Early Stage Sites, track users’ movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
Disclosure and Use of Information Collected
/ / Information Provided During Registration
The personal information you provide us when leave a comment, contact us or register for the newsletter may be accessed by Early stage. The Early Stage Sites allow you to post information in public forums or as comments. Any information you voluntarily disclose through this medium is necessarily disclosed to the public.
/ / E-Mail and Promotional Materials
We send all registrants a welcome e-mail to verify their registration. In addition Early Stage publishes an email newsletter. Early Stage reserves the right to send promotional materials in the future.
/ / Aggregate Information Shared with Third Parties
Information that is shown on this website is often collected from third party sources. Whenever possible we mention the original link so that the origins of the information can be retrieved. If you find content on this site that should not be publicly available then please contact us and we will remove the content as soon as possible (contact@earlystage.be). We from our side stimulate our readers to distribute our content in any means possible. This website is an open platform that encourages the distribution of information and knowledge. However, if you want to use content from this website for any commercial means (publication in magazines for example) please contact us first to have our approval.
Links
The Early Stage Sites may contain images of and links to third party web sites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Early Stage and Early Stage is not responsible for the content of any Linked Site. Use of information collected at Linked Sites is subject to any privacy policies at those sites.
Security
Early Stage wants your personal information to remain as secure as reasonably possible. Early Stage secures the personal information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
The Early Stage Privacy Statement is subject to change at any time. If any material changes are made to this Privacy Statement, we will notify you by posting the revised date next to the privacy policy link on our home page. By using the site after any such announcement, you agree to the terms of the amended Privacy Statement.
