Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which ChaosMonkeys, Inc and ProfGMedia. (“ProfGMedia,” “ProfG, ” “we,” or “us”) collect, use, maintain and disclose information collected from users (a “user,” as well as “you,” “your” and similar terms) through our websites at profgmedia.com and profgalloway.com, as well as any other online services that we operate and that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Online Resources”).
By using the websites or any of the Online Resources, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use or access the websites or the Online Resources.
What Information Do We Collect and How Do We Collect It?
“Personal Information” is information that you provide to us that identifies, relates to, describes, or can be associated with a particular user. We and our third-party service providers may collect all or any of the following types of information in the manner set forth in the chart below:
| What Information We Collect | How We Collect the Information | Why We Collect the Information | Who We Provide the Information To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact information, including email address, first and last name, and any additional Personal Information you provide in the body of an email communication sent to us or in a comment on our websites. | Users voluntarily input this information directly when you contact us via email, leave a comment on our websites, and when you subscribe to our websites with your email address. | We use this information to communicate with users in accordance with their preferences, and to facilitate communication between users. | We may provide our third-party service providers with access to this information solely to the extent necessary to carry out the services they are performing, as described in more detail in the “Third-Party Activity” section of this Privacy Policy. |
| Device and usage information, such as your IP address, the type of browser and device you are using, operating system, Internet or mobile service providers utilized, information about other websites you have recently visited, your site activity, the time and date of your visit, and other technical information. | We automatically collect this information when you visit, use, navigate, or interact with our Online Resources, independent of any information you voluntarily enter. Information collected through cookies and similar technologies is described in further detail in the “Cookies and Similar Technologies” section of this Privacy Policy. | We use this information to understand how our users as a group use the Online Resources, to improve the Online Resources, to personalize user experience, and to process transactions. We also use this information to track numbers of visitors to our site and numbers of visitors to various sections of our site for the purpose of determining trends and user needs. This information is analyzed and used as input to help us improve our site, and to maintain the security and operation of our Online Resources. | We may provide our third-party service providers with access to this information, including Personal Information, solely to the extent necessary to carry out the services they are performing (as further described in the “Third-Party Activity” section of this Privacy Policy.) |
We do not collect, use, or sell any sensitive personal information from or about our users, as that term is defined in California Civil Code § 1798.140.
How Do We Use Your Personal Information?
We use your Personal Information to provide you with the Online Resources, to communicate with you, to enable you to post comments on our websites, and to process any payments you make.
We may use your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes, such as to send marketing, advertising, or promotional communications (including, but not limited to, new or additional newsletters) by email, and to show you advertisements for products or services. This may include using your personal information to better tailor any advertising that we display on our Online Resources.
We may share certain aggregated information about our users, such as information regarding user interactions with third-party advertisements displayed on our Online Resources, with third-party service providers and advertisers. We do not share any Personal Information with those parties, except as otherwise allowed by this Privacy Policy.
We have not and will not sell or use your Personal Information for any other reason, except to the extent that you consent for us to do so, and in any event only as provided pursuant to this Privacy Policy.
Third-Party Activity
We may use third-party service providers to perform certain services on our behalf on the Online Resources, such as hosting the Online Resources, tracking the Online Resources’ activities and analytics, and performing other administrative services. We may provide these service providers with access to user information, including Personal Information, in accordance with this Privacy Policy. These third-party service providers are not authorized to retain, share, store, or use Personal Information of users for any purposes other than to provide the services they have been hired to provide.
In the past 12 months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information about users to third parties for the purposes set out above:
Category:
- Identifiers such as first and last name, billing address, Internet Protocol address, telephone number, and email address;
- Internet or other electronic network activity information, including information regarding a user’s interaction with an internet website application or advertisement.
Categories of Recipients:
- Our business, marketing, and advertising partners.
Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to help us understand how users use our Online Resources, so that we may improve our services. Information about how Google Analytics uses data, and how you may control what information of yours is shared with Google, can be found here.
Compliance with Law. Without limiting the above, we may access, use, preserve, transfer and disclose your Personal Information to third parties: (i) to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, subpoenas, governmental requests, or legal process if in our good faith opinion such is required or permitted by law; (ii) to protect and/or defend the policies applicable to the Online Resources, including investigation of potential violations thereof; (iii) to protect the safety, rights, property or security of the Online Resources or any third party; and/or (iv) to detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.
Any information we obtain from third parties will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Our Online Resources may contain links to other websites, cookies, or other materials from, or which may be operated by third parties. We are not responsible or liable for the accuracy of the information provided to us by third parties and are not responsible for any third party's policies or practices. The information practices and privacy policies of these parties may be different than ours. We are not responsible for any actions or omissions by these third parties. Our inclusion of such links does not, by itself, imply any endorsement of the content on such platforms or of their owners or operators, except as disclosed on our Online Resources.
Business Transitions. We reserve the right to disclose and transfer all user information: (a) to a subsequent owner, co-owner, or operator of the Online Resources or applicable database; or (b) in connection with a merger, consolidation, restructuring, the sale of substantially all of our interests and/or assets or other corporate change, including during the course of any due diligence process.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
We also collect information through cookies and similar technologies, including pixels, web beacons, tags, and scripts.
A cookie is a small text file that a web server places on a device (such as your computer or smartphone) when it is used to visit our Online Resources. The information stored in cookies may be returned to our servers or to the servers of relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
Pixels are small images on a web page or in an email. Pixels collect information about your browser or device and can set cookies on your browser.
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
A script is a piece of program code that we use to make our websites function properly and interactively, which is executed on our server or on your device.
We and third parties we have engaged may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to access or store information, as well as to optimize the website experience for our users and to ensure that certain parts of our Online Resources are working properly. These technologies may generally be disabled or removed by tools that are available as part of most commercial browsers, and in some but not all instances can be blocked in the future by selecting certain settings.
Each browser you use will need to be set separately and different browsers offer different functionality and options in this regard. Please be aware that if you disable or remove cookies or similar technologies on your device, some parts of our Online Resources might not function properly, and that when you revisit our Online Resources your ability to limit cookies and similar technologies is subject to your browser settings and limitations.
Do You Retain and Delete My Data?
We strive to retain your Personal Information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and processed, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements, subject to applicable law, and that any Personal Information is fully deleted from our systems when no longer required.
How Do I Change My Information and Communications Preferences?
You may provide updates and changes to the information that you submit to us by contacting us at info@profgmedia.com. If so, we will make good faith efforts to make requested changes in our then-active databases as soon as reasonably practicable.
Please note that we reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to use of our Online Resources, such as administrative and service announcements, and these messages may be unaffected if you choose to opt-out from receiving our marketing communications. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or practices described in it, you should contact us by e-mail: info@profgmedia.com.
Children’s Data
The online resources are not intended nor designed to attract users under the age of 17. We do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children younger than the age of 17. We will delete any Personal Information collected that we later determine to be from a user younger than the age of 17. If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age of 17 and believe he or she has disclosed Personal Information to us, please contact us at: info@profgmedia.com.
Information Regarding Do Not Track Signals and Collection of Personally Identifiable Information for Third-Party Advertising
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. We do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online.
We do not authorize the collection of Personal Information from our users for third-party use through advertising technologies.
What Are My Rights Regarding My Personal Information?
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the rights listed below in relation to your personal information. However, these rights are not absolute, may apply only in certain circumstances and, in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law.
- Right to Access/Know: You may have the right to request an accounting of all Personal Information that we have that pertains to you, and to be delivered copies of such information in electronic format (e.g., electronic copies of information attached to an email). We reserve the right to transmit information to you in a manner that complies with all applicable laws.
- Right to Correct: You may have the right to request that we change any Personal Information that pertains to you that is inaccurate.
- Right to Delete: You may have the right to request that we delete some or all Personal Information that pertains to you. We reserve the right to carry out such a request in a manner that complies with all applicable laws, such as laws concerning record retention. Note that fulfilling this request requires us to delete Personal Information in our possession, but that this right does not extend to Personal Information that has already been lawfully shared in accordance with this Policy.
- Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing or Targeted Advertising: You may have a right to direct us not to "sell" or "share" your Personal Information or to opt out of the processing of your Personal Information for purposes considered to be "targeted advertising", as defined in applicable privacy laws. Contact info@profgmedia.com for more information.
- Restriction of Processing: You may have the right to request that we cease processing any Personal Information that pertains to you. Note that fulfilling this request requires us to cease processing Personal Information that pertains to you in the future, but does not apply to lawful processing that has already occurred in accordance with this Policy.
- Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right to exercise all the rights afforded by this Policy without fear of retaliation or discrimination. This means that we treat Users who exercise any of the rights under this Policy the same as Users who do not.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of Personal Information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes, and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared Personal Information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
To exercise any of the rights explained above, please contact info@profgmedia.com. Once we have received notification that you withdraw your consent, we will no longer process your information for the purpose(s) to which you originally consented unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for further processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
For users within the European Union, we transfer data from the EU to data centers located in the United States for processing, pursuant to your consent as indicated when requested. Such processing is performed in accordance with the GDPR. This includes the imposition of required safeguards with respect to accidental, unauthorized or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure, access, use or processing of data. If you are a resident of the EU and believe that we have misused your personal data, you also have a right to lodge a complaint with a national Data Protection Authority. Each European Union member nation has established its own Data Protection Authority; you can find out about the Data Protection Authority in your country here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.
Will This Policy Change?
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Online Resources following the posting of revisions to this Privacy Policy will be deemed your acceptance of such revisions. We encourage users to frequently check the email account that they use in connection with the Online Resources, as well as this Privacy Policy, to stay informed about any changes to this Privacy Policy. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically. The date at the bottom of this Privacy Policy will be updated for each revision.
Miscellaneous
This Privacy Policy will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA, without regarding to conflicts of law principles. To the extent any provision of this Privacy Policy is found by a competent tribunal to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be severed to the extent necessary for the remainder to be valid and enforceable.
Questions or Concerns
You may direct any questions or concerns regarding the use or disclosure of your information, or any other matter related to this Privacy Policy, to: info@profgmedia.com.
Effective Date: April 23, 2025