Privacy Policy

1. Cookies

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device (such as a smartphone or tablet) when you visit our pages. A cookie typically contains the name of the webpage that set it, the lifetime of the cookie (i.e., the period of time that the cookie stays on your device), and a value, which is typically a randomly generated unique number.

What do we use cookies for?

We use cookies to make our pages easier to use and to better tailor the pages and our products to your interests and needs. Cookies can do this because websites can read and write these files. This will allow you to recognise you and store important information that will make your use of a website more convenient for you (for example, by saving your favourite settings). Cookies can also be used so that you can perform activities on our pages faster in the future. We also use cookies to create anonymous, aggregated statistics that help us understand the user behavior of visitors to our pages and help us to improve the structure and content of our pages. The information in cookies does not enable us to personally identify you. When deactivating cookies, the functioning of the website might be restricted.

2. Airtable

Airtable is a low‒code platform to build next‒gen apps. Move beyond rigid tools, operationalize your critical data, and reimagine workflows with AI.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Privacy Policy, Airtable will not use or access your Content except: to provide, maintain, improve, or optimize use of the Services; where you (or the organization through which you have an account) explicitly approve access (e.g., during a customer support inquiry or when participating in beta testing); in response to lawful requests by law enforcement or government authorities; in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process or requests, as required by applicable law as determined in our discretion; where necessary (in our sole discretion) to ensure the stability and security of the Services and Airtable systems (e.g., where they have reason to believe specific Content is degrading server stability); and where necessary (in their sole discretion) to protect the rights, privacy, safety, or property of you, us, or others. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that they may retain, take possession of, delete, or deny you access to your Content if we they believe, in their sole discretion, that some or all of your Content, or your use of the Services, violates our Terms of Service. They also may analyze metadata related to Content (such as total number of records, file size, API volume, access logs, etc.).

3. Members Hub

At tech2impact, we prioritize the protection of your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal and company data within our Members Hub network. Here's how we handle your information:

Data Collection and Usage: We use Airtable during sign-up to collect voluntary personal and company data from our members. This information is used to build and maintain our members directory, essential for our Members Hub.

Data Sharing: Your data collected via Airtable and stored in our Members Hub is exclusively shared within the tech2impact community. Sensitive company information is shared only with relevant stakeholders for collaboration, while personal information like phone numbers and email addresses remains confidential.

Protection of Information: We understand the importance of safeguarding sensitive information, such as fundraising details. Therefore, we share sensitive company information only with relevant stakeholders within tech2impact for collaboration purposes. Personal information is never shared with members or users of the Members Hub platform.

Data Security: Industry-standard security measures, including encryption and access controls, are employed to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the data stored in our Members Hub. Regular security audits are conducted to mitigate unauthorized access or disclosure risks.

4. Google Analytics

Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google LLC ("Google") is used on this website. The use includes the "Universal Analytics" operating mode. This makes it possible to assign data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID and thus analyze a user’s activities across devices. This data protection notice is provided by www.intersoft-consulting.de.

Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users interact with the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, Google will reduce your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area beforehand. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended to include IP anonymisation in order to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or https://policies.google.com/?hl=en.

Purposes of the Processing

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide the website operator with other services related to website and Internet use.

Legal Basis

The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Recipients or Categories of Recipients

The recipient of the collected data is Google.

Transfer to Third Countries

Personal data will be transferred to the USA under the EU-US Privacy Shield on the basis of the European Commission’s adequacy decision. You can download the certificate here.

Rights of the Persons affected

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by blocking the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functionalities of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the Browser Add-on. Opt-out cookies will prevent future collection of your data when you visit this website. To prevent Universal Analytics from collecting data across different devices, you must opt-out on all systems used.

5. Social Media

We are using social Media platforms. If you are visiting one of our profiles or share content via a sharing button, you may be tracked by one of these services: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn

6. Web fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts, which are provided by Adobe Typekit, for uniform representation of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.

To do this, the browser you are using must connect to the Adobe Typekit servers. This will give Adobe Typekit knowledge that your website has been accessed through your IP address. The use of Adobe Typekit Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our online services. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font will be used by your computer. For more information on Adobe Typekit Web Fonts, see typekit.com and the Adobe Typekit privacy policy: https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policies/typekit.html.

7. Google Maps

This site uses the mapping service Google Maps via an API. Provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the features of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and an easy findability of the places we have indicated on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

For more information on how to handle user data, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

8. MailChimp

Managing contacts and sending messages

We are using the MailChimp service to manage contacts and send information via newsletter. This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts or any other contact information to communicate with our members. These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.

MailChimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by The Rocket Science Group, LLC.

Personal Data collected

Email address, name, custom fields.

Place of processing

United States.

For more see the MailChimp privacy policy – https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

9. YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the Google-powered YouTube page. Site operator is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our YouTube plug-in-enabled sites, you will be connected to the servers of YouTube. It tells the YouTube server which of our pages you’ve visited. If you’re logged into your YouTube account, YouTube will allow you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

For more information about how to handle user data, please refer to the YouTube Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy.

10. Your rights

You are entitled to the information, entitlement, deletion, restriction, data transmission, revocation and contradiction. If you believe that the processing of your data violates the data protection or that your data protection standards are violated, you can file complaint to the supervisory authority. In Austria this would be the data protection authority. If you have any questions please contact us via hello@tech2impact.com

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