Privacy

Disclaimer

A subscription to Southern Pulse newsletter is an opt-in, opt-out process. This organization only sends emails to individuals who have chosen to receive them via our online sign up forms. If you feel you have received any message from Southern Pulse in error, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Access to this database is restricted only to those individuals who have requested to become a member through our website. Southern Pulse does monitor comments, but our editors cannot possibly monitor all the information that flows through the network. This organization is not responsible for information that may be wrong, inaccurate or out of date. If such information is discovered, please take note and contact us.

On our website, we do have links to third-party blogs. These links have been added with the written permission from the authors and owners of these blogs.

General Statement

Privacy is a fundamental element for the Southern Pulse organization. Names, email addresses, and other private information you choose to share with us will not be sold to third parties or used for anything more than sending you the information you’ve requested by signing up for our newsletter, to participate as a member of the Southern Pulse network, or to receive our reports.

As a member, your private information will remain secret, unless you choose otherwise. Within the network, and through the online database, members will be known only by the username they choose to use.

Information about our Organization and Web site

Modern information and communication technologies play a fundamental role in the activities of the Southern Pulse organization. Our principal activities are networking and intelligence sharing.

Providing Visitors with Anonymous Access

You can access our Web site home page and browse our site without disclosing your personal data.

The services and links of our Web site

Southern Pulse enables you to communicate with other visitors or to post information to be accessed by others through the network database. When you do so, other visitors may collect the information you share, but they will never know your identity unless you choose to reveal it.

Our web site does not include links to third party web service providers.

Automatic Collection of Information

We do not use cookies on our Web site. We do not automatically log personal data nor do we link information automatically logged by other means with personal data about specific individuals.

Data Collection and Purpose Specification

We collect the personal data that you may volunteer while using our services only for the purposes of the network database and its members.

We do not collect information about our visitors from other sources, such as public records or bodies, or private organizations.

If we wish to use the information you provide Southern Pulse for a new purpose such as reports, occasional papers, or the development of other information sharing vehicles, you will have access to the intelligence products derived from that information.

Disclosure and Visitor Choice

We do not disclose your personal data to our subsidiaries or other organizations.

Confidentiality

All our employees and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged by their signing of a non-disclosure agreement to respect the confidentiality of our visitors' personal data.

We ensure that your personal data will not be disclosed to State institutions and authorities except if required by law or other regulation.

Access to the personal data we may hold about you

You review all personal data we have on file for you by selecting the portfolio link inside the database or by sending us a request.

We will provide you with a readable copy of the personal data which we keep about you, within a week. - although we will require proof of your identity. We will provide the information without any charge. We allow you to challenge the data that we hold about you and, where appropriate, you may have the data erased.

If you have an inquiry or concern about our privacy policy, please contact our Membership Coordinator.