Statement of Privacy Practices
Transparency Regarding the Use of Your Personal Data
As part of our commitment to protecting your privacy, this statement is designed to provide you with information regarding how Boston 9/11 Truth (“we”), may use — and process — the information you share when you use Boston 9/11 Truth website. Information is also collected when you communicate with us or utilize our services which include, contacting us, event registration, making donations, subscribing to our newsletter and registering on https://boston911truth.org. This statement is applicable to individuals using the Boston 9/11 Truth website.
For purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the data controller is the administrator of Boston 9/11 Truth, at P.O. Box 175, Concord. Ma 01742.
Your Personal Data We Use
Information you provide directly to Boston 9/11 Truth
Boston 9/11 Truth collects personal information about you called Personal Data. Your Personal Data is collected when you register or fill in a form on the Boston 9/11 Truth website, contact Boston 9/11 Truth, subscribe to the Boston 9/11 Truth Newsletter or make a donation to Boston 9/11 Truth unless you elect to make anonymous donations. This includes information you provide when using the Boston 9/11 Truth forum. The information you give us includes your specific data such as name, address and telephone number, e-mail address, payment information, as well as any information about you that is associated with or linked to, or could be linked to, any of the foregoing data.
Log, Cookie and Device Data
We also collect log data, which is information collected whenever you visit a website. This log data includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type and some settings, the date and time of your request, how you used the Service, and cookie data. Depending on how you are accessing boston911truth.org, we may use “cookies” (small text files stored on your computer when you visit our website) or similar technologies. For more detailed information about how we use cookies, please contact Boston 9/11 Truth Administrator identified below.
How We Use Your Personal Data and the Lawful Basis for Such Processing
Boston 9/11 Truth processes your Personal Data for the following purposes and bases:
To maintain account information when you register on the Boston 9/11 Truth Website.
To provide you personalized newsletters when you subscribe to the Boston 9/11 Truth Newsletter.
To maintain your subscriptions to the various forums available at Boston 9/11 Truth and to send you email notifications when updates are made to any forum you may be subscribed to.
Processing and dealing with any complaints or inquiries made by you or legally on your behalf. We do this because it is in our legitimate interest as part of the services Boston 9/11 Truth offers to you;
Boston 9/11 Truth may also be required to disclose your Personal Data to authorities who can request this information by law that is binding;
Utilizing sensitive personal data in connection with Boston 9/11 Truth services, with your consent.
In certain instances, Boston 9/11 Truth may be required to obtain your consent to collect and process your Personal Data for a specific purpose. This depends on the specific category of data collected and the intended use of the data. In these instances, Boston 9/11 Truth will inform you of the specific category of Personal Data that will be collected and the intended purpose of the collection, and will request that you affirmatively indicate that you consent to the intended collection of your Personal Data for that purpose, prior to collecting the data.
In these instances, if you do not consent to the collection and intended processing purpose, we will refrain from collecting and processing your Personal Data.
Recipients of Your Personal Data
Boston 9/11 Truth may share your Personal Data with the following recipients:
With event managers when you register for an event so that they can verify that you are so registered to attend.
With payment gateways and banks when you make a donation or other financial contribution to Boston 9/11 Truth unless you indicate that you wish to make an anonymous contribution.
With forum administrators in order that they may know who is subscribed to the forums you have so subscribed to.
Security
Boston 9/11 Truth takes appropriate physical, administrative and technical measures to protect Personal Data that are consistent with applicable privacy and data security laws and regulations.
Retaining and Deleting Your Personal Data
Boston 9/11 Truth will only retain your Personal Data for the duration necessary for the data collection purposes identified above, unless there is a legal requirement to maintain it for a longer period.
International Transfer of Your Personal Data
Boston 9/11 Truth will undertake appropriate measures to ensure adequate protection of Personal Data, including utilizing appropriate physical, administrative, and technical safeguards to protect Personal Data, as well as executing standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or a supervisory authority under GDPR, or obtaining your consent, where appropriate.
Automated Decisions and Targeted Messaging
Automated decisions are defined as decisions about individuals that are based solely on the automated processing of data and that produce legal effects that significantly affect the individuals involved or that have similarly significant impact.
Boston 9/11 Truth makes automated decisions or utilizes specific personal data for the purpose of identifying funding opportunities, offering specialized services, event invitations, forum participation or fundraising activities.
In certain instances, Boston 9/11 Truth may be required to obtain your consent to make automated decisions. In these instances, we will inform you of the automated decision-making, and will request that you affirmatively indicate (opt in) that you consent to the intended use of your Personal Data for that purpose, prior to the automated decision-making. Where automated decisions are made, affected persons will be given instructions on how such persons can object to, or opt out of such processing.
Your Rights
As required by the General Data Protection Regulation, you have a right to:
Access your Personal Data, as well as information relating to the recipients of your Personal Data, the purposes of processing your Personal Data, the duration for which the Personal Data will be stored, and the source of Personal Data that has not been provided by you;
Rectify or correct inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data concerning you, taking into account the purposes of the processing, and the right to have incomplete Personal Data completed;
Have your Personal Data erased in certain circumstances;
Restrict the processing of your Personal Data in certain circumstances;
Object to the processing of Personal Data in certain circumstances;
Withdraw your consent to the processing of your Personal Data, should Boston 9/11 Truth ask for your consent for the processing of your Personal Data. The withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on your consent before its withdrawal.
Know whether your Personal Data is being used for automated decision-making, including profiling. In those cases, Boston 9/11 Truth will give you meaningful information about the logic involved, the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for your data, and the right to request human intervention; and Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
Boston 9/11 Truth may be obligated to retain your Personal Data as required by U.S. federal or state law.
If you wish to exercise your rights, you can contact
You may choose not to visit or use Boston 9/11 Truth Sites or participate in Boston 9/11 Truth activities.
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Questions and Complaints
If you have questions or concerns about our treatment of your Personal Data, or about our privacy practices more generally, please feel free to contact Boston 9/11 Truth at:
