Privacy Policy

We – Disability:IN ( “we”, “us”, “our”) – provide you, the visitor of our website https://disabilityin.org/ (“Website”), with this Privacy Statement (“Privacy Statement”) to inform you about how we collect, use, share, and otherwise process your personal data as well as your rights related to such processing.

If you want more information on how we process personal data via cookies and similar technologies, please refer to our Cookie Statement (“Cookie Statement”).

If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, please contact us by email at info@disabilityin.org.

1.    Controller

The entity thatis responsible for the processing of your personal data is Disability:IN, the leading nonprofit resource for business disability inclusion worldwide, with registered offices at 3000 Potomac Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22305 (United States of America).

2.    Processing of Your Personal Data

Disability:IN processes personal data to build a stronger bridge between business and the disability communities. More detailed information about such processing can be found in the sections below.

2.1.  Website Analytics, Cookies, and Related Technologies

We collect technical information associated with the device you use whenever you use our Website, such as device type, screen resolution, operating system name and version, internet browser type and version, system language, and location. Additionally, we collect technical identifiers that identify the device you use, such as IP address, MAC address, and other unique identifiers.Depending on your cookie settings, we also collect information concerning your browsing behavior and engagement information, such as how long you visit a webpage, what links you click on, what pages you visit, how many times you visit a page and how long it takes for you to return. Our Website uses these cookies and similar technologies to personalize content, measure website traffic patterns, control security, and track use and access of information. You may manage and block the use of cookies through your browser at any time through our cookies settings panel. Disabling or blocking certain cookies may limit the functionality of our Website.

We process your personal data collected through our Website to enable access to our Website and deliver content and functionalities correctly. It is not our intention to collect or otherwise process children’s personal data through this Website. This processing is based on our legitimate interest to ensure the proper delivery of content and functionalities.

We process technical information associated with your device and browsing behavior to perform statistical analyses, such as calculating service usage levels, diagnosing server problems, and administering the Website, to improve our Website and ensure its proper functioning. Where we use cookies or similar technologies for these purposes, our Cookie Statement will apply.

Additionally, we may process your personal data to preserve our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of our partners or others if, and when, your use of our Website or your interactions with us can be considered a violation of any applicable terms of use or any right of us or others, a threat to the security or integrity of our Website, a danger to our Website’s underlying systems, or as inappropriate or illegal behavior. For the processing of your personal data for this purpose, we rely on our legitimate interest of keeping our assets and business, including our Website, safe from misuse and illegal activity and to enforce our policies.

2.2.  Disability Index™ Survey

We process personal data for carrying out our Disability Index® survey. The“Disability Index Terms and Agreement” contains a specific Privacy Notice, which informs in more detail about how personal data are processed.

For more information on the Disability Index®, please visit DisabilityIndex - Disability:IN (disabilityin.org).

2.3.   DOBE Certification Program

We process personal data for the certification of disability-owned business enterprises (DOBEs). The DOBE certification program’s Application Form provides more specific information about how personal data will be processed.

For more information on the DOBE Certification Program, please visit Supplier Inclusion– Disability:IN (disabilityin.org).

2.4.  Resume Database

Disability:IN’s resume database is for the exclusive use of Disability:IN Corporate Partners to recruit and communicate with candidates with disabilities gathered by Disability:IN’s talent acquisition and NextGen Leader teams for internship and employment opportunities.

The “Terms for Candidates” provides more specific information about how personal data will be processed.

2.5.  Events and Networking

We process personal data to manage events and other networking opportunities. For more information, please visit Events.

2.6.  Communication

If you contact us by email, phone, or any other means, we collect the information you provide to us. This may include your name, telephone number, email address, and any other personal data you choose to provide. We also process the content of your communication, the practical details of this communication (such as with whom you corresponded, and the date and time), and, where necessary and proportionate, publicly available information about you.

In this case, we use your personal data to provide relevant service, respond to inquiries and fulfill requests. To the extent your communication with us requires the processing of your personal data, we rely on the performance ofour agreement to process your personal data.

Additionally, as stated in section ‎2.1 above, we may process your personal data to preserve our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of our partners or others to keep our and their assets and business safe from misuse and illegal activity and to enforce our policies.

2.7.  Compliance

In addition to the processing of your personal data for the purposes setout above, we may process all of your personal data for compliance purposes as follows:

  • We may process your personal data for internal audits and to otherwise verify that our internal processes function as intended and are compliant with applicable laws, regulatory requirements, or contractual obligations. We need to process your personal data for this purpose to protect our legitimate interests in carrying out our business and to keep our assets and business safe from misuse and illegal activity and to enforce our policies.
  • We may process your personal data for informing others in the context of corporate operations, such as a possible merger or any. other form of reorganization. For the processing of your personal data for this purpose, we rely on our legitimate interest to conduct our business in good faith.
  • We use your personal data to comply with our legal obligations, such as obligations under applicable anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing legislation. We need to process your personal data for this purpose for us to comply with our legal obligations.
  • We process your personal data to comply with any reasonable request from competent law enforcement agents or representatives, judicial authorities, and governmental agencies or bodies, including competent data protection authorities. The processing of your personal data for this purpose is necessary for us to comply with our legal obligations. In the same way we may share your personal data upon our own initiative with competent authorities if there are justified suspicions of an unlawful act or crime committed by you through your use of our Website or any other interaction with us. For the processing of your personal data for this purpose, we rely on our legitimate interest to assist competent authorities in preventing or investigating illegal activities.

3. Sources of Your Personal Data

We obtain all information mentioned above directly from you, or from the organizations participating in one of the Disability:IN initiatives.

4. Recipients of Your Personal Data and DataTransfers

Disability:IN is a U.S.-based organization. We only share personal data with others if it is legally required or if there is another legal basis for doing so.

Your personal data is processed by third-party processors that operate on our behalf. We carefully select our processors and contractually require them to maintain the safety and integrity of your personal data. Our processors are only authorized to process your personal data according to our explicit written instructions.

As a U.S.-based organization, and as part of our global operations, we may transfer your personal data to others which are located outside of the European Economic Area(“EEA”), such as any country where our partners or service providers operate.

If and in so far as applicable data protection legislation imposed restrictions related to such transfers, we will ensure and implement appropriate safeguards with regard to the processing of your personal data.

To obtain more information on such safeguards, please send a request via email to info@disabilityin.org.

5. Your Rights as a Data Subject

Right to Access—You have the right to request access to your personal data that we process.

Right to Rectification— You have the right to obtain the rectification of any inaccurate personal data about you. Your rectification request must be supported by evidence of the inaccuracies in the data you are seeking to have corrected.

Right to Erasure— Under the conditions foreseen in the applicable data protection legislation, you have the right to obtain the erasure of your personal data.

Right to Withdraw Consent—Where we process your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw such consent at any time.

Right to Restrict Processing—Under the conditions foreseen in the applicable data protection legislation, you have the right to obtain the restriction of processing of your personal data.

Right to Object—Where we process your personal data based on our legitimate interests, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data on grounds relating to your particular situation. However, you can always object to processing for direct marketing at any time without any charge or justification. If you receive a communication that could be considered direct marketing communications, you can object to direct marketing, including profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing, by sending us an email at info@disabilityin.org.

Right to Data Portability—If we process your personal data with your consent or to fulfill a contract and the processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive the personal data you provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transfer this information to another controller.

We do not use automated decision-making processes that have a legal or similarly significant effect on you.

Right to Lodge a Complaint—If you are not satisfied with how we handle your personal data, please inform us by sending an email to info@disabilityin.org. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

6. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may modify thisPrivacy Statement at any time. To see when this Privacy Statement was last updated, please refer to the “Last updated” date indicated at the bottom of this page.

7. How to Contact Us

To exercise anyof the rights mentioned above, you can send a request via email to info@disabilityin.org. Please state clearly which right you wish to exercise and provide reasons or proof to support your request if required. We will acknowledge receipt of your request and proceed to review it. If your request is valid, we will honor it as soon a spossible. In case we have doubts about your identity, we may request additional information to verify it.

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey or fill out a form.

When completing a form or sending messages/comments on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, e-mail address and/or phone number. You may, however, visit this site anonymously.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

  • To improve client services (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
  • To respond to general inquiries, administer a contest, take a survey or other site feature
  • To send periodic emails
  • The email address you provide may be used to send you information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests

Is my information secure?

Disability:IN® uses reasonable Antivirus, Malware, Trojan Horse, Adware and Anti-Spam protection through the latest, updated AVG Security Software, however, this Website is not SSL protected, meaning that your private information could possibly be intercepted if using your computer in a public place or within range of a 3rd party using software to intercept your data during transmission of a form. Though the risk is low it’s worth noting, especially when using a device connected to an open Wi-Fi connection in a public forum.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our online privacy policy.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.