Community Guidelines

Last Modified: July 21, 2021

Highlights

• On Ticco we share our relevant opinions, perspectives, and experiences openly.
• Our community is a place where people of any age, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, race, disability, body size, religion, or any other aspect of their self or personality feel welcome.
• In the community, Ticco members practice understanding and conduct themselves professionally in order to ensure all have a beneficial experience and are respected.

1. Introduction

These Community Guidelines outline what type of behavior is and is not acceptable on Ticco’s online platform and at Ticco events. They apply equally to founders and advisors, Ticco staff, Members, and any other individual.

2. Expectations for Conduct

• Use Ticco to further your experience and that of others. Engage in Discussions, follow other members, share knowledge, and attend in-person gatherings when able for a meaningful experience.
• Be respectful of others’ perspectives and experiences. Ticco’s community is made up of members from a range of professional backgrounds, who come from different places and have differing viewpoints. Our diversity is what makes our community valuable. We won’t all agree all the time, and that’s okay.
• Keep comments productive. Whether responding to a prompt, answering a question, commenting on a post, or otherwise; comments should be productive in order to further conversation.
  
• Stay on topic. Before you send, think: “Does this message need to be out in the world? Is my comment or response in keeping with the tone of this Discussion? Am I being considerate of others’ viewpoints?”
  
• If you interpret another members’ behavior to be in violation of these Community Guidelines, take care of you and your peers by letting us know.

3. Unacceptable Behavior

Ticco is a professional networking platform. It is not intended to be used in the same way as some other social networks. As such, the following are inconsistent with the intent of Ticco and will be removed:

• ‘Status’ posts. Other social networks exist which provide a ‘wall’ or timeline to share your personal status, including everyday and romantic activities. If a post is determined to be a status post, it may be removed at the discretion of Ticco.
• Self-promotion. Promoting your current business ventures, press coverage of your work, speaking engagements, website, services, or other content in a manner which may be perceived as an advertisement is prohibited unless this information is furthering a conversation or is expressly permitted by Ticco.
• Personal insults or aggressive language geared towards member(s). This includes content posted in communal areas of the platform as well as direct messages.
• Memes, jokes, language, and comments that mock or stereotype a single profession or group of professions, professionals, or other groups of people.
• Political content that requests, directs, and/or encourages Ticco members to vote in a particular way or take action towards specific candidates, policies, and/or legislation in national, state, or local elections.
• Sexual or explicit content, unless related to public art or the built environment and shared in a relevant manner.
• Posts and conversations that encourage or incite violence. The planning or plotting of boycotts and/or aggressive acts - aside from a reasonable and nonviolent protest or gathering - towards any person, entity, agency, or location, is not allowed on Ticco.
  
• Harassment. Bullying and/or harassment of any member, or the encouraging of a member to express these behaviors. If any member feels bullied, threatened, and/or harassed by attempts to recruit, romantic attempts, or through other actions based on their profession, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, race, or otherwise, Ticco may take action it deems appropriate as outlined under Enforcement within these Community Guidelines.
  
• Personal information. The sharing of personal or confidential information, such as the sharing of a phone number, email address, or address other than your own in a communal portion of Ticco’s online platform.
  
• Intellectual property infringement.  The posting of content that violates the intellectual property rights of others.  
  
• Deceptive content. The impersonation of any other Member, Ticco, or other third party, a misrepresentation of your identity or affiliation, or other content that is likely to deceive any person.

3. Reporting

If you are the subject of, or witness to any violations of these Community Guidelines, please report a comment or message, and/or contact us by emailing community@go-ticco.co.

4. Enforcement

• Ticco staff regularly moderate and review Ticco Discussions and other areas of our site. We may, at our sole discretion, remove any post which we determine is not keeping with these Community Guidelines.
• In response to your expression of any Unacceptable Behavior(s) outlined in these Community Guidelines, we may contact you with a warning through Ticco’s online platform or through other contact methods provided to us by you as a first step, if we feel this minimal action is appropriate.
• If we believe you have seriously violated any of these Community Guidelines, your Ticco account and/or your ability to use Ticco’s online platform or attend Ticco events may be suspended or revoked for a duration fit for the nature of the violation, at the sole and absolute discretion of Ticco.
• Ticco may choose to reinstate access or privileges to you at any time if your access or privileges were revoked for any reason. Reinstatement of access or privileges may not be permanent, and if your actions are found to violate these Community Guidelines after reinstatement Ticco may take action to permanently revoke access and privileges.
• If Ticco deems either a single action, or a combination of your actions to be egregious and worthy of expulsion from the Ticco community, Ticco may restrict or entirely prohibit your ability to use Ticco Services.

Ticco Terms of Use

Last Modified: July 21, 2021

1. Acceptance of the Terms of Use

These terms of use are entered into by and between you and Keaotamai, LLC doing business as Ticco ("Company," "we," or "us"). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, "Terms of Use"), govern your access to and use of https://go-ticco.co and https://app.go-ticco.co (collectively, the "Website"), including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Website, whether as a guest or a registered user.

By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and our Community Guidelines found at: Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy, or the Community Guidelines, you must not access or use the Website.

This Website is offered and available to users who are 18 years of age or older and reside in the United States. Additionally, Ticco access is limited to professionals whose work intersects with cities, communities, and/or the built environment. By using this Website and creating an account, as the case may be, you represent and warrant that you meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not meet all of these requirements, you must not access or use the Website.

2. Changes to the Terms of Use

We may revise and update these Terms of Use from time to time at our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter.

Your continued use of the Website following the posting of revised Terms of Use means that you accept and agree to the changes. You should check this page from time to time so you are aware of any changes.

3. Payment; Cancellation

All payments are nonrefundable, and you agree to pay all amounts (including applicable taxes) when due.  We may terminate your access to services if you fail to pay all amounts when due. If you have subscribed to a service and your subscription is set to automatically renew, you must pause your subscription within your account settings before the renewal date to prevent being charged for the upcoming period and to effectively cancel your subscription.  You can see a summary of credits, charges, and amounts due in your Ticco account.

If you cancel your membership and then want to rejoin, you may be required to create a new account and satisfy the then-current minimum eligibility requirements.  Only plans, promotions, and prices in effect when you re-join are applicable.

4. Accessing the Website and Account Security

Although we will use reasonable efforts to make the Website available on a regular basis, we reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website or any of its contents, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users.

To access the Website or some of the resources it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all the information you provide on the Website is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with this Website or otherwise, including, but not limited to, through the use of any interactive features on the Website, is governed by our Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines.

If you choose, or are provided with, a user name, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and agree not to provide any other person with access to the Website or portions of it using your user name, password, or other security information. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your user name or password or any other breach of security.

We have the right to disable any user name, password, or other identifier, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any reason, including if we have determined that you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use or Community Guidelines.

5. Intellectual Property Rights

Except for User Contributions (as defined below), the Website and its contents, features, and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof) are owned by the Company or its licensors and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.

You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of the material on our Website, except as may be necessary to access and view those materials, or as we may otherwise agree in writing.

You may not:

• Modify copies of any materials from the Website.
  
• Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.
  

If you wish to make any use of material on the Website other than as set out in this section, please address your request to: community@go-ticco.co.

If you breach these Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will stop immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.

6. Trademarks; Affiliation with Company

The Company name, the TICCO trademark, and all related names, logos, product, and service names, designs, graphics, and slogans are intellectual property owned by the Company or its licensors. You may not use such intellectual property without the prior written permission of the Company.

You are prohibited from stating or suggesting that you are affiliated with or endorsed by Company without the prior written permission of the Company (e.g., through a separate agreement for Ticco Ambassadors).  

7. Prohibited Uses

You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website:

• In any way that violates any applicable law or regulation.
  For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm any person.  
• To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use, or re-use any material that does not comply with these Terms of Use or our Community Guidelines.
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any "junk mail," "chain letter," "spam," or any other similar solicitation.
• To impersonate or attempt to impersonate the Company, a Company employee, another user, or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using email addresses or user names associated with any of the foregoing).
• To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm the Company or users of the Website, or expose them to liability.
  

Additionally, you agree not to:

• Lease, loan, trade, sell/re-sell, or otherwise monetize the Website or related data or access to the Website.  
• Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party's use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real-time activities through the Website.
• Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device or process to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website.
• Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website, or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, without our prior written consent.
  Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website.
• Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Website.
• Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
• Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.

8. User Contributions

The Website contains message boards, forums, and other interactive features (collectively, "Interactive Services") that allow registered users to post, submit, publish, display, or transmit to other users or other persons (hereinafter, "post") content, including comments and other materials (collectively, "User Contributions") on or through the Website.

All User Contributions must comply with the Community Guidelines.

Any User Contribution you post to the site will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. By providing any User Contribution on the Website, you grant us the right to use, reproduce, modify, perform, display, distribute, and otherwise disclose to third parties any such material for any purpose.

You represent and warrant that:

• You own or control all rights in and to the User Contributions and have the right to grant the license granted above.
  All of your User Contributions do and will comply with these Terms of Use.
• You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for any User Contributions you submit or contribute, and you, not the Company, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, accuracy, and appropriateness.

We are not responsible or liable to any third party for the content or accuracy of any User Contributions posted by you or any other user of the Website.

9. Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination

We have the right to:

• Remove or refuse to post any User Contributions for any or no reason in our sole discretion.
• Take any action with respect to any User Contribution that we deem necessary or appropriate in our sole discretion, including if we believe that such User Contribution violates the Terms of Use or our Community Guidelines, infringes any intellectual property right or other right of any person or entity, threatens the personal safety of users of the Website or the public, or could create liability for the Company.
• Disclose your identity or other information about you to investigate third-party complaints, such as complaints related to  intellectual property rights or privacy rights.
• Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.
• Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including without limitation any violation of these Terms of Use.
• Please note that we cannot review all material before it is posted on the Website, and cannot ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or content provided by any user or third party.

Complaints concerning content posted or shared to the Website may be sent to community@go-ticco.co or submitted by using the “report” option on a specific comment or post on the Website.  

10. Copyright Infringement

If you believe that any content accessible on or from the Website infringes your copyright, you may request removal of that Content (or access to it) under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) by providing a written notice to our copyright agent containing the following information:  

• A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner;
• A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
• Identification of the allegedly infringing material and where that material is located on the Service, in a sufficiently precise manner to allow us to locate the material;
• Your name, address, telephone number, and email address;
  A written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
• A signed statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

Our Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows: DMCA@go-ticco.co.

It is the policy of the Company to terminate the user accounts of repeat infringers.

11. Reliance on Information Posted

The information presented on or through the Website is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk.

This Website includes content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by the Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Company. We are not responsible or liable to you or any third party for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.

12. Changes to the Website

We may update the content on this Website from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up-to-date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.

If you provide suggestions or other feedback regarding the Website, we may use and share such feedback for any purpose without compensation or credit to you.

13. Information About You and Your Visits to the Website

All information we collect on this Website is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.

14. Other Terms and Conditions

Additional terms and conditions may apply to specific portions, services, or features of the Website. All such additional terms and conditions are hereby incorporated by this reference into these Terms of Use.

15. Linking to the Website

You may link to our marketing page, https://go-ticco.co, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part without our express written consent.

Subject to the foregoing, you must not:

• Cause the Website or portions of it to be displayed on, or appear to be displayed by, any other site (e.g., by framing).
• Link to any part of the Website other than the homepage.
• Otherwise take any action with respect to the materials on this Website that is inconsistent with any other provision of these Terms of Use.
  

You agree to cooperate with us in causing any unauthorized framing or linking immediately to stop. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

16. Links from the Website

If the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources, and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.

17. Geographic Restrictions

The owner of the Website is based in the United States. We provide this Website for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

18. Disclaimer of Warranties

YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE FOREGOING ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER KEAOTAMAI, LLC, THE COMPANY, NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

19. Limitation on Liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL KEAOTAMAI, LLC, THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES, OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.

THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

20. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Keaotamai, LLC, the Company, its affiliates, licensors, and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, your User Contributions, any use of the Website's content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, or your use of any information obtained from the Website.

21. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use, and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), will be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Oregon without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Oregon or any other jurisdiction).

Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the State of Oregon, in each case located in  Multnomah County. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.

22. Waiver and Severability

No waiver by the Company of any term or condition set out in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.

23. Entire Agreement

The Terms of Use, Ticco User Agreement (if you are a registered user), our Privacy Policy, and our Community Guidelines constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and Keaotamai, LLC regarding the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties, both written and oral, regarding the Website.  If you have any questions or would like to request additional information, you may contact us at hello@go-ticco.co.

Ticco Privacy Policy

Last Modified:July 21, 2021.

1. Introduction

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, references to “we,” “our,” and “us” mean Keaotamai, LLC doing business as Ticco.

Keaotamai, LLC owns and operates the website and social media platform at https://app.go-ticco.co, together with the marketing site at https://go-ticco.co (collectively, the “Ticco Site”). This Privacy Policy explains how and why we collect, use, and share information about you collected through the Ticco Site. Your access to and use of https://app.go-ticco.co is also governed by our Terms of Use, Ticco User Agreement.

We reserve the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will not, however, retroactively change how we share your personal information without your consent. We will provide notice of any material changes through the Ticco Site or by other means as we deem appropriate before they take effect. Please check back periodically for any changes we may make to the Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Ticco Site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy means you accept these changes.

2. Personal Information We Collect

When you interact with the Ticco Site, we may collect personal information, such as:

• Name and preferred pronouns.
• Username.
• Email address.
• Phone number.
• Physical address.
• Professional credentials, including profession, specialty(ies), interest(s), affiliation(s), years of experience, employer, and similar details.
• Information included in content you publish and display on areas of the Ticco Site accessible to other members, and in your interactions with content on the Ticco Site (e.g., comments, replies).
• Links to your other profiles, such as personal websites or other social media profiles.
• A profile photo.
  

We may also collect information including the times, dates, and quantities of your interactions with the Ticco Site, a record of your transactions through the Ticco Site, and software event data. We may request additional information in certain circumstances (e.g. when you report a bug or issue you experience on the Ticco Site) including the equipment you use to access the Ticco Site, your operating system and browser type, and the services that you use.

3. How We Collect Information

We may collect information:

• Directly from you when you provide it, including by filling out forms, posting material or interacting with content posted by others, registering with TICCO and setting up a personal profile, submitting a resume or CV, participating in promotions, participating in a poll, or contacting us through any form throughout the Ticco Site.
• Automatically as you interact with the Ticco Site, such as times and dates of logins, content within and submission time and date of responses within Discussions, and event data.
• From third parties, including analytics, communications (e.g., messaging platforms), and payment service providers, that Ticco uses to operate the Ticco Site and its services.

Cookies. The Ticco Site uses cookies. A "cookie" is a small file that we save on your computer's hard drive, which contains the user’s IP address. Our cookies help to give you faster access to pages you have already visited and help you to participate in activities or events on the Ticco Site. They may also help us customize our offerings to you. You may choose to disable cookies through your web browser, but doing so may affect the level of convenience you experience when you use the Ticco Site.

Web Beacons. Web beacons are small graphic images or other programming code (also known as "1×1 GIFS" or "clear GIFs"). We may include web beacons in the Ticco Site pages and email messages. Web beacons may be used to count visitors to the Ticco Site, to monitor how users navigate the Ticco Site, and to count how many emails that were sent were actually opened.

4. How We Use Information

We may use your information to:

• Provide the services or products you've requested or agreed to receive.
• Enable you to participate in Ticco Site features, including providing you with relevant suggestions (e.g., other members to follow, events to attend) based on your stated interests and geographical area.
• Simplify the registration process for events.
  
• Enable you to participate in promotions through the TICCO Site.
  
• Process your account registration and provide you with notices about your account subscription, including expiration and renewal notices.
  
• Notify you of events near you, as well as messages, responses, and comments relating to your activity based upon default account settings or your own preferences as adjusted Account Settings, whichever applies.
  
• Process and evaluate your resume or CV, or other information you provide to us in order to consider your application and identify potential consulting or networking opportunities.
  
• Respond to your questions or other requests.
  
• Improve and manage the Ticco Site.
  
• Inform you about new features of the Ticco Site.
  
• Contact you with regard to your use of the Ticco Site.
  Enforce our rights, including for billing and account suspension or cancellation due to nonpayment or violation of our Terms of Use or Community Guidelines.  
  
• Display advertisements and promotions from our partners through the Ticco site. In some cases you may receive different advertisements and promotions based on the ZIP Code you provide when registering with Ticco.
  
• For other purposes with your consent.

Marketing Communications from Ticco. Ticco will send you marketing communications only with your express consent. If you choose not to consent, you may still access the Ticco Site, but you may not receive important information about features and functionality of the Ticco Site or other products that may interest you.

5. How We Share Information

We may share non-personally identifiable information, such as aggregated user statistics, with third parties. WE DO NOT SELL OR SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION with third parties for third-party marketing purposes, or for any other purpose other than as described in this Privacy Policy. We may share the information we have collected about you, including personal information, as disclosed at the time you provide your information and in the following circumstances:

Third Parties Providing Services on Our Behalf. We use third parties to host the Ticco Site, design and operate the Ticco Site features, and perform administrative, analytics, payment processing, and communications services (e.g., messaging platforms). Services these parties provide include processing your payments made through the Ticco Site, enabling Ticco to send you email newsletters, and providing information to Ticco about the use of the Ticco Site and viewing of our content. We may disclose your personal information to these companies so they can carry out these services. These companies are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which Ticco discloses it to them.

Promotions. We may offer promotions through the Ticco Site that may require registration. By participating in a promotion, you agree to the terms, conditions and/or official rules that govern that promotion. If you choose to enter a promotion, we may disclose your personal information to third parties or the public in connection with the administration of the promotion, including, without limitation, in connection with winner selection, prize fulfillment, and as required by law or permitted by the promotion's official rules, such as on a winners' list.

Administrative and Legal Reasons. We may also disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to applicable law or comply with legal process served on us; (b) comply with or enforce our Terms of Use, Ticco User Agreement; or (c) protect and defend our rights or property, the Ticco Site, its users, or the public.

Business Transfer. We reserve the right to disclose and transfer all information related to the Ticco Site, including, without limitation, your personal information, demographic information, and usage information: (y) to a subsequent owner, co-owner or operator of the Ticco Site or applicable database; or (z) in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, the sale of substantially all of our membership interests and/or assets, or other corporate change, including, without limitation, during the course of any due diligence process.

6. Links to Other Websites and Services; Consulting

We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites, other companies (e.g., advertisers), or services linked to or from the Ticco Site, including the information or content contained therein. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, companies, or services, which may employ different information collection, use, and sharing practices.

Except as we expressly state otherwise, this Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including offline) or from other sources other than through the Ticco Site.

In addition, if you choose to provide consulting services to an individual or entity that you connected with through the Ticco Site, that relationship is not governed by this Privacy Policy: that relationship will be governed by a separate agreement entered into between you and Ticco and/or the benefitting entity, at that time.  

7. Information You Publish or Display

If you provide information to be published or displayed on areas of the Ticco Site accessible to other Ticco members, please be aware that such information may be shared by those members with non-members.

8. Security

We use reasonable efforts to protect your personal information, but no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or information we transmit to you from the Ticco Site, and you assume all related risks.

We regularly review the information that we collect and store. We retain your personal information and a history of all account activity, including your online profile, until you request that we delete it. In certain cases, Ticco may be required to continue to retain your data to comply with applicable law or in connection with a legal claim.

9. Other Information

Lawful Bases. We collect and process your personal information only when we have a lawful basis to do so. Lawful bases include your consent, the fulfillment of Ticco’s contractual rights or obligations, complying with applicable law, and the legitimate interests of Ticco or third parties (provided that processing your data for a legitimate interest does not outweigh your rights and freedoms). Examples of a legitimate interest include (i) analyzing user data to maintain and improve the Ticco Site for all users;
(ii) providing you with access to the Ticco Site; (iii) providing you with up-to-date information about new features of the Ticco Site; (iv) engaging third-party providers to deliver certain features of the Ticco Site; and (v) complying with record retention laws or other legal obligations. You may withdraw your consent or object to a legitimate interest at any time by contacting us at the information provided below.

Cross-Border Transfer. The Ticco Site is hosted on servers in the United States. Any personal information you provide to us will be processed and stored on servers in the U.S., the laws of which may be deemed by other countries to have inadequate data protection. Accordingly, if you are located outside the U.S., you consent and continue to consent to the processing and storage of such data in the U.S.

Do Not Track: Some browsers incorporate a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that, when turned on, signals to websites and online services that you do not want to be tracked. At this time, the Ticco Site does not respond to DNT signals.

Children Under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16 and do not target the Ticco Site to children under 16. If you are under 16, please do not use the Ticco Site or submit any personal information through the Ticco Site. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 16 has provided their personal information to us, please contact us, and we will delete that information.  

10. Your Choices and Our Contact Information

If you choose not to provide personal information, do not activate your account, or do not accept these Community Guidelines or Terms of Use, you may be unable to access or use the Ticco Site.

Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Information. If you would like to obtain a copy of your personal information gathered by the Ticco Site, or if you would like to correct or delete such information from the Ticco Site’s database, send us an email at support@go-ticco.co to submit a request, especially for account deletion. In most cases, you may review and change your personal information by logging into the Ticco Site and visiting your account settings. If you provided information to be published or displayed on areas of the Ticco Site accessible to other Ticco members, that information may remain viewable in active, cached, and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other members.

Depending on the law that applies where you live, you may have additional rights, such as the right to request that we delete or send your information to another organization of your choice (where technically feasible).

Opting Out of Promotional Emails. We send promotional and marketing communications only with your consent. If you no longer wish to receive these communications, send us an email at support@go-ticco.co or click “unsubscribe” within such communications.

Opting Out of Notifications. By default, new users will receive summaries of unread notifications related to their acivity on the Ticco Site by email. If you do not wish to receive these notifications, turn off email notifications within your Account Settings at any time after activating your account. 

Additional Information; Improper Collection and Misuse of Personal Information. If you have any questions or would like more information about our collection, use, and sharing of your personal information, or if you would like to report any improper collection or misuse of personal information, please contact us at support@go-ticco.co. Depending on the law where you live, you may also have the right to file a complaint with your local data protection authority.