By using the A Fire In Her Belly public website and member platform, you expressly accept the following privacy policy:
A Fire In Her Belly’s mission is to empower individuals, organizations, communities, and society to cultivate a peaceful world by nurturing existing and emerging women leaders around the world with cross-cultural mentoring in authentic feminine leadership.
The public website and member platform (hereinafter referred to as “Platform”) developed by Bonnie Fatio, author of A Fire In Her Belly (hereinafter referred to as “AFIHB”) offers its members a User account (hereinafter referred to as “User”). The Platform is accessible through the URL address: www.afireinherbelly.com
AFIHB processes Users’ data with the intent of satisfying exclusively the purposes listed in this document and is particularly attentive to respecting the privacy of Users and the protection of their personal data.
This privacy policy is intended for Users of the AFIHB Platform.
PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED
1. In most cases, the User’s data are initially collected when user fills in the initial questionnaire to join the mentoring program. These are transferred to the AFIHB salesforce database and extracts are available on the Platform and can be updated by the User or AFIHB at any time.
User identification data includes:
Last name;
First name;
Date of Birth;
Private e-mail address;
Postal address and private telephone numbers;
The data related to the User’s Mentoring program completion include:
Date of completion
2. If the User was not in the database when connecting to the Platform, the User is informed that the following personal data are collected for the creation of a User account:
Mandatory data:
First name;
Last name;
E-mail address;
Date of Birth;
Optional data:
The User is informed that she/he cannot access the Platform without providing the mandatory data that is necessary for creating an account and authenticating the User.
3. The User may publish, on her/his own initiative, content on the Platform after the creation of his User account. This content includes among others:
Other personal details;
Professional information and contact details;
4. The User is aware that by using the Platform, she/he may decide to communicate “sensitive data” within the meaning of data protection legislation. By providing such sensitive data, the User agrees to their processing by the Platform under the conditions set out in this privacy policy.
PURPOSE OF DATA PROCESSING
AFIHB processes the User’s personal data when accessing the services offered by the platform for the following purposes:
1. Management of the User account:
Create and manage a User account;
Manage the rights of the Users;
Store Users’ personal data;
2. Communication:
Send useful information related to:
AFIHB activities and events;
AFIHB partner activities and events;
Privileges and special offers reserved for AFIHB members;
Send monthly AFIHB newsletter;
3. Networking and activities:
Foster networking among members;
Connect members with other members;
Enable AFIHB to identify potential speakers for AFIHB events;
4. Statistics:
Improve the quality of the services offered by the Platform
Improve the functionalities of the Platform
Develop statistics on the actual use of the Platform
Develop statistics on the different activities of the Platform
VISIBILITY OF DATA ON THE PLATFORM
The User has the possibility to select the data she/he wants to hide from other Users. She/he can also make her/his entire profile invisible. To do so, the User has to go to her/his profile and select “confidentiality”.
DATA RETENTION PERIOD
AFIHB informs the User that the personal data related to her/his User account is kept for the duration of her/his registration to the Platform.
The User can – at any time – deactivate her/his account on the Platform. The User will then lose access to the Platform and her/his profile will be invisible to other Users.
The User can – at any time – ask to be removed from the AFIHB database. The User will then lose access to the Platform and her/his profile will be permanently deleted.
Requests for deletion and resignation should be sent to bonnie@afireinherbelly.com.
COMMITMENT OF AFIHB
AFIHB commits to processing the User’s personal data in accordance with the data protection legislation and in particular, to respect the following principles:
To process the User’s personal data in a lawful, fair, and transparent manner;
To collect and process the User’s data only for the purposes described in Article 2 of this Privacy policy;
To ensure that the personal data processed are adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for the purposes for which they are processed;
To make every effort to ensure that the personal data processed is accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date, and to take all reasonable steps to ensure that personal data that is inaccurate, having regards to the purposes for which it is processed, is erased or rectified without delay;
To implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security, confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of processing systems and services;
To limit access to User data to persons duly authorized for this purpose.
PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO ACCESS USER DATA
Only authorized persons working for AFIHB can access personal data. AFIHB makes every effort to ensure that this group of persons is kept to a minimum and to preserve the confidentiality and security of the User’s personal data.
AFIHB also uses trusted service providers who can, upon request, perform a range of operations on its behalf related to hosting and payment services. AFIHB may also use technology service providers and editors of specific tools integrated into the Platform for technical purposes.
AFIHB only provides service providers with the information necessary to perform their services and asks them not to use personal data for any other purpose. AFIHB uses its best efforts to ensure that all such trusted service providers process personal data only on documented instructions and provide sufficient guarantees, including confidentiality, expertise, reliability and resources, for the implementation of technical and organizational measures that meet the requirements of applicable law, including security of processing.
User data is stored in Switzerland.
COMMUNICATION OF DATA TO THIRD PARTIES
AFIHB may, for logistical reasons, communicate the full names of Users participating in activities or events to third party organizers or speakers.
With the exception of the above, no personal data is transmitted to third parties without the prior consent of the User.
COOKIES
AFIHB informs the User that tracking technologies are used on the User’s terminal, such as cookies, each time the User browses the Platform, subject to the conditions described in the AFIHB cookie policy. Please refer to the document “Policy on the use of cookies”.