Privacy Policy

Introduction

Comradery Worker Cooperative ("Cooperative", “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://comradery.co/ (our "Site") or communicate with emails containing the domain “@comradery.co.” Additionally, the policy describes our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

  • On this Site.
  • In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Site or you and emails containing the domain “@comradery.co.”

It does not apply to information collected by:

  • Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Cooperative or any third party; or
  • Any third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or through the Site.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Site. By accessing or using this Site, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see the “Changes to Our Privacy Policy” section). Your continued use of this Site after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

Children

Our Site is not directed to children, and you may not use our Site if you are under the age of 13. You must also be old enough to consent to the processing of your personal data in your state, territory, or country (in some states, territory, or countries we may allow your parent or legal guardian to do so on your behalf). You must be at least 18 years old or have your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to make any Contributions on our Site or to make any purchases on our Site. You must be at least 18 years old to access any content or Contributions on the site that are Adult/18+ or to purchase access to any such content or Contributions.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

You may provide, and we may collect several types of information from and about users of our Site, including information:

  • By which you may be personally identified, such as email address, or your age ("personal information");
  • That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as project descriptions; and/or
  • About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Site, and usage details.

We collect this information:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us.
  • Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies.

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our Site may include:

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Site. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Site, subscribing to any services on the Site, posting material, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Site.
  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.

The Site may invite you to chat, contribute to, or participate in blogs, message boards, online forums, and other functionality, and may provide you with the opportunity to create, submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, distribute, or broadcast content and materials to us or on the Site, including but not limited to text, writings, video, audio, photographs, graphics, comments, suggestions, or personal information or other material (collectively, "Contributions"). Contributions may be viewable by other users of the Site and through third-party websites. As such, any Contributions you transmit may be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. Your creation of Contributions and actions to make Contributions available on the Site are at all times subject to the Site's Terms of Use. Your Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk.  We cannot control the actions of other users of the Site with whom you may choose to share your Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Site, we may now or in the future use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to our Site, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Site.
  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

We may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic. It provides insights on user behavior and audience characteristics to help us improve the Site and understand user interactions. We may also use Google Places API for address validation.

We reserve the right to use these technologies for information about users’ online activities over time (behavioral tracking). To opt out of behavioral tracking, you can use browser extensions, disable tracking in your phone settings, or visit opt-out pages on websites like the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) or Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA).

This information we collect automatically helps us to improve our Site and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
  • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Site according to your individual interests.
  • Speed up your searches.
  • Recognize you when you return to our Site.

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection primarily includes cookies (or browser cookies). A “cookie” is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Site. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for cookies, see the “Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information” section.

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications on the Site may be served by third-parties, such as Stripe (for processing payments) and other application providers. These third parties may use cookies or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

While these third parties may be used by you and may collect certain sensitive information on their sites, such as payment details, we do not collect any such information. The Site is independent of any such third parties, and we do not collect or store any information that is otherwise provided to, or processed by, such third parties. We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see the “Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.”

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

  • To present our Site and its contents to you.
  • To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including the Terms of Use.
  • To notify you about changes to our Site or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Site.
  • To improve the user experience on the Site.
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose personal information that we collect or that you provide as described in this privacy policy:

  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
  • To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
  • With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
  • To enforce or apply our Terms of Use.
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Cooperative or others.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us, and there are mechanisms providing you with control over your information. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

We do not control third parties' collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. We encourage you to review the privacy policy and terms of use of any third parties’ websites you use, including any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or through this Site.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You can review and change your personal information by logging into the Site and visiting your account page.

You may also send us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We can only delete your account if you cancel your subscription first. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

If you delete your Contributions from the Site, copies of your Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Site users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Site, including Contributions, is governed by our Terms of Use.

Residents of certain states may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see the “Your State Privacy Rights” section for more information.

Your State Privacy Rights

State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information.

The laws of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia provide (now or in the future) their state residents with rights to:

  • Confirm whether we process their personal information.
  • Access and delete certain personal information.
  • Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information's nature processing purpose (excluding Iowa and Utah).
  • Data portability.
  • Opt-out of personal data processing for:
    • targeted advertising (excluding Iowa);
    • sales; or
    • profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (excluding Iowa and Utah).
  • Either limit (opt-out of) or require consent to process sensitive personal data.

The exact scope of these rights may vary by state. To exercise any of these rights, or to appeal a decision regarding a consumer rights request, please contact us at [email protected].

Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. Residents who wish to exercise this sale opt-out rights may submit a request to this designated address: [email protected]. However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute's opt-out requirements.

Supplemental Privacy Notice for Non-US Users

  1. Personal data that we process

The following table explains the types of data we collect and the legal basis, under current data protection legislation, on which this data is processed.

Purpose Data (key elements) Basis
Inquiring about our organization Name, email, message Legitimate interests - it is necessary for us to read and store your message so that we can respond in the way that you would expect.
Subscribing to email updates about us Name, email Consent - you have given your active consent.
Signing up as a member Name, email Contract - by paying your subscription you have entered into a contractual relationship with us as set out in our membership terms and conditions.
Website functionality Website activity collected through cookies Legitimate interests
  • it is necessary for us to store a small amount of information, usually through cookies, to deliver functionality that you would expect, such as remembering your account details. |
  1. How we use your data

We will only use your data in a manner that is appropriate considering the basis on which that data was collected, as set out in the table at the top of this section.

For example, we may use your personal information to:

  • reply to inquiries you send to us;
  • handle transactions that you initiate;
  • where you have specifically agreed to this, send you marketing communications by email which we think may be of interest to you.
  1. When we share your data

We will only pass your data to third parties in the following circumstances:

  • you have provided your explicit consent for us to pass data to a named third party;
  • we are using a third party purely for the purposes of processing data on our behalf and we have in place a data processing agreement with that third party that fulfils our legal obligations in relation to the use of third party data processors; or
  • we are required by law to share your data.
  1. How long we keep your data

We take the principles of data minimization and deletion seriously and have internal policies in place to ensure that we only ever ask for the minimum amount of data for the associated purpose and delete that data promptly once it is no longer required.

Where data is collected on the basis of consent, we will seek renewal of consent at least every three years.

  1. Rights you have over your data

You have a range of rights over your data, which include the following:

  • Where data processing is based on consent, you may revoke this consent at any time and we will make it as easy as possible for you to do this (for example by putting ‘unsubscribe’ links at the bottom of all our marketing emails).
  • You have the right to ask for rectification and/or deletion of your information.
  • You have the right of access to your information.
  • You have the right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate data protection authority if you feel your rights have been infringed.

Please note that relying on some of these rights, such as the right to deleting your data, will make it impossible for us to continue to deliver some services to you. However, where possible we will always try to allow the maximum access to your rights while continuing to deliver as many services to you as possible.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to help secure your personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Any information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Further, we use standard certified HTTPS encryption, a content delivery network (CDN), and various other backend encryption and security features to help secure your information and use of the Site.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Site, if available (such as through comment features). The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Site.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Supplemental privacy policy terms and conditions or documents that may be posted on the Site from time to time are hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes or modifications to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of this Privacy Policy, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is your responsibility to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be subject to, and will be deemed to have been made aware of and to have accepted, the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date that any such revised Privacy Policy is posted.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

Comradery Worker Cooperative

2093 PHILADELPHIA PIKE #2667

CLAYMONT, DE 19703-2424

United States

[email protected]

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