Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 09/10/2014

Last modified: 06/06/2024

Introduction

XPRIZE Foundation, Inc. ("XPRIZE”) or ("Foundation," "we,” or “us”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes the types of information we collect from you or that you may provide and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy” or “Policy”) applies to the information we collect from you or that you may provide when you visit this website, other Foundation registration or other website, mobile applications, online portals, electronic forms, surveys, interactive exhibits, and any other channel or mobile feature that we operate (collectively, “our sites").

XPRIZE respects your privacy and preferences. This Privacy Policy sets forth the terms under which you share your personal data with XPRIZE, what information XPRIZE processes, how XPRIZE collects and uses your data, and your rights with respect to understanding and modifying how it will be collected and used.

This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to the XPRIZE Foundation, Inc. Terms and Conditions for our sites (“Terms and Conditions”), an agreement between you and the Foundation regulating your use of our sites. Please note that terms used, but not defined, in this Policy are defined in the Terms and Conditions. Please see the Terms and Conditions for more information on your use of our sites.

This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy” or “Policy”) applies to the information we collect from you or that you may provide when you visit this website, other Foundation registration or other website, mobile applications, online portals, electronic forms, surveys, interactive exhibits, and any other channel or mobile feature that we operate (collectively, “our sites"). No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

It does not apply to information collected by:

  • Us offline or through any other means, including on any other site operated by the Foundation or any third party (including our Sponsors and affiliates); or
  • Any third party (including our Sponsors and affiliates), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through our sites.

    • 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 sites. By accessing or using our sites, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of our sites after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates.

    Minors

    Our sites are not intended for minors (individuals under the age of 13, or the equivalent minimum age depending on jurisdiction) and we do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a minor without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a minor, please contact us at [email protected].

    Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

    We collect several types of information from and about users of our sites, including information:

  • By which you may be personally identified, such as name, company name, postal address, email address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline ("personal information");
  • That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as the basic description of competing teams; and/or
  • About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our sites and usage details.

    • We collect this information:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us.
  • Automatically as you navigate through our sites. 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 sites may include:

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our sites. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our sites, subscribing to our newsletter, posting material, or requesting promotional material. We may also ask you for information when you register for an event or promotion sponsored by us, and when you report a problem with our sites.
  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses) if you contact us.
  • Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
  • Your search queries on our sites.

    • You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of our sites or transmitted to other users of our sites or third parties (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access to certain pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of our sites with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

    Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

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

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

    • We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party sites or other online services (behavioral tracking).

    The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not include personal information. It helps us to improve our sites to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
  • Recognize you when you return to our sites.

    • The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

  • 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 sites. 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 sites.

    • We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources, or you provide to us.

    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 sites and its contents to you.
  • To provide you with information or services that you request from us.
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
  • To provide you with notices about your accounts in our sites and newsletter subscription, including expiration and renewal notices.
  • To notify you about changes to our sites or services we offer or provide.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features on our sites.
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

    • Legal Bases Under the GDPR, UK GDPR, or POPIA

    If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom (UK) or South Africa, we will collect and use your personal data only if we have one or more legal bases for doing so under the GDPR, UK GDPR, or POPIA. The legal bases depend on your interaction with us and our sites. This means we collect and use your personal data only where: you have given your consent for one or more specific purposes; it is necessary to perform a contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you; it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests; it is necessary to protect the vital interests of you or another natural person; or it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation. We will indicate the legal basis or bases on which we are relying for each purpose. Where we are relying on consent as the legal basis, we will notify you and seek additional consent before using your personal data for a new purpose that is inconsistent with the original purpose for which we collected it.

    Disclosure of Your Information

    We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

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

  • 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.
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of XPRIZE's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by XPRIZE about our sites’ users is among the assets transferred.
  • To third parties to market their products or services to you if you have consented to/not opted out of these disclosures.
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you give us an email address to use the "email a friend" feature of our sites, we will transmit the contents of that email and your email address to the recipients.
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
  • 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 and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of XPRIZE, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

    • Where XPRIZE becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets, personal information may be provided to the entities and advisors involved subject to a confidentiality agreement, and we will provide notice before any personal information is finally transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. 

    Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

    We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

  • Tracking Technologies and Advertising. 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.

    • Accessing and Correcting Your Information

    You can review and change your personal information by logging into our sites and visiting your account profile 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 cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. 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 User Contributions from our sites, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or might have been copied or stored by other website users. Proper access and use of information provided on our sites, including User Contributions, is governed by our terms of use.

    Data Security

    We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms. Any payment transactions in motion will be encrypted using SSL technology and at rest the transaction information will be encrypted using highest encryption standards by SaaS vendor.

    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 sites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of our sites like message boards. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of our sites.

    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 sites. 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 our sites.

    Changes to Our Privacy Policy

    It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page with a notice that the Privacy Policy has been updated on our sites. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the home page of each our sites. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting the Privacy Policy to check for any changes.

    Contact Information

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

    Mail‍:‍
    XPRIZE Foundation
    ‍Attn: IT Department
    ‍‍10736 Jefferson Blvd, Suite 406
    ‍‍Culver City, CA 90230

    Email:
    ‍[email protected]