PRIVACY POLICY / TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE OF
BLACK SWAN STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE WEB SITE
Effective date: Nov. 5, 2021
Black Swan Strategic Intelligence – [Blake Harris and his associates] (“the Organization”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https
://strategicintel.org website (the “Service”).
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and
disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have
associated with that data.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you
agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy
Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.
Information Collection And Use
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We collect several different types of information for various purposes to
provide and improve our Service to you.
Types of Data Collected~~~~~~~
Personal Data
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally
identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you
(“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not
limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Cookies and Usage Data
Usage Data
We may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage
Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s
Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version,
the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the
time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic
data.
Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our
Service and hold certain information.
Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous
unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored
on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts
to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a
cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be
able to use some portions of our Service.
Examples of Cookies we use:
- Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
- Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences
and various settings. - Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Use of Data
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Black Swan Strategic Intelligence uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain the Service
- To notify you about changes to our Service
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when
you choose to do so - To provide customer care and support
- To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the
Service - To monitor the usage of the Service
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
Transfer Of Data
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Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and
maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or
other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than
those from your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information to us,
please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and
process it there.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such
information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Black Swan Strategic Intelligence will take all steps reasonably necessary to
ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy
Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an
organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place
including the security of your data and other personal information.
Disclosure Of Data
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Legal Requirements~~~~~~
Black Swan Strategic Intelligence may disclose your Personal Data in the good
faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- To comply with a legal obligation
- To protect and defend the rights or property of Black Swan Strategic Intelligence and its associates
- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the
Service - To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
- To protect against legal liability
Security Of Data
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The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of
transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100%
secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your
Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Service Providers
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We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service
(“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform
Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these
tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other
purpose.
Analytics~~~~~
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our
Service.
Links To Other Sites
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Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If
you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s
site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you
visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy
policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Children’s Privacy
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Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”).
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone
under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that
your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we
become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without
verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information
from our servers.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
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We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any
changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior
to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of
this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this
page.
Contact Us
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You may request data removal or other actions through our contact form.
If you have any other questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- By email: bharris at strategicintel dot org
Disclaimers Preservation of Immunities General
The use of this web site constitutes agreement with the following terms and conditions:
(a) The Black Swan Strategic Intelligence (the “organization, associates and staff”) maintains this web site (the “Site”) as a courtesy to those who may choose to access the Site (“Users”). The information presented herein is for informative purposes only. The organization grants permission to Users to visit the Site and to download and copy the information, documents and materials (collectively, “Materials”) from the Site for the User’s personal, non-commercial use, without any right to resell or redistribute them or to compile or create derivative works there from, subject to the terms and conditions outlined below, and also subject to more specific restrictions that may apply to specific Material within this Site.
(b) The Organization administers this Site. All Material on this Site from the Organization appears subject to the present Terms and Conditions.
(c) Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in the Materials on this Site are those of the various Organization staff members, consultants and advisers to the Organization who prepared the work and do not necessarily represent the views of the Organization or its members.
Disclaimers
Materials provided on this Site are provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. The Organization specifically does not make any warranties or representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any such Materials. The Organization periodically adds, changes, improves or updates the Materials on this Site without notice. Under no circumstances shall the Organization be liable for any loss, damage, liability or expense incurred or suffered that is claimed to have resulted from the use of this Site, including, without limitation, any fault, error, omission, interruption or delay with respect thereto. The use of this Site is at the User’s sole risk. Under no circumstances, including but not limited to negligence, shall the Organization or its affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, even if the Organization has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
The User specifically acknowledges and agrees that the Organization is not liable for any conduct of any User.
This site may contain advice, opinions and statements of various information providers. The Organization does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information provided by any information provider, any User of this Site or any other person or entity. Reliance upon any such advice, opinion, statement, or other information shall also be at the User’s own risk. Neither the Organization nor its affiliates, nor any of their respective agents, employees, information providers or content providers, shall be liable to any User or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, alteration of or use of any content herein, or for its timeliness or completeness, nor shall they be liable for any failure of performance, computer virus or communication line failure, regardless of cause, or for any damages resulting therefrom.
As a condition of use of this Site, the User agrees to indemnify the Organization and its affiliates from and against any and all actions, claims, losses, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of the User’s use of this Site, including, without limitation, any claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a breach by the User of these Terms and Conditions. If the User is dissatisfied with any Material on this Site or with any of its Terms and Conditions of Use, the User’s sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Site.
This Site may contain links and references to third-party web sites. The linked sites are not under the control of the Organization, and the Organization is not responsible for the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. The Organization provides these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link or reference does not imply the endorsement of the linked site by the Organization.
If this Site contains bulletin boards, chat rooms, access to mailing lists or other message or communication facilities (collectively, “Forums”), the User agrees to use the Forums only to send and receive messages and materials that are proper and related to the particular Forum. By way of example and not as a limitation, the User agrees that when using a Forum, he or she shall not do any of the following:
(a) Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others;
(b) Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information;
(c) Upload or attach files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy and publicity) unless the User owns or controls the rights thereto or has received all consents therefor as may be required by law;
(d) Upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer;
(e) Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded;
(f) Falsify the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded;
(g) Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, or conduct or forward surveys, contests or chain letters, or download any file posted by another user of a Forum that the User knows, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
The User acknowledges that all Forums and discussion groups are public and not private communications. Further, the User acknowledges that chats, postings, conferences, e-mails and other communications by other Users are not endorsed by the Organization, and that such communications shall not be considered to have been reviewed, screened or approved by the Organization. The Organization reserves the right to remove, for any reason and without notice, any content of the Forums received from Users, including, without limitation, e-mail and bulletin board postings.
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on the maps on this site do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the Organization.
Preservation of immunities
Nothing herein shall constitute or be considered to be a limitation upon or a waiver of the privileges and immunities of the Organization, which are specifically reserved.
General
The Organization reserves its exclusive right in its sole discretion to alter, limit or discontinue the Site or any Materials in any respect. The Organization shall have no obligation to take the needs of any User into consideration in connection therewith.
The Organization reserves the right to deny in its sole discretion any user access to this Site or any portion thereof without notice.
No waiver by the Organization of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall be binding except as set forth in writing and signed by its duly authorized representative.
