GenZ Designs LLC

GenZ Designs LLC owns and operates a community called The Loop ("the Service, Service, Services") made up of individuals called Loop Fellows. GenZ Designs LLC ("Our, Us, We, the Company") is an Ohio Limited Liability Company with an additional privacy policy governing our website and operating procedures. This privacy policy only governs data and information collected in The Loop from Loop Fellows ("You, Your").

Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 28, 2020

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use your Personal data to provide and improve the service. By using the service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

We collect information from you in a variety of ways.

1. Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

  • While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

    • Email address

    • First name and last name

    • Age

    • Phone number

    • Ethnicity

    • Interests

    • University or school you attend

    • Country and region where you reside

    • Sexual orientation

    • Email/name of a person who referred you to the Service

    • Two referral emails

    • Usage Data

    • Survey Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device'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.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Survey Data

Through the Service, We may offer You the opportunity to fill out surveys, take part in interviews, focus groups, and/or other ways of understanding consumer behavior. These may collect information from You on consumer behavior, consumer preferences, and/or insights of or related to, but not limited to, advertisements, brand campaigns, marketing efforts, social good, brand awareness, or anything related to Generation Z behaviors.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy.

2. Use of Your Personal Data

  • The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

    • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

    • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

    • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

    • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

    • To provide you opportunities: to participate in other professional development programs including but not limited to workshops, networking events, and speakers.

    • To analyze results of the Service: We analyze the results of the Service in order to better understand and perform consumer research on consumers in the Generation Z demographic.

    • To match you with potential career opportunities and jobs

    • To invite you to Our Slack group or any other group messaging community with users of the Service.

    • To inform Our strategy and insight for our partners

  • We may share your personal information in the following situations:

    • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.

    • For Business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

    • With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.

    • With Business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.

    • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see You name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.

3. Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

4. Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information 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.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company 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.

5. Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

  • The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

    • Comply with a legal obligation

    • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company

    • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

    • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public

    • Protect against legal liability

6. Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal 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.

7. Service Providers

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.

  • We may use Service Providers to enable and facilitate the use of our Service, including but not limited to the following:

    • Google Forms - a survey platform created and offered by Google that enables responses and analytics to surveys. Any data you provide through Google Forms may be controlled by Google in some capacity. Please refer to Google Forms' privacy policy for more details.

    • Survey Monkey - a survey platform made to analyze, track and enable surveys to be sent out and answered. Our use of Survey Monkey is primarily focused on, but not limited to, market research and/or consumer insights for the Service. Survey Monkey may collect information and data from you. Please refer to Survey Monkey's privacy policy for more information.

    • Slack - a messaging and internal communication system enabling group communication via multiple channels. Our use of Slack is primarily focused on, but not limited to, establishing communication and community within users of the Service.

    • Typeform - a survey platform made to analyze, track and enable surveys to be sent out and answered. Our use of Typeform is primarily focused on, but not limited to, market research and/or consumer insights for the Service. Typeform may collect information and data from you. Please refer to Typeform's privacy policy for more information.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. 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 child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

9. California Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice applies to California consumers and supplements the Privacy Policy.

California Shine the Light Law: The California “Shine the Light” law permits users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their personal information (if any) for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties. To make such a request from us, if entitled, please use the contact information listed below.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA): In the preceding 12 months, we have not disclosed your personal information to any third party in a manner that would be considered a sale under the CCPA.

10. Disclosures for Individuals in Europe

If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you have certain rights and protections under applicable law regarding the processing of your personal data, and this section applies to you.

Legal Basis for Processing

  • When we process your personal data, we will do so in reliance on the following lawful bases:

    • To perform our responsibilities under our contract with you (e.g., providing the products and services you requested).

    • When we have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data to operate our business or protect our interests (e.g., to provide, maintain, and improve our products and services, conduct data analytics, and communicate with you).

    • To comply with our legal obligations (e.g., to maintain a record of your consents and track those who have opted out of non-administrative communications).

    • When we have your consent to do so (e.g., when you opt in to receive non-administrative communications from us). When consent is the legal basis for our processing your personal data, you may withdraw such consent at any time.

Questions or Complaints

11. Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites 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.

12. Your data protection rights

What are your data protection rights?

The Company would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request the Company for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that the Company correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request the Company to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that the Company erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that the Company restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the Company's processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that the Company transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: info@genzdesigns.com.

13. Changes to this Privacy Policy

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 "Last updated" 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.

14. Contact Us

  • If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: