Welcome to SI<3> and our website at www.si3.space. This Privacy Policy applies to SI<3>, a California based corporation (“SI<3>“, “we”, “us”, or “our”). This Privacy Policy governs the Personal Data we collect from our customers, our website and other online visitors ("you or "your"). For information we automatically collect from your online visits through cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy: a) “Business Partner” means any subcontractor, supplier or other entity with which we have an ongoing business relationship to provide our services or information. b) “Personal Data” means information that may directly or indirectly identify/identify you, such as your name, telephone number, email address, IP (Internet Protocol) address and location data. c) “Processing” means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon Personal Data, whether or not by automatic means. The term is broad and covers virtually any handling of data.

Our use of your Personal Data is subject to both the California Consumer Privacy Act and the subsequent amendments from the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act (“CCPA”) and the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), and of course we process your Personal Data accordingly. SI<3> is the responsible party within the meaning of the CCPA and the GDPR. If you have any questions about this policy or our data protection practices, please contact us.

We may ask you to provide us with Personal Data: When you use our websites. When you apply to become a member. When you request services, support, or information. When you pay your membership fees. When you participate in our promotional activities. When you subscribe to newsletters, advertising and promotional emails or other materials. When you interact with us on third party social networks (subject to that third party's terms of use and privacy policies). When you contact us. The categories of Personal Data we collect may include your contact information (such as your name, email, address and phone number), contract information (the Personal Data involved in your use of our services in order to be able to provide our contractual services). In order to provide you with a more consistent and personalized experience in your interactions with us, information collected through one source may be combined with information we receive from other sources. This may include information that allows us to recognize you across multiple devices through which you access our website. We may also supplement the information we collect with information we receive from other parties, including our Business Partners and other third parties. We may also collect demographic information, such as information about your interests and preferences. In order to provide you with a more consistent and personalized experience in your interactions with us, information collected through one source may be combined with information we receive from other sources. This may include information that allows us to recognize you across multiple devices through which you access our website.

We may automatically collect behavioral and usage information about your visits to our website, including the pages you view, the links you click, and other actions you take in connection with our website and our services. We may also collect certain information from the browser you use to access our website, such as your IP address, device ID, location data, browser type and language, access times. We use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies are pieces of information that are transmitted from our web server or third-party web servers to your web browser and stored there for later retrieval. Cookies may be small files or other types of information storage. There are different types of cookies: a) Essential Cookies: Essential cookies are cookies to provide a correct and user-friendly website; and b) Non-essential Cookies: These are any cookies that do not fall within the definition of essential cookies, such as cookies used to analyze your behavior on a website (“analytical” cookies). As set out in the EU's Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”), we need to obtain consent for the use of Non-essential Cookies. For further information on the cookies we use, please refer to our Cookie Policy. The legal basis for processing is our legitimate interest and your consent.

We may receive information about you from third party sources such as services and contents we have integrated in our website, our Business Partners, social media platforms and other third parties. We may use the data to better understand you in order to improve our ability to offer you relevant advertising, products and services, and to help prevent and detect fraud.

We may use your Personal Data for the following purposes: Providing our services and support or carrying out the works you have requested in accordance with our services and/or your membership. Sending communications to you, including information and the stages of your application with us. Facilitating your use of our website and membership services online chat and communication tools and services. Help via online chat and communication tools and services to answer your queries. Facilitate communication from our Business Partners and Members. Customize, analyze and improve our services (including content and our advertising campaigns), technologies, communications and relationship with you. Better understanding of our members, website and service users, including their interests and interactions with our website and services. Content personalization and application of your preferences. Enforce our terms of service, website terms and separate agreements (where applicable) with you. Preventing Fraud and Other Prohibited or Illegal Activities. Protecting the security or integrity of our websites, our businesses, and our services. Perform other functions or serve other purposes as communicated to you at the point of collection, or as required or permitted by law.