Updated March 3, 2025
BELCO Digital delivers solutions that enable our customers to meet their strategic goals. This Privacy Policy applies to personal information that we collect through this website, through other BELCO Digital websites on which we post this Privacy Policy, and offline when you interact with us (such as when you inquire about or purchase services from us). Depending on your relationship with BELCO Digital, additional privacy notices may apply. Where Canadian law applies to our collection of personal information, by continuing to use our site and services you are acknowledging and consenting to the collection and use of information as described herein. Please also see the following sections of this Privacy Policy for notices directed to residents of certain jurisdiction:
We may change our Policy and privacy practices. New notices will be published on our website. If changes are material, the Policy that was in place when you submitted personal data to us will generally govern that data, unless you consent to the new Policy. Our Policy shows “effective” and “last updated” dates above. The effective data is the data the current version took effect. The last updated date is the date the current version was substantively changed.
Data Controller/Contact Information
For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (and the UK version thereof, collectively GDPR) and other applicable laws, BELCO Digital is the data controller for the collection and further processing of personal information that we collect through this website. The applicable BELCO Digital entity is the data controller for information collected offline. Further, BELCO Digital may share your information with its affiliates for purposes of fulfilling your requests. When we refer to BELCO Digital throughout this Privacy Policy, we refer to the relevant group entity/entities acting as the data processor and/or data controller.
BELCO Digital is the data processor with regard to the personal information that we process on behalf of our customers (“end user personal information”). Please see the section below Information We Collect in our Capacity as a Data Processor/Service Provider.
What Personal Information Do We Collect?
We collect information, including personal information, directly from you, from other persons, and automatically as you use our website and services (collectively, our “Services”). As a business-to-business company, the personal information that we collect in our capacity as a data controller is predominantly business contact information and information that we collect through our website, which we will refer to in this policy as “Business Contact” and “Website Visitor” information, as applicable. Business contact information may include information from our customers, suppliers, and other business contacts (whether current, former, or prospective).
Scope of Collected Information: The type of personal information that we collect from you depends on your relationship with us. We collect information when you request information from us (whether through our website, in person, over the phone, at a trade show, or otherwise), when you interact with our website, when you contact customer service, or when we interact with you as a customer. Specifically, we collect:
This Privacy Policy does not relate to any information that is collected by an App developed by a BELCO Digital Group company or affiliate, unless otherwise stated.
Sources of Information
We may collect the above information directly from you, from your employer, and, where permitted by law, from lead generation or publicly available sources. We also may collect information about you, which may be classified as personal information, from service providers such as internet service providers, ad networks, and analytics providers.
Information Collected through Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
When you visit the website, we and our service providers/processors may use cookies and other tracking technologies, including APIs (collectively, “cookies”) to automatically collect information about you and your visit to our website. A cookie is a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters that a website stores on your device that we can later retrieve. We may use cookies that last until you close your browser (“Session Cookies”) or cookies that last until they are deleted by you or your browser (“Persistent Cookies”). An API or application programming interface is a way for different software applications to interact and exchange data with each other without intervention from the end-user. APIs enable us to monitor and optimize campaigns in real time. By integrating APIs from advertising platforms, web analytics tools, and marketing automation systems, we can access real-time campaign data and make timely adjustments to optimize performance.
The information that we collect through cookies, which may be defined as personal information in the jurisdiction in which you reside, includes: the web address you came from or are going to, device model, operating system, the type of web browser, internet service provider/mobile carrier, unique identifiers, mobile network carrier, the duration of the visit, time zone and IP address, and additional information provided by the browser or device. Whether we collect some or all of this personal information depends on the type of device used, your device settings, and, where required by applicable law, whether you have provided to the consent of cookies that are not strictly necessary for the functioning of our website. To learn more about what information browsers or devices make available, please check the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider.
You stop or restrict the placement of cookies on your computer or remove them from your browser by clicking on Cookie Preferences by adjusting your web browser preferences or using certain browsers or tools as described below. As applicable, please note that blocking or deleting non-essential cookies may affect the website’s functionality.
We also may use cookies to administer the website, store your preferences for certain kinds of information, track your movements around the website, analyze trends and gather information about website visitors, to or make emails more useful or interesting (for example, we may receive a confirmation when you open or forward an e-mail from us, if your device or settings support such capabilities). Non-affiliated entities that we engage, including data analytics providers, social media providers, and ad networks also may collect data from you on our website through cookies.
Marketing Personal Data Validation and Enrichment
In certain limited circumstances, such as when a Website Visitor actively subscribes to a limited number of our Newsletters, we will provide your contact information to our service providers for them to validate the reliability of the contact details provided by using their own database to report on the number of matches (i.e. if the data subject still associated with the company that you have listed for them or if the email address is operative).
Furthermore, our service providers will use their database to pre-populate online forms that Website Visitors might be filling out. We would only use these tools for enriching data of Data Subjects from whom we have directly collected Personal Data previously.
In Europe, we identify this process as legitimate interest based processing, and we give the right to object to all data subjects, nevertheless, consent is collected. In Canada and the rest of the World we identify this process as consent based processing, and we give the right to object to all data subjects.
The service provider we use for these purposes is ZoomInfo Technologies LLC.
Social Plugins
We use social plugins on the website, such as plugins for Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube. If you click on the plugin, your browser will create a direct link to the other entity. Please visit the social media platform’s privacy policy for more information.
Embedded content
We have implemented the following kinds of third-party content on our website:
To be able to access the third-party content on our website, you first need to activate it by confirming via click that you wish to view the video in question/listen to the podcast in question.
If you chose to activate the third-party content on our website, your browser will create a direct link to the other entity which may allow this entity to collect your personal information. Please visit the respective platform’s privacy policy for more information.
To protect your privacy, we point this out to you before we display third-party content. You then have the option of having the content displayed by clicking on it, or to refrain from displaying the third-party content.
Ad Networks
We use ad network advertisers to serve advertisements on affiliated and non-affiliated website. This enables us and the ad network advertisers to target advertisements to you for products and services in which you might be interested. Ad network providers, advertisers, analytics providers and/or traffic measurement services may use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons (including clear GIFs), and other tracking technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content to you. These cookies and other technologies are governed by each entity’s specific privacy policy, not this one. We may provide these advertisers with information, including personal information, about you. Please refer to the Additional Information for Business Contacts and Website Visitors residing in the European Union (EU) or United Kingdom (UK) if you reside in the European Union (EU) or United Kingdom (UK).
We use service providers such as Google’s AdSense and AdWords to help us provide advertisements to you that are tailored to you based on interests that you have expressed on our website or elsewhere. Any advertisements served by Google, Inc., and affiliated companies may be controlled using cookies. These cookies allow Google to display ads based on your visits to this website. Any tracking done by Google through cookies and other mechanisms is subject to Google's own privacy policies. You may decide to disable Google cookies by clicking on: www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/optout?hl=en. You can use Ads Settings to manage the Google ads you see and opt out of interest-based ads delivered by Google.
You can also control how participating ad networks use the personal information that they collect about your visits to our website, and those of third parties, in order to display more relevant targeted advertising to you. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking on Cookie Preferences. Please note that any choice with regards to cookie-based advertising only applies to the web browser and device through which you exercise that choice. If you delete your cookies, you may need to reapply your choices. Additionally, you will still continue to non-personalized ads even if you opt-out of personalized advertising. If you are a California resident.
Health Data
In certain situations where a serious public health threat has been identified, we may collect information from guests, business contacts and other individuals accessing our facilities. In some jurisdictions we may be required by law, regulation, or governmental order to collect and retain information related to issues of public health and safety. We have a legitimate interest in protecting the health and safety of our employees and guests, and in complying with the laws of the jurisdictions in which we operate.
How Do We Use Your Information?
We use Business Contact information to:
We use Website Visitor Information to:
Please note that if you are a Business Contact or Website Visitor residing in Brazil or Canada, the tables below in the “Processing Purposes, Categories of Personal Information, Legal Bases (incl. Legitimate Interests) and Recipients” section of this Privacy Policy applying to data subjects in the EU and UK apply to the processing of your personal information as well.
In some countries, such as Canada, our legitimate interest in processing your data arises when we obtain your express or implied consent. Where Canadian law applies to our collection of personal information, by continuing to use our site and services you are acknowledging and consenting to the collection and use of information as described in this Policy
How May We Disclose Business Contact and Website Visitor (collectively "you" or "your" for this section) Information?
Providers/Processors: We disclose your personal information to service providers that we use to provide us with services, such as information technology services, client management services, payment processing services, SAAS-based financial applications, accounting, consulting, auditing and related services. We may also subcontract certain of our services to processors, to the extent permitted by law and contract with our customers. Where we enter into a relationship with any service provider or subcontractor for the processing of personal information, we will contractually require such vendors to take measures to protect your personal information in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
Group Companies: We may disclose your information, predominantly business contact information, to other members of the BELCO Digital Group for purposes of service provisioning and for certain compliance.
For the purpose of promoting engagement within BELCO Digital and BELCO Corporation, we may disclose your personal data to enhance our business operations and customer relationships. As a representative example, we may disclose contact details related to customer account relationships. This data enables us to create valuable synergies across our diverse business sectors and collaborate with BELCO Corporation to promote operational efficiency and cross-sell our services.
Advertising, Social Media & Analytics Providers: We share your personal information with advertising, social media and analytics providers for marketing, advertising and promotional purposes. For example, we may use your personal information, such as your email address, to send you news and newsletters, special offers, events, surveys, and promotions, or to otherwise contact you about services or information we think may interest you. We also use the personal information that we learn about you to assist us in advertising our products and services on non-affiliated websites and social media and to assist us in evaluating the success of our advertising campaigns on various platforms. Further information about the relevant advertising, social media and analytics providers can be found by clicking on Cookie Preferences.
Corporate Transactions or Events: We may disclose your personal information to other entities in connection with a corporate reorganization, merger, restructuring, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock, including in connection with any litigation, bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings. These entities may include, without limitation, our advisors, government entities and law enforcement, prospective purchasers, and bidders.
Other unaffiliated third parties: We may ask if you would like us to share your information with other unaffiliated third parties who are not described elsewhere in this policy.
Legal Obligations: We will disclose your information where required or permitted by law, where we believe it is appropriate to do so. Representative examples include:
To Protect Us and Others: We share your information where we believe it is necessary to prevent or investigate a possible crime, such as fraud or identity theft; to enforce a contract; to protect the legal rights, products, services, or safety of you, us, our Group Companies, and their respective employees, clients, partners, agents, other users, or the public in general; to enforce our terms of use or this Notice; and to monitor and remediate security issues.
Aggregated Information: Where permitted by applicable law, we may disclose aggregated information for marketing, advertising, research, or any other purposes.
Choices of Business Contacts and Website Visitors (collectively "you" or "your" for this section)
Some jurisdictions, such as countries within the EU, the UK, and Brazil, give you a right to make the following choices regarding your personal information:
Access to Your Personal Information: You may request access to your personal information or confirmation that we have and/or process information about you. In certain limited circumstances, you may also request to receive access to your data in a portable, machine-readable format.
Access to Information about Public and Private Entities, Residents of some jurisdictions, may request information about public and private entities with whom we have shared your personal information.
Changes to Your Personal Information: We rely on you to update and correct your personal information. You may ask us to correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete. Note that we may keep historical information in our backup files as permitted by law.
Deletion of Your Personal Information: You may request that we delete your personal information. If you are a resident of Brazil, you may also request the anonymization or blocking of unnecessary or excessive data or data processed in non-compliance with applicable law. Such If required by law, we will grant a request to delete, block, or anonymize information, as applicable, but you should note that in many situations, we must keep your personal information to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, or for another business purposes.
Revocation of Consent: When we process your personal information based upon consent, you may revoke consent. Brazilians data subject may also specifically ask for the deletion of data processed on the basis of consent. Please note that if you refuse to provide your consent, or revoke your consent, for the processing of personal information, then we may no longer be able to provide you services. We may limit or deny your request to revoke consent if the law permits or requires us to do so, or if we are unable to adequately verify your identity.
Opt-out of Sales and Sharing: In some jurisdictions, you may have the right to opt out of the selling and sharing of your personal information for purposes of targeted advertising. We also honor your right to opt out of sales and sharing as signaled by a universal opt out signal or Global Privacy Control (“GPC”). To enable GPC, you can visit the Global Privacy Control page at https://globalprivacycontrol.org. If you download a supported browser or extension and exercise your privacy rights with GPC, we will turn off third-party advertising cookies on our website once our website detects a GPC signal. If you visit our website from a different device or from a different browser on the same device, you will need to opt-out, or use an opt-out preference signal, for that browser and/or device.
Not all the rights above are absolute, and they do not apply in all circumstances. We may limit or deny some requests because the law permits or requires us to. We will not discriminate against individuals who exercise their privacy rights under applicable law.
Verification Process. Where required by law, we will require you to prove your identity. We may verify your identity via email. Depending on your request, we may ask for information such as your name or other details.
Authorized Agents. Some jurisdictions allow you to designate someone as an authorized agent to submit requests and act on your behalf. Authorized agents will be required to provide proof of their authorization, and we may also require that the relevant consumer directly verify their identity and the authority of the authorized agent.
Retention
In adherence to the data minimization principle, BELCO Digital currently has a policy respecting records retention and an associated retention schedule. We will keep your personal information as long as it remains necessary or relevant for the purposes it is processed for, unless longer retention is otherwise required to meet legal or regulatory requirements. In determining how long we will retain personal information, we consider and review the following:
For example, we will retain transactional data for as long as necessary to comply with our tax, accounting, and recordkeeping obligations. We also retain data as necessary to protect, defend or establish our rights, defend against potential claims, or comply with legal obligations.
Accuracy
BELCO Digital will make reasonable efforts to maintain the accuracy and integrity of your personal information in our custody.
Safeguards
BELCO Digital takes measures in an effort to safeguard the personal information in our possession. Please note that no measures are 100% secure.
In the event that we are required by law to inform you of a breach to your personal information we may notify you electronically, in writing, or by telephone, if permitted to do so by law.
Information We Collect In Our Capacity as a Data Processor/Service Provider
We may collect personal information about end users in our capacity as a data processor on behalf of our business customers. When we act as a data processor, our business customer dictates the scope of personal information that we collect from or about end users and our use of that information. Our business customers may provide us with—or direct that we collect—the following information about end users: contact information; behavioral information (such as interactions, preferences, habits, feedback, needs and problems); voice recordings, images, videos; and other information of their choosing.
We use the personal information that we obtain from our business customers for the purpose for which it was provided, predominantly to fulfill the contractual obligation. We also use the end user personal information, where permitted by law and contract, for training purposes, trouble-shooting, to investigate and resolve issues and complaints, write or modify software applications. Where permitted by contract and law, we also may use the information (typically in the aggregate) to improve our products and services.
As permitted by our contract with our business customer and/or as required/permitted by law, we disclose end user personal information to service providers/sub processors to assist in providing the services to our business customers; to law enforcement, regulators, advisors, and others, where we believe it necessary to protect our rights and interests, the rights and interests of our customers, or the rights and interests of any other person.
Unless we specifically contract to do so as part of the provision of services to a business customer, BELCO Digital will not generally respond directly to requests or inquiries from end users with regards to the processing of their personal information. We will instead make reasonable efforts to direct inquiries and rights requests made by end users to the appropriate business customer.
Notice at Collection for California Consumers (CA Privacy Notice)
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (“CCPA”), we are required to notify California residents about the personal information that we collect about them, whether online or offline, in our role as a Business (as defined under the CCPA) and how we handle their personal information, which, for this California Privacy Notice, is any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you or your household (subject to certain exemptions under CCPA).
This section does not address or apply to information or practices that are not subject to the CCPA, such as:
This CA Privacy Notice also does not apply to the personal information we collect from job applicants for employment with BELCO and the Group Companies or our current or former employees, which are subject to different notices.
Categories of Personal Information that We Collect, Disclose, and Sell/Share. This CA Privacy Notice is directed to the scope of personal information that we collect about California residents in our capacity as a business, as defined under the CCPA, and not as a service provider. While our processing of personal information varies based upon our relationship and interactions with you, this CA Privacy Notice is focused on our collection and use of personal information from our non-contributor community. To the extent that we collect such personal information that is subject to the CCPA. The categories of personal information we collect from our business customers in our role as a business will show.
California Sensitive Information Disclosure: Some of our companies, such as BELCO Digital, collect sensitive information. For example, in certain situations where a serious public health threat has been identified, we may collect information from employees, guests, and other individuals accessing our facilities. This may include medical and health information, such as body temperature, symptoms, and underlying health conditions. Note that we do not use such information for any purposes that are not identified within the California Privacy Rights Act Section 1798.121. We do not “sell” or “share” sensitive personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
Sale and Sharing of Personal Information. Although we do not monetize your personal information (e.g., we do not sell customer lists to other entities for money), we do disclose the following categories of personal information: identifiers, profiles and inferences, and internet or other electric network activity information to ad networks, analytics providers, and social networks for purposes of marketing and advertising; analytics, measurement and improvement; and customization and personalization, which could be deemed to be a sale or sharing under CCPA (e.g., we may permit such providers to place a cookie, tag, or other tracking tool on our website to assist us with our advertising, and these providers also may use your personal information to assist other companies with their online advertising, analytics and personalization as well). We do not sell or share any personal information about individuals who we know are under sixteen (16) years old.
Third Party Applications/Websites. We have no control over the privacy practices of websites or applications that we do not own. This includes websites or applications that we developed for third parties.