Privacy Policy

Curia Global, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, “Curia”) respects the privacy of individuals whose information is collected in the course of its business activities, including through Curia’s website www.curiaglobal.com (the “Site”) as well as while providing our products and services to you. This privacy policy (including any additional privacy notices referenced herein) (“Policy”) describes the collection and processing of personal information that may be obtained by us through the Site as well as other online and offline means, including trade shows, seminars, conferences/events, or other activities. In particular, this Policy explains how Curia (“we” or “us”) uses the information collected from users of the Site and other individuals whose personal information is collected during Curia’s business activities (“you”), how we protect such information, and what rights and choices you have with respect to our processing of your information.

Our Site may provide links to third party websites/content. Such third party websites/content are not owned or managed by us and therefore, we strongly encourage you to review the privacy policies and terms of the concerned third party websites if you choose to access them through the Site.

If you are resident in the State of California, United States, click here to read the “Additional Privacy Notice for California Residents”.

1. What information we collect and how

A. Data regarding access and use of the Site: Certain information is collected automatically when you visit the Site to read or browse through material or to download information. This includes IP addresses or domain names of computers you use to connect to the Site, internet address of the site from which you linked to the Site, date and time you accessed the Site as well as browser software and other parameters regarding your operating system and the IT environment.

B. Data provided by you: We collect personal information that you may voluntarily provide us (e.g., your name, contact information) by sending an email to an address provided on the Site, filling out a form or placing an order through the Site, or accessing your unique client portal (if applicable). You are not required to provide any of this information but your refusal to do so will make it difficult, and at times, impossible, for us to respond to your communication or enquiry. We may also collect personal information about you when you interact with us voluntarily at events, conferences, trade shows, seminars etc., or when we receive your personal information in connection with an actual or prospective business relationship. If you provide any personal information to us that does not belong to you but relates to other people, you represent and undertake that you have the authority to do so and you have obtained necessary consents from such third party data subjects.

C. Data collected by cookies: Like most commercial website owners, Curia uses what is known as “cookie” technology. Cookies are text files placed in your computer’s browser to store certain preferences and information, which may enhance your browsing experience on the Site. For details on data processing carried out by cookies, please review the section titled “Cookies” below.

2. How we use your information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

A. To pursue our legitimate interests which include but are not limited to (i) customer and vendor relationship management and administration; (ii)  network and information system security and detecting fraud or illegal activities; (iii) understanding how our website is used and identifying any issues or problems associated with the usage of the Site or with specific devices used to access the Site; (iv) developing and improving our products and services as well as analyzing, personalizing, improving accuracy, and enhancing customer/user experience, communications, and interactions; (v) promoting our products and services, including sending communications for marketing purposes (as permitted by law) (vi) protecting our rights and complying with our legal obligations, including but not limited to responding to requests by law enforcement, governmental or regulatory authorities, subpoenas or court orders; and (vii) to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our business or assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us is among the assets or business transferred.

B. To respond to your enquiries and other communication, provide you with requested information, assess and manage your job application, process your orders, fulfil your contracts, and deliver products and services to you.

3. How we protect your information

Our information security system comprises technical, administrative and physical safeguards designed to preserve the security and integrity of your personal information and protect it from unauthorized access or use. Your personal information will be processed only by persons authorized by us for one or more of the purposes described in Section 2 above. We will also retain your personal information only for such time as is reasonably necessary in connection with the abovementioned purposes.

4. Transfers and disclosure of your personal information

This Site is controlled and operated by us from the United States and the information collected through the Site is stored on servers located in the United States. Transfers outside the United States will be made in compliance with applicable laws. We may share personal information we collect with third parties as outlined below:

A. We may share your personal information with our subsidiaries and affiliates to conduct our business operations such as marketing, compliance, security, website or product/service functionality etc.

B. We may disclose your personal information to certain third parties contracted to carry out specific services for us or with whom we collaborate in delivering products and services to you. Such disclosures will be made only for the purposes mentioned in Section 2 above and pursuant to contracts which require such third parties to undertake obligations to protect your information pursuant to the same principles as outlined in this Policy.

C. We may need to share your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any corporate transaction, including but not limited to a merger, sale of company assets, divestiture, consolidation or restructuring, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by or to another company or dissolution, as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding.

D. We reserve the right to disclose your personal information (i) to law enforcement officials, government or regulatory authorities, or other third parties as necessary to comply with legal process or meet national security requirements, to detect and respond to security incidents, and to share information regarding cybersecurity threats (ii) to enforce our Terms of Use and other contracts, (iii) to protect the rights, property, or safety of our company, our business partners, you, or others; or as otherwise required by applicable law.

E. For other legitimate purposes as permitted by applicable law.

5. Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed in your computer browser by the website you visit, where they are retained in order to be sent back later to the site during your subsequent visits. By storing your online preferences, cookies can enhance your user experience and also help us improve the Site.

Your web browser may be set to automatically accept cookies. But you can change your browser settings to allow you to control whether you will accept cookies, block cookies, or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to your browser. You can learn how to prevent your browser from accepting cookies by accessing the “Help” section on your browser. If your browser is set to block cookies, the operation and functionality of the Site may be compromised and you may not be able to access all or certain parts of the Site. To find out more about cookies, visit www.aboutcookies.org.

On this Site, we use cookies (by which it is possible to store preferences and to optimize user experience) and functionality cookies (used to start specific functions of the site and necessary to provide and to improve the service).

We also use Google Analytics which uses cookies and similar technology for the purpose of analyzing use of the Site and to optimize its functioning. To learn how Google uses your information obtained through the Site please visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and if you wish to prevent Google Analytics from using your information, you can opt-out by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Further, we use Marketo cookies to collect data on your visits to the Site and to help us understand your interaction with our Site and the communication we send (e.g., which links have been clicked, which emails have been opened etc.). Marketo also helps capture and integrate information that you have voluntarily provided to us through the Site with other applications used by the Company internally such as Salesforce (our customer relationship management platform), etc. You can view Marketo’s privacy and cookies policies at https://www.marketo.com/company/legal/.

Our Site does not currently support Do Not Track. Do Not Track is a privacy preference that you can set in your web browser to indicate that you do not want certain information about your webpage visits collected across websites when you have not interacted with that service on the page. For all the details, including how to turn on Do Not Track, visit www.donottrack.us.

6. Additional information for European residents

We process personal data under the following legal bases:

Performance of Contract. We may use your information to perform our contractual services or prior to entering into an agreement with you. If you use the Site or if you contact us to request our products or services, we use your information to provide to you the features and functionality of the Site and our products/services, including for customer service.

Legitimate Interest. We may use information for our legitimate interests as described in this policy, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. For instance, we may use your personal data to contact you and respond to your requests and inquiries, to administer our business including by creating statistical analyses, to identify prevent and detect fraud or to pursue or defend ourselves against legal claims.

Consent. We may use your information with your consent. In these instances, we will ask you to grant us consent to use your information. You are free to grant or deny permission. If you deny permission, we will not be able to process your information to conduct the activity to which the consent relates. For example, we will not be able to send you marketing materials that you request. You are also free to withdraw your consent at any time. A withdrawal of consent will not affect processing that has been completed during the time in which the consent was valid. If you have granted us consent to use your information, we will use it only for the purposes specified when we request your consent. This may include sending you marketing communications. To withdraw or manage your consent regarding marketing communication preferences, you can either follow the instructions included in each promotional email from us to unsubscribe from that mailing or you may write to [email protected].

Fulfillment of Legal Obligations. We may use your information to comply with our legal obligations. To comply with regulations, laws or any authority requests, we may disclose your information to authorities or other officials or otherwise process your information pursuant to legal obligations we are subject to (e.g., retain certain information according to tax or commercial laws, respond to your requests to exercise your rights under data protection laws).

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom or Switzerland, you have the right to:

A. access your personal information and have it corrected or deleted;

B. object to any processing of your personal information on legitimate grounds;

C. restrict our processing of your personal information, pending decisions on your objections or enquiries;

D. request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party in a structured, commonly used machine readable format;

E. if processing is based on consent, withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data; (however, if you do so, it is possible we may not be able to provide you with access to certain specific functionalities of the Site or other products, services or benefits); and

F. lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

In order to exercise any of the aforementioned rights, you may write to us at [email protected].

7. Additional information for Nevada residents

Under Nevada law, we do not sell your personal information. However, if you are a Nevada resident, you may submit a request that we do not sell any personal information we have collected about you by contacting us at [email protected].

8. Children’s information

Our website and services are not intended for or designed to children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16.

9. Contact us

This Site is managed and controlled by Curia Global, Inc., with its principal office at 26 Corporate Circle, Albany, NY 12203, United States of America. If you have any comments, questions or concerns regarding this Policy or the use of your personal information collected by us or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us at [email protected].

10. Policy updates

This Policy may be amended and/or updated from time to time. Changes will be effective when we post them so we encourage you to review this policy frequently. If we intend to process your personal information for a purpose other than those indicated in Section 2, we will provide you, prior to that further processing, with information on those other purposes and shall carry out such data processing only in compliance with applicable law.

This privacy policy takes effect on May 25, 2018.

Revision History:

Previously Updated: July 5, 2021
Last Updated: February 28, 2023