Privacy Policy

Rupay World Club, with its abbreviations RWC and its subsidiaries and global successors (collectively “RWC”) undertake to protect the privacy of individuals who visit our public, private and/or restricted-use Websites, including but not limited to: www.rupayworldclubs.com and (collectively, the “Sites “), as well as individuals who register to use our Services as defined below or who register to attend RWC events.

This Privacy Policy describes how and why RWC collects, uses, and shares the personal information we receive and that you provide to us using our Sites, applications, services, or events and programs offered by RWC (collectively, the “Services”). It also describes the options available to you regarding RWC’s use of your personal information, the steps you can take to access this information and, where appropriate, request that we correct or delete it. We can be contacted using the details in the “How to contact us” section below.

RWC may also provide further privacy notices based on applicable regions and other interactions with you (for example, requests for specific services). These terms should be read in conjunction with this Privacy Policy.

Personal information we collect

RWC collects personal information in a variety of ways described in this Privacy Policy. The types of personal information we collect will depend on how you interact with us, as well as your location and applicable law. In addition to any other privacy notices, you may receive part of RWC collection of the following types of information within 12 months:

Site users

The following information may be collected when you visit our Sites:

  • Contact details: first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number.
  • Business information: company name and contact details, number of employees and annual revenue.
  • Location data: physical location (city, state, country) that you can provide to us or that can be inferred by an IP address.
  • Internet and electronic network activity information: browsing history, search history, your operating system, date and time information, online identifiers (e.g., IP address or other similar identifiers) and other technical information about your device (for example, cookie information and pixel tag).

How we collect personal information

RWC collects the personal information described above from the following sources:

Directly from you

RWC collects personal information about you when you provide us with your personal information. Examples include when you register on any of our Sites, sign a contract with us for the Services or when you voluntarily provide personal information through online or paper submission forms, surveys, or when you subscribe to RWC newsletters.

Indirectly from you

When you visit our Sites, RWC automatically receives certain activity information from the internet and electronic network. This personal information is automatically recorded in our server logs from your browser, including unique identifiers such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, RWC cookie information, and the page you request. See the “Cookies & pixel tags” section below for a more details on how RWC uses cookies and pixel tags. RWC also collects information using analytics tools (directly or through our partners and third-party  advertisers) when you visit our Sites. This information is collected to help us improve our Sites and to provide relevant content.

Our partners and advertisers share information with us

RWC may receive personal information about you from our affiliates, advertisers, data analytics providers, social networks, data brokers, partners, independent contractors and other authorized third parties or service providers who are working on our behalf.

How we use personal information

RWC uses personal information to operate, manage and improve our Services and Sites. RWC may use the personal information we collect for one or more of the following business purposes:

Comply with your requests

When you make requests when you make RWC requ4sts, RWC will use the information you provided to satisfy these requests. For example, if you share business and contact information to request more details about our Services, we will use that personal information to respond to your inquiry.

Provide Services

If you are a RWC Member, your personal information is used to manage your account and allow you to connect with other RWC Members. This includes our directory of members and presidents, which was made available to all RWC Members worldwide.

Operating, maintaining and improving our Sites

RWC will record your use of our Sites to operate and improve our Sites, helping us to better understand your needs and interests. RWC uses certain tools to improve and personalize your experience (e.g., Google Analytics).

Communicate with you

Your personal information may also be used to send additional information about the RWC’s Services, updates, promotions and events (“Communications”) unless you choose not to receive such Communications. We will request your advance permission to send Communications if legally necessary.

General business and legal obligations

RWC also collects personal information described above to conduct audits, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and conduct mergers or acquisitions.

The personal information you have provided to RWC is used for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or for purposes disclosed in a separate privacy notice.

How we share personal information

RWC may share your personal information with affiliates for business purposes related to support to members with RWC membership, technical operation and/or account management.

We may also make your personal information available to third parties or authorized service providers for business purposes by RWC members, such as acting on our behalf to assist in the provision of Services, technical support, and account management. You may see within 12 months that RWC may disclose personal information contained in this Privacy Policy to the following categories of recipients for business purposes of our RWC members:

  • Service providers, including relationship management solutions with our members (e.g., Sales force), event   management platforms (GPB events), and database management services
  • Independent contractors, including RWC presidents, speakers, and business partners.
  • Third party analytic/tracking cookies service providers (e.g., Google Analytics).

These authorized service providers are contractually required to comply with our data privacy requirements and are not allowed to use your personal information for any purpose unrelated to the provision of services to RWC.

RWC will not otherwise share your personal information with other individuals or companies except where you have otherwise authorized to share this information, circumstances. required by law; in the exercise of our legal rights; to carry out a merger/acquisition; investigate, prevent, or act with respect to actual or suspicious illegal or malicious activities; or to address actual or suspicious violations of the RWC’s Terms of Use, and the Confidentiality of the club and its rules.

RWC does not sell personal information about you.

How long we keep personal information

RWC retains your personal information for as long as it is consistent with the original purpose of collection. For example, we may retain your personal information while your membership account is active, to use our Sites or Services. We may also retain personal information for a period thereafter to:

  • allow account recovery if you request it.
  • analyze data from the business operations of RWC members.
  • conduct audits, address our ongoing legal rights/obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Our legal basis for the processing of personal information

The legal bases that RWC is required to use to collect and use your personal information will depend on your interaction with us, applicable law, and location.

Site users

When you visit our Sites, rupaywordclubs.com (RWC) collects your personal information directly from you based on the opinion you voluntarily provide as well as indirectly through cookies and similar technologies for the business purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Your personal information may also be used to send Communications as described above unless you choose not to receive such Communications.

RWC has a legitimate interest in attracting new Members and understanding how our Sites are being used.

We will request your advance permission to use cookies or to send Communications, where legally necessary.

RWC Members

In addition to the uses applicable to all users of the site, your personal information will be used to manage your account and provide the requested Services. The legal basis for managing your RWC account and providing related Services is the need to comply with our contractual obligations.

In addition, we have a legitimate interest in providing RWC Members with an international network. As part of the RWC Member experience, we allow you to connect with other RWC members by storing your business information in a directory, which was made available to all RWC members worldwide

Because of its unique business model, RWC has a legitimate interest in continuing to grow and foster-lasting relationships with RWC Members.

RWC will also send Communications of our legitimate business interest to maintain relationships, obtain references and to promote our Services and events.  Once again, Communications will stop if you choose not to participate.

International transfer of collected information

RWC is a private and global club, it is everywhere, it was created in the United States and RWC’s can be anywhere in the world, because of its primary storage of personal information collected is in the United States. Depending on where you are and applicable law, RWC will rely on certain legal bases to transfer your personal information into the United States such as: your consent (if necessary), to enter a contract with you or to comply with RWC’s legitimate interest that does not compensate for rights and freedoms.

We take precautions to keep your personal information secure.  Where necessary to comply with applicable law, RWC also enters into data processing agreements and standard contractual clauses with its authorized third parties and service providers.

How to access and control your personal information

 

Your rights to access and control your personal information may vary depending on your location and applicable law. If you are a European or United Kingdom resident, please refer to the “European and United Kingdom residents” section below for specific details.

For information on how to exercise your rights under this Privacy Policy, please refer to the “How to exercise your rights” section below. In general, because RWC provides services to members around the world, we recognize the following basic privacy rights:

Access to your personal information

You have the right to ask you to disclosure certain information about our collection and use of your personal information. Any limits or exceptions under applicable law will be explained in our response to your verified request.

Elimination request rights

You have the right to request deletion of your personal information that RWC collected and retained. Upon receipt of your verifiable request, we may delete (and order our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records to the extent required by law. There are certain exceptions when applicable law allows or requires you to deny us your request for removal.  Such refusal will be explained in our response to your verifiable request.

No discriminatory treatment

When you decide to exercise your privacy rights, you will not receive any discriminatory treatment from RWC. This is not only a legal requirement, but it is in line with RWC’s chief operating director of “respect for the individual.”

European and UK residents

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR), the UK Data Protection Act 2018 (UK GDPR) and privacy laws of other countries provide certain rights.

You have the following rights, including the right to: access your personal information; correct, delete, restrict, or object to the processing of your personal information; as well as the right to data portability under certain conditions. You may also request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to which your data has been disclosed, the source if it is not collected directly from us, or the planned storage period.

If you have an unresolved concern that we have not satisfactorily addressed regarding how we are processing your personal information, please contact the European and UK Data Protection Authorities. For more information on how to contact these authorities, click here.

How to exercise your rights

To exercise the rights described above, please send us a verifiable request to by contacting us. by using our form on our website.

Only you, or a person you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a request related to your personal information; RWC must be able to verify such requests through the exercise of reasonable diligence. To be verifiable your application must:

  • Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify that you are the person on which we collected personal information or an authorized representative; and
  • Describe your request in sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate and respond to it.

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we are unable to verify your identity or authority to make the request. We will use the personal information provided in a request solely for the purpose of verifying the identity or authority of the applicant to make the request.

Communication preferences

You may manage your “unsubscribe” email communications receipt and you can locate it in the Directory section, and you are in RWC contacts. In addition, you can opt out of Communications by filling out our form or by sending us an email to: privacy@rupayworldclubs.com.

RWC may retain some of your personal information solely for the purposes of knowing your desire not to be contacted again in the future, or for other purposes that are legally permitted or required.

Cookies & pixel tags

We collect visitor information by using cookies and pixel tags.

Cookies

Cookies are files or pieces of information that can be stored on your device when you visit a Website. This file or piece of information allows a user to move quickly and easily around our Sites and is used to identify returning users. We also use cookies to track a user’s sessions, store preferences and settings, provide interest-based advertising, determining which features of the site are most popular for us to develop our Sites and content, and satisfy other legitimate interests.

The use of cookies is an industry standard and commonly done on websites. However, we do not use cookies to retrieve unintentional information about your computer.

Consequently, if you prefer, you can configure your browser to reject cookies or to alert you to their presence and thus allow you to delete them from your computer. If you reject cookies, you may have difficulty browsing parts of our website and may need to enter identifying information each time you access a password-protected page.

Pixel tag

A pixel tag, also known as a transparent GIF or web beacon, is an invisible tag or a small graphic image placed on certain pages or in emails, but not on your computer. When you access these pages, pixel tags generate a generic warning for that visit. They usually work in conjunction with cookies, registering when a particular computer visits a particular page. If you disable cookies, the pixel tag will simply detect an anonymous visit to the website.  Pixel tags help us analyze our visitors’ online behavior and measure the effectiveness of our websites and our advertising.

Pixel tags on our sites may be used to collect information about your visit, including the pages you view, the features you use, the links you click, and other actions you take in connection with the Sites. This information may include your computer’s Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, operating system, date and time information, and other technical information about your computer. We may also track certain information about the identity of the websites you visit immediately before and after you come to our site. Otherwise, we do not track any information about your use of other websites.

Pixel tags and cookies in our emails can be used to track your interactions with those messages, such as when you receive, open or click on a link in an email message from us.

We also work with third-party companies that use tracking technologies to serve ads on our behalf over the Internet. These companies may collect information about your visits to our websites and your interaction with our advertising and other communications.

Links to other web sites

Our Sites contain links to other third-party websites; however, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites and make no representations about the existence, sufficiency, accuracy or completeness of such websites or the privacy policies of such websites. Please refer to the website’s privacy policy for more information on the website owner’s data protection practices.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

RWC can update this may update this Privacy Policy at any time, for any reason, without notice other than posting the amended Privacy Policy to this Site. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal the modified Privacy Policy on this site. We will notify you of significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary e-mail address we have on file for you or by placing  prominent notice on the applicable Sites.

RWC strives to ensure that this Privacy Policy fully compliant with all applicable laws, however, the laws around the world are constantly evolving and changing. To the extent that any part of this Privacy Policy does not comply with applicable law, the non-compliant party shall be deemed automatically modified to the extent necessary to enable this Privacy Policy to comply.

How to contact us

If you have any questions to this Privacy Policy. please contact us:

https://www.rupayworldclubs.com

 

European and UK residents

The material (opinions, working documents, letters etc.) issued by the Article 29 Working Party (Art. 29 WP), available on this website reflect the views only of the Art. 29 WP which has an advisory status and acts independently. They do not reflect the position of the European Commission.

Updated: April 12, 2021at 02:00 p.m.