Privacy Policy

Last Modified: November 5, 2024

1. Introduction

Taking Flight Network, Inc.  (“Taking Flight Network”) is dedicated to protecting your personal information and informing you about how we use your personal information or any other information submitted by you. This Privacy Policy applies to your use of the Platform, as defined within the Taking Flight Network Terms of Service (“Terms of Service”). This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction with the Terms of Service and is integrated into the Terms of Service.  All capitalized proper nouns not defined in this Privacy Policy will have the same definitions and meanings as defined by the Terms of Service. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically as we may revise it from time to time. If you do not agree with or accept our Privacy Policy in its entirety, you must not access or use our Platform. If you use the Platform following a change to the terms of this Privacy Policy you agree to accept the revised policies.  

2. Information Collected

At Taking Flight Network, we collect personally identifiable information (“PII”) and non-personally identifiable (“Non-PII”) information from you.  Personally identifiable information is information that can be used to identify you personally.  Non-personally identifiable information is information that must be combined with other information to identify you personally. 

PII Collected

You will not be required to provide us any information when you visit our Platform.  However, in order to access or use some portions of the Platform or to register for an account, we may collect PII such as your name, email, username, personal information, company business information, address, and additional information. We may also collect your relevant payment or credit card information if you wish to pay for any services offered via the Platform.  Please be aware that all payment information shall be stored and processed by our third party payment processors.

Non-PII Collected

Whenever you use our Platform, we may collect Non-PII from you, such as your IP address, registration history, interactions with the Platform, usage and Platform interaction information, location, referring URL, browser, operating system, meta data, data usage, data transferred, and Internet service provider.  

3. Use of Your Information

Where applicable, we will use any information submitted by you in the following ways: 

  • To provide any services offered and to operate Platform.

  • To enhance or improve our users’ experiences and share with other users.

  • To contact you via email or other electronic communications where you have an inquiry.

  • To notify you of additional Taking Flight Network services and updates.

  • To process your transactions.

  • To share your information with third party contractors hired by us to perform functions and provide services to us subject to the obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy.  The types of third parties we share information with include payment processors, infrastructure providers, marketers, analytics and monitoring providers, and other vendors that assist us in making the Platform available.

  • To release to governmental entities, authorities, or legal claimants in accordance with our policies or we may share your information if believe that your actions may harm us or a third party.

4. Accessing and Editing Your Information

You will be able to access any information contained in your account through our Platform.  You may edit that information by changing the information listed in your account. If you have any questions or wish to review, access, or delete any of your information collected by us, please contact us at info@takingflightnetwork.com.   We may reject requests that are unreasonable or not required by law, including those that would be extremely impractical, could require disproportionate technical effort, or could expose us to operational risks. After you have deleted your account please be aware that we may keep inaccessible copies of your PII and non-PII subject to our data retention policies. 

5. Opt Out of Commercial, Non-Commercial Communications and Do Not Track

If you decide to provide us with your contact information, you agree that we may send you communications via emails.  However, you may unsubscribe from certain communications by notifying Taking Flight Network that you no longer wish to receive these communications. We will endeavour to promptly remove you from our mailing list once we have received that request.  We currently do not offer functionality for you to opt out through “do not track” listings. If you wish to opt out of certain communications or information collection, please contact us at info@takingflightnetwork.com.  

6. California Users

California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Platform that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties at no cost once per a year.  California users under the age of 18 have additional rights to request the removal of unwanted publicly available Personal Information. To exercise your rights under this section, please send an email to info@takingflightnetwork.com.

7. Third Parties Websites

Taking Flight Network or other users may post links to third party websites on our Platform, which may include information that we have no control over.  When accessing a third party site through our Platform, you acknowledge that you are aware that these third party websites are not screened for privacy or security issues by us, and you release us from any liability for the conduct of these third party websites.  

Please be aware that this Privacy Policy, and any other policies in place, in addition to any amendments, does not create rights enforceable by third parties.  Taking Flight Network bears no responsibility for the information collected or used by any advertiser or third party website. You must review their policies to understand how their information collection practices work.

8. Security Measures

We make reasonable attempts to protect your information by using physical and electronic safeguards. However, as this is the Internet, we can make no guarantees as to the security or privacy of your information submitted.  For this reason, we recommend that you use anti-virus software, routine credit checks, firewalls, and other precautions to protect yourself from security and privacy threats.

9. Age Compliance

We do not collect or process any information for any persons under the age of 18.  If you are under 18 and using our Platform, please stop immediately and do not submit any information to us.   In the event that we have inadvertently collected any information from users under the age of 18 please contact us immediately.

10. International Transfer

Your information may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction.  Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.  PII and Non-PII that is submitted to Taking Flight Network will be collected, processed, stored, disclosed and disposed of in accordance with applicable United States’ law and this policy. In addition, such information may be stored on servers located outside your resident jurisdiction. United States’ law may not provide the degree of protection for information that is available in other countries.

11. Cookies and Analytics

We use third parties to assist us in providing marketing and usage insights through cookies and other analytics tools.  We and our partners use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your use of the Platform to help create reports and statistics on the performance of the website, to understand how you use our website, and to remember your logins and preferences.  To opt out of Google analytics please visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or https://adssettings.google.com/. To disable other types of advertising, you may also opt out using http://optout.networkadvertising.org.  Further you may disable such tools using your browser setting.  Please be aware that disabling such tools may cause performance issues while using the Platform.

12. Merger and Acquisition

In the event that Taking Flight Network is involved in a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, your information may be sold or transferred as part of that transaction. Please be aware that once the information is transferred your privacy rights may change.

13. Amendments

Like our Terms of Service, we may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time.  When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will modify the date listed on this Privacy Policy or we may contact you.  You must agree to the amendments as a condition of your continued use of our Platform.  If you do not agree, you must immediately cease using our Platform and notify us of your refusal to agree by e-mailing us at info@takingflightnetwork.com and please delete your account.