Empowaa understands the importance of data privacy and takes the responsibility of handling and securing personal data seriously. We focus on incorporating data protection principles throughout our platform, program, and services that provide effective data privacy measures for Empowaa, its workforce, partners, and users.
Empowaa’s Privacy and Information Security teams have carefully analyzed applicable privacy laws and regulations and undertaken the necessary steps for our compliance with their requirements. We provide detailed information about the personal data we collect and how we use it in our agreements, in our help articles, and in our Privacy Policy.
Depending on where you are located, you may have certain rights with respect to your personal data, which you can learn about below and exercise here . Regardless of where you call home, you may close your account or request the deletion of all personal information we have about you at any time.
With respect to transfers that involve personal data that is within the scope of European data protection laws, Empowaa relies on standard contractual clauses as a transfer mechanism to reflect relevant compliance requirements.
Certain state laws provide rights for individuals to prevent the “sharing” and “sale” of their personal information. Empowaa does not sell your personal information as the term is commonly understood. But we do allow some advertising vendors to use your personal information for internet-based marketing that may be considered “selling” or “sharing” under those definitions. The only means by which Empowaa may “sell” or “share” your personal information is with our third-party marketing partners.
If you are located in a state that provides this right, you may opt out of the “sale” and “sharing” of your personal information by utilizing the “Do not sell or share my personal info” banner on our website, or clicking corresponding footer link. This opt-out is specific to the browser on the device, so you will need to opt out again if you: 1) later clear your cookies, or 2) visit this site from a different browser or device.
State laws have different definitions for personal information that is inherently more sensitive or would pose a greater risk of harm to the individual if mishandled. Empowaa identifies and appropriately handles the data classified as “sensitive personal information” or other elevated classification. Some state laws allow individuals to limit the use of their sensitive personal information to purposes necessary to perform the services. Empowaa imposes this limitation upon itself inherently, and only uses the limited sensitive personal information it collects to provide, maintain, improve, and secure our services.
We or our service providers may collect the below categories of information for the following business or commercial purposes (as those terms are defined in applicable law):
• Providing the Service (e.g., account servicing and maintenance, matching freelancer talent with client needs, customer service, advertising and marketing, analytics, and communication about the Service);
• Our or our service providers' operational purposes;
• Auditing consumer interactions on our site (e.g., measuring ad impressions);
• Detecting, protecting against, and prosecuting privacy and security incidents and fraudulent or illegal activity;
• Bug detection, error reporting, and activities to maintain the quality or safety of our Service;
• Investigating compliance with, enforcing, and/or complying with the law;
• Short-term, transient use, such as customizing content that we or our service providers display on the Service;
• Improving our existing Service and developing new services (e.g., by conducting research to develop new products or features);
• Other uses that advance our commercial or economic interests, such as third-party advertising and communicating with you about relevant offers from us or third party partners;
• Other uses about which we notify you.
Examples of these types of uses are identified below. We may also use the below categories of personal information for compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and we may combine the information we collect (“aggregate”) or remove pieces of information (“de-identify”) to limit or prevent identification of any particular user or device.
Categories of Personal Information We Collect
Identifiers, such as Name, Email Address, Phone Number, Date of Birth, Social Media Account Information, Profile Data, IP Address
Sensitive Personal Information, such as Social Security Number, Driver’s License, State Identification or Passport Number
Commercial Information, such as data associated with a transaction.
Financial Data, such as Credit card or other financial account information, and billing address
Internet or Other Network or Device Activities, such as Unique device and app identifiers, browsing history or other usage data, , the browser and operating system you are using, the URL or advertisement that referred you to the Service, the search terms you entered into a search engine that led you to the Service, areas within the Service that you visited, which links you clicked on, which pages or content you viewed and for how long, other similar information and statistics about your interactions, such as content response times, download errors and length of visits to certain pages and other information commonly shared when browsers communicate with websites
Geolocation Information, such as your general location.
Sensory Information, such as Audio recordings if you call our customer service, video recording (if you provide permission).
Other information that identifies or can be reasonably associated with you, such as User-generated content, (e.g., community posts, feedback and job postings), photographs, examples of your work, information on work previously performed via the Service and outside the Service, skills, tests taken, test scores, hourly pay rates and earnings information.
Business Purpose for Collection of Personal Information
Providing and Improving the Service, Identification, Communications, Marketing/Advertising, Security, Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Obligations.
Verify your identity and to detect fraud, identity theft, or other misuse of your account.
Providing and Improving the Service, Identification, Communications, Marketing/Advertising, Security, Legal, Compliance and Regulatory Obligations.
We do not sell your personal information as that term is traditionally defined, however, we may use cookies on our site that are placed by a third party for the purposes of advertising or marketing to you. For these purposes, the categories of Identifiers and Internet or Other Network or Device Activities may be “shared” or “sold.”
You may opt out of the “sale” and “sharing” of your personal information by utilizing the “Do not sell or share my personal info” banner on our website, or clicking corresponding footer link. This opt out is specific to the browser on the device, so you will need to opt out again if you: 1) later clear your cookies, or 2) visit this site from a different browser or device.
For all of the categories above, we will only retain your personal information for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements.
Unless you request that we delete certain information (see Your Choices and Rights below), we retain government-issued identification documents you submit to verify your identity for 30 days, selfies you submit to verify your identity for 180 days, a copy of the headshot image from your identity document for 3 years, and other information we collect for longer. Your information may persist in copies made for ongoing fraud prevention, backup, and business continuity purposes for additional time.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please email us at support@empowaa.com You will be required to verify your identity before we fulfill your request. You can also designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. To do so, you must provide us with written authorization or a power of attorney, signed by you, for the agent to act on your behalf. You will still need to verify your identity directly with us.
Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. For example, we need certain types of information so that we can provide the Service to you. If you ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use the Service.