PRIVACY POLICY

American Gig Workers Association (AGWA)
Security/Privacy Statement
 
Last Revised: June 18, 2024
Last Reviewed: June 18, 2024

The American Gig Workers Association (AGWA) is committed to respecting the privacy and security of your general and personally identifiable information ("PII"). Any general and personal information you provide as part of your member registration will be used solely to verify your membership and provide you with information and services regarding the AGWA program. This policy is intended to help you understand our privacy practices in collecting, using, and disclosing information related to your use of our services. By using our services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

AGWA uses the information we collect to respond to your inquiries, fulfill your requests, and send you administrative information, such as updates to policies or products and services. The information we collect may also be used to personalize your experience and offer you products, programs, features, or services that may be of interest.

AGWA may also use the information we collect from and about you for internal business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, and improving our marketing and services. AGWA will retain collected information indefinitely or until (A) deemed unnecessary by AGWA, (B) a data deletion is requested by the Participating Organization, or (C) a data deletion request is submitted by the member through the My Profile section of their Participating Organization's Perks program website.

AGWA engages certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to AGWA, including, but not limited to, hosting and maintenance, customer relationship management, database storage, management and analysis, and direct marketing campaigns. AGWA may also use third-party vendors to assist in evaluating customer experiences and improving our products and services. AGWA may share your information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these functions and provide such services, and only pursuant to binding contractual obligations requiring such third parties to maintain the privacy and security of your data.

AGWA WILL NOT sell personal information to third parties for any reason. AGWA WILL NOT share or distribute your personal information with third parties except as part of the function of the AGWA program and as required by law. However, AGWA provides the organization through which you receive AGWA benefits (“Participating Organization”) anonymous aggregated data about its participating members and your general information as part of the group, including, but not limited to, your name, address, and email address. However, the Participating Organization does not receive any data or information specific to your individual participation in the AGWA program, including, but not limited to, your purchases, spending patterns, or merchant selection.

AGWA sells some products and services directly to you as a member. In these direct transactions, your financial payment data is encrypted and processed by a third-party bank and AGWA does not see, collect, or store any of your personal financial information. Additionally, AGWA provides discount offers through external hyperlinks to third-party merchants and vendors who may request your email address or other personal information. AGWA is not a party to any transaction between you and a third-party merchant or vendor and is not responsible for any personal information provided by you as part of your transaction. All transactions with third-party merchants or vendors are directly with said merchant or vendor and will be wholly processed by the merchant or vendor, not AGWA.

All issues and disputes with a merchant or vendor, including but not limited to delivery issues and returns of merchandise, should be handled directly with the merchant or vendor, as AGWA is not a party to your transaction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, AGWA is committed to the highest level of customer support and wants to assist you in the event there is an issue or dispute with a merchant or vendor. Therefore, any issue or dispute that cannot be resolved directly with the merchant or vendor can be reported to AGWA by emailing AGWA at support@americangigworkers.org. Please be advised that AGWA does not have any specific authority to compel any action or response by a merchant or vendor, but AGWA will attempt in good faith to address any issue or dispute.

As part of your membership, you have the option to receive a series of monthly “AGWA Spotlight” emails to inform you of new program features, merchant additions, and perks that we think you’ll enjoy. You will receive this email directly from members@americangigworkers.org unless a different email address is specified and requested by your Participating Organization.

Local, regional, national, and international discounts and nearby offers are provided to you based upon the zip code you provide AGWA, or based upon your device’s IP address during your current browser sessions when you click on the “Nearby” button in the discount program’s location setting. If you are using a mobile application to access AGWA you can set your location settings to update periodically or set your location as a static location from the My Account > Location menu. Additionally, you can receive proactive Perk Alerts about nearby discounts by turning on Perk Alerts from the My Account > Settings menu.

If you do not wish to receive our monthly Spotlight emails or other promotional emails, then you may opt out at any time using the unsubscribe links within the email newsletter or by logging in to your AGWA program and updating your email settings under “My Perks > Profile > Email Settings.” Opting out will permanently remove your email address and exclude you from receiving future notifications of additional benefits, services, and discount offers. Additionally, opting out of the Spotlight and other promotional emails will not unsubscribe you from Merchant Alerts you may have subscribed to; merchant alert preferences must be managed individually within your discount program under My Perks > Merchant Alerts.

AGWA’s services are operated in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to AGWA will be transferred to the United States. By using AGWA services and/or providing AGWA with any information, you irrevocably consent to this transfer. Your information and data may be transferred to and maintained in whole or in part on computer networks which may be located outside of the state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction in which you reside, including the United States, which may have different data protection rules than in your jurisdiction.

Online Tracking pursuant to the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA): If you set your browser to “do not track” or to another such mechanism, AGWA will not collect personally identifiable information on your browsing activities over time or across third-party websites or online services. However, as previously stated, you may transact business through AGWA with third-party merchants or vendors. Said third-party merchants and vendors are or may be conducting online tracking of your personally identifiable information on your browsing activities. Be aware that the third-party merchants and vendors may choose not to accept your do not track setting and may continue to track your browsing activities over time or across third-party websites or online services.

Privacy Notice for California Residents: This Privacy Notice for California Residents supplements the information contained in AGWA’s Privacy Policy and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California ("consumers" or "you").

We adopt this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this notice.
Information We Collect:

AGWA collects information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device ("personal information"). Within the last twelve (12) months, AGWA has collected the following categories of personal information from its consumers:

• Identifiers: A real name, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers.

• Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)): A name, address, telephone number, or credit card number. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.

• Commercial information: Products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.

• Internet or other similar network activity: On-site browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.

• Geolocation Data: Physical location or movements.

Personal information does not include:

• Publicly available information from government records.

• De-identified or aggregated consumer information.

• Information excluded from the CCPA's scope, like:

  • Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data.

  • Personal information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994.

AGWA obtains the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

• Directly from you. For example, from forms you complete or products and services you purchase.

• Indirectly from you. For example, from observing your actions on our Website.

• Directly from your Membership Organization. For example, from a Single Sign-On API connection or Member Import from the organization that provides your AGWA membership.

Use of Personal Information:

We may use or disclose the personal information we collect for one or more of the following business purposes:

• To fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information. For example, if you share your name and contact information to request a price quote or ask a question about our products or services, we will use that personal information to respond to your inquiry. If you provide your personal information to purchase a product or service, we will use that information to process your payment and facilitate delivery.

• To provide, support, personalize, and develop our Website, products, and services.

• To create, maintain, customize, and secure your account with us.

• To process your requests, purchases, transactions, and payments and prevent transactional fraud.

• To provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our responses.

• To personalize your Website experience and to deliver content and product and service offerings relevant to your interests, including targeted offers and ads through our Website, third-party sites, and via email or text message (with your consent, where required by law).

• To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Website, products and services, databases, and other technology assets and business.

• For testing, research, analysis, and product development, including to develop and improve our Website, products, and services.

• To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.

• As described to you when collecting your personal information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA.

• To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of AGWA’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by AGWA about our Website users is among the assets transferred.

AGWA will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.

Sharing Personal Information:

AGWA may disclose your personal information to a third party for a business purpose. When we disclose personal information for a business purpose, we enter into a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.

In the preceding twelve (12) months, AGWA has disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business purpose:

• Identifiers

• California Customer Records personal information categories

• Commercial information

• Internet or other similar network activity

• Geolocation Data

AGWA is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. We strive to be transparent about our data collection practices and give you control over your personal data.

By using our services, you consent to the collection, use, and sharing of your information as described in our Privacy Statement.

We encourage you to review our Privacy Statement regularly for updates and to understand your rights and choices regarding your personal information.

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, please contact us through the provided channels. Thank you for being a valued member of the American Gig Workers Association.

Last Revised: June 19, 2024
Last Reviewed: June 19, 2024