Fractionally® Privacy Notice
Protecting your private information is our priority. This Privacy Notice governs our data collection and usage through the Service (as defined below). The Fractionally® website is a recruiting technology site. You consent to the data practices described in this Privacy Notice by using the Service.
Fractionally® offers a proprietary marketplace (the “Platform”) that connects consultants (each, a “Consultant”) and companies, businesses, and entrepreneurs (each, a “Business”) for engagements to provide professional, consultative, and advisory services (collectively, “Project Services”). The Platform is offered through our websites, joinfractionally.com and app.joinfractionally.com (with any additional or successor websites, “Website”). We'll collectively refer to the Platform, the Website, and any content, functionality, materials, and services available or offered on or through the Platform or the Website as the “Service.”
Collection of your Personal Information
To provide you with products and services offered by our Service, Fractionally® may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
First and Last Name
Mailing Address
E-mail Address
Phone Number
If you are a Business, we may collect credit card and/or other billing information. If you are a Consultant, you may be required to provide banking information for funds deposits or refunds. In each case, This information is used to facilitate engagements for Project Services and may be shared with our third-party payment processor(s).
Fractionally® may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your:
Age
Gender
Race
Religion
Political Affiliation
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through the Service, this information may be collected and used by others, including Businesses.
We do not collect your personal information unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available through the Service. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering sweepstakes or contests sponsored by one of our partners or us; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an e-mail message; (e) submitting your payment information. We will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you about services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future, in which case we will update this Privacy Notice as appropriate.
Use of your Personal Information
Fractionally® collects and uses your personal information to operate its services and deliver the services you have requested.
Fractionally® may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Fractionally®.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Fractionally® does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Fractionally® may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you e-mail or postal mail, process invoices and payments, or provide customer support. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Fractionally®, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your data.
Fractionally® may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Fractionally® or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Fractionally®; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Fractionally®, or the public.
Tracking User Behavior
Fractionally® may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within the Service to determine which Fractionally® products and services are the most popular. We use this data to deliver customized content and advertising to users whose behavior indicates interest in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Fractionally® may automatically collect information about your computer hardware and software. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the Service, to maintain the quality of the Service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the Website.
Use of Cookies
The Website may use "cookies" for authentication and authorization of your use of the Service and/or to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Fractionally® pages or register for a Fractionally® account, a cookie helps Fractionally® to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies recording your personal information, such as e-mail address, billing address, etc. When you return to the same Fractionally® page, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Fractionally® features you customized.
You can accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the portion of the Service or Website you visit.
Links
The Service may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content, p’ content, or privacy practices. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Service and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Security of your Personal Information
Fractionally® secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Fractionally® uses SSL Protocol for this purpose.
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no Internet or wireless network data transmission can be guaranteed 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) the security, integrity, and privacy of any information and data exchanged between you and us through the Service cannot be guaranteed.
Children Under Thirteen
Fractionally® does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under thirteen. If you are under thirteen, please do not use the Service.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, Fractionally® may contact you via e-mail to provide announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and other general communication. To improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an e-mail from Fractionally® or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via e-mail from Fractionally®, you may opt out of such communications by managing contact preferences in your account profile.
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Changes to this Statement
Fractionally® reserves the right to change this Privacy Notice from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in how we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary e-mail address specified in your account, placing a prominent notice on our Website, and/or updating this Privacy Notice. Your continued use of the Service after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Notice; and (b) agreement to be bound by the modified Privacy Notice.
Contact Information
Fractionally® welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Privacy Notice. Please get in touch with us at:
E-mail Address: privacy@fractionally.com
Last updated: March 6, 2023.