Privacy Policy

Higher Ground is owned and operated by Higher Ground Network Pty Ltd (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Higher Ground”, “HigherGround”, HG, “we” or “us”). Higher Ground takes your privacy very seriously. We provide this Privacy Policy to inform you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information we receive from users of  (the "Site") and our application for mobile devices (the "Application"). Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service (terms).

Scope

This Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time, applies only to information that you provide to us through the Site and Application. Please note that the Site and Application may contain links to other websites. If you click on a link to another website, this Privacy Policy will not apply to any information collected on that website. Higher Ground is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of these other websites, and we recommend that you read the privacy policies of each website that you visit.

As used in this policy, the terms "using" and "processing" information include using cookies on a computer, subjecting the information to statistical or other analysis and using or handling information in any way, including, but not limited to collecting, storing, evaluating, modifying, deleting, using, combining, disclosing and transferring information within our organization or among our affiliates within the United States or internationally.

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The Collection of Information

Our principal goals in collecting information are to provide and improve our Site, Application, services, features and content, to administer your use of the Site and Application (collectively, the "Service") and to enable users to enjoy and easily navigate the Site and Application. The types of information that we collect include:

Information you provide to us

Personal Information: You may browse the Site and Application without providing any personal information that may be used to identify you personally. However, when you register for and use the Service, access certain content or features, or directly contact the Site or Application, we may ask you to provide information, including:

• your name, phone number, mobile phone number, email address and postal address;

• your username, password, and account setting preferences;

• your credit card number, billing address and other billing related information.

(collectively, “Personal Information”) Information automatically collected when you visit and interact on the Site or Application, certain information is collected automatically, including:

Non-Identifying Information: We collect other non-identifying information you provide as part of the registration, administration and personalization of your Higher Ground  Account profile (e.g. account preferences) (“Non-Identifying Information”). We may combine your Personal Information with Non-Identifying Information and aggregate it with information collected from other Higher Ground Users (defined below) to attempt to provide you with a better experience, to improve the quality and value of the Site, Application and Service and to analyse and understand how our Site, Application and Service are used. We may also use the combined information without aggregating it to serve you specifically, for instance to deliver a product to you according to your preferences or restrictions.

Log Data: When you visit the Site and Application, whether as a Member or a non-registered user (any of these, a "Higher Ground User"), our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website ("Log Data"). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type or the webpage you were visiting before you came to our Site and Application, pages of our Site and Application that you visit, the time spent on those pages, information you search for on our Site and Application, access times and dates, and other statistics. We use this information to monitor and analyse use of the Site, Application and the Service and for the Site and Application’s technical administration, to increase our Site and Application’s functionality and user-friendliness, and to better tailor our Site and Application to our visitors’ needs. We do not treat Log Data as Personal Information or use it in association with other Personal Information, though we may aggregate, analyse and evaluate such information for the same purposes as stated above regarding other Non-Identifying Information.

Use of Your Information

We do not use Personal Information for purposes other than those disclosed to you in this Privacy Policy and/or at the time it was collected, except with your consent or as required by law. We collect information for one or more of the following purposes:

Email Communications: We may use the information that we collect to send you email communications or information about your account or changes to the Site, Application or Service (including changes to the Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy).

Mobile Communications: With your consent, we may use your mobile phone number to send you information, notifications and updates regarding the Site, Application or Service.

Profile Information: We use the information we collect at registration to create your Higher Ground Account and Higher Ground Account profile page. Your Higher Ground Account profile page will include, among other things, your first and last name, your profile picture and your location. You can select the other items of Personal Information that you wish to be included in your Higher Ground Account profile page – including, but not limited to, a list of the TPSP groups to which you belong, a list of any of your TPSP friends or connections who are also Members of Higher Ground , connections you have established between your Higher Ground Account and any TPSPs, and a biography and links to your Listings, if applicable (together, your "Profile Information"). We will display your Profile Information in your Higher Ground Account profile page publicly via the Site and Application, and, with your prior permission, on third party sites. Any information you choose to provide as part of your Profile Information will be publicly visible to all Higher Ground Users and consequently should reflect how much you want other Higher Ground Users to know about you. We recommend that you guard your anonymity and sensitive information and we encourage Members to exercise caution regarding the information disclosed in their Higher Ground Account profile page. You can review and edit your Profile Information at any time.

Listings: If you create a Listing, we may publish, use, share or otherwise disclose the Content of that Listing publicly via the Site and Application and may enable third parties to publish the Listing on their websites.

Higher Ground Marketing:  We may also use your Personal Information to contact you with Higher Ground newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of these marketing related notifications at any time by accessing the “Manage Notifications” section of your Higher Ground Account. Please note that we may also use your Personal Information to contact you with information related to your use of the Service; you may not opt out of these notifications.

Request Fulfilment: We may use the information that we collect to fulfil your requests for products, services and information. For example, we may use your information to respond to your customer service requests.

Data Analysis: In order to learn more about how our Site, Application and Service are used, we aggregate and analyse the data we collect. We may use the information, for example, to monitor and analyse use of the Site, Application and Service, to improve the functionality of same and to better tailor our content and design to suit our visitors’ needs.

Testimonials: Higher Ground posts testimonials on the Site and Application. With your consent, we may post your testimonial on the Site and Application along with your name. To have your testimonial removed, please contact us at .

Information Sharing and Disclosure

We do not share or disclose Personal Information for purposes other than those disclosed to you in this Privacy Policy and/or at the time it was collected, except with your consent or as required by law. We will make information about you available to other companies, applications, or people in the circumstances listed below:

Analysis: We may share aggregated information that does not include Personal Information and we may otherwise disclose Non-Identifying Information and Log Data with third parties for industry analysis, demographic profiling, payment processing, customer service and other purposes. Any aggregated information shared in these contexts will not contain your Personal Information.

Service Delivery: We may employ third party companies and individuals to perform Site-related services, including maintenance services, database management, web analytics, data processing and email and text message distribution. These third parties have access to your information only to perform these tasks on our behalf.

Corporate Transaction: We may share information about you in the event that the Site is acquired by or merged with another company or a similar corporate transaction takes place. However, we will notify you by placing a prominent notice on the Site or sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account before your information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Investigations: We may share information about you to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety or other rights and interests of any person, violations of Higher Ground’s Terms of Service, or as otherwise required by law.

Compliance with Laws: We may share information about you to respond to subpoenas, search warrants, judicial proceedings, court orders, legal process, or other law enforcement measures, to establish or exercise our legal rights, or to defend against legal claims.

Updating and Deleting your Personal Information

All Members may review, update, correct or delete the Personal Information in their registration profile by contacting us at  or editing their profile. If you would like us to deactivate your Higher Ground Account, please contact us or select the "Cancel Account" feature of the Service and we will attempt to accommodate your request if we do not have any legal obligation or a legitimate business reason to retain the information contained in your Higher Ground Account. Please note that if you cancel your Higher Ground Account, any of your Member Content on the Site and Application will remain publicly viewable via the Site and Application. Please see below for privacy contact information

Security and Data Retention

To protect your privacy and information, Higher Ground uses multiple security procedures and practices to protect from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification and disclosure of Personal Information of users.

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Financial Compliance

To receive monies from Higher Ground, members must comply with local and international legislation and best-practice. Higher Ground may therefore request information and/or documentation to comply to these obligations. These obligations include, and is not limited to, Anti Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Client (KYC), Anti-terrorist financing and/or payments to or from sanctioned countries, regions or states. By accepting this policy, you agree that Higher Ground reserves the right to cease payments to its members until such time that the information or documentation requested is supplied to Higher Ground and is deemed satisfactory in quality or content by means of approval from Higher Ground. Should the company learn that a member or members do not comply with these conditions, Higher Ground reserves the right to discontinue service to its members and report breaches of these conditions for formal action or guidance by local or international regulating bodies. 

When you enter Personal Information on our Site and Application, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). SSL creates a secured connection between our web servers and your browser, which protects against unauthorized access to transmitted data and supports data being sent only to intended recipients.

Your Personal Information is password protected and our main servers are locked and hosted by a leading provider of Internet access to enterprises with mission-critical Internet application requirements. Access to the host environment is secure.

Identity theft and the practice currently known as "phishing" are of great concern to Higher Ground. Safeguarding information to help protect you from identity theft is a top priority. We do not and will not, at any time, request your credit card information, your Higher Ground Account ID, login password, or national identification numbers in a non-secure or unsolicited email or telephone communication.

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the Personal Information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Site and Application, you can contact us at .

Note that we will make any legally required disclosures of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored "personal data" (as defined in applicable state statutes on security breach notification) to you via email or conspicuous posting on the Site and Application in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, insofar as consistent with (i) the legitimate needs of law enforcement or (ii) any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system.

Sharing personal email addresses, phone numbers, Skype/IM usernames or any other personal contact details.

All communications, information and files exchanged should be performed exclusively using Higher Ground’s messaging system. The main reason this it is required is to keep communications and transactions on Higher Ground is for your safety. The internet industry has traditionally been inundated with risk and uncertainty. Higher Ground is a new form of communications. For this community to thrive, security and trust must be maintained for all users. This is only possible through maintaining initial conversations within the Higher Ground application. Protecting our users’ privacy is of critical concern for everyone on the Higher Ground team. To protect our users’ privacy, personal information should be kept anonymous. Requesting or providing email addresses, skype/IM usernames or other personal contact details (other than your name) are strictly prohibited. Higher Ground’s Call Back service and User Inboxes are designed to enable communication between all users.

Access

We will make available to you any of your personal information that we have collected, used or disclosed upon request. Please contact us at admin@higherground.ai.

Updates to This Policy

By using the Site, Application and Service you are accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy, as it may be amended from time to time. Please check the date of this Policy each time you visit to ensure that you are aware of the most current version. If you do not agree to the terms of this Policy, please do not use this Site, Application and Service.

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by email (sent to the email address specified in your Higher Ground Account) or by means of a notice on the Site and Application prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

Addressing Your Concerns

We are accountable for our compliance with this Privacy Policy and the Personal Information under our control. We have implemented policies and practices to give effect to this policy, including training and communicating with our employees the importance of privacy. We regularly monitor our procedures and security measures to ensure that they remain effective and that they are being properly administered. If you have questions or suggestions or wish to contact our Privacy Officer, please complete this feedback form or you can contact us at: admin@higherground.ai.

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