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The Innovation Insiders: Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement explains how The Innovation Insiders, a joint venture operated directly by its co-founders, from Educate On Purpose and Redefine Training & Education, ("we," "us," "our"), collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal data when you join and participate in our community hosted on the Substack platform. Our mission is to support educators globally in building their technology knowledge, skills, and confidence. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data transparently and securely.
This Statement should be read alongside Substack's own Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, as Substack acts as the platform provider and processes data according to their own policies.
Data Controllers: For the purpose of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR & the Data Protection Act 2018) and EU GDPR, and acting consistently with US privacy principles, the co-founders of "The Innovation Insiders" are the joint data controllers for the personal data collected specifically for managing our community membership, engagement, and communications beyond Substack’s core platform functions.
Substack is a separate data controller for data processed through their platform services.
Inquiries regarding "The Innovation Insiders" Data Protection Practices can be directed to the contact details in Section 12.
What Personal Data We Collect: We collect information you provide directly when you subscribe, create a profile, post content, comment, or communicate within the community.
This may include:Contact Information: Name, email address.
Profile Information: Username, profile picture, biographical details, professional information (e.g., school, role, subjects taught) you choose to share.
User-Generated Content: Posts, comments, questions, feedback, ideas, and any other information you voluntarily share within the community.
Communications: Records of your correspondence with us (e.g., support requests).
We also indirectly receive information via the Substack platform, which may include technical data like IP address, browser type, engagement metrics (e.g., post views, clicks), approximate location based on IP address.
Please see Substack's Privacy Policy for details.
How We Use Your Personal Data & Our Legal Basis
We use your personal data for the following purposes:To Operate the Community: Manage your membership, facilitate discussions, share relevant content, and enable member interaction.
Legal Basis: Necessary for the performance of a contract (providing the community service you signed up for) and our legitimate interests (operating and growing an engaged, supportive community, balanced against your rights).
To Communicate With You: Send newsletters, updates, announcements, respond to inquiries, and provide support.
Legal Basis: Necessary for the performance of a contract; our legitimate interests (keeping members informed and engaged); consent (for specific marketing communications if ever implemented, which you could withdraw).
To Improve Our Community: Analyze usage patterns (often using aggregated/anonymized data provided by Substack) to understand member needs, enhance content, and improve the user experience.
Legal Basis: Our legitimate interests (improving our service offering and ensuring it meets member needs, balanced against your rights).
To Ensure Safety and Compliance: Monitor for breaches of our Community Guidelines, enforce terms, protect the rights and safety of our members, the public, and ourselves, and comply with legal obligations.
Legal Basis: Our legitimate interests (maintaining a safe, respectful, and lawful community); compliance with a legal obligation.
How We Share Your Personal Data: We do not sell your personal data. We limit sharing to the following:
With Substack: As the platform provider, Substack processes your data per its policies.
With Other Members: Information you voluntarily share in public community spaces (posts, comments, public profile details) is visible to other members. Be mindful of what you share.
With Service Providers: We may use third-party tools (e.g., for email list management if separate from Substack) under strict confidentiality agreements, processing data only on our instructions.
For Legal Reasons: If required by law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of The Innovation Insiders, our members, or others.
In Case of Business Transfer: If the joint venture undergoes a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred, subject to confidentiality protections.
Aggregated/Anonymized Data: We may share aggregated or anonymised data (which doesn't identify you) for analysis or reporting.
International Data Transfers: Your participation involves processing data in the UK, USA (where one co-founder and Substack are based), and potentially other countries where members reside.
By participating you acknowledge that your data will be transferred internationally.
We rely on Substack's data transfer mechanisms (e.g., Standard Contractual Clauses) for platform transfers. For data we control directly, we ensure appropriate safeguards consistent with UK GDPR requirements are applied to transfers outside these regions.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: The Substack platform uses cookies and similar technologies for functionality, performance, and analytics. Your management of these cookies (including consent where required) is primarily handled through Substack's platform settings and is governed by their Cookie Policy. We do not deploy additional tracking cookies ourselves beyond those inherent to the Substack platform used for community operation. Regarding "Do Not Track" browser signals, like many services, we do not currently alter our practices based on these signals, primarily relying on Substack's handling of such technical aspects.
Data Security: We use reasonable measures to protect your data but cannot guarantee absolute security over the internet.
You are also responsible for keeping your account secure (e.g., strong password, multi-factor authentication, etc).
Data Retention: We keep your personal data as long as you are a member and as needed to fulfill the purposes described, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.
UK Data Retention Policy
Please note that you can manage or delete your profile information and content through your Substack account.
Your Data Protection Rights: Depending on your location, you have rights over your personal data.
UK/EEA Residents (e.g. UK under GDPR, EU under GDPR):
You have the right to:Access: Request copies of your data.
Rectification: Ask us to correct inaccurate data.
Erasure ('Right to be Forgotten'): Ask us to delete your data (under certain conditions, e.g., it's no longer needed).
Restrict Processing: Ask us to limit how we use your data (under certain conditions).
Object to Processing: Object to use based on legitimate interests.
Data Portability: Request transfer of your data to you or another organisation (in a structured format, under certain conditions).
Withdraw Consent: If we rely on consent, you can withdraw it anytime.
US Residents (e.g., California under CCPA/CPRA):
You may have similar rights, such as:Right to Know: Understand the categories and specifics of personal information collected, used, and shared.
Right to Delete: Request deletion of your personal information (subject to exceptions).
Right to Correct: Request correction of inaccurate information.
Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: We do not "sell" personal data in the traditional sense. We also do not "share" it for cross-context behavioural advertising.
Right to Non-Discrimination: You won't be penalised for exercising your privacy rights.
Exercising Your Rights: To exercise any applicable rights regarding data controlled by “The Innovation Insiders”, please contact us using the details below. We will respond according to applicable law. For data controlled solely by Substack, please refer to their policies and support channels.
Complaints: You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority (e.g., the ICO in the UK).
Age Requirements Privacy: In addition to Substack’s Terms of Service, which clearly indicate that you must be 16 years of age or older to use Substack, “The Innovation Insiders” Community is for adults over 18 working in the education sector. This includes teachers, administrators, educational consultants, and educational technology professionals.
We do not knowingly collect data from children under the age of 18. If we discover it, we will delete it.
By participating in this community, you certify that you are an adult over the age of 18 years, working in the education sector.
Changes to This Privacy Statement: We may update this Statement as and when needed.
Significant changes will be communicated within the community or via email.
Continued participation implies acceptance.
Contact Us: For questions about this Privacy Statement or our Data Practices, or to exercise your rights regarding data we control, please contact the co-founders who manage data protection inquiries at: [info+i2@educateonpurpose.com].
Agreement: Participating in this community certifies that you have read and agree with all of this Privacy Policy, and agree to indemnify and hold harmless “The Innovation Insiders” and its co-founders against any claims, costs, damages, or legal fees incurred due to your breach of this Privacy Policy, your violation of any law, or the content you submit.