Privacy Notice

This privacy notice (the “Privacy Notice”) constitutes an agreement between you and Madeium, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, "Madeium", “we” or “us”) while accessing and using https://www.madeium.com/ or other websites that we own or operate (collectively, the “Site”), or while using our platform, directory, forum, and other resources and services (collectively, the “Membership Services”), and is governed by and a part of our Terms of Use. Any terms defined in the Terms of Use have the same meaning when used in this Privacy Notice. Your privacy is important, and we encourage you to read this Privacy Notice carefully to understand the information we collect and what we do with it.

Scope

This Privacy Notice applies to information that we collect when you visit the Site, use our Membership Services, or submit information or communicate with us via the Site, the Madeium platform (“Platform”), email, telephone or any other means. You might interact with us as a Site visitor, a creative within the Madeium network (“Creative”), a client within the Madeium network (“Client”), or a user with a free limited account to access certain information on the Site or Platform (“Free User”). Please note, this Privacy Notice DOES NOT apply to any information collected on or through websites, apps or other platforms not owned or operated by Madeium, or information collected and posted to the Site or the Platform by any party other than Madeium.

This Privacy Notice also contains information about privacy rights specific to California residents, residents of the European Union and Canadian citizens.

Consent

By accessing the Site, using our Membership Services, or submitting information to Madeium in any way, you consent to this Privacy Notice and the collection and use of information as described below. At different stages of collecting information, we will take steps to notify you and to confirm that you agree. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you may not be able to access or benefit from certain Madeium Services.

Personal Information

As used in this Privacy Notice, “Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual consumer or device, such as:

Personal Information does not include (a) publicly available information; (b) aggregate information, meaning data about a group or category of services or users from which individual identities and other Personal Information has been removed; or (c) deidentified information that cannot be easily linked back to the individual.

Lawful Basis

We will only collect your Personal Information (a) when applicable, with your consent; (b) if we have a legitimate interest in doing so; or (c) as authorized or required by law. We will limit the collection of Personal Information to that which is reasonable and necessary. If we collect or use your Personal Information based on your consent, we will also notify you of any changes and will request your further consent as needed.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

The types of Personal Information we collect about you and the manner of collection depends on how you interact with Madeium, whether as a Creative, Client, Free user, or Site visitor.

Categories. During the preceding 12 months, we have collected these categories of Personal Information:

Sources. We collect Personal Information from these sources:

In addition to the specific uses above, we may also use your Personal Information to:

Disclosure of Personal Information

In the preceding 12 months, Madeium has disclosed the following categories of Personal Information for a business purpose:

Madeium may disclose Personal Information for a business purpose to the following:

Aggregated and Deidentified Information. We reserve the right to share aggregated, anonymized, or deidentified information about any individuals with nonaffiliated entities for marketing, advertising, research or other purposes, without restriction. No Sale of Personal Information. Madeium does not, and will not, sell your Personal Information.

Controlling Your Personal Information

Madeium provides you the ability to exercise certain controls and choices regarding our collection, use and sharing of your Personal Information. Depending on where you reside, your options to control your Personal Information may include some or all of the following:

This Privacy Notice provides further detailed information for residents of California, the European Union, and citizens of Canada.