Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to the Financial Transactions Big Data Global Research Network (FTGRN). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy will inform you about how we handle your personal information when you visit our website, interact with us, and use our services.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following types of personal data:

• Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, institutional affiliation, and other contact details when you reach out to us, sign up for our newsletters, or join our network.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, time spent on our site, and referring websites.
• Communication Data: Records of any correspondence between you and FTGRN, including emails, meeting notes, and feedback.
• Professional Information: Academic credentials, research interests, institutional affiliations, and professional background when participating in network activities.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the personal data we collect for the following purposes:

• To Provide and Improve Our Services: Ensuring our website content is presented in the most effective manner for you and your device, facilitating network participation, and managing research collaborations.
• To Communicate with You: Responding to your inquiries, sending newsletters with updates about our research activities and events, providing information about our network initiatives, and facilitating collaboration opportunities.
• Newsletter Communications: When you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use your email address to send you regular communications about research updates, upcoming events, publication releases, collaboration opportunities, and other network-related information.
• For Analytics: Understanding how our website is used to enhance user experience and improve our services.
• Network Administration: Managing membership, coordinating research projects, and facilitating academic and professional connections.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Our legal basis for collecting and using your personal data will depend on the specific context in which we collect it. Generally, we collect personal information only:

• With your consent (such as when subscribing to our newsletter),
• When we need the personal data to perform a contract with you,
• Where the processing is in our legitimate interests (such as facilitating research collaboration) and not overridden by your rights, or
• For compliance with a legal obligation.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal data to outside parties except as described below:

• Service Providers: We may share your data with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, and providing services to you, provided they agree to keep this information confidential.
• Research Collaboration: With your explicit consent, we may share your professional contact information with other network members to facilitate research collaboration and academic partnerships.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal data to comply with any legal obligations or to protect the rights, property, or safety of FTGRN, our members, or others.

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Newsletter subscriptions will be maintained until you unsubscribe.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Access: You can request access to your personal data and obtain a copy of it.
• Correction: You can request the correction of any inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Deletion: You can request the deletion of your personal data when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
• Objection: You can object to the processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests.
• Restriction: You can request the restriction of processing of your personal data.
• Portability: You can request the transfer of your personal data to another party.
• Unsubscribe: You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails or contacting us directly.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at contact@ftgrn.org.

9. Network Membership and Data Access Disclaimer

Data Collaboration Process: When data is made available for research purposes, it is provided exclusively to designated working groups through the collaboration of qualified data engineers from participating institutions. These data engineers are the sole individuals with authorized access to such data and operate under strict confidentiality and security protocols.

Limitation of Liability: FTGRN cannot be held liable for any data-related issues, breaches, or disputes arising from the data practices of individual network partners. The network serves as a facilitator of collaboration but does not assume responsibility for the data management practices of its members.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify subscribers of material changes through our newsletter and encourage all users to review this policy periodically.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Thank you for visiting FTGRN. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring a safe online experience while facilitating meaningful research collaboration for the public good.