Privacy
Bloomberg Finance L.P., its operating agent Bloomberg L.P., and their affiliates
(together, “Bloomberg”) respect the privacy rights of our users and are strongly
committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy applies to personal information
collected through the FailStation product web site (“this Site”) and other Bloomberg
web sites and products or services as expressly indicated by Bloomberg, including
by providing a link to this Privacy Policy or otherwise displaying these terms.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to any other products or services of Bloomberg.
If you are a California resident, please refer to the Privacy Policy’s “California”
section for more information.
Personal Information We Collect
Bloomberg, or where relevant a designated service provider, collects personal information
through this Site, such as during registration or when you request certain services
or products, which may include your name, phone number, email address, contact information,
and password. If you do not provide certain personal information, not all functionality
on this Site will be available.
Do not provide information about others unless you are authorized to do so and consent
to have all information used, disclosed, and transferred in accordance with this
Privacy Policy. By submitting the information about others, you represent and warrant
that you are authorized to do so and that you have received authorization from the
person about whom you are providing the information and that person has consented
to have all information used, disclosed, and transferred in accordance with this
Privacy Policy
Bloomberg or a designated service provider may use “cookies,” web server logs, web
beacons, or other electronic tools to collect information about you, such as your
IP address, browser type, language, operating system, computer platform, and the
state or country from which you accessed this Site. Bloomberg or a designated service
provider may also use cookies, web server logs, web beacons, or other electronic
tools to collect and compile statistical and other information about your use of
this Site and the services provided on this Site, such as the web pages visited,
the date and the time of your visit, the web sites you visited immediately before
and after visiting this Site, the number of links you click within this Site, the
functions you use on this Site, the databases you view and the searches you request
on this Site, the data you save on or download from this Site, etc. To opt-out
of Google Analytics, please click
here.
A cookie is a small text file placed on your computer. Most browsers are set to
accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually set your browser to disable
cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. The help function on most
browsers contains instructions on how to set your browser to notify you before accepting
cookies or to disable cookies entirely. However, note that this Site will not function
properly if you disable cookies.
How We Use and Disclose Your Personal Information
Bloomberg uses this information for carefully considered business purposes which
also benefit our customers and which include some or all of the following:
- to provide our products and services
- to communicate with you
- to help Bloomberg improve our products and services and develop new products and
services
- to provide support for our products and services, and for Bloomberg internal quality
control purposes
- to provide you with offers and promotions about services and products of Bloomberg
or of other third parties that may be of interest to you
- to enhance your experience with this Site, including to save your preferences and
login information
- to analyze web site usage and analyze use of the Site
- to protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of Bloomberg or others and
to monitor compliance with and enforce any agreement with Bloomberg
- to operate our services, products and systems properly.
You may instruct Bloomberg at any time not to use your personal information collected
through this Site to provide you with offers and promotions by
contacting
privacy@bloomberg.com. You can also update your
settings for receiving offers and promotions by clicking
here.
Please also note that these processes may take some time to complete, consistent with applicable law.
Please note that if you exercise choice in this manner, you will continue to receive
communications concerning your account and products and services you requested,
and in response to any requests for information by you.
To assist us with the uses described in this privacy policy, information we or our
designated service providers have collected about you through this Site, including
your use of this Site, may be aggregated, analyzed or enhanced with personal or
other information about you that we have from other sources.
Bloomberg may disclose your personal information to our affiliates (including affiliated
websites and other products under common ownership or control) and our service providers,
including for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, and to the party who
authorized your use of this Site, such as your employer, and other authorized users
of the Site as designated by your employer. Bloomberg may disclose to other third
parties, including other users of this Site, information about your use of this
Site and the services provided on this Site, but only in an aggregated and unattributed
manner. Bloomberg may also share your personal information collected through this
Site with a sponsor or other third party (“Third-Party Providers”) that provides
you with offers or promotions that may be of interest to you. You may instruct Bloomberg
at any time not to share your personal information with such Third Party Providers
by contacting
privacy@bloomberg.com.
Please note that (i) this process may take some time to complete, consistent with
applicable law; and (ii) even after such process is completed, your personal information
may continue to be shared with our affiliates (including affiliated websites and
other products under common ownership or control) and designated service providers.
Bloomberg may also disclose your personal information to unaffiliated third parties
if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with
any applicable law, rule or regulation or in response to a subpoena, court order,
or other legal process, subject to
Bloomberg’s Law Enforcement Data Request Statement; (b) protect the interests,
rights, safety, or property of Bloomberg or others; (c) monitor compliance with
and enforce any terms of service on this Site; (d) provide our services and products
(including allowing a purchaser of Bloomberg to continue to serve you); (e) perform
other activities related to such services and products, including billing and collection;
(f) provide you with offers or promotions from Bloomberg; or (g) operate the systems
that provide our services and products properly.
The collection, further use, and/or disclosure of your information by Third-party
Providers or by other third parties is not the responsibility of Bloomberg. Rather,
such collection, use, and/or disclosure is governed by the third parties’ privacy
policies
Accuracy, Security and Retention of Your Personal Information
Any of your personal information collected by Bloomberg Group through this Site
is kept on secure servers. Bloomberg uses security measures appropriate to the provision
of the relevant product or service, such as reasonable administrative, technical,
personnel, and physical measures to protect your personal information on such servers.
To help us protect your privacy, you should maintain the secrecy of your username
and password you set up in connection with your participation in this Site’s service.
Personal information is retained for as long as is necessary for the purpose for
which it is collected, including legitimate business reasons, and/or legal and regulatory
requirements.
Rights with respect to Your Personal Information
Depending on the jurisdiction, you may have the right to access, correct, delete
or restrict use of certain personal information collected about you through this
Site. Depending on the jurisdiction, you may also have the right to request that
we refrain from processing personal information. Please bear in mind that if you
make such a request this may affect our ability to provide our products and services.
For inquiries about your personal information, please contact us by clicking
here.While Bloomberg will make reasonable efforts to accommodate your request,
we also reserve the right to impose certain restrictions and requirements on such
requests, if allowed or required by applicable laws. Please note that it may take
some time to process your request, consistent with applicable law.
If you wish to access, review, rectify, or delete personal information about you
contained in public records information, you will need to contact the third-party
supplier of the information directly. If you have any questions regarding public
records information on this Site, please contact us at
privacy@bloomberg.com.
Transfer of Your Personal Information to Other Countries
Some of the uses and disclosures mentioned in this Privacy Policy may involve the
transfer and processing of your personal information outside the country in which
you are based, including to and in the United States, and/or to and in other countries
that may have different levels of privacy protection than your country. If you are
located in the European Economic Area or the UK, this includes transfers to countries
of which the relevant data protection authorities have not issued an adequacy decision.
By using our products and services, you acknowledge and agree to such transfers
and to the processing of this information in various other countries. Bloomberg
implements appropriate safeguards to protect your personal information, such as
European Commission-approved standard contractual clauses. Bloomberg’s Intra-Group
Personal Data Protection Statement provides additional information about the transfer
of personal information from the EEA, and Switzerland to the United States and is
available
here.
Links to Third-Party Web Sites
Bloomberg may provide links to third-party web sites. Since we do not control third-party
sites and are not responsible for any information you may provide while on such
sites, we encourage you to read the privacy policies on those web sites before providing
any of your information on such sites.
Questions Regarding This Privacy Policy
If you have questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact us at
privacy@bloomberg.com.
If you have any complaints about Bloomberg’s processing of your personal information, you may have the
right to contact the applicable supervisory authority.
California
If you are a California resident, the information below applies to you and supplements
the information provided above.
Certain information collected through this Site, including your account log-in and
password, may constitute “sensitive personal information” as that term is defined
by the California privacy law. However, Bloomberg only uses such information to
provide and facilitate the services or as otherwise permitted under California privacy
law.
The California privacy law’s definition of “sale” or “share is broad and may include
sharing practices that are typical amongst organizations. However, Bloomberg does
not “sell” personal information covered by this Privacy Policy, nor do we “share”
such personal information as that term is defined under California.
If you choose to exercise the rights set out in this Privacy Policy, you also have
the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your rights.
Modifications to This Privacy Policy
Bloomberg reserves the right to change this privacy policy at any time by posting
revisions on this web page.
Such changes will be effective upon posting.
Last updated: September 21, 2023