Privacy Policy
Connectivity Standards Alliance
The Connectivity Standards Alliance respects your privacy. We want to ensure that you get the
information, content, and experiences that matter most to you. The Connectivity Standards Allianceis committed to protecting the privacy of its members, volunteers, and other industry partners.
Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to all personal data processed by full-time and part-time employees,
volunteers when acting on behalf of the Connectivity Standards Alliance, its contractors andpartners doing business on behalf of the Connectivity Standards Alliance, as well as all legal entities,
and all business processes conducted by the Connectivity Standards Alliance.
What information do we collect?
The Connectivity Standards Alliance collects the following personal data in line with the use
purposes explained in a subsequent section:• Your name and contact details• Online profile data/usage (working groups, etc.)• Registration and participation in Connectivity Standards Alliance meetings, events andactivities• Subscription preferences (working groups, etc.)• Information about service usage• Authentication data (for our Single Sign On Service)• Location information• Other information you upload or provide to us
How do we use your information?
The Connectivity Standards Alliance uses (and, where specified, shares) your personal information
for the following purposes:
To process transactions. Connectivity Standards Alliance uses personal information such as
name, physical address, telephone number, email address, and company/institution to
engage in interactions with you, including contacting you about your membership,collaboration tools subscriptions, or event participation. We use financial/credit card andpayment information to process your order, only at the time of the order, and may need toshare some of this information with merchant (credit card) services, payment gateways, andother third parties to complete the transaction. This information is not stored and is onlyused during the transaction.
To provide support or other services. Connectivity Standards Alliance may use yourpersonal information to provide you with support or other services that you have orderedor requested. Connectivity Standards Alliance may also use your personal information to
respond directly to your requests for information, including registrations for newsletters,

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webinars, or other specific requests, or pass your contact information to the appropriate
Connectivity Standards Alliance staff, member or partner as needed for further follow-up
related to your interests.
To provide information based on your needs and respond to your requests. Connectivity
Standards Alliance may use your personal information to provide you with notices of new
specification releases or tools and service developments.
To provide online forums and social networks. Some services available on the websites
permit you to participate in interactive discussions, post comments, or other content to aworking group or exchange, or otherwise engage in networking activities. Some of thesemessages and discussions are moderated; all may be accessed for technical reasons (forexample, for improvements or bug fixes). Connectivity Standards Alliance does not always
control the content that users may post to these working groups, forums or social networks.
You should carefully consider whether you wish to submit personal information to theseworking groups, forums or social networks and tailor any content you submit appropriately
and in accordance with the relevant terms of use. You should also review any additionalterms and conditions that may govern your use of these services, including terms related tosharing your personal information and receiving communications.
To administer products. Connectivity Standards Alliance may contact you if you purchasecertification services, software licenses and/or user tools to confirm certain information
about your order (for example, that you did not experience problems in the download
process). We may also use this information to confirm compliance with licensing and otherterms of use and may share it with your company/institution.
To select content, improve quality, and facilitate use of the websites. Connectivity
Standards Alliance may use your personal information, including the information gathered
as a result of site navigation and electronic protocols and cookies (including third-party
cookies), to help create and personalize website content, improve website quality, trackmarketing campaign responsiveness, evaluate page response rates, conduct usability
testing, and facilitate your use of the websites (for example, to facilitate navigation and thelogin process, avoid duplicate data entry, enhance security, keep track of shopping cart
additions, and preserve order information between sessions).
To assess usage of certain tools and Alliance products and services. Connectivity
Standards Alliance may track your usage of member collaboration tools and services (e.g.,
GoToMeeting, Workspace, etc.) to: (a) determine your level of usage, and those usage
statistics may be made available to the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s content licensors
and your company/institution; (b) determine your level of participation, and these usage
statistic may be used to compute voting rights in working groups; and (c) along with othertypes of your data (e.g., company/institution affiliation), provide such data to Connectivity
Standards Alliance working group chairpersons for use related to the purpose of theapplicable working group(s).

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To communicate with you about a meeting, conference, or event. We may communicate
with you about a meeting, conference, or event hosted or sponsored by Connectivity
Standards Alliance or one of our liaison partners. This may include information about theevent's content, event logistics, payment, updates, and additional information related tothe event. Information you provide when registering for or participating in a conference
managed or co-sponsored by parties, other than or in addition to Connectivity Standards
Alliance may be shared with those parties, and the treatment of such information is further
subject to the privacy policies of those parties. Connectivity Standards Alliance and its
conference co-sponsors may contact you after the event about the event, subsequent
iterations of the event and related events. Please note that Connectivity Standards Alliance
conference, meeting or event organizers, co-sponsors, exhibitors, and other third parties
may directly request your personal information at their conference booths or presentations.
Providing your information to them is optional, and you should review their privacy policies
to address your particular needs and concerns about how they will treat your personal
information.
To consider you for a higher membership class or a Connectivity Standards Allianceaward. Connectivity Standards Alliance may use personal information such as your name,activity and involvement in the Connectivity Standards Alliance, and your involvement inother industry volunteer activities to consider you for a higher membership class or for aConnectivity Standards Alliance award. Connectivity Standards Alliance may need to share
this information with your nominators, references, judges, members and others parties
involved in evaluating your eligibility.
To include you in Connectivity Standards Alliance Working Group Directories. If you are an
active member of Connectivity Standards Alliance, at your request, we may include yourinformation in Alliance Working Group Rosters on Causeway, and if applicable in other user
community collaboration tools (e.g. Slack). We may also enable private member to member
messaging (your email address will never be shared through any private member tomember messaging service). Active members can request changes to their group roster
visibility preferences any time by contacting privacy@csa-iot.org, or if applicable, via theaccount settings in our member tools.
To document standards development participation. If you are a participant in Connectivity
Standards Alliance standards development, Connectivity Standards Alliance uses yourpersonal information to comply with policies and procedures, legal requirements, andevaluation of any patent claims by patent offices. Connectivity Standards Alliance must
capture your personal data for these purposes and provides information about activities
related to standards development groups in which you participate. Connectivity Standards
Alliance standards development participation is documented through various methods, e.g.,rosters, submission documents, email reflectors, records of meeting attendance, responses
to ballots, publicly available participation lists, and declaration of affiliations.
To assist in your participation in Connectivity Standards Alliance outreachactivities. Connectivity Standards Alliance will communicate with you, if you are508 Second Street Suite 109B| Davis, CA 95616 | USA | Phone +1 (530) 564-4565

participating in certain Connectivity Standards Alliance outreach activities such as
Connectivity Standards Alliance conferences, authoring or reviewing a Connectivity
Standards Alliance press release, whitepaper or news article. Connectivity Standards
Alliance may send you information such as newsletters related to those activities.
To update you on relevant Connectivity Standards Alliance membership benefits,programs, and opportunities. Connectivity Standards Alliance may communicate with you
regarding relevant Connectivity Standards Alliance membership benefits, programs, andopportunities available to you, through your membership(s) with Connectivity Standards
Alliance.
To engage with third parties. Connectivity Standards Alliance may share your personal datawith third parties in connection with services that these individuals or entities perform foror with Connectivity Standards Alliance. These third parties are restricted from using thisdata in any way other than to provide services for Connectivity Standards Alliance or for thecollaboration in which they and Connectivity Standards Alliance are contractually engaged(for example, hosting a Connectivity Standards Alliance database or engaging in dataprocessing on the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s behalf, or mailing you information thatyou requested). These third parties are carefully selected by Connectivity Standards Allianceand obligated to keep your data secure.
To protect Connectivity Standards Alliance content and services. We may use yourinformation to prevent potentially illegal activities and to enforce our terms and conditions.
We also use a variety of technological systems to detect and address anomalous activity andto screen content to prevent abuse, such as spam. These efforts may, on occasion, result ina temporary or permanent suspension or termination of some functions for some users.
To get feedback or input from you. In order to deliver products and services of mostinterest to our members, from time to time, we may ask members, volunteers, and website
visitors to provide us input and feedback (for example through surveys, usability studies,
focus groups).
To protect Connectivity Standards Alliance information assets as well as your own
personal data. Connectivity Standards Alliance protects the confidentiality, integrity, andavailability of Connectivity Standards Alliance information assets by following a risk
management approach based on policies, standards, guidelines, and procedures to meet
security objectives while supporting business and operational goals.
Frequently Asked Questions:
How can I control my information? You can control the information we have about you and how
we use it in several ways:• If you are a registered member tools user, you can review the personal data that you haveprovided to Connectivity Standards Alliance via https://groups.csa-iot.org/user/profile

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From your Causeway home page, click on My Profile
Review and edit your profile details, and if applicable request any changes by contacting
privacy@csa-iot.org
Use the unsubscribe method provided in our various communications

Personal data about minors and children. Connectivity Standards Alliance does not knowingly
collect data from or about children under 18 without the permission of parent(s)/guardian(s). If welearn that we have collected personal information from a child under 18, we will delete that
information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or abouta child under age 18, please contact us at privacy@csa-iot.org.
How will you know if the Privacy Policy is changed? Connectivity Standards Alliance may update
this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email if
you have a Connectivity Standards Alliance member user account, or by means of a notice on our
member website prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review
this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Technical and regulatory information:
External links behavior - Some of Connectivity Standards Alliance’s websites link to other sites
created and maintained by other public- and/or private-sector organizations. Connectivity
Standards Alliance provides these links solely for your information and convenience. When you
transfer to an outside website, you are leaving the Connectivity Standards Alliance domain, and theConnectivity Standards Alliance’s information management and privacy policies no longer apply.
Connectivity Standards Alliance encourages you to read the privacy statement of each external
website that you visit before you provide any personal data.
Cookies and web beacons - Cookies and web beacons are electronic placeholders that are placedon your device by websites to track your individual movements on that website over time.
Connectivity Standards Alliance uses both session-based cookies (which last only for the duration of
the user's session) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device and provides information
about the session you are in and waits for the next time you use that site again).
Tracking cookies, third-party cookies, and other technologies such as web beacons may be used toprocess additional information, enable non-core functionalities on the Connectivity Standards
Alliance website and enable third-party functions (such as a social media "share" link). We may also
include web beacons and other similar technology in member email messages to determine
whether the messages have been opened.
Collaboration with authorities - Connectivity Standards Alliance has appointed a Privacy Officer
who represents the regulatory authorities inside the Connectivity Standards Alliance, and in return
represents the Connectivity Standards Alliance to regulatory authorities.

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The Privacy Officer will ensure proper communication with the relevant regulatory authority for
privacy. The Privacy Officer will lead investigative action, complaint handling and data breach
notification, and will also monitor regulatory changes and consult the regulatory authority where
implementation of a regulatory or technological change leads to doubt.
Transfer of information to other countries - As a global organization, Connectivity Standards
Alliance engages in a number of international activities. In connection with the management of
those activities, Connectivity Standards Alliance may transfer information to other countries. By
submitting your information to Connectivity Standards Alliance via the websites, or in connection
with your interactions with the Connectivity Standards Alliance offline, you consent to suchtransfers and to the processing of this information in other countries.
Responses to legal requests - Connectivity Standards Alliance reserves the right to share yourinformation to respond to duly authorized information requests of governmental authorities orwhere required by law.
Merger, Acquisition, Etc. - In the event of bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale ofassets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. The promises in this Privacy
Policy will apply to your information as transferred to the new entity.
Your European Union privacy rights - Under the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation EU
2016/679, also known as GDPR), if you are an individual protected by the GDPR you may havecertain rights as a data subject. To request information about or avail yourself of those rights,
please send an email to privacy@csa-iot.org with "GDPR Request" in the subject line. In the email
please describe, with specificity, the GDPR right you are requesting assistance with. Please note
additional information may be requested prior to initiation of a request and that Connectivity
Standards Alliance reserves the right to charge a fee with respect to certain requests. Upon
Connectivity Standards Alliance’s completion of its review you will be notified if your request has
been granted, denied, or if exemptions apply.
Your California privacy rights - Connectivity Standards Alliance does not knowingly disclose
personal information to third parties for the third-parties’ direct marketing purposes. Under
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (also known as S.B. 27), if you are a California resident andyour business relationship with Connectivity Standards Alliance is primarily for personal, family, orhousehold purposes, you may request certain data regarding the Connectivity Standards Alliance’s
disclosure, if any, of personal information to third parties for the third-parties’ direct marketing
purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to privacy@csa-iot.org with "Request for
California Privacy Information" in the subject line. You may make such a request up to once percalendar year. If applicable, we will provide you, by email, a list of the categories of personal
information disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the immediately
preceding calendar year, along with the third parties' names and addresses. Please note that not all
personal information sharing is covered by S.B. 27's requirements.

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How do I contact you if there is an issue? - If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy
Policy or about the use of your personal information, please feel free to contact us by email
at privacy@csa-iot.org. Your request will be forwarded to the Connectivity Standards Alliance
Privacy Officer.
Date
13 January 2022
Ver 3.0
Contact information:
privacy@csa-iot.org
Connectivity Standards Alliance Privacy Officer+1.530.564.4565 (Phone)

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