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Privacy Policy
NSI Connect maintains a database of NSI in order to stay in touch with our community and keep you updated about news, courses, and initiatives.
Some of the NSI alumni (but not all) choose to join our online community by registering on this website and creating an online profile. In both instances (individuals with offline database records and individuals with online profiles), we collect and store personal information (or “data”) about you. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy, and this Policy sets out what information we collect about you, where and how we use (“process”) it.
We may change this Policy from time to time. If we make any significant changes, we will advertise this on the website or contact you directly with the information. Please check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.
If you have questions about this Policy or your personal information, don't hesitate to get in touch with Tara Kunkel at Tara@rulostrategies.com.
What type of personal information we collect
The information we have about you depends on where we collect it, but may include:
Where we collect information from
We collect personal information when you:
How we use your information
We will use your personal information in several ways, always with a legal basis for processing your data. These may include:
Our legal basis for processing your information
The use of your information for the purposes set out above is lawful because one or more of the following applies:
Updating your consent preferences
If you have an online profile on this site, you can update your consent options by logging in and clicking on “My Settings” in your profile. Scroll down to find your ‘Consent options’, where you will see a list of consents and the options “opt-in”, “opt-out”, and “unspecified”.
Via ‘My Settings’, you can also choose to hide your profile from Google, limit access to your profile so that it’s only viewable to your connections, and adjust some of the automatic notifications that you receive from this website. Please note that your name (but not full profile) may appear in various places around the community website, such as a ‘Recent Joiners’ box and in ‘Search’ results, irrespective of the privacy settings you have selected.
If we are using consent as our legal basis for processing your data, we must have an explicit “opt-in” from you for this specific type of processing.
If we are using legitimate interests as our legal basis for processing your data, we will process your data responsibly in a way that you would reasonably expect, and you can opt out at any stage.
If you click ‘unsubscribe’ at the bottom of one of our emails, you will be automatically opted out of future email communications.
If you want to contact us about your consent preferences, please email Tara Kunkel at Tara@rulostrategies.com.
How we keep your information safe
We understand the importance of securing your personal information and take appropriate steps to safeguard it.
Your data is stored on a dedicated, secure cloud server hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the EU and managed by our website provider, ToucanTech. Industry-standard firewalls, anti-virus, encryption, and back-up methods are in place, as are strict data handling protocols.
We always ensure only authorised persons have access to your information, which means only our approved employees and contractors, and everyone with access is appropriately trained in data management.
If you have an online profile for this site, you are responsible for keeping your login details (email and password) confidential. Please do not share your password with anyone.
No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. So, while we strive to safeguard your information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you provide online, and you do this at your own risk.
Who has access to your information?
Otherwise, we will not share your information with other organisations without your consent.
Keeping your information up to date
Please let us know if your contact details change. Online members can update their details directly by logging in to the website and clicking on ‘My Settings’ under their profile. You can also update your details by contacting us at [insert details].
Use of aggregated data
Where data can be aggregated and anonymised, our site provider (ToucanTech) might use it for research purposes without restriction. For example, they may monitor traffic patterns, site usage, response rates, and data trends to help improve the website software. They are entitled to do this because the resulting data will not personally identify you and will, therefore, no longer constitute personal data for data protection laws.
How long we keep your information for
We will hold your personal information for as long as necessary for the relevant activity.
Where we rely on your consent to contact you for direct course enrollment purposes, we will treat your consent as lasting only for as long as it is reasonable. This will usually be for two years. We may periodically ask you to renew your consent.
If you ask us to stop contacting you, we will keep a record of your contact details and limited information needed to ensure we comply with your request. If you ask us to remove your data from our database, we will delete all the information we hold apart from your name and the dates you attended the NSI course, and archive your record in our database.
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This Policy was last updated in May 2025.
