City Shift FinancePrivacy Policy

1. Who is responsible for your personal information?

City Shift Finance LLC is responsible for personal information collected through City Shift Finance websites and digital services where City Shift Finance determines the purposes and means of processing that information.

In this Privacy Policy, “City Shift Finance,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to City Shift Finance LLC.

2. How do we collect your personal information?

We may collect personal information directly from you when you interact with City Shift Finance, including when you:

• Create or log in to a City Shift Finance account
• Save a publication or interactive analysis
• Subscribe to communications
• Submit a contact form or inquiry
• Participate in an interview or editorial contribution
• Submit professional information, responses, or files
• Communicate with City Shift Finance by email or through the Site

We may also collect technical and usage information automatically when you access or interact with the Site.

3. Why and how do we use your personal information?

We use personal information for purposes connected to the operation of City Shift Finance, the delivery of Site functionality, security, communications, editorial activity, and administration.

Managing your account

• Purpose: To create, authenticate, maintain, and secure your account.
• Information used: Email address, account identifiers, authentication information, session information, and account activity.

Saved publications and analyses

• Purpose: To store and retrieve publications and interactive analyses associated with your account.
• Information used: Account identifier, saved-item information, saved dates, and related account activity.

Communications and inquiries

• Purpose: To respond to requests, inquiries, submissions, contributor communications, and other correspondence.
• Information used: Name, email address, company, title, message content, professional information, and other information you choose to provide.

Operating and securing the Site

• Purpose: To maintain Site functionality, protect accounts, prevent misuse, identify technical issues, and maintain security.
• Information used: Device information, browser information, IP address, session information, logs, and Site interaction information.

Site performance and analytics

• Purpose: To understand Site usage, traffic, performance, and interaction with content and Site features.
• Information used: Technical, device, referral, page-view, and usage information.

4. What information do we collect?

Account information

When you create or use an account, we may collect:

• Email address
• Account identifiers
• Authentication information
• Login and session information
• Saved publications
• Saved interactive analyses
• Dates associated with saved content and account activity

Information you provide

Depending on how you interact with City Shift Finance, this may include:

• Name
• Email address
• Company
• Professional title
• Professional or business information
• Messages and correspondence
• Contributor or interview responses
• Files and other information you voluntarily submit

Technical information

Technical or usage information may include:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device information
• Operating system
• Referring website or page
• Pages viewed
• Approximate location derived from IP address
• Visit dates and times
• Interactions with Site features

5. User accounts and saved content

Certain Site features allow you to create an account and save publications or interactive analyses for later access.

Saved-content information is associated with your account so that those items can be retrieved when you return to the Site and sign in.

Creating an account does not automatically subscribe you to marketing communications. Any separate subscription or marketing permission is handled independently from account registration.

You may request deletion of your account by contacting legal@cityshiftfinance.com .

6. Cookies and similar technologies

City Shift Finance may use cookies and similar technologies to operate, secure, and support Site functionality.

Necessary technologies

Certain technologies may be necessary to:

• Authenticate users
• Maintain login sessions
• Protect account security
• Prevent unauthorized access
• Maintain essential Site functionality

Analytics and other technologies

Analytics or similar technologies may also be used to understand traffic, performance, and interaction with the Site.

Where applicable law requires consent before non-essential cookies or similar technologies are used, appropriate controls may be provided.

7. Analytics

City Shift Finance may use analytics services to understand Site traffic, usage, visitor interaction, and technical performance.

Analytics providers may process technical and usage information according to their own terms and the configuration used by City Shift Finance.

8. Email communications

We may use contact information to provide communications you request, including responses to inquiries, subscriptions, reports, editorial communications, or other requested information.

Account registration alone does not constitute consent to receive marketing communications.

Where marketing communications are provided, applicable unsubscribe options will be made available.

9. Who may receive your personal information?

Personal information may be made available to service providers that support City Shift Finance operations where necessary to provide their services.

These providers may support:

• Website hosting
• Website infrastructure
• Email delivery
• Analytics
• Security
• Technical support
• Data storage

Personal information may also be disclosed where reasonably necessary to comply with legal obligations, legal process, enforce agreements, protect rights or property, investigate misuse, or maintain security.

Information may also be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets, or similar transaction where permitted by law.

10. How long do we retain personal information?

Personal information is retained for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including maintaining accounts, providing requested services, maintaining security records, resolving disputes, meeting legal obligations, and enforcing agreements.

Account information may be retained while an account remains active. Certain information may continue to be retained following account deletion where permitted or required for legal, administrative, security, or recordkeeping purposes.

11. Security

City Shift Finance uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, loss, or disclosure.

No internet transmission, website, or information-storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

12. Your privacy rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights concerning your personal information.

These rights may include the ability to:

• Request access to personal information
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of personal information
• Request information concerning the use of personal information
• Object to or restrict certain processing
• Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent
• Request portability where applicable
• Submit a complaint to an applicable supervisory authority

Privacy requests may be submitted to legal@cityshiftfinance.com .

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

13. California privacy information

California residents may have additional rights under applicable California privacy laws where the relevant statutory requirements apply.

These may include rights to request access, correction, deletion, or information concerning certain uses and disclosures of personal information.

City Shift Finance responds to valid privacy requests in accordance with applicable law.

14. European and UK privacy information

Where European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or similar privacy laws apply, personal information is processed where an appropriate legal basis is available.

Depending on the activity, that basis may include:

• Performance of a contract or steps requested before entering into a contract
• Legitimate interests in operating, securing, administering, and improving the Site
• Compliance with legal obligations
• Consent where consent is required

Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers of personal information, appropriate safeguards may be used.

15. Third-party websites and services

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, services, platforms, or resources.

City Shift Finance is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party services. Their handling of personal information is governed by their own privacy policies.

16. Children's privacy

City Shift Finance is intended for a professional and business audience and is not directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through account registration.

17. Changes to this Privacy Policy

City Shift Finance may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in Site functionality, business practices, technology, or applicable legal requirements.

The date shown at the top of this page identifies when the current version was last updated.

18. Contact us

Questions, privacy requests, or other inquiries concerning this Privacy Policy may be directed to:

City Shift Finance LLC
legal@cityshiftfinance.com