Privacy policy
GOLDENCRI PRIVACY POLICY
Updated: 2026
Organization: Golden Center for Research and Innovation (GoldenCRI)
Website Address: https://www.goldencri.us
Golden Center for Research and Innovation (“GoldenCRI,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of visitors to our website and is committed to protecting personal information entrusted to us.
This Privacy Policy explains how GoldenCRI may collect, use, disclose, protect, and otherwise process information when you visit or interact with GoldenCRI.us (the “Website”).
By accessing or using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
1. INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT
Depending on how individual interactions with our Website, GoldenCRI may collect information that you voluntarily provide and certain information that is automatically collected when you visit the Website.
1.1 Information You Voluntarily Provide
We may collect information that you provide when you:
- Register for a conference, seminar, training program, or other GoldenCRI event;
- Submit an application or registration form;
- Contact GoldenCRI through the Website;
- Subscribe to newsletters, announcements, or other communications;
- Request information about GoldenCRI programs or services;
- Submit payment or transaction information through an authorized payment provider;
- Participate in surveys, evaluations, or other activities;
- Communicate with GoldenCRI by email or other available communication channels.
Depending on the transaction or interaction, information may include your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, organization, professional title, payment-related information, and other information that you voluntarily submit.
GoldenCRI does not intentionally collect more personal information than is reasonably necessary for the particular purpose for which it is collected.
2. AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION
When you visit GoldenCRI.us, certain technical information may automatically be collected by our Website, hosting provider, analytics services, advertising services, or other technologies.
This information may include:
- Internet Protocol (IP) address;
- Browser type and version;
- Device type;
- Operating system;
- General geographic information;
- Pages visited;
- Date and time of visits;
- Referring and exit pages;
- Approximate duration of visits;
- Website interactions;
- Technical information concerning the device or browser used to access the Website.
This information may be used to operate, maintain, secure, analyze, and improve the Website and, where applicable, to measure advertising performance.
3. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
GoldenCRI.us may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies.
Cookies are small text files that may be placed on a visitor's browser or device. They can enable websites to recognize a browser, remember preferences, measure website activity, improve functionality, and support advertising.
Cookies may be:
- First-party cookies, which are associated with GoldenCRI.us; or
- Third-party cookies, which may be placed by service providers, analytics providers, advertising partners, or other third parties.
You may be able to control or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality or availability of some Website features.
4. GOOGLE ADSENSE AND GOOGLE ADVERTISING
GoldenCRI.us may participate in Google AdSense and other Google advertising services.
If Google AdSense advertising is displayed on this Website, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information concerning users' interactions with this Website and other websites.
Google Advertising Cookies
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to GoldenCRI.us or other websites.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve advertisements to users based on their visits to GoldenCRI.us and/or other websites on the Internet.
Google may use advertising cookies and related technologies to:
- Serve and personalize advertisements;
- Measure advertising performance;
- Limit the frequency with which an advertisement is shown;
- Detect and prevent invalid or fraudulent activity;
- Produce aggregated advertising and performance reports.
Google explains that AdSense uses cookies in connection with advertising and that publishers must clearly notify visitors about their use of cookies.
Personalized Advertising
Depending on applicable settings, user choices, and legal requirements, advertisements displayed through Google may be personalized based on information associated with a user's browsing activity.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
GoldenCRI may also provide users with privacy and advertising controls made available through Google or other applicable advertising platforms.
Google's current AdSense requirements specifically identify disclosure of Google's advertising cookies and the ability for users to opt out of personalized advertising as required privacy-policy content.
5. GOOGLE'S USE OF DATA
When Google products or services are used on GoldenCRI.us, Google may collect and process information associated with users' visits and interactions.
This may include information collected through cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, device identifiers, and other technologies, subject to Google's applicable policies.
Google's publisher policies require websites using Google products to clearly disclose data collection, sharing, and use resulting from those products and the technologies involved.
For additional information regarding how Google uses information from websites and applications that use its services, users may review Google's applicable privacy information.
6. THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISING PROVIDERS
If GoldenCRI.us uses third-party advertising providers other than Google, those providers may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, device identifiers, or similar technologies to deliver, measure, or personalize advertising.
Where applicable, GoldenCRI will identify relevant advertising providers and provide users with appropriate information concerning their privacy practices and available opt-out mechanisms.
Third-party advertising providers operate under their own privacy policies, and GoldenCRI does not control the privacy practices of independent third parties.
Users may also obtain information about opting out of certain forms of interest-based advertising through industry resources such as the Digital Advertising Alliance and other applicable advertising-choice mechanisms.
7. ANALYTICS
GoldenCRI.us may use analytics services to understand how visitors use the Website.
Analytics technologies may collect information such as:
- Number of visitors;
- Pages viewed;
- Traffic sources;
- Browser and device information;
- General geographic information;
- Website interactions;
- Approximate time spent on pages.
If GoldenCRI uses Google Analytics or another analytics provider, that provider may collect information through cookies and similar technologies in accordance with its own privacy policies.
Analytics information is generally used to understand Website performance, identify technical problems, improve content, and improve the visitor experience.
8. HOW GOLDENCRI USES INFORMATION
GoldenCRI may use information collected through the Website for legitimate organizational and business purposes, including to:
- Provide requested information and services;
- Process conference and program registrations;
- Communicate with participants, applicants, and interested individuals;
- Process transactions through authorized payment providers;
- Provide confirmations and administrative notices;
- Operate and maintain the Website;
- Improve Website content, functionality, and user experience;
- Analyze Website traffic and performance;
- Protect the Website against fraud, abuse, and security threats;
- Comply with applicable legal obligations;
- Administer GoldenCRI conferences, research activities, educational programs, and professional-development initiatives;
- Send communications that users have requested or authorized;
- Display advertising where applicable.
9. PAYMENT INFORMATION
GoldenCRI may provide payment functionality for conference registrations, membership, training programs, publications, or other services.
Where payments are processed through a third-party payment processor, payment information may be transmitted directly to that provider and processed according to its privacy policy and terms.
GoldenCRI does not intend to store complete credit-card numbers, security codes, or other sensitive payment credentials on its Website unless expressly stated otherwise.
Users should review the privacy and security practices of the payment provider used for their particular transaction.
10. INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
GoldenCRI does not sell personal information for monetary consideration.
We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to:
- Provide services requested by users;
- Process registrations or transactions;
- Operate and maintain the Website;
- Work with service providers that support GoldenCRI operations;
- Provide analytics or technical services;
- Provide advertising services where applicable;
- Protect the security and integrity of GoldenCRI and its users;
- Prevent fraud or unlawful activity;
- Comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests;
- Protect GoldenCRI's legal rights, property, or interests.
Third-party service providers may process information on GoldenCRI's behalf to provide specific services.
11. DATA SECURITY
GoldenCRI takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, or destruction.
However, no Internet transmission, electronic storage system, or website can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Accordingly, GoldenCRI cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to or through the Website.
12. DATA RETENTION
GoldenCRI generally retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, administer our programs and services, maintain appropriate business and financial records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and comply with legal obligations.
The appropriate retention period may vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.
13. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have certain rights concerning your personal information.
These rights may include, where applicable:
- The right to request access to personal information;
- The right to request correction of inaccurate information;
- The right to request deletion of certain information;
- The right to object to or restrict certain processing;
- The right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
- The right to opt out of certain advertising or communications;
- The right to request information concerning the processing of personal information.
To submit a privacy-related request, please contact GoldenCRI using the contact information provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.
GoldenCRI may need to verify the identity of a requester before processing certain requests.
14. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
GoldenCRI may send newsletters, conference announcements, educational information, program updates, or other communications where permitted by law.
Users may unsubscribe from marketing communications by following the unsubscribe instructions contained in the communication or by contacting GoldenCRI.
Even after opting out of marketing communications, users may continue to receive necessary administrative or transactional communications relating to registrations, payments, conferences, or other services.
15. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
GoldenCRI.us is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.
GoldenCRI does not knowingly use Google advertising personalization based on information concerning children under 13.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to GoldenCRI through the Website, please contact us so that we can evaluate and, where appropriate, delete the information.
Google's current publisher policies also impose restrictions concerning personalized advertising and information associated with children under 13.
16. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES AND LINKS
GoldenCRI.us may contain links to third-party websites, organizations, payment providers, social-media platforms, or other external resources.
GoldenCRI does not control the privacy policies, security practices, or content of those third-party websites.
When you leave GoldenCRI.us, we encourage you to review the privacy policy of the third-party website you visit.
17. SOCIAL MEDIA
GoldenCRI may provide links to social-media platforms or other third-party services.
If you interact with social-media features or visit external social-media platforms, those platforms may collect information about you according to their own privacy policies.
GoldenCRI does not control the data-collection practices of independent social-media providers.
18. UNITED STATES PRIVACY RIGHTS
GoldenCRI recognizes that certain U.S. states provide residents with specific privacy rights.
Where applicable, GoldenCRI will take reasonable steps to comply with applicable state privacy laws.
The specific rights available to an individual may depend upon the person's state of residence and the applicability of the relevant law.
Google also provides mechanisms and resources intended to assist publishers with applicable U.S. state privacy requirements.
19. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND SWITZERLAND
Visitors from the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and Switzerland may have additional privacy rights under applicable data-protection and privacy laws.
Where required, GoldenCRI may request consent before certain cookies or similar technologies are used for advertising or other purposes.
Where Google advertising is served to users in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, Google currently requires publishers using personalized advertising to use a Google-certified Consent Management Platform integrated with the applicable IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework.
GoldenCRI may use applicable consent-management technologies to provide users with appropriate choices regarding cookies and advertising.
20. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California residents may have additional rights under applicable California privacy laws.
Depending on the circumstances, these rights may include rights relating to:
- Access to personal information;
- Correction;
- Deletion;
- Information concerning categories of personal information collected or disclosed;
- Opting out of certain forms of sale or sharing;
- Non-discrimination for exercising applicable privacy rights.
GoldenCRI will process verified requests in accordance with applicable law.
21. DO NOT TRACK
Some web browsers offer a “Do Not Track” feature.
Because there is currently no universally accepted standard for responding to browser-based Do Not Track signals in all circumstances, GoldenCRI may not respond to every such signal.
Where applicable law requires recognition of a particular privacy signal, GoldenCRI will take reasonable steps to comply with that requirement.
22. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
GoldenCRI may periodically update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services, Website functionality, applicable laws, technology, or privacy practices.
When changes are made, the revised Privacy Policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
23. CONTACT GOLDENCRI
If you have questions, concerns, requests, or complaints concerning this Privacy Policy or the privacy practices of GoldenCRI.us, please contact:
Golden Center for Research and Innovation (GoldenCRI)
Website: https://www.goldencri.us
Email: Please use the official GoldenCRI contact email displayed on the Website.
For privacy-related requests, please identify the nature of your request and provide sufficient information for GoldenCRI to respond appropriately.
24. GOOGLE PRIVACY INFORMATION
For additional information concerning Google's handling of information associated with websites and applications that use Google services, users may review Google's applicable privacy resources.
Users may also manage certain advertising personalization choices through Google's Ads Settings.
GoldenCRI recommends that users review Google's privacy information directly because Google's services, technologies, policies, and privacy controls may change from time to time.
25. IMPORTANT GOOGLE ADSENSE DISCLOSURE
If Google AdSense advertising is displayed on GoldenCRI.us, the following disclosure applies:
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to GoldenCRI.us or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to GoldenCRI.us and/or other websites on the Internet. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
This disclosure is included to address the core privacy-policy content identified by Google's current AdSense requirements.
Last Updated: August 24, 2026
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