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These Conditions of Use and Code of Conduct apply to all registered users and set out the terms and conditions for use of this Site, which may include any interactive service or features associated with it such as discussion forums.
These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of Eristotle website, available at www.eristotle.com (“Website”), including its services, content, and functionality. By using the Website, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you must not use the Website.
This Website is intended for users who are 18 years of age or older. By accessing the Website, you affirm that you meet the age requirement and have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms.
We may revise these Terms at any time. All updates take effect immediately upon posting. Your continued use of the Website after changes are made constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. You are responsible for reviewing these Terms periodically.
Eristotle reserves the right to modify, suspend, or withdraw any part of the Website without notice. We are not liable if any portion of the Website is unavailable.
If you register an account, you agree to:
All content, features, and functionality on the Website, including text, graphics, audio, video, and software, are the property of Eristotle or its licensors and protected by intellectual property laws.
You may access content for personal, non-commercial use only. You may not:
You agree not to use the Website:
The Website may include forums or other interactive features that allow users to submit content (“User Contributions”). You retain ownership of your contributions but grant Eristotle a perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, modify, and distribute them.
You agree your contributions will:
Eristotle may remove or moderate User Contributions and take enforcement actions, including suspension of access, without notice.
All content submitted via the Website must comply with the following:
Eristotle reserves the right to:
The Website may link to external websites or include third-party content for convenience. Eristotle does not endorse or assume responsibility for third-party content or transactions. You access such content at your own risk.
Eristotle may publish or link to board or job opportunities provided by third parties. We do not act as an employment agency and do not control third-party application processes. It is your responsibility to verify the legitimacy of such opportunities.
All Website content is provided for general informational purposes and should not be interpreted as professional advice. Eristotle makes no warranties regarding content accuracy, completeness, or usefulness.
Any downloadable software made available on the Website is licensed, not sold. Use is subject to any applicable license agreement. Do not download unless you agree to those terms. Eristotle is not responsible for third-party software downloaded from or linked to the Website.
Your use of the Website is subject to our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, store, and use your personal data. By using the Website, you consent to our data practices as outlined in the Privacy Policy.
The Website and its content are provided “as is” and “as available.” Eristotle disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, and non-infringement. We do not guarantee the Website will be secure, error-free, or uninterrupted.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Eristotle shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages arising from:
Total liability shall not exceed £100.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Eristotle, its affiliates, and service providers from any claims arising from your use of the Website or violation of these Terms.
These Terms are governed by the laws of England and the United Kingdom. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts. Eristotle reserves the right to bring proceedings in any jurisdiction as necessary.
At Eristotle’s discretion, disputes may be resolved through binding arbitration under the applicable rules of arbitration, in lieu of litigation.
Any claim relating to these Terms or the Website must be filed within one (1) year after the claim arises or it is permanently barred.
If you believe content on the Website infringes your copyright, please contact us in writing with your contact details, identification of the material, and evidence of rights. Upon validation, Eristotle will temporarily remove the material pending resolution.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding these Terms, please contact us.
Unwavering commitment to ethical engagement, transparency, and user privacy.
The following outlines our practices for content sharing, community interactions, and data handling on social media channels managed by us.
The Eristotle Ltd. “” has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: www.eristotle.com.
Eristotle reserves the right to change this policy at any time by notifying users of the existence of a new privacy statement.
The Eristotle Ltd. “” respects your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.
This policy describes the type of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.eristotle.com (our “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information. Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using Website, you agree to this policy.
This policy applies to information we collect:
It does not apply to information collected by:
“Personal Information” means information associated with or used to identify or contact a specific person. Personal Information includes (1) contact data (such as email address, telephone number and employers); (2) demographic data (such as gender, date of birth, or zip code) and (3) certain Usage Data (defined below), such as IP address, user generated content or purchases.
“Usage Information” or “Usage Data” is information about an individual’s online activity that, by itself, does not identify the individual, such as browser type, operating system, top viewed and visited pages and links on our web site, top entry and exit points, number of form completions, time spent on pages, top downloads, top keywords used offsite to lead customers to our website, information collected via cookies, and other device event information such as system activity, crashes, and hardware settings.
Generally, we do not consider Usage Data as Personal Information because Usage Data by itself usually does not identify an individual. Personal Information and Usage Data may be linked together. Different types of Usage Information also may be linked together and, once linked, may identify an individual person. Also, some Usage Data may be Personal Information under applicable law.
Eristotle collects information that you provide to us and from your use of the Website and the services. The information that we collect and how we process it depends on how you use and access the Website. Some information is collected automatically through the use of cookies and similar data collection tools.
We collect information from you when you:
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). Click here for information on how you can opt out of behavioral tracking on this website and how we respond to web browser signals and other mechanisms that enable consumers to exercise choice about behavioral tracking.
The information we collect automatically is statistical data and does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
We do not collect personal information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us.
This policy explains what information we gather when you visit Eristotle website, and explains how that information is used. It is important for you to appreciate that the website provides extensive links to other independent sites. This policy applies only to direct accesses to Eristotle website. You will need to consult the appropriate information on other sites for information on their policies.
In common with most websites, this site automatically logs certain information about every request made of it (see below for more details). This information is used for system administration, for bug tracking, and for producing usage statistics. The logged information may be kept indefinitely. Relevant subsets of this data may be passed to computer security teams as part of investigations of computer misuse involving this site or other computing equipment at Eristotle. Data may be passed to the administrators of other computer systems to enable investigation of problems accessing this site or of system misconfigurations. Data may incidentally be included in information passed to contractors and computer maintenance organisations working for Eristotle, in which case it will be covered by appropriate non-disclosure agreements. Otherwise the logged information is not passed to any third party except if required by law. Summary statistics are extracted from this data and some of these may be made publicly available, but those that are do not include information from which individuals could be identified.
The following data is automatically logged for each request:
A number of online forms are provided on this site and the submitted information on those forms will be processed and used in accordance with this policy.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
On the internet, and as it pertains to online functionality, a “cookie” is a small piece of information sent by a web server to be stored on a web browser so that it can be read back later from that browser. This becomes useful for having the browser remember specific information about a visitor to a particular Website. The cookie is a text file that is saved in the browser’s directory and is stored in RAM while the browser is running. The cookie may also be stored on the computer’s hard drive once a user logs off from that website or web server.
Eristotle is committed to continually improving the experience for members as they use Eristotle website. “Cookies” are currently the only way to effectively identify a member in order to provide personalised access to member information. By using cookies, Eristotle can personalise its Website and offer secure services for each member. Cookies and registration are two methods that Eristotle uses to offer member features and services that are unavailable to the general public. To measure site activity and provide a better user experience, Eristotle may allow our service providers or business partners to compile information from the cookies, web beacons or other technologies on our websites which may include information about your visit (such as demographic data, browser type, IP address, pages visited, activities conducted on the page and the day and time of your visit). We may also use this information to develop personalised content and appropriate advertising based on your visits over time on Eristotle websites. Eristotle will treat any personally identifiable information that is gathered on this site as confidential. It will not be shared, bartered or sold to ANY third party.
Cookies can be controlled through browser settings. Be aware that setting the cookies controls to be too restrictive, or declining cookies, may affect your ability to use certain features of Eristotle website, including accessing member-only areas. Please refer to your browser Help instructions to learn more about cookies and other technologies and how to manage their use. If you elect to refuse or delete cookies, you will need to repeat this process if you use another computer, or change browsers.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited.
On Eristotle operated sites and unaffiliated sites, Eristotle displays interest based advertising using information you make available to use when you interact with our site, content, or services. Interest-based ads, are displayed to you based on information from activities such as purchasing on our sites, visiting sites that contain Eristotle content or ads. To opt out of these ads, please disable the cookies through your browser settings. Click here to learn more about Eristotle’s use of cookies.
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
We use the Personal Information that we collect to operate, improve, and personalize the Website and services including to provide customer service, customize our advertising and marketing, to detect, prevent and mitigate fraudulent or illegal activities. You agree that we may use your Personal Information as follows, including but not limited to:
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:
Please note that for the purposes of seeking to provide our users with a better experience and to improve the Website and services, information collected through the website and services may, subject to user privacy controls, be used in an aggregated or individualized manner. For example, personal information collected during use of one of the website or other services may be used to suggest particular content that can be made available to the user on another of the services or be used to try to present more relevant advertising in another of part of the Website or Services.
The data we collect from you will be transferred to, and stored in, the United Kingdom. It will also be processed by staff operating within the United Kingdom who work for us or for one of our suppliers. This includes staff engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. Eristotle will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. All information you provide to Eristotle is stored on secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.
Where permitted by law, Eristotle’s examination vendor uses biometric data to authenticate those taking its exams. Eristotle does not collect or store this data. While neither Eristotle nor its examination vendor retain raw biometric data, the examination vendor does retain, for a period of five years following the person’s last contact with the vendor, data based upon an algorithm of the palm scan received when accessing an examination site. This assists Eristotle in assuring the identify of those taking its exams and preventing fraud in the exam process. This data is destroyed after the five-year period and is used for no other purpose. For more information on Eristotle’s use of palm vein pattern recognition please click here.
Eristotle is a certification organization and maintains information on those who possess its certifications or have expressed an interest in them.
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by not checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting us at or by updating your marketing preferences.
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
Eristotle is a membership organization and, as such, must maintain contact information on its members to communicate relational or transactional information. Eristotle also sends promotional material promoting its conferences, training opportunities, or other offerings. From time to time, Eristotle collaborates with other security organizations and companies to promote other programs that may be of interest to information security professionals and Eristotle members. We will always obtain your prior “opt-in” before sending you marketing communications. If, at any time, you do not wish to receive marketing material, every marketing e-mail will include an opt-out link at the bottom or you may notify Eristotle in writing at the address below. This does not include opting-out of Eristotle relational (member meetings, newsletters, CLU notices, Eristotle functions) or transactional notices. Be aware that if you possess any Eristotle certification, you may not opt-out of any Eristotle relational or transactional notice. To opt-out of Interest-Based Ads, please disable cookies through your browser settings.
You can review and change your personal information by logging into the Website and visiting your account profile page. You may also contact us to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us.
We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect. If you delete your User Contributions from the Website, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other Website users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Website, including User Contributions, is governed by our Website Access Policy
Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any Personal Information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use]. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us as soon as possible.
This site contains links to other sites; Eristotle is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties. Users should check the applicable privacy policy of such a party when providing personally identifiable information. In any event, users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personal data (e.g. user name, email address) on the CWP Directory for Eristotle sites, that such information, along with any substantive information disclosed in the directory, can be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of Eristotle.
As an organization that certifies individuals in information security, Eristotle is frequently requested to verify whether an individual’s assertion that they possess our certification is accurate. It is an implied duty that Eristotle identify and attest to the certified status of those individuals who do possess our certification. As such, Eristotle will verify whether an individual is certified by Eristotle or not upon receiving sufficient identifying information regarding the subject of the inquiry. Eristotle also provides a verification process on its public website which lists members based on last name. This listing provides the name, city/state/country, and certification title held by the member. However, under no circumstances is any contact or other information disclosed.
Periodically, Eristotle is asked by an employer to identify those employed by their organization who hold Eristotle credentials. To that end, we provide names of those Eristotle members who list the requester as their employer. No information, other than name, is revealed, and it is provided only to the employer upon written request. If you are an Eristotle member and do not wish to be identified as such to your employer, do not list your employer in your contact information, as this is the information used to identify you for inclusion to such a list.