Privacy Supplement
ADDITIONAL U.S. STATE PRIVACY LAWS
This supplement provides additional privacy disclosures and informs you of your additional rights as a resident of certain U.S. states, and should be read in conjunction with our PRIVACY POLICY, which describes what information we collect and how we use it.
Additional Disclosures
1. Disclosures to our Service Providers for Business Purposes
As mentioned in section 3 of our PRIVACY POLICY, we may disclose your personal data to our service providers that only process your personal data in accordance with our instructions and only for the purposes listed below.
| Category of Personal Data | Examples | Categories of Third Parties | Business Purpose |
| Directly Identifiable Identifiers | Name, email address | Communication, Payment processing |
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| Commercial Information | Transaction data; bank account | Payment processing such as payment information like their bank information and how much influential owes them. | Payment processors; HR Platforms |
| Professional Information | Job title, employer | B2B communications, payment processing, employment verification | Payment Processor |
| Employment Information | Name, Social Security Numbers, | For employment verification, payment | HR services platforms, payment processors |
| Immigration Information (Sensitive Data) | W-9 | For employment verification, payment | HR services platforms, payment processors |
| Government Identifiers (Sensitive Data) | Social Security Numbers | For employment verification, payment processing | Payment processor, HR Platforms |
| Union Membership (Sensitive Data) | SAG-AFTRA Membership | Payment, Contractual compliance, Legal compliance | Payment Processor, Clients utilizing services |
2. Disclosures to Third Parties for Commercial Purposes
As mentioned in section 3 of our PRIVACY POLICY, we may disclose your personal data to third parties that will process your personal data for their commercial purposes as listed below. Such disclosure may be considered a “sale” or “share” under relevant US state privacy laws.
| Category of Personal Data | Examples | Categories of Third Parties | Commercial Purpose |
| Pseudonymous Identifiers | Social media account name (Instagram handle) | Sourcing creators to execute social media marketing campaigns |
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| Demographic Information | Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Marital Status, Occupation, Religion, Geographic location of the influencer | Sourcing creators to execute social media marketing campaigns | Clients such as Brands utilizing our services |
| Internet Activity | Interactions, Social media posts, inferences | Sourcing creators to execute social media marketing campaigns, Vetting creators for brand safety, Ensuring compliance with client contractual obligations | Clients such as Brands utilizing our services |
| Audio, Visual, or Similar Information | Social media posts | Review of publicly available audio and visual information from social media platforms to vet creators for brand safety for the purpose of sourcing creators for media marketing campaigns. | Clients such as Brands utilizing our services |
| Inferences | Preferences, behavioral data such as interests and hobbies | Sourcing creators to execute social media marketing campaigns, Vetting creators for brand safety, Ensuring compliance with client contractual obligations | Clients such as Brands utilizing our services |
| Union Membership (Sensitive Data) | SAG-AFTRA Membership | Payment, Contractual compliance, Legal compliance | Payment Processor, Clients such as Brands utilizing our services |
| Publicly Available Communications on Social Media Platforms Not Directed to Influential (Sensitive Data) | Social Media Posts/Comments | Sourcing creators to execute social media marketing campaigns, Vetting creators for brand safety, Ensuring compliance with | Clients such as Brands utilizing our services |
3. Processing and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Data
We may process sensitive data about you. Sensitive Data includes information about your (i) government identifiers, (ii) account or financial information (sensitive data), (iii) precise geolocation, (iv) race or ethnic origin, (v) citizenship or immigration status, (vi) religious or philosophical beliefs, (vii) union membership, (viii) contents of communications not directed to Influential, (ix) genetic information, (x) biometric data, (xi) health information, (xii) sex life or sexual orientation, and (xiii) status as a victim of a crime.
4. Processing and Disclosure of Children/Minors’ Personal Data
In addition to the statements in section 9 of our PRIVACY POLICY:
Minors & Children
Influential is committed to protecting the privacy of children and complying with applicable laws, including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Platform Access
Influential is intended for individuals 18 years of age or older. During account creation, users must certify that they are at least 18 years old and agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.Minors under 18 are not permitted to create accounts directly. However, creators under 18 may appear in search results if they have been ingested into the platform through external data sources, even if they have not signed up.
Creators Aged 13–17
Creators aged 13–17 may be considered for campaigns only if the brand explicitly allows minor participation.These creators are subject to the same brand safety vetting processes as adult creators.
Influential does not directly contract with minors unless permitted by applicable law and with appropriate parental or guardian consent.
Children Under 13
Influential does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.If a child under 13 is identified as a potential creator, the platform requires a “family” account to be created by a parent or legal guardian who is at least 18 years old.
The parent or guardian must provide verifiable consent and manage all interactions with the platform on behalf of the child.
Campaigns targeting audiences under 13 are not supported, and creators under 13 are not contracted.
Data Collection and Use
Influential’s data collection, usage, and sharing practices for minors are consistent with our general Privacy Policy.We do not knowingly collect, use, or share personal information from children under 13 without parental consent.
Privacy Rights for U.S. Residents
Residents of certain US states have specific rights regarding their personal data. This section describes how to exercise those rights and our process for handling those requests.
How to make a request: If the state in which you reside provides you with any of the below privacy rights, you may make a request by calling our toll-free number at 1-833-983-0087 or emailing us.
Verification: Please note that to protect your information and the integrity of our Service, we may need to verify your identity before processing your request. In some cases, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity, such as a government issued ID. If we are unable to authenticate your request using commercially reasonable efforts, we shall not be required to comply with a request. Your state may permit you to designate an agent to make certain requests on your behalf. We require a copy of the written authorization you provided to the agent to verify your agent’s authorization to act on your behalf. We may deny a request if we in good faith believe such request is fraudulent.
Right to Confirm Processing, Know, Access, and Portability
You may have the right to confirm whether we are processing your personal data and more information about categories of (or specific): personal data processed, sources of such personal data, third parties to whom such personal data is disclosed, and the purposes for such processing. Additionally, you may have the right to receive a copy of your specific personal data that we process in a portable format. Information provided in response to your request shall be provided by us to you free of charge, up to twice annually. If requests from you are manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive, we may charge you a reasonable fee to cover the administrative costs of complying with the request or decline to act on the request. We will not disclose your government identification numbers, financial account numbers, health insurance or medical identification numbers, account passwords, security questions and answer, or unique biometric data; however, to the extent we have this information, we will inform you that we have collected this information. Lastly, we may decline to provide specific personal data if it would require us to reveal our trade secrets, as permitted by your state’s privacy law.
Right of Rectification
You may have the right to request correction of the personal data we hold about you if such data is inaccurate or outdated. In the event you can log-in and access your account as part of the Service, you may correct certain information tied to your account. Otherwise, we will treat such correct request as a request to delete (see below).
Right to Deletion
You may have the right to request that we delete your personal data. However, we may retain personal data for. certain important purposes as permitted by law. Where permitted by law and in cases where we have obtained personal data about you from a source other than from you, we shall be deemed in compliance with your request to delete such data pursuant by either (i) retaining a record of the deletion request and the minimum data necessary for the purpose of ensuring your personal data remains deleted from our records and not using such retained data for any other purpose or (ii) opting you out of the processing of such personal data for any purpose except for those exempted.
Right of Restriction
You may have the right to restrict the processing of certain types of personal data or for certain processing purposes, such as limiting our use of your sensitive data. However, we may retain personal data for certain important purposes as permitted by law.
Right to Opt-out
You may have the right to opt-out of the processing of your personal data for purposes of (i) targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of personal data, or (iii) automated decision making or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects, such as employment, housing, or lending decisions.
Right to Non-Discrimination
We will not deny service, charge different prices for, or provide a different level of quality of services if you choose to exercise rights given to you by your state’s privacy laws.
Appeal
If we decline to take action regarding your request, we shall inform you without undue delay, but in all cases and at the latest within 45 days of receipt of the request, of the justification for declining to take action and instructions for how to appeal the decision. We have established a process for your appeal to our refusal to take action on a request within a reasonable period of time after your receipt of our decision. To make an appeal please call our toll-free number at 1-833-983-0087 or email us. If the appeal is denied, we will provide you with an online mechanism, if available, or other method through which you may contact the Attorney General to submit a complaint if your state’s privacy law requires.