Date Last Updated and Effective: January 13, 2026
The 451 Alliance is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our members. We are a part of the S&P Global Inc. family of companies (“S&P Global”).
The Addendum below provides specific information relevant to 451 Alliance members and is a supplement to the . In case of any inconsistencies between this 451 Alliance-Specific Addendum and the rest of the Policy, this Addendum prevails.
If you are a 451 Alliance member or apply for membership, we collect your personal data in the course of receiving your application for membership, administering your 451 Alliance Membership, making surveys and survey results available to you, and providing discounts and other opportunities through our partners.
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Why we collect it |
| Contact details such as name, telephone numbers (which may include cell/mobile numbers), email address and postal address and details of any correspondence between us. |
To respond to your communications and inquiries.
To provide membership updates, support, information and alerts.
To contact you for information verification purposes.
To obtain your feedback regarding your Membership.
To deliver Member benefits to you.
To identify duplicate records in our member database.
To deliver invitations and reminders to participate in research, which sustains your free membership.
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| User credentials including name, email address, and password. |
To set up and maintain your Member account.
To enable you to access the Members-only content on our platforms for your own purposes.
To enable you to log in to your account and update your information, delete it, or end your membership.
To identify duplicate records in our member database.
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| Employer and employment information such as job title, company affiliation, function, seniority, department and location of your office. |
To maintain accurate firmographic data for research purposes.
To tailor research invitations to members based on qualification or relevance.
To identify duplicate records in our member database.
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| Any personal demographic information you provide to us, such as details of your education, professional certifications, qualifications, birth year, and your gender. |
To maintain accurate demographic data for research purposes.
To identify duplicate records in our member database.
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| Views, opinions and feedback that you choose to share with us via your comments, ratings, interviews, posts via our Site, and survey responses. |
To better understand member satisfaction and optimize the member experience.
To collect accurate, first-hand data to aggregate and anonymize for analysis to determine larger trends.
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| Non-sensitive demographic data or firmographic data about you or your employer that is publicly available on the internet or on social media. Non-confidential firmographic data or contact information may be provided by third parties. |
To maintain accurate demographic and firmographic data for research purposes.
To identify duplicate records in our member database.
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| Indication of social media platform use and links to your publicly available social media profiles. |
To maintain accurate demographic and firmographic data for research purposes.
To identify duplicate records in our member database.
To identify alternative means to perform member outreach if all other direct contact is unsuccessful.
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For purposes of these 451 Alliance Additional Privacy Terms, the data controller of the personal information that we collect from you is: 451 Alliance, Attn: Privacy, 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041. This means that we determine how and why the information we collect from or about you is used. If you have questions, please refer to the “How to contact us” section of this policy or contact our Data Protection Officer at Privacy@spglobal.com or 451 Alliance, c/o S&P Global, Inc., 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041.
S&P Global keeps certain activities of its business units separate from each other in order to preserve the independence and objectivity of each of these activities. As a result, your participation and personal information collected when you apply for 451 Alliance membership or otherwise use www.451Alliance.com will never be shared with the S&P Global Ratings division. S&P Global has established policies and procedures to maintain the confidentiality of non-public information received in connection with this program. S&P Global does not share 451 Alliance membership Personal Information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.