Privacy

Green Markets Privacy Policy

Last Updated: February 5, 2025

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This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how we, Bloomberg L.P. and its affiliates (“we”, “us” and/or “Bloomberg”, as applicable), use personal information collected through this website (“this Site”). In this Privacy Policy, Bloomberg L.P. and its affiliates is the data controller of your personal information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any other websites, products, or services, unless otherwise expressly indicated by Bloomberg, including by providing a link to this Privacy Policy or otherwise displaying these terms.

If you are a California resident, refer to the Privacy Policy’s U.S. State Privacy section for more information.

Collection and Use of Your Personal Information

Bloomberg, or where relevant, a designated service provider or third party, collects personal information through this Site, such as during registration or when you request certain services or products.

Personal information is obtained directly from you, from others authorized to provide the information, from activity on the Site, and from other parties with whom we work, such as third parties, business partners, and data analytics providers. Do not provide information about others unless you are authorized to do so and consent to have all information used, disclosed, and transferred in accordance with this Privacy Policy. By submitting the information about others, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so and that you have received authorization from the person about whom you are providing the information and that person has agreed to have all information used, disclosed, and transferred in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We may obtain the following types of personal information in connection with this Site.

  • User information, such as your name, phone number, email address, account name, password, address and contact information;
  • Online identifiers, such as your internet protocol (“IP”) address, signature, or other similar identifiers;
  • Log-in and password; and
  • Professional, industry and employment-related information.

The information we collect from third parties, such as media and business intelligence companies, may include the following:

  • Registration information, such as your name, phone number, email address and contact information; and
  • Professional, company, industry, employment-related, or education information.

We use this information for carefully considered business purposes, which may include some or all of the following:

  • to provide and facilitate our products and services;
  • to communicate with you;
  • to help Bloomberg improve our products and services and develop new products and services;
  • to provide support for our products and services, and for Bloomberg internal quality control purposes;
  • to aggregate and analyze your data in order to better understand your preferences. In some circumstances, we enhance your data with information we have obtained across our sources in order to improve the accuracy and/or effectiveness of our services and our other purposes of processing including marketing;
  • to provide you with offers and promotions about services and products of Bloomberg or of other parties that may be of interest to you;
  • to enhance your experience with this Site, including to save your preferences and login information;
  • to analyze website usage and analyze use of the Site;
  • to protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of Bloomberg or others and to monitor compliance with and enforce any terms of any agreement with Bloomberg;
  • to operate our services, products and systems properly.

You may instruct Bloomberg at any time not to provide you with offers and promotions using your personal information collected in connection with the product you requested by contacting privacy@bloomberg.com and indicating Green Markets in the Subject line of your inquiry, or by clicking here. You can also update your settings for receiving offers and promotions by clicking here. Please note that if you exercise choice in this manner, you will continue to receive communications concerning your account and products and services you requested, and in response to any requests for information by you. Please also note that these processes may take some time to complete, consistent with applicable law.

Use of Cookies and Other Electronic Technologies

Cookies, web server logs, web beacons, or other electronic tools (together, “cookies”) collect information about you, such as your IP address, browser type, language, operating system, computer platform, and the state or country from which you accessed this Site. Bloomberg or a designated service provider may use cookies to help the Site function properly, as well as to collect and compile statistical and other information about your use of this Site and the services provided on this Site, such as the web pages visited, the date and the time of your visit, the websites you visited immediately before and after visiting this Site, the number of links you click within this Site, the functions you use on this Site, the databases you view and the searches you request on this Site, the data you save on or download from this Site, etc.

We may use the following cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies: Some cookies are strictly necessary to make the Site available to you; for example, to perform your login functionality and for user authentication and security. We cannot provide you with the Site without this type of cookies.

Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually set your browser to disable cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. The help function on most browsers contains instructions on how to set your browser to notify you before accepting cookies or to disable cookies entirely. However, note that this Site may not function properly if you disable all cookies.

To assist us with the uses described in this Privacy Policy, information we or our designated service providers, third parties, or affiliates have collected about you through this Site or another website, including your use of this Site or another website, may be aggregated, analyzed or enhanced with personal or other information about you that we have from other sources.

Our Legal Bases for Processing Your Personal Information

In certain jurisdictions, such as the EU or the UK, we may process your personal information on any of the following legal bases:

  • Where we have obtained your consent;
  • Where processing is necessary for us to pursue our carefully considered business purposes.

Disclosure of Your Personal Information

Bloomberg may disclose the personal information described above for the business purposes set out in this Privacy Policy to the following categories of recipients, or in the following circumstances:

  • Our affiliates, subsidiaries and other Bloomberg entities;
  • The party who authorized your use of the services or products, such as your employer (or to its parent company or authorized affiliate(s));
  • Our service providers, including payment processors (such as Stripe); customer relationship management and order management platforms (such as NetSuite); marketing automation providers (such as Eloqua), and sales tax processors (such as Avalara);
  • Law enforcement authorities, regulators and other governmental agencies, pursuant to lawful requests, or if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation or in response to a subpoena, court order, or other legal process, subject to Bloomberg’s Law Enforcement Data Request Statement; or to (b) protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of Bloomberg or others; and
  • Pursuant to a merger, acquisition, or other similar corporate restructuring.

We may also host events with certain affiliates. If you sign up or are invited to such events, we and our affiliates will collect your personal information and may share personal information with each other in order to process your invite, and to provide you with marketing material that may be of interest to you. You will be provided with further information on how your data is used and shared, as well as your rights in relation to such data, during the sign-up process for these events.

Rights With Respect to Your Personal Information

Depending on the jurisdiction, you may have the following rights in relation to your personal information:

  • To access and request certain information about the processing of your personal information;
  • To obtain a portable copy of your personal information;
  • To correct personal information;
  • To delete personal information;
  • To restrict processing of certain personal information;
  • To object to the processing of personal information;
  • To withdraw consent, where this was the lawful reason for processing;
  • To lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Please bear in mind that if you exercise such rights this may affect our ability to provide our products and services.

Please note that under applicable data protection law, there may be additional requirements to fulfill before you can exercise such rights, or there may be certain restrictions applicable to such requests. To inquire about or exercise these rights, please contact us at privacy@bloomberg.com and specify “Green Markets” in the Subject line of your inquiry, or by clicking here. While Bloomberg will make reasonable efforts to accommodate your request, we also reserve the right to impose certain restrictions and requirements on such requests, if allowed or required by applicable laws. In the event that we cannot take action with respect to a request relating to your personal information, in certain jurisdictions, you may have the right to appeal that decision by e-mailing us at privacy@bloomberg.com.

Please note that it may take some time to process your request, consistent with applicable law.

If you choose to exercise these rights, we may ask that you provide sufficient information, including the products and services you have used in the past, your state and country of residence, and contact information, in order for us to verify your identity and process your request. Depending on the types of requests, we may ask for additional information.

You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf related to your personal information. If you choose to use an authorized agent, you should supply your agent with written permission to act on your behalf in relation to your request, and your agent must provide us with proof of such authorization before we process your request.

Accuracy, Security and Retention of Your Personal Information

Any personal information you provide to Bloomberg is kept on secure servers. Bloomberg uses security measures appropriate to the provision of the relevant product or service, such as reasonable administrative, technical, personnel, and physical measures (a) that are designed to safeguard personal information against loss, theft, unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification; and (b) to ensure the integrity of the personal information. To help us protect your privacy, you should maintain the secrecy of the logon ID and password you may have set up in connection with your participation in this Site’s services. Personal information is retained for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) described in this Privacy Policy, or as may be permitted under applicable law. For example, personal information is retained if the information is reasonably necessary to manage your relationship with us or to provide our products and services to you. To determine the appropriate retention period, we will generally consider the following criteria: the length of time needed to achieve the purpose your information was collected for; whether you ceased using our services or products; the existence of any relevant legal proceedings; or applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Transfer of Your Personal Information to Other Countries

Some of the uses and disclosures mentioned in this Privacy Policy may involve the transfer and processing of your personal information to and in various countries that may have different levels of privacy protection than your country. By using our products and services, you acknowledge and agree to such transfers and processing, including to and in the United States. We implement appropriate safeguards to protect such personal information, which may include (without limitation) European Commission approved standard contractual clauses, to protect your personal information that is transferred. Bloomberg’s International Transfer of Personal Information Statement provides additional information about Bloomberg’s personal data protection, security and transfer practices and explains how those practices ensure there are appropriate safeguards in place to protect personal information and is available here.

Links to Third-Party Websites

Bloomberg may provide links or access to third-party websites or other digital properties, including social networking websites. Since we do not control third-party digital properties and are not responsible for any information you may provide while on such digital properties, we encourage you to read the privacy policies on those websites before providing any of your information on such digital properties.

U.S. State Privacy

If you are a California resident, the information below applies to you and supplements the information provided above.

Certain information collected on this Site, including your log-in and password, may constitute “sensitive personal information” as that term is defined by the California privacy law. However, Bloomberg only uses such information to provide our services and products or as otherwise permitted under California privacy law.

If you choose to exercise the rights set out in this Privacy Policy, you also have a right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your rights.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information by Bloomberg L.P. to its affiliates and/or third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email with your first name, last name, mailing address, email address and telephone number to privacy@bloomberg.com. Please include “California Privacy Rights” in the Subject line of your email.

You may also make such a request by writing to us at:

Bloomberg L.P.
Attn: Legal Department
731 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022

The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under the age of 16, nor do we have actual knowledge that we “sell” or “share” the personal information of children under the age of 16. If you have knowledge that a child under the age of 16 has submitted personal information to us, we request that you contact us via one of the methods listed above so that we may delete the information.

Questions Regarding This Privacy Policy

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@bloomberg.com and specify “Green Markets” in the Subject line of your inquiry. If you have complaints about Bloomberg’s processing of your personal information, you may have the right to contact the applicable supervisory authority.

Modifications To This Privacy Policy

Bloomberg reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time by indicating revisions through the “Last Updated” date at the top of the Privacy Policy. Such changes will be effective upon posting.