We recognize and respect the privacy of users of this Web site and its related blogs (collectively the “Web site”). When you choose to provide us with data about yourself, we will act in a responsible manner. We may store and disclose personal data allowed or required by applicable law, including making disclosures that are necessary or advisable to (i) protect our rights, safety or property or that of others and (ii) conform to legal or regulatory requirements. Without your express approval, however, we will never trade, sell or rent your personal data, though we might collect and/or provide aggregate statistics about the Web site and users to other parties. We have no intention of collecting any personal data from individuals under 13 years of age.
When you view certain parts of the Web site, information may be stored on your computer. This information will be in the form of a “Cookie” or similar file and will permit tailoring of the Web site to better match your interests and/or preferences. This site, however, might from time to time contain links to other Web sites. We do not control the privacy policies of those sites. See “Linking”, below.
This privacy statement only applies to personal data collected and maintained by us.
Linking
As a convenience, this Web site contains links to other sites that are not controlled by, or affiliated or associated with us. We do not make any representations concerning the privacy practices or terms of use of such sites, nor do we control or guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of the information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages or other materials available on such sites. The inclusion or exclusion does not imply any endorsement of such sites, the sites’ providers, or the information on those sites.
European Union / Global Privacy Law Terms
Persons whose personal data is collected and processed in Europe should be aware of the following additional information. Persons whose personal data is collected and processed in other jurisdictions should be aware that we will generally do our best to adhere to the standards of European data privacy law, currently the General Data Protection Regulation. We will also follow applicable local law, such as California Consumer Privacy Act, where that law imposes materially different requirements that are more protective of your rights. You may contact us with any questions about this, using the Contact Us link on this page.
A. Controller. You may contact us by using the Contact Us link on this page.
B. Categories of Personal Data and Purposes of Processing. Contact information which you submit may be used to respond to your inquiries. You should not submit to us personal information, such as private cell phone numbers or private email addresses, that you with to keep strictly confidential. Rather, use contact information that is suitable for general business use, such as cell phone numbers and email addresses you use for doing general business. See below.
C. Details of Transfers to Third Countries and Safeguards. Your personal data may be transferred to the United States for hosting of this website. The United States may be deemed by the European Union not to have an adequate level of protection of personal data. However, to the best of our ability, transfers of personal data collected and processed in the European Union and processed by us shall be made consistent with the General Data Protection Regulation. Our site is hosted by GoDaddy©. Technical and organizational and technical controls appropriate to the sensitivity of the data collected, shall be imposed by us, including controls made available by the website host and certain third parties, such as those who provide security plug-ins, when we deem these appropriate. You should not submit to us personal information, such as private cell phone numbers or private email addresses, that you with to keep strictly confidential. Rather, use contact information that is suitable for general business use, such as cell phone numbers and email addresses you use for doing general business.
D. Other uses of personal data. In addition to the above, you acknowledge and consent to the fact that we may use personal data and any other information you provide if required to do so by law or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to comply with legal process; to investigate, prevent or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies; to respond to claims of third parties; to protect our or third party’s rights, property, safety; or to otherwise enforce these terms or the integrity of the site and data. You acknowledge and consent to such disclosure. Circumstances may arise where for business or technological reasons (e.g., for purposes of investigation, routine audits, site administration and improvement, data storage and recovery, and other analytics), it might be necessary for us and/or our third party contractors/service providers acting on our behalf to have access to personal information and content submitted via this site. It is our practice to require any such service providers who might have access to personal or confidential information in the course of providing services to us to be bound by confidentiality obligations designed to protect any such personal or confidential information.
E. Legal basis for processing. The legal basis for processing your personal data in the European Union is as follows.
(i) It may be necessary for compliance with legal obligations to which we are subject, such as reporting of compliance with law to certain government agencies, to exercise our legal rights where it is necessary to do so, for example to detect, prevent and respond to fraud claims, intellectual property claims or violations of law, and may be necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests, to ensure that it can effectively manage and communicate regarding its business efficiently, to perform investigations, and to carry out audits of compliance. When we process personal data to meet our legitimate interests, we always balance these against your fundamental rights and freedoms and we put in place appropriate safeguards to ensure that your privacy is protected. For more information about the balancing test that is carried out when we rely upon legitimate interests, please contact us as indicated below. If we ask for your consent to process your personal data, and your personal data is subject to European law, you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us.
F. Retention. Your personal data will be held for only so long as it is needed for our business purposes. If you require any information about the periods for which we will hold your personal data please contact us indicated as indicated below.
G. Certain Rights. You have rights under European law to access and rectify, or erase, restrict, or object to our use of your personal data. If you would like to discuss or exercise such rights please contact us as indicated below. (If we cannot process your data, it may not be able to respond to your inquiries.) You also have the right to lodge a complaint regarding how we handle your personal data with the local supervisory authority for data protection within your specific European Union member state of residence, place of work, or place of alleged infringement of European law.
I. If you have any questions relating to the Privacy Policy, please contact us.
J. You may contact us using the Contact Us option in the footer.