Statement & Terms
This website is intended solely for the purposes of providing information about Grocho Technical Services Inc. and providing an additional way to contact us. We take confidentiality and privacy very seriously and see no business reasons to use any data which could be collected via this informational website besides the information you provide that allows us to contact you, and general visitor trends to improve the website in the future. By using this website you agree to the terms of the privacy policy outlined below, so please take take a moment to review and please contact us with any concerns.
Data Collection & Use
This Privacy Policy provides information about how Grocho Technical Services Inc. collects, uses, shares, and transfers information relating to an identified or identifiable individual (“Personal Information”), and about your rights and options regarding the processing of your Personal Information. A reference to “GTS”, “we,” “us,” or “our” is a reference to Grocho Technical Services Inc. and any relevant affiliate involved in the Personal Information processing activity.
The Privacy Policy applies to all visitors to our website, to online services provided by us or our affiliates that contain a link to this Privacy Policy, and to any form of communication between you and us (collectively referred to as the “Services”). By providing your Personal Information and other information through our Services, you acknowledge that this Information will be processed according to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If any term in this Privacy Policy is unacceptable to you, please do not use the Services or provide any Personal Information. Grocho Technical Services Inc. is the controller of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy, unless specified otherwise.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
Your Personal Information may be collected when you visit the website or utilize our Services, including when you:
• Use the website
• Send us a message through the contact form on the website, via email or other messaging service
• Purchase goods or services from GTS
The following are examples of Personal Information that we may collect directly from you:
• Name;
• Contact details (e-mail address, telephone number, mailing address, etc.);
• Username and password;
• Communication preferences;
• Billing or payment information, and
• Business information, including employment or education information, occupation, and areas of interest or specialization.
We may also collect other information when you visit the website. For example, we may use automatic data collection technologies (such as Google Analytics) to collect certain statistical information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including but not limited to (a) details of your visits to our Services, including traffic data and location data, date and time of access, frequency and other communication data; (b) information about your device and internet connection, including operating system, host domain, hardware, browser type, unique identifiers including device IP address and geolocation data; and (c) details of referring websites actions, and patterns. This data is generated and collected automatically, as part of the standard operation of the website
INFORMATION USE
We use the information you provide to us in a variety of ways, including the following:
• Responding to your inquiries and communications;
• Marketing products and services to you, and analyzing and improving our products and services.
We may use the information you provide us to help us fulfill our contract with you when you purchase goods or services or otherwise transact with us. We may also use this information to enforce our rights arising from such contracts. We may use your information to comply with mandatory legal obligations.
INFORMATION SHARING
Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, or rent your Personal Information. We may share your Personal Information with affiliates, agents, vendors, or service providers who assist us in the process of providing products or services to you, or otherwise perform functions on our behalf. These third parties use your Personal Information only at our direction. We reserve the right to disclose your Personal Information if permitted or required by law or in response to a law enforcement or other legal request and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process. We also may disclose your Personal Information if we believe such disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect or defend our interests or the interests of our clients or as necessary to protect the public from harm. If we sell or transfer a business unit or asset to another company or enter into a strategic business transaction, we may share your Personal Information with parties to the transaction to disclose our assets, respond to due diligence requests, or for other purposes to facilitate the business transaction. We may share aggregated data with third parties collectively in an anonymous way, which does not reveal Personal Information. In addition, we may share your Personal Information when you have provided consent to do so.
INFORMATION PROTECTION
We implement commercially reasonable security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access. Because no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, we cannot guarantee or warrant that your Personal Information is under absolute security with the existing security technology. If you have any questions regarding the security of our website or information handling practices, please contact us.
INFORMATION RETENTION
We retain Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. We determine our retention periods based on one or more of the following criteria: whether we have an ongoing relationship with you and as required by law or our legal interests and positions, which may include statutes of limitations, lawsuits, public disclosures, audits, or investigations.
EXTERNAL LINKS
We may provide links to other websites to provide additional information. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. To the extent you access a third-party website, the privacy policy of that other website will apply to your access of that site. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF INFORMATION
Your Personal Information may be stored and processed, transferred between and accessed from the United States, Canada, and other countries, which may not guarantee the same level of protection of Personal Information as the country in which you reside. However, GTS will handle Personal Information collected through the website and other means in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and in compliance with applicable law.
PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES & UPDATES
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, but will contact you in advance of any material changes and direct you to the updated Privacy Policy page so that you are aware of the changes.
MINORS
We do not knowingly collect Personal Information of children under the age of 18 without consent.
PRIVACY CONTACT INFORMATION
If you would like to contact us for any reason regarding this Privacy Policy, please e-mail us at [email protected]
Location-Specific Privacy Information
European Union (EU) Residents
As an EU resident, you are entitled to certain rights related to your Personal Information. You have theright to access the personal information we have collected about you, the right to correct any inaccurate Personal Information we may have collected about you, and the right to supplement any incomplete Personal Information we may have collected from you. In certain circumstances, you have the right to the deletion or removal of your Personal Information, the right to restrict the processing of your Personal Information, the right to obtain and transmit your Personal Information to a third-party, and the right to object to the way your Personal Information is being used.
If we are using your Personal Information based on your consent, you may withdraw this consent at any time using the contact information in Section XII above. If you have questions or concerns about how we use your Personal Information, please contact us using the contact information listed in Section XII above, and we will make efforts to respond to and/or resolve any issues. If you have a data privacy or data use concern that you feel has not been fully addressed, you have the right to lodge a complaint regarding use of your data with the applicable data protection authority.
California Residents
The following supplemental Privacy Statement applies only to visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California (“consumers,” or “you”). The purpose of this Statement is to ensure compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and other California privacy laws, as applicable.
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked to a particular consumer or device (“Personal Information”): Name, address, telephone, email address, job title, IP address, products or services purchased, obtained, considered, purchasing histories.
We may share your Personal Information with the following categories of third parties for a business purpose:
1. Affiliates and/or subsidiaries
2. Collaborators, including partners, vendors, service providers, academic institutions, joint ventures, web design firms, digital marketing services firms
3. Service providers and advisors, including but not limited to advertising networks, internet service providers, data analytics providers, operating systems/platforms, social networks, accountants, and auditors.
We will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.
We do not sell and have never sold California resident Personal Information (relating to adults and to minors under 18) to a third party. In accordance with your rights under the CCPA, we will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights under California law or applicable law.
California residents are entitled to certain rights relating to your Personal Information, including
▪ the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection, use and/or disclosure of your Personal Information over the past 12 months.
▪ the right to request the deletion of Personal Information that we collected about you and retained, subject to certain exceptions