TABLE OF CONTENTS
Personal Information We Collect
How We Use Personal Information
Information Security and Confidentiality
Overview and Agreement
This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to all “Personal Information” (as defined below) provided by you via use of this website and/or the online services provided via the Site (the “Services”) and constitutes an agreement between you and Protection Plus Solutions (“Company,” “we” or “us”).
Online privacy concerns focus on the protection of “Personal Information” from unauthorized use. As the term suggests, “Personal Information” is information that can be associated with a specific individual or entity, including, for example, a user’s name, address, or telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, driver’s license information, social security number, bank or other account information any other identifier that permits the physical or online contacting of a specific individual, and information about a user that is collected and maintained in personally identifiable form in combination with other Personal Information.
The company has adopted consistent data protection and data security standards for processing the Personal Information of its clients, partners, prospects, and employees. The company holds responsibilities for protecting the privacy of Personal Information, including any personal information being maintained, against threats posed by unauthorized access or misuse. In addition, Company respects individual privacy and shall handle all Personal Information with care.
This policy supports Company’s ability to adapt to a changing marketplace and forms the basis for long-lasting relationships built on trust. This statement also sets important basic conditions for the exchange of data and a reasonable level of data protection for data flows.
This policy applies to the Company as well as associated companies and their employees and covers the following: collection, storage, and use of Personal Information relating to clients, partners, Company employees, and prospects. This includes data relating to customers, prospects, suppliers, and other third parties. You consent and agree to the collection, storage, and use of Personal Information provided by you in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Company reserves the right to change the Privacy Policy by publishing new terms on the Site at least thirty (30) days before the effective date of the changes, and your access and use of the Company website or online services thereafter constitutes your acknowledgment and acceptance of same.
Personal Information We Collect
The data we collect depends on the context of your interactions with the Company, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The data we collect may include the following:
User-Reported Information: The company collects the Personal Information of its clients, prospects, and third-party service providers to facilitate customer support, sales, marketing and related operations essential to Company. Company collects information you provide to us such as contact information including name, email address, phone number, and similar data, the content of messages you send to us, such as feedback and product reviews you write, or questions and information you provide for customer support. When you contact us, such as for customer support, phone conversations or chat sessions with our representatives may be monitored and recorded.
Applications: Using Company’s applications, information can be processed on an organization’s own computers or on computers hosted by Company. In the latter case, Company is an Application Service Provider (ASP). The sign-up process for creating an account for certain applications requires you to provide us with personal contact information. We may also collect certain financial information to create and maintain your account (including without limitation, rent payment amounts and bank account and credit card information).
The types of Personal Information collected at these application pages may include:
- Name
- Address (e.g. for billing and shipping)
- Email address
- Phone number
- Payment card/account information
- Property address
- Other information which is required to complete your request or transaction using the Services or otherwise fulfill your request, which may include personal identification information such as social security number, driver’s license number and similar information.
- Other information as agreed upon through separate Terms of Use/Terms and Conditions specified to the application, where applicable.
System Information/Cookies: Cookies are small bits of code, usually located on a user’s computer hard drive or device, which store information about your visit, your preferences and settings, enable sign-in, provide interest-based advertising, combat fraud, and analyze how our websites and online services are performing. We may use cookies and other means to collect Personal Information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use the Site or the Services. We may automatically collect and store:
- information about devices you use to access the Services and how you use the Services, such as your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address and which websites you visited before accessing our Services.
- certain information such as pages viewed, the date, time and length of time spent on the Site, computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system and platform, and other transactions performed on the Site.
- If you access the Site through a mobile device, we may also be able to identify the device ID and location of your mobile device. You may choose not to share your location details with us by adjusting your mobile device’s location services settings. For instructions on changing the relevant settings, please contact your service provider or device manufacturer.
How We Use Personal Information
As a policy, Company uses Personal Information only in ways that are compatible with the purposes for which it was collected or subsequently authorized by the individual.
You agree that we can use your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy, to:
- Enable, support, and customize your use of the Site and/or our products, applications, or services;
- provide you with updates and information about our products and services;
- conduct analysis for our business purposes; support the development and marketing of our products and services; and
- create de-identified information and then use and disclose this information in any way permitted by law, including to third parties in connection with their commercial and marketing efforts.
Google Analytics: The site uses Google Analytics to collect some of the data described above. You may read how Google uses data when you use our site here: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
First Party Cookies. We use cookies to improve your web-browsing experience. For example, we may use a cookie to reduce the time it takes for you to submit requests by storing a registered user’s e-mail address so that the user does not need to enter their e-mail address each time that they log in to the Site. We will also use a cookie to keep track of your search criteria while you are using the Services. Our cookies are associated with a user’s Personal Information. However, no third party may use the information we collect through our cookies for their own purposes.
We use cookie and system information in the aggregate only to diagnose problems with our service, to improve and track success, and to provide content of interest to you.
If you’d rather that Company not use cookies when you visit our website or use our online services, you can configure your browser settings to reject cookies, but doing so may cause some of the Services on the Site to not work properly.
Do Not Track Signals: The company’s website and online services are not currently configured to respond to Do Not Track signals or other mechanisms that provide users the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of Personal Information about a user’s online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services.
Use by Children: The company, as a standard practice, does not knowingly or specifically collect, use, or require any information about minors under the age of 18. The website(s) run by Company are not intended for minors under the age of 18. If you believe that we have mistakenly or unintentionally collected such information, please notify us so that we may delete the information from our servers.
Sharing of Information
You agree that we may disclose your Personal Information to third-party contractors that assist us by performing services related to the operation of the Site and/or the Services. If it is necessary to disclose your Personal Information to third parties, Company will obtain assurances from the recipients that they will safeguard Personal Information consistently with this Privacy Policy. Examples of appropriate assurances that may be provided by recipients include but are not limited to a contract obligating the recipient to provide at least the same level of protection as is required hereunder and/or under applicable legal and industry requirements such as PCI DSS. Where Company becomes aware that a recipient is using or disclosing Personal Information in a manner contrary to this Privacy Policy, Company will take reasonable steps to prevent or stop the use or disclosure.
Law Enforcement/Legal Disclosure: Additionally, notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, to the extent permitted or required by law, regulation, or other legal requirement, we will disclose your Personal Information to government authorities or third parties if:
- required to do so by law, or in response to a subpoena or court order;
- we believe in our sole discretion that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect against fraud, to protect the property or other rights of us or other users, third parties or the public at large; or
- we believe that you have abused the Site by using it to attack other systems or to gain unauthorized access to any other system,