Policy Number: 1.0
Policy Name: Information Technology (Information Security) – Acceptable Use of
Effective Date: September 16th, 2016
Last Revision: November 18, 2019
I. Policy
EmergenceTek Group, Inc. (ETG) has created this privacy policy for www.emergencetek.com (the “Website”) in order to demonstrate its firm commitment to privacy. This Policy does NOT apply to information collected by ETG offline or through any other means.
II. Scope
This Policy is applicable to all Employees, Vendors, Customers, Contractors, Retainers, Partners, Collaborators, service providers and other prospective clients or individuals who connect with ETG for various purposes.
Note:
For purpose of this privacy policy, personal data means any information that relates to an individual, identified or identifiable either directly or indirectly from one or more identifiers or from factors specific to the individual which is in possession of ETG.
III. Consent
Please read this Policy to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we treat it. Your use of this website signifies that you agree with all terms of this Policy; so please do not use this Website if you disagree with any part of this Policy.
IV. Information we collect
When you visit our Website, we may collect and store personally identifiable information about you, such as your name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, company name, industry, job title, nature of your inquiry, and any other information you enter into our forms.
V. Links and Third Parties’ Privacy Practices
This Website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by ETG. ETG IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OR THE CONTENT OF SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING WEBSITES OPERATED BY AFFILIATED ENTITIES. We provide such links only as a convenience and the inclusion of a link on the website does not imply endorsement of the linked website by ETG. If you provide any personally identifiable information through any such third party website, your transaction will occur on such third party’s website (and not on this Website) and the personally identifiable information you provide will be collected by and controlled by the privacy policy of that third party. ETG recommends that you review the privacy policy of third-party websites arrived at from links on this Website.
Cookies – Cookies are data that a web server transfers to an individual’s computer for recordkeeping purposes. Cookies are an industry standard used by most websites and help facilitate users’ ongoing access to and use of a particular website, for example by providing information used to deliver content specific to your interests and for other purposes, such as security and other account administrative functions, and which may track personal identifying information.
When visiting our Website, we use cookies to store and track information about you. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there are simple procedures in most browsers that allow you to delete existing cookies, to automatically decline cookies or to be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer of particular cookies to your computer.
Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. You should note, however, that declining cookies may make it difficult or impossible for you to use portions of the Website.
VI. How we use your information
• We use your information to contact you in response to your inquiry and occasionally let you know of additional services about which you might be interested in.
• We use your information to statistically analyze site usage, improve our content and service offerings, and customize our site’s content, layout, and services.
• We use your contact information to contact you regarding administrative notices, new service offerings, and communications relevant to your use of the site.
• We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our servers, to manage our Web site and services, and to enhance our site based on the usage pattern data we receive.
• We do NOT sell, rent, share or in any other way use personally identifying information collected during your use of our Website.
Finally, we may share the information your provide with the following the third-parties, each of which has a link to their respective privacy policies: WordPress and Google Analytics.
VII. Opting Out
If you do not wish to have your email address used by ETG to promote our services, you can opt-out by clicking the unsubscribe link contained in an e-mail from us or by sending us an email stating your request to hr@emergencetek.com
VIII. Security
We have put in place security measures to help protect your personal information from accidental loss, misuse, disclosure, and alteration. ETG employs reasonable security measures consistent with standard industry practice to help protect against public access to personally identifiable and account activity information collected on and used by ETG at this Website. All information that you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls.
Please note, unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted through our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures we provide.
IX. Note Regarding use of this website by children
We request that children under the age of 16 do not provide personally identifiable information through our Website.
Since we do not have a way of distinguishing the age of individuals who access our Website, if a child has provided us with personally identifying information without parental or guardian consent, the parent or guardian should contact us immediately to remove the information. If we become aware that a person under the age of 16 has provided us with any personally identifiable information, that information will be removed from our records.
X. Updates to this privacy policy
ETG reserves the right to make changes in this Privacy Policy. These changes will take effect immediately upon posting. By continuing to use the Website following such changes, you will be deemed to have agreed to such changes. So, please check the policy periodically for updates. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be communicated through our Website. Information collected before changes are made will be secured according to the previous Privacy Policy.
XI. Contacting ETG
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the contents of this Website, you may contact us:
EmergenceTek Group, Inc.
403 Main Street, Suite 325
Buffalo, NY 14203
1-716-406-4544
Monday through Friday 8am – 7pm ET
hr@emergencetek.com.
