Collection of personal information
We may ask you on this site for information that personally identifies you or provides information about yourself (“personal information”) or allows us to contact you to provide a service or a product or carry out a transaction that you have requested (such as requesting information about our company). The personal information we collect may include your name, your address, your telephone number, your email address and other contact information, and other information about services requested through the Site. You are not required to provide the personal information that we have requested, but, if you choose not to do so, in many cases we will not be able to provide you with our services or respond to questions you may have.
The Site may also collect information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to the Site. This information is used, among other reasons, to help improve the Site, analyze use trends, and administer the Site.
Use of personal information
Except as otherwise required by law, the personal information collected on the Site will be used solely for the following legitimate business purposes:
- Operate the Site and to provide the service(s) and/or product(s) or carry out the transaction(s) you have requested or authorized
- To provide you with more effective customer service
- Send promotional or advertising materials to you (see opt-out provisions below)
- To improve the Site and any related Company products or services
- To make the Site easier to use by eliminating the need for your repeated entry of the same information. In order to offer you a more consistent experience in your interactions with the Company, information collected by the Site may be combined with information collected in connection with other Company products and services
- From our Site, you may use third party social media widgets/tools/buttons. If you use that functionality, your use is subject to the third party’s privacy policy and terms. As with all links to non-Company websites/content/services, we recommend that you read the privacy policies and terms associated with third party properties carefully.
- We may use your personal information for any legal purposes to which you explicitly consent.
How we share information
The Company may occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as website hosting, website design or technical support, mailing/shipping, answering customer questions about products and services, and sending information about special offers and services. We will only provide those companies with the minimum necessary personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose. For example, the Company may share data:
- Upon consent, to enable third-party service providers to provide marketing materials for goods or services
- To enable third parties to provide services to us.
- To comply with our legal obligations, regulations or contracts, or to respond to a court order, administrative or judicial process, such as a subpoena, government audit or search warrant. Categories of recipients would include counterparties to contracts, judicial and governmental bodies
- In response to lawful requests by public authorities (such as national security or law enforcement)
- To seek legal advice from external lawyers and advice from other professional advisers such as accountants, management consultants, etc.
- As necessary to establish, exercise or defend against potential, threatened or actual litigation (such as adverse parties in litigation)
- Where necessary to protect Company, your vital interests, such as safety and security, or those of another person
- In connection with the sale, assignment or other transfer of all or part of our business (such as a potential purchaser and its legal/professional advisers)
We may aggregate and/or de-identify data about visitors to our Site or other collection activities and use it for any purpose, including product and service development and improvement activities.
Except as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, your personal information will not be shared outside of the Company without your permission.
Privacy Protection for Children
No information should be submitted to or posted to the Site by any person under the age of 13 years. The Company does not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you are under 13 years old, you may not attempt to provide your information through the Site. If the Company determines that contact information has submitted by a person under age 13, such information will be removed. If you are between the ages of 13 and 17, you may use the Site only with your parent or guardian’s consent; the Company reserves the right to request verification of such parent or guardian’s consent. Personal information of persons between ages 13 and 17 will be collected as described in this Privacy Policy. By submitting your contact information through the Site, you represent that you are age 13 or over.
Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. We are a United States-based company, and as such you expressly consent to the transfer and storage of your personal data collected through the website to anywhere in the United States where we maintain facilities. In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
Security of personal information
The Company is strongly committed to protecting the security of your personal information. When you submit personal information on the Site, the Company will take all reasonable efforts in order to protect your personal information. The Company uses certain security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure once it is received. Although we implement reasonable administrative, physical, and electronic security measures designed to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, we cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to or guarantee that this information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed. We will make any legally required disclosures of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored personal data.
Cookies
Upon your acceptance of cookie from our websites, we may collect information about your visits to the Site without you actively re-submitting acceptance of cookies. In some countries, we are not permitted to send cookies to the browser of a user without the prior consent of the affected user. In this case, we will seek such consent. The remainder of this section assumes that either the use of cookies is not restricted by applicable law or if it is restricted the individual has explicitly consented to the use of cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server and that helps the Site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. The use of cookies simplifies the process of delivering relevant content, eases Site navigation, and provides other similar benefits to users of the Site. When you return to the Site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Site’s features.
You have the ability to accept or decline the use of cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the features of the Site.
Choice/opt out
The Site provides you with the opportunity to choose to receive updates about the Company and any information we may want you to know about. You may be added to the Company’s mailing lists and signed up for certain notifications from the Company when you submit your contact information through the Site. If you would like to be removed from this list and/or opt out of these notifications, please unsubscribe using the instructions in the email or call or write us at the physical address, email address or telephone number listed below. Please allow five (5) business days for processing of your opt-out request.
If you need to correct or update your contact information, or you no longer desire our services, you can do so by contacting us using the contact information set forth below.
European Union Resident Rights
If you are accessing the Site from the European Union, you have the following data protection rights:
- You may access, correct, update or request deletion of your personal information at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided under the “Contact Information” section below.
- You may object to Company processing your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information or request portability of your personal information. You can exercise these rights by contacting using the contact details below.
- You have the right opt-out of any marketing communications we send to you at any time. You may exercise this right by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” link in the marketing emails that we send to you. Or you may reply to any of our marketing emails requesting to be removed from our email database.
- If we have previously collected and processed your personal information with your consent, you can withdraw this consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
- You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, contact your local data protection authority.
We will respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable laws. Please note that, depending on the nature of your inquiry, request, or complaint, we may need to verify your idPillar4 Media before implementing your request and may require proof of idPillar4 Media. We reserve the right to keep any information in our archives that we deem necessary to comply with our legal obligations.
How We Store Your Information/International Data Transfers
By using the Site you consent to the transfer of information to anywhere where the Site or our service providers maintain facilities and the use and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.
We are a US based company and by accessing the Site, you grant us express consent to transfer your personal information to US servers. If you do not wish for us to transfer your personal information to the US, please contact us using the information in the “Contact Us” section below.
This Policy sets out the privacy principles we follow with respect to transfers of personal information from the European Economic Area (EEA) to the United States, including personal information we receive from individuals residing in the EEA who visits our Site or otherwise interact with us.
Please note that for users located in the EEA, the term personal information used in this Policy is equivalent to the term “personal data” under applicable European data protection laws
California Consumer Privacy Act Notice
Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), we collect the following categories of Personal Information:
- Identifiers, such as name and government-issued identifier
- Personal information, as defined in the California safeguards law, such as contact and financial information
- Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as age, gender, medical conditions, and marital status
- Commercial information, such as transaction information and purchase history
- Internet or network activity information, such as browsing history and interactions with our websites
- Geolocation data, such as device location
- Audio, electronic, visual and similar information, such as call and video recordings
- Professional or employment-related information, such as work history and prior employer
- Education information subject to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, such as student records and directory information
Inferences may also be drawn from any of the Personal Information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences and characteristics.
We collect this Personal Information directly from California residents themselves, as well as from joint marketing partners, public databases, providers of demographic data, publications, professional organizations, social media platforms, people with whom you are connected on social media platforms, caregivers, companies and other third parties that help us screen and onboard individuals for hiring purposes, and other third parties. For more information on our social media practices, please see here.
We may use this Personal Information for legitimate business purposes to operate, manage, and maintain our business, to provide our products and services, for our employment purposes, and to otherwise accomplish our business purposes and objectives. Our business purposes and objectives include, for example, developing, improving, repairing, and maintaining our products and services; personalizing, advertising, and marketing our products and services; conducting research, analytics, and data analysis; maintaining our facilities and infrastructure; undertaking quality and safety assurance measures; conducting risk and security controls and monitoring; detecting and preventing fraud; performing idPillar4 Media verification; performing accounting, audit, and other internal functions, such as internal investigations; complying with law, legal process, and internal policies; maintaining records; and exercising and defending legal claims.
We may disclose the following Personal Information to our affiliates and third parties, such as our service providers, for the operation of our legitimate business purposes:
- Identifiers, such as name and government-issued identifier
- Personal information, as defined in the California safeguards law, such as contact and financial information
- Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as age, gender, medical conditions, and marital status
- Commercial information, such as transaction information and purchase history
- Internet or network activity information, such as browsing history and interactions with our websites
- Geolocation data, such as device location
- Audio, electronic, visual and similar information, such as call and video recordings
- Professional or employment-related information, such as work history and prior employer
- Education information subject to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, such as student records and directory information
- Inferences drawn from any of the Personal Information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences and characteristics
- We have not “sold” Personal Information for purposes of the CCPA.
For purposes of this CCPA Notice, “sold” or “sale” means the disclosure of Personal Information for monetary or other valuable consideration but does not include, for example, the transfer of Personal Information as an asset that is part of a merger, bankruptcy, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business.
If you are a California resident, you may request that we:
Disclose to you the following information covering the 12 months preceding your request:
- The categories of Personal Information we collected about you and the categories of sources from which we collected such Personal Information
- The specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting Personal Information about you
- The categories of Personal Information about you that we otherwise shared or disclosed and the categories of third parties with whom we shared or to whom we disclosed such Personal Information
- Delete Personal Information we collected from you
- Correct any inaccurate Personal Information that we have collected
To make a request for the disclosures, deletion, or correction described above, please contact us using the contact information below. In some instances, we may decline to honor your request where an exception applies, such as where the disclosure of Personal Information would adversely affect the rights and freedoms of another California resident.
You have the right to be free from unlawful discrimination for exercising your rights under the CCPA.
Third Party Sites
The Site may contain links to other sites that are not affiliated with the Company. Any such link is not, and is not intended to be, an endorsement of such other website or its content and you should review the terms of use and privacy policy of such other website. These websites operate independently of the Company and the Company is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time and without notice to you. All such updates shall be effective immediately unless otherwise stated. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the Site constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time.
Coordination with Terms of Service
This Privacy Policy is intended solely to clarify the Company’s practices with respect to personal information and shall not in any way modify or limit the legal effect of the Terms of Service of the Site. In the event of any conflict between this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service, the Terms of Service shall control. In particular, the Company will not be liable for any damages or injury (including, without limitation, incidental and consequential damages, personal injury/wrongful death, lost profits, or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) that result from your use of the Site or your submission of personal information through the Site, even if there is negligence on the part of the Company or its employees. In addition, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the Company, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers, harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your submission of personal information to the Site or your unlawful collection of personal information of others through use of the Site.
Governing law and venue
This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina. Any dispute relating to this Privacy Policy shall be resolved solely in the state or federal courts located in the State of North Carolina.
Contact information
The Company welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us electronically or via postal mail at the following address, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem, or if you need to contact us for any other reason, you may do so using the following information:
PILLAR4 MEDIA
2101 Thrift Road
Charlotte, NC 28210
Email: aginginplaceorg@gmail.com