Schultz & Williams understands your concerns about privacy and your interest in knowing how your information is used and safeguarded, and so we have created this Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) to provide you with more information on these topics. This Privacy Policy describes the practices, policies and procedures for our website located at www.Schultzwilliams.com, (the “Website”). This Website is owned and operated by Schultz & Williams, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Schultz & Williams,” or “we” or “us”). Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to Schultz & Williams’s online information-gathering and sharing practices occurring on the Website, and does not apply to any of our practices conducted offline. By visiting this Website, you are accepting the practices, policies and procedures described in this Privacy Policy, and you are further indicating that you agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not visit or use any of the links on this Website. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for changes. The date this Privacy Policy was last updated is stated at the end of this document.
SUMMARY
The notifications provided by this Privacy Policy include:
- What personally identifiable information we collect from you through the Website.
- How we use the information we collect.
- With whom the information may be shared.
- The kind of procedures we employ in an effort to hinder the unauthorized access, use or disclosure of information you provide to us.
- Information related to third-party websites.
- The laws that apply to those accessing our Website from outside of the United States.
- How you can learn about changes to our privacy policies, practices and procedures.
- How you can make changes to the information we collect on you.
- Other rights that you may have.
- Special provisions related to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Personal Information You Provide and How It Is Used: You may freely visit our Website anonymously and without being required to provide us with any personal information. However, certain requests do require that you provide us with some personally identifying information as more particularly described below. Personal information is data that can be used to identify or contact you. Please do not send confidential information to us directly through this Website, or by email to any of the contact links on this Website.
Contact Us: The Website provides “contact us” links for questions visitors may have about the work we do or to explore partnering with us. If you contact us through any of these contact forms, we will collect your name and email address, and any other personal information that you provide to us. We will use the information you provide to contact you and to respond to any requests and/or questions. You may also receive additional communications containing informational materials about Schultz & Williams.
Newsletter: If you opt to sign up for our email newsletter, you will be asked to provide us with your name and email address, which we will use to periodically send you the newsletter and other informational communications.
Job Opportunities: The Website may post job opportunities with Schultz & Williams. If you opt to be considered for any such opportunity, you will be asked to provide us with certain personally identifying information – such as your name and email address; you will also be asked to provide us your resume, which will likely contain a variety of additional personally identifiable information.
Non-Personal Information We Collect by Automated Means And How We Use It: We may collect certain non-personal information (data in a form that does not support direct association with any specific person or individual) by automated means when you visit the Website. Much of this information, when collected, will be through the use of third-party tracking services, which includes Google Analytics. The information collected may include usage information, such as the numbers and frequency of users to the Website, pages visited, web browsing histories, your location and device, social networking activities and similar data. When gathered, this data is used in the aggregate, and not in a manner that is intended to identify you personally. This type of aggregate information may be shared with third parties at any time, including with third party marketers with whom we may work. In addition to Google Analytics, we may also collect information through various other means, including “cookies,” “web beacons” and IP addresses, as further explained below. We also may use “ad pixels” and/or “trackers” (tracking pixels) that follows and tracks your activities from an ad placement to specific website use/activities.
Cookies: A cookie is a piece of information that a web server may place on your computer when you visit a Website. Cookies are commonly used by websites to improve the user experience. Many cookies last only through a single Website session, or visit. Others may have an expiration date or may remain on your computer until you delete them. We may use cookies for a variety of purposes, including to gather data about the usage of our Website for research and other purposes.
Cookies may also be used for “retargeting.” Retargeting is a cookie-based technology that uses specific code to anonymously “follow” or track previous visitors to our Website after they leave and allows us to target advertisements to those previous visitors as they visit other websites. As such, when you visit our Website we may “activate” an anonymous browser cookie.
Web Beacons: Our Website may contain “web beacons” (also know as Internet tags, pixel tags and clear GIFs). These web beacons allow third parties to obtain information such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the beacon appears, the URL of the page on which the beacon appears, the time the page containing the beacon was viewed, the type of browser used to view the page, and the information in cookies set by the third party.
IP Addresses: When you visit and interact with the Website, third parties with whom we have contracted to provide services for us may collect Internet Protocol addresses (each an “IP Address”), as well as browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and page navigation. An IP Address is a unique identifier number that certain electronic devices use to identify and to communicate with each other on the Internet; your Internet Service Provider automatically assigns an IP Address to the computer that you are using. We gather this information to track Website visitor movement in the aggregate, and to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. Our goal in gathering this information is to learn how visitors are using our Website. We may use this information to enhance our Website or for other lawful purposes.
HOW WE MAY SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
We may disclose all of the information (described herein) that we collect, as stated in this Privacy Policy including in accordance with the terms set forth in this section. Schultz & Williams works with a variety of third-party partners in order to allow us to make the Website available to you, to host and store the information we collect from you, and to provide certain functionality and features. Except as stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not reveal personally identifiable information about you to third parties for their independent use unless: (1) you expressly authorize Schultz & Williams to do so, (2) it is necessary to allow Schultz & Williams and its service providers or agents to provide services on Schultz & Williams’s behalf, (3) it is to provide products or services to you, (4) it is disclosed to entities that perform marketing or data aggregation services for Schultz & Williams, (5) it is necessary in connection with a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Schultz & Williams or the merger of Schultz & Williams into another entity or any consolidation, share exchange, combination, reorganization, or like transaction in which Schultz & Williams is not the survivor, (6) Schultz & Williams is required or permitted to do so for any or all of the following reasons: (i) to comply with a subpoena, legal process, government request or any other legal obligation, (ii) to prevent, investigate, detect, or prosecute criminal offenses or attacks on the technical integrity of the Website or our network, and/or (iii) to protect the rights, privacy, property, business, or safety of Schultz & Williams, its partners and employees or the visitors to the Website.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY/NOTE TO PARENTS
This Website does not intentionally or knowingly collect, use, or disclose personally identifiable information about visitors to our Website that are less than 16 years of age. If a child under the age of 16 submits information to us through any part of the Website and Schultz & Williams becomes aware that the user submitting the information is under the age of 16, the information provided will be deleted as soon as it is discovered and not used for any purpose. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 16 years of age and believe that they have disclosed personally identifiable information to us, please contact us at the address below:
Schultz & Williams
One Penn Center
1617 JFK Boulevard, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19103
info@schultzwillstg.wpengine.com
Or call us at: (215) 625-9955
THIRD PARTY WEBSITE
We also provide links to a variety of third-party social media sites and/or websites – including Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter – as a service to you, and in order to provide you i) additional information and/or content related Schultz & Williams, or ii) additional venues in which you can learn about and discuss the activities of Schultz & Williams. Please note that we have no affiliation with any of these other parties and/or websites, and cannot control and are not responsible for the information collection, use, and disclosure practices of such third parties; we encourage you to review and understand their privacy practices and policies, if any, before using or providing any personally identifying information to them. We are not responsible for the content or information of these websites, or any other use of the linked website.
HOW WE ATTEMPT TO SAFEGUARD YOUR INFORMATION
We maintain – and ask that any third-party partners who may store information on our behalf to maintain – administrative, technical and physical safeguards for the Website designed to protect your personal information against theft, loss, misuse or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction of the personal information that we collect from you. We restrict access to personal information collected about you on the Website to our employees, our affiliates’ employees, those who are otherwise specified in this Privacy Policy, or others who need to know such information to provide services to you or in the course of conducting our business operations or activities. However, no website, application or transmission can guarantee security. Thus, while we have established and maintain what we believe to be reasonable procedures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personally identifying information obtained through the Website and we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. You are responsible for the personal information you choose to submit in these instances, and understand, acknowledge, and agree that you transmit certain personal information over this Website at your own risk.
USE OF THE WEBSITE FROM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
We do not represent or warrant that the Website, or any part thereof, is appropriate or available for use in any particular geographic location. If you choose to access our Website, you do so on your own initiative and at your own risk, and are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules, and regulations applicable in your jurisdiction. Please note that the Website is hosted in the United States and is governed by United States law. If you are visiting the Website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information will be transferred to, stored and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By using the Website, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.
PRIVACY QUESTIONS AND CONTACTING US
If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy or data processing, please contact us at: info@schultzwillstg.wpengine.com.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy at any time. Please check back regularly to see if there have been any changes to this policy, which you can determine by reviewing the Effective Date listed below. By continuing to use the Website after those changes become effective, you consent and agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.
EEA, SWITZERLAND AND UK USERS
The following provisions apply only to users residing in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK.
Please note, in May of 2018 a new data privacy law known as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) went into effect. Pursuant to GDPR, we are required to provide those residing in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK (hereinafter, the “EU Users”) additional information and rights related to the “Personal Information” we collect about them. We summarize such information and rights below.
HOW TO CONTACT US
Schultz & Williams, Inc., (the Data Controller) is the owner and operator of the Website. If you need to contact us for any reason related to this Privacy Policy or your use of the Website, please contact us at info@schultzwillstg.wpengine.com or write to us at
Schultz & Williams
One Penn Center
1617 JFK Boulevard, Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19103
PURPOSE FOR INFORMATION COLLECTION
As noted in this Privacy Policy, you may visit our Website without being required to provide us with any Personal Data. However, should you decide to provide such information, the information we collect will be used to meet your requests, or to provide you with the applicable information or service requested, and as further described herein.
LEGAL GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA
Schultz & Williams will process personal data that we receive from EU Users on the grounds that it is in our legitimate interest for the effective administration of the Website, or to fulfill and/or address your requests.
YOUR INFORMATION AND YOUR CHOICES; WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT
GDPR provides EU Users with additional rights in respect to the Personal Data we hold about you, including the right i) to be informed about the Personal Data we have collected, and ii) to request a copy of the Personal Data, and iii) to have your Personal Data deleted, and iv) to lodge a complaint about our processing of your Personal Data with your local supervisory authority. Upon appropriate written request we will update or amend your Personal Data, but we reserve the right to use any information previously obtained to verify your identity or take other actions that we believe are appropriate and lawful. You may access, correct, or request deletion of your Personal Data – or request that we stop any processing of your Personal Data – by contacting us at the address listed above. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
Please note we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes, and there may also be residual information that will remain within our databases and other records, which will not be removed from such locations. Additionally, there may be circumstances in which we are not legally required to comply with your request because of the laws in your jurisdiction or because of exemptions provided in data protection legislation in general, and GDPR in particular. Finally, please note that we are not responsible for removing or deleting information from the databases of third parties (such as service providers) with whom we have shared information about you, but we will make the request on your behalf for such removal/deletion.
PRIVACY POLICY EFFECTIVE DATE
This Privacy Policy is effective as of May 10, 2019.
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