Privacy Policy

1. OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY

Our Privacy Policy tells you what personally identifiable information gradseat.com may collect from you, how gradseat.com may process your personally identifiable information, how you can limit our use of your personally identifiable information, and your rights to obtain, modify and/or delete any personally identifiable information we have collected from you.

Northwoods Professional Group LLC is the sole owner of the information collected on this website. We only have access to the information you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We collect information throughout the website through Google Analytics and/or other services to analyze trends, administer the website, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. At our discretion, we may sell or rent this information to companies with complimentary interests.

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

2.1 Information You Provide Us

gradseat.com collects personal information when you request information about our products or otherwise voluntarily provide such information through our website or otherwise.

Generally, you will have control over the amount and type of information you provide to us when using our website. 

As a visitor to our website, you can browse our website to find out more about us.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you use our website, we automatically collect certain information by the interaction of your mobile device or web browser with our website.

2.3 Cookies

Like many other websites, we use “cookies.” A cookie is a small piece of data stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser. We use cookies to identify the areas of our website that you have visited. We also use cookies to enhance your online experience by eliminating the need to log in multiple times for specific content. Finally, we may use cookies to personalize the content that you see on our website or to customize marketing and other information we provide to you.

2.4 Other Automatically Gathered Information

We may automatically record information when you visit our website, including the URL, IP address, browser type and language, and the date and time of your visit. We use this information to analyze trends among our users to help improve our website or customize communications and information that you receive from us. If combined with other information we know about you from previous visits, the data possibly could be used to identify you personally, even if you are not signed into our website.

2.5 Google Analytics Privacy Policy

Our website uses “Google Analytics” to collect information about the use of our website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit our site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics to improve our website. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit our site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected using Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use. 

2.6 Do Not Track Settings

Some web browsers have settings that enable you to request that our website does not track your movement within our website. Our website does not obey such settings when transmitted to and detected by our website. However, this does not change our compliance in any other way with our Privacy Policy.

3. HOW INFORMATION IS USED

When we use or process personal data about you, we do so only as necessary to provide the products you use or otherwise with your consent, to comply with applicable law, or to fulfill other legitimate interests of you or us as described in this policy.  Through our website, you will be provided with the choice of which types of communications you will receive with us, and the ability to change those choices whenever you want.

3.1 Information We Process with Your Consent

Through certain actions when otherwise there is no contractual relationship between us, such as when you browse our website or ask us to provide you more information about our business, you provide your consent to us to process information that may be personally identifiable information. 

Wherever possible, we aim to obtain your explicit consent to process this information, for example, by asking you to agree to our use of cookies or to receive communications from us. 

We continue to process your information on this basis until you withdraw your consent, or it can be reasonably assumed that your consent no longer exists.   

You may withdraw your consent at any time by instructing us using the contact information at the end of this policy. However, if you do so, you may not be able to use our website further.

3.2 Legally Required Releases of Information

We may be legally required to disclose your personally identifiable information, if such disclosure is (a) required by law, or other legal process; (b) necessary to assist law enforcement officials or government enforcement agencies; (c) necessary to investigate violations of or otherwise enforce our Legal Terms; (d) necessary to protect us from legal action or claims from third parties including you; and/or (e) necessary to protect the legal rights, personal/real property, or personal safety of our company, clients, third party partners, employees, and affiliates.

4. OBTAINING, CHANGING OR DELETING YOUR INFORMATION

4.1 Access to Your Personal Information

To obtain a copy of all information we maintain about you, you may send us a request using the contact information at the end of this policy or, if available, through a tool on our website.  After receiving the request, we will tell you when we expect to provide you with the information, and whether we require any fee for providing it to you.

4.2 Remove or Change Your Information

If you wish us to remove or change personally identifiable information that you have provided us, you may contact us at the contact information at the end of this policy or through a tool on our website.

4.3 Verification of Your Information

When we receive any request to access, edit or delete personally identifiable information, we will first take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access or otherwise taking any action. This is important to safeguard your information.

5. RETENTION PERIOD FOR PERSONAL DATA

 Except as otherwise mentioned in this policy, we keep your personally identifiable information only for as long as required by us: 

6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 

You assume the sole risk of transmitting your information as it relates to the use of this website, and for any data corruptions, intentional interceptions, intrusions, or unauthorized access to information, or of any delays, interruptions to or failures preventing the use this website. In no event shall we be liable for any direct, indirect, special, consequential, or monetary damages, including fees, and penalties in connection with your use of materials posted on this website or connectivity to or from this site to any other site.

7. PROTECTING YOUR CHILD’S PRIVACY 

Even though our website is not designed for use by anyone under the age of 18, we realize that a child may attempt to access our website. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from a child. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child is using our website, please contact us. We may ask for proof of identification before we remove any information to prevent malicious removal of information. If we discover on our own that a child is accessing our website, we will delete the information as soon as we discover it, we will not use the information for any purpose, and we will not disclose the information to third parties. You acknowledge that we do not verify the age of our users nor do we have any liability to do so. If you are a child, please seek the permission of a parent or guardian before accessing our website.

8. SUPPLEMENTAL PRIVATE NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

This Supplemental Privacy Notice for California Residents supplements the information in our Privacy Policy above, and except as provided herein, applies solely to California residents. It applies to personal information we collect on or through the Service and through other means (such as information collected offline, in person, and over the telephone).

Summary of Information We Collect

California law requires us to disclose information regarding the categories of personal information that we have collected about California consumers, the categories of sources from which the information was collected, the business or commercial purposes (as those terms are defined by applicable law) for which the information was collected, and the categories of parties with whom we share personal information.

Rights

If you are a California resident, you may have certain rights. California law may permit you to request that we: 

You may have the right to receive information about the financial incentives that we offer to you, if any. You also have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising certain of your rights.

9. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time. If <domain> decides to change this Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on our website, so our users are always aware of what information we collect, use, and disclose. In all cases, your continued use of our website after any change to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

10. ACCEPTANCE

By accessing our site and placing an order you have willingly accepted the terms of this Privacy Policy.

To contact us regarding our Privacy Policy, email: info@gradseat.com  

approved: January 5, 2021