Privacy Policy
THE PURPOSE OF THIS POLICY
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to describe how we collect, use and share information about you through our US websites owned and controlled by us, including http://www.wescalehq.com or any associated sub or vanity domains (collectively referred to herein as the “Site”), and through any other medium, you use to communicate with us. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. If you do not understand any aspects of our Privacy Policy, please feel free to email us (contact information below).
WHO WE ARE
Our website address is http://www.wescalehq.com and all sub or vanity domains.
WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT AND WHY DO WE COLLECT IT
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT WHEN YOU COMMUNICATE WITH US INCLUDES: Name, Address, Billing address, Email address, Telephone number, Credit card number (solely for payment purposes), and Passwords.
We may also collect other information necessary to fulfill the service that you have requested including sensitive, confidential or proprietary business-related information. We may also collect and analyze information from the content of communications you have with us (including text messages and emails) using automated systems.
MEDIA
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
CONTACT FORMS
Information that you submit through our contact forms will be used to contact you and provide services to you.
COOKIES
We and our service providers use cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with our website through your computer or mobile device. A cookie is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies may store unique identifiers, user preferences, and other information. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some website features or services may not function properly without cookies. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service, including storing user preferences, tracking user trends, and providing relevant advertising to you (see “Advertising” section below).
ADVERTISING
We may use how you browse in order to show you ads for us or our partners that are relevant to your interests and individual needs. We may use cookies and other information to provide relevant interest-based advertising to you. Interest-based ads are ads presented to you based on your browsing behavior in order to provide you with ads more tailored to your interests. These interest-based ads may be presented to you while you are browsing our site or third-party sites not owned by us.
NO INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13
If you are under the age of 13, please do not attempt to register with us at this Site or provide any personal information about yourself to us. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will promptly delete that information. If you believe we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, please contact us (contact information below). If you are over the age of 13, you may provide us with whatever information about yourself or a child under the age of 13 that is necessary to perform the services you request, and we will only use this information pursuant to this Privacy Policy.
EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
ANALYTICS
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) to collect certain information relating to your use of the Site. Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website. By using our website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. For more information regarding Google Analytics please visit Google’s website and pages that describe Google Analytics, such as www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html.We may use the information you provide to us through any medium (including emails you delegate us to process on your behalf), combined with other information we may obtain from other sources, to perform statistical, demographic, and marketing analyses of the users of our services and their service requests patterns to improve our understanding of our customers and potential customers, improve our service, and to improve customer relationships.
WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH
We may provide information to third-party service providers that help us fulfill the services that you request from us. We may also use third parties to help host our Site, send out email updates about the Site, provide marketing, analytics, and advertising services for us, remove repetitive information from our user lists, and process payments. These service providers will have access to your personal information in order to provide these services, but when this occurs we implement reasonable contractual and technical protections to limit their use of that information to help us provide the service. We will also share personal information with third-party companies, organizations, or individuals outside of our company if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, and preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to: Meet any applicable law, regulation, subpoena, legal process, or enforceable governmental request; Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, illegal activity, network security, or technical issues concerning our service; Protect against harm to the rights, property, or safety of our company, our users (including you), customers, or the public as required or permitted by law; and Detect, prevent, or otherwise address risks to national security or other important public interests.
HOW LONG DO WE RETAIN YOUR DATA
We only retain client passwords for the duration of our engagement. Client contact information and profiles are retained indefinitely unless you request that we delete your information. You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
HOW WE PROTECT YOUR DATA
We use industry-standard physical, technical, and administrative security measures and safeguards to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal information. However, since the Internet is not a 100% secure environment, we cannot guarantee, ensure, or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. Although we use industry standard practices to protect your information stored on our servers, there is no guarantee that information, including sensitive personal information, may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information. Please note that e-mails and other communications you send to us through our Site(s) or applications are not encrypted, and we strongly advise you not to communicate any confidential information through these means.
IF WE SELL OR CHANGE CONTROL OF OUR COMPANY
We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personally identifiable information to third parties except as follows: if the ownership of all or substantially all of our business changes or we otherwise transfer assets relating to our business or the Site to a third party, such as by merger, acquisition, bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise, we may share, transfer, or sell your personal information to the new owner. In such a case, unless permitted otherwise by applicable law, your information would remain subject to the promises made in the applicable privacy policy unless you agree differently. In addition, if we acquire another entity, we may share your information with our new corporate affiliate.
CONSENT TO DATA PROCESSING IN THE UNITED STATES
Our Site is operated and managed on servers located and operated within the United States. By using and accessing our Site, residents and citizens of countries and jurisdictions outside of the United States agree and consent to the transfer to and processing of personal information on servers located in the United States, and that the protection of such information may be different than required under the laws of your residence or location.
WHAT DATA BREACH PROCEDURES DO WE HAVE IN PLACE
If we experience a data breach, we will notify all current and past clients immediately.
DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your consent in accordance with applicable law. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of privacy policy changes). We will also keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review. If you have any questions, concerns, complaints or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy or otherwise need to contact us:
OUR CONTACT INFORMATION
We Scale HQ
A registered brand, Trademark, and DBA of A Creative Tech Company, LLC
3410 La Sierra St., Suite F124, Riverside, CA 92503
support@WeScaleHQ.com
Last updated: 2/14/2023