Privacy Policy for www.itsgrp-llc.com

Last updated: 1/16/2024

Introduction

Our privacy commitment for www.itsgrp-llc.com (also referred to as “we”, “us”, or “our”). We hold a strong commitment to protecting the privacy of our valued visitors (also referred to as “you”, “your”). This Privacy Policy serves as a comprehensive guide explaining how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.itsgrp-llc.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Site”). We strongly urge you to read this privacy policy with great care. If you find yourself in disagreement with the terms of this privacy policy, we kindly ask that you refrain from accessing the site.

Information Collection and Use

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

In the course of using our Site, we may request you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information. This information can be used to contact or identify you and is referred to as “Personal Data”. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Your email address
  • Your first name and last name
  • Your phone number
  • Your address, including State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Cookies and Usage Data

Usage Data

In addition to personal data, we may also collect information on how the Site is accessed and used. This is referred to as “Usage Data”. This may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), the type of browser you use, the version of your browser, the specific pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the duration of time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We employ cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor the activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are small files with a minimal amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. We also use tracking technologies like beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to enhance and analyze our Site.
You have the option to instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you choose not to accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site. We will alert you about any changes by updating the ‘last updated’ date of this Privacy Policy.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

refer to our cookie opt-out page for details

Comments

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.

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.

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.

Use of Data

We utilize the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Site
  • To notify you about changes to our Site
  • To monitor the usage of our Site
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues.
  • To ensure the security of our Site
  • To comply with legal obligations and regulations
  • To personalize your user experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
  • To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about, unless you have opted not to receive such information.
  • To understand and analyze the preferences and behavior of our users, helping us to identify areas for improvement and create new features.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also 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.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.