Last Updated: July 1, 2021

Background:

Teknicks (“Teknicks LLC”, “Teknicks.com”, “website”, “site”, “we”, “us”, “our”) understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your information is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits our site and will only collect and use information in ways that are useful to you and in a manner consistent with your rights and our obligations under the law.

This Policy applies to our use of any and all data collected by us in relation to your use of our site. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of our site and you will be required to read and accept this Privacy Policy when submitting a form. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using our site immediately.

Table of Contents

1. What Does This Policy Cover?
2. What Data Do We Collect?
3. How Do We Use Your Data?
4. How and Where Do We Store Your Data?
5. Do We Share Your Data?
6. What Happens If Our Business Changes Hands?
7. How Can You Control Your Data?
8. Your Right to Withhold Information and Your Right to Withdraw Information After You Have Given it
9. How Can You Access Your Data?
10. What Cookies Do We Use and What For?
11. Summary of Your Rights under GDPR
12. Automated Decision-Making and Profiling
13. Summary of California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
14. Third Party Sites
15. Note Regarding The Use Of The Site By Children
16. Jurisdictional Issues
17. Contacting Us
18. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

1. What Does This Policy Cover?

   This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of our site. It does not extend to any websites that are linked to from our site (whether we provide those links or whether they are shared by other users). We have no control over how your data is collected, stored or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

2. What Data Do We Collect?

   Some data will be collected automatically by our site. For further details, see section 10 regarding our use of cookies and our Cookie Declaration

   Outside of the data gathered from our use of cookies, the only other data we will collect is that which is voluntarily submitted by our users, including, for example, when submitting a contact form.

   For terms of such usage please see section 3 of this policy.  Other data will only be collected if you voluntarily submit it and consent to us using it for the purposes set out in section 3. Depending upon your use of our site, we may collect some or all of the following data:

   1. first and last name;
   2. contact information such as email addresses and phone numbers;
   3. address information such as country, street address, town/city, state/region, zip or postal code;
   4. date of birth, age and gender;
   5. company name and website URL;
   6. job title and profession;
   7. budget information;
   8. other demographic information such as preferences and interests;
   9. financial information for billing;
   10. IP address (automatically collected);
   11. geographic location (automatically collected);
   12. web browser type and version (automatically collected);
   13. operating system (automatically collected);
   14. devices used (automatically collected);
   15. access times (automatically collected);
   16. a list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on our site, and the site you exit to (automatically collected);
   17. marketing campaign and traffic source data (automatically collected);
   18. other anonymous, automatically collected, non-personally identifiable data.

3. How Do We Use Your Data?

   1. Personal data is stored securely in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (GDPR). For more details on security see section 4 below.
   2. We use your data to provide the best possible services and products to you. This includes:
      
      1. providing and managing your account;
      2. providing and managing your access to our site;
      3. personalizing and tailoring your experience on our site;
      4. supplying our services and products to you;
      5. personalizing and tailoring our services and products for you;
      6. responding to communications from you;
      7. supplying you with various emails (e.g. newsletters, alerts, etc.) that you have subscribed to (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by contacting us at privacy@teknicks.com or following the unsubscribe link that may be found at the end of the email sent to you);
      8. market research;
      9. analyzing your use of our site and gathering feedback to enable us to continually improve our site and your user experience.
   3. In some cases, the collection of data may be a statutory or contractual requirement, and we will be limited in the services and products we can provide you without your consent for us to be able to use such data.
   4. With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email, phone, text message, or mail with information, news and offers on our services and products. We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that we fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, as amended in 2004, 2011 and 2015.
   5. Advertisers whose content appears on our site may engage in what is known as “behavioural advertising” – advertising which is tailored to your preferences, based on your activity. Your activity is monitored using cookies, as detailed below in section 10. You can control and limit your data used in this way by adjusting your web browser’s privacy settings. Please note that we do not control the activities of such advertisers, nor the information they collect and use. Limiting the use of your data in this way will not remove the advertising, but it will make it less relevant to your interests and activities on our site.
   6. Under GDPR we will ensure that your personal data is processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently, without adversely affecting your rights.  We will only process your personal data if at least one of the following basis applies:
      
      1. you have given consent to the processing of your personal data for one or more specific purposes;
      2. processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at the request of you prior to entering into a contract;
      3. processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject;
      4. processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of you or of another natural person;
      5. processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller; and/or
      6. processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child.

4. How and Where Do We Store Your Data?

   1. We only keep your data for as long as we need to in order to use it as described above in section 3, and/or for as long as we have your permission to keep it.  In any event, we conduct annual reviews to ascertain whether we need to keep your data based on our retention policy.
   2. Data security is of great importance to us, and to protect your data we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure data collected through our site.
   3. Steps we take to secure and protect your data include:
      1. implementation of technical/administrative measures to secure personal information;
      2. storing personal information on servers in a controlled, secure environment, which are protected from unauthorized access;
      3. all employees of Teknicks and any and all third parties authorized to use our IT systems, including but not limited to, contractors and sub-contractors (collectively, “Users”), must ensure they are familiar with our policies/procedures and must adhere to and comply with them at all times;
      4. when personal information (such as an email address) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol or the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol.
   4. Notwithstanding the security measures that we take, it is important to remember that the transmission of data via the internet may not be completely secure and that you are advised to take suitable precautions when transmitting to us data via the internet.

5. Do We Share Your Data?

   1. We may contract with third parties for products or services. These may include payment processing and advertising/marketing. In some cases, the third parties may require access to some or all of your data. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.
   2. We may compile statistics about the use of our site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, leads and other information. All such data will be anonymized and will not include any personally identifying information. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
   3. In certain circumstances we may be legally required to share certain data held by us, which may include your personal information, for example, where we are involved in legal proceedings, where we are complying with the requirements of legislation, a court order, or a governmental authority. We do not require any further consent from you in order to share your data in such circumstances and will comply as required with any legally binding request that is made of us.

6. What Happens If Our Business Changes Hands?

   1. We may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of our business. Data provided by users will, where it is relevant to any part of our business, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use the data for the purposes for which it was originally collected by us.
   2. If any of your data is to be transferred in such a manner, you will not be contacted in advance and informed of the changes.

7. How Can You Control Your Data?

   1. When you submit information via our site, you may be given options to restrict our use of your data. We aim to give you strong controls on our use of your data (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in our emails or by contacting us at privacy@teknicks.com).
   2. You may also wish to sign up to one or more of the preference services operating in the United States: The Telephone Preference Service (“the TPS”), the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (“the CTPS”), and the Mailing Preference Service (“the MPS”). These may help to prevent you from receiving unsolicited marketing. Please note, however, that these services will not prevent you from receiving marketing communications that you have consented to receiving.

8. Your Right to Withhold Information and Your Right to Withdraw Information After You Have Given it

   1. You may access certain areas of our site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on our site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
   2. You may restrict your internet browser’s use of cookies. For more information, see section 10.
   3. You may withdraw your consent for us to use your personal data as set out in section in 3 at any time by contacting us at privacy@teknicks.com, and we will delete your data from our systems.  However, you acknowledge this may limit our ability to provide the best possible services and products to you.

9. How Can You Access Your Data?

   You have the legal right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us (where such data is held). Please contact us for more details at privacy@teknicks.com or by using the contact details below in section 17.

10. What Cookies Do We Use and What For?

    1. Our site may place and access certain first party cookies on your computer or device. First party cookies are those placed directly by us and are used only by us. We use cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of our site and to provide and improve our services and products. For more details, please refer to section 3, above, and to section 10.6 below. We have carefully chosen these cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.
    2. By using our site you may also receive certain third-party cookies on your computer or device. Third-party cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. We use third-party cookies on our site. We use Google Analytics Advertising Features with Google signals, which includes Google Analytics Demographics and Interests Reporting to advertise online. Google signals provides insight into cross-device user journeys. Websites and third party vendors, including Google, use first party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on someone’s past visits to a website. For more details, please refer to section 3, above, and to section 10.6 below. These cookies are not integral to the functioning of our site.
    3. All cookies used by and on our site are used in accordance with current United States, English and EU cookie Law.
    4. For EU visitors (visitors with an IP address located in the EU) – Before non-required cookies are placed on your computer or device (ex: statistical cookies, marketing/targeting cookies, preferences cookies, etc.), subject to section 10.5 and/or section 10.8, you will be shown a pop-up banner at the bottom of the screen requesting your consent to set those cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of cookies you are enabling us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of cookies; however certain features of our site may not function fully or as intended.
    5. Certain features of our site depend on cookies to function. United States and EU cookie Law deems these cookies to be “strictly necessary.” These cookies are described below in section 10.6. Your consent will not be sought to place these cookies. You may still block these cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below in section 10.10, but please be aware that our site may not work as intended if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.
    6. To view the first party and third-party cookies that may be placed on your computer or device, please visit our Cookie Declaration.
    7. Our site uses analytics services, such as Google Analytics. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyze usage statistics, enabling us to better understand how people use our site. This, in turn, enables us to improve our site and the products and services offered through it. You do not have to allow us to use these cookies, as detailed below, however whilst our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of our site, it does enable us to continually improve our site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
    8. The analytics services used by our site use cookies to gather the required information.
    9. To view the cookies used by the analytics services, please visit our Cookie Declaration.
    10. You can choose to enable or disable cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all cookies or only third-party cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device. You can visit NAI Consumer Opt Out to learn about additional opt-out options.
    11. You can choose to delete cookies at any time however you may lose any information that enables you to access our site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalization settings.
    12. It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.

11. Summary of Your Rights under GDPR

    Under the GDPR, you have:

    1. the right to request access to, deletion of or correction of, your personal data held by us;
    2. the right to complain to a supervisory authority;
    3. the right to be informed of what data processing is taking place;
    4. the right to restrict processing;
    5. the right to data portability;
    6. the right to object to processing of your personal data;
    7. rights with respect to automated decision-making and profiling (see section 12 below).

    To enforce any of the foregoing rights, or if you have any other questions about our site or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@teknicks.com.

12. Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

    1. In the event that we use personal data for the purposes of automated decision-making and those decisions have a legal (or similarly significant effect) on you, you have the right to challenge to such decisions under GDPR, requesting human intervention, expressing their own point of view, and obtaining an explanation of the decision from us.
    2. The right described in section 12.1 does not apply in the following circumstances:
       
       1. the decision is necessary for the entry into, or performance of, a contract between the you and us;
       2. the decision is authorized by law; or
       3. you have given your explicit consent.
    3. Where we use your personal data for profiling purposes, the following stipulations shall apply:
       1. clear information explaining the profiling will be provided, including its significance and the likely consequences of such usage;
       2. appropriate mathematical or statistical procedures will be used;
       3. technical and organizational measures necessary to minimize the risk of errors and to enable such errors to be easily corrected shall be implemented; and
       4. all personal data processed for profiling purposes shall be secured in order to prevent any/all discriminatory effects arising out of profiling.

13. Summary of California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

    We have a “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This is a data protection law that provides California residents with certain choices about their data. We do not sell any personal data (ex: your name, email address, phone number, etc.) in the traditional sense. However, the CCPA uses very broad definitions for the words “sale” and “personal information”.

    Under the CCPA, “personal information” includes information that is not necessarily directly tied to an individual’s identity but may be associated with a device. This includes identifiers such as IP addresses, browser cookies, and web beacons. The term “sell” does not necessarily mean selling personal information in exchange for money. It can mean sharing or transferring any data. An example of this would be the common flow of information to digital analytics and/or ad platforms.

    Under the CCPA, California residents have:

    1. the right to know what personal data is being collected;
    2. the right to know if your personal data is sold/disclosed and to whom;
    3. the right to say “no” to the sale of your personal data;
    4. the right to request your personal data;
    5. the right to request the deletion of your personal information;
    6. the right to not be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.

    To request your personal data and/or the deletion of your personal data, reach out to privacy@teknicks.com.

    You can also opt-out of cookie tracking from this point on by managing your cookie preferences.

14. Third Party Sites

    This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties, including without limitation any of our affiliates and any third party operating any site to which this site contains a link. The inclusion of a link on the site does not imply endorsement of the linked site by us or by our affiliates.

15. Note Regarding The Use Of The Site By Children

    The site is not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13), and we request that such individuals do not provide any personal information through the site.

16. Jurisdictional Issues

    We do not represent or warrant that the site, or any part thereof, is appropriate or available for use in all jurisdictions. Those who choose to access the site do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules and regulations. We may limit the site’s availability, in whole or in part, to any person, geographic area or jurisdiction we choose, at any time and in our sole discretion. By using the site and submitting any personal information, you consent to the transfer of personal information to other countries, such as the United States, which may provide a different level of data security than in your country of residence.

17. Contacting Us

    If you have any questions about our site or this Privacy Policy, please reach out to privacy@teknicks.com detailing your question or concern. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data we hold about you. On our Cookie Declaration, EU visitors can withdraw or change their cookie consent given. California residents can request access and/or the deletion of their personal data in section 13 above.

18. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

    We may change this Privacy Policy as we may deem necessary from time to time, or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on our site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of our site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.