This Privacy Policy explains how Scott Marketing and Consulting Group®, This Privacy Policy explains how Scott Marketing and Consulting Group®, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“Scott Marketing and Consulting Group®”, “we”, “us” or “our”), collects, uses, shares, and otherwise processes your information in connection with our websites, including https://scottgroup.consulting (the “Website”) and any other sites and platforms we own and operate that link to this Privacy Policy (the “Sites”), as well as any related content, platforms, services, products, and other functionality offered on or through our Sites, including our Websites (collectively, the “Services”).
Our goal is to provide a Privacy Policy that is transparent in how we handle your information. Before you provide us with any information, including Personal Information (as defined in Section 1 below), you should read through this Privacy Policy in its entirety and understand its terms. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in accordance with Section 14 below, so please check in periodically. The updates to this Privacy Policy shall be legally effective and binding as of the date first mentioned above.
When using our Services, you may be asked to provide us with certain information about yourself which is “personally identifiable information.” When we use the term “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we mean information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could be linked, directly or indirectly, to a person or household. It does not include aggregated or de-identified information that is maintained in a form that is not reasonably capable of being associated with or linked to a person. It is your choice whether to provide us with Personal Information and the provision of such Personal Information is not required when visiting the Website. However, if you provide us with your Personal Information, we may store and use that Personal Information as provided under this Privacy Policy
We are not in the business of selling your Personal Information to others. We share your Personal Information only as set forth below herein. The Personal Information we collect through our Services and save on our database servers in Texas may include the following categories:
Personal Information from Third Parties
We may also obtain Personal Information from third parties, which we may combine with Personal Information we collect either automatically or directly from our users.
In addition to the above, we may use Personal Information for the following purposes:
We, and our third-party partners (such as Google Analytics) automatically collect information through technology such as cookies (which is information stored on your computer or mobile device by your browser to save your preferences while you are visiting a particular Site or using the Services) and web beacons (small pieces of data that are embedded in images on the pages of Sites) when you use our Services. This tracking data is used for many purposes including, for example, to provide useful features to simplify your experience when you return to our Sites; deliver relevant content based on your preferences, usage patterns and location; monitor and evaluate the use and operation of our Services; and to analyze traffic on our Sites. We may associate this tracking data with your IP, in which case we will treat it as Personal Information. Third-party partners that collect tracking data on our behalf may provide an opportunity for you to choose not to be tracked online. For more information about cookies and web beacons, please email us at info@scottgroup.consulting.
Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies to automatically collect information about your usage and device may include:
Please be aware that we may combine some of the Personal Information collected through cookies and web beacons with other Personal Information we have about you for the purposes outlined above. We, and our third-party partners, may also use cookies and tracking technologies for advertising and marketing purposes. For more information about tracking technologies and cookies, please visit ThirdParty Data Collection.
We may disclose your Personal Information with:
Exceptions to Sharing Information. Exceptions to sharing your Personal Information may include when you provide direct permission, or when it is required by the law or in connection with legal processes.
The Services and Sites may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us, including but not limited to https://stripe.com/, https://woocommerce.com/, https://kit.com/, and https://accessibe.com/, and https://www.jotform.com/ (the “Third-Party Websites”). We are not responsible for the practices employed by any websites or services linked to or from the services, including the information or content contained within them. Your browsing and interaction on any other website or service are subject to the applicable third party’s rules and policies, not ours. If you are using a Third-Party Website or service, you do so at your own risk. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any site or service before providing any Personal Information.
The information we collect, including Personal Information, is covered by this Privacy Policy and the information the Third-Party Website or platform collects is subject to the Third-Party Website privacy practices and, therefore, you should familiarize yourself with any applicable Third-Party Website’s privacy policy as needed. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any Third-Party Website, platforms or other services.
We may engage with third parties in the following ways:
We provide you with the ability to exercise certain controls and choices regarding our collection, use, and sharing of your Personal Information as described in this Section 6 and in accordance with Section 11 (if applicable):
You may exercise your controls and choices, or request access to your Personal Information, by contacting us via email at info@scottgroup.consulting. Please be aware that if you do not allow us to collect Personal Information from you, we may not be able to deliver certain services to you and some of our services may not be able to take account of your interests and preferences. If you have questions regarding the specific Personal Information about you that we process or retain, please contact us info@scottgroup.consulting
The security, integrity, and confidentiality of your information, including your Personal Information, is extremely important to us. We take all reasonable and appropriate measures to secure your Personal Information once we receive it, and to help prevent it from being disclosed to individuals who are not described in this Privacy Policy. Please be aware though that, despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable and, therefore, we cannot guarantee that Personal Information will remain secure in all circumstances, including, without limitation, in the event of a third-party cyber hack or attack, of which we have no control over.
Your information, including Personal Information, is processed at our operating offices and in any other places where we, or our employees or independent contractors are located, except as may be otherwise processed by relevant third-party platforms and the companies that operate them. This means that your information may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information to us represents your agreement to such transfer(s).
In accordance with Section 7 above, we will take all reasonable and appropriate steps to ensure no transfer(s) of your information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your information and data.
We are committed to protecting the online privacy of children and making the internet safe. Our services are not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly solicit or collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13. If We learn that any Personal Information has been collected inadvertently from a child under 13, we will not keep that information. If you believe that we might have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us at info@scottgroup.consulting
We do not track our Website visitors over time and across third-party platforms to provide targeted advertising. Consequently, we do not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. Other third-party platforms may keep track of your browsing activities when they provide you with content, which enables them to customize what they present to you on their platforms.
This section of our Privacy Policy provides information for California residents, as required under applicable California privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (the “CCPA”) and the California Privacy Rights Act, as amended (the “CPRA”) to the extent applicable. California privacy laws require that we provide California residents information about how we use their Personal Information, whether collected online or offline, and this section is intended to satisfy that requirement.
Under the CCPA, “Personal Information” is any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California resident or household.
Categories of Personal Information that We May Collect and/or Disclose
Below we identify the categories of Personal Information that we collect about California consumers and households, the purposes for which we use each category, and whether we disclose or sell information within each category. For the avoidance of doubt, to protect your privacy, we do not sell or rent your Personal Information, and we only share your information as stated herein. In the event that our data collection should change in the future, we will inform you of this change before selling your Personal Information and provide instructions on how you can provide consent.
Please note our data collection practices set forth below are not different than those described above. The CCPA specifies particular information that we need to discuss in our Privacy Policy, and, in this section, we have reorganized the discussion above into the categories as outlined by the CCPA.
California Residents’ Rights
California law grants California residents certain rights and imposes restrictions on particular business practices as set forth below:
Right to Opt-out. California residents have the right to opt-out of the “Sale” of their Personal Information. California defines the term “Sale” broadly, and includes selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring or otherwise communicating (collectively a “Sale”) California residents’ Personal Information to another business or third party for monetary or other valuable consideration. We do not sell, share, or rent your Personal Information as such terms are defined under the CCPA. In the event that our data practices should change in the future, we will inform you of this change before selling your Personal Information and provide instructions on how you can opt-out.
Notice at Collection. We are required to notify California residents, at or before the point of collection of their Personal Information, the categories of Personal Information collected and the purposes for which such information is used.
Verifiable Requests to Delete, and Requests to Know. Subject to certain exceptions, California residents have the right to make the following requests, at no charge, up to twice every 12 months:
Submitting Requests. Requests to exercise the Right to limit, Right of Correction and Deletion, Right to a Copy, and the Right to Information may be submitted by California residents by sending an email to info@scottgroup.consulting. We will respond to verifiable requests received from California consumers as required by law.
Right to Non-Discrimination, and Incentives. The CCPA prohibits discrimination against California residents for exercising their rights under the CCPA and imposes requirements on any financial incentives offered to California residents related to their Personal Information. California residents have the right to equal service by us, and we will not discriminate against any California residents if they exercise their rights under the CCPA.
Disclosure of Incentives: If businesses offer any financial incentives for the collection, sale or deletion of California residents’ Personal Information, residents have the right to be notified of any financial incentives offers and their material terms, the right not be included in such offers without prior informed opt-in consent, and the right to be able to opt-out of such offers at any time. Businesses may not offer unjust, unreasonable, coercive, or usurious financial incentives. We do not offer any financial incentives at this time.
We may ask you to provide additional Personal Information so that we can properly identify you in our dataset and to track compliance with your opt-out request. We will only use Personal Information provided in an opt-out request to review and comply with the request. If you chose not to provide this information, we may only be able to process your request to the extent we are able to identify you in our data systems.
To exercise any of the above rights, please submit a request by e-mail to us at: info@scottgroup.consulting.
Although we try to limit the Personal Information collected in connection with a request to exercise any of the above rights, certain requests may require us to obtain additional Personal Information from you. In certain circumstances, we may decline a request, particularly where we are unable to verify your identity or locate your information in our systems, or where you are not a resident of one of the eligible states.
If you are located in a country that falls under the scope of the GDPR, there may be data protection laws that give you certain rights with respect to your Personal Information, subject to any exemptions provided by such laws, including the rights to:
Please note, however, that Scott Marketing and Consulting Group, LLC and our Website is based in the United States. We provide this Website for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.
You also have the right to make a complaint to a government supervisory authority. If you have questions regarding the GDPR and your Personal Information that we may have processed or retained, please contact us at info@scottgroup.consulting
We may retain Personal Information while an individual uses our Services according to this Privacy Policy. If an individual stops using our Services, we will keep their Personal Information as necessary to meet our legal obligations, resolve disputes, defend claims, and for any other purposes based on their choices, such as receiving marketing communications. Specifically, we retain records of conversations, purchase history, personal information provided when using our Services, complaints, and other details from the duration of the individual’s contract until the statutory limitation periods expire if needed for legal claims.
We may keep Personal Information only for as long as needed to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. However, if required by legal, tax, or accounting regulations set by authorities, we may retain it for longer periods until the relevant retention periods or deadlines have passed.
In determining how long to retain Personal Information, we assess factors such as the data’s amount, nature, and sensitivity, the potential risks of unauthorized use or disclosure, and whether we can achieve our goals through other means. We also consider our legal, regulatory, tax, and accounting obligations.
Once the Personal Information is no longer required for these purposes, we will either delete or deidentify it. If deletion or deidentification is not possible (e.g., if the data is in backup archives), we will securely store the information and prevent further processing until it can be deleted or deidentified.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time at our sole discretion. Your use of our Sites, including any dispute concerning privacy, is subject to this Privacy Policy and the applicable Terms of Use. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the changes on this page. Please check the “Last Updated On” date at the top of this page to determine if the Privacy Policy has been modified since you last reviewed it. Your continued use of any portion of our Sites following posting of the updated Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the changes.
All changes shall be effective from the date of publication unless otherwise provided in the notification
BY USING OUR SITES, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE PRACTICES, TERMS, AND CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND THE APPLICABLE TERMS OF USE.
YOU AGREE THAT ANY AND ALL DISPUTES, CLAIMS, AND CAUSES OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, OR ANY OTHER OF OUR SITES MUST BE BROUGHT WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES; OTHERWISE, SUCH DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE PERMANENTLY BARRED.
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, you can contact us at info@scottgroup.consulting.