Privacy Policy
HY5 Consulting (hereafter "we" or "us") recognizes that you care how information about you is used and shared. We care about protecting your privacy and we created this privacy policy to inform you of our information collection, use, and sharing practices pertaining to this website.
Please be advised that the practices described in this privacy policy apply only to information gathered through this website and do not necessarily reflect our practices with respect to information gathered through other websites that we may be linked to.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, please contact us and we'll be happy to address them.
What information about me is collected and stored?
We store information that is collected through this website. For example, when you subscribe or download an offer, we collect and store the information that you provide. Likewise, when you become a customer, we store your name, billing address, email address, telephone number, and information that may be required to pay for services.
This information is used to provide the content and services that you have ordered or requested, to process orders, to send order confirmations, and to provide customer service. This information also may be used for our own marketing and internal business purposes, and to contact you about special offers and new site features, unless you have opted not to receive promotional communications in connection with this website.
We collect and store certain other information automatically whenever you interact with this website. For example, we collect your IP address, browser information, and reference site domain name every time you visit this website. We also collect information regarding customer traffic patterns and site usage. This information is used to analyze and improve this website and to provide our customers with a fulfilling experience.
Also, like many websites, we use “cookies,” which are files stored on your computer’s hard drive by your browser. Cookies do not contain personally identifiable information. Cookies help us identify return visitors and optimize visitor browsing experiences. Cookies are not used on this website to store your account information; that information is stored securely on a separate server. Also, we will use cookies to monitor and maintain information about your use of this website.
Cookies are also used to track the identity of the website you visited immediately prior to visiting this website (i.e. the site you came from); otherwise, we do not track information about your use of other websites. Most browsers accept cookies automatically but allow you to disable them. We recommend that you leave cookies “turned on” so that we can offer you a better experience on this website. We also may collect and store information about you that we receive from other sources, to enable us to update and correct the information contained in our database and to provide product recommendations and special offers that we think will interest you.
Is information collected from children?
This website is not intended or directed to anyone under the age of 18. We do not sell any items through this website directly to anyone who we know to be under the age of 18, nor do we collect any personal information from anyone who we know to be under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, you should use this website only with the involvement of a parent or guardian and should not submit any personal information to us.
How We Use Information We Collect
Compliance with Our Privacy Policy
We use the information we collect only in compliance with this Privacy Policy. Customers who subscribe to our Services are obligated through our agreements with them to comply with this Privacy Policy.
We Never Sell Personal Information
We will never sell your Personal Information to any third party.
Use of Personal Information
In addition to the uses identified elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, we may use your Personal Information to:
Improve your browsing experience by personalizing the website
Send information, content, or requested information to you by post, email, or other means
Send you marketing communications or promote the use of our services to you and share promotional and information content with you in accordance with your communication preferences
Provide other companies with statistical information about our users (but this information will not be used to identify any individual user)
Send information to you regarding changes to our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy (including the Cookie Policy), or other legal agreements
Meet legal requirements
We may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, we do not transfer your Personal Information to the third party.
We use the information collected through our Subscription Service by our customers for the following purposes:
To provide the Service (which may include the detection, prevention, and resolution of security and technical issues)
To respond to customer support requests
To otherwise fulfill the obligations under the Terms of Service
Legal basis for processing Personal Information (EEA visitors only)
Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. However, we will normally collect personal information from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect personal information from you.
If we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your personal information is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal information). Similarly, if we collect and use your personal information in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), we will make clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are.
Use of Navigational Information
We use Navigational Information to operate and improve the Websites and the Service. We may also use Navigational Information alone or in combination with Personal Information to provide you with personalized information about HY5 Consulting services.
Customer Testimonials and Comments
We post customer testimonials and comments on our Website, which may contain Personal Information. We obtain testimonials with consent whether that be from information the individual has voluntarily self-published publicly on a recommendations, reviews, or testimonial platform, or by gaining consent via email prior to posting.
Use of Credit Card Information
If you give us credit card information, we use it solely to check your financial qualifications and collect payment from you. We use a third-party service provider to manage credit card processing. This service provider is not permitted to store, retain, or use information you provide except for the sole purpose of credit card processing on our behalf.
Security of your Personal Information
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. We secure the Personal Information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. All Personal Information is protected using appropriate physical, technical and organizational measures.
Social Media Features
Our website includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button and Widgets, such as the Share This button or interactive mini-programs that run on our sites. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our sites, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these features. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy and other policies of the companies providing them.
External Websites
Our websites provide links to other websites. We do not control, and are not responsible for, the content or practices of these other websites. Our provision of such links does not constitute our endorsement of these other websites, their content, their owners, or their practices. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these other websites, which are subject to any privacy and other policies they may have.
Public Forums
We offer a publicly accessible blog with the option for commenting. Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose any information through our public blog, this information may be collected and used by others. We will correct or delete any information you have posted on our websites if you so request, as described in "Opting Out and Unsubscribing" section below.
Retention of Personal Information
How long we keep information we collect about you depends on the type of information. as described in further detail below. After such time, we will either delete or anonymize your information or, if this is not possible, then we will securely store your information and isolate it from any further use until deletion is possible.
We retain Personal Information that you provide to us where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so (for example, as long as is required in order to contact you about your HY5 Services, or as needed to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements).
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your Personal Information, we securely delete the information or anonymize it or, if this is not possible, then we will securely store your Personal Information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. We will delete this information from the servers at an earlier date if you so request, as described in "To Unsubscribe from Our Communications" below.
If you have elected to receive marketing communications from us, we retain information about your marketing preferences for a reasonable period of time from the date you last expressed interest in our content, products, or services, such as when you last opened an email from us or visited our website. We retain information derived from cookies and other tracking technologies for a reasonable period of time from the date such information was created.
With whom do you share information?
We do not share, sell, or rent to others any personal information that you provide to us through this website or through our customer service department, except with your consent or as described in this privacy policy.
We engage third parties to perform services in connection with the operation of our business. Examples of these services include payment processing and authorization, fraud protection and credit risk reduction, product customization, marketing and promotional material distribution, website evaluation, data analysis and, where applicable, data cleansing. We provide personal information to these third parties, but we authorize them to use this information only in connection with the services they perform.
We may release personal information if we believe in good faith that: the law or legal process requires it; we have received a valid administrative request from a law enforcement agency; or such release is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of HY5 Consulting, or any of our respective affiliates, business partners, customers or others.
We may share non-personal information with our marketing partners, advertisers and others from time to time. Examples of such non-personal information include the number of users who visited this website during a specific time period or purchased a specific product through this website. This information generally is shared in an aggregated form.
As with any business, it is possible that as our business develops, we might sell or buy online assets. In such transactions, information about customers often is among the transferred assets. Accordingly, in the event that HY5 Consulting or substantially all of our respective assets are acquired by a third party, such information may be one of the transferred assets (unless the information was collected under a previous privacy policy that did not permit such disclosure). Under such circumstances, HY5 Consulting would to the extent possible require the acquiring party to follow the practices described in this privacy policy.
What steps are taken to keep personal information secure?
We use various security measures, including Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology, to protect personal information that we collect. If you create an account or make a payment through this website, you will be asked to provide an email address and password. You must provide an appropriate email address and password in order to access account information. In order to help protect your personal information further, you should be careful about providing your password to others. If you wish to cancel a password, or if you become aware of any loss, theft or unauthorized use of a password, please contact our customer service department.
What happens when I follow a link to or from another website?
This website contains links to websites operated by third parties. Please be advised that the practices described in this privacy policy do not apply to information gathered through these other websites. We encourage you to be aware of when you leave this website and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that you visit.
If you have accessed this website through a link from certain of our advertising or marketing partners, this website may include a frame of the applicable advertising or marketing partner. Nevertheless, the information you provide to us through these framed web pages is collected by us, and our use of this information is governed by this privacy policy.
What about contests and sweepstakes?
When we run a contest or sweepstakes relating to this website, it will be accompanied by a set of rules. The rules for each contest/sweepstakes will specify how the information gathered from you for entry will be used and disclosed.
What about online surveys?
We may, from time to time, conduct online surveys. When you complete an online survey, we may ask for certain information such as your job title, zip code, shopping habits, email and/or mailing address. This information will be treated in accordance with this privacy policy.
How will I be informed about changes regarding this privacy policy?
If we make any material changes to this privacy policy, we will post a notice on this website notifying users of the changes. In some cases, we also may send an email notifying users of the changes. You should check this website periodically to see if any recent changes to this privacy policy have occurred. Last date of modification: 8/4/2020.
How do I subscribe or unsubscribe?
You can update your communication preferences at any time by visiting our email subscription preferences page. Links to this page are included at the bottom of any subscription communications we send.