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Privacy Policy

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W. L. Kelly & Associates, Inc.

 

Privacy Policy – 09-07-2024

 

 

Our company policy has been created as concerns about the protection of personal information are increasing worldwide, it is important that our businesses provide site visitors with a comprehensive privacy policy.

What is a privacy policy?

A privacy policy is a statement that discloses some or all of the ways a website collects, uses, discloses, and manages the data of its visitors and customers. It fulfills a legal requirement to protect a visitor or client's privacy.

Countries have their own laws with different requirements per jurisdiction regarding the use of privacy policies. As a CM company our primary focus is with work within the USA.  . 

 

What type of information do we collect?

We do receive from site visitors information, such as email, name, IP addresses, and project notes. This information is provided by the visitors and users of our website and collected through automatic tools and processes at Wix.com 

 

We specifically may use this information to reply to your specific questions. To reach out and on occasion send a newsletter or solicitation

How do you collect information?

When you conduct a transaction on our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only.

Why do you collect such personal information?

 We might collect email addresses for your marketing campaigns, or their addresses for shipping purposes. 

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We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:

  1. To provide and operate the Services;

  2. To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;

  3. To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;

  4. To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

How do you store, use, share and disclose your site visitors' personal information?

 

Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.  

 

All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

How do you communicate with your site visitors?

 

We may contact you to notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail.

How do you use cookies and other tracking tools?

Our company does not view tracked information although it is  
important to note that third-party services, such as Google Analytics or other applications offered through the Wix App Market, placing cookies or utilizing other tracking technologies through Wix´s services, may have their own policies regarding how they collect and store information. As these are external services, such practices are not covered by the Wix Privacy Policy.

Click here to view which cookies are stored on your site visitors' computer. 

How can your site visitors withdraw their consent?

Site visitors can withdraw their consent for collection of personal information, as well as how they can delete or change the collected information.

If you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please contact us a Bill@westnet.com or send us mail to:40 Gleneida Ridge Rd, Carmel, NY 10512

Privacy policy updates

We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. 

Questions and your contact information

 If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at Bill@westnet.com] or send us mail to: 40 Gleneida Ridge Rd. Carmel, NY 10512

 

About GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which came into force on May 25th, 2018 - aims to protect the fundamental right to privacy and the protection of the personal data of European Union (EU) citizens. 

This regulation affects any entity (including websites) that processes EU citizens' personal data. Whether or not you, or your business, is located in the EU; if you have EU site visitors or, if your marketing campaigns target EU citizens, this affects you. 

Although our services are not marketed to EU citizens we do feel the information is

Important:

As stated in the WIX.com Terms of Use,

  

Building a GDPR-Compliant Website with Wix

You can build a GDPR-compliant website at Wix. Be aware that there are steps you must take to ensure your site is GDPR-compliant. 

Wix is a DIY (do-it-yourself) platform. We aim to make it easy to use our platform to comply with privacy and data protection laws like the GDPR. Wix provides you with specific tools to help you give your site visitors control over their personal data. These tools implement technical and security measures to ensure that your customers’ personal data is protected as it crosses borders.

Learn more about your role as a site-owner

  • As a site-owner, you are considered the Controller of your site-visitors’ data. This means that you are the one who is choosing what data to collect from your site-visitors and you decide how it will be handled.  As such W. L. Kelly & Associates, Inc.  only uses e-mail and contact info provided by customers.

 

  • Wix.com is a Processor for your site-visitors’ data. This means that Wix will only process your site-visitors’ data following your instructions and on your behalf. Wix.com will not process your site-visitors’ data for our own benefit. For more information about Wix’s obligations as a data processor for your customer data, see our Data Processing Agreement

 

  • Wix.com gives you tools to be GDPR compliant. However, there are multiple and essential steps you will need to take on your side. Compliance with GDPR is the responsibility of each site-owner. You are the one who is deciding what data will be collected and how it is handled.

Helping Your Wix Site Meet GDPR Requirements

Use the following information and recommendations to prepare your site for GDPR:

Create a Privacy Policy

Transparency and communication with your site-visitors are key elements of the GDPR. As part of the regulation, you must let your site-visitors know how you collect, store and use their data - in a clear and transparent way. In addition, you must comply with your site-visitors' requests to receive a copy of their data that is processed on your site.

A privacy policy is a statement that discloses the ways in which your website gathers, uses, discloses and manages your site-visitors' data. Wix cannot provide you with legal advice on how to write a privacy policy. However, we do recommend that you maintain a clear and comprehensive privacy policy for your website, in accordance with both GDPR and local privacy regulations. Learn how to create a Privacy Policy.

For information on how Wix handles your site-visitors' data, please review sections 4, 12, and 13 of Wix's Privacy Policy. 

About Data Storage and Data Transfers

Wix can store your site-visitors' data in a number of locations.
Your site-visitors ́ personal information may be stored in data centers located in the United States of America, Ireland, South Korea, Taiwan and Israel. We may use other jurisdictions as necessary for the proper delivery of our services and/or as may be required by law.

Wix is a global company that respects the laws of the jurisdictions it operates within. The processing of the User Customer Data may take place within the territory of the European Union, Israel or a third country, territory, or one or more specified sectors within that third country, of which, the European Commission has decided that it ensures an adequate level of protection (transfer on the basis of an adequacy decision). 

Important:

Any transfer to a third country outside the European Union - which does not ensure an adequate level of protection according to the European Commission - will be undertaken in accordance with the current and updated set of Standard Contractual Clauses, as approved by the European Commission. These terms are set out in the Wix Data Processing Agreement (DPA).

The security of sensitive data is of extreme importance to Wix and we are 100% committed to data protection. See all the security certifications received by Wix.com.

About Cookies and Cookie Banners

GDPR requires that you get affirmative consent from site visitors before placing non-essential cookies (and similar technologies) on their device.

In general, the cookies which are initially placed on your Wix website may be categorized as essential cookies: security, anti-fraud, and other purposes related to the specific functionality of your service. 

However, our platform gives you the ability to add multiple components, codes, third-party applications...and so on. These apps and integrations make it possible that your website will include other types of cookies which might require affirmative GDPR consent. Learn more about which cookies are placed on your site-visitors' browsers.

You can use the Wix Privacy Center to add a cookie banner to your site. With a cookie banner, your visitors can give their consent to non-essential cookies to be placed on their device. Learn more about Privacy and Cookies.

Important:

Recently, the French data authority (CNIL) revised their guidelines on cookies and similar technologies. They state that visitors should be able to refuse non-essential cookies as easily they can give consent. If your site is based in France, or has French site visitors, we recommend that you add a 'Decline All' button to your cookie banner. Learn more.

Request Consent to Process Your Site Visitors’ Data

GDPR establishes ways in which you can lawfully process your site-visitors’ data. Requesting your site-visitors’ consent is just one of the ways to lawfully process data. Sometimes consent will not be the best method for your business.

Learn more about the principal bases for processing data

  • Consent: Site-visitor has given affirmative consent (opt-in) for you to process their personal data.

 

  • Contract: the processing is necessary for a contract you have with the individual, or because they have asked you to take specific steps before entering into a contract (For example: when you collect their physical address to ship a product they purchased at your store).

 

  • Legal obligation: the processing is necessary for you to comply with the law (For example: collecting information in order to send it to tax authorities).

 

  • Legitimate interests: the processing is necessary for your legitimate interests, or the legitimate interests of a third party.

Choose the best and most appropriate data processing method for your business. If you want to receive 'affirmative consent' from your site-visitors before processing their data, you can do so by:

To ensure regulatory compliance, we recommend reviewing details of the regulation, as well as seeking legal advice.

Use Wix Tools to Access and Delete Your Site Visitors' Data

In accordance with GDPR, site-visitors have the right to access their data or ‘be forgotten’ (be permanently deleted from your databases). Wix has developed tools to assist you in becoming GDPR compliant:

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