Privacy

S.J. Smith Company, Inc., dba S.J. Smith ("S.J Smith", "we", "us", "our"), is committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our practices regarding personal information, please contact us at 563-324-5237, or https://sjsmith.com/contact.

When you visit our website - https://www.sjsmith.com/ (the "Website"), we appreciate that you are trusting us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we seek to communicate in the clearest way possible the information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy notice you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our web services immediately.

This privacy notice applies to all information collected through our services, including our website, as well as any related services, sales, marketing or events.

Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information we collect.

1. What information do we collect?

Personal information you disclose to us. In short, we collect personal information you provide to us.

We collect personal information you voluntarily provide to us with you register on the Website, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities on the Website, or otherwise when you contact us.

The personal information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Website, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. All personal information you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information automatically collected. In short, some information, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics - is collected automatically when you visit our Website.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (such as your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operation system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Website, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes. Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

2. Will your information be shared with anyone?

In short, we only share information with your consent to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights or to fulfill business obligations. 

The SMS opt-in or phone numbers for the purpose of SMS will not be shared.

We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:

-Consent - We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose. 

-Legitimate interests - We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.

-Performance of a contract - Where we have entered into a contract with you or your business, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.

-Legal Obligations – We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).

-Vital Interests – We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:

-Business Transfers – We may share of transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

-Google Maps Platform APIs – We may share your information with certain Google Maps Platform APIs (e.g. Google Maps API, Place API). To find out more about Google’s Privacy Policy, please refer to this link.

3. Do we use cookies and other tracking technologies?

In short, we may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

We may use cookies and other tracking technologies like web beacons and pixels, to access and store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our cookie notice.

4. How long do we keep your information?

In short, we keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such a tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

5. How do we keep your information safe?

In short, we aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly collect, access, steal or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Website is at your own risk. You should only access the Website within a secure environment.

6. Do we collect information from minors?

In short, we do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Website, you represent that you are at least 18, or that you are the parent or guardian or such a minor and consent to such minor dependents’ use of the Website. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age have been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at 563-324-5237, or https://sjsmith.com/contact.

7. What are your privacy rights?

In short, you may review, change or terminate your account at any time.

Account information

If you would, at any time, like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can contact us using the contact details provided (563-324-5237, or https://sjsmith.com/contact) or log into your account settings and update your account.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigation, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

Cookies and similar technologies

Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Website.

Opting out of email marketing

You can unsubscribe from our marketing email list at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the email that we send or by contacting using the contact details provided (563-324-5237, or https://sjsmith.com/contact). You will then be removed from our email marketing list. However, we may still communicate with you via email to send items such as service-related emails necessary for administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes. To otherwise opt out, please contact us.

8. Controls for do-not-track features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preferences not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

9. Do we make updates to this notice?

In short, yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws and regulations.

We may update this notice from time to time, and the updated version will be indicated by a revise date. The updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

10. How can you contact us with questions, or to review, update or delete data we collect from you?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, or would like to request access to personal information we collect from you, to update that information or delete it, please contact us at 563-324-5237, or https://sjsmith.com/contact. We are located at the following address:

S.J. Smith Company, Inc., 3707 West River Drive, Davenport, IA  52802