Privacy policy
Last updated on October 09, 2023
1. Introduction
We respect the privacy of our website users and have established this Privacy Policy to demonstrate our commitment to protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use the service and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
2. Information we collect
Types of personal information
- Personal information:This may include but is not limited to, your name, email address, phone number, your company, and any other information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register or interact with our services or website.
- Cookies:TCookies are small text files placed on your device to store data that can be recalled by a web server in the domain that placed the cookie. We use cookies and similar technologies for storing and honoring your preferences and settings, enabling you to sign in, providing interest-based advertising, analyzing how our products perform, and fulfilling other legitimate purposes.
- Usage and log data:We collect data related to your use of our website including pages visited, links clicked, and other actions. The data we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the choices you make.
Sources of personal information
We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:
- Directly from You. For example, from the forms you complete on our website, preferences you express or provide through our website.
- Indirectly from You. For example, from observing your activity on our website or affiliated services.
- Automatically from You. For example, through cookies We or our Service Providers set on Your Device as You navigate through our Service.
- From Service Providers. For example, third-party vendors to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, third-party vendors for payment processing, or other third-party vendors that We use to provide the Service to You.
3. Use of your information
We use your personal Information to provide and improve our services and offerings we provide. By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- Enhance and personalize the user experience on our website.
- Understand website usage and trends to improve our content and offerings.
- Contacting you for promotional purposes if you’ve opted in for email correspondence.
- To process downloads or registration requests.
- To contact you by the means we have available, including but not limited to email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications.
- To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
4. Detailed information on the processing of your personal data
Some Service Providers Sterling uses may have access to your personal information. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
- Google Analytics:Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Microsoft:We use various Microsoft services in order to deliver and improve the Service. Please visit the Microsoft provided privacy practices to better understand how they use and data on their platforms: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
Email marketing
We may use your personal information to contact You with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting Us.
- Intuit MailChimp:MailChimp is an email sending and marketing service we use to deliver emails to users. Their privacy policies can be found here: Global Privacy Statement | Intuit
Opting out of email correspondence
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can follow the instructions at the bottom of each email, and we will promptly remove you from all correspondence.
6. Downloads and registrations
Our website allows users to download various materials, register their contact information, and provide us to contact them. Any information provided during these processes is stored securely and used in line with this privacy policy.
7. Your choices
- Cookies:You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent.
- Opt-out:You have the right to opt-out of email correspondence and our mailing list. See the “Opting Out of Email Correspondence” section above for more information.
8. Security
We use commercially reasonable security measures to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once it is received.
9. Changes to this privacy policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the beginning of this policy.
10. Contact Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below:
Sterling Consulting Company LLC
13500 Pearl Road Ste #391
Strongsville Ohio, 44136
contactus@sterlingconsultingco.com