Privacy Policy
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Introduction. OnPointe Strategic Insights, LLC and its affiliates and related entities (collectively, “Company,” “us,” or “we”) is/are committed to protecting the privacy of certain data that is collected from you and that you submit when you access this website or websites, apps, or other online media under our operation and control (collectively, the “Site”). The nature of our business requires that we gather and maintain information that is of a personal nature that you wish to keep protected.
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes our policies and practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data you submit or we obtain in connection with your use of this Site. This Privacy Policy applies to your use of this Site and by accessing or visiting the Site you are indicating your understanding that the collection, use, and sharing of your personal data is subject to this Policy. Please read this Policy carefully before using the Site or submitting personal data to us.
Changes to our Policy apply to your use of the Site after the “effective date” listed above.
Changes to this Policy. We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time. In the event we make material change(s) to the Policy, we will provide notice through the Site. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting to the Site and will apply to your use of the Site after the “effective date” listed above. You understand and agree that your continued use of the Site after the effective date, means that the collection, use, and sharing of your personal data is subject to the updated Policy.
Except to the extent we obtain your consent or as permitted or required by applicable law, we will handle your personal data collected through the Site in accordance with the terms of the Policy in effect at the time of such collection.
Information We Collect. As you are probably aware, we may collect information from a variety of sources to operate the Sites, carry out our business, comply with law and other purposes described herein.
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Personal Data You Provide
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Contact Us, Get in Touch
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Name
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Email
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Company
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Phone number
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Download whitepapers
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Name
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Job Title
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Company
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Email address
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Phone number
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City/State or Zip Code
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You do not have to provide the above personal data to access or use the other sections of the Site. At no time will we ask you to provide sensitive data (e.g., race, ethnicity, political opinions, religious/philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, physical/mental health, sexual orientation, or criminal record) in connection with your use of the Site.
We collect data about you from third parties.
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Personal Data From Third Parties. We may collect personal data about you from third parties such as through your social media services consistent with your settings on such services, and from other third-party sources that are lawfully entitled to share your data with us. We use and share this personal data (and may add it to the other information we have on file for you) for the purposes described in this Policy.
We collect data through your use of the Site.
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Information On Your Use. We may collect information about and log your visits and use of the Site. This includes, for example, when you view or click on embedded content. We also use cookies and internet protocol (“IP”) addresses to identify you and log your use of the Site. For more details see below.
We collect statistical information concerning Site usage.
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Statistical Data. To monitor utilization of the Site and continuously improve its quality, we may compile statistical information concerning the usage of the Site using analytics services, such as those provide by Google Analytics. Examples of this information would include: the number of visitors to the Site, or to sections or pages within the Site, patterns of traffic flowing through the Site, length of time spent on the Site, or in sections or pages of the Site, the other sites that refer visitors to the Site, the pages of the Site that visitors frequently use as entry and exit points, utilization of the browser and operating systems and versions used by visitors to the Site. The analytics services may transfer this information to third parties in case of a legal obligation or if a third party processes data on behalf of that service. To compile this information, we may collect and store:
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Your IP address
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Your operating system version
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Your browser version
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The pages you visit within the Site
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The length of time you spend on pages within the Site
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The site from which you linked to ours
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Search terms you used in search engines which resulted in you linking to the Site, etc.
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While all of this information can be associated with the IP address your computer had while you visited the Site, it will not be associated with you as an individual, or associated with any other personal data you may submit through the Site, or that we may store about you for any other purposes.
We collect data through cookies and similar technology.
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Cookies and Similar Technology. We may use technologies such as cookies, pixel tags, browser analysis tools, server logs and web beacons to recognize you when you return to the Site and to help us improve the quality of our service when you visit our Site. We also use cookies to tailor our products, services and advertising to suit your personal interests, estimate our audience size, track visits to and sales at our Site and, as applicable, to process your order, and track your status in our promotions, contests and sweepstakes.
You may control cookies, including preventing or stopping the installation and storage of cookies, through your browser settings and other tools. If you do so, our Site may not function correctly. Please refer to the Help feature of your browser for information on disabling cookies.
IMPORTANT: By using the Site, you consent to the processing of any personal data for the analytics purposes and functions described above.
How We Use Your Personal Data. In general, we will use the personal data we collect about you only for the purpose it was collected, for compatible purposes, as permitted or required by law, as necessary to carry out our contractual duties and obligations, and as otherwise provided in this Policy. For example, we may use your data:
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To respond to your requests for information relating to our products and services.
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We use your data to communicate with you and improve the Site and our services/products.
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To communicate with you. We will send you messages about the availability of our Site, security, or other service-related issues. You may change your communication at any time. Please be aware that you cannot opt-out of receiving service messages from us, including security and legal notices.
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For our research and development efforts. We use data, including public feedback, to conduct research and for the development of the Site and the services and products we provide to you.
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For other everyday business purposes. By way of example, product development, contract management, IT and website administration, fulfillment, analytics, fraud prevention, corporate governance, reporting and legal compliance.
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To provide you with the products and/or services you have ordered or requested. This might include whitepapers, books, digital materials.
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We use your data to market our products or service to you.
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To market our products or services that we think may be of interest to you. For example, to send you newsletters and promotions using any communications preferences you have expressed. We may provide these communications via email, postal mail, online advertising, social media, telephone, text message (including SMS and MMS), push notifications, in-app messaging, and other means.
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To ensure your personal data is accurate and to personalize our products and services. For example, we may aggregate your personal data with data from third-party sources for purposes of keeping information up to date. We also rely on information from third parties in order to provide better, more personalized service. If you connect your social media services or other accounts to our services, we may use this information to make your experiences with us more personal and social, or share and use it as described elsewhere in this Policy.
We disclose your data to third parties to help us manage the Site, to provide you with products/services, to market to you, to enhance our services, and to protect legal rights and interests.
How We Share Your Data. In general, we will not disclose your personal data collected through the Site except with your consent and as described in this Policy. We may disclosure your data for the same reasons that we may use it as described in this Policy, which includes disclosing it to our affiliates and non-affiliated entities, as we deem necessary to carry out those purposes.
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Third Party Vendors. We may need to use or disclose this personal data with our third party vendors:
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With your consent or as you direct;
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To manage the Site;
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To provide you with products, services, or offers;
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To engage in marketing activities;
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To enhance our services by, among other methods, obtaining assistance with providing more personalized services to you through analytics and other technologies;
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To protect our interests and legal rights, such as through responding to subpoenas and defending litigation; and,
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To protect against and prevent fraud, illegal activity (such as identifying and responding to incidents of hacking or misuse of our websites and mobile applications) and claims and other liabilities.
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We endeavor to choose affiliates and non-affiliates with similar standards to ours regarding the protection of data.
We disclose your data in connection with legal process, to protect the security or integrity of the Site, to defend ourselves, and to protect others.
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Legal Process, Security, Defense, Protection. It is possible that we will need to disclose personal data about you if required by law, subpoena, or other legal process. Additionally, we may disclose personal data about you if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
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demonstrate our relationship with you;
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investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist law enforcement agencies;
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protect the security or integrity of the Site;
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investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party allegations or claims; or protect the rights and safety of others.
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We may disclose your data in connection with a sale, acquisition, merger, or change in control.
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Change in Control or Sale. We can share, sell, assign, or license your personal data in connection with certain business transactions, such as a sale, acquisitions, merger, or change in control, or in preparation for any of these events. In such cases, we will take appropriate steps under the circumstances and to the extent possible to ensure that the recipient agrees to provide privacy protections substantially similar to those established by this Policy. Any entity that acquires all or substantially all of the Company’s assets will have the right to continue using your data consistent with this Policy or as otherwise agreed to by you.
In no case will we share, sell or license your data to third parties, except as set forth above or as required or permitted by law.
We may disclose your data to operators of social media site you are logged into while browsing the Site.
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Social Media Plugins. This Site uses social media plugins (e.g. Facebook and LinkedIn) to enable you to easily share information with others. When you visit our Site, the operator of the social plugin can place a cookie on your computer, enabling that operator to recognize individuals who have previously visited our Site. If you are logged into the social media website (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) while browsing our Site, the social plugins allow that social media website to share data about your activities on our Site with other users of their social media website. For example, Facebook Social Plugins allow Facebook to show your Likes and comments on our pages to your Facebook friends. Facebook Social Plugins also allow you to see your friends’ Facebook activity on our website. We do not control any of the content form the social media plugins. For more information about social plugins from other media websites you should refer to those sites’ privacy and data/information sharing statements/policies.
We take steps to protect your personal information and to try to guard against data breaches.
Safeguarding of Personal Data. No system for safeguarding personal or other data is 100% secure and even though we have taken steps to protect your personal information from being intercepted, accessed, used or disclosed by unauthorized persons, we cannot fully eliminate security risks associated with personal data. However, we take a number of steps to safeguard the security of personal data obtained through the Site. For example, we have implemented a security program that contains administrative, technical and physical controls that are designed to reasonably safeguard your personal data from unlawful use, unauthorized access or disclosure. However, again, there is no guarantee that data may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our administrative, physical, or technical safeguards.
We do not detect Do Not Track signals.
Do Not Track. “Do Not Track” is a privacy preference that you can set in your Internet search browser that sends a signal to a website that you do not want the website operator to track certain browsing information about you. However, because our Site is not configured to detect Do Not Track signals from a user’s computer, we are unable to respond to Do Not Track requests.
We are not responsible for any website which may be linked to ours.
Links to Third Parties’ Sites. We may provide links to websites or resources outside of our Site for your informational purposes only. You acknowledge and agree we are not responsible for the availability of such sites or resources, and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, goods, services or other materials on, available through or provided by such sites or resources. We are not responsible for the privacy or other practices of such sites and cannot guarantee the security of any of your personal data that you provide or may be collected by such sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and terms and conditions on those linked sites.
This site is not directed at children.
Information of Children. The Site is not directed to children as the products and services on this Site are intended for persons 18 years of age and older. The Company does not knowingly collect, use or disclose any personal data from children. If you are concerned about your child’s use of the Site, you may use web-filtering technology to supervise or limit access to the Site.
Applicable law. This Policy is governed by the internal substantive laws of Ohio, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under or out of this Privacy Policy shall lie exclusively with the state and federal courts within Ohio. If any provision of this Policy is found to be invalid by a court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Policy, which shall remain in full force and effect.
Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Data. You can always limit the personal data you provide to us, but if you choose not to provide certain requested information, you may be unable to access some of the services, offers, and content on the Site. You can also limit the communications that we may send you by following a simple opt-out or unsubscribe process. Simply follow the instructions in our newsletter/advertisement/promotional emails to opt-out of receiving, or unsubscribe from, future marketing communications.
Please note that even if you opt-out of promotional communications, we may still need to contact you with important transactional data about your account. For example, even if you opt-out of promotional communications, we will still send you a notification of changes to, expiration of, or discontinuation of a program you are enrolled in.
Opting-Out. When OnPointe Strategic Insights first collects information about You, We will offer You the opportunity to “opt-out” of having Your Personal Information shared with parties outside of OnPointe Strategic Insights, unless otherwise required by law, court order, or other government or law enforcement authority. Should You not want OnPointe Strategic Insights to send You e-mail or postal mail about our products and services, You also can choose to have Your name removed from our database. You can do so by sending an e-mail to info@stayonpointe.com.
Right to Erasure. Under GDPR Regulations, you have the right to have any personal data we hold on you deleted. You can submit this request verbally or in writing.
You can submit your request to have the data we hold deleted in writing via email to info@stayonpointe.com.
We will respond to your email within 14 working days acknowledging your request to have your data deleted.
If you wish to submit your request verbally, you must ensure that you speak to a member of staff, voicemail requests cannot be addressed. If you wish to receive confirmation of your verbal request, you will need to provide us with an email address.
All personal data held by OnPointe Strategic Insights data will be deleted within 30 working days of acknowledgement and we will confirm this by email.
If you are not happy with how we have handled your Personal Data, please email info@stayonpointe.com. OnPointe Strategic Insights will acknowledge your email within 7 working days and your complaint will be addressed in writing, via email, within 30 working days.
Effective Date and Changes. This Privacy Policy is effective as of October 13, 2020. OnPointe Strategic Insights reserves the right to modify the terms of this policy at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice to this page. Your continued use of the websites following our posting of a change notice will constitute binding acceptance of those changes.
How to Contact Us. If you have any questions regarding this Policy, your privacy, or our policies in the event of a compromise of your personal data, you may contact us at:
OnPointe Strategic Insights, LLC
1391 W 5th Ave, Ste 108
Columbus, OH 43212
+1 614.537.8956