PRIVACY POLICY
YOUR PRIVACY IS IMPORTANT TO US
Apex Systems d.b.a Stratacuity (“the Company”, “we”, “our” or “us”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes how the Company may collect, use, disclose, and safeguard personal information that we may collect about you through our websites, and via offline means such as during interactions with our corporate suppliers and customers, via trade shows or other offline interactions, where applicable. This Privacy Policy also tells you about your rights and choices with respect to your personal information, and how you can reach us to exercise your rights and get answers to your questions. Our privacy practices with respect to personal information about our employees and contractors, past and present, are addressed through other internal company policies and procedures, and are outside the scope of this Policy.
This Privacy Policy covers:
1. Information We Collect About You
2. How We Collect Your Personal Information
3. How We Use Your Personal Information
4. Disclosures of Your Personal Information
5. Data Security
6. Retention Period
7. Your Rights in Relation to Your Personal Information
8. Other Important Information
9. California Information Sharing Disclosure
10. Contact Us
1. Information We Collect About You
We collect, maintain, and use different types of personal information in the context of our relationship or potential relationship with you. The following provides examples of the type of information that we collect from you and how we use the information.
Context |
Categories of Information |
Primary Purpose for Collection and Use of Information |
Commercial Information |
We collect basic identifying information such as your name, title, employer, and contact information such as your work and/or personal email address, and telephone numbers (including your mobile number). |
We have a legitimate interest in communicating with our clients concerning normal business administration such as projects, services, and billing. We have a legitimate interest in fulfilling our contract with you for the provision of services. |
Client Information |
We collect the name, and contact information, of our clients and their employees with whom we may interact. |
We have a legitimate interest in contacting our clients and communicating with them concerning normal business administration such as projects, services, and billing. |
Cookies and First Party Tracking |
We use cookies and web beacons, clear GIF, pixels, internet tags, and other similar tracking technologies (collectively “tracking technologies”) to monitor how you interact with our websites. This may include which links you click on, information that you type into our online forms, or identifying information about your device or browser. For more information relating to the use of such tools, review the “Cookie and Similar Tracking Technologies” section below. |
We have a legitimate interest in making our website operate efficiently, providing account related functionalities, understanding how you interact with our websites to better improve them, and maintaining security standards. We also have a legitimate interest in detecting and preventing fraud. |
Cookies and Third Party Tracking |
We collect information about your internet or other network activity including your device identifier, Internet Protocol (IP) address, mobile ad identifier, or similar unique identifiers, so that we can provide advertising about products and services tailored to your interests on our websites, or on other websites. For more information relating to the use of such tools, review the “Cookie and Similar Tracking Technologies” section below. |
We have a legitimate interest in engaging in behavior-based advertising. |
CCTV Recording and Photographs |
Your image which may be recorded on CCTV or by our sign in system when you visit our premises. |
We have a legitimate interest in protecting our customers, our premises, assets, and business partners from crime. We operate CCTV security and sign in systems in a number of our premises and parking lots which record images for security. |
Email Interconnectivity |
If you receive email from us, we use certain tools to capture data related to when you open or interact with our messages. |
We have a legitimate interest in understanding how you interact with our communications to you. |
Feedback/Support |
If you provide us feedback or contact us for support we will collect your name and e-mail address, as well as any other content that you send to us, in order to reply. |
We have a legitimate interest in receiving, and acting upon, your feedback or issues. |
Mailing List |
When you sign up for one of our mailing lists we collect basic identifying and contact information such as your name, email address or postal address. |
We disclose information about our services with individuals that consent to receive such information. We also have a legitimate interest in disclosing information about our services. |
Mobile Devices |
We may collect information from your mobile device such as unique identifying information broadcast from your device when visiting our websites. |
We have a legitimate interest in identifying unique visitors, and in understanding how users interact with us on their mobile devices. |
Supplier Relationship Management |
We collect certain contact and related business information (name, email address, professional contact information) when you or your organization provides us with certain products or services. In some instances, we may collect certain background or screening information to the extent needed and in accordance with applicable law. |
We have a legitimate interest in administering our relationship with our suppliers and performing our contract with your organization. We also use such information to administer and maintain our relationship with your organization. |
Social Media Information |
We may collect, as a result of using third party social media plugins, widgets, or other tools, information related to your social media usage as it relates to our websites. |
We have a legitimate interest in sharing our social media pages with you. |
Web logs |
We collect information, including your browser type, operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address, domain name, click-activity, referring website, and/or a date/time stamp for visitors. |
We have a legitimate interest in monitoring our networks and the visitors to our websites. |
2. How We Collect Your Personal Information
We collect your personal information in the following ways, pursuant to applicable law:
Directly From You, when you apply for our services, attend trade shows and industry events, engage with our websites, transact business with us, register for an account, contact us, respond to a survey, sign up to receive emails, and/or postal mailings. If you provide us a mobile phone number, you agree to receive text messages from the Company. Text messages may be sent to notify you of a position or keep you updated on activities relevant to your application process, which may include reminders.
Through Our Use of Cookies and Other Automatic Data Collection Technologies, when you visit our websites, open or click on emails we send you, or interact with our advertisements. We or third parties we work with automatically collect certain information using technologies such as cookies, web beacons, clear GIF, pixels, internet tags, web server logs, and other data collection tools.
Through On Premise and Other Offline Technologies. In some cases, we record customer service calls for quality assurance. We also use Closed Circuit Television or CCTV in our locations for safety, security, fraud, loss prevention, and operational purposes.
From Third Parties, including business partners, our affiliates, data analytics providers, third parties that we have partnered with for marketing or other purposes, or other publicly available sources.
3. How We Use Your Personal Information
In addition to the purposes and uses described above, we use your personal information for the following purposes:
Although the sections above describe our primary purpose in collecting your information, in many situations we have more than one purpose. Our collection and processing of your information is based in different contexts upon your consent, our need to perform a contract, our obligations under law, and/or our general interest in conducting our business. Note that this Privacy Policy may be updated to notify you of additional purposes for which we process your personal information.
4. Disclosures of Your Personal Information
In addition to the specific situations discussed elsewhere in this policy, we may disclose your personal information in the following situations:
5. Data Security
No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is fully secure. While we maintain reasonable physical, technical and procedural safeguards that are designed to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information. In the event that we are required by law to inform you of any privacy or security event relating to your personal information we may notify you electronically, in writing, or by telephone, if permitted to do so by law.
Some of our websites may permit you to create an account. When you do you will be prompted to create a password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, and you are responsible for any access to or use of your account by someone else that has obtained your password, whether or not such access or use has been authorized by you. You should notify us of any unauthorized use of your password or account by using one of the methods listed below under “Contact Information.”
6. Retention Period
We retain information about you and your relationship with us for as long as is needed to fulfill our legitimate business purposes outlined in this Policy. The specific periods for which we keep information about you vary depending on the nature of the information, why we need it, and whether the personal information is de-identified. We also consider the minimum necessary retention period prescribed by applicable laws, recommended by industry standards, and stated in contracts and other legal obligations.
7. Your Rights in Relation to Your Personal Information
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights with regard to your personal information:
If you choose to assert any of these rights under applicable law, we will respond within the time period prescribed by such law. Please note that many of the above rights are subject to exceptions and limitations. Your rights and our responses will vary based on the circumstances of the request.
A person authorized to act on your behalf may make a verifiable request related to your personal information. If you designate an authorized person to submit requests to exercise certain privacy rights on your behalf, we will require verification that you provided the authorized agent permission to make a request on your behalf.
Your verifiable request must: (i) provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify that you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative of that person; and (ii) describe the request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it. We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.
If you would like to exercise any of the above rights (to the extent these rights are provided to you by law), you may:
1. Call us at 1-800-536-1390; or
2. In the U.S., submit your request online HERE.
3. Outside of the U.S., submit your request online HERE.
8. Other Important Information
The following additional information relates to our privacy practices:
Last Revised: January 1, 2023.