Privacy Policy

Effective Date:  June 29, 2018

We at Know Advertising, along with our affiliates (“Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”), respect your concerns about privacy. This Privacy Policy describes the types of personal information that we may collect at our locations throughout Michigan and via online at our website at www.KnowAd.com (the “Site”), how we may use such personal information, with whom we may share it, and the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information.

When you access the Site, you agree to this Privacy Policy.  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, OR TO ANY CHANGES WE MAY SUBSEQUENTLY MAKE, YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP ACCESSING THE SITE.  Changes and updates to this Privacy Policy will be posted on our Site. Any updates to this Privacy Policy are effective upon posting to the Site. Your continued use of the Site constitutes your agreement to be bound by any changes to this Privacy Policy.

By access the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and accepted this Privacy Policy.

Definitions

  • “Non-personal information” is any information that is not “personally information.”
  • “Personal information” means personally identifiable information, which is non-public information we receive from your use of the Site that can be used, alone or in combination with other information in our possession, to identify a particular individual natural person.  It may include information such as name, address, telephone number and other personal information you provide to us.
  • “You” and “your” mean the individual or entity visiting or using our Site.

What personal information do we collect?

We collect personal information that you provide voluntarily which may include, for example, your name, e-mail address, phone number, address, and date of birth, when you:

  • Fill out forms or answer questions on the Site;
  • Inquire about our services or any employment opportunities;
  • Purchase goods or services from us;
  • Sign up to receive emails from us; or
  • Participate in a survey, promotion, or event.

When you visit our Site, we may also capture certain information automatically (even if you do not voluntarily provide us with personal information, or in addition to personal information that you do provide).  This information may include your Internet protocol address, location-based information, browser type, time and date of access and pages accessed, linking information, click stream, page visits, page views, and website log files. If such navigational information is reasonably identifiable to you or is reasonably identifiable to a particular device, it will be deemed personal information for purposes of this Privacy Policy. We may combine the information you provide and the information we collect during your visit to our Site with data collected in person and with data from other third parties, including publicly available data, in order to better personalize your experience with our Site.

Our Site is not directed to children under the age of 18 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18 on our Site. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a visitor under the age of 13 on our Site, we will delete the information from our records.  (Please review our Terms of Use).

If you use Site features operated by third party social networking services (such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter), we may receive information you have made available to those services, including the geographic location of your mobile device and other information about you and your contacts on those services.  You should make sure you understand the information your third party social networking services may make available to our Site.  We may use and disclose the personal information we receive on our Site through third party social networking services as described in this Privacy Notice.

Any suggestions or similar communications relating to company’s business or the Site, and how each may be changed, enhanced, or improved shall not be treated as private or confidential under this Privacy Policy.

Does our Company comply with do not track requests? 

Your browser may provide you with the option to send a “Do Not Track” signal to websites you visit.  This signal is used to request that websites not send the requesting device cookies, but websites have no obligation to respond to such signal or to modify their operation.  At the current time, this Site is not programmed to recognize Do Not Track signals, so this Site will not treat you differently if we receive such signals from your browser and we may not comply with Do Not Track settings on your browser.

How does our Company use the information it collects?

We generally use personal information collected for the following purposes:

  • To respond to inquiries from users;
  • To manage your application for employment with company and contact you in connection with potential employment opportunities;
  • To provide you with our services or any other services you have inquired about;
  • For marketing and promotional efforts;
  • To send you newsletters and other information;
  • To provide you with relevant and personalized marketing;
  • To improve, expand, or otherwise adjust our services;
  • Creating, researching and developing new products and services; and
  • To protect the rights or property of company, or our users, clients, partners or others.

Does the Site use cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website places on your computer’s hard drive that allows the website’s server to keep track of and facilitate certain activities on the site. A cookie cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.  This Site may use cookies.  Cookies allow us to recognize you as a user when you return to the Site using the same computer and web browser.  We use cookies to identify which areas of the Site you have visited.  We also may use this information to better personalize the content you see on the Site.

To help us optimize the Site, we may allow other authorized third parties to place or recognize unique cookies on your browser.  Any information provided to third parties through cookies will not be personally identifiable information (“PII”), but may provide general segment information to enhance your user experience by providing more relevant marketing.  We use the data from these third party providers to improve the website and market our products and services.  Third party services and tools we use may use the data it collects for its own business purpose.  The third party service providers we currently use inlcude:

Google AdWords Conversion, Google Dynamic Remarketing, Google AdWords User Lists, Google Tag Manager, GA Audiences and Google Analytics (collectively referred to as “Google”): Google collects anonymous data (ad views, analytics, browser information, cookie data, date/time, demographic data, hardware/software type, internet service provider, interaction data, page views, and serving domains), pseudonymous data (IP Address (EU PII), Device ID (EU PII), PII (name, address, phone number, email address, login, EU- IP address, EU-unique device ID ), sensitive (financial information). Aggregate data, anonymous data, PII data and sensitive data is shared by Google with third party parties.  We use the information we get from Google only to improve this website and for marketing purposes.  Google collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this website, rather than your name or other identifying information.  You can review Google’s privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.  Although Google plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this website, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google.  Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google about your visits to this website is restricted by the Google Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.  You can prevent Google from recognizing you on return visits to the website by disabling cookies on your browser (see below).

DoubleClick: Google operates DoubleClick, which collects anonymous data (ad views, analytics, browser information, cookie data, date/time, demographic data, hardware/software type, internet service provider, interaction data, page views, and serving domains), pseudonymous data (IP Address (EU PII), search history, location based data, and Device ID (EU PII)), and PII (name, address, phone number, email address, login, EU- IP address, and EU-unique device ID).  DoubleClick’s privacy policy can be found at:  http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. DoubleClick shares aggregate data, anonymous data, PII data and sensitive data with third party parties.

The above-listed third party services share with undisclosed third-parties the following: aggregate data, anonymous data, PII data and sensitive data.  Their data rentention policy is undisclosed.

Each of the above-listed services and tools listed is governed by the privacy policy established by the respective third party provider.  We encourage you to refer to such policies, which are linked to above in the description of each service.

Some browsers may allow you to manage the storage of cookies on your device.  If supported by your browser, you may set your browser to refuse all cookies (or, sometimes all third party cookies) or to alert you when a cookie is set.  However, if you select these settings, you may be unable to access certain parts of the Site.  Unless you have adjusted your browser setting to refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies.  For more information about how to manage your cookies preferences, use the ‘help’ menu of your web browser or explore the customer support sections of your web browser.  To opt-out of all cookies or certain advertising cookies, visit the company website for your browser.

Does our Company use personal information for advertising purposes?

Company may use your email address to provide you with information regarding our company and service offered by us if you have opted to receive newsletters or other communications from company.  Company fully complies with the federal CAN-SPAM Act.  You may choose to stop receiving email communications from us at any time by following the link provided in each email.  Under what circumstances does company disclose or transfer personal information to others?

There are circumstances in which we will transfer and/or disclose your personal information to third parties.  Those circumstances, subject to the limits of applicable law, are as follows:

  • Company may transfer personal information to its corporate affiliates for purposes related to its and their products and services, as such offerings may change and develop over time.
  • Company reserves the right to release personal information in accordance with applicable law in response to a subpoena, or otherwise when we believe that the law requires us to do so, or when we reasonably believe it is necessary to protect and/or enforce the rights, property interests, or safety of company, our users, clients, clients, partners or others.
  • In the event that all or any portion of company is merged with, or becomes part of another organization, or in the event that all or any portion of company is sold or sells all, or substantially all of, its assets, the information you provide may be one of the transferred assets for use by the acquiring entity.
  • We may transfer personal information to third parties when we are expressly authorized by applicable law to do so.
  • We may transfer personal information to third parties when we have your consent.
  • We may transfer or allow access to your information to third party contractors for the purpose of processing information to operate the Site or provide any products or services to you.

If you do not want us to share your information with third party contractors, you may direct us not to share that information by contacting us.  If you instruct us not to share your information with third party contractors, some or all of the services or products provided to you may become unavailable.

How you can access and control your personal information

Individual Rights to Access Personal Data

To the extent provided by applicable law, individuals have the right to know what personal information of theirs is stored by us and to ensure that such personal data is accurate and relevant for the purposes for which we collected it. We will make our best effort to allow individuals access to view their own data as well as to correct, to alter or to delete such data.

However, where such access is unreasonable, requires a disproportionate effort, jeopardizes the privacy of other users, or contravenes the law, our policies, or reasonable business practice, requests to access data may be declined. User identification is required to access data for these reasons, and the process and procedures for various types of access may differ. Please contact us for further information.

Choices Relating to Use of Personal Information

We will give you choices about the ways we use and share your personal information, and we will respect the choices you make. Although signing up for some or all of our services may require you to submit personal information, we will ask for your consent if we intend to use that information for any purpose other than which it was provided to us.  You may object, restrict or withdraw consent for us to use your personal information at any time.

In the case where we wish to use your personal information for any purpose different than the purpose it was provided and set forth in this Privacy Policy, we will request your consent to use your personal information and will only use it if you affirmatively give us consent to do so through an opt in process.

You may choose to decline to submit any personal information for any of our products or services. Please note that this may result in our being unable to provide said service, including, without limitation, subscription services, even if time remains for your subscription.

What are the California Privacy Rights?

Under Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, residents of California can obtain certain information from companies with whom they have an established business relationship.  That information is about the personal information those companies have shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year.  The law requires companies to inform consumers about the categories of personally information shared with third parties, the names and addresses of those third parties, and examples of the services or products marketed by those third parties.  To request a copy of the information disclosure provided by BenchPrep under Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, please contact us.

How do you keep my personal information secure?

We have attempted to establish and implement reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures designed to protect the personal information you provide against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use.  This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information you may send to company by email or instant messaging programs or through social media networks, even if you open such programs or services by clicking a link displayed on the Site.  Email, social media, and instant messages are not recognized as secure forms.  Please do not send any information you consider private to us by email or instant message or through soccial media sites due to the public nature of such postings.

How long do we retain your personal information?

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the business purpose for which you provided it to us and any other legitimate business purpose, including without limitation, for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.  We may also retain offline archival copies of data for the applicable statutory periods.  If you would like more details about our data retention policies, please contact us.

We periodically review our collection, storage and processing procedures and policies to ensure that it is in compliance with applicable law.

Does the Site link to third party sites?

The Site may link to third party sites including social media websites. When using third party sites, you should review the privacy policies of such sites to understand how they collect and use personal information.   The privacy policies of the third party sites that you share personal information with will govern the use of your personal information.

How can I make changes to my personal information?

If at any time you want to change personal information you have provided to us, you can, subject to the Terms of Use, correct, update, or remove such information by contacting us at company email or as directed below. Unless you are a resident of California or another jurisdiction that requires us to provide access to your personal information without charge, we may charge you a fee to receive a copy of this data.

How do I contact you about questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy?

If you have any comments, questions, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us by company email or by phone. You may also write to us at:

Know Advertising

6632 Telegraph Rd, Suite 129

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301

844.907.3224

Email: info@KnowAdvertising.com