ReCircled Consulting, as a key player within the ReCircled ecosystem, is fully committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit our website or engage with our consulting services. We comply with all applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the United States, and other relevant regulations globally.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following types of information:
- Personal Information:Information that identifies you as an individual, such as your name, email address, phone number, postal address, job title, and company information.
- Usage Data:Information about how you interact with our website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the dates/times of visits.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies:We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your interactions with our website to improve user experience and website functionality. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To Provide and Improve Our Services: To fulfill your requests, respond to inquiries, provide consulting services, and enhance our offerings.
- Marketing and Communications: To send you promotional materials, newsletters, and other communications about our services that may be of interest to you. You have the right to opt-out of receiving marketing communications at any time.
- Research and Analysis: To conduct research and analysis to improve our services and better understand market trends and client needs.
- Compliance and Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes, and to enforce our terms and conditions and other agreements.
3. Legal Basis for Processing Your Information
We process your personal information based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent: Where you have provided consent for specific purposes.
- Contractual Necessity: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or to take steps prior to entering into a contract.
- Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as improving our services and ensuring the security of our website, provided these interests do not override your privacy rights.
- Legal Compliance: Where processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
4. Data Retention and Use for Internal Research
ReCircled Consulting may retain personal information and other data collected from clients for an indefinite period. This retention is essential to support our ongoing internal research, data analysis, and strategic development activities. By retaining this data, we aim to:
- Enhance Service Offerings: Utilize aggregated and anonymized client data to improve our consulting methodologies, develop new service offerings, and refine our business strategies.
- Market Analysis and Insights: Analyze trends and insights derived from client data to better understand industry dynamics, client preferences, and emerging market opportunities.
- Innovative Research and Development: Conduct innovative research using historical data to develop cutting-edge circular economy solutions and sustainable practices that benefit our clients and the broader industry.
In retaining and using your information for these purposes, ReCircled Consulting complies with all applicable data protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and other relevant regulations. We ensure that the use of personal information for research and analysis is carried out in a manner that respects your privacy rights. Data will be anonymized wherever possible to protect individual identities, and sensitive personal information will not be used without explicit consent.
5. Sharing Your Information
We may share your information with the following entities:
- Service Providers: Third-party vendors who provide services on our behalf, such as IT support, analytics, and customer relationship management.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that business transaction.
- Legal and Regulatory Authorities: Where required by law or in response to valid requests from public authorities, such as courts or government agencies.
6. Your Rights Under GDPR and CCPA
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Right to Access: Request access to your personal information and obtain a copy.
- Right to Rectification: Request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
- Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): Request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: Request the restriction of processing your personal information in specific circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability: Receive a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Right to Object: Object to the processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.
7. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
8. International Data Transfers
Your personal information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries outside of your country of residence. These countries may have data protection laws that differ from those in your jurisdiction. In such cases, ReCircled Consulting will take all necessary steps to ensure that your data is adequately protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws.
9. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our website with an updated effective date.