Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 7, 2023

The Sourcing Agent (“we”, “us” or “I”, “my”) operates the website www.thesourcingassociate.com (the “Website”). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use our website and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the website. By using the Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

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Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from www.thesourcingassociate.com

DEFINITIONS

Personal data

Personal data means data about a living person who can be identified from that data (or from it and other information in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

Usage data

Usage Data is data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Website or by the Website infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a visit to a page).

Cookies are small pieces of data stored on a user’s device.

‍Data controller

‍Data controller means a person who (alone, jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which personal data are or are to be processed. For the purposes of this privacy policy, we are a data controller of your data.

‍Data processor (or website providers)

Data Processor (or Website Provider) means any person (other than an employee of the Data Controller) who processes the Data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the websites of various website providers in order to process your data more efficiently.

Data subject

Data subject is any living person who is the subject of personal data.

User

The User is the natural person using our Website. The User corresponds to the Data Subject, who is the subject of Personal Data.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our website to you.

TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED

Personal data

While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

E-mail address
First and last name
Company Name
Telephone number
IP address, geographic location, browser type, referral source, visit duration and pages viewed
Cookies and usage data

We may use your personal data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you.

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You may opt out of receiving some, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.

Usage data

We may also collect information about how the Website is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This usage data may include information such as your computer's Internet protocol address (for example, IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, time spent on those pages, unique device identifications and other diagnostic data.

‍Tracking & cookies data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and maintain certain information. Cookies are files containing a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some parts of our website.

Examples of cookies we use:

Session cookies. We use session cookies to operate our website.
Preference cookies. We use preference cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security cookies. We use security cookies for security purposes.

HOW WE USE DATA

The Sourcing Agent uses the collected data for various purposes:

To provide and maintain our website
To notify you of changes to our website
To enable you to participate in interactive features of our website when you choose to do so
To provide customer support
To collect analytics or valuable information so that we can improve our Website
To monitor the use of our website
To detect, prevent and resolve technical problems
To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other services, goods, websites and events we offer that are similar to those you have already purchased or inquired about, at unless you have opted out of receiving such information.

RETENTION OF DATA

The Sourcing Agent will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. The Sourcing Agent will also retain usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our website, or when we are legally required to retain this data for longer periods.

TRANSFER OF DATA

The Sourcing Agent will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your personal data will take place to any organization or country unless there are adequate controls are in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

The Sourcing Agent may disclose your personal data in the good belief that such action is necessary to:

To comply with a legal obligation
To protect and defend the rights or property of The Sourcing Agent
To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Website
To protect the personal safety of website users or the public
To protect against legal liability

SECURITY OF DATA

The security of your information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Although we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We use various security technologies and procedures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. We secure the personal information you provide on computer servers in a controlled and secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When sensitive personal information (such as credit card number and/or geo-location data) is collected on our websites and/or transmitted to other websites, it is protected by the use of a encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

If you have any questions about the security of your personal information, you can contact us via the email address: gregoirepetryna@thesourcingassociate.com

YOUR RIGHTS

‍The Sourcing Agent aims to take reasonable steps to enable you to correct, modify, delete or limit the use of your personal data. If you would like to be informed about what personal data we hold about you and would like it to be deleted from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the right:

To access and receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you
To rectify any personal data held about you that is inaccurate
To request deletion of personal data concerning you, you have a right to data portability for the information you provide to The Sourcing Agent. You can request a copy of your personal data in a commonly used electronic format so that you can manage and move it. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

WEBSITE PROVIDERS

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Website (“Website Providers”), to provide the Website on our behalf, to make websites linked to the Website or to assist us in analyzing how our website is used.

These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

ANALYTICS

We may use third party website providers to monitor and analyze the use of our website.

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Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics website offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the collected data to track and monitor the use of our website. This data is shared with other Google websites. Google may use the data collected to contextualize and personalize the advertisements of its own advertising network. You can opt out of having your website activity available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on prevents Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, Analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visit activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Policy webpage: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Hubspot

Hubspot is an online subscription service that allows any business that uses it to create marketing web pages on Hubspot servers where visitors can learn more about the business, upload content, and provide contact information and information. other demographic information. This information, which is stored and managed on the Hubspot website providers' servers, is then used so that visitors can be contacted about their interest in the company's goods or services and interact with the company. You are free to explore the website without providing any personal information about yourself. When you visit the Website or register in our forms, we ask you to provide personal information about yourself.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Our website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of each site you visit.

We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites or websites.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our website is not directed to persons under the age of 13 (“Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your children have provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we learn that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to delete that information from our servers.

WE NEVER SELL PERSONAL INFORMATION

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We will never sell your personal information to third parties.

CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS AND COMMENTS

We post customer testimonials and reviews on our websites, which may contain personal information. We obtain consent from each customer via email before publishing the customer's name and testimonial.

SOCIAL MEDIA FEATURES

Our Website includes social media features, such as the Facebook Like button, and widgets, such as the Share This button, or interactive mini-programs that run on our Sites. These features may collect your IP address, the page you are visiting on our sites, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our websites. This privacy policy does not apply to these features. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy and other policies of the companies that provide them.

PUBLIC FORUM‍S

We provide publicly accessible chat rooms, blogs, and community forums. Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose information through our message boards, blogs, or public forums, that information may be collected and used by others. We will correct or delete any information you have posted on the Websites if you request it, as described in the “Opting Out and Unsubscribing” section below.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page. We will notify you by email and/or a prominent notice on our website before the change becomes effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective immediately upon posting on this page.

‍OPTING OUT AND UNSUBSCRIBING

Reviewing, correcting and deleting your personal information

Upon request, The Sourcing Agent will tell you whether or not we hold your personal information. If you provide us with your personal information, you have the following rights regarding that information:

To view user information you have provided to us
To request that we correct any errors, obsolete information or omissions in the user information you have provided to us
To request that your user information not be used to contact you
To request that your user information be removed from any solicitation list we use
To request that your user information be deleted from our records
To refuse to be solicited by The Sourcing Agent or third parties

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via the email address gregoirepetryna@thesourcingassociate.com. We will respond to your request to modify, correct or delete your information within a reasonable time and will notify you of the actions we have taken.

TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS

You can unsubscribe from our marketing communications by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of our emails, or by emailing us at gregoirepetryna@thesourcingassociate.com. Customers cannot opt out of receiving transactional emails related to their account with us or on our websites.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact us by email: gregoirepetryna@thesourcingassociate.com