Privacy Policy

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of the Privacy Policy, then you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.

Information We Collect

We gather various types of information, including information that identifies you as an individual (“Personal Information”) from our users, as explained in more detail below.

We may collect Personal Information directly from visitors to our Websites that you choose to send to us or provide to us; for example, if you choose to download a whitepaper or any similar resource. If you contact us through the Websites, we will keep a record of our correspondence.

In addition, we may use “cookies” and other tracking mechanisms to collect information from the users directly from the browsers, including your device’s IP address, referring website, what pages your device visited, and the time that your device visited our Website (further described below).

How We Use The Information

We will use the information we collect via our Websites:

• To administer our Website, our events and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, statistical and survey purposes;
• To improve our Website to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
• To analyze customers’ use of the Websites for trend monitoring, marketing and advertising purposes;
• For purposes made clear to you at the time you submit your information – for example, to fulfill your request for a consultation, to provide you with access to one of our webinars or whitepapers or to provide you with information you have requested about our Services; and
• As part of our efforts to keep our Website safe and secure.

We may also use the information you send to us via the Websites and/or Services, to communicate with you via email and, possibly, other means, regarding products, services, offers, promotions and events we think may be of interest to you or to send you general marketing information, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. However, you will always be able to opt-out of such communications at any time (see the “Your Choices” section below).

Cookies And Other Tracking Technologies

Our Websites may use “cookies” and other tracking mechanisms to collect information about you when you visit our Websites. Insofar as those cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of and our affiliated websites, we ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our website.

About cookies. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.

Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

Cookies that we use. As explained in more detail below, StraussTech and third-party advertisers may send one or more cookies to your browser to help customize your experience on our Websites or Services or to provide you with ads that may be of interest to you.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Authentication and Personalization – we use cookies to identify you when you visit our Websites and as you navigate our Websites and Services, and to store information about your preferences and to personalize our Websites and Services for you.
• Security – we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our Websites and Services generally.
• Advertising – we use cookies to help us to display content that will be relevant to you.
• Analysis – we use cookies to help us to analyze the use and performance of our Websites and Services.

The StraussTech and third-party cookies you may encounter on our Websites include, but are not limited to:

• www.strausstech.com (website navigation, security, analysis)
• www.google.com (use tracking and content interests)
• www.facebook.com (personalization)

You may review the cookies in use by third-party service providers at any time by viewing site information from your browser. This is typically displayed to the left of the address bar of your browser.

Managing cookies. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

StraussTech expressly requests that you consent to cookies when you visit its Website.

Strictly Necessary Cookies:

StraussTech’s Websites use cookies that are strictly necessary to the provision of the Services. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you on the Website. Currently, StraussTech’s Websites do not include any necessary cookies. As such, you can decline all cookies and still use the Websites and Services.

Permissive Cookies:

These cookies are not necessary to the functioning of the website and a visitor to the Websites must opt-in to the use of these cookies.

• www.strausstech.com (website navigation, security, analysis)
• www.google.com (use tracking and content interests)
• www.facebook.com (personalization)

• Through our cookie consent tool, where you can select the categories of cookies that you allow to be placed on your device and withdraw that consent; and
• Through your browser, where you can instruct it to delete or refuse cookies. You can visit the help center of your browser, the “Tools”, “Edit”, or “Help” pages to set your cookie preferences and delete cookies. We also encourage you to visit aboutcookies.org to learn more about how to opt out of cookies.

Questions

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at compliance@strausstech.com.

How We Share And Disclose Information To Third Parties

We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to anyone. We may share and disclose information (including Personal Information) about our customers in the following limited circumstances:

Third Parties:

We may share your information with third-party vendors, consultants and other service providers (“Service Providers”) that we employ to perform tasks on our behalf. These companies include (for example) our payment processing providers, website analytics companies (e.g., Google Analytics, described below), product feedback or help desk software providers, CRM service providers (e.g., HubSpot), email service providers and others.

We utilize Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google, to better understand your use of our Websites and Services. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the Websites, what pages they visit and what other sites they used prior to visiting. Google uses the data collected to track and examine the use of the Websites, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the data collected on the Websites to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Websites is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. Google offers an opt-out mechanism for the web available here.

We do not share any Personal Information with these Service Providers without your express consent.

Additional Disclosures:

We reserve the right disclose personal information about you with your permission, as required by law, as necessary to enforce our any agreements we may have with you or Privacy Policy, to investigate or defend against third-party claims or allegations, to protect the security and integrity of our Services and property, to protect our rights or personal safety and that of our users or others and to respond to valid requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

How we protect your information

We have implemented the following measures to protect and safeguard your personal information:

• Limiting the amount of personal information that we collect to strictly necessary only;
• Using ssl or other secure connection technologies when receiving or sending personal information beyond internal networks;
• Destroying the personal information that we no longer need;
• Performing regular risk assessments;
• Having comprehensive security policies and procedures;
• Training our employees;
• Requiring our employees to sign confidentiality agreements;
• Encrypting laptops, usbs and other portable media;
• Maintaining up-to-date software and safeguards;
• Implementing physical security measures.

Your Privacy Rights

You can always opt not to disclose information to StraussTech. However, some information may be needed to use our Services.

Cookies

You can accept or reject cookies through our website. You can also do so by adjusting your web browser controls.

Marketing Communications

At any time, you can withdraw your consent and opt out of receiving promotional or marketing communications from StraussTech by using the unsubscribe link in the emails communications.

If you have any account for our Services, StraussTech will still send you non-promotional communications, like service-related emails.

International Data Transfers

Personal Information you submit on the Websites or through the Services is sent to the United States and will be primarily processed by us in the United States. If you choose to use our Websites or Services from regions outside the United States that have laws governing data collection and use that differ from U.S. law, you acknowledge and agree that you are transferring personal information outside of that region to the United States and, by providing such information, you consent to the use of your personal data as identified in this Privacy Policy and the transfer of your personal data to the United States.

Links To Third-Party Websites

For your convenience, hyperlinks may be posted on the Websites that link to other third-party websites. We are not responsible for, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to, the privacy practices of any third-party linked sites or of any companies that we do not own or control.

Children

We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 16. If you are under 16, please do not attempt to register for the Services or send any Personal Information about yourself to us. If we learn that we have collected Personal Information from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that a child under 13 may have provided us Personal Information, please contact us at compliance@strausstech.com.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will alert you to material changes by, for example, placing a notice on our Websites and/or by sending you an email (if you have registered your email details with us) when we are required to do so by applicable law. You can see when this Privacy Policy was last updated by checking the date at the top of this page. You are responsible for periodically reviewing this Privacy Policy.

Exercising your rights

You may exercise the rights specified above by submitting a consumer request to:

Compliance Manager
compliance@strausstech.com

You can opt out of us tracking your location through the cookie consent mechanism on the Website.

If you use our cookie consent banner to exercise your privacy rights, the opt out signal will be applied to your browser. If you opt-out by contacting us as stated above, your preference will be applied to your account and our databases, including offline sales.

We will need to verify your identity prior to effectuating your request. To verify your identity, you will need to provide us with the following information with your request:

• Name;
• Billing address;
• Phone number;
• Email address.

Please note that we may be unable to process your request if you do not provide us with the above information.

You may also designate an authorized agent to exercise your rights on your behalf. You may designate an agent via any of the ways used to submit requests on your behalf. We will request the agent to verify that he or she has the authority to submit requests on your behalf. We will do so by asking the agent to submit the following information:

• The requester’s valid government-issued ID.

Please note that we may not be able to process your request if your designated agent and/or you do not provide us with the above information.

We will respond to most consumer requests within 30 to 45 days of receipt, depending upon where you reside. However, some requests may take longer. We will notify you in writing if we need more time to respond. We have the ability to deny your request(s) if certain exceptions in the law apply. If we do deny your request, we will provide you with the reasons for such denial. Normally, we do not charge a fee to process or respond to consumer requests. However, for residents of certain states or countries, we may charge a fee if the request is excessive, repetitive or manifestly unfounded.

Accountability

The following person is accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures:

Compliance Manager
Head of Compliance
compliance@strausstech.com

You may lodge a complaint with us by contacting the person accountable and responsible for our privacy practices and procedures at the contact information above. You may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada by visiting this page or calling 1-800-282-1376.

Do Not Track

Do Not Track is a preference you can set on your browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). You can either enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your browser.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the updated Privacy Policy to this website or application.

Questions

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at compliance@strausstech.com.