Privacy Policy

Effective date: 10/1/2024

 

Scope

This Privacy Policy also applies to www.itconvergence.com, owned and operated by IT Convergence (“ITC”). This Privacy Policy describes how IT Convergence collects, uses, shares and secures the personal information provided. It also describes user choices regarding use, access and correction of your personal information.

The IT Convergence websites give you the option to submit personal information to IT Convergence and its affiliates. IT Convergence is respectful of personal data and doesn’t share it with third parties.

 

Policy Statement

Our company has access to many assets. These assets are information, which is critical to doing business, retaining the trust of our customers, and continued success in the IT Industry. This policy outlines our commitments to our customers, and to our future regarding how we will handle this information.

 

Purpose

Information can be sensitive by its nature, and can also be sensitive due to regulations and industry standards. The types of sensitive information can include: Customer information (both for customer companies and for people as individuals)

This information may reside on our computing systems or backup devices, may traverse the networks. All locations must be properly controlled. The rules by which information is handled are determined by the regulations, business requirements, and company commitments relating to that type of information. Put together, these are called the significance of the information.

 

Policy Sections

 

Privacy Policy for Customers

As part of our company’s core values, we will properly value and protect any information entrusted to us about our customers. This policy describes how we will safeguard personal and company information, to ensure peace of mind when dealing with our company.

 

It is our policy that:

• Our company will collect only that information about customers which is needed and relevant.
• Our company will not disclose information to other parties unless customers have been properly notified of such a disclosure.
• Our company will strive to make certain that information about customers is kept accurate and up-to-date.
• Our company will use appropriate controls to ensure that this information is kept secure, and is only viewed or used by the proper personnel.
• Our company will comply with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards when protecting employee information.
• We hold our employees, vendors, contractors, suppliers, and trading partners to meet this same set of policies.

 

Data Collection

The ways in which we collect and use personal data, in addition to information collected in the course of business with our contracted clients which is managed by the Master Services Agreement (MSA) and/or Terms and Conditions on file during the contracted period, include:

• Contact us forms
  If you wish to receive additional information about us, you have the option of filling the “Contact us” form. Personal Information requested is: Name, Company, Phone, and e-mail. We request this information in order to be able to contact you to reply to your inquiries.
• E-mail to a friend
  By providing your friend’s e-mail, name and your name and email we send a link with information to your friend. When you provide us with your friend’s personal information, we will only use this information for the specific reason for which it is provided. If you believe that one of your contacts has provided us with your personal information and you would like to request that it be removed from our database, please contact us at info@itconvergence.com.
• Passive Collection
  As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically. This information may include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data to analyze trends in the aggregate and administer the site.
• Sending your Resume
  Send us your Resume at stated in the Careers section in order to apply for a job with IT Convergence.
• Tracking Technologies
  IT Convergence and its partners use cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, administer the website, track users’ movements around the website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, but if you choose to disable cookies, it may limit your use of certain features or functions on our website or service.
• Advertising
  We partner with a third party to [display advertising on our website or to manage our advertising on other sites]. Our third party partner may use cookies or similar technologies in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to opt out of interest-based advertising click here [or if located in the European Union click here ]. Please note you will continue to receive generic ads.

 

Sharing with Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties who provide services on our behalf to help with our business activities. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.

These services may include:

• Fulfilling orders and delivering packages
• Providing customer service
• Sending marketing communications
• Fulfilling subscription services
• Providing cloud computing infrastructure

No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

 

Legal Notice

We may disclose your personal information as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or other legal process, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request. If IT Convergence is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our website, of any change in ownership, uses of your personal information, and choices you may have regarding your personal information. We may also disclose your personal information to any other third party with your prior consent.

 

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once it is received. If you have any questions about the security of your personal information, you can contact us at info@itconvergence.com.

 

Changing or Deleting Personal Information

Upon request IT Convergence will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information. Send us an e-mail to info@itconvergence.com and we will change or delete your information, according to your instructions. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe. You may sign-up to receive email, newsletter, or other communications from us. If you would like to discontinue receiving this information, you may update your email preferences by using the “Unsubscribe” link found in emails we send to you or at your member profile on our website or by contacting us at info@itconvergence.com.

 

Data Retention

In certain circumstances we may be required by law to retain your personal information, or may need to retain your personal information in order to continue providing a service.

 

IT Convergence’s Role as a Service Provider

The use of information collected through our service shall be limited to the purpose of providing the service for which the Client has engaged IT Convergence and in association with the Master Services Agreement (MSA) or Terms and Conditions on file between IT Convergence and Client.

IT Convergence collects information under the direction of its Clients, and has no direct relationship with the individuals whose personal data it processes. If you are a customer of one of ITC’s Clients and would no longer like to be contacted by one of ITC’s Clients, please contact the Client that you interact with directly. We may transfer personal information to companies that help us provide our service. Transfers to subsequent third parties are covered by the service agreements with our Clients.

IT Convergence acknowledges that you have the right to access your personal information. IT Convergence has no direct relationship with the individuals whose personal data it processes. An individual who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, or delete inaccurate data should direct their query to the IT Convergence’s Client (the data controller). If requested to remove data we will respond within a reasonable timeframe. In certain circumstances we may be required by law to retain your personal information, or may need to retain your personal information in order to continue providing a service.

 

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on this website prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.