This policy covers I.T. Audit Search, (hereinafter “we, us and our ”), a I.T. Audit Search corporation, regarding use of personal information that it collects and receives from customers, individuals, businesses, and other users (hereinafter “you”).
SECTION 1 – INFORMATION GATHERED
When you make a purchase from our store, as part of the buying and selling process, we collect personal information that you give us such as your name, address and email address.
When you browse our store, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in order to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.
With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.
SECTION 2 – CONSENT
When you provide us with personal information to complete a transaction, to verify your credit card, to place an order, or to arrange for a delivery or return a purchase, you are providing your consent for us to collect your information to use during the buying and selling process, to use to improve our products and services and to use for marketing purposes.
You may withdraw your consent for us to contact you directly at any time, by contacting us at rdahm@itauditsearch.com.
SECTION 3 – DISCLOSURE
We may share personally identifiable information about you under the following circumstances:
a.) We may share your personal information to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal processes; to establish or exercise our legal rights; or defend against legal claims and if in our judgment, in such circumstances, disclosure is required or appropriate.
b.) We may share your personal information if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our various terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
c.) We may also buy or sell all or part of our business. In such transactions, personally identifiable information which you have provided may be shared, assigned, and transferred generally, and shall remain subject to this privacy policy and any subsequent policies to which you have consented.
SECTION 4 – ziftPAY
Our store is hosted on ziftPAY, as the provider of the online e-commerce platform where we sell our products and services to you.
Your data is stored through ziftPAY’s data storage, databases and the general ziftPAY application. Your data is stored on a server behind a firewall.
SECTION 5 – PAYMENTS
If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then ziftPAY will store your credit card data. Your data is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.
All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.
PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
SECTION 6 – THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
We may work with third parties in providing services, and will make our best efforts to ensure that third party contracting partners have similar privacy policies for your information, however, in no way are we liable for dissemination or improper use of your information by a third party.
In general, the third-parties used by us will only collect, use and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform your buying and selling transactions with us. However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies with respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your purchase-related transactions. For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so that you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers.
In particular, remember that certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. If you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.
As an example, if you are located in Canada and your transaction is processed by a payment gateway located in the United States, then your personal information used in completing that transaction may be subject to disclosure under United States legislation, including the Patriot Act.
Once you leave our store’s website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.
When you click on links on our store, the links may direct you away from our site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites and encourage you to read their privacy statements.
SECTION 7 – USE OF COOKIES
When you purchase from our store, we, or companies we work with may place small data files called cookies or pixel tags on your computer or other device. We use these technologies to:
- Recognize you as a customer;
- Customize our, content, and advertising;
- Measure promotional effectiveness; and
- Collect information about your computer or other access device to mitigate risk, help prevent fraud and promote trust and safety.
We encode our cookies so that only we can interpret the information stored in them. You are free to decline our cookies if your browser or browser add-on permits. The help section of most browsers or browser add-ons provides instructions on blocking, deleting or disabling cookies.
SECTION 8 – SECURITY
To protect your personal information, we take reasonable precautions and follow industry best practices to make sure it is not inappropriately lost, misused, accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed.
If you provide us with your credit card information, the information is encrypted using secure socket layer technology (SSL) and stored with AES-256 encryption. Although no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, we follow all PCI-DSS requirements and implement additional generally accepted industry standards.
SECTION 9 – AGE OF CONSENT
By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state or province of residence to use this site, or that you are the age of majority in your state or province of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.
SECTION 10 – CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated.
