This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") describes how EHS GRADES INTERNATIONAL, LLC and its worldwide affiliated group companies, whether acting as data controllers or as data processors on behalf of our customers (collectively known as, “EHS GRADES”) will use the personal data collected when you visit EHS GRADES websites, application websites and mobile platforms that contain a link to this Privacy Policy or provide goods or services to EHS GRADES. We may supplement this Privacy Policy with additional privacy terms or with additional privacy notices in connection with certain features that EHS GRADES may include on its platform now, or in the future. This Privacy Policy does not apply to websites, applications or mobile platforms that are operated by third parties, even if linked to EHS GRADES. We encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on the respective third-party websites.
Information on our website is collected based on user input. We also track user behavior in order to improve the user experience. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our servers and to administer our website. Your IP address is also used to help verify who you are. Data is collected through the use of an IP Address, PHP Sessions, and your chosen account information.
a. Information provided by you
The types of information that EHS GRADES collects directly from you may include the following as well as any other information type that we expressly request, such as by entering and submitting the information to us:
Contact information, such as your name, email address, and telephone number; usernames and passwords; invoice processing or payment information, such as a bank account and routing number, credit or debit card number; educational and employment background information, including information required for background tests or other employment-related screenings; comments and feedback; interests and communication preferences;
and Any other information that you provide to/through EHS GRADES.
Your failure to provide such information may prevent us from providing services to you or obtaining services from you. To the extent that you provide personal data about someone other than yourself, you warrant that you are duly authorized to provide such personal data to us for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
b. Information Collected Automatically
Our system automatically collects certain information regarding your use of our service. Examples of information collected automatically include:
We may use and disclose automatically collected information for any purpose as set forth in this Privacy Policy, except where we are restricted by applicable law. If we combine any automatically collected information with personal data, the combined information will be treated by us as personal data. We may also use aggregated information for any purpose as long as the information does not identify specific individuals and so is not personal data.
c. Cookies and Web Beacons
EHS GRADES may also automatically collect information through the use of cookies or similar technologies, such as web beacons. Cookies are small text files that a website sends to the browser on your computer or mobile device when you first visit a web page so that the website can recognize your device the next time you visit. Most websites typically use the following:
Our site uses long-term and short-term cookies. Long-term cookies are used to store user preferences. For example, a long-term cookie might store the user's preference regarding how data is displayed. Short-term cookies contain more information and are deleted as soon as you log off. Sensitive information is stored long-term only on our secure servers. In general, cookies, web beacons and similar technologies do not contain personal data, but when you furnish your personal data through EHS GRADES, this information may be linked to the non–personal data stored in cookies sent to your browser from EHS GRADES.
EHS GRADES may use collected information for various purposes, including facilitating the login process; administering, customizing and improving our services; personalizing the browsing experience; advertising, promotions and surveys; reporting and paying royalties and license fees to third–party providers and content distributors; as well as tracking and analyzing user preferences and trends. There are a number of ways to manage cookies. On selected EHS GRADES websites, a cookies banner will appear on the home page to ask your consent to set any cookies that are not required to enable you to visit the website and remember your preferences. In addition, the “help” portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new browser cookie, and how to disable existing browser cookies. However, if you block cookies, you may not be able to register, login or make full use of EHS GRADES. You can also use your mobile device’s settings to manage the available privacy options. Our HTML– formatted emails may contain a web beacon to tell us whether our emails are opened and verify any clicks through to links or advertisements within the email. We may use this information for purposes including determining which of our emails are more interesting to users, to query whether users who do not open our emails wish to continue receiving them and to inform our advertisers in aggregate how many users have clicked on their advertisements. The web beacon will be deleted when you delete the email. Emails in plain text rather than HTML will not include the web beacon.
We may display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies.
This document outlines our obligations and practices towards handling any personal information that you may provide to us. Our site gives users the ability to provide information, or have information provided on their behalf, including personal or confidential information, about the user, its employees, and vendors (“User Information”). Examples of User Information may include contact information (such as name, email, or postal address), unique identifiers (such as username, password, identification number or social security number), demographic information (such as zip code), compliance information (such as safety manuals or accident reports) and other personal or confidential information. Such User Information is collected within EHS GRADES to verify the user's identity, allow for database linkage, provide reporting capability (including aggregated data or benchmarking reports that do not identify the User Information provided by or on behalf of a particular user), allow for record keeping and tracking of data (such as internal training and injury and illness records), for use as account information in our system, and for other similar purposes appropriate to the operation of EHS GRADES, including its review and verification services. User Information is supplied at the user’s discretion and will be used only as specified above. We do not sell information of any kind to any 3rd party agencies. We may on occasion also match or combine the personal data that you provide with information that we obtain from other sources or that is already in our records, whether collected online or offline or by predecessor or affiliated group companies, for the purposes described above.
We may share your personal data, or EHS GRADES may permit sharing, in the following ways:
Subscribers. Subscribers to EHS GRADES may be able to directly share personal data with each other or make personal data available to all other subscribers. If EHS GRADES offers a content database or subscription service and you access the service through a subscription, your personal data and certain usage data gathered through the Subscription EHS GRADES may be shared with your institution for the purposes of usage analysis, subscription management, and testing and remediation. If your institution is a corporation or other business entity, additional usage data, such as the types of records you viewed and the number of searches you run, also may be shared for the purposes of cost attribution and departmental budgeting.
Contractors and Suppliers. We offer our subscribers the ability to create a profile and upload information to our database. Your profile and information may be then made available for searching, viewing over the Internet and downloading by your approval only. This means that unless specified by the user, a Project Owner information is not shared with other Industry Clients and a contractor information is not shared with other contractors - except agreed upon by the parties involved. However, a potential project owner may request access to view a Contractor's summarized performance grade snapshot in order to invite the Contractor to bid on a project. In all cases, Contractors who have supplied information to EHS GRADES would have the ability to restrict the access to Industry Clients or other Contractors to view the information.
Agents, Representatives, Sponsors, and Business Partners. Your personal data may be accessible to our agents, representatives, sponsors, and entities for which we are acting as an agent, licensee, joint venture partner, or publisher.
EHS GRADES Service Providers. Your personal data may be accessible to our service providers and suppliers, which assist us in producing and delivering our products and services, operating our business, and marketing, promotion, and communications. These providers and suppliers include, for example, editors, reviewers, credit, debit, and payment card processors, payments processors, customer support, email service providers, IT service providers, banks and shipping agents.
Other Third Parties. We may share personal data with other third parties if we expressly told you about such potential disclosure at the point at which you submitted the personal data to us. If you do not want us to share your personal data with these companies, you may contact us at info@ehsgrades.com.
Compliance with Law and Similar Obligations. We may share personal data in order to: (i) respond to or comply with any law, regulation, subpoena or court order, or government or judicial request (including in the context of private litigation); (ii) investigate and help prevent security threats, fraud or other malicious activity; (iii) enforce and protect the rights and properties of EHS GRADES or its affiliates; or (iv) protect the rights or personal safety of our employees and third parties on or using our property. Where relevant, we may share or transfer your personal data in order to respond to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
Change in Corporate Circumstances. If EHS GRADES or a related asset or line of business is acquired by, transferred to or merged with another company, or otherwise reorganized, your personal data may be disclosed to the prospective or actual purchasers, or other persons involved in the transaction. EHS GRADES also may provide access to social media features, message boards, chat, forums, blogs, profile pages and other services to which you are able to post personal data and materials. Any information you post or disclose through these media is public. Please be careful when disclosing personal data in these public areas.
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 18 and EHS GRADES does not target its services to children under 18.
If you are a user of EHS GRADES services, you can manage available communications preferences when you register with the relevant EHS GRADES (including by providing your opt–in consent, where required), by updating your account preferences, or, where applicable, by using the “opt–out” or unsubscribe mechanism or other means provided within the communications that you receive. We reserve the right to notify you of changes or updates to EHS GRADES whenever necessary.
You may have the right under applicable law to obtain access to personal data about you that is governed by this Privacy Policy. You may also request to review and correct any of that personal data. Additional rights may also apply under applicable laws, such as rights to object to or block processing of your personal data. Contact us to exercise your rights. If EHS GRADES allows registered users to access their registration information and make corrections or updates, the accuracy of such information is solely the responsibility of the user. Subject to any right you may have to access, review, correct, raise an objection or block personal data, no access is given to other personal data or data that may have been collected about users. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity. To view and change the personal data that you directly provided to us, you can return to the web page or application where you originally submitted your personal data and follow the instructions on that web page or application, or contact us at the address listed below. We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you our services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
The security of your personal data is important to us. We use a variety of data security measures intended to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of your personal data. We have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of User Information under our control. EHS GRADES database and subscription service log-in are password-protected, allowing only users who have been duly authorized and authenticated by EHS GRADES access to this site. While no site can guaranty 100% online security, EHS GRADES has industry standard or better measures in place to protect against the unintended disclosure or use of User Information. This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of User Information under our control.
If we modify this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information practices, we will post the revised version here, with an updated revision date. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
We recognize that some of our subscribers may have personal data protection rules that are less protective than the rules in your country. EHS GRADES subscribers may be located in one of more than 100 countries in the world. By accepting this Privacy Policy and using EHS GRADES database, you consent to the transfer of personal data to countries outside of your country of residence consistent with the terms of this Privacy Policy. For transfers of personal data from the EU to the United States, EHS GRADES INTERNATIONAL, LLC has self–certified to the US Department of Commerce under the EU–U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the U.S.–Swiss Safe Harbor Framework.
EHS GRADES INTERNATIONAL, LLC recognizes and respects individuals and entities’ privacy and values the integrity of its customers, clients, contractors, vendors, suppliers and anyone who we conduct business with. The following U.S.–Swiss Safe Harbor Privacy Policy (the “Safe Harbor Policy”) details the principles our company follows with respect to transferring personal data from Switzerland to the United States, including our practices for collecting, using, maintaining and disclosing that personal data. EHS GRADES has self–certified to the US Department of Commerce under the U.S.–Swiss Safe Harbor Framework and declare that it adheres to the Safe Harbor Principles of Notice; Choice; Onward Transfer; Access; Security; Data Integrity; and Enforcement.
This site gives users the option to change and modify User Information previously provided by logging into the EHS GRADES website and modifying the User Information online. When a user sends personal information to the EHS GRADES website, EHS GRADES uses "Secure Socket Layers" (SSL) to protect the user's data. SSL is encryption technology that helps safeguard personal information against misuse by unauthorized individuals. Contact us if you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with EHS GRADES by sending an email to info@ehsgrades.com. All terms of this Privacy Policy, as revised, shall automatically be effective 30 days after they are initially posted on our site. This Privacy Policy may not be otherwise amended except in a writing signed by you and EHS GRADES. This Privacy Policy is effective on October 1, 2017, for all new and existing users.
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