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Privacy Policy

Revised: 10/1/2020

 

  1. Introduction.

    1. Chesapeake International Consulting, LLC (“Company,” “we” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with the following provisions (“Privacy Policy”).
    2. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you access and use https://chesapeakeintl.com, including any content, functionality and service (“Service”) offered on or through such website (the “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
    3. This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect:
      1. On the Website.
      2. When you interact with other websites and services that include links to this Privacy Policy.
    4. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by:
      1. Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by any third party.
      2. Any third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from the Website.
    5. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you may not access or use the Website. By accessing or using the Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

 

  1. Intended Users.

    1. Users in the US.  This Privacy Policy is targeted to users in the United States (“US”) is governed by and operated in accordance with the laws of the US. We disclaim any representation or liability that the Website is operated in accordance with the laws of other jurisdictions.
    2. Not intended for Children Under 13.  The Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not provide any information to the Website or make any purchases through the Website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at the information below.

 

  1. Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It.

    1. Types of Information. We collect several types of information from and about users of the Website, including:
      1. Personal information about you (“personal information”) such as:
        1. Business information, name and email address when you contact us through our website.
      2. Information that is about you but does not identify you such as online habits, preferences, etc.
      3. Technical information about your device and connection such as:
        1. Preferences: Time zone, language, zoom size, etc.
        2. Identifiers: IP address; mobile device SIM/identifier, etc.
        3. Type: type of device, operating system or platform (Mac, Windows), browser information (type, version), etc.
        4. Connection: Internet provider or mobile carrier name, connection speed and connection type; internet service provider, etc.
        5. External pages: URL of the last and next page visited, etc.
        6. Use of the Website: Data, pages viewed, time spent on a page, click through, clickstream data, queries made, search results selected, history, comments made, etc.
        7. Location: Geographic and network location, etc.
    2. How We Collect. We collect this information:
      1. Directly from you when you type or transmit it to us, including:
        1. Information that you provide by filling in forms on the Website. Information requested by us when you report a problem with the Website.
        2. Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
      2. Automatically as you navigate through the Website. Information collected automatically may include:
        1. Usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies.
        2. Preferences and settings: time zone, language and character size
        3. Identifiers: computer IP address; unique mobile device identifier
        4. Technical information: type of device, operating system or platform (Mac, Windows), browser information (type, version)
        5. Connection: Internet provider or mobile carrier name, connection speed and connection type; Internet service provider (ISP)
        6. URL of the last Web page visited before visiting our Service; exit page
        7. Information about your use of the website: data stamp, pages viewed, time spent on a page, click through, clickstream data, queries made, search results selected, history, comments made
        8. Location: general geographic location

 

    1. Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies. As you navigate through and interact with the Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
      1. Details of your visits to the Website, including traffic data and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
      2. Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
      3. The information we collect automatically is generally statistical data that does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
        1. Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
        2. Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize the Website according to your individual interests.
        3. Speed up your searches.
        4. Recognize you when you return to the Website.
      4. The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
        1. Cookies. A cookie is a small file we place on your device that tracks your usage. You may refuse to accept browser cookies the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to the Website.
        2. Web Beacons. Pages of the Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
      5. You hereby certify to us that:
        1. You have complied and are complying with all laws, rules or regulations applicable to information privacy and security.
        2. You have full authority, rights and title needed for you to submit any information to the Website.

 

  1. Third-Party Use of Cookies, Tracking and Links.

    1. Some content or applications, on the Website are provided or served by third parties, including tracking companies, and other service providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based behavioral advertising or other targeted content.
    2. The Website may contain links to other internet sites and services.
    3. We do not control these third party cookies, tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
    4. WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITIES FOR THE SECURITY AND PRIVACY PRACTICES OF SUCH OTHER SITES. You are responsible for checking and understanding the policies others web sites to understand their policies.

 

  1. How We Use Your Information.

    1. We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, for the following purposes:
      1. To provide the Service: We use your information to operate the Website and provide the Service to you. We also use your information to fulfill the purposes for which you provide it, such as processing your customer information, and to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
      2. For other purposes: We may use your information in any other way we may describe when you provide the information, or for any other purpose with your consent.

 

  1. Disclosure of Your Information.

    1. We may disclose anonymized and aggregated information about our users without restriction.
    2. We may disclose information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, to the following third parties:
      1. Group companies: To our subsidiaries and affiliates in common control.
      2. Service providers: To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and not to disclose it, and to use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
      3. Buyer/successor: To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about the Website users is among the assets transferred.
      4. Other users with access: To other users who have been provided with access to your Portal in accordance with this Privacy Policy for the purpose of accessing or sharing User Contributions.
      5. Advertisers: Even though we do not disclose your personal information to advertisers, third party advertisers may set cookies, web beacons or other technologies on the Website to collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services, in order to make our advertising on our Website or elsewhere on the internet more relevant to you.
      6. Other purposes: We may also disclose your personal information for the following purposes:
        1. To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
        2. To enforce or apply other terms and agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
        3. If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property or safety of us, our customers or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
        4. To allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages we may sustain.
        5. As necessary or appropriate to otherwise address unlawful or harmful activity.
        6. For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information, or otherwise with your consent.

 

  1. Opt In, Opt Out and Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

    1. OPT IN DEFAULT: EXCEPT AS SET FORTH OTHERWISE HEREIN, YOU CONSENT TO ALL USES OF YOUR INFORMATION SET FORTH HEREIN.
    2. Opt Out Options: We strive to provide you with choices regarding the information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
      1. Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
    3. We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt-out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website.

 

  1. Accessing and Correcting Your Information.

    1. You may send us an email at [email protected] to request access to, correction or deletion of any personal information that you have provided to us. We will endeavor to comply with any such request within a commercially reasonable time. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

 

  1. Data Security and Storage.

    1. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
    2. You acknowledge that access to the Website and Service is to be provided over various facilities and communications lines, and information will be transmitted over local exchange and internet backbone carrier lines and through routers, switches, and other devices owned, maintained, and serviced by third-party carriers, utilities, and internet service providers, all of which are beyond our control (collectively, “Carrier Lines”). We assume no liability for or relating to the integrity, privacy, security, confidentiality, or use of any information while it is transmitted over Carrier Lines, or any delay, failure, interruption, interception, loss, transmission, or corruption of data or other information attributable to transmission over those Carrier Lines. Use of the Website, Service and Carrier Lines is solely at your risk.
    3. We shall retain your personal information in accordance with federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations.

 

  1. Changes to this Privacy Policy.

    1. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes will be posted on the Website by changing the date of last revision on this Privacy Policy. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter.
    2. Your consent to the posting of any changes on the Website means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check our Website and this Privacy Policy from time to time so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you if you have given your consent.

 

  1. Contacts and Questions.  To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Chesapeake International Consulting, LLC

Gambrills, Maryland 21054

Email:  [email protected] 

Phone: 207-904-0013

 

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