Crest Group, LLC (“Crest Group”, “us” or “we”) understands that your privacy is important to you. Crest Group is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personally-identifiable information, being any information that is capable of identifying you as an individual person, as you use this Site. The scope of Crest Group’s commitment is described in this Privacy Policy. By submitting personally-identifiable information, you consent to Crest Group’s use of such personally-identifiable information as described herein. Please see our terms of use for more information about our on-line terms and policies in general.
What personally-identifiable information is collected?
Crest Group collects personally-identifiable information on certain areas of the Site when users request information. The personally-identifiable information collected may consist of information that you provide, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address, or telephone number. In addition, Crest Group collects certain information that you do not visibly enter, such as your IP address.
How may Crest Group use my personally-identifiable information?
Crest Group uses your personally-identifiable information to fulfill your requests for information, distribute newsletters and alerts to you, and for such other purposes as you may initiate or request. We may keep any of your personally-identifiable information on file and use it to contact you.
Newsletters and Alerts
By registering for recurring Crest Group newsletters or alerts, you agree to receive on occasion other correspondence from Crest Group related to the subscribed newsletters and other Crest Group news and information that you consented to receive. This type of information is shared externally only in anonymous, aggregated form for generalized user analysis or to enable third party agents to send e-mails to you on our behalf. You will be contacted by e-mail or otherwise only by Crest Group or it agents.
We ask for your e-mail address when you request more information. We will send e-mails to this address to confirm receipt of your query, to provide newsletters or alerts and to contact you for any other reason. If you sign up to receive any of our newsletters, alerts, or surveys, you may on occasion receive other correspondence from Crest Group. Your e-mail address will not be shared with any third party other than an agent who has agreed to send e-mails on our behalf.
The Site also includes a feature that enables Crest Group to send links to its content through e-mail at our users' request. The e-mail address(es) that you supply in connection with this service will be used only to send the requested content. They will not be stored or reused for any purpose.
Is personally-identifiable information disclosed to third parties?
Crest Group shall not intentionally disclose or transfer (and shall take reasonable steps to prevent the unauthorized or accidental disclosure of) your personally-identifiable information to third parties (i.e., persons or entities that are not affiliates of Crest Group) without your consent, whether for such third parties’ marketing purposes or otherwise, except as follows. Crest Group may provide access to your personally-identifiable information to third party vendors engaged by Crest Group to provide services related to the Site; provided that such vendors will first agree to maintain the strict confidentiality of such information and provide the same level of data security as provided by Crest Group. Crest Group may also be compelled to surrender personal user or customer information to legal authorities without express user consent if presented with a court subpoena or similar legal order, or as required or permitted by the laws, rules, and regulations of any applicable jurisdiction. Also, in the event of a violation of the Terms of Use of or any other terms on this Site, including but not limited to a violation of any restrictions on use of materials provided in or through this Site, Crest Group may disclose personal user information to affected parties and legal authorities in furtherance of potential or on-going legal proceedings.
Surveys
If you participate in a survey, all of our research results are reported as totals or in other aggregated form, and no information about you as an individual respondent is made public.
Link to third-party sites
Crest Group may provide links to third-party Web sites or information as a service to our users. If you use these links, you will leave this Site. Such links do not constitute or imply an endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by Crest Group of the third party, the third party web site, or the information contained therein, and Crest Group shall not be responsible or liable for your use thereof. Such use shall be subject to the terms of use and privacy policies applicable to those sites.
How can I access, change, and/or delete information?
You may access, correct, update, and/or delete any personally-identifiable information that you submit to the Site. You may also unsubscribe from mailing lists or any registrations on the Site. To do so, please either follow instructions on the page of the Site on which you have provided such information, subscribed or registered or contact us at the address provide at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
Security
Crest Group has implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to protect personally-identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Only authorized Crest Group personnel and third party vendors are provided access to personally-identifiable information, and these employees and vendors are required to treat this information as confidential. Despite these precautions, Crest Group, however, cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your personally-identifiable information.
Transborder hosting and transfer of information
Personally-identifiable information collected on the Site may be transferred from time to time to Crest Group offices or personnel, or to third parties, located throughout the world, and the Site may be viewed and hosted by Crest Group or its vendors anywhere in the world, including countries that may not have the same data protection laws than what is found in your country of residence. By using the Site and registering such information on it, you voluntarily consent to such transborder transfer and hosting of such information.
Children
Crest Group understands the importance of protecting children's privacy, especially in an on-line environment. The Site is not designed for or directed at children 13 years of age or younger, and Crest Group will not intentionally collect or maintain information about anyone under this age.
Consent; changes to privacy policy
By using the Site, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your information by us in the manner described in this Privacy Policy and elsewhere on the Site. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will alert you to any such changes by updating this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy was last updated on August 1, 2013.
Contact our privacy department
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or if you require any assistance in navigating or reading the materials on this, please contact us at info (at) crestgroup.com.