Privacy Policy

Gerald Platt Educational Consultancy Group, LLC, ("Company" or "We") holds your privacy in high regard and is dedicated to safeguarding it in accordance with this policy. This policy outlines the types of information that may be collected from you, or that you may provide, when interacting with the website, www.dunbarconsultants.com, including all its subdomains, as well as any mobile applications owned, operated, or maintained by the Company (collectively referred to as the "Website"). Additionally, it delineates our practices concerning the collection, usage, maintenance, protection, and disclosure of such information. By using the Website you consent to the terms of this policy, and you signify your assent to all of the terms of this policy and our Terms of Service.  If at any time you do not agree to the terms of this policy, please do not use the Website. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to this policy.

For your convenience, the Website may feature links to other third-party websites that are not operated by the Company ("Third Party Sites"). It's important to note that this policy solely pertains to the Company and its Website and does not extend to information collected by any third party, including on Third Party Sites that may link to or be accessible from the Website. Please be aware that Third Party Sites may have information practices that differ from ours. We recommend reviewing the privacy notice of Third Party Sites before proceeding. It's essential to understand that we neither control nor assume responsibility for the information submitted to or collected by Third Party Sites

Collection of Personal Data

 

During your interaction with our Website, we may gather various types of information, including certain personal data. This collection occurs when you visit the Website and engage with its features, such as joining our newsletter mailing list or contacting us via email, telephone, or other means. For current or prospective clients of the Company, personal data is collected throughout the intake process, enrollment, or participation in Company programs, and when communicating with the Company via email or other channels.

 

Categories of Personal Data We Process

 

We may handle the following categories of personal data concerning you:

 

• Personal details: This may include your given name, preferred name, date of birth, addresses, identification numbers, location data, online identifiers, or factors specific to your physical, educational, economic, national, or social identity.

• Contact details: This encompasses your correspondence address, telephone number, and email address.

• Consent records: These consist of records detailing any consents you have provided, along with the means and any associated information (such as the subject matter of the consent).

• Payment details: This category includes invoice records, payment records, billing address, payment method, bank account number or credit card number, cardholder or account holder name, card or account security details, card “valid from” date, card expiration date, payment amount, and payment date.

• Data pertaining to our Website: This involves information regarding your device type, operating system, browser type, browser settings, IP address, language settings, dates and times of connection to the Website, username, password, security login details, usage data, ad aggregate statistical information.

 

Purposes of Processing and legal bases for Processing

 

Processing activities encompass a range of actions, including but not limited to collecting, recording, organizing, storing, transferring, sharing, disclosing, erasing, or destroying your personal data. The purposes for which we engage in processing personal data, subject to applicable law, and the legal bases for such processing, are outlined as follows:

 

• Provision of Website and services: This involves furnishing our Website, products, or services to you, as well as engaging in communication with you regarding these offerings.

• Operating our Company: This entails the management and administration of our Website and services, providing content, displaying information, communicating, and interacting with you through our Website, and notifying you of any changes to our Website, products, or services.

• Communications and marketing: This includes communicating with you through various channels (such as email, telephone, text message, social media post, or in-person interactions).

• Management of IT systems: management and operation of our communications, IT and security systems; and audits (including security audits) and monitoring of such systems.

 

Specific Processing Related to Clients and Prospective Clients

 

This section pertains to information submitted directly through communication with the Company. We may utilize the information you provide about yourself or your family members on the questionnaire, along with any accompanying documents, supplementary details, and documents from references or third parties, which may include educational and occupational information, as well as records maintained by the Company during the consultation process.

 

Furthermore, apart from the aforementioned uses, we will handle the personal data acquired during the intake process to identify you and furnish you with the consultation services you have requested.

 

Disclosure of Personal Data to Third Parties

 

We may share personal data with other entities within the Company group for legitimate business purposes and for the operation of our Website, as permitted by applicable law. Additionally, we may disclose personal data to:

 

• You and, where applicable, your appointed representatives.

• Contractors, service providers, and other third parties engaged to support our Company, who are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality of personal information and to utilize it solely for the purposes for which it was disclosed.

• A purchaser or successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of the Company’s assets, whether as a growing concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding where personal information held by the Company about our Website users is among the assets transferred.

• Any relevant party, law enforcement agency, or court to comply with a court order, law, or legal process, including responding to government or regulatory requests.

• Any relevant party for the purpose of enforcing our Terms or Use and other agreements, including for billing and fraud protection.

 

International Transfer of Personal Data and Legal Rights

 

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union regulation governing the use and processing of personal information. We are committed to processing your information in accordance with the GDPR, where applicable. These provisions pertain to you only if and to the extent that the Company processes your personal data submitted or disclosed while you are in the European Union (EU), or if the processing is related to the Company offering services to you within the EU.

 

We may transfer your information to servers located outside of your country of residence or to other trusted third parties in different countries to facilitate information processing on our behalf. By utilizing the Website or providing us with your personal information, you consent to such transfers in accordance with the terms outlined in this privacy policy and applicable data protection laws and regulations. It’s important to note that many countries may not provide the same level of legal protection to personal information as your country of origin. Consequently, while your personal information is located in another country, it may be accessible by courts, law enforcement agencies, and national security authorities in accordance with the laws of that country.

 

You may have the right to request access to the personal data that the Company processes about you. Additionally, you may have the right to request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete personal data. Furthermore, you may have the right to withdraw your consent to the Company's processing of your personal data at any time, with effect for the future.

 

You may also, to the extent permitted by applicable data protection legislation, have the right to object to certain processing of your personal data, the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data, and the right to data portability. The right to data portability encompasses personal data processed by the Company based on an agreement between you and the Company, or based on your consent, and which you have provided. This includes information such as your name, email, phone number, country, purchased and registered products, serial numbers, purchase date, and point of purchase.

 

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Company's processing of your personal data, please contact refer@geraldplattconsulting.com. Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the national data protection authority, if applicable.

 

Data Security

 

We've established protocols to safeguard your personal information against accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you share with us is stored on secure servers protected by firewalls.

 

However, it's important to note that transmitting information over the internet isn't entirely risk-free. While we make every effort to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to our website. Any transmission of personal information is done at your own risk. We are not liable for any attempts to bypass privacy settings or security measures on the website.

 

Data Retention

 

We strive to ensure that your personal data is processed only for the minimum duration necessary for the purposes outlined in this Policy. We will retain personal data in a manner that allows identification only for as long as: (a) we maintain an ongoing relationship with you (such as a client relationship or lawful inclusion in our mailing list, provided you haven't unsubscribed); or (b) your personal data are essential for the lawful purposes described in this Policy, for which we possess a valid legal basis.

 

Cookies and Similar Technologies

 

As you engage with our Website, we may utilize automatic data collection technologies to gather specific information about your device, browsing behaviors, and usage patterns, which may include:

 

• Details of your visits to our Website, such as traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data, as well as the resources you access and utilize on the Website.

• Information regarding your computer and internet connection including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

 

The technologies employed for this automatic data collection may encompass:

 

• Cookies (or browser cookies): These are small files stored on your computer’s hard drive. You can opt to decline browser cookies by adjusting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, choosing this option may limit your access to certain sections of our Website. Unless you modify your browser settings to reject cookies, our system may issue cookies when you navigate our Website.

• Flash cookies: Some features of our Website might utilize local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to gather and store information about your preferences and navigation on our Website. Flash cookies are managed separately from browser cookies. You can configure your browser to reject al or some browser cookies or to notify you when cookies are being sent. To understand how to manage your Flash cookie settings, please visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or reject cookies, please be aware that certain parts of the Website may become inaccessible or function improperly.

• Web Beacons: Our Website pages and emails may contain small electronic files called web beacons (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that enable the Company to, for instance, track users who have visited those pages or opened an email, and to gather other related website statistics (such as assessing the popularity of specific website content and verifying system and server integrity.

 

Children and Adolescents

 

The Company does not aim to knowingly collect any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from individuals under the age of 18. If the Company becomes aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided personal information to the Website without verifiable parental consent, the Company will make commercially reasonable efforts to remove such information from its databases. If you suspect that your child, who is under 18, has submitted personal information to the Website, please reach out to us using one of the contact methods outlined on our Contact Us page.

 

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

 

We adhere to the practice of updating our privacy policy on this page and providing a notice on the Website homepage whenever changes are made. If there are significant alterations in how we handle our users' personal information, we will inform you via email. The date of the last revision of the privacy policy is indicated at the top of the page. It is your responsibility to ensure that we have your current and functional email address, and to periodically review our Website and this privacy policy for any updates.

 

Contact Information

 

We value the relationship we share with our users and appreciate your feedback, inquiries, comments, and concerns regarding the Privacy Policy and all other policies governing the Website. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the Website, the information you have provided to us, or if you wish to:

 

• Review personal information you have provided to us to correct or update it, or to request deletion of your personal information from our records.

• Request deletion of personal information your child has provided to us.

• Opt out of receiving mailings or other communications from us.

• Report any breaches of this Privacy Policy.

 

You may reach us through our Contact Us page or by sending correspondence to:

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Inquiries: refer@geraldplattconsulting.com

Phone: (443) 538-1256