Privacy Policy

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Stafford Structural Concepts and Design (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”).  We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy.  If you have any questions or concerns about our notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at heabra@yahoo.com.

This privacy notice applies to all information collected through our website (such as https://www.sscandd.com), and/or any related services, sales, marketing or events (we refer to the collectively in this privacy notice as the “Services”). If there are any terms in this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Sites and our services.

1.WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Services.  This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services and other technical information.  This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes. 

2.HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

This site includes a form for collecting information such as name, address, email, and project information. Stafford Structural Concepts and Design collects information for the purpose of sending the user information requested on the form. This information is only used internally within our company. We do not sell or rent out any of the collected personal information to other companies. The site also logs information that does not identify any personal information such as IP address and domain name. These are used to track website statistics such as the number of visitors to our site, length spent on site, number of pages and hits and additional website usage information.

We also post testimonials on our Services that may contain personal information.  Prior to posting a testimonial, we will obtain your consent to use your name and testimonial.  If you wish to update, or delete your testimonial, please contact us.

3.WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

We may process or share data based on the following legal basis:

  • Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.
  • Legitimate interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
  • Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
  • Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
  • Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
  • Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third party vendors, service providers, sub-contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work.  Examples include: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service and marketing efforts. 

4.DO WE USE COOKIES?

Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information

5.DO WE USE GOOGLE ANALYTICS?

Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.  To view Google’s privacy policy and opt-out visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

6.HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements).

7.HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process.  However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure.  Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk.  You should only access the services within a secure environment.

8.DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age.  By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services.

9.WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

If you are a resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority.  You can find their contact details here:  http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm

Cookies and similar technologies:  Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default.  If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies.  If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services.  To opt-out of interest-based advertizing by advertisers on our Services visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.

10.CALIFORNIA ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE

Because we value your privacy, we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We, therefore, will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

11.DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS POLICY?

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date.

12.HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS POLICY?

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at heabra@yahoo.com or by post to:
Stafford Structural Concepts and Design
P.O. Box 80574
Portland, OR 97280