Privacy Policy
PracticalTex Privacy Policy
Effective Date: May 27, 2021
Who We Are and What This Policy Covers
At PracticalTex Training and Consulting, Inc. (“PracticalTex”, “we”, “us”), we recognize that privacy is very important and value your privacy. In this Privacy Policy (“Policy”), we describe how we collect, use, and disclose personal information that we obtain about our customers and users of our website (www.industrysustainable.com)(“Site”), the services available through our Site (www.industrysustainable.com and the services available therein are the “Services”). Below we explain how we collect, use, and share information about you, along with the choices that you have with respect to that information.
Applicable Terms
Your use of our Services, and any dispute over privacy, is subject to this Policy, the respective terms of use (the “Terms”), between you and PracticalTex, such as our Terms of Service, and any other relevant agreements. The applicable Terms are incorporated by reference into this Policy, including their applicable limitations on liability and the resolution of disputes. By disclosing your personal information to us or using our Services, you understand and agree that PracticalTex may collect, use, and disclose your personal information in accordance with this Policy and the applicable Terms.
Information We Collect
We generally collect information in the following ways: if and when you provide information directly to us, automatically through our Services. Let’s go over the information that we collect below.
Information You Provide to Us
It’s probably no surprise that we collect information that you provide to us. The amount and type of information depending on how you interact with our Services. Here are some examples:
Basic Account Information: While you can browse parts of our website without registering, we ask you to sign up for a com account to access certain parts of the Services (e.g., to participate in one of our classes). When you sign up for a www.industrysustainable.com account, we may ask you for basic personal information such as your email address, first name, and last name. We may also allow you to submit additional voluntary account information, such as a profile picture, your bio, or the country/city you’re located in. You can also sign up to receive email newsletters and promotional offers from us or to join a waitlist for a class by submitting your email address.
Public Profile Information: If you have an account with us and enroll in an Industrial Sustainability class, certain of your profile information will be used for your public profile. For example, your username, profile picture, and self-reported location of residence are part of that public profile, along with any other information you choose to put into your public profile, such as your bio. Your full public profile is visible to other registered Industrial Sustainability Training users, while your username and profile picture are visible to any of our website visitors, so please keep that in mind when deciding what information you would like to include.
User Content: The content that you create and submit (e.g., images, videos, recordings, or other classwork) through the Services will be visible to registered users, such as your tutors and other students. If you choose to engage in student discussion boards, blogs, or similar features and submit comments, ratings, or other content, Your completed project submissions are made visible to all website students area.
Communications with Us: You may also provide us information when you respond to surveys, communicate with us by email, mail, chat, phone, or otherwise regarding the Services or a support question. We collect and maintain a record of your contact details, communications, and, our responses.
Other Information We Collect Regarding Your Usage of Our Services: We may also collect information about your use of our Services, such as your order and subscription history and purchases.
How and Why We Use Information
Purposes for Using Information
We use information about you as mentioned above and for the purposes listed below:
To provide and maintain our Services—for example, to set up and maintain your account; to host your profile; to fulfill your purchases; to authenticate users; to perform technical operations, such as updating software; and for other customer service and support related purposes
To provide you with the information or services that you have requested; to communicate with you about your use of our Services, to respond to your inquiries, and for other customer service purposes
To further develop and improve our Services—for example, by adding new features that we think our users will enjoy or will help them to create and manage their profiles more efficiently
To communicate with you, for example through an email, about newsletters, offers, and promotions offered by PracticalTex and others we think will be of interest to you, solicit your feedback, or keep you up to date on PracticalTex and our products
To monitor and analyze trends and better understand how users interact with our Services, which helps us improve our Services and make them easier to use
To monitor and prevent any problems with our Services, protect the security of our Services, detect and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities, fight spam, and protect the rights and property of PracticalTex and others
To personalize your experience using our Services, provide content recommendations, and target our marketing messages to groups of our users
To conduct audits and assessments of our business operations, security controls, financial controls, records, and information management program, and otherwise relating to the administration of our general business, accounting, record keeping, and legal functions. These purposes are based on our legitimate interest in operating our business and maintaining adequate internal records and safeguards.
To protect our business operations and secure our network and information technology assets and services; to prevent and detect fraud, unauthorized activities, access, and other misconduct; where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding suspected violations of our Terms and other agreements, as well as fraud, illegal activities and other situations involving potential threats to the rights or safety of any person or a third party; and as necessary to defend PracticalTex’s legal interests and rights.
To comply with the law or legal proceedings, including responding to subpoenas, court orders, and other lawful requests by regulators and law enforcement, or to national security or law enforcement disclosure requirements.
We may also use your personal information for other purposes, where you have consented.
We may also use aggregate and, identified information for various research, development, product improvement, analytics, and other purposes.
How We Disclose Information
We may disclose information about you as spelled out below:
Subsidiaries and Affiliates: With our affiliated companies whose use and disclosure of such personal information is subject to this Policy.
Service Providers: We may share information about you with our third-party service providers who need to know information about you in order to provide their services on our behalf, or to provide their services to you or your site. This group includes, for example, vendors that help us provide our Services to you (like auditors, advisors, consultants, customer service and/or support providers, payment providers that process your credit and debit card information, fraud prevention services that allow us to analyze fraudulent payment transactions, postal and email delivery services that help us stay in touch with you, customer chat and email support services that help us communicate with you, our hosting providers, and those that assist us with our marketing efforts (e.g. by providing tools for identifying a specific marketing target group or improving our marketing campaigns), those that help us understand and enhance our Services (like analytics providers), and companies that make products available on our websites, who may need information about you in order to, for example, provide technical or other support services to you.
Legal Requests: We may disclose information to comply with the law or legal proceedings, for example, in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental requests.
To Protect Rights, Property, and Others: We may disclose information about you when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of PracticalTex, and/or others, and/or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved
Business Transfers: In connection with any actual or contemplated merger, sale of company assets, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company, or in the unlikely event that PracticalTex goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would likely be one of the assets that are transferred or acquired by a third party.
Aggregated and De-identified Data: We may share aggregate or de-identified information with third parties for research, marketing, advertising, analytics, and/or other purposes.
Your Rights
Access and Update Information: You may contact us using the information in the Contact Us section below to make an access, correction, or other privacy requests. Please note that we may maintain copies of information that you have updated, modified or deleted, in our business records and in the normal course of our business operations, as permitted or required by applicable law. Further, we may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting such access or making corrections.
Marketing Communications: You may opt-out of receiving email marketing communications from us by asking to do so via email (eduardo@practicaltex.com). Please note that we may still send you transactional emails, such as emails related to your account or subscriptions.
Children
Our Services are not targeted and directed at children under thirteen years of age (13) and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from a child under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected personal information about a child, please contact us and we will take steps to delete this information.
How to Reach Us
If you have a question about this Policy, or you would like to contact us about privacy, please contact us at eduardo@practicaltex.com. Industrial Sustainability Class (PracticalTex Training and Consulting, Inc.’s) physical address in Av. Jamaris, 506 - s.7 - São Paulo - SP - CEP 04.078-001 - Brazil.
Changes to This Policy
This Policy is current as of the Effective Date set forth above. We may change this Policy from time to time, so please be sure to check back periodically.