Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Stay Informed Group

Welcome to stayinformedgroup.com! At Stay Informed Group, we value the privacy of our visitors and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of data we collect and how we use it.

If you have any questions or need further clarification about our Privacy Policy, please feel free to get in touch with us.

This Privacy Policy is applicable solely to our online activities and pertains to the information collected and shared by visitors to our website, stayimformedgroup.com. Please note that this policy does not extend to any data collected offline or through channels other than this website.

By accessing and using our website, you are giving your explicit consent to abide by our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information Collection:

We want to be transparent about the personal information we collect and the reasons for collecting it. Whenever we request your personal information, we will clearly explain the purpose.

If you initiate direct contact with us, we may receive additional information about you, such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of your message, any attachments you send us, and any other details you choose to share.

When you register for an Account, we may request your contact details, including but not limited to your name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How Your Information is Utilized

We employ the information we gather for a variety of purposes, which encompass:

  1. Facilitating the operation and upkeep of our website.
  2. Enhancing, customizing, and extending our website’s functionality.
  3. Gaining insight into and analyzing your utilization of our website.
  4. Crafting novel products, services, features, and capabilities.
  5. Engaging with you, either directly or via our affiliates, for purposes such as customer support, the provision of website-related updates and other pertinent information, as well as for marketing and promotional activities.
  6. Delivering emails to you.
  7. Identifying and mitigating instances of fraud.

Log Files:

Stay Informed Group adheres to a standard protocol for log files utilization. These files record the activities of visitors when they browse websites. This practice is commonplace among hosting companies and is an integral part of hosting services’ analytical processes. The data collected through log files encompasses Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser types, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), date and time stamps, referring/exit pages, and potentially the number of clicks. Importantly, this data is not associated with any personally identifiable information. The primary purpose of gathering this information is to analyze trends, manage the website, track users’ movements on the site, and compile demographic data.

Cookies and Web Beacons:

Just like any other website, Stay Informed Group employs ‘cookies.’ These cookies are utilized to store information, including visitors’ preferences and the specific pages they accessed or visited on the website. This information is leveraged to enhance users’ experiences by tailoring our webpage content according to the visitor’s browser type and other relevant details.

Google, as one of the third-party vendors featured on our website, utilizes DART cookies to display advertisements to our website visitors based on their interactions with www.website.com and other websites across the internet. However, visitors have the option to opt out of DART cookie usage by referring to Google’s ad and content network Privacy Policy accessible at the following URL: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Our Advertising Partners:

Certain advertisers on our website may employ cookies and web beacons as part of their advertising practices. We have provided a list of our advertising partners below, and each of these partners maintains its own Privacy Policy outlining its approach to user data handling. For your convenience, we have included hyperlinks to their respective Privacy Policies.

• Google: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Privacy Policies of Advertising Partners

To access the Privacy Policy for each of Stay Informed Group’s advertising partners, please refer to the following list. Please note that third-party ad servers or ad networks employ technologies such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons in their advertisements and links displayed on Stay Informed Group. These technologies are transmitted directly to users’ browsers and automatically collect your IP address. They are primarily utilized to assess the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and tailor the advertising content you encounter on the websites you visit.

It’s important to recognize that Stay Informed Group does not have the capability to access or control the cookies employed by third-party advertisers.

Third-Party Privacy Policies

Stay Informed Group’s Privacy Policy does not extend to other advertisers or websites. Therefore, we recommend that you consult the individual Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more comprehensive information. These policies may provide insights into their practices and instructions on how to opt out of certain options.

If you wish to disable cookies, you can do so through the settings in your specific web browser. For further information regarding cookie management in specific web browsers, please visit the respective browser’s official website.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Californian consumers possess several key privacy rights, including the ability to:

  1. Request that a business collecting their personal data discloses the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected about them.
  2. Request the deletion of any personal data collected by the business about the consumer.
  3. Request that a business, if applicable, refrain from selling their personal data.

Upon submitting a request, we are committed to responding within one month. Should you wish to exercise any of these rights, kindly reach out to us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We are dedicated to ensuring that you are fully informed about your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  1. The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. Please note that a small fee may apply for this service.
  2. The right to rectification – You can request that we correct any information you believe to be inaccurate, as well as request completion of any incomplete information.
  3. The right to erasure – Under specific conditions, you can request the erasure of your personal data.
  4. The right to restrict processing – You may request the restriction of processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
  5. The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
  6. The right to data portability – You are entitled to request the transfer of the data we have collected to another organization or directly to you under certain conditions.

Similar to the CCPA, our commitment is to respond to any request within one month. To exercise any of these rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Children’s Information

We place a strong emphasis on safeguarding children while they use the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to actively observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their children’s online activities.

Stay Informed Group does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you suspect that your child has provided such information on our website, we kindly urge you to contact us immediately. We are dedicated to promptly removing any such information from our records.