Privacy Policy
Venture Research Inc.
(“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the
Venture Research
websites (the “Service”).
This page informs you of
our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data
when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.
We use your data to
provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the
collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless
otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy
have the same meanings as in our Corporate Terms and Conditions
Definitions
· Service: Service are the websites hosted or administered by
Venture Research Inc.
· Personal Data: Personal Data means data about a living individual who
can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either
in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
· Usage Data: Usage Data is data collected automatically either
generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself
(for example, the duration of a page visit).
· Cookies: Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device
(computer or mobile device).
· Data Controller: Data Controller means the natural or legal person who
(either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the
purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are
to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data
Controller of your Personal Data.
· Data Processors (or Service Providers): Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural
or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may
use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data
more effectively.
· Data Subject (or User): Data Subject is any living individual who is using our
Service and is the subject of Personal Data.
Information Collection and Use
We collect several different
types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to
you.
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using our Service,
we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information
that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally
identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
· Email address
· First name and last name
· Phone number
· Cookies and Usage Data
We may use your Personal
Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and
other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving
any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link
or instructions provided in any email we send.
Usage Data
We may also collect
information how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage
Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address
(e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service
that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages,
unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and
similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold
certain information.
Cookies are files with
small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies
are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking
technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track
information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your
browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions
of our Service.
Examples of Cookies we
use:
· Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
· Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your
preferences and various settings.
· Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Use of Data
Venture Research Inc.
uses the collected data for various purposes:
· To provide and maintain our Service
· To notify you about changes to our Service
· To allow you to participate in interactive features of
our Service when you choose to do so
· To provide customer support
· To gather analysis or valuable information so that we
can improve our Service
· To monitor the usage of our Service
· To detect, prevent and address technical issues
· To provide you with news, special offers and general
information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are
similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you
have opted not to receive such information
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under General
Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are from the
European Economic Area (EEA), Venture Research Inc. legal basis for collecting
and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on
the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.
Venture Research Inc.
may process your Personal Data because:
· We need to perform a contract with you
· You have given us permission to do so
· The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s
not overridden by your rights
· To comply with the law
Retention of Data
Venture Research Inc.
will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the
purposes set out in this Privacy Policy or the service provided requires. We
will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with
our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to
comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal
agreements and policies.
Venture Research Inc.
will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is
generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used
to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or
we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Transfer of Data
Your information,
including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers
located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental
jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your
jurisdiction.
If you are located
outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that
we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United States and process it
there.
Your consent to this
Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your
agreement to that transfer.
Venture Research Inc.
will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated
securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of
your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there
are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other
personal information.
Disclosure of Data
Disclosure for Law Enforcement
Under certain
circumstances, Venture Research Inc. may be required to disclose your Personal
Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public
authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Legal Requirements
Venture Research Inc.
may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is
necessary to:
· To comply with a legal obligation
· To protect and defend the rights or property of Venture
Research Inc.
· To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in
connection with the Service
· To protect the personal safety of users of the Service
or the public
· To protect against legal liability
Security of Data
The security of your
data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet,
or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use
commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot
guarantee its absolute security.
“Do Not Track” Signals Under California Online Privacy
Protection Act (CalOPPA)
We do not support Do Not
Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to
inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.
You can enable or
disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web
browser.
Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are a resident of
the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights.
Venture Research Inc. aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct,
amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.
If you wish to be
informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to
be removed from our systems, please contact us.
In certain
circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
· The right to access, update or to delete the
information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion
of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are
unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
· The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information
rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
· The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of
your Personal Data.
· The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict
the processing of your personal information.
· The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of
the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly
used format.
· The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent
at any time where Venture Research Inc. relied on your consent to process your
personal information.
Please note that we may
ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
You have the right to
complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal
Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority
in the European Economic Area (EEA).
Service Providers
We may employ third
party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service
Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related
services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These third parties have
access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are
obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
We may use third-party
Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
· Google Analytics Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by
Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected
to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other
Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and
personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made
your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the
Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google
Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information
with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of
Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
· Clicky Clicky is a web analytics service. Read the Privacy
Policy for Clicky here: https://clicky.com/terms
Behavioral Remarketing
Venture Research Inc.
uses remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to you after you
visited our Service. We and our third-party vendors use cookies to inform,
optimize and serve ads based on your past visits to our Service.
· Google AdWords Google AdWords remarketing service is provided by Google Inc. You can
opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display
Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads
Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics
Opt-out Browser Add-on – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout – for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out
Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from
being collected and used by Google Analytics.
For more information on the privacy practices of
Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain
links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third
party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site
you visit.
We have no control over
and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of
any third party sites or services.
Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not
address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).
We do not knowingly
collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If
you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us
with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have
collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent,
we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our
Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting
the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via
email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming
effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to
review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this
Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Disclaimer
The information
available from sites hosted or administered by Venture Research Inc. is for
general information purposes only.
Venture Research Inc.
assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in the contents on the
Service.
In no event shall
Venture Research Inc. be liable for any special, direct, indirect,
consequential, or incidental damages or any damages whatsoever, whether in an
action of contract, negligence or other tort, arising out of or in connection
with the use of the Service or the contents of the Service. Venture Research
Inc. reserves the right to make additions, deletions, or modification to the
contents on the Service at any time without prior notice.
Venture Research Inc.
does not warrant that the Service is free of viruses or other harmful
components.
External links disclaimer
Websites hosted or
administered by Venture Research may use plug ins that are not provided or
maintained by or in any way affiliated with Venture Research Inc.
Please note that Venture
Research Inc. does not guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or
completeness of any information on these external websites.
Contact Us
If you have any
questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
· By email: info@ventureresearch.com
· By visiting this page on our website: https://www.ventureresearch.com/privacy-policy