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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

The TCC Group is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy, which is part of our Terms of Use, describes the information we collect through our website www.tccgrp.com (the “Site”), how we use and share it, and how you can make choices about our use of that information.

Please note that this Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time, so please check back regularly. By using the Site after we have posted an updated Privacy Policy, you agree to that updated Privacy Policy.

By using the Site, you consent to our collection, use, and sharing of information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide to Us

You can browse the Site without submitting any personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) to us. We collect Personal Information, such as your name, email address, mailing address, and other information, when you voluntarily provide it to us. Below are the most common ways in which you would provide your Personal Information:

  • When you sign up for our newsletter mailing list
  • When you contact us with an inquiry
  • When you purchase the CCAT
  • If you sign up for an event through the Site
  • If you interact with the Site through social media
  • If you submit job application materials to TCC Group
  • If you download resources from TCC Group’s Resource Library

Information Automatically Collected

We may also collect information about users when you interact with the Site. This includes the IP address of the device you use to access the Site, the browser type, the time and date of visits to the Site, and the website that referred or linked you to the Site. We may use this information to analyze how visitors use our Site so we can improve the quality of the information and services we provide.

We or our Service Providers (as defined below) may collect some of this information through cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, clear gifs or similar technologies. These technologies are used for anonymous tracking across a web session on the Site.

The Site uses Google Analytics, a third-party website analytics tool that collects automated information about visitor traffic. The information collected by Google Analytics is transmitted to and stored by Google and will be subject to Google’s privacy policies. You can learn more about how to opt out of Google Analytics here.

We do not use information automatically collected by the Site to identify visitors individually except in circumstances where we may deem it necessary in connection with legal process or to protect our rights or the rights of a third party as further described below.

How We Use Your Information

We will use your Personal Information for the following purposes:

  • To send you information about news, events, or opportunities that we think may be of interest to you
  • To respond to inquiries from you and communicate with you if you sign up for an event or webinar
  • To provide you with access to the CCAT
  • To solicit your participation in surveys related to TCC Group’s work
  • To ensure and improve the quality of our Site
  • To improve the content or services offered through our Site and research and development for TCC Group
  • To notify you about substantive changes to our privacy practices
  • To detect, investigate, and protect against any activities that may violate our policies or the law and to establish, defend against, or enforce any related claims

How We Share Your Information

We do not rent or sell your Personal Information to any third parties.

We may share your Personal Information with our third party service providers (“Service Providers”) that help us operate and provide services in connection with the Site.

All payment card transactions related to purchasing the CCAT are processed by a Service Provider, Authorize.net and subject to Authorize.net’s privacy practices and terms of use. We do not collect, store, or share any payment card information.

We also reserve the right to disclose and use Personal Information and other information in special circumstances, including to enforce this Privacy Policy or any other part of our Terms, to comply with legal process or law enforcement, to address actual or suspected illegal activity, to protect our property or rights, to protect the rights and safety of anyone, or for other reasons we determine in good faith are necessary, appropriate, or required by law. If we ever merge with, are acquired by, or otherwise consolidate with another organization, Personal Information may be transferred along with our other assets.

Third-Party Web Sites

The Site may contain links to third-party web sites (“Third-Party Sites”). Third-Party Sites may collect information about you when you interact with them through links on our Site. If you follow any link to a Third-Party Site, you should review those sites’ privacy policies to find out how they protect your privacy. We are not responsible for Third-Party Sites or their privacy practices.

Social Media Features

The Site may include social media features, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter links and widgets. When you interact with the Site through a social media platform, we may collect the Personal Information that you make available to us on that page, including your account ID or username and other information included in your posts. Social media features may be hosted and controlled by Third-Party Websites and your interactions with these features are governed by those respective companies’ privacy practices.

The Legal Basis for Processing Personal Information

In order to comply with applicable data protection laws, in particular the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), we are required to set out the legal basis for the processing of your Personal Information. In accordance with the purposes for which we collect and use your Personal Information, as set out above, the legal basis for processing your personal data will typically be one of the following:

  • where it is necessary to use your Personal Information in order to perform a contract that we have with you;
  • where applicable law allows us to collect and use Personal Information for our own or third parties’ legitimate business interests (for example, in maintaining and promoting our business by providing customers with feedback opportunities or other instances where we have carried out a legitimate interests assessment and have established an existing legitimate interest);
  • when we have obtained your consent;
  • to protect your vital interests; or
  • where is necessary to use Personal Information in order to comply with our legal obligations.
    Your Rights With Respect to Personal Information

Persons located in the European Economic Area may have certain rights in relation to their personal data under the GDPR. Persons in other jurisdictions may also have certain rights in relation to their personal data. We will honor your requests to exercise the following rights to the extent possible and required under the applicable law.You have the right to: (i) request information on and access to all the personal data we hold about you; (ii) request that any inaccurate personal data we hold be corrected; (iii) to object to certain types of processing of your personal data we carry out (including the right to opt-out of any direct marketing); (iv) request that we delete the personal data we hold about you; and (v) to request a copy of your personal data in a machine reasonable, commonly used format (or to request we transfer your personal data in such a format to a third party service provider). We will consider any such requests and respond to you within 30 days or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

Record Retention

We will keep your Personal Information for as long as we need it, or as otherwise prescribed by law, for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Security

We use reasonable efforts to safeguard your Personal Information. All traffic on the Site is encrypted with an SSL Certificate, including transmission of Personal Information to the Site. Of course no transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so you provide your Personal Information at your own risk.

Location of Servers and Transfer of Information

Information collected through the Site will be accessed and processed in the United States. In addition, your information may be transferred outside the United States by our Service Providers with locations in other countries. By using the Site and providing your Personal Information to us, you consent to this transfer and to the collection, storage, processing and use of your Personal Information both within and outside of the United States.

Your Choices Regarding Our Use of Your Personal Information

If you wish to review, update, correct, or remove the information we have for you, please contact info@tccgrp.com.

If you no longer wish to receive communications from us, you can also unsubscribe by clicking on the “unsubscribe” button in any email communication you receive from us.

Do Not Track (DNT) Requests

Some browsers have incorporated Do Not Track (“DNT”) preferences. As there is not yet an industry-standard DNT protocol on how to interpret DNT signals, we do not honor DNT signals from browsers at this time. However, you may refuse or delete cookies to prevent some tracking activities.

Children

The Site is directed at an adult audience and we do not knowingly collect information from or about children.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

TCC Group reserves the rights to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time without notice to you. If we make substantial material changes to our Privacy Policy, we will notify you. TCC Group may update this Privacy Policy by posting a new version on this webpage.

Contact Us

For any questions you may have about this Privacy Policy or our data practices please contact info@tccgrp.com.

Last updated: March 1, 2019