Effective date: September
1st, 2023
Schatz Construction
Services (“us”, “we”, or “our”) provides this Privacy Policy because we
respect your privacy and it is important to us. The following informs you of
our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal
Information when you use our services and the choices you have associated with
that data.
Collectively, we refer to our offerings, which encompass our
in-person services, website located at https://schatzcs.com/, and telephone
assistance, as our “Services.” We utilize your information to furnish
and enhance these Services. Your utilization of the Services implies your
consent to the gathering and utilization of data as stipulated in this policy.
Information Collection
and Use
We collect several
different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our
Services to you.
Types of Data Collected
Information Provided by
You Directly
Personal Information
While using our Service,
we may ask you to provide us with certain personal information, by which we
mean information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable
of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or
indirectly, with a consumer, person, or household (“Personal Information”).
Personal information we collect may include:
- Name and contact
information (such as and including first and last name, email address,
phone number, address, city, state, zip/postal code); - Payment
information (including credit card or other payment data); - Information
provided by you when you contact us by phone, text, chat, or online tools; - Information
provided by you when you fill in our “Book Online” forms (including your
responses “How can we help?”); and - Survey, review,
or feedback information.
Job Applicants
If you apply for a job
with us, we may collect additional information in connection with your
application.
This may include:
- Other methods of
contact information; - Work
authorization status; - Resume, cover
letter, work experience, and education information; - Skills;
- Username and
password; - Professional and
work-related licenses, permits, and certifications held; - Reference-related
information; and - Any other
information that is publicly available or that you elect to provide to us
(e.g., salary history, expected salary).
This data might be gathered directly from you, your contacts, a
hiring agent, your previous workplaces, and your educational institutions. We
will solely utilize this data to assess your suitability for the position. This
involves reviewing your application, evaluating your credentials, engaging in
communication, and fulfilling legal requirements.
Information Collected
from Third Parties
Occasionally, we might acquire contact details from external
sources to facilitate direct mail campaigns, or for marketing and promotional
intentions.
Information Collected
Automatically
We may also collect
information automatically depending on the Service you use, including when you
use our website, or when you call us. The information we may collect includes:
- Cookies, Location,
and Usage Information (described further below); and - Telephone
number, audio recordings, details regarding the date and time, and other
information relating to your telephone call to us.
Usage Data
We may additionally gather data that your web
browser transmits whenever you visit our online platforms or access them via a
mobile device (“Usage Data”). This information is harnessed to
enhance the functionality and practicality of our website.
This utilization data could encompass particulars such as your
computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), the variant and version
of your web browser, the pages you explore on our websites, the specific time
and date of your visit, the duration of time spent on those pages, distinct
device markers, and additional diagnostic details.
Upon accessing our websites with a mobile device, this
utilization data might entail specifics like the model of your mobile device,
its unique identifier, the IP address associated with it, your mobile operating
system, the particular mobile internet browser you’re employing, distinct
device markers, and supplementary diagnostic data.
Location Data
We may use and store
information about your location based on your IP address (at a city or county
level). We use this data to provide features of our website, to improve and
customize our website, and for more targeted marketing on and off our website.
At any given time, you have the option to activate or deactivate
location services through your device settings while using our website.
Tracking & Cookies
Data
We use cookies and
similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website, and also
for remarketing purposes (see below regarding Behavioral Remarketing).
Cookies are comprised of a limited quantity of data, potentially
encompassing a distinctive identifier. These cookies are dispatched to your
browser from a website and then stored on your device. Furthermore, additional
tracking technologies such as beacons, tags, and scripts are employed to amass
and monitor information, contributing to the enhancement and analysis of our
website.
At any given time, you have the option to direct your browser to
decline all cookies or to signal the transmission of a cookie. Nevertheless,
declining cookies may restrict your access to certain sections of our website.
Examples of Cookies we
use:
- Session Cookies.
We use Session Cookies to operate our website. - Preference
Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and
various settings. - Security
Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Analytics
We also 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 website.
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
Behavioral Remarketing
Schatz Construction
Services may also use 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 Ads (AdWords)
Google Ads (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
- Facebook
Facebook remarketing
service is provided by Facebook Inc. You can learn more about interest-based
advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950 To
opt-out from Facebook’s interest-based ads, follow these instructions from
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217
Facebook adheres to the
Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising established by the
Digital Advertising Alliance.
You can also opt-out from
Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising
Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the
Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European
Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or
opt-out using your mobile device settings.
For more information on
the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook’s Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
We do not have access to,
receive, or retain Personal Information through behavioral remarketing.
Use of Data
Schatz Construction Services Utilizes the gathered personal
data for a range of objectives:
- To deliver,
enhance, and sustain our Services - To inform you
regarding alterations to our Services - To enable your
engagement in interactive elements of our Services at your discretion - To furnish
customer support - To amass
analytical or valuable insights to enhance our Services, which might
encompass sending you a review and feedback form with your authorization. - To monitor the
usage of our Services - To detect,
prevent and address technical issues - To offer you
targeted advertisements based on goods, services, and events that we think
will be of interest to you - To furnish you
with updates, exclusive deals, marketing or promotional content, and
general details about additional products, services, and events that we
provide, resembling those you have previously acquired or shown interest
in, unless you have chosen not to receive such communications.
Apart from communications essential to furnish a Service that
you specifically requested through your chosen contact means, you have the
option to decline receiving any or all direct communications from us – be it
via text, phone, or email. This can be achieved by adhering to the unsubscribe
link or guidelines incorporated in any email or text we send, or by reaching
out to us through the following contact details: brandon@schatzcs.com
or (816) 388-0864.
Transfer of Data
Your data and information, including Personal Information, might
be transferred to and preserved on computers situated outside your state,
province, country, or any other governmental jurisdiction. This could lead to
variations in data protection regulations as compared to those in your
jurisdiction.
Should you access our Services from, or if you are located
outside of the United States and decide to provide information to us, please
note that we transfer the data, including Personal Information, to United
States and process it there.
Your consent to this
Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information, or continued
use of the website represents your agreement to that transfer.
Schatz Construction
Services will implement all reasonably required measures to ensure the
secure treatment of your data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. No
transfer of your Personal Information will occur 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
We do not and will not
sell your personal information to third parties.
Disclosure to Service
Providers
We may disclose details to external, third-party entities in
order to deliver, maintain, and enhance our services. This could encompass
third-party service providers who access your information to carry out tasks on
our behalf or assist us in fulfilling services you’ve requested. This may
include information of a personal nature. Our service providers are generally
contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality of your personal data,
and they are authorized to use or disclose it solely for the purposes
stipulated in the agreement. These service providers may involve entities such
as financial processing firms, platforms and applications for hosting
information, providers engaged in soliciting reviews and feedback, as well as
those offering marketing, advertising, and communication services.
Disclosure to Law
Enforcement
Schatz Construction Services may be
required to disclose your Personal Information 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
Schatz Construction
Services may disclose your Personal Information in the good faith belief
that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a
legal obligation - Protect and
litigate the rights or property of Schatz Construction Services
·
For investigation of or to prevent potential misconduct linked
to the provision of the Service
- Protection of or
the personal safety of users of the Service or the public - For legal
liability
Corporate Relationships
In alignment with this Privacy Policy, we may disclose your
information to our affiliated companies, and subsidiaries. Furthermore, we
could divulge your information concerning, or in the course of discussions
regarding, any merger, sale of company shares or assets, funding, acquisition,
disposal, or dissolution of our entire business or a segment thereof.
Security of Data
While we prioritize the security of your data, it’s crucial to
acknowledge that no internet transmission method or electronic storage system
can assure complete security. Despite our diligent efforts to employ
commercially viable measures for safeguarding your Personal Information, we
cannot provide an absolute guarantee of its security.
Our Policy on “Do Not
Track” Signals under the California Online 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.
At any time, you can
enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of
your web browser.
Links to Other Sites
While using our Service, you might encounter links to external
websites not under our management. Clicking on a link to a third-party site
will redirect you to that particular site. We strongly recommend that you
meticulously examine the Privacy Policy of each site you visit.
We have no authority or
control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or operational
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 intentionally gather Personal Information from
individuals under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and realize
that your Child has shared Personal Information with us, please reach out to
us. Should we become aware of having collected Personal Information from minors
without confirmed parental consent, we initiate procedures to eliminate that
data from our servers.