Greenlee & Associates Privacy Policy
Last Updated: Sep 30, 2024
1. Introduction
Welcome to www.greenleeandassociates.com! You have reached a website and/or its subdomains (the "Site" or "Sites") that is owned and operated by Greenlee & Associates Inc. and/or its affiliates, related entities, divisions, subsidiaries, or parent companies ("Greenlee & Associates," "we," "our," or "us"). At Greenlee & Associates, we take your privacy seriously. We provide this Privacy Policy ("Policy") to tell you what information we collect about you, how we obtain it, how we share it, and how you may limit the ways in which we use your Personal Information. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at sales@greenleemeadows.com. This Policy governs our website, www.greenleeandassociates.com, its subdomains and all portals that link to this Policy (the "Site"), as well as when we collect Personal Information from you in person at our physical location ("Location"), via phone calls or other communications with our representatives or in any other instance when you interact with us. For the purpose of this Policy, "Personal Information" means any Personal Information relating to an identified or identifiable individual that is protected by applicable privacy laws. The definition of Personal Information does not include publicly available information from federal, state, or local government records, such as professional licenses and real estate or property records. We refer to all of the above as our "Services." We provide our Services to current and prospective customers ("Customers") and individuals who apply for employment with us ("Employment Applicants"). We are required by law to tell you what information we collect from you, why we collect it, how we use it, under what circumstances we may share it with third parties, how we protect that information, and how you may opt out of the sale of that information. As a preliminary matter, we handle all information you provide us with the utmost confidentiality. At times, we may need to disclose your Personal Information to third parties outside the company who may be assisting us with providing Services to you, as set forth in this Policy. Please note that if you voluntarily provide your information in the course of interacting with our Site, speaking with one of our representatives on the phone or otherwise using our Services, we will take that as your agreement to our collection, use, and disclosure of your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into our Terms of Use which govern your use of this Site. By using our Site or Services, you consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to our Terms of Use. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any products, goods, services, websites, or content that are offered by third parties ("Third Party Services"), which are governed by their respective privacy policies.
2. What Information We Collect
Information You Provide to Us
In connection with the Services we provide, we may ask you to provide us with certain information, as follows:
Customers
- Contact information such as your first and last name, email address, job title, home or business address, telephone numbers, mobile numbers.
- Financial information such as your business credit card or debit card number, bank account information and your payment, service and purchase history.
Employment Applicants
- Contact information such as your first and last name, email address, job title, home or business address, telephone numbers, mobile numbers.
- Your current or past employment or educational information;
- Relevant licenses and certifications; and/or
- Other information that could reasonably be used to identify you personally.
Your decision to provide us with information is voluntary, but if you choose not to provide requested information, you may not be able to take advantage of all of the Site's features or our Services. The following chart describe which categories of Personal Information we collect, how we collect that information and our business purposes for collecting that information.
Category of Personal Information | Examples of this Category | Sources of Personal Information | Business Purpose for Collection |
Identifiers | Real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internal Protocol address, email address, account name, social security number, driver's license number, passport number or other similar identifiers. | You Automatically Third Parties |
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Personal information | Name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. | You Automatically Third Parties |
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Characteristics of protected classifications | Age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or credit, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, political activities or affiliations, familial status, source of income status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault, or stalking | N/A | N/A |
Commercial information | Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies | You Automatically |
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Biometric information | An individual's genetic, physiological, biological or behavioral characteristics | N/A | N/A |
Internet or other electronic network activity information | Browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement | Automatically |
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Geolocation data | Physical location and/or movements | N/A | N/A |
Sensory data | Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information | You Automatically |
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Professional or employment related information | Current or past job history or performance evaluations | You (Employment Applicants) |
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Non-public education information | Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf | N/A | N/A |
Inferences drawn from other Personal Information | Information used to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes | N/A | N/A |
Sensitive Personal Information | Social security number, driver's license number, account log-in, debit, or credit card number in combination with password or PIN, precise geolocation, racial/ethnic origins, religious or philosophical beliefs, union membership, contents of e-mails or texts to others, genetic/biometric data, health information, sex life/sexual orientation data | You (Employment Applicants) |
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Information That Is Automatically Collected
In addition to information that you choose to submit to us, we and/or our service providers may automatically collect and/or store certain information when you visit or interact with the Site ("Usage Information"). This Usage Information may be stored and/or accessed from your personal computer, laptop, tablet, mobile phone or other device (a "Device") whenever you visit or interact with our Site. Usage Information may include:
- Your IP address, IDFA, Android/Google Advertising ID, IMEI, or another unique identifier;
- Your Device functionality (including browser, browser language, operating system, hardware, mobile network information);
- Referring and exit web pages and URLs;
- The areas within our Site that you visit and your activities there, including remembering you and your preferences;
- Your Device location or other geolocation information, including the zip code, state or country from which you accessed the Services;
- Your Device characteristics; and
- Certain other Device data, including the time of day you visit our Site.
For location information, we may use this information to provide customized Services, content, promotional offers, and other information that may be of interest to you. If you no longer wish for us or our service providers to collect and use location information, you may disable the location features on your device. Consult your device manufacturer's settings for instructions. Please note that if you disable such features, your ability to access certain features, Services, content, promotions, or products may be limited or disabled.
Information We Collect When You Interact with Third-Party Sites
The Site may include functionality that allows certain kinds of interactions between the Site and your account on a third-party website or application. The use of this functionality may involve the third-party site providing information to us. For example, we may provide links on the Site to facilitate sending a communication from the Site or we may use third parties to facilitate emails or postings to social media (like a "Share" or "Forward" button). These third parties may retain any information used or provided in any such communications or activities and these third parties' practices are not subject to our Privacy Policy. We may not control or have access to your communications through these third parties. Further, when you use third-party sites or services, you are using their services and not our services, and we are not responsible for their practices. You should read the applicable third-party privacy policies before using such third-party tools on our Site. We purchase from and share Personal Information such as contact information, demographic information, commercial information, and internet and electronic activity with marketing cooperatives and other third party data aggregators. For more information, see the When We Disclose Personal Information section below.
3. Use of Cookies and other Tracking Technologies
We may use various methods and technologies to store or collect Usage Information ("Tracking Technologies"). Tracking Technologies may set, change, alter or modify settings or configurations on your Device. A few of the Tracking Technologies used on the Site) include, but are not limited to, the following (as well as future-developed tracking technology or methods that are not listed here):
- Cookies. A cookie is a file placed on a Device to uniquely identify your browser or to store information on your Device. Our Site may use HTTP cookies, HTML5 cookies, Flash cookies and other types of cookie technology to store information on local storage.
- Web Beacons. A Web Beacon is a small tag (which may be invisible to you) that may be placed on our Site's pages and messages.
- Embedded Scripts. An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Site, such as the links you click on.
- ETag, or entity tag. An ETag or entity tag is a feature of the cache in browsers. It is an opaque identifier assigned by a web server to a specific version of a resource found at a URL.
- Browser Fingerprinting. Collection and analysis of information from your Device, such as, without limitation, your operating system, plug-ins, system fonts and other data, for purposes of identification.
- Recognition Technologies. Technologies, including application of statistical probability to data sets, which attempt to recognize or make assumptions about users and devices (e.g., that a user of multiple devices is the same user).
We may use Tracking Technologies for a variety of purposes, including:
- To allow you to use and access the Site, including for the prevention of fraudulent activity and improved security functionality;
- To assess the performance of the Site, including as part of our analytic practices or otherwise to improve the content, products or services offered through the Site;
- To offer you enhanced functionality when accessing the Site, including identifying you when you sign into our Site or keeping track of your specified preferences or to track your online activities over time and across third-party sites; and
- To deliver content relevant to your interests on our Site and third-party sites based on how you interact with our content.
Controlling Cookies
You can opt out of non-essential cookies by enabling an opt-out preference signal on your browser or opting-out of cookies in our Sites' cookie preference centers. You can control the use of cookies on most web browsers, use the links below to modify your web browser's settings on the most popular browsers:
You can opt out of Google Adwords Remarketing here. You can opt out of Facebook Pixel tracking here. You can block Google Analytics from accessing your online activity with a browser add-on here. Learn more about cookies and similar technologies or to opt out of targeted advertising cookies here. More resources are also available from the Digital Advertising Alliance or the Network Advertising Initiative. We do not control these opt-out links or whether any organization chooses to participate in these opt-out programs. Note that if you turn cookies off, you may not be able to benefit from the full functionality of our Site. Please note that even if you exercise the opt-out choices above, you may continue to receive advertisements, for example, ads based on the website you are viewing (e.g., contextually based ads), or ads that are not targeted at you and may be less relevant. Also, if your browser (like some Safari browsers) is configured to reject opt-out cookies when you opt out on the DAA or NAI websites, your opt-out may not be effective.
4. Why We Collect Information
We may use your information for various purposes, including:
- Responding to your requests for information;
- Providing Services to you;
- Verifying your identity and for fraud prevention;
- Processing your payments;
- Shipping your products to you;
- Evaluating your employment application;
- Providing you with updates and information about products and services we provide;
- Sending you marketing information about Greenlee & Associates and our affiliated entities;
- Sending you email communications such as electronic newsletters about our Services and events and promotions which may be of interest to you;
- Improving the effectiveness of our Site, our marketing endeavors, and our product and service offerings;
- Identifying your product and service preferences, providing personalized content and ads and informing you of new or additional information, products and services that may be of interest to you;
- Helping us address problems with and improve our Site and our products and services, including testing and creating new products, features, and services;
- Providing mobile marketing messages and other communications and messages;
- Protecting the security and integrity of the Site, including understanding and resolving any technical and security issues reported on our Site;
- Administering employee benefits, such as medical, dental, commuter and retirement benefits, including recording and processing eligibility of dependents, absence and leave monitoring, insurance and accident management, rewards or discount programs offered to employees;
- Engaging in analysis, research, and reports regarding the use of our Site and Services;
- For internal business purposes;
- Complying with the law and protecting our safety, rights, property or security, as well as the Services and general public;
- For purposes disclosed at the time you provide your information or as otherwise set forth in this Policy; and
- For other purposes set forth at or before the time we collect your Personal Information.
5. Our Purposes And Legal Bases For Collecting Information
Business purposes for Processing Personal Information
We only collect Personal Information where we have identified a business purpose for the collection and we only collect information that is proportionate, relevant and necessary for that purpose. We collect Personal Information in order to:
- Provide our services, process purchases, create and maintain user accounts.
- Communicate with you, respond to inquiries, engage with comments on our Site, send you information on our products, promotions, and events.
- Improve our Site or Services, analyze the use of our Site to improve user experience, collect information about our Services and your satisfaction with them.
- To create profiles that help us provide you with advertisements relevant to your interests.
- To detect, prevent and investigate illegal activity, security vulnerabilities and fraud.
- To comply with applicable laws and regulations
- To enforce our terms, agreements or policies
- Any other purpose with your consent
Legal Bases for Processing Personal Information
We rely on the following legal bases for processing your Personal Information:
Contract: To conclude or perform a contract with you; for example:
- To manage and fulfill orders, facilitate delivery, and to provide other Services;
- To manage our accounts and records;
- To handle your inquiries and requests;
Legitimate Interests: We process your Personal Information for our legitimate interests, where they do not override your rights and freedoms. You have the right to object to processing that is based on our legitimate interests, as described in the "Your Privacy Rights" section of this Policy. Examples of legitimate interests include:
- To respond to your customer service inquiries and requests for information;
- To maintain, improve, and analyze our Site and Services;
- To conduct marketing activities;
- To detect, prevent, or investigate security breaches or fraud; and
- To facilitate the functionality of our Site;
Legal Compliance: To comply with our legal obligations; for example:
- To maintain appropriate records for internal administrative purposes and as required by applicable law, and
- To provide important product safety information and notice of product recalls.
Consent: We process your Personal Information where you have given us permission to do so. For example, we will only send you information on sales and promotions where you have opted in to receiving those communications. Whenever processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time.
6. When We Disclose Personal Information
Service Providers We may share your Personal Information, as needed, with the service providers that we work with, such as a shipping agent, our newsletter hosting service, or our credit card processors. Our agreements with these providers limit them from using your information other than for the purposes of fulfilling their services to us.
Select Partners From time to time, we might establish a business relationship with other persons or entities, including marketing cooperatives, whom we believe trustworthy and whom we have asked to confirm that their privacy policies are consistent with ours. These are known as our Select Partners. In such cases we might rent, exchange, share and/or cross-reference information, including contact information about you that will enable such persons or entities to contact you regarding products and services that may be of interest to you. You can opt out of this sharing at any time by contacting us using the information in the Contact Us section below. We share Personal Information as follows:
Category of Personal Information | Categories of third parties to which we disclose Personal Information | Is this a sale or sharing of personal information? | Purpose for disclosure |
Identifiers | Service Providers | No |
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Personal information | Service Providers | No |
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Characteristics of protected classifications | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Commercial information | Service Providers | No |
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Biometric information | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Internet or other electronic network activity information | Service Providers | Yes |
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Geolocation data | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Sensory data | Service Providers | No |
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Professional or employment related information | Service Providers | No |
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Non-public education information | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Inferences drawn from other Personal Information | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Sensitive Personal Information | Service Providers | No |
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We may aggregate, de-identify, and/or anonymize any information collected through the Site or Services such that such information is no longer linked to your personally identifiable information. We may use and share this aggregated and anonymized information (non-Personal Information) for any purpose, including without limitation, for research and marketing purposes, and may also share such data with our affiliates and third parties, including advertisers, promotional partners and others. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable state Code of Professional Conduct, certain nonpublic information about you may be disclosed in the following situations:
- To comply with a validly issued and enforceable subpoena or summons.
- In the course of a review of our company's practices under the authorization of a state or national licensing board, or as necessary to properly respond to an inquiry or complaint from such a licensing board of organization.
- In conjunction with a prospective purchase, sale, or merger of all or part of our practice, provided that we take appropriate precautions (for example, through a written confidentiality agreement) so the prospective purchaser or merger partner does not disclose information obtained in the course of the review.
- As a part of any actual or threatened legal proceedings or alternative dispute resolution proceedings either initiated by or against us, provided we disclose only the information necessary to file, pursue, or defend against the lawsuit and take reasonable precautions to ensure that the information disclosed does not become a matter of public record.
- To provide information to affiliates of the company and nonaffiliated third parties who perform services or functions for us in conjunction with our services to you, but only if we have a contractual agreement with the other party which prohibits them from disclosing or using the information other than for the purposes for which it was disclosed. Examples of such disclosures include using a payment processor, reservations maker, merchandise store, customer service provider, email marketing provider, or food delivery service.
Finally, we may also share your information, including your Personal Information, with our affiliates and other third parties, such as companies with whom we have marketing or other relationships, for direct marketing purposes. In addition, we may share the information we have collected about you, including Personal Information, as disclosed at the time you provide your information and as described in this Policy.
7. Your Choices About the Information We Collect
We prefer to keep your Personal Information accurate and up to date. If you would like to change your contact information, please contact us at sales@greenleemeadows.com. We will make good faith efforts to make requested changes in our then active databases as soon as reasonably practicable (but we may retain prior information as business records). If you would prefer that we not share your name and mailing address with third parties (other than with our affiliates) to receive promotional offers, you have the option to opt out of such sharing. To do so, please email us at sales@greenleemeadows.com. Your choice will not affect our ability to share information in the other ways described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to receive communications, please contact us as follows: Email: email us at sales@greenleemeadows.com. Postal address: Greenlee & Associates 284 Visitation Ave. Brisbane, CA 94005 Please include your full name, contact information and your communication preferences. Please note that certain of your Personal Information, such as your name or other identifying information, may remain in our database even after a deletion request in order to service your account, maintain the integrity and historical record of our database and systems, or to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
8. Children's Privacy
The Site is not intended for use by children under the age of 16. We do not request, or knowingly collect, any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under 16 who you believe has provided her or his information to us, please contact us at sales@greenleemeadows.com to request the deletion of that information.
9. Do Not Track
Do Not Track ("DNT") is a web browser setting that requests that a web application disable its tracking of an individual user. When you choose to turn on the DNT setting in your browser, your browser sends a special signal to websites, analytics companies, ad networks, plug in providers, and other web services you encounter while browsing to stop tracking your activity. Various third parties are developing or have developed signals or other mechanisms for the expression of consumer choice regarding the collection of information about an individual consumer's online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services (e.g., browser do not track signals), but there is no universally agreed upon standard for what a company should do when it detects a DNT signal. Currently, we do not monitor or take any action with respect to these signals or other mechanisms. You can learn more about Do Not Track here.
10. Visitors to the Site Outside of the United States
Our website is not intended for users outside of the United States. If you are visiting the Site from a location outside of the U.S., your connection will be through and to servers located in the U.S. All information you receive from the Site will be created on servers located in the U.S., and all information you provide will be maintained on web servers and systems located within the U.S. The data protection laws in the United States may differ from those of the country in which you are located, and your information may be subject to access requests from governments, courts, or law enforcement in the United States according to laws of the United States. By using the Site or providing us with any information, you consent to the transfer to, and processing, usage, sharing and storage of your information in the United States and in other countries, as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
11. Links
For your convenience, the Site and this Privacy Policy may contain links to other websites. Greenlee & Associates is not responsible for the privacy practices, advertising, products, services, or the content of such other websites. None of the links on the Site should be deemed to imply that Greenlee & Associates endorses or has any affiliation with the links. Please see our Terms of Use for more information.
12. Security
We incorporate commercially reasonable safeguards to help protect and secure your Personal Information. However, no data transmission over the Internet, mobile networks, wireless transmission, or electronic storage of information can be guaranteed 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to or from our Site, and you provide us with your information at your own risk.
13. Your Privacy Rights
Certain U.S. states provide privacy rights ("Privacy Rights") to individuals who reside in them. Depending on where you reside, you may have the following rights:
- To know whether we process your Personal Information;
- To know the categories of Personal Information we collect about you, the purposes for the collection, how long we retain your Personal Information, and whether that information is sold or shared or disclosed and to whom;
- To request access to your Personal Information, request a copy of your Personal Information or have your Personal information transferred to another controller;
- To request deletion of your Personal Information;
- To request rectification of your Personal Information;
- To opt out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information;
- To limit the use of your Sensitive Personal Information;
- To opt out of some types of Automated Decision-Making ("ADM"), including profiling, or to request human intervention or information about how ADM is conducted;
- Not to be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights; and
- To withhold or withdraw consent for the processing your Personal Information
Right to access and portability Some individuals have the right to request access to their Personal Information and to obtain a copy of their Personal Information. Right to deletion You may have the right to request that we delete some or all of the information that we hold about you. Depending on the applicable laws, the type of information and the method of collection, there are exceptions to the right to deletion. For example, we may have a legal obligation to retain your Personal Information for tax, employment or other reasons. Right to rectification You may have the right to request that we correct the Personal Information we hold about you (rectification). We encourage you to regularly review your information, as we aspire to have only accurate, relevant and up-to-date information. If you feel that the Personal Information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you may change it by logging into your account or submitting a request using the methods below. Right to opt out of sale, sharing, targeted advertising and other processing You may have the right to opt out of certain uses of your Personal Information, for example, selling, sharing, direct marketing or targeted advertising. You can see what information we sell or share in the "When We Disclose Information" section above. We do not sell Personal Information, but we recognize that some privacy laws define "Personal Information" in such a way that making available identifiers linked to you for a benefit may be considered a "sale." To opt-out of this, please contact us using the information in the Contact Us section. Right to Use Sensitive Personal Information You may have the right to limit the use of Sensitive Personal Information. We do not collect Sensitive Personal Information for Customers. We may collect Sensitive Personal Information of Employment Applicants only as necessary for us to provide employment. We only use your Sensitive Personal Information with your consent. You have the right to withdraw consent at any time and can do so by emailing sales@greenleemeadows.com Right Not to Be Discriminated Against We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights. For example, unless the difference is reasonably related to the value of your Personal Information to Greenlee & Associates, we will not
- Deny you goods or services.
- Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
- Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
- Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
Opt-Out Preference Signals Some browsers and browser extensions support opt-out preference signals such as the Global Privacy Control ("GPC") that can send a signal to the websites you visit indicating your choice to opt-out from certain types of data processing, including data sales. GPC is a web browser-level setting, maintained by either a browser or a browser extension, that a user or privacy-focused technology can set. In certain regions, when we detect such a signal, we will make reasonable efforts to respect your choices as required by applicable law.
15. Third Party Marketing
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us a list of what Personal Information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year and the names and addresses of those third parties. As discussed in the When We Disclose Information section above, we disclose Personal Information to Select Partners to contact you regarding products and services that may be of interest to you.
16. Contact Us / Changes in Privacy Policy
We may elect to change or amend our Privacy Policy; in such event, we will post the policy changes in our Privacy Policy on the Site, and they will become effective on the date posted. If you are concerned about how your Personal Information is used, please visit our Site often for this and other important announcements and updates. If you have questions or concerns with respect to our Privacy Policy, you may contact us as follows: Greenlee & Associates 284 Visitation Ave. Brisbane, CA 94005 Phone: 415.468.1961 Email: sales@greenleemeadows.com