Introduction.
A) Power.Global, PBC (“Power.Global” or “Company” or “We”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy,” as may be referred to in other Company documentation, including but not limited to the Terms of Use). This policy describes the types of information We may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website at https://www.power.global and all related subdomains, and any Products, content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Website (together with all related subdomains and social media pages, the “Website (“Website”) to access our Products (as defined in the Terms of Use) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing such information.
B) This policy applies to information We collect on the Website:
when you browse or use our Website (as defined in the Terms of Use), or
in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and Power.Global.
C) It does not apply to information:
collected by the Company offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by the Company or
any third party; or any third party, including through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or on Website.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how We will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your remedy is to not access or use Website. This policy may change from time to time. We will use our best efforts to provide email notice to any registered users about the changes to our privacy policy. Your continued use of Website after We make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates.
Persons Under the Age of 18.
Website is not intended for persons under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any personal information to or on Website. If you are under 18, you may not use or register on Website, make any uses of our Products through Website, use any of the interactive features of Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any other information to create an account. If We learn We have collected or received personal information from a person under 18, We will delete that information. If you believe We might have any information from or about a child (under the age of 18, for these purposes), please contact us at info@power.global.
Information We Collect About You; How We Collect It.
A) We collect several types of information from and about users of Website, including information:
rovided by you; including if you choose to open a user account, you authorize us to access your email address and other necessary portal-based requirements as contained in the Terms of Use (“Personal Information”); or
that is about you but does not individually identify you.
B) We collect this information:
directly from you when you provide it to us; and
automatically as you navigate through the Website. Information collected automatically may include usage details and IP addresses.
C) The information We collect on or through Website may include:
information that you provide by completing forms on Website. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Products or access the communication services;
records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses) if you contact us; and
your responses to surveys that We might ask you to complete for research purposes.
D) The information We collect automatically is statistical data, but We may maintain it or associate it with personal information We collect in other ways. It helps us to improve Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
estimate our audience size and usage patterns,
store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Products according to your individual interests,
Statistical analysis to help us manage our business,
speed up your searches and overall application infrastructure, and
recognize you when you return to Website or order or use our Products.
How We Use Your Information.
A) We use the information that We collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
to present Website and its contents to you,
to provide you with information or services that you request from us,
to fulfill any other purposes for which you provide it,
to provide you with notices, including order confirmation, changes in existing order, and completion of order with receipt,
to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection,To investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our policies, or as otherwise required by law;
to notify you about changes to Website or any Products We offer or provide though it,
to recognize you when you are on our Website and remember your previously selected preferences,
To analyze the use of the Website and the service and the people visiting to improve our content and Website and the service;
in any other way We may describe when you provide the information, or
for any other purposes with your consent.
B) We will keep your personal information while you have an account with us or while we are providing Products and services to you. Thereafter, we will keep your personal information for as long as is necessary:
Torespond to any questions, complaints or claims made by you or on your behalf;
To show that we treated you fairly; or
To keep records required by law.
C) Like most websites, we use automatic data collection technology when you visit the Website to record information that identifies your computer, to track your use of our Website, and to collect certain basic information about you and your surfing habits. This information includes information about your operating system, your IP addresses, browser type and language, referring and exit pages and URLs, keywords, date and time, amount of time spent on particular pages, what sections of a website you visit, and similar information concerning your use of the Site and the Services (the “Usage Information”).
We collect this Usage Information by using cookies and pixel tags (also called web beacons or clear gifs). Cookies are small packets of data that a website stores on your computer’s hard drive so that your computer will “remember” information about your visit. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of website users. You can reject cookies by following the directions provided in your Internet provider’s “help” file. If you reject cookies, you may still visit the Website, but may not be able to use some areas of the Website and/or the services.
Disclosure of Your Information.
A) We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction. We may disclose personal information that We collect, or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:
to our subsidiaries and affiliates,
to contractors, service providers, and other third parties We use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which the Company disclose it to them,
to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Power.Global’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by Power.Global about Power.Global users is among the assets transferred,
to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it,
for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information, or
with your consent.
B) We may also disclose your personal information:
to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request,
To investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our policies, or as otherwise required by law,
to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, and
if We believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Power.Global, its affiliates, Power.Global users, or others.
Accessing and Correcting Your Information.
If you are a user of our Products, you may review and update your personal information by contacting us at the email address provided below. We will retain certain information associated with your use of our Products for analytical purposes and recordkeeping integrity, as well as to prevent fraud, enforce our Terms of Use, take actions We deem necessary to protect the integrity of our Products or our users, or take other actions otherwise permitted by law. In addition, if certain information has already been provided to third parties as described in this Privacy Policy, retention of that information will be subject to those companies’ policies, typically found on their websites.
Data Security.
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where you have access to certain parts of Power.Global, you are responsible for keeping your password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although We do our best to protect your personal information, We cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to Power.Global. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on Power.Global.
Opt-out.
If you have registered to receive our Product information and/or any other automatically distributed information, you may change this registration status at any time. Simply contact us to have your name removed from the particular distribution list you wish to be removed from. This can be achieved in several ways:
Send an email to info@power.global; or
Send it to our office at 1270 Lincoln Avenue, Suite 800
Pasadena, California 91103, USA.
Important Notice to Users Outside the U.S.
The Website and the services are operated in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By providing us with any information through the Website or the services, you consent to this transfer.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy.
Your Rights Under the CCPA. You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to exercise free of charge:
Disclosure of Personal Information We Collect About You.
You have the right to know:
The categories of personal information we have collected about you;
The categories of sources from which the personal information is collected;
Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information;
The categories of third parties with whom we share personal information, if any; and
The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
Please note that we are not required to:
Retain any personal information about you that was collected for a single one-time transaction if, in the ordinary course of business, that information about you is not retained;
Reidentify or otherwise link any data that, in the ordinary course of business, is not maintained in a manner that would be considered personal information; or
Provide the personal information to you more than twice in a 12-month period.
Personal Information Sold or Used for a Business Purpose.
In connection with any personal information, we may sell or disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know:
The categories of personal information about you that we sold and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold; and
The categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose.
You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to opt-out of the sale or disclosure of your personal information. If you exercise your right to opt-out of the sale or disclosure of your personal information, we will refrain from selling your personal information, unless you subsequently provide express authorization for the sale of your personal information. To opt-out of the sale or disclosure of your personal information, please follow instructions in Article VIII to this Policy.
Right to Deletion.
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
Delete your personal information from our records; and
Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Protection Against Discrimination
You have the right to not be discriminated against by us because you exercised any of your rights under the CCPA. This means we cannot, among other things:
Deny goods or services to you;
Charge different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties;
Provide a different level or quality of goods or services to you; or
Suggest that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
Please note that we may charge a different price or rate or provide a different level or quality of goods and/or services to you, if that difference is reasonably related to the value provided to our business by your personal information.
How to File a GDPR Complaint.
We hope that we can resolve any query or concern you raise about our use of your information.
The General Data Protection Regulation also gives you right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in the European Union (or European Economic Area) state where you work, normally live, or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred.
Contact Information.
To ask questions, comment, or if you have concerns about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at info@power.global with the subject line “Privacy Policy.”
