Last updated: July 2024
Susan Kormis Associates ( or "SKA", or the “Company”, or "We", or "Us”, or "Our") is committed to ensuring that Your privacy is protected. Should We ask You to provide certain information by which You can be identified when using Our Service, the information will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We do not share, sell or lease user data.
This Privacy Policy describes the Company's policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use Our Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your personal data to provide and improve Our Service. By using Our Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator.
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Company (referred to as either "SKA", "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Susan Kormis Associates, Newton Centre, MA 02459.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Country refers to: Massachusetts, United States
Device means any device that can access Our Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Website.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate Our Service, to provide Our Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to Our Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how Our Service is used.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of Our Service or from our services infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website refers to our site, accessible from https://susankormis.com/
You/Your means the individual accessing or using Our Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using Our Service, as applicable.
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. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State, Zip code
Usage Data is collected automatically when using Our Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device'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.
When You access Our Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit Our Service or when You access Our Service by or through a mobile device.
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:
· Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. 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 parts of Our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, Our Service may use Cookies.
· Web Beacons. Certain sections of Our Service and Our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. You can learn more about cookies in this article on the TermsFeed website.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through Our Service and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, Our Service that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies allow Us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering Your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences each time You use the Website.
For more information about the cookies We use and Your choices regarding cookies, please visit the Cookies section of this Privacy Policy.
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain Our Service, including to monitor the usage of Our Service.
For the performance of Our services under a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through Our services.
To contact You: To contact You by your preferred communication method, such as by email, telephone calls, or by other electronic communications, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
To provide You with relevant information: For clients who have engaged with Us by separate written agreement for consulting services, and for prospective clients who have contacted Us and are considering Our services, and for business professionals who We collaborate with on client initiatives and/or who We share relevant business industry information with, We may periodically send emails for event announcements, updates about relevant employment law changes, notifications of recommended employment policy and procedure changes, holiday and special occasion greetings, notifications of charitable donations We have made on Your or Your organizations behalf, job openings or other information which We think Our clients may find beneficial, using the email address which You have provided, unless You have opted not to receive such information.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of Our informational communications, webinars and events to evaluate and improve Our Service, services, and Your experience.
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the following instances:
· With Service Providers: With your consent, We may disclose Your information with Our Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of Our Service, in which case we will require those Service Providers to honor this Privacy Policy.
· With business partners: With your consent, We may disclose Your information with Our business partners who We may collaborate with in the performance of Our contracted services to You, in which case we will require those business partners to honor this Privacy Policy.
. For legal purposes: Under certain circumstances, the Company may 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). The Company may also disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
· Comply with a legal obligation
· Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
· Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our services
· Protect the personal safety of Users of our services or the public
· Protect against legal liability
· With other users: When You provide personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
· With Your consent: With your consent, We may disclose Your personal information for any other relevant business purpose in which case we will require those recipients to honor this Privacy Policy.
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. 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.
The Company 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.
You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.
Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within our services.
You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by contacting Us by email at info@susankormis.com to request to correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.
Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
The security of Your Personal 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.
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. 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 anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.
Our Service may contain links to other websites 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.
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 "Last updated" 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.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us by email at info@susankormis.com.