Privacy Policy for TekkieTeks

1. SUMMARY

Thank you for visiting our website (www.TekkieTeks.com). Lorenzo Zesati and TekkieTeks (“TT” or the “Company”) and staff members are committed to always protecting and treating all data of our website, clients, members, users, and vendors with respect and sensitivity. We care very much and treat your data like we treat our own data. Our goal is to provide a safe online experience for all our visitors while offering an amazing user experience.

PROTECT. We at TT are strongly committed to working hard to update our Privacy Policy and improved our privacy practices so we can better protect your data. This website uses cookies to personalize your experience and help us with our target advertising. By using our website, you accept the of our Cookies Policy, Privacy Policy, and Terms and Conditions. This Privacy Policy, along with our Terns and Condition, governs your use of this site. By using the website, or by accepting the Terms and Conditions (via checkbox, Opt-In, pop-ups, or email invitation link), you agree to be bound by our terms and this Privacy Policy. To learn more on how to opt-out of our use of Cookies on this website, please read the Section on “Cookies” listed below. Note that if you disable cookies you may not be able to experience and use all the features of our website.

YOUR DATA. With our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use they identify how we will collect and process any personally identifiable information (“Data”), such as your name, email, address, and any financial data that we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By you providing your personal data to us in any format (e.g., via email, fax, telephone, website, or in person) and/or continuing to use any of our products, programs, and services you accept and consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy describes HOW we obtain and WHAT TT collects, uses, and shares data about visitors to our website at www.TekkieTeks.com, members of our programs, clients who contact us to purchase product and services or simply request data from us.

CHILDREN. The products, programs, and services of TekkieTeks are not intended, designed, or directed to children. If you become aware that a child (based on the jurisdiction where the child lives, which in the United States means someone under the age of 13) has provided us with personal data without parental consent, contact us as soon as possible.

CCPA and EEA. If you are a California resident, our privacy practices comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), and any CCPA-specific data is identified in this Policy. Explanation of your rights under the CCPA can be found in Section 9 of this policy. If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), this Privacy Policy also outlines additional policies applicable to our collection and processing of your personal data, which can be found in Section 10 of this policy.

UPDATES. With constant changes happening online every day, and as our company, products, programs, and services grow, We may from time to time amend this Privacy Policy and when we do the effective date appears at the end of this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to check our Website frequently to read and review the latest version of our Privacy Policy for any changes that may have been made.

2. YOUR DATA

DATA PROVIDED VOLUNTARILY. When you contact us through our website, or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail, or otherwise, or attend our webinars, local meetings, and a TT event, we may collect personal data that you enter on our website or otherwise volunteer to us when you contact us to, among other things, make purchases, request data, or register for one of our events or as a subscribed member for or attend our programs.

PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED. You may be asked to provide personal data such as your name, address, email address and phone number when you sign up for any of our weekly emails, meeting invitations, newsletters, survey responses, register for a class/course/webinar, live or virtual events or purchase a product, program, or service. Keep in mind, that we will only request the needed personal data in order to fulfill our obligations to you and to deliver what you have requested, as well as to comply with any legal obligations that may accompany such an exchange.

ORDERS & BILLING DATA If you place an order through our website, we track certain data about the products, programs, and services you purchase via our internal tagging system. During checkout, you may be required to provide additional data required for processing and verification of your payment. This data is the standard information in relationship to your credit card or other payment. The data collect is credit card number, expiration date, card security CCV code, and your billing address. This data is generally processed by our internal payment processors and merchant account providers. We try not to capture or retain this data ourselves, unless, for example, you requested to process a refund or work with clients or vendors on resolving any errors or other billing situations.

PERSONAL DATA. For purposes of this Policy, “Personal Data” means data (whether stored electronically or in paper based filing systems) relating to a living individual who can be identified from that data (or from that data and other data in our possession). Personal data comprises the categories of personal data defined by the CCPA, which includes:

Identifiers: Name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol (IP) address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifier.
Customer records data: 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 or debit card number, other financial data, medical data, health insurance data
Other Data: Financial, medical, and/or health insurance data
Characteristics of protected classifications under California or Federal law: Race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age
Commercial Data: Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies
Biometric Data: Hair color, eye color, fingerprints, height, retina scans, facial recognition, voice, and other Biometric data
Internet or other electronic network activity data: Browsing history, search history, and data regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet website, application, or advertisement
Geolocation Data: GPS coordinates, location history
Sensory Data: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar data
Professional Data: CV, resume, employment history
Education Data: Educational background, grades, scores
Inferences: Drawn the above categories, such as preferences, characteristics, attitudes, predispositions, abilities, aptitudes, intelligence, psychological traits

The examples given in this table are not meant to provide an exhaustive list but are examples of the kinds of data included in each category. TT does not collect personal data in every one of these categories, and we identify below which categories we collect.

Personal data under the CCPA also includes any other category of personal data not included within the CCPA’s definition that are defined in California Civil Code § 1798.80(e). We refer to this category as “Other Data,” and it includes data such as financial data (bank account number, credit card number, debit card number), medical data, health insurance data, and insurance policy number. For more information on the CCPA please visit their website at https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa.

TT collects only that personal data that is relevant for the business and professional purposes for which the data is requested. TT does not use your personal data in any way that is incompatible with the purposes for which it was collected or for which you have consented.

DATA TT COLLECTS AUTOMATICALLY. Your Internet activity: In addition to the data described above, when you visit our website, we may collect and store some or all the following data. Data collected may consist of your use of the website, which includes data about your computer’s hardware and software, such as:

Your Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, referring website address.
Operating System such as Mac OS or Windows and device types.
Browser type such as Chrome, Edge, or Firefox and version.
Time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform.
Universally unique identifiers (“UUID”), advertising identifier (“IDFA”), carrier and country location, hardware data, network type, and other related data.
Data about your visit, like the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
Clickstream to, through and from our website.
Access to dates and times.
Pages on our website you viewed and page response times.
Download errors.
Duration of page visits.
Page interaction data (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs).
Methods used to browse away from the page, and any phone number used to call our WeCare Team

3. HOW TT USES YOUR DATA

WE WILL USE THIS DATA TO:

Provide you (the client) with the Products, Programs, and/or Services that you request from us.
Carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered between you and us, or our affiliates.
Communicate or contact you in the future to provide you with data about other existing or new products, programs, and services we offer, or that are offered by our affiliates.
Notify you about changes to our Products, Programs, and Services.
Comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Respond to your requests, and provide client support, including in response to any problems that may arise.
Assess your suitability for participation in our meetings, live events, and webinars.
Help with training purposes, quality assurance, and to record details about the Products, Programs, and Services you order from us.
Make inquiries about you for credit reference purposes.
Perform data analyses and comparison with our internal program. Provide targeted advertising and marketing services.
Administer our website and for internal operations, troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical, and survey purposes.
Improve our products, programs, and services and new offerings.
Improve our website to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for our clients.
Keep our website safe and secure. Maintain and improve our website.
When you purchase our products, programs and/or services from our website, your credit card company will also retain certain data regarding your purchase. We will not otherwise provide any personal data to your credit card company without your permission.

4. DATA WE RECEIVE FROM THIRD-PARTY

This is data we receive about you from third parties who operate other websites or services we use to provide our products, programs, and services to you. We work closely with third parties, including, for example, business partners, promoters, affiliates, and sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, promotions, and search information providers. We will notify you when we receive data about you from them and the purposes for which we intend to use that data. We use third-party analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to evaluate and aggregate visitor data. These services help us evaluate visitors’ use of our website, including time spent on certain pages, which areas of the website receive the most traffic, how often visitors visit pages within the website, and also provide general geographic location about visitors, the source of referred traffic. These third-party analytic services use cookies and other technologies to help analyze and provide us the data. By providing your consent to this Privacy Policy, you consent to the collection and review of data about you by these analytics providers in the manner and for the purposes set out herein. For more information on Google Analytics, including how to opt out from certain data collection, please visit https://www.google.com/analytics. We may also collect or receive data from third parties, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and/or other third-party social media and similar sites.

5. HOW TO ACCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA

If you have provided personal, billing or other voluntarily data, you may access, review and make changes to by emailing us at [email protected]. To manage your receipt of marketing and non-transactional communications, you may unsubscribe by clicking the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of any related email from TT. Emails related to the purchase or delivery of orders are provided automatically – Customers are not able to opt out of transactional emails. We will try to accommodate any requests related to the management of personal data in a timely manner. However, it is not always possible to completely remove or modify data in our databases (for example, if we have a legal obligation to keep it for certain time frames).

6. SHARING OF YOUR PERSONAL

DATA AT TT WE “DO NOT” SELL OR SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH ANY THIRD PARTIES

TT does not sell your personal data to any third parties. We only use the collected data to understand client’s needs, regarding our website products, programs, and services. To provide the Products, Programs, and Services, we sometimes disclose personal data to service providers for business purposes.

Our service providers are contractually obligated to comply with all applicable laws, and all such third parties use your personal data only on behalf of TT and under the instructions of TT on how your data may be used and processed. TT takes reasonable steps to ensure these third parties use your personal data only for the purposes for which they have been engaged with TT that they do not share or sell your personal data to anyone else.

By purchasing, subscribing or enrolling in our Products, Programs, and Services; sharing your personal data, you agree that we have the right to share the personal data we collect with our service providers for the following business purposes:

Sales: for the purpose of fulfilling requests from you to purchase our Products, Programs, and Services from our website or at our events or meetings.
Targeted advertising: to provide advertising of TT’s Products, Programs, and Services on other websites and platforms.
Marketing: for the purpose of direct marketing of our Products, Programs, and Services offered by TT and our affiliates that you may be interested in.
Web analytics: analytics and search engine service providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of our website.

We may also disclose your personal data to third parties in the following circumstances:

If in the event we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we will disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets as part of the purchase, transfer, or sale of Products, Programs, and Services or assets.
If in the event we sell all or substantially all our assets to a third party, in which case personal data about our customers will be one of the transferred assets.
If in the event we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or any lawful request by public authorities (including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements), or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our customers, or others.

Whenever we share data with third parties, we will take steps to ensure that the third parties put in place adequate measures to safeguard your personal data, and they will be required to use any personal data for only the intended purpose for which it was shared.

7. STORING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

DATA STORAGE. We will keep your personal data for as long as we need it, or as otherwise prescribed by law, for the purposes set out above. This period will vary depending on your relationship with us. We may also keep a record of all correspondences relationship to you, such email communications, purchases, returns, and if you have made any complaint about our Products, Programs, and Services for as long as is necessary to help and protect us from a legal claim.

UNSUBSCRIBE. You may unsubscribe from any of our online e-mail updates and marketing by following the unsubscribe instructions in the body of any e-mail message we have sent to you. We will take commercially reasonable steps to implement your unsubscribe requests promptly, but you may still receive promotional data form us by mail for up to 60 days, and up to 10 days for e-mail. You may also continue to receive data from those third parties to whom we have previously disclosed your personal data.

Please note that when you unsubscribe from our marketing communications, we will keep a record of your email address to ensure we do not send you marketing emails in future.

PROTECT and DESTROY. TT uses reasonable and appropriate measures to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access. TT will take appropriate measure to properly destroy your personal data when we reach a point that your personal data is no longer needed.

8. ACCESS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our website may include links to and from other websites relating to our partners and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites are not covered by this Privacy Policy.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third parties or the content of linked websites although we do encourage you to read the applicable privacy policies and terms and conditions of such parties or websites. This Privacy Policy only applies to how TT deals with your personal data, and it does not apply to any other company or any other company’s websites even if you access them via our website. Once again, please check those website’s policies before you submit any personal data to them, and we highly recommend that you check the secure lock next to their URL.

9. COOKIES HOW WE USE COOKIES

Our website uses cookies and pixel tags to: 1) Collect this data and to deliver a better experience while you are on our website. 2) Personalize your experience and target advertising with our website. 3) Collect aggregate data about website usage by all of our users. 4) Control the display of advertisements and other promotional features. 5) Offer other products, programs, services, and functionalities personalized to you. 6) Improve the performance of our website to provide you with a better user experience.

WHAT ARE COOKIES? Cookies are a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, a computer (server) asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Explained other way, cookies are batch files with small amounts of data that a website stores on your computer or mobile device so that certain data about your visit and web-browsing preferences will be recognized upon you return. Cookies serve functions like “remembering” login names and passwords or saving shopping cart contents for future purchases on our website.

TYPE OF COOKIES Strictly necessary cookies, we use these cookies where they are essential for the operation of our website, such as to enable you to use our shopping basket function when purchasing products and services. Session cookies which expire once you close your web browser. We use these cookies to allow our website to uniquely identify your browsing session, which allows us to coordinate this data with data from our website. Persistent cookies which stay on your computer until you delete them by clearing the browsing data. These cookies are design to help us improve the experience you have with our website.

DELETE COOKIES Most web browsers have a function that allows you to delete existing cookies on your device or you can set your browser options to that your device does not receive or accept cookies. Doing this may interfere with your ability to use the Website.

YOUR CONSENT TO THE USE OF COOKIES ON OUR WEBSITE By continuing to use our website, you are deemed to consent to our use of the cookies described in this Policy. If you do not consent to TT using cookies as described in this Policy, then you may block our use of cookies as described in the following section.

BLOCKING OUR USE OF COOKIES You can block our use of cookies through settings in your browser. Because these settings are different in different browsers, we recommend that you visit All About Cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org, where you can find comprehensive information on cookie management and blocking for a wide variety of browsers. To use certain services offered through our website, your web browser must accept cookies. If you choose to block our use of cookies on this Site, some aspects of the Site may not work properly, you may not be able to access all or part of our Site, and you may not be able to use all of the features available.

Cookies within your browser: Control your cookies by changing your cookie preferences in all your browser’s settings. Each browser is different, please search or visit your browser’s help section for assistance with disabling cookies within your browser.
Cookies within your Mobile device: You may also control your cooking within your devise by changing your cookie preferences within your mobile device by modifying your browser or device settings or preferences. Once again for additional info about cookies, please visit All About Cookies - https://www.allaboutcookies.org.

EXPIRATION OF COOKIES Most of our cookies expire within 30 days, although some of our analytics cookies may persist longer.

10. PROTECTING CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

We are strongly committed to protecting the safety and privacy of children who visit our website. Our website is not designed nor is it intended to be used by children under 13 (thirteen), and we do not knowingly collect personal data online from children under 13 and have adopted techniques to ensure compliance with this Privacy Policy and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (“COPPA”). Our website might include content that we believe to be unsuitable for children under 13, and we encourage all parents to talk to their children about online safety and to monitor their children’s use of the Internet.

11. POLICIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CCPA

RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED, USED, DISCLOSED, OR SOLD. California consumers have the right to request that the Company disclose what personal data it has collected, used, disclosed, and sold over the 12-month period preceding the Company’s receipt of such a request. To exercise this right, a California consumer must submit to the Company a verifiable request to know such data. This request can be submitted by following the procedures set forth in Section "Contact Us".

RIGHT TO REQUEST DELETION OF PERSONAL DATA. California consumers have the right to request the deletion of their personal data collected or maintained by TT. To exercise this right, a California consumer must submit to TT a verifiable request to delete such data. This request can be submitted by following the procedures set forth in Section "Contact Us".

RIGHT TO NON-DISCRIMINATION FOR THE EXERCISE OF A CONSUMER’S PRIVACY RIGHTS. California consumers have the right to not be discriminated against because the consumer exercised any of the consumer’s rights under the CCPA. That means that the company may not deny goods or services to the consumer, charge different rates for goods or services, or provide a different level or quality of goods or services if the consumer chooses to exercise their rights under the CCPA ((unless the different rate or different level or quality is reasonably related to the value to the business of the consumer’s data).

SUBMITTING A CCPA DATA REQUEST. To submit a request to know about the personal data we collect about you or a request for deletion of your personal data, please contact us by calling number 602-456-7632 or by emailing us at [email protected]. TT is required to verify the identity of the individual requesting access to a consumer’s data or requesting deletion of a consumer’s data. To verify your identity, you must provide some form of Two-Factor Authentication:

User ID and password for TT’s website; or
If TT has previously received your email address, TT may verify that you have access to that email address by sending a verification code; or
If TT has previously received your mobile number, TT may text you a verification code.

AUTHORIZED AGENT

California consumers may designate an authorized agent to exercise a CCPA right on the consumer’s behalf. If a consumer utilizes an authorized agent to exercise a CCPA right, the following proof that the agent has been authorized to act on the consumer’s behalf will need to be provided:

Proof of written permission by the consumer for the authorized agent to act on his or her behalf and separate verification of the consumer; or
Proof that the authorized agent holds a power of attorney to act on the consumer’s behalf pursuant to California Probate Code §§ 4000-4465

VISITORS OUTSIDE THE U.S. Our Website and the servers that make this Website available worldwide are in the United States. The Internet laws in the United States govern all matters relating to this Website. Any data you provide in subscribing to or visiting our Website will be transferred to the United States. By visiting our Website and submitting data, you authorize this transfer, processing, and use.

12. EEA AND GDPR

POLICIES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE EEA PRIVACY LAWS In addition to the other policies described in this Privacy Policy, residents of the European Union or the EEA are afforded the following additional rights and protections as required by the General Data Privacy Regulation (“GDPR”). The additional rights and protections set forth in this section of this Policy apply only to residents of the European Union or the EEA.

GDPR DEFINITIONS: APPLY TO THIS SECTION OF THE PRIVACY POLICY:

“Controller” means the Company which is the organization that determines the purposes for which, and the way any personal data is processed and used in its business.
“Processor” means any Person Processing personal data.
“Person” means a natural person, corporation, association, organization, partnership, or other legal entity.
“Processing” is any activity that involves use of the personal data. It includes, without limitation, obtaining, recording, or holding the personal data, or carrying out any operation or set of operations on the personal data including organizing, amending, retrieving, using, disclosing, erasing, or destroying it. Processing also includes transferring personal data to third parties.

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA. To comply with the GDPR, we are required to set out the legal basis for the processing of your personal data. In accordance with the purposes for which we collect and use your personal data, as set out above, the legal basis for processing your personal data will typically be one of the following:

Our own legitimate business interests, or the legitimate business interests of our third party partners, promoters, affiliates, distributors, suppliers, vendors, and subcontractors, such as, for example, providing direct marketing to our customers of our Products, Programs, and Services that we think would be of interest, permitting prospective employees to search and apply for job opportunities, handling inquiries from our promoters, affiliates, distributors, vendors, and customers, or other instances where we have carried out a legitimate interests assessment and have established an existing legitimate interest.
The performance of a contract that we have in place with you.
Your consent where appropriate or compliance with our legal obligations, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA. The data that we collect from you is stored on Groove’s servers or on servers provided by cloud service providers, such as Amazon Web Services. If you are a resident of the EEA, your personal data may be transferred within or outside the EEA to areas where privacy laws may be less strict than in the EEA (for such transfers of your personal data to our systems in the United States, we comply with the US-EU Privacy Shield Framework and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Framework as set forth here). By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing, and processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, the transmission of data via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your data, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.

13. HOW LONG WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

In some cases, there is a legal requirement to keep personal data for a minimum period. Except in those circumstances, we do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data was collected or for which it is to be further processed.

14. YOUR RIGHT TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Subject to certain exceptions, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

To receive or access a copy of the personal data that we hold about you.
To request that any inaccurate or incomplete personal data be corrected or supplemented.
To have your personal data erased unless we have a legitimate reason to retain the personal data (such as if we are required to do so for legal reasons).
To ask us not to process your personal data for a particular purpose, including for marketing.

All these rights are subject to certain conditions and exemptions. For example, TT will not be obligated to erase your personal data if we need to retain it to protect ourselves in the event of a legal claim.

To exercise any of these rights, please submit a written request to us using the contact data set forth below. The Company reserves the right to charge a fee in dealing with such a request as permitted by applicable law and regulations. You may also Opt-Out of receiving additional marketing data by using the unsubscribe feature in any marketing email we send you.

15. CHANGES AND UPDATES

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as necessary to protect our clients, users, vendors and to comply to always changing environment. Please review the Privacy Policy when you visit our Website to remain updated on our current policy.

We have no intentions of making any changes to our Privacy Policy and practices to make them less protective of personal data collected. By accessing the website and/or using our products, programs, and/or services after making any such changes to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have accepted such changes. Please be aware that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, our use of the data is governed by the Privacy Policy in effect at the time we collect the data. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Whenever we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will update the date at the top.

If you choose to visit our website, attend our Webinar, and/or Events, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, resolution of disputes, and application of the law of the State of Arizona. If you have any concern about our privacy practices, please contact us with a thorough description, and we will try to resolve it. As our business changes, our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use may change also.

Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all data that we have about you and your account.

16. CONTACT US

This website is owned and operated by TT and TeamZesati, Inc. If you have any questions or suggestions with respect to this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please e-mail us at [email protected], or you can contact us by mail at:

Lorenzo Zesati

P.O. Box 44

Gilbert, AZ 85299

Please submit specific data requests

We Believe in Collecting & Protecting Your Privacy but "NOT" Sharing or Selling It. Treat Your Data Like Ours.

PRIVACY POLICY

Updated June 05, 2022

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