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Privacy Policy and Copyright

Welcome to the website of The SAR Group for Regulatory and Compliance Consulting DBA The SAR Group, LLC (www.theSARgroup.com). The following contains information regarding privacy, security, terms, and conditions that administer and regulate your access to and use of this site; for these reasons we suggest you to read it carefully. By accessing, viewing, and using The SAR Group website, you agree to abide by these policies, terms, and conditions.

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Copyright

 

All rights, title and interest in and to the SAR Group website and services, including any and all copyrightable materials or any other content thereof which is or may be subject to any intellectual property rights under any applicable law (including any artwork, graphics, images, website templates and widgets, literary work, source and object code, computer code (including html), applications, audio, video, digital files, and other media, designs, animations, interfaces, documentation, derivatives and versions thereof, the “look and feel” of the SAR Group website and services, methods, products, algorithms, data, interactive features and objects, advertising and acquisition tools and methods, inventions, logos, domains, customized URLs, trademarks, service marks, trade names and other proprietary identifiers, whether or not registered and/or capable of being registered (collectively, “Intellectual Property”), and any derivations thereof, are owned by and/or licensed to The SAR Group, LLC.

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All text, images, graphics, and other materials on this site classified as intellectual property, have restricted reproduction and editing by Copyright Law in accordance with title 17, USC. Subject to your full compliance with these Terms and timely payment of all applicable purchasing fees, The SAR Group hereby grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, license to use its material for the purpose you deemed more beneficial to you.

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The SAR Group Terms of Use do not convey any right or interest in or to The SAR Group’s Intellectual Property (or any part thereof), except only for the limited license expressly granted above. Nothing in The SAR Group Terms of Use constitutes an assignment or waiver of The SAR Group’s Intellectual Property rights under any law.

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Compliance with GDPR

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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which came into force on May 25th, 2018 - aims to protect the fundamental right to privacy and the protection of the personal data of European Union (EU) citizens. By using Wix as a platform, we have implemented specific tools in our website that give site visitors control over their personal data. These tools implement technical and security measures to ensure that our customers’ personal data is protected as it crosses borders.

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What type of information do we collect?

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We receive, collect, and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information and purchase history. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, password, communications); payment details (including credit card information), comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and personal profile.

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How do we collect information?

 

When you conduct a transaction on our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, address, and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only.

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Why do we collect such personal information?

 

We collect such Non-personal and Personal Information for the following purposes:

  • To provide and operate the Services;

  • To provide our Users with ongoing customer assistance and technical support;

  • To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalized service-related notices and promotional messages;

  • To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred Non-personal Information, which we or our business partners may use to provide and improve our respective services;

  • To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.

 

How do we store, use, share and disclose our site visitors' personal information?

 

Our company is hosted on the Wix.com platform. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall.

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All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

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How do we communicate with our site visitors?

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We may contact you to notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to collect fees or monies owed, to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about our company, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail.

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How do we use cookies and other tracking tools?

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We use cookies and similar technologies to enable services and functionality on our site and to understand your interaction with our service. These tracking files fall into four (4) main categories: 1) essential, 2) marketing, 3) functional, and 4) analytics. Essential cookies do not require your consent, however, for functional and other cookies, we request your consent before placing them on your device. You can agree to our use of such technologies for marketing and analytics by clicking on “accept” on the banner displayed to you.

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We use Google Analytics to track behavior of our website visitors, however, no personal data is transferred to Google Analytics. You can opt-out of Google Analytics by not accepting to cookies on our site. For more information see their privacy policy.

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How can our site visitors withdraw their consent?

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If you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please contact us at info@theSARgroup.com.

 

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

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This site is provided by The SAR Group on an "AS IS"; and "AS AVAILABLE" basis. The SAR Group makes no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, as to the operation of this site or the information, content, materials, or products included on this site. You expressly agree that your use of this site, its information, and products is at your sole risk. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, The SAR Group disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, business growth, and fitness for a particular purpose. The SAR Group does not warrant that this site, its servers, or email sent from The SAR Group are free of viruses or other harmful components. The SAR Group will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this site, including, but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages.

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Privacy policy updates

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We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

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Questions and your contact information

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If you would like to: access, correct, amend or delete any personal information we have about you, you are invited to contact us at info@theSARgroup.com.

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Last Updated: September 23, 2020

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