Website Privacy Policy

Goodwood Consulting is committed to respecting the privacy rights of its customers, visitors, and other users of its website. We created this Website Privacy Policy to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy.

Scope

This Website Privacy Policy applies to the website located at goodwood-consulting.com (the "Site"). It does not apply to any separate sites of our affiliated companies, subsites, or third-party sites that might be linked to, or accessible from, the Site.

This Website Privacy Policy applies to information about you obtained through the Site by Goodwood. It explains how we may collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information; with whom we share your personal information; the privacy options available to you regarding our use of your personal information; and how to contact us regarding our privacy practices.

By visiting or using the Site, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure practices and other activities as described in this Website Privacy Policy.

Special Notice for International Users

If you are visiting this Site from outside of the United States, please be aware that we are based in the United States, and the information we obtain through the Site will be transferred to, processed, and stored in our servers in the United States. The data protection laws and regulations applicable to your personal information transferred to the United States may be different from the laws in your country of residence.

Information We Collect

Information We Collect Directly

When you visit the Site, your browser automatically provides, and we may automatically collect, certain personal information about when you access or use the Site ("Usage Information"). Usage Information includes:

• Preferences and settings: time zone, language, and character size
• Identifiers: computer IP address; unique mobile device identifier
• Technical information: type of device, operating system or platform (Mac, Windows), browser information (type, version)
• Connection: Internet provider or mobile carrier name, connection speed and type; Internet service provider (ISP)
• URL of the last Web page visited before visiting our Site; exit page
• Usage data: date stamp, pages viewed, time spent on a page, click through, clickstream data, queries made, search results selected, comments made
• Location: general geographic location

Tracking Technologies

Cookies, web beacons, embedded scripts, location-identifying technologies, device recognition technologies, and other tracking technologies may be used to collect information about your interactions with the Site. These include:

• Cookies: Small text files stored on your device. Session cookies expire when you close your browser. Tracking cookies remain longer and help in understanding how you use the Site.
• Web Beacons: Small graphic images embedded in web pages, used to count visitors and monitor navigation.
• Embedded Scripts: Programming code designed to collect information about your interactions, active only while connected to the Site.
• Location-identifying Technologies: GPS and geo-filtering technologies that locate or make assumptions about your location.
• Device Recognition Technologies: Technologies that attempt to recognize or make assumptions about users and devices.

Information You Provide to Us

In some circumstances, you may elect to provide us with certain personal information through the Site — for example, if you subscribe to a newsletter, register for an event, contact us through email, login to a portal, or request a proposal. Personal information may include your name, email address, phone number, company affiliation, state, education, employment background, or other contact information.

Information From Other Sources

We may also obtain information about you through external sources, such as public service providers, social media platforms, and from third parties. We are not responsible or liable for the accuracy of the information provided by third parties or for third-party policies or practices.

Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

Except as otherwise stated in this Website Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise share for marketing purposes the personal information that we collect through the Site with third parties. In general, we use your information to:

• Provide services and respond to requests
• Send invitations to conferences, webinars, and events of interest
• Send newsletters or other requested communications, in accordance with your preferences
• Process registration and manage your account through an online portal
• Tailor Site features to improve your experience, including personalizing content
• Perform data analysis, audit, and improve the Site and our business activities
• Prevent and address fraud, breaches of policies, and threats of harm

Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your personal information with the following entities or in the following circumstances:

• Service providers and business partners who provide services to us or act on our behalf (e.g., email delivery, event organization, auditing)
• Analytics providers such as Google Analytics, to evaluate use of the Site
• Affiliates under common ownership or control for the purposes described in this policy
• Corporate transactions such as reorganization, sale, merger, or other disposition of our business
• Legal compliance when we believe disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable laws, enforce our terms, protect rights, or respond to government authorities

Security

We take reasonable technical, organizational, and administrative measures to protect personal information collected through this Site against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage. We use encryption technology and authentication tools to protect information, and our employees are instructed to use such information only in accordance with this policy.

We will not collect information such as your Social Security number or bank/credit card account number through the Site. Third parties are used to process any card transactions.

Users' Rights

Choice Regarding Emails

If you no longer want to receive emails or marketing-related materials from us, you may opt out by following the unsubscribe instructions in such messages or by contacting us as indicated below. We will comply with your request as soon as practicable.

Access

Each user has the right to review, change, or suppress personal information that can reasonably be linked to, and that we have collected from, that user. You may exercise this right by contacting us as indicated below.

Opt Out of Tracking Technologies

Regular cookies may generally be disabled or removed using tools available in most commercial browsers. Your browser settings may allow you to transmit a "Do Not Track" signal. You may also exercise choices regarding Google Analytics by visiting tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Minors

The Site is not intended for, nor targeted to, children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under 13.

Changes

We may modify or supplement this Website Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any material changes, we will post the updated policy here, along with its effective date. Your continued use of this Site after we have posted changes will indicate that you agree to be bound by such changes.

How to Contact Us

We will do our best to respond to your request within 30 days and, in any event, within the timescales required by applicable data protection law.