Govplace respects your privacy and strives to help you protect your personal information. This Privacy Policy is intended to explain how Govplace uses the information you provide to us through our website www.govplace.com and with whom it may be shared.
Your Consent
By using our website and specifically by filling out one of the Govplace online forms, you agree to our collection and use of your personal information as is described in this Privacy Policy. If we change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to this website. This Privacy Policy was last updated on May 7, 2020.
The Type of Information We May Collect
“Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy refers to information that may be used to identify you, such as your name, phone number, or email address. Personal Information in some jurisdictions can include additional information that indirectly identifies a person absent other identifying information. We will only process Personal Information in accordance with applicable law and as is explained in this Privacy Policy. If you do not want to provide us this Personal Information, please do not utilize these features on the Govplace website. You may provide Personal Information to us in the following ways:
- Requests for Information or to join our Subscription list.When you request additional information related to our products and or services, we will request your name and contact information such as your email address and phone number.
- Information we collect about your visit to our website using technology.When you visit our website, we may also collect indirect technical information about your website visit, including your internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, operating system, computer or mobile device type, or navigation and clickstream information. This technical information is used to help us improve users’ experience on our website. Depending on where you access our website from, this technical information may or may not be considered Personal Information. We store this information about your visit to our website in an aggregate anonymized way and do not use it to specifically identify you.
Cookies Notice
Our website uses “cookies” to help personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your computer’s hard disk, mobile phone or other device by a website server. Cookies do not damage your device. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. We use the following cookies below:
Essential/Necessary cookies. These cookies are essential to enable you to move around our website and use its features. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided. They are deleted when you close the browser.
User consent to place cookies. Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, if you, or another user of your device, wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you can accept or decline cookies by modifying your browser setting. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of our services or the websites you visit.
Functionality cookies. These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your name, the region you are in or the pages you have viewed. They are used to provide a more personalized experience and to avoid having to re-enter your preferences every time you use the website.
Tracking and Performance cookies. These cookies collect information in an anonymous form about how visitors use our website. They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and help us understand which pages are the most popular and where visitors spend most of their time.
How We Use the Information You Share with Us
We use the Personal Information you share with us to perform the services and provide the information you request. For example, if you fill out a form requesting more information, we will use the information you provide us to contact you about Govplace products and services. We may use information you provide us to provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other products or services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have inquired about. We may also use information you provide us or technical information we collect to help us improve your experience on our website.
We may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. We may use Email Marketing Service Providers to manage and send emails to you. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or contacting us at marketing@govplace.com.
We may share the information we collect, including your Personal Information, among our affiliates and business partners, as well as with third parties that assist us in providing the products or services that you requested or that improve our marketing or administration. This includes companies that provide analytics to us about the use of our website, so that we can evaluate our website and continue to improve its content. Affiliates include our joint venture partners. We may share or transfer your Personal Information in connection with or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company. When you share 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. If you interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see your name, profile, pictures and description of your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of your activity, communicate with you and view your profile.
We will not sell, rent, exchange or share your personal information with any third parties without permission or except as described in this Privacy Policy.
Under certain circumstances we may use or disclose information to third parties such as law enforcement agencies and government authorities when we have a good faith belief that it is necessary in order to protect the legal rights, safety, and security of Govplace; to respond to and resolve claims or complaints; to prevent fraud or for risk management purposes; and to comply with or respond to law enforcement or legal process or a request for cooperation by a government or other entity.
The security of your personal information 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 information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Retention of Your Personal Data
Govplace will retain your Personal Information only for as long as is necessary to provide you the services you request. We also retain other data generated by you (i.e., data generated when you browse our website) in a depersonalized or aggregate form in order to help us improve users’ experience on our website. We may also retain your information for a reasonable period of time 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.
Govplace will also retain data generated when you browse our website in a depersonalized or aggregate form in order to help us improve users’ experience, strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of website, or if Govplace is legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Information
Your information, including Personal Information, is processed at Govplace’s corporate headquarters office and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Govplace will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of our data and other personal information.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our website.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page.
Your Rights Regarding Your Personal Information
Depending on the jurisdiction in which you are located, you may have certain rights with regard to your Personal Information. Govplace strives to honor those rights. If you have a request about your data or any concerns about the information you provide to us, please contact us at marketing@govplace.com with the attention line “Privacy Request.”
Correcting and/or updating your Personal Information. If you believe any Personal Information, we maintain about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may ask us to correct it.
Deleting or Restricting your Personal Information. You can also ask us to erase it, restrict it, or you may tell us if you object to our use of your Personal Information.
Copies Personal Information. You may also ask us for a copy of Personal Information we maintain about you. Consistent with legal requirements and limitations, we will comply with reasonable requests to obtain a copy of your Personal Information.
California
California residents are entitled once a year, free of charge, to request and obtain certain information regarding our disclosure, if any, of certain categories of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. We do not share personal information or sell ads with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. California residents may also request and obtain removal of content. You may request such removal by emailing us at marketing@govplace.com. In your request, please provide a description of the material that you want removed and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material, and include your name, email address and the subject line “California Removal Request” so that we can process your request.
“Do Not Track” Policy
Our website does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals.
However, some third-party websites do keep track of your browsing activities. If you are visiting such websites, you can set your preferences in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of your web browser.
Children’s Policy
Our website does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without parental consent, unless permitted by law. If we become aware that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete it in accordance with applicable law.
Third Party Links and Add-Ins
This Privacy Policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information collected by Govplace through your interaction with our website. Govplace’s website may link to, or embed content from, other third-party websites such as YouTube. When we link to other websites or embed their content, Govplace’s privacy practices no longer apply. You should refer to the privacy policy of that third party for information about their privacy policies and cookie practices.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at marketing@govplace.com. Govplace may also be contacted via mail at 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite #300E, Bethesda, MD 20814. Please address your mail to “Govplace Privacy Program.”