Who we are
Our website address is: https://surefirestrategy.net.
This explains what and how Surefire collects, uses, stores and protects the information gathered from its Website. By using and visiting the Website, you agree to this Policy and the uses made of your information Surefire does not collect personally identifiable information (e.g., postal address, email address, telephone number) about you unless you choose to provide it to us through an online form, via e-mail, or you are accessing client-specific, secure content via our Client Portal (see below). Typically, clients or prospective clients provide us with information. We will use this information only for the purposes for which you provided it and will store it for a reasonable time for legitimate business purposes.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Surefire generally collects personally identifiable information from clients and prospective clients. We will use this information in order to create and maintain billing and other business records and for other legitimate purposes and will generally store this information so long as we maintain a business relationship with our client and for a reasonable time after the termination of the business relationship.
Cookies
We use cookies to collect data for the purpose of improving our website. After we use the data for analysis it is completely removed. – “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
Surefire generally does not sell, distribute or disclose your personally identifiable information collected from the Website to third parties without your consent. However, we may release information to a third party if required by a legal process such as a subpoena or a search warrant. Moreover, Surefire may share certain information with trusted third-party partners. These third party contractors are prohibited from using the information for purposes other than performing services for Surefire.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Additional information
How we protect your data
Surefire has reasonable security measures in place to the information in our care from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Only authorized employees have access to the data you provided and that access is limited by need. Our employees who have access to the data you provided have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such information. No method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure; therefore, while the company strives to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, it cannot guarantee absolute security.
Children’s Privacy
We intend the Website to be used only by adults. Children are to obtain their parents’ permission prior to sending any personally identifiable information to us over the Internet. Neither the Website knowingly or intentionally collects information on children under the age of 13. If we discover that a child under the age of 13 has supplied personally identifiable information to Surefire via the Website without their parent’s consent, we will use reasonable attempts to ensure that this information is deleted from our system.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY
Surefire may change and update this Privacy Policy, including materially changing the use made of personal information described herein. Any change or update to our privacy policy will be posted on our Website under “Privacy Policy” at least 30 days prior to their implementation. Your continued use of the Website after the effective date of any changes will constitute your acceptance of all of the changes.
GDPR
If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.
CONTACTING SUREFIRE STRATEGY
If you have questions regarding our privacy practices, please submit a privacy inquiry or send us an email at contact@surefirestrategy.net.
Thank You.
Last Updated 6/26/2020