Last updated September 13, 2020
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Swift Solar Inc. ("Company", "we", "us", "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at joel@swiftsolar.com.
When you visit our website https://swiftsolar.com (the "Website"), and more generally, use any of our services (the "Services", which include the Website), we appreciate that you are trusting us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services immediately.
This privacy notice applies to all information collected through our Services (which, as described above, includes our Website), as well as, any related services, sales, marketing or events.
Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information that we collect.
In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Website or otherwise when you contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Website, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
Personal Information Provided by You. We collect names; email addresses; phone numbers; job titles; contact preferences; affiliations; and other similar information.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
In Short: Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Website.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Website and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.
The information we collect includes:
In Short: We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.
We use personal information collected via our Website for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below.
We use the information we collect or receive:
In Short: We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.
We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:
More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:
In Short: We only share information with the following third parties.
We only share and disclose your information with the following third parties. We have categorized each party so that you may be easily understand the purpose of our data collection and processing practices. If we have processed your data based on your consent and you wish to revoke your consent, please contact us using the contact details provided in the section below titled "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?".
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In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.
In Short: Yes, we use Google Maps for the purpose of providing better service.
This Website uses Google Maps APIs which is subject to Google’s Terms of Service. You may find the Google Maps APIs Terms of Service here. To find out more about Google’s Privacy Policy, please refer to this link.
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than 2 years.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Website is at your own risk. You should only access the Website within a secure environment.
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.
We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Website, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Website. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at webmaster@swiftsolar.com.
In Short: In some regions, such as the European Economic Area, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
In some regions (like the European Economic Area), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. To make such a request, please use the contact details provided below. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note however that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
If you are a resident in the European Economic Area and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
If you are a resident in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.
Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Website. To opt-out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on our Website visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.
In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the Website, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Website. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Website, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g. backups, etc.).
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO), Joel Jean, by email at webmaster@swiftsolar.com, by phone at 650-297-7943, or by post to:
Swift Solar Inc.
Joel Jean
981 Bing St.
San Carlos, CA 94070
United States
Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it in some circumstances. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request form by clicking here. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
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Your privacy iscritically important to us.
It is Swift SolarInc.'s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collectwhile operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies tohttps://www.swiftsolar.com (hereinafter, "us", "we", or"https://www.swiftsolar.com"). We respect your privacy and arecommitted to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide usthrough the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy ("PrivacyPolicy") to explain what information may be collected on our Website, howwe use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose theinformation to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to informationwe collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection ofinformation from other sources.
This PrivacyPolicy, together with the Terms and conditions posted on our Website, set forththe general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending onyour activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree toadditional terms and conditions.
Website Visitors
Like most websiteoperators, Swift Solar Inc. collects non-personally-identifying information ofthe sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as thebrowser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time ofeach visitor request. Swift Solar Inc.'s purpose in collecting non-personallyidentifying information is to better understand how Swift Solar Inc.'s visitorsuse its website. From time to time, Swift Solar Inc. may releasenon-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing areport on trends in the usage of its website.
Swift Solar Inc.also collects potentially personally-identifying information like InternetProtocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments onhttps://www.swiftsolar.com blog posts. Swift Solar Inc. only discloses loggedin user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it usesand discloses personally-identifying information as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors toSwift Solar Inc.'s websites choose to interact with Swift Solar Inc. in waysthat require Swift Solar Inc. to gather personally-identifying information. Theamount and type of information that Swift Solar Inc. gathers depends on the natureof the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a blog athttps://www.swiftsolar.com to provide a username and email address.
Security
The security ofyour Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method oftransmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your PersonalInformation, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Advertisements
Ads appearing onour website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may setcookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each timethey send you an online advertisement to compile information about you orothers who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, amongother things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of mostinterest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Swift SolarInc. and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Links To External Sites
Our Service maycontain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on athird party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We stronglyadvise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every siteyou visit.
We have no controlover, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies orpractices of any third party sites, products or services.
Aggregated Statistics
Swift Solar Inc.may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. SwiftSolar Inc. may display this information publicly or provide it to others.However, Swift Solar Inc. does not disclose your personally-identifyinginformation.
Cookies
To enrich andperfect your online experience, Swift Solar Inc. uses "Cookies",similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalizedcontent, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.
A cookie is astring of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and thatthe visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns.Swift Solar Inc. uses cookies to help Swift Solar Inc. identify and trackvisitors, their usage of https://www.swiftsolar.com, and their website accesspreferences. Swift Solar Inc. visitors who do not wish to have cookies placedon their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before usingSwift Solar Inc.'s websites, with the drawback that certain features of SwiftSolar Inc.'s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
By continuing tonavigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you herebyacknowledge and agree to Swift Solar Inc.'s use of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although mostchanges are likely to be minor, Swift Solar Inc. may change its Privacy Policyfrom time to time, and in Swift Solar Inc.'s sole discretion. Swift Solar Inc.encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to itsPrivacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in thisPrivacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.