Groundbreaker Tech Inc
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Statement and Cookies Policy (this “Policy”) applies to “groundbreaker.co” (the “Website”). The Policy describes the ways in which Groundbreaker Tech Inc, a Delaware corporation (“Groundbreaker”) collects, uses, and discloses information from or about you through our Website, including personally identifiable information, in connection with your access to the Website https://groundbreaker.co. By using our Website, you (“Visitor”) are consenting to the collection, processing, storage, disclosure and other uses described in this Privacy Policy.
Additional or different privacy policy terms may apply to you if you are a customer of Groundbreaker or end users accessing an investor portal. These additional or different terms may apply to you as set forth at the time you created an account to access the Groundbreaker services restricted to customers or investor users.
Information We Collect
This section applies to Personal Information we may process in the usual course of business via the Website. If you are a Visitor, Groundbreaker collects information on your use of the Site, such as pages visited, links clicked, non-sensitive text entered, and mouse movements, as well as information more commonly collected such as (but without limitation) the referring URL, browser, operating system, and Internet Protocol (“IP”) address. We use publicly available sources to approximate your geographic region and Internet Service Provider based on your IP address. We use the term “Usage Data” to refer to this information about your use of the Site that we collect. Groundbreaker’s purpose in collecting Usage Data is to better understand how Groundbreaker’s Visitors use the Site. Groundbreaker collects information that may be personally identifiable, such as IP addresses. Also, you may choose to interact with the Website in a way that results in your providing Personal Information to Groundbreaker, such as giving us your name, email address and phone number when requesting more information or to schedule a demonstration of our platform as well as to post comments to the Groundbreaker blog. Any information you provide in the Groundbreaker blog or social media profiles may be read, collected, and used by others who access them.
Any Personal Information provided by you as a Visitor to the Site will be used only as described in this Privacy Policy.
Cookies on the Website
For Visitors to the Website, Groundbreaker uses third party cookies, and other tracking technologies in order to:
- Provide personalized pages for visitors
- Help us track email response rates, measure the success of our marketing campaigns
- Identify when our emails are viewed and track whether our emails are forwarded
- Analyze your use of our Website
- Assist us with our promotional or marketing efforts including (but without limitation) through a practice known as remarketing and audience targeting
When you visit the Website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences, or your device. It is used to make the Website work as you expect it to and is designed to give you a more personalized web experience.
Opt out of cookies: You can manage and delete cookies from your browser. By doing this you may need to manually adjust preferences each time you visit the Website. Additionally, some functionality of the Website may not work as intended. Learn more about managing and deleting cookies at https://www.pcmag.com/article/333088/how-to-control-and-delete-cookies-on-your-browser .
Performance & Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable.
Analytics & Customization Cookies: These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our websites for you in order to enhance your experience.
This is a list of the cookies we use
- Google Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Facebook Pixel
- LinkedIn Insight Tag
- Outbrain Pixel
- Fullstory Tag
- Hubspot Tag
- Mailchimp
- Wistia
Grndbr.kr Link Shortening
Groundbreaker utilizes link shortening technology to share links to the Website and to third party websites. These links are used on the Website or through any Groundbreaker marketing efforts, including (but without limitation) social media, email and third party website placement. Grndbr.kr redirects to the Website. Grndbr.kr/****** redirect users to the intended web destination, including third-party websites, and in the process uses the same cookies outlined in this Privacy Policy. Therefore the Privacy Policy, and the “Cookies on the Site” section on this page apply to users who click any link that begins with grndbr.kr. See below for terms regarding to third-party websites.
Third-party sites
Our website and any marketing efforts may include links to other websites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Groundbreaker. As of the date this policy went into effect, Groundbreaker has never and will not share your information with a third-party. If you submit personal information to any of those websites, your information is governed by their privacy policies.
Collection and Use of 3rd Party Personal Information
You may provide personal information about other people, such as their email address. This information is only used for the sole purpose of completing your request or for whatever reason it may have been provided. If you believe that one of your contacts has provided us with your personal information and you would like to request that it be removed from our database, please contact us at [email protected].
Your Data and Other Information About You
With your permission (which you grant when submitting your information through our Website) Groundbreaker collects and stores information you provide or that we collect in order to service your request and/or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Use.
User Data Supplementation
We may receive additional demographic information about you from other sources, including publicly available databases or third parties from whom we have purchased data, and combine this data with information we already have about you. This helps us to update, expand and analyze our records. If you provide us personal information about others, or if others give us your information, we will only use that information for the specific reason for which it was provided to us. Groundbreaker obtains this business contact and company information from third party sources, such as business intelligence platforms. The information obtained by these third-party sources is from publicly available sources such as news articles. This information is used to support Groundbreaker’s marketing and sales efforts. The Groundbreaker sales team may contact you based on this information to gauge your company’s interest in Groundbreaker’s services and technology solutions. You may opt-out of these communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link provided in the email or by sending a request to the Groundbreaker Support team by emailing [email protected].
Social Media
Our website includes social media features, such as the “Share This” button for social networks like LinkedIn and Twitter. These features may collect your IP address and the page you are visiting on our site, and they may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
How We Use Personal Information
In the course of using the Website, we may collect or otherwise obtain information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Information”). Personal Information is or may be used: (i) to provide and improve our Service, (ii) to administer your use of the Service, (iii) to recommend follow-up reminders, assign tasks, or personalize the service, and (iv) to provide or offer software updates and product announcements. If you no longer wish to receive communications from us that are not required for the Service, please follow the “unsubscribe” instructions provided in any of those communications or email [email protected] to request update of your account settings information.
No Sale of Personal Information
We do not sell Personal Information to third parties, service providers, business partners and any other parties.
Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement Requests; Protection of Groundbreaker’s Rights
We may disclose to third parties information about you that we collect on our Website only when we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) comply with a law, regulation, or compulsory legal request, such as to comply with a subpoena; (b) protect the safety of any person from death or serious bodily injury; (c) to protect Groundbreaker’s rights.
In the event of a reorganization, acquisition or sale, merger, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or a portion of our assets, business, or stock, Groundbreaker may transfer your Personal Information to an affiliate, a subsidiary or a third party provided that any such entity will not be permitted to process your Personal Information other than as described in this Policy without providing you notice and, if required by applicable laws, obtaining your consent.
Changing or Deleting Your Information
Upon request Groundbreaker will provide you with information about whether we hold, or process on behalf of a third party, any of your personal information. You may update or delete it by making a request to [email protected], although (in some cases) we may retain copies of your information if required by law, to protect our rights, or if it is not technically reasonably feasible to remove it. For questions about your Personal Information on our Service, please contact [email protected] or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below. We will respond to your inquiry within 30 days.
Data Retention and Storage
If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter(s), we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter to you. You may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails, or you can contact us at [email protected].
Blog
Our website offers publicly accessible blogs. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. To request removal of your personal information from our blog, contact us at [email protected]. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your personal information. If this is the case, we will let you know and indicate why.
Security
Groundbreaker stresses its privacy and security standards. Although no one can guarantee absolute security, we maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards in protecting the information collected through the Website. Groundbreaker is not responsible for the security of data you transmit to the Website over networks Groundbreaker does not control, including the Internet and wireless networks.
Children
Our Services are not directed to persons under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personal Information without the parent’s consent, he or she should contact us at [email protected]. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with Personal Information, we will take steps to delete such information from our files.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy policy by posting those updates on this page. In the case of material change we may contact you via the email you submitted through this Website. You are advised to check this page for updates regularly. By continuing to use the Website after those changes are posted, you are agreeing to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy; if you do not agree to the change, simply don’t use the Website after the change is effective, in which case the change will not apply to you.
Contacting Us
If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, or if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected], or by calling us at the phone number listed on the Website, or by writing to us at Groundbreaker Tech Inc, 900 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60611.