Personal information collected by Witz will be used by Witz for the following purposes:
- Business Uses: to provide you with an enhanced and tailor-made experience when visiting our websites and to provide you with appropriate marketing materials, upon your request, to set up a payment processing account for your organization; we are required by the payment processing institutions we work with to collect this information, to transmit the details of your transaction to the appropriate Card Association or network (such as Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express) so that they may verify and approve your transaction, to maintain a record of your transactions with us so that we may provide you with more efficient and effective service.
- Marketing Uses. The information you provide to our websites may also be collected, used, analyzed and/or processed by Witz, or selected third parties on Witz’s behalf, for marketing and other business purposes.
- Stored Information Uses. Witz stores and retains the information entered on our websites. Stored information is used by Witz and its partners: to support customer interaction with our websites, to deliver customer purchases, and/or to contact visitor again about other Witz services and products.
- Online Advertising. Some companies that help Witz deliver interactive online advertising, such as banner ads, may collect and use information about Witz’s visitors to help Witz better understand the types of advertising or promotions that are most appealing to Witz’s customers.
- Mergers and Acquisitions. For the purpose of developing and expanding its business, Witz may share, rent, sell or buy business assets. In such transactions, visitor information is generally one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event Witz is acquired, visitor information will be one of the transferred assets.
- Agents. Witz employs or engages other companies and individuals to perform business functions on behalf of Witz. These persons are provided with personal identifying information required to perform their functions, but are prohibited by contract from using the information for other purposes. These persons engage in a variety of functions, which include but are not limited to, fulfilling orders, delivering packages, removing repetitive information from visitor lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments and providing customer services.
- Affiliated Businesses. Witz works closely with affiliated businesses operating website stores, providing services or selling products on each other’s websites. These businesses identify themselves to customers. Visitor information related to a transaction with an affiliated business is shared with that affiliated business.
- Disclosure to Governmental Authorities. Witz releases personal identifying information when Witz reasonably believes release is appropriate to comply with law, to enforce Witz agreements, or to protect the rights, property or safety of Witz customers. Witz may also release such information in an exchange of information with other companies and/or organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Information from Children:
Our Website is intended for those 18 years of age and older and thus is not structured to attract anyone under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Use of Computer Tracking Technologies.
- Use of Cookies. Witz and its partners, collect non-identifiable and personal information through the use of various technologies, including “cookies.” A cookie is an alphanumeric identifier that a website can transfer to visitor’s hard drive through visitors’ browser. The cookie is then stored on visitor’s computer as an anonymous tag that identifies the visitor’s computer. Cookies may be sent by Witz or its partner. Visitors to our websites may set their browser to notify them before a cookie is received, giving an opportunity to decide whether to accept the cookie. Visitors may also set their browser to turn off cookies; however, some websites may then not work properly.
- Use of Web Beacon Technologies. Witz and its partners may also use Web beacons or other technologies to better tailor our websites to provide better customer service. If these technologies are in use, when a visitor accesses these pages of our websites, a non-identifiable notice of that visit is generated, which may be processed by Witz or its partners. Web beacons usually work in conjunction with cookies. If a visitor does not want cookie information to be associated with visitor’s visits to these pages, visitors may set their browser to turn off cookies; however, Web beacon and other technologies will still detect visits to these pages.
- Collection of Non-Identifiable Information. Witz or its partners may collect non-identifiable information from user visits to our websites in order to provide better customer service. Examples of such collecting include traffic analysis, such as tracking of the domains from which users visit or tracking numbers of visitors; measuring visitor activity on our websites; website and system administration; user analysis; and business decision making. Such information is sometimes known as “clickstream data.” Witz or its partners may use this data to analyze trends and statistics.
- Commitment to Online Security. Witz intends to protect visitor’s personal information and to maintain its quality. To achieve information security and quality, Witz implements appropriate measures and processes, such as using encryption when transmitting certain sensitive information.
No Liability for Acts of Third Parties.
Witz will exercise reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of visitor personal information. However, transmissions protected by industry standard security technology and implemented by human beings cannot be made absolutely secure. Consequently, Witz shall not be liable for unauthorized disclosure of personal information due to no fault of Witz including, but not limited to, errors in transmission and unauthorized acts of Witz staff and third parties. Our websites may contain links to other websites. Witz is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those other websites.
Privacy Policy Changes and Opt-Out Rights.
- Changes to Privacy Policy. This privacy notice was last updated on August 11, 2021. Witz reserves the right to change its privacy policy statement at any time and your continued use after we make changes is deemed an acceptance of those changes.
- Opt-Out Right. Visitor may have the right to cease permitting personal information to be collected, used, or disclosed by Witz and/or by any third parties with whom Witz has shared and/or transferred such personal information. Rights of cancellation may be exercised by contacting Witz via e-mail, telephone or postal mail.
Access Rights to Data.
- Information Maintained by Witz. Upon visitor’s request, Witz may provide a reasonable description of visitor’s personally identifiable information that Witz maintains in its data bank. Witz can be contacted by e-mail, telephone or Postal mail.
- Corrections and Changes to Personal Information. Please help Witz keep visitor personal information accurate. If your personal information changes, or if you note an error upon review of information that Witz has on file, please promptly e-mail Witz at info@mail.witzgroup.com and provide the new or correct information.
Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation:
Certain visitors from the European Economic Area may have additional statutory rights as follows.
We collect your internet or other electronic network activity information when you access our websites. We do this through the use of cookies and other Computer Tracking Technologies. For more information on our use of Computer Tracking Technologies such as cookies, please see the section below Use of Computer Tracking Technologies. Additionally, we may collect any of your personal identifiers through the use of online forms which you may choose to submit.
We collect most of this personal information directly from you—in person, by telephone, text or email and/or via our website. However, we may also collect information:
- From publicly accessible sources (e.g., property records);
- Directly from a third party (e.g., sanctions screening providers, credit reporting agencies, or customer due diligence providers);
- From a third party with your consent (e.g., your bank);
- From cookies on our website; and
- Via our IT systems, including automated monitoring of our websites and other technical systems, such as our computer networks and connections, and access control systems, communications systems, email and instant messaging systems.
How Personal Information is used:
Personal information collected by Witz will be used by Witz for the following purposes:
- Business Uses: to provide you with an enhanced and tailor-made experience when visiting our websites and to provide you with appropriate marketing materials, upon your request, to set up a payment processing account for your organization; we are required by the payment processing institutions we work with to collect this information, to transmit the details of your transaction to the appropriate Card Association or network (such as Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express) so that they may verify and approve your transaction, to maintain a record of your transactions with us so that we may provide you with more efficient and effective service.
- Marketing Uses. The information you provide to our websites may also be collected, used, analyzed and/or processed by Witz, or selected third parties on Witz’s behalf, for marketing and other business purposes.
- Stored Information Uses. Witz stores and retains the information entered on our websites. Stored information is used by Witz and its partners: to support customer interaction with our websites, to deliver customer purchases, and/or to contact visitor again about other Witz services and products.
- Online Advertising. Some companies that help Witz deliver interactive online advertising, such as banner ads, may collect and use information about Witz’s visitors to help Witz better understand the types of advertising or promotions that are most appealing to Witz’s customers.
- Mergers and Acquisitions. For the purpose of developing and expanding its business, Witz may share, rent, sell or buy business assets. In such transactions, visitor information is generally one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event Witz is acquired, visitor information will be one of the transferred assets.
- Agents. Witz employs or engages other companies and individuals to perform business functions on behalf of Witz. These persons are provided with personal identifying information required to perform their functions, but are prohibited by contract from using the information for other purposes. These persons engage in a variety of functions, which include but are not limited to, fulfilling orders, delivering packages, removing repetitive information from visitor lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments and providing customer services.
- Affiliated Businesses. Witz works closely with affiliated businesses operating website stores, providing services or selling products on each other’s websites. These businesses identify themselves to customers. Visitor information related to a transaction with an affiliated business is shared with that affiliated business.
- Disclosure to Governmental Authorities. Witz releases personal identifying information when Witz reasonably believes release is appropriate to comply with law, to enforce Witz agreements, or to protect the rights, property or safety of Witz customers. Witz may also release such information in an exchange of information with other companies and/or organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Information from Children:
Our Website is intended for those 18 years of age and older and thus is not structured to attract anyone under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Use of Computer Tracking Technologies.
- Use of Cookies. Witz and its partners, collect non-identifiable and personal information through the use of various technologies, including “cookies.” A cookie is an alphanumeric identifier that a website can transfer to visitor’s hard drive through visitors’ browser. The cookie is then stored on visitor’s computer as an anonymous tag that identifies the visitor’s computer. Cookies may be sent by Witz or its partner. Visitors to our websites may set their browser to notify them before a cookie is received, giving an opportunity to decide whether to accept the cookie. Visitors may also set their browser to turn off cookies; however, some websites may then not work properly.
- Use of Web Beacon Technologies. Witz and its partners may also use Web beacons or other technologies to better tailor our websites to provide better customer service. If these technologies are in use, when a visitor accesses these pages of our websites, a non-identifiable notice of that visit is generated, which may be processed by Witz or its partners. Web beacons usually work in conjunction with cookies. If a visitor does not want cookie information to be associated with visitor’s visits to these pages, visitors may set their browser to turn off cookies; however, Web beacon and other technologies will still detect visits to these pages.
- Collection of Non-Identifiable Information. Witz or its partners may collect non-identifiable information from user visits to our websites in order to provide better customer service. Examples of such collecting include traffic analysis, such as tracking of the domains from which users visit or tracking numbers of visitors; measuring visitor activity on our websites; website and system administration; user analysis; and business decision making. Such information is sometimes known as “clickstream data.” Witz or its partners may use this data to analyze trends and statistics.
- Commitment to Online Security. Witz intends to protect visitor’s personal information and to maintain its quality. To achieve information security and quality, Witz implements appropriate measures and processes, such as using encryption when transmitting certain sensitive information.
No Liability for Acts of Third Parties.
Witz will exercise reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of visitor personal information. However, transmissions protected by industry standard security technology and implemented by human beings cannot be made absolutely secure. Consequently, Witz shall not be liable for unauthorized disclosure of personal information due to no fault of Witz including, but not limited to, errors in transmission and unauthorized acts of Witz staff and third parties. Our websites may contain links to other websites. Witz is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those other websites.
Privacy Policy Changes and Opt-Out Rights.
- Changes to Privacy Policy. This privacy notice was last updated on August 11, 2021. Witz reserves the right to change its privacy policy statement at any time and your continued use after we make changes is deemed an acceptance of those changes.
- Opt-Out Right. Visitor may have the right to cease permitting personal information to be collected, used, or disclosed by Witz and/or by any third parties with whom Witz has shared and/or transferred such personal information. Rights of cancellation may be exercised by contacting Witz via e-mail, telephone or postal mail.
Access Rights to Data.
- Information Maintained by Witz. Upon visitor’s request, Witz may provide a reasonable description of visitor’s personally identifiable information that Witz maintains in its data bank. Witz can be contacted by e-mail, telephone or Postal mail.
- Corrections and Changes to Personal Information. Please help Witz keep visitor personal information accurate. If your personal information changes, or if you note an error upon review of information that Witz has on file, please promptly e-mail Witz at info@mail.witzgroup.com and provide the new or correct information.
Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation:
Certain visitors from the European Economic Area may have additional statutory rights as follows.