This privacy policy relates to your use of our Site and any online platforms such as social media, as well as electronic (email or telephone) communications. Please note that our Site may link to third-party sites. It is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with the privacy policies that govern your use of such third- party sites to ensure that you understand how your personal data is processed on such sites.
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We take your privacy very seriously and we ask that you read this policy carefully as it contains important information on:

 the personal information we collect about you;
 what we do with your information; and
 who your information might be shared with.

I. Information collected from you

We collect personal information about you when you contact us via our Site. We may collect your full name, associated organization or institution, email address, IP addresses, behavioral data such as cookies, and any other contact information you voluntarily provide (for example correspondence through our ‘Contact Us’ page).

I. Our approach to safeguarding your information

YP has policies and procedures in place to make sure that only authorized personnel can access your information. Your information is handled and stored in a secure and sensible manner and all systems that can access the information have the necessary security measures in place. To accomplish this, all employees, contractors and sub-contractors have roles and responsibilities defined in those policies and procedures.
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We also use a range of technologies and security systems to reinforce our policies. Additionally, our IT department regularly monitors our systems to identify problems and issues before they arise.

The security of your personal information is important to us but please understand 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.
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It is possible that we might be forced to disclose your personally identifiable information in response to legal process or when we believe in good faith such disclosure is required by law, such as in response to a court order, a law enforcement agency request, in response to a subpoena, or in response to an administrative agency’s request.

I. How we use your information

We will collect your personal information for the following purposes:

 to identify you and manage any of your inquiries submitted by you via our contact form;
 to conduct marketing and research, statistical analysis and behavioral analysis;
 to customize our Site and its content to your particular preferences; and
 for invitations to events

The personal data that you provide is collected by YP and may be transferred between YP offices for marketing, press requests, academic requests, recruiting and other business inquiries. The personal information that you provide and we transfer between YP offices is legally collected for the aforementioned internal purposes and we will ensure that the transfer of your personal information will comply with applicable laws and regulations that will appropriately safeguard your privacy rights.
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For EU Residents
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For the purposes of the Data Protection Act 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, YP is the “controller”. If you live in the EU, you have the following rights with respect to how we collect and use your data. In order to process any of the requests listed below, we may need to verify your identity for your security. In such cases your response will be necessary for you to exercise this right.

A. The right to access information we hold about you

At any point you can contact us to request that the information we hold about you as well as why we have that information, who has access to the information and where we got the information. Once we have received your request we will respond within 30 days.

A. The right to correct and update the information we hold about you

If the data we hold about you is out of date, incomplete or incorrect, you can inform us and we will ensure that it is updated.

A. The right to object to processing of your data

You have the right to request that YP stops processing your data. Upon receiving the request, we will contact you to tell you if we are able to comply or if we have legitimate grounds to continue. If data is no longer processed, we may continue to hold your data to comply with your other rights.

A. The right to ask us to stop contacting you with direct marketing

You have the right to request that we stop contacting you with direct marketing. In order to process your request we may need to verify your identity for your security.

A. The right to data portability

You have the right to request that we transfer your data to another controller. Once we have received your request, we will comply where it is feasible to do so.

A. Consent

In those cases where we need your consent to hold your information, we will ask you to check a box on any form requiring consent. By checking these boxes you are stating that you have been informed as to why YP is collecting the information, how it will be used, for how long it will be kept, who else will have access to it and what your rights are as a data subject.
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If you have any queries about this policy, need further information on YP, how long we keep your personal information, on our information security policy, wish to lodge a complaint, or for other inquiries please contact info@yabupushelberg.com.

I. Marketing

We may periodically send promotional emails about our services or other information for marketing purposes using the name and email address that you provided via the Site inquiry form, or that you have otherwise provided to YP. Please note that we will keep a record of your request to unsubscribe from our marketing material to ensure we do not market to you in the future.
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YP may submit your details to third parties where this is necessary for the administration of our marketing strategies

Sharing your information

YP may submit the personal data collected to third-parties where this is necessary for the functioning of our Site or for marketing purposes. These third parties include:

 Logiforms
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We use Logiforms to administer certain functions on our Site, for example entries submitted on our ‘Contact Us’ page. All of your personal information will be stored in a secure central database in the cloud and transmitted securely across networks. This information will be accessible only to those who are authorized to view it. For any one user, this will include administrators working for YP, and who has been pre-authorized to access the data for the purposes of marketing, press requests, academic requests, recruiting and other business inquiries. This means that users who have the permissions will be able to see the information you have provided us via our Site.

 Google Analytics / Facebook Pixel
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We work with Google and Facebook to automatically collect information including, but not limited to: IP address; MAC (Media Access Control) address; unique identifier or other persistent or non-persistent device identifier; device software platform and firmware, mobile phone carrier and geo location data to help us understand your use of our website such as how often you return, what parts of the website you visit, how you use the website and how long you spend on the website. These third-party providers are prohibited from using our data for any other purposes. Go to http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html to read Google Analytics privacy policy and https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation to read Facebook’s privacy policy. We use the data we collect about your use of our Site to analyze trends across the data set of all customers worldwide, and to enable us to offer a better service to you.

 BambooHR
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We use BambooHR to administer applications submitted via our careers page. Please note that when accessing this page, you will be redirected to a BambooHR website and your use of such will be subject to separate policies. Please contact us at info@yabupushelberg.com for further information in relation to how we link from our Site to BambooHR for job applicants.

 Mailchimp
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For marketing purposes and to stay in touch with you, we may sometimes use third-party automated email distribution providers such as MailChimp. We will only add you to a marketing distribution list if we have the legal basis to send you marketing material (see ‘Marketing’ section above). Except for the purposes listed under these Terms and Conditions, your personal data uploaded to these platforms is protected and will not be shared for any other purposes.

I. Cookies and Tracking

When you access our Site, we use cookies (a small data placed onto your device) to:
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 recognize you whenever you visit the Site;
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 obtain information about your preferences, online movements and use of the internet;
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 carry out research and statistical analysis to help improve our content, products and services and to help us better understand our customer requirements and interests;
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 target our marketing and advertising campaigns more effectively by providing interest-based advertisements that are personalized to your interests; and
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 make your online experience more efficient and enjoyable.

I. Consent

If you visit our Site when your browser is set to accept cookies, we will interpret this as an indication that you consent to our use of cookies and other similar technologies as described in this policy. If you change your mind in the future about letting us use cookies, you can modify the settings of your browser to reject cookies or disable cookies completely.
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These Terms and Conditions and our policies may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to the way we operate our Site. These Terms and Conditions and our policies were last modified on December 1st , 2024. For comments or inquiries, please
contact: info@yabupushelberg.com.