Privacy policy
1. Introduction
STI Global, Inc ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your (“you” or “user”) information when you visit our website stiglobalinc.com, use our services, or purchase our products. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the website.
2. Definitions
2.1 "Cookies" are small pieces of information that a website, including our website, sends to your computer or to your mobile device while you are viewing a website. We use both session cookies (which expire after you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personalized and interactive experience on our website. Persistent Cookies can be removed by following your Internet browser help file directions. If you choose to disable cookies, some areas of our website may not work properly.
2.2 An "Internet protocol address" or "IP Address" is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer, tablet or other device when you use the Internet / world wide web. In some cases, your IP Address stays the same from browser session to browser session, but if you use a consumer internet service provider, your IP Address probably varies from session to session. We track IP Addresses in conjunction with session Cookies to analyze our web page traffic flow and also to identify location of the computer.
2.3 Personal Information is information about you that is linked to you as an individual, such as your name, postal address, email address, social media identifier (eg, @johndoe), phone number, full credit card number and expiration date, account username and log-in password to our website. Personal Information does not include technical information such as unique device identifiers, randomly assigned unique identifiers in cookies, mobile device name or identifier, or IP addresses, unless that technical information is linked to you personally as an identifiable individual by associating the technical information with other Personal Information.
3. Consent
By using our website you consent to this Privacy Policy. You understand that submitting your personal information to us, whether expressly identifiable or otherwise, you consent to having your personal data stored and maintained in the United States.
4. Information We Collect
4.1 Personal Data
While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Name, email address, phone number, address, or payment information
4.2 Usage Data
We may also collect information on how the website is accessed and used. This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
5. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain our website and services.
- To notify you about changes to our website or services or otherwise communicate with you.
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our website when you choose to do so.
- To provide customer support
- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our website and services
- To monitor the usage of our website
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
6. Disclosure
Except as stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, rent, or share your Personal Information. When you purchase a product or a service from our website, we will share Personal Information with shipping companies in order to deliver the product or service to you. We also share your Personal Information with service providers that provide advertising and marketing services for us, including distribution of postal mail, electronic alerts, email, electronic (digital) advertisements, and mobile text messages to our customers and potential customers. These service providers are required not to use your Personal Information, except to provide the services requested by us, and they are bound by confidentiality agreements for their use of your Personal Information. By using our website or services, you expressly consent to the sharing of your Personal Information with our service providers.
We reserve the right to share some or all of your Personal Information with our joint ventures, and other companies in the United States under the common control of STI Global, Inc (collectively, "Affiliates"), for the purposes described in this policy. We will require our Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
Regardless of any choices you make regarding your Personal Information, we may disclose your Personal Information if we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with laws or to respond to subpoenas or other judicial orders served on us, or (b) to protect and defend the rights or property of STI Global, Inc, or other parties.
To provide offers that are of interest to you, we may allow other companies to place advertisements and other technology on our website. As a result of your visit to our website, advertisement server companies may collect information such as your domain type, your IP address, and clickstream information.
We may also use and disclose Personal Information for fraud detection and prevention. Personal Information and device identification information may be combined with information from other sources and used by us, or by a service provider retained by us, to help detect and prevent fraud, credit card fraud, or other illegal or illegitimate activity. All or part of your Personal Information or device identification information may be kept by us or kept by the service providers involved in fraud detection and used in future fraud prevention efforts. Information that is believed to be fraudulent may be disclosed to other businesses, banks, and law enforcement to help prevent illegal activity.
We may use and disclose Personal Information in connection with a contemplated reorganization or an actual reorganization of our business, in connection with financing, a sale or other transaction involving the disposal of all or part of our business or assets, including for the purpose of permitting the due diligence required to decide whether to proceed with a transaction. If the sale occurs, the purchaser will be entitled to use and disclose the Personal Information collected by us, and the purchaser will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
7. Links to Other Websites
Our website may provide link(s) to another website or Internet location. We provide these links merely for your convenience, and we do not endorse the other website or location, its contents, or any goods or services available on that website. We have no control over, do not review, and are not responsible for these other websites, their content, or any goods or services available on the websites. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to these other websites. The privacy policies of the operators of the websites will be applicable when you access their websites through the links provided on our website.
8. How We Protect Your Information
Our web site has implemented electronic means of protecting your Personal Information. Even though we have taken steps to prevent Personal Information from being disclosed to unauthorized persons, we cannot fully eliminate security risks associated with Personal Information.
9. Questions Regarding This Privacy Policy
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us here.
10. Revisions to This Policy
This Privacy Policy is subject to revision and changes. If you object to any changes, you must stop doing business with us or accessing our web site. Your continued use of our website will indicate your acknowledgment of the changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy, as revised.