TECH I.S.

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their Personally Identifiable Information is being used online.

PRIVACY POLICY OF TECH I.S., INC.

This privacy policy has been compiled to give notice and explain how personal information and personally identifiable information obtained through your use of the Tech I.S. Inc website (https://techis.io/), social media pages or handles; online and offline products and services, including courses, workshops, lessons, conferences, and events, including communications through scheduled video teleconferences and calls, both in-person and any online, and any accompanying services such as assistance for placement hiring of financial assistance is being collected, stored and used. This Privacy policy also provides users notice about how and why Personal Information and Personally Identifiable Information will be used and/or shared and the rights you have to access and control the use of your Personal Information

PRIVACY NOTICE

Last updated September 26, 2022

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at TECH I.S. 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 support@techis.io

When you visit our website https://techis.io/(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, online and offline products and services, including courses, workshops, lessons, conferences, any related services, marketing or events, including communications through scheduled video teleconferences and calls, both in-person and any online, and any accompanying services such as assistance for placement hiring of financial assistance.

Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information that we collect.

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information you disclose to us.
In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us through responses or your activities.

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, schedule and attend an online interview and assessment, avail of our services, 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, services and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

Personal Information Provided by You..

  1. Identity Data – We collect names; email addresses; citizenship status, residency status, and other similar information.
  2. Contact Data – Phone numbers, email addresses, addresses and location, and other similar information.
  3. Financial Data – In very limited circumstances, we or our accredited partners, providers, or agents may collect payment and financial information, but this information generally is collected and processed directly by our payment services providers. We may also ask you for your banking information in limited circumstances where we need to make a payment to you. Such bank information may include, but is not limited to, your bank account number, routing transit number, credit card, or other bank account details. For purposes of determining eligibility for the payment arrangements, credit history, including prior and current financial status and transactions, may also be collected for the limited purpose of determining credit score.

Personal Information from Your Activities.

  1. Assessment Data In the course of interviews or assessments, we collect assessment data to the extent that they are useful for determining suitability and eligibility for our Services. - Includes, if applicable and, in most cases, only when you choose to provide such information to us as part of the Services, your interests; preferences; social media account(s); demographic information, including but not limited to age, gender, race; education level; resume information; professional portfolio link; economic information or employment status; criminal history; immigration status; disability or accommodation information.
  2. Marketing and Communications Data This includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences and survey responses.
  3. Feedback and survey responsesThis may include all responses to surveys, quizzes, and post-service assessments. This may also include other similar information provided to us by you voluntarily, such as complaints and/or suggestions.
  4. Usage DataThis refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of our Website or Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit in the Website. It may also include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Sensitive information

We do not collect sensitive personal information. However, our third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf may require access to sensitive information.

“Sensitive information” pertains to any private information that divulges any of the following: (a) Personal identification numbers, including social security, driver's license, passport, or state ID card numbers; (b) Account or debit or credit card numbers combined with passwords or codes that would enable access to the accounts; (c) a consumer's exact geolocation; (d) consumer's racial origin, religious beliefs, or union membership; (EO A consumer's mail, email, or text message content unless the information was intentionally sent to the business.

We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories instances where you interact with us in-person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of: Receiving help through our customer support channels; participation in customer surveys or contests; and facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.

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.

2. WHAT CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:

Category Examples Collected
A. Identifiers Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address and account name YES
B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history and financial information YES
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law Gender and date of birth NO
D. Commercial information Transaction information, purchase history, financial details and payment information NO
E. Biometric information Fingerprints and voiceprints NO
F. Internet or other similar network activity Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems and advertisements NO
G. Geolocation data Device location NO
H. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities NO
I. Professional or employment-related information Business contact details in order to provide you our services at a business level, job title as well as work history and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us NO
J. Education Information Student records and directory information NO
K. Inferences drawn from other personal information Inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences and characteristics NO

3. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

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 to:

  • Fulfill and manage your orders.We may use your information to fulfill and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Website.
  • Administer prize draws and competitions.We may use your information to administer prize draws and competitions when you elect to participate in any competition or promotional contest we hold.
  • To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user.We may use your information to provide you with the requested service.
  • To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users.We may use your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the use of our Services.
  • To send you marketing and promotional communications. We and/or our third-party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. For example, when expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our Website, subscribing to marketing or otherwise contacting us, we will collect personal information from you. You can opt-out of our marketing emails at any time.
  • Deliver targeted advertising to you. We may use your information to develop and display personalized content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
  • Schedule a call / videoconference with you. We may schedule a call or videoconference with you to share more information about our services, make inquiries regarding your availability and preferences for courses, and conduct an assessment.

4. WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE?

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.

The categories of third parties to whom we disclosed personal information for a business or commercial purpose can be found under "WHO WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH?".

TECH I.S. Inc has not sold any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. TECH I.S. Inc will not sell personal information in the future belonging to website visitors, users and other consumers.

We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:

  • Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
  • Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests. We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Each service provider is a for-profit entity that processes the information on our behalf.
    We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be "selling" of your personal data.
  • Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
  • Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
  • Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:

  • Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service and marketing efforts, compliance with legal or regulatory requirements, endorsement to financial institutions.

    We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on the Website, which will enable them to collect data on our behalf about how you interact with our Website over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, pages or features, and better understand online activity. Unless described in this notice, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.

    All our contracts or agreement with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents will contain a proviso that they commit to protect consumer data privacy rights and comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act, California Privacy Rights Act, and applicable federal data privacy laws.
  • Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy and commit to protect consumer data privacy rights and comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act, California Privacy Rights Act, and applicable federal data privacy laws. Affiliates include any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, investors, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us. This also includes our employees and tutors.
  • Business Partners. We may share your information with out business partners to offer you better services or promotions.

TECH I.S. Inc has disclosed the following categories of personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months: Category B. Personal information, as defined in the California Customer Records law, such as your name, contact information, education, employment, employment history and financial information.

5. WHO WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH?

In Short: We only share information with the following categories of third parties.

We only share and disclose your information with the following categories of third parties:

  • Communication and Collaboration Tools
  • Data Analytics Services
  • Finance and Accounting Tools
  • Payment Processors
  • Website Hosting Service Providers
  • Business owners, investors, business Partners
  • Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service Providers
  • Affiliates
  • Sales and Marketing Teams
  • Employees and Tutors

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 this Privacy policy.

6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

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.

7. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

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.

8. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

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 the age of 18, please contact us at support@techis.io.

9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: You may review, change, or request for deletion of your personal information anytime. Privacy rights applicable to all visitors of this website are described in this Privacy Policy. For specific privacy rights related to residents of EEA, UK residents, Switzerland residents and California residents please below:

For EEA and UK residents

If you are a resident in the EEA or UK 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.html.

For Switzerland residents

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.

For California residents

WHO ARE CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS?

The California Code of Regulations defines a "resident" as:

  • every individual who is in the State of California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose and (2) every individual who is domiciled in the State of California who is outside the State of California for a temporary or transitory purpose All other individuals are defined as "non-residents."

If this definition of "resident" applies to you, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your personal information.

DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

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 summary, California residents have the following privacy rights:

  • Right to Access - If you are a California resident, you have the right to request, up to two times each year, access to categories and specific pieces of personal information about you that we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
  • Right to Delete - If you are a California resident, you have the right to request that we delete personal information that we collect from you, subject to applicable legal exceptions.
  • Right to Opt Out of Sale of Personal Information – If you are a California resident, you have the right to “opt out” of the “sale” of your “personal information” to “third parties” (as those terms are defined in the CCPA).
  • Process to Make a CCPA Request - Making Access and Deletion Requests: To make an access or deletion request, please email support@techis.io Before completing your request, we may need to verify your identity. We will send you a link to verify your email address and may request additional documentation or information solely for the purpose of verifying your identity.
  • Instructions for Authorized Agents Making Access and Deletion Requests - You may also use an authorized agent to submit an access or deletion request on your behalf. Authorized agents may submit access and deletion requests at ccpa.disney.com/agents. An authorized agent must have your signed permission to submit a request on your behalf or provide proof that they have power of attorney in accordance with California probate law. Authorized agents that are business entities must be registered with the California Secretary of State to conduct business in California. Before completing requests from authorized agents, we may contact you directly to confirm you’ve given your permission and/or to verify your identity.
  • Making Requests to “Opt Out” of the “Sale” of “Personal Information” – Please note that TechIS DOES NOT sell personal information and notice will be given if there is a change in this policy. If there is such a change a policy wherein we sell personal information, you may submit a request to opt out of the sale of your personal information, you may visit our “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” Rights page or send an email to support@techis.io. with the subject line “do not sell info.” You may also use an authorized agent to submit a request to opt out on your behalf if you provide the authorized agent signed written permission to do so. Authorized agents may submit requests to opt out by emailing support@techis.io. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of your privacy rights conferred by the CCPA.
  • Shine the Light Act If you are a California resident, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information by certain members of The Walt Disney Family of Companies to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. We take great pride in the relationship of trust we have built with our guests over many years and we are dedicated to treating your personal information with care and respect. Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83(c)(2), members of The Walt Disney Family of Companies do not share guests’ personal information with other member companies or others outside TechIS for those parties’ direct marketing use unless a guest elects that we do so. To make such a request, please send an email to support@techis.io.
  • If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and a registered user of any site where this policy is posted, California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please send an email with a detailed description of the specific content or information to support@techis.io.

    Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.

10. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

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.

11. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

Your rights with respect to your personal data:

  • Right to access You have the right to request: (i) access to your personal data; (ii) an electronic copy of your personal data (portability); (iii) correction of your personal data if it is incomplete or inaccurate; or (iv) deletion or restriction of your personal data in certain circumstances provided by applicable law. These rights are not absolute. Where we have obtained your consent for the processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Right to request deletion of the data You can ask for the deletion of your personal information. If you ask us to delete your personal information, we will respect your request and delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by another consumer of his or her right to free speech, our compliance requirements resulting from a legal obligation or any processing that may be required to protect against illegal activities.

    In accordance with applicable law, we are not obligated to provide or delete consumer information that is de-identified in response to a consumer request or to re-identify individual data to verify a consumer request;
  • Right to be informed Depending on the circumstances, you have a right to know:
    • whether we collect and use your personal information;
    • the categories of personal information that we collect;
    • the purposes for which the collected personal information is used;
    • whether we sell your personal information to third parties;
    • the categories of personal information that we sold or disclosed for a business purpose;
    • the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or disclosed for a business purpose; (Please note, however, that we currently do not sell your personal information.)
    • the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s Privacy RightsWe will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights. This means we will not deny you our services, charge different prices including offering different discount policies or imposing different penalties, or provide a different quality of our services and course materials as a response to the exercise of your privacy rights.
  • Verification process Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. These verification efforts require us to ask you to provide information so that we can match it with information you have previously provided us. For instance, depending on the type of request you submit, we may ask you to provide certain information so that we can match the information you provide with the information we already have on file, or we may contact you through a communication method (e.g. phone or email) that you have previously provided to us. We may also use other verification methods as the circumstances dictate.

    We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. To the extent possible, we will avoid requesting additional information from you for the purposes of verification. If, however, we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity, and for security or fraud-prevention purposes. We will delete such additionally provided information as soon as we finish verifying you.
  • Request through Authorized Agent: If we receive your request from an authorized agent, we may ask for evidence that you have provided such agent with a power of attorney or that the agent otherwise has valid written authority to submit requests to exercise rights on your behalf. This may include requiring you to verify your identity.

Other privacy rights

  • You may object to the processing of your personal data.
  • You may request correction of your personal data if it is incorrect or no longer relevant, or ask to restrict the processing of the data.
  • You can designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with the CCPA.
  • You may request to opt-out from future selling of your personal information to third parties. Upon receiving a request to opt-out, we will act upon the request as soon as feasibly possible, but no later than 15 days from the date of the request submission.

    To exercise these rights, you can contact us by email at support@techis.io, by visiting https://techis.io/contact.php. If you have a complaint or request about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.

12. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

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.

We will review and update this notice at least once every twelve (12) months.

13. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at support@techis.io or by post to:

TECH I.S. Inc
3825, Columbus Road Building G,
Granville, Ohio 43023
United States
+1-740-520-0014

14. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

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 always verify the identity of consumers before granting any data access, review, update, and/or deletion requests.

TechIS will maintain records of all access requests responses and actions done to these access requests for at least twenty-four (24) months unless a longer period is required under any state law and/or US Federal Law.”

15. As per this Privacy and Policy, we have permission to send you marketing messages and emails for the following purposes.

a. Providing you with information about our services, promotions, and events.

b. Tailoring our marketing communications to your preferences and interests.

c. Conducting surveys or requesting feedback to improve our products and services.

d. Sharing news and updates relevant to our business.

e. To setup interviews and help you on-board with us.