Privacy Policy
Yardstick Services Inc. operates www.yardstickservices.com (the “Website”). This page is used to inform Website visitors regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information.
If you choose to use our services, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for delivering and improving our website’s user experience as well as the services we offer our clients. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
Your Information
We may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, job title, email, phone number, and mailing address. We use this information to contact or identify you and it is required in order to fulfill our sales process or to deliver our services.
Cookies
Cookies are files with small amount of data that are commonly used as an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.
Our website uses these Cookies to improve our website and the services we offer. We also use cookies to deliver targeted advertising to you that matches your interests when you visit our Website as well as other websites. If you do not want to have cookies saved in your browser, you can clear them from your cache and you can setup your browser to prevent cookies from being saved.
Traffic Data
Whenever you visit our website, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is stored in a log. This data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser version, pages that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics. We may use this information to better understand our Website users or to analyze and improve our Website design and functionality. This information may also be used to analyze our website’s performance in certain markets and for certain demographics.
Our Use of Information
We use all of the previously mentioned information in order to: 1) make the Website more useful; 2) to inform users of new promotions and services offered by us; 3) to improve our level of service; and 4) to provide notifications regarding the Website and our products and services. We restrict access to this information to those in our organization who require access in order to manage our website, fulfill our services or respond to a request for service. We also may share this information with the following entities:
- Our affiliated companies;
- Unaffiliated service providers with whom we may subcontract, including website hosting companies, payment processing companies, and other third-party software and service providers;
- Government agencies and law enforcement officials, when required to do so to respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
We also reserve the right to share Information with other organizations in the following situations, as authorized by law:
- when we have your consent to do so;
- when we need to share information to provide any product or service you have requested;
- violations of our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy;
- situations involving potential threats to the health or safety of any person;
- in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities;
Service Providers
We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:
- To facilitate our Services;
- To provide the Services on our behalf; or
- To perform Service-related services;
We want to inform our users that these third parties may have limited access to your Personal Information. Typical information that we might share with a third party would be your name, email, phone number and work address. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose. All employees and contractors of Yardstick Services Inc. have signed agreements which include clauses about information handling and sharing.
Credit Card Information
We prefer not to receive credit card information directly from our clients. In the event that a client does provide us with credit card information, we will use it to complete a transaction or order on behalf of the client. We will permanently delete or destroy that credit card information as soon as the transaction or order is completed. We do not store any credit card information. We do use 3rd party services for issuing invoices and processing credit card payments. These 3rd party services may store your credit card information and have their own information and privacy policies which we can direct you to if requested.
Security
We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. However, remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Links to Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Children’s Privacy
The Website does not target children or provide products or services for use by children. We do not knowingly collect Information from persons under 18 years of age. If you are under 18 years of age, you may review the Website only with involvement of a parent or guardian, and you may not use any portion of the Website that would require collection of personal Information from you.
Business Transfer
As we continue to develop, we might sell or buy the assets of similar companies. In such transactions, customer and user information generally is one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event that we or substantially all of our assets are acquired, such Information may be one of those transferred assets, and we reserve the right to buy or sell such assets.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page. This Privacy Policy was last updated in January 2020.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.