The Privacy and Cookie Policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Policy”) applies when you visit the CounselUSA website. This Policy does not apply when you browse other companies’ websites by accessing them through CounselUSA’s website.
We care about the privacy of your data. In this regard, CounselUSA has developed this privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Policy”), the purpose of which is to inform you about the manner in which we collect, store and process personal data and information you provide through this web site.
Scope of this Policy
This Policy applies to “Personal Data and Information” that we collect through this website. “Personal Data and Information” means data that personally identifies you, either alone or in combination with other information available to us. Examples of personal information include your name, e-mail address and other information you may provide when you use our Site.
Use of cookies
When you visit the CounselUSA website, we want to be able to provide you with personalized information and features. To do this, we need cookies, which are small pieces of information stored on your browser. They help us recognize you as a user of the CounselUSA website, store your browsing history and tailor content accordingly. Cookies also help to ensure the smooth operation of the CounselUSA website by allowing us to track the frequency and duration of visits to the site, and to collect statistical information about the number of visitors to the site. Analyzing this data helps us to improve the site and make it more user-friendly for you.
Collection of personal data
We responsibly protect the data collected about visitors to the CounselUSA website from loss, unauthorized use and alteration. CounselUSA employees agree not to disclose to third parties or disseminate information obtained in the workplace about CounselUSA’s clients, including visitors to CounselUSA’s website.
The following types of personal data are subject to collection, storage and use:
Information about your computer, including your IP address, geographic location, browser type and version, and operating system;
Information about your visits to and use of this website, including referral sources, length of visits, pages viewed, and ways to navigate the site;
Information such as your name and email address that you provide when you subscribe to our mailing lists, submit an inquiry, and to contact us on our website
Information generated when you use our website, including information about the timing, frequency and terms of use;
Information contained in any communications you send to us through our website, including the content of the communication and the purpose of the data;
Before you disclose a third party’s personal information to us, you will obtain that person’s consent to both disclose and process that information in accordance with this policy.
Use of your personal information
The personal information that you submit to us through our website will be used for the purposes set out in these policies or on the relevant pages of the website. We may use your personal information for the following purposes:
Administration of our website and business;
personalizing our website for you;
enabling you to use the services available on our website;
sending you non-marketing commercial messages;
Sending you emails that you specifically invited;
sending you an email newsletter if you have ordered one (you can tell us at any time that you no longer wish to receive email newsletters from us);
sending you marketing communications about our business activities that we think may be of interest to you by publication or, if you have specifically consented to this, by email or similar technologies (you can tell us at any time that you no longer wish to receive marketing communications);
handling inquiries and complaints made by or to you relating to our website;
to ensure the security of our website and to prevent fraud;
to verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website (including monitoring private messages sent through our website’s private messaging service); and for other purposes.
Without your express consent, we will not share your personal information with any third party company for direct marketing use by that or any other third party company.
Types of cookies
The term “cookies” includes first or third party session cookies and persistent cookies. The following explains what we mean by this term so that you can better understand the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them.
Session cookies
Session cookies allow us to identify you during a single visit to our site so that any page changes or choices are remembered as you move from one page to another. These cookies allow you to quickly and easily navigate through the many pages of the site without having to re-process information each time you visit a new location. Session cookies are temporary and disappear when you close your browser window or leave the site.
Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies are cookies that remain on your computer for a certain period of time after your browsing session ends, so they can store certain settings and user actions when you revisit the site.
First Person Cookies
These are cookies necessary for the proper functioning of the CounselUSA website.
Third party cookies
These are cookies used by other organizations through the CounselUSA website. In our case, Google Analytics cookies are used to analyze website traffic. Google Analytics anonymously collects information about the number of visitors and the locations from which connections to our website were made, as well as information about which segments of the website visitors were interested in. These cookies are created by Google Analytics. For more information about Google Analytics, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics.
Any information collected through cookies will be retained until they expire and will not be used for purposes other than those set out in this policy.
Our website contains links to the websites of other individuals, businesses and organizations. Please note that CounselUSA is not responsible for the content of such websites or the privacy policies they employ. Therefore, when linking to other sites from CounselUSA’s website, we recommend that you inquire separately about their privacy policies.
Disclosure of personal information
We reserve the right to disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, directors, insurers, professional advisors, agents, suppliers or subcontractors, to the extent and for the purposes set forth in this policy.
We reserve the right to disclose your personal information:
where the law requires us to do so;
in connection with any pending or future litigation;
to establish, exercise or protect our legal rights (including providing information to other parties to prevent fraud or reduce credit risk);
to any person who we reasonably believe may make a request to a court or other authorized body for disclosure of that personal data and, in our reasonable opinion, that court or authorized body will order disclosure of that personal data.
We will not disclose your personal information to third parties except as set forth in this policy.
Safety
All information we collect is reasonably protected by technical security features and procedures to prevent unauthorized access or use of the data. Company affiliates, trusted partners and independent service providers are committed to using information received from the Company in accordance with our security requirements and this Privacy Policy.
Making changes to this policy
This Privacy Policy was most recently updated on 05/25/2024. The Company may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and the new version of the Privacy Policy shall be effective upon posting on the Internet at the address specified in this paragraph, unless otherwise provided in the new version of the Privacy Policy.
If the Company has made any changes to the Privacy Policy, with which the User does not agree, the User must stop using the Site services. The fact of prolonging the use of the Site is a confirmation of the User’s consent and acceptance of the revision of the Privacy Policy.
Your rights
You can familiarize yourself with your data that we process after receiving it through cookies. You also have the right to request the correction of data that you consider incorrect, incomplete or inaccurate.
If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us using the methods listed on this website.
