Website Privacy Policy Of Galvanize Climate Solutions LLC
Effective Date: April 2023
At Galvanize Climate Solutions LLC (“GCS”, “we”, “us” or “our”), your privacy is very important to us. This Website Privacy Policy sets forth our policies for the collection, use, storage, sharing, disclosure and protection (collectively, “processing”) of personal information collected from or through GCS’s website at https://www.galvanizeclimatesolutions.com (“Website”).
By visiting our Website, you are agreeing to the terms of this Website Privacy Policy and the accompanying Terms of Use.
Please read this Website Privacy Policy carefully before you use the Website.
Information we collect through the website and how we use it.
We collect and process personal information through the Website for the purpose of providing our services. Where required by applicable law, you authorize us to process your personal information, subject to your right to withdraw your consent as described below in “Your Choices About Your Information.” However, this does not equate to consent for the processing of your personal information for purposes of European data protection laws. The specific information we collect and how and why we process it depends on how and why the Website is used and includes:
When visiting the Website, your browser makes an HTTP request to our web server. This HTTP request contains certain information logged by our web server including IP address, browser type and language, referring and exit pages and URLs, date and time, amount of time spent on particular web pages, and similar – information concerning your use of the Website (“Technical Information”);
At times, you may choose to communicate with us by populating an email or form using links available on the Website, such as on our Contact page. When sending the email or form to us, we collect your email address and, if you provide it, name, contact information, and other information you choose to provide in the email or form to us (“Contact Information”);
| Categories of Personal Data | Purposes of Processing | Legal Basis (where you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or the UK) |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Information | To provide you with the services or information you requested via the website | To manage and perform our contract with you. We have a legitimate interest to properly manage and administer our relationship with you and to ensure that we are as effective and efficient as we can be. |
| Contact Information | To offer new services to you | We have a legitimate interest to properly manage and administer our relationship with you and to ensure that we are as effective and efficient as we can be. |
| Contact Information; Technical Information | To monitor and improve the operation of the Website by helping us understand who uses the Website. | We have a legitimate interest to properly manage and administer our relationship with you and to ensure that we are effective and efficient as we can be. |
| Contact Information; Technical Information | For fraud prevention and detection and to comply with applicable laws, regulations or codes of practice. | To comply with our legal obligations We have a legitimate interest to ensure to safe and secure functioning of our website and to ensure compliance with any U.S. laws we may be subject to. |
| Contact Information; Technical Information | To meet our legal obligations with regards to regulators, government or law enforcement bodies (including anti-money laundering, fraud prevention, tax reporting, securities laws, sanctions compliance or responding to requests for information), and to enforce or exercise our legal rights. | To comply with our legal obligations We have a legitimate interest to ensure to safe and secure functioning of our website and to ensure compliance with any U.S. laws we may be subject to. |
Our use of cookies and other data collection technology.
The Website may from time to time use cookies, pixel tags (also known as web beacons, flash cookies, clear GIFs or web bugs) and similar technology.
A cookie is a small data file that contains a unique identification number that the Website stores on your computer when you visit a website. The cookie stores information about your computer, the type of browser you use and how many times your computer visits a certain website. To learn more about cookies generally, visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
Cookies enable GCS to track how often you and other users visit the Website and the specific pages visited and other user actions. You can refuse to use cookies by turning them off in your browser. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use the Website. A pixel tag is computer code that contains a unique identifier that enables us to monitor user activity and traffic on the Website. We may use pixel tags to gather aggregate information on visits to the Website and assist with other features.
We also use Google Analytics, which is a Google service that collects aggregate information about use of the Website and reports website trends. Google Analytics does not directly identify individual clients or other users. You can learn about Google’s practices here.
Types of cookies used:
| Operator | Cookie Name and Type | Session or Persistent | Purpose | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | _ga (Non-essential) | Persistent | Analytics | 2 years |
| Google Analytics | _ga_ <wpid> (Non-essential) | Persistent | Analytics | 2 years |
Managing cookies: where you are located in the EEA/UK, on your first visit to our website, on our homepage you will see a cookie banner informing you why cookies are used, and asking you to consent to non-essential cookies if you agree with us using them (or “Accept All”). If you do not agree, you can choose to “Reject All”. Please note that you cannot disable strictly necessary cookies or similar technologies since these affect the functionality of our website and your ability to use certain features and functionalities.
Our Policy On Do Not Track Signals: Some web browsers (including Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome) incorporate a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) or similar feature that signals to websites that a client or other user does not want to have his or her online activity and behavior tracked. If a website that responds to a particular DNT signal receives the DNT signal, the browser can block that website from collecting certain personal information about the browser’s user. Not all browsers offer a DNT option and DNT signals are not yet uniform. For this reason, GCS, like many other website operators, does not respond to DNT signals.
How we share information.
We may share personal information collected through the Website with third parties for the purposes described below. By using this Website, you authorize us to share such information, subject to applicable law and your right to withdraw your consent as described in “Your Choices About Your Information” below.
For legitimate business purposes. We may make certain disclosures permitted by law for our business purposes, such as disclosures to our accountants, auditors and lawyers.
With third-party service providers. We may disclose information as needed to third-party service providers that help us operate and improve the Website, such as for hosting and maintenance, analytics and security operations.
For corporate transactions. We disclose information if we are involved in a merger, sale, acquisition, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, bankruptcy or other change of ownership or control.
When required by law or requested by regulators or government. Applicable law may require us and third parties that perform services on our behalf to comply with a legal process (such as a court order, subpoena or search warrant) or in connection with a government or regulatory request or investigation. In addition, we may disclose information for the prevention or detection of crime (subject in each case to applicable law). For example, we may be required to provide to the federal government identifying information about our clients and other persons pursuant to regulations designed to detect or prevent money laundering or fraud. Nothing in this Website Privacy Policy prevents reporting possible violations of law to any governmental authority or other disclosures protected under the whistleblower provisions of applicable law.
To protect and enforce legal rights. We also may disclose information: (i) if disclosure would mitigate our liability in an actual or threatened lawsuit; (ii) as necessary or advisable to protect the legal rights, property or safety of GCS, our clients, fund investors or other third parties; (iii) to enforce our agreements with you; and (iv) to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing.
At your request or with your consent. In certain circumstances, we may ask for your consent to share your information with third parties. When we do, we will make clear why we want to share the information.
We do not disclose personal information about our current, prospective, or former customers to unaffiliated third parties for their telemarketing, direct mail or other marketing purposes.
How we protect and retain information.
We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect personal information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
We restrict access to each client’s personal information to those employees who have a business reason to know that information and all of our employees are subject to strict obligations of confidentiality.
Although we take precautions intended to help protect information that we process, no system or electronic data transmission is completely secure. Any electronic transmission of your information is at your own risk and we expect that you will use appropriate security measures to protect your personal information. In particular, email sent to us may not be secure and you should therefore take special care in deciding what information you send to us via email. We may suspend your use of the Website without notice if we suspect or detect any breach of security.
We retain personal information as necessary for our legitimate business purposes (e.g., to respond to your inquiries, provide you with the services you have requested, or to comply with applicable legal, tax or accounting requirements). The criteria used to determine our retention periods include: the length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide services to you (for example, for as long as you have an account and contract with us); whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject (for example, certain laws require us to keep records of your transactions for a certain period of time before we can delete them); and whether retention is advisable considering our legal position (such as, for statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations). From time to time, we may review the purpose for which personal information has been collected and decide to delete or anonymize it.
Your choices about your information.
If you would like to review, correct, delete or restrict our use of personal information about you that you previously provided to us or if you would like to receive an electronic copy of your personal information for purposes of transmitting it to another company (in each case, when these rights are provided to you by law), please contact us using the contact information below. In your request, please make clear the personal information to which your request relates and the actions you would like us to take. For your protection, we will verify your identity before responding to your request, and will process your request in compliance with applicable law. Please note that we may not allow you to review or delete certain data for legal, security or other reasons.
Your European Union and UK privacy rights.
GCS is the “controller” of your personal information.
If you are an individual investor located in the EEA or the UK, you may have certain rights under applicable data protection laws, including the right to (i) request access to your personal information; (ii) request rectification of your personal information; (iii) request erasure of your personal information; (iv) restrict our processing or use of your personal information; (v) object to our processing or use where this is necessary for our legitimate interests; (vi) request data portability; and (vii) where your consent to processing has been obtained, withdraw your consent at any time (please note this right does not affect the lawfulness of consent obtained prior to its withdrawal). You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority about how we process your personal information.
International transfers of personal information.
If you are an individual investor located in the EEA or the UK, we may transfer your personal information to the U.S. where our offices are located, subject to suitable data protection safeguards (when required). If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to us may be transferred to, processed, maintained, and used outside your jurisdiction of residence where the privacy and data protection laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. Please contact us using the contact information below to learn more about our safeguards for transfers of your personal information.
Links to other websites and services.
The Website may include links to third-party websites and services that are not operated by us. When you click on these links, you will be directed away from the Website. A link to a third-party website or service does not mean that we endorse it or the quality or accuracy of information presented on it. If you decide to visit a third-party website or service, you are subject to its privacy practices and policies, not ours. This Website Privacy Policy does not apply to any personal information that you provide to these other websites and services.
Changes to this website privacy policy.
The “Effective Date” of this Website Privacy Policy is set forth at the top of this page. GCS may change this Website Privacy Policy from time to time to the extent permitted by applicable law. We will take appropriate measures to inform you of such changes, such as posting a notice about changes on the Website, or obtaining your consent if required by applicable law. If we make a material change to this Website Privacy Policy, we will notify you about that change by a notice on our Website. Please be aware that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, our use of your information is governed by the Website Privacy Policy in effect at the time we collect information from you. Please refer back to this Website Privacy Policy on a regular basis.
Questions?
If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].