Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: www.rockledgeassociates.com

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Contact Form

We retain the data from completing the contact form on the Site.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Analytics

Some information – such as IP address and/or browser and device characteristics – is collected automatically when you visit our Site. We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Site. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Site and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Site, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Security

In order to establish and maintain security for all users, we deploy a web application firewall on this website. It sits locally on our server and scans all traffic against an ever-changing set of security rules. In the event of a visit breaking one of these rules, the firewall shares the IP address and other non-personal data with it’s developer, Defiant, Inc. (Privacy Policy) so they can protect other people from malicious IP addresses. This data will usually stored for 90 days unless there is still malicious activity for that data in which case it is kept until no longer malicious.

Who we share your data with

We only share and disclose your information in the following situations:

Compliance with Laws.

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 and Legal Rights.

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.

With your Consent.

We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

How long we retain your data

We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless otherwise required by law.

If you complete a contact form, the content and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can reply to your interest in our services.

What rights you have over your data

If you have completed the contact form on this Site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Contact form content may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may email us at luis@rockledgeassociates.com.

How we protect your data

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, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Site, or visiting other websites linked to on the Site, is at your own risk. You should only access the services within a secure environment.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

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. While we do not disclose your information to third parties for direct marketing purposes, if you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please let Luis Buhler know you would like to have our mailing address provided to you, and then submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided.

Plugin: Smush

Smush sends images to the WPMU DEV servers to optimize them for web use. This includes the transfer of EXIF data. The EXIF data will either be stripped or returned as it is. It is not stored on the WPMU DEV servers.

Smush uses a third-party email service (Drip) to send informational emails to the site administrator. The administrator’s email address is sent to Drip and a cookie is set by the service. Only administrator information is collected by Drip.