Privacy Policy | High Caliber Contracting Inc.

Introduction

This Privacy Policy outlines the practices of High Caliber Contracting (“we”, “our”, “us”, or “the company”) with respect to information collected from users who share personal information with us or access our website at https://www.highcalibercontractinginc.com.

Who we are

High Caliber Contracting Inc. is a construction company located in Wedowee, AL, USA. We conduct business primarily in East Alabama and West Georgia. Our mailing address is P.O. Box 494, Wedowee, AL 36278-0494. We can be reached through the Contact form on this website, by email at [email protected], or by phone at (404) 450-1111.

Grounds for data collection

Processing of your personal information (meaning any information which may potentially allow your identification with reasonable means; hereinafter referred to as “Personal Information “) is necessary for providing you with our services, to protect our legitimate interests, and for compliance with legal and financial regulatory obligations to which we are subject.

When you use our website, you consent to the collection, storage, disclosure and other uses of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy, as well as the Terms of Use of our website. We encourage our users to carefully read the Privacy Policy and use it to make informed decisions.

What information do we collect?

We collect two types of data and information from users.

The first type of information is un-identified and non-identifiable information pertaining to users, which may be made available or gathered via your use of our website (“Non-personal Information”). We are not aware of the identity of a user from which the Non-personal Information was collected. Non-personal Information which is being collected may include your aggregated usage information and technical information transmitted by your device, including certain software and hardware information (e.g. the type of browser and operating system your device uses, language preference, access date and time, etc.) in order to enhance the functionality of our website. We may also collect information on your activity on our website (e.g. pages viewed, online browsing, clicks, actions, etc.).

The second type of information (“Personal Information”) which is individually identifiable information, namely information that identifies an individual or may with reasonable effort identify an individual. Such information includes

Device Information: We collect Personal Information from your device. Such information includes geolocation data, IP address, unique identifiers (e.g. MAC address and UUID) and other information which relates to your activity while interacting with our website.

Information Provided Through Web Forms or Email: When you contact High Caliber Contracting via our “contact us” page or via email, we collect your full name; e-mail or physical address, and other information provided in the form or email.

How do we receive information about you?

We receive your Personal Information from various sources:

When you use or access our website in connection with your use of our services
From third party providers, services, and public registers (for example, traffic analytics vendors)
When you voluntarily provide us your personal details when emailing us or using our “Contact Us” web form

Cookies

We and our trusted partners use cookies and other technologies in our related services, including when you visit our website.

A “cookie” is a small piece of information that a website assigns to your device while you are viewing a website. Cookies are very helpful and can be used for various different purposes. These purposes include allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, enable automatic activation of certain features, remembering your preferences and making the interaction between you and our website quicker and easier. Cookies are also used to help ensure that the advertisements you see are relevant to you and your interests and to compile statistical data on your use of our website.

The High Caliber Contracting website uses the following types of cookies:

a. ‘Session cookies’ which are stored only temporarily during a browsing session in order to allow normal use of the system and are deleted from your device when the browser is closed.

b. ‘Third party cookies’ which are set by other online services who run content on the page you are viewing, for example by third party analytics companies who monitor and analyze our web access.

Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you, but Personal Information that we store about you may be linked, by us, to the information stored in and obtained from cookies. You may remove the cookies by following the instructions of your device preferences; however, if you choose to disable cookies, some features of our website may not operate properly and your online experience may be limited.

We also use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about your use of the Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users access our website, what pages they visit when they do so, etc. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our website and the services we offer. Google Analytics collects the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit sites, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.

What do we do with the information we collect?

We do not rent, sell, or share Users’ information with third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy. We may use the information for the following:

To communicate with you by sending you notices regarding our services, providing you with technical information, and responding to any customer service issue you may have
To keep you informed of our latest updates and services;
To serve you advertisements when you use our website (see more under “Advertisements”)
To market our website, products, and services (see more under “Marketing”)
To conduct statistical and analytical purposes, intended to improve the Site

In addition to the different uses listed above, we may transfer or disclose Personal Information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies and subcontractors.

In addition to the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy, we may share Personal Information with our trusted third party providers, who may be located in different jurisdictions across the world, for any of the following purposes:

Hosting and operating our website
Providing you with our services, including providing a personalized display of our website
Storing and processing such information on our behalf
Serving you with advertisements and assisting us in evaluating the success of our advertising campaigns and help us retarget any of our users
Providing you with marketing offers and promotional materials related to our website, products and services
Performing research, technical diagnostics or analytics related to operation of our website

We may also disclose information if we have good faith to believe that disclosure of such information is helpful or reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (ii) enforce our policies, including investigations of potential violations thereof; (iii) investigate, detect, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or other wrongdoing, suspected fraud or security issues; (iv) to establish or exercise our rights to defend against legal claims; (v) prevent harm to the rights, property or safety of us, our users, yourself or any third party; or (vi) for the purpose of collaborating with law enforcement agencies and/or in case we find it necessary in order to enforce intellectual property or other legal rights.

Third-party collection of information

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of companies that we do not own or control, or to individuals whom we do not employ or manage, including any of the third parties which we may disclose information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How do we safeguard your Personal Information?

We take great care in implementing and maintaining the security of the website and your information. We employ industry standard procedures and policies to ensure the safety of the information we collect and retain, and prevent unauthorized use of any such information, and we require any third party to comply with similar security requirements, in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Although we take reasonable steps to safeguard information, we cannot be responsible for the acts of those who gain unauthorized access or abuse our website, and we make no warranty, express, implied or otherwise, that we will prevent such access.

Retention of Personal Information

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. Retention periods will be determined taking into account the type of information that is collected and the purpose for which it is collected, bearing in mind the requirements applicable to the situation and the need to destroy outdated, unused information at the earliest reasonable time. Under applicable regulations, we will keep records containing client personal data, communications and anything else as required by applicable laws and regulations.

We may rectify, replenish or remove incomplete or inaccurate information, at any time and at our own discretion.

What rights you have over your Personal Information

You may request to:

Receive confirmation as to whether or not personal information concerning you is being processed, and access your stored personal information, together with supplementary information
Receive a copy of personal information you directly volunteer to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format
Request rectification of your personal information that is in our control
Request erasure of your personal information
Object to the processing of personal information by us
Request to restrict processing of your personal information by us
Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

However, please note that these rights are not absolute, and may be subject to our own legitimate interests and regulatory requirements.

If you wish to exercise any of the aforementioned rights, or receive more information, please contact us at [email protected].

We may use a third-party advertising technology to serve advertisements when you access our website. This technology uses your information with regards to your use of our website to serve advertisements to you (e.g., by placing third-party cookies on your web browser).

You may opt-out of many third-party ad networks, including those operated by members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”). For more information about this practice by NAI and DAA members, and your choices regarding having this information used by these companies, including how to opt-out of third-party ad networks operated by NAI and DAA members, please visit their respective websites: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/#!/ and http://optout.aboutads.info/#!/.

Marketing

We may use your Personal Information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, etc. ourselves or by using our third party subcontractors for the purpose of providing you with promotional materials concerning our services, which we believe may interest you.

We may also use any reviews of our business submitted by you to social media outlets and business platforms such as Facebook and Google Business as part of our marketing efforts.

Out of respect to your right to privacy, we provide you within such marketing materials with means to decline receiving further marketing offers from us. If you unsubscribe we will remove your email address or telephone number from our marketing distribution lists.

Please note that even if you have unsubscribed from receiving marketing emails from us, we may send you other types of important e-mail communications without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them. These may include customer service announcements or administrative notices regarding services we provide.

Minors and children’s privacy

We understand the importance of protecting children’s privacy, especially in an online environment. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from minors. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, he or she should contact us at [email protected] for further assistance.

Updates or amendments to our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to periodically amend or revise our Privacy Policy; material changes will be effective immediately upon the display of the revised Privacy Policy at our website. The last revision will be reflected in the “Last update of this Privacy Policy” section found below. Your continued use of our website, following the notification of such amendments on our website, constitutes your acknowledgment and consent of such amendments to the Privacy Policy and your agreement to be bound by the terms of such amendments.

Last update of our Privacy Policy

January 28, 2022.