Branding Company LLC Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Branding Company LLC (referred to in this Privacy Policy as “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), as the operator of the website brandingcompanyllc.com (the “Site”), and the services provided through the Site (the Site and these services constituting the “Service”), collects information when you access, visit or use the Service. It also explains how we use and disclose the information we collect from you, and your rights in relation to that information. By accessing, visiting or using the Service, you expressly consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. Please note that if you disagree with anything in this Privacy Policy, you must not use the Service.

1. Information Collected Through This Service

   1. Information You Directly and Voluntarily Provide to Us.If you are a visitor to the Service, we may collect information that you provide to us when you communicate with any of our departments.  If, for example, you want to sign up to participate in an event, join our mailing list, or use one of the tools offered through the Service, you may be required to provide certain information to us.  This information may include your first and last name, email address, zip code, and phone number. We will also collect information you elect to provide when you complete a survey or otherwise respond to questions through the Service.

   2. Information Automatically Collected Through the Service.We may automatically collect information about you when you use the Service. For example, if you access the Service through a computer, we will automatically collect information such as your browser type and version, computer and connection information, IP address and standard web log information. If you access the Service through a mobile device, we may also be able to identify the location of your mobile device. You may choose not to share your location details with us by adjusting your mobile device’s location services settings. For instructions on changing the relevant settings, please contact your service provider or device manufacturer.

      We may automatically collect information from you when you use the Service using “cookies” and other similar technologies, such as web beacons.  Cookies are small amounts of data that are stored within your computer’s Internet browser and that are accessed and recorded by the websites that you visit so that they can recognize the same browser navigating online at a later time.

      Information that may be collected by cookies when you use the Service may include, without limitation:

      • the pages you visit within the Service;
      • the date and time of your visit to the Service;
      • the amount of time you spend using the Service;
      • the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; and/or
      • your computer and connection information such as your browser type and version, operating system and platform.

      You can set your browser to reject cookies or to notify you when you are sent a cookie. However, if you disable cookies you may not be able to use certain features of the Service.  To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visitwww.allaboutcookies.org.

   3. Information Collected by Third Party Analytics Services.We may work with third party analytics services to help us understand how the Service is being used, such as tracking the frequency and duration of use of the Service.  We may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), to collect information about your use of the Service. Google and companies offering similar analytics services may use cookies to collect information about the content you view, what websites you visit immediately prior to and after visiting the Service, and your system information and geographic information.  The information generated by these cookies about your use of the Service will be transmitted to and stored by the applicable analytics services.  The information collected by these analytics services allows us to analyze your use of the Service.

2. Information You Share on Third Party Websites or through Social Media Services.The Service may include links to third party websites and social media services where you will be able to post comments, stories, reviews or other information.  Your use of these third party websites and social media services may result in the collection or sharing of information about you by these third party websites and social media services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and settings on the third party websites and social media services with which you interact to make sure you understand the information that may be collected, used, and shared by those third party websites and social media services.

3. Information Collected by Third Parties through Third Party Links and Content.The Service may include links to other websites and other content from third party businesses.  These third party businesses may use cookies, web beacons or other similar technology to collect information about you.  We do not have access to or control over these third parties or the cookies, web beacons or other technology that these third parties may use.  We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties or the content on any third party website.  You are encouraged to review the privacy policies of the different websites you visit and of the advertisers whose ads you may choose to click while using our Service (see the “Online Advertising; Tracking” section below for additional information about online advertising).

4. Information You Post on the Service. If you post information on public areas of the Service that information may be collected and used by the Company, other users of the Service, and the public generally.  We strongly recommend that you do not post any information through the Service that allows strangers to identify or locate you or that you otherwise do not want to share with the public.

5. How We Use the Information We Collect. We use the information we gather through the Service to contact and communicate with you, to respond to your communications, and to provide you with the information and services you have requested or signed up to receive. If you are a registered user, we may email you information that we believe may be of interest to you. If you wish to opt-out of receiving these emails from us, please follow the instructions contained in each email you receive from us which will allow you to opt-out of receiving further marketing emails from us.

6. Online Advertising Tracking. The Company and third party businesses may use the information collected through the Service using cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies to help manage online advertising programs.  This information may enable us, as well as third-party advertising services and other third-party businesses to track the actions of users online over time and across different web sites or platforms to measure statistics relating to marketing efforts, and to deliver electronic advertisements that may be more relevant to individual consumers and that will improve the consumer experience. For information about how tracking works for online advertising purposes, and what happens when you elect a do-not-track option, visithttp://www.aboutads.info/choices.  In addition, some third party businesses may provide a mechanism to opt-out of their technology.  For more information about the opt-out process, you may visit the Network Advertising Initiative website, available at:http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

   Do Not Track: Your browser may allow you to adjust your browser settings so that “do not track” requests are sent to the websites that you visit.  However, the Company will not disable tracking technology that may be active on the Service in response to any “do not track” requests that we receive from your browser.

7. How We Share Your Information with Third Parties.The Company shares your information with third parties in some circumstances, as follows:

   1. Employees, Third-Party Processors and Third-Party Service Providers. We will disclose your information to our employees, contractors, affiliates, distributors, vendors, suppliers and other service providers (“Service Providers”) who provide certain services to us or on our behalf, such as operating and supporting the Service, analyzing data, or performing marketing or consulting services. These Service Providers will only have access to the information needed to perform these limited functions on our behalf.

   2. Response to Subpoenas or Court Orders or to Protect Rights and to Comply with Our Policies. To the extent permitted by law, we will disclose your information to government authorities or third parties if: (i) required to do so by law, or in response to a subpoena or court order; (ii) we believe in our sole discretion that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect against fraud, to protect the property or other rights of us or other users, third parties or the public at large; or (iii) we believe that you have abused the Service by using it to attack other systems or to gain unauthorized access to any other system, to engage in spamming or otherwise to violate applicable laws. You should be aware that, following disclosure to any third party, your information may be accessible by others to the extent permitted or required by applicable law.

   3. Business Transfers; Bankruptcy

      In the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of our assets, any user information owned or controlled by us may be one of the assets transferred to third parties. We reserve the right, as part of this type of transaction, to transfer or assign your information and other information we have collected from users of the Service to third parties.  Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred user information will be subject to this Privacy Policy.  However, any information you submit or that is collected after this type of transfer may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by the successor entity.

8. Aggregate Information. We may share information relating to users of the Service with affiliated or unaffiliated third parties on an anonymous, aggregate basis. While this information will not identify you personally, in some instances these third parties may be able to combine this aggregate information with other data they have about you, or that they receive from third parties, in a manner that allows them to identify you personally.

9. Our Affiliates. We may share some or all of your information with our parent company, subsidiaries and corporate affiliates, joint venturers, or other companies under common control with us.  We may permit these entities to use your information for their own marketing purposes. If you would like us to stop providing your information to our affiliates for their own marketing purposes, you may opt-out by emailing us at dan@brandingcompanyllc.com.

10. Third Party Marketing Partners We may, from time to time, share the information you provide to us with selected third party marketing partners that we collaborate with in connection with surveys or promotions, or that we otherwise believe offer products or services that may be of interest to you.