Privacy Policy
Last Changes to Privacy Policy: February 18th, 2023
We are strongly committed to letting you know how we will collect and use your personal information. The policies below are applicable to data and information collected on the website and all email newsletters published or distributed by Us; We have established this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to let you know the kinds of personal information we may gather during your use of this Website, why we gather your information, what we use your personal information for, when we might disclose your personal information, and how you can manage your personal information.
Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy apply only to information gathered online through our Website. It does not apply to information that you may submit to us offline or by companies or organizations to which we may link or who may link to us.
We reserve the right to modify or amend the terms of our Privacy Policy from time to time without notice. If we intend to apply the modifications or amendments to this Privacy Policy retroactively or to personal information already in our possession, we will provide you with notice of the modifications or amendments.
Information Collected
We collect two basic types of information from you in conjunction with your use of the Website, personal information and non-personal information. Personal information is information that you may supply to us, as described more fully below, i.e., when you obtain a subscription, complete a survey, register on the Website, upload content, participate in a community, or provide your email address into any of our blogs. Personal information is any information that can individually identify you and includes, among other things, your name, e-mail address, telephone number, postal address, credit card, billing and contact information. Non-personal information includes information that does not personally identify you, but it may include tracking and usage information about your location, demographics, use of the Website and the Internet.
Personal Information
As a general matter, you can browse the Website without submitting your personal information to us. However, there are a number of circumstances in which you may supply us or our agents with your personal information. The following lists the most common ways in which we may collect your personal information.
- Registration to connect with us
- Downloading our marketing collaterals from the Website
- Submitting an application to work at La Meer Inc.
- Sign up to receive alerts or other information via email, text or instant message from La Meer Inc.
- Request for sales calls, customer service, support requests or other assistance
- Website related communications, e.g. account verification; technical notification
- Participation in communities, commenting to blog entries and participation in other forums
- Any other place on the Website where you knowingly volunteer personal information
Non-Personal Information
- In addition, when you interact with the Website, we may collect certain information that does not identify you individually and our servers may automatically keep an activity log of your use of our Website (“Non-Personal Information”). Generally, we collect and store the following categories of Non-Personal Information:
- Non-identifiable demographic data such as age, gender, and five digit zip code as part of collecting personal information
- Device information about your computer, browser, mobile device, or other device that you use to access the Website. This information may include IP address, geolocation information, unique device identifiers, browser type, browser language, and other transactional information.
- Analytics and usage information about your use of the Website.
- Additional “traffic data” and log files such as time of access, date of access, software crash reports, session identification number, access times, and referring website addresses.
- Other information regarding your use of the Website.
- We may also gather and use information about you from publicly available third-party sources.
Tracking and Targeting
We may allow service providers and other third parties to use cookies and other tracking technologies to track your browsing activity over time and across the Website, Services and third party websites. For example, we may partner with third party advertisers to display advertising on the Website or manage our advertising on other sites. These advertisers may also provide you targeted ads based upon your interests on third party sites. We also use third party website analytics services that help us analyze users’ interactions with the Website. Some advertising networks allow you to opt out of targeted advertising. For more information, visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
See our Cookies and Similar Technologies Notice for more information about how the third party analytics, advertising and social media companies use cookies and similar technologies to collect your information when you use the Website or Services.
The Website will respect your browser’s Do Not Track signals (or other well-established, commercially available mechanisms that provide you with the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of Personal Information). If we receive a Do Not Track notice, we will stop using any Personal Information for online behavioral advertising purposes. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.
In some of our communications, we track clicks on links in the communications to content on the Website and in the Services to help us measure the effectiveness of our communications.
How Do We Use Your Information?
We use your personal information and other non-personal information, such as your location information, to reach back to you when you connect with us. We may use your Personal and Non-Personal Information in the following ways:
To provide the Services
We use your personal information to provide, support, understand and improve the Services. As part of providing the Services we may send you service announcements, technical notices, updates, security alerts and support-related messages related to your account or transactions with us, through the Services or by email. We may also communicate with you in response to your support requests, questions, feedback or comments to a blog post, or to provide you with information about our policies.
To personalize the Services
We use the information we collect to personalize content and experiences on our Website, to better understand your interests, make personalized recommendations based on your interests or information and otherwise personalize your experience with the Services.
To send you marketing communications
If you use the Services, request information from us, or participate in our surveys, promotions or events, we may send you John Elliott-related marketing communications. You can always opt out of these communications by following the opt-out instructions in the message or by contacting us.
To create anonymous data
We may create aggregate and other anonymous data from our users’ personal information. We make personal information into anonymous data by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this anonymous data and share it with third parties to operate, understand and improve our Services, to develop new services, and for other lawful business purposes.
For security, compliance, fraud prevention and safety
We may use your personal information as we believe appropriate to investigate or prevent violation of the law or our Terms of Service; to secure the Services; to protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property; and to protect, investigate and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity. For example, we may use tools to scan your videos and other content in the Services for content that violates our Terms of Service or the law. We may also use information we collect about your device to detect users violating our Terms of Service and prevent further violations.
For compliance with law; legal claims
We may use your personal information as we believe appropriate (a) to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities; (b) where permitted by law in connection with any legal investigation; and (c) to prosecute or defend legal claims.
With your consent
In some cases we may ask for your consent to collect, use or share your personal information with your consent.We use the information from one portion of the Website on other portions of the Website or elsewhere in our network of websites, apps, and other interactive features, or in reports and analysis, all of which are owned and operated by DataRobot, and we may combine information gathered from multiple portions of the Website into a single customer record or analysis or report. We also use and/or combine information that we collect off-line or we collect or receive from third party sources to enhance, expand, and check the accuracy of your customer records.
How We Share Your Personal Information?
We do not disclose information about your Personal Information collected online to any companies not part of La Meer Inc. or its parent, subsidiaries or related entities. In no event will we sell or rent your Personal Information as part of a customer list or similar transaction.
Affiliates
We may share some or all of your personal information with our subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control, in which case we will require those entities to honor this Privacy Policy.
Business Partners and Third Parties
We may share your Personal Information with our business partners from time to time. You may withdraw your consent to our sharing of your Personal Information with business partners and third parties at any time by following the opt-out process described below.
Third-Party Agents
We have third party agents, subsidiaries and partners that perform functions on our behalf, such as hosting, billing, push notifications, storage, bandwidth, content management tools, analytics, customer service, fraud protection, etc. These entities have access to the Personal Information needed to perform their functions and are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of that Personal Information. They are restricted from using, selling, distributing or altering this data in any way other than to provide the requested services to the Website.
For compliance with law; legal claims; security, compliance, fraud prevention and safety
We may also use or disclose Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to applicable law or comply with legal process served on us or the Website; (b) protect and defend our rights or property, the Website or our users, and (c) act under emergency circumstances to protect the personal safety of us, our affiliates, agents, or the users of the Website or the public. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection.
Business transfers
We may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of our business or assets, including your personal information, in connection with a business deal (or potential business deal) such as a merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy.
What Steps Are Taken To Keep Personal Information Secure?
We are concerned about ensuring the security of your Personal Information. We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your information from your device to our servers. Personal Information collected by our Website are stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public. Our security procedures mean that we may occasionally request proof of identity before we disclose your Personal Information to you. Please understand, however, that while we try our best to safeguard your Personal Information once we receive it, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
How Can We Transfer Your Personal Information?
La Meer Inc. is headquartered in the United States and has operations in UK, Europe, Canada and other countries. Your personal information and other information collected through the Website and Services may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which La Meer Inc., its Clients, Affiliates or service providers maintain facilities. La Meer Inc. its Clients, Affiliates, or service providers may transfer information that we collect about you, including personal information across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. If you are located in the United States or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from US law, please note that we may transfer information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction. By registering for and using the Website you consent to the transfer of information to the US or to any other country in which La Meer Inc., its Clients, Affiliates or service providers maintain facilities and the use and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy. If you are in the European Economic Area or Switzerland, please see the Cross-Border Data Transfer language below.
Cross-Border Data Transfer
If we transfer your personal information out of the European Economic Area or Switzerland and are required to apply additional safeguards to your personal information under European data protection legislation, we will do so. Such safeguards may include applying the European Commission Model contracts for the transfer of personal data to third countries described here (https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-transfers-outside-eu/model-contracts-transfer-personal-data-third-countries_en#international-data-transfers-using-model-contracts), or for transfers to third parties in the United States, ensuring they participate in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework or Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. Please contact us for further information about any such transfers or the specific safeguards applied.
How Long Do We Keep Your Information?
Following termination or deactivation of your account, La Meer Inc., its Clients, Affiliates, or its service providers may retain information (including your profile information) and user Content for a commercially reasonable time for backup, archival, and/or audit purposes. If you have any questions about termination or deactivation of your account, please contact us directly at privacy@lameerinc.com.
Social Media Widgets
Our Service may include social media features, such as the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr widgets. These features may collect your personal information and track your use of the Service. These social media features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly in the Service. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing such functionality.
What Happens When I Link To or From Another Website?
This Website may link or integrate with other websites and services operated by third parties, including social media platforms, advertising services and other websites and applications. These links and integrations are not endorsements of, or representations that we are affiliated with any third party. Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy for La Meer Inc. do not apply to information gathered through these other websites. We do not control the third party websites, applications, or services and we are not responsible for the actions and privacy policies of third parties and other websites. Third party websites and services follow different rules regarding their collection, use and sharing of your personal information and we encourage you to read their privacy policies to learn more.
User Generated Content
We may make available on the Website or in the Services, or link to, features that allow you to share information online (e.g., on message boards, in chat areas, in file uploads, through events, etc.). Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online, that information becomes public and can be collected and used by others. We have no control over, and take no responsibility for, the use, storage or dissemination of such publicly-disclosed personal information. By posting personal information online in public forums, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties.
Children
The Services are not directed to anyone under the age of 16. A parent or guardian who becomes aware that his or her child under the age of 16 has used the Services may contact us at legal@lameerinc.com and we will attempt to delete the child’s personal information as soon as possible.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
As our Website continues to develop, we may add new services and features to our Website. In the event that these additions affect our Privacy Policy, this document will be updated appropriately. We will post those changes prominently so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone. We do, however, recommend that you read this Privacy Policy each time you use our Website in case you missed our notice of changes to the Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or don’t see your concerns addressed here, you should contact us by email at privacy@lameerinc.com
How Do I Opt-Out or Correct Information About Me
You may always opt-out of receiving future e-mail messages and newsletters from La Meer Inc. We provide you with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us by going into your profile settings and choosing the appropriate options. To opt-out, you can also send us a message at privacy@lameerinc.com. Please note, however, that you generally cannot opt-out of service related announcements, e.g. if the Website is temporarily suspended or if delivery of a product or service is delayed.
Cookies and Similar Technologies Notice
Last Updated: February 12, 2019
Cookies are small data files stored in your browser by a website. They transmit information about your use of the site to its operator or to third parties that placed the cookie. Some cookies are “session cookies” that expire when you close your browser, and others are “persistent cookies” that stay on your computer or mobile device until you delete them.
Our sites and applications use both session and persistent cookies to enable you to sign in and use our sites and applications, store your preferences and settings within them; analyze how they perform, personalize your experience with them, provide interest-based advertising, facilitate social media interaction and for other lawful purposes. We may also use other similar technologies for these purposes, such as web pixels that track browsing activity, social media widgets that facilitate interaction with social media platforms and unique device identifiers. In some cases, these cookies and similar technologies are used by third parties.
The cookies and similar technologies used in our sites are as follows:
| Type | Description | Third Party |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Essential to provide you with services available through our sites and to enable you to use some of their features. We cannot provide the services our users request without them. | None |
| Functionality | Allow our sites to remember the choices you make when you use our sites. Intended to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-select your preferences every time you visit our sites. | Marketo, Hubspot – personalization and forms Google Tag Manager |
| Authentication | Allow you to log into our sites by using your Google or Facebook account credentials. | None |
| Analytics | Collect information about traffic to our sites, and how our users use them, such as the number of visitors, the websites that referred them, the pages they visited, what time of day they visited, whether they have visited before, what features they used and other similar information. We use this information to help operate and improve our sites. |
Google Analytics. Learn more information about Google Analytics cookies here and about how Google protects your data here. You can prevent the use of Google Analytics relating to your use of our sites by downloading and installing the browser plugin available here. VWO for A/B testing and behavior |
| Advertising | Used by advertising companies to collect information about how you use our sites and other sites and applications over time. These companies use this information to show you ads they believe will be relevant to you within our sites and elsewhere, and to measure how the ads perform. | Facebook Tracking Pixel LinkedIn Tracking Pixel Demandbase |
| Social Media | Used by social media widgets that enable “like” buttons and allow you to share content within our sites and applications on social media. Your social media platform may be able to link information or actions about your interactions with our sites and applications to your account with them. |
LinkedIn Please see your social media platform’s privacy policies for more details. |
Disabling cookies. Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your computer or mobile device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. If you do not accept our cookies, you may experience some inconvenience on our sites. For example, you may not be able to store preferences in our sites. If you disable cookies, certain features of our website may not work.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers of La Meer Inc. who are California residents to request certain information regarding its disclosure of their personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to privacy@lameerinc.com.
For more information about targeting and advertising cookies and how you can opt out, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or http://youronlinechoices.eu.
For more information about how we collect, use and share your personal information, see our Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield Notice
Effective as of February 12, 2019.
La Meer Inc. (“La Meer Inc.” or “we”, “us” or “our”) complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal data transferred to it in the United States from the European Economic Area (“EEA”) or Switzerland, respectively. We have certified to the Department of Commerce that we adhere to the Privacy Shield Principles. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, the Privacy Shield Principles and to view our certification, please visit www.privacyshield.gov.
Scope. Our certification of adherence to the Privacy Shield Principles applies to the personal data that (a) we collect from our customers and other visitors to our website for account management, billing or marketing purposes (“La Meer Inc. User Data”), (b) that we process on behalf of our customers in providing online services to them under a service agreement (“Services Data”) and (c) we collect about our employees (past or present) collected in the context of the employment relationship (“HR Data”). La Meer Inc. commits to cooperate with the panel established by the EU data protection authorities (DPAs) and comply with the advice given by the panel with regard to HR Data transferred from the EU in the context of the employment relationship. Please contact us to be directed to the relevant DPA contacts.
Data processed. The La Meer Inc. User Data that we collect, use and share is described in our Privacy Policy. While our customers decide what Services Data to submit, it typically includes information about their own users and how they use the customer’s sites, applications and services and third party applications. We process Services Data as instructed by our customers and do not own or control Services Data.
Purposes of data processing. We collect, use and share La Meer Inc. User Data for the purposes described in our Privacy Policy. We process Services Data for the purpose of providing our online services to our customers, which may include accessing and processing the data to provide the services, to correct and address technical or service problems, to follow instructions of the customer who submitted the data, or in response to contractual requirements.
Inquiries and complaints. If you believe La Meer Inc. maintains your personal data within the scope of our Privacy Shield certification, you may direct any inquiries or complaints concerning our Privacy Shield compliance to legal@lameerinc.com. If you are located in the EEA or Switzerland and have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact the JAMS Privacy Shield Program, our U.S.-based third party dispute resolution provider (free of charge), which you can learn more about by visiting https://www.jamsadr.com/eu-us-privacy-shield.
Arbitration. If you are located in the EEA or Switzerland and neither La Meer Inc. nor our dispute resolution provider resolves your complaint, you may be entitled to invoke binding arbitration under certain conditions more fully described on the Privacy Shield website.
Third parties who may receive personal data. We share La Meer Inc. User Data with third parties as described in our Privacy Policy. We may share Services Data with third parties under the following circumstances and only in accordance with the applicable customer agreements:
- Affiliates. We may disclose Services Data to our subsidiaries and corporate affiliates for use consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Service Providers. We may employ third party companies and individuals to administer and provide the Services on our behalf (such as customer support, hosting, website analytics, email delivery, database management services). La Meer Inc. maintains contracts with these service providers restricting their access, use and disclosure of personal data in compliance with our Privacy Shield obligations, including the onward transfer provisions, and we may be liable if they fail to meet those obligations and we are responsible for the event giving rise to damage. - Legal requirements. We may disclose Services Data if required to do so by law in order to (for example) respond to a subpoena or request from law enforcement, a court or a government agency, or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary (a) to comply with a legal obligation, (b) to protect or defend our rights, interests or property or that of third parties, (c) to prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the services, (d) to act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of customers, their users or the public; or (e) to protect against legal liability.
- Business Transfers. As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, Services Data may be part of the transferred assets.
In addition, we may be required to disclose any personal data that we process in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
Your rights to access, to limit use, and to limit disclosure. Individuals in the EEA and Switzerland have rights to access personal data about them, and to limit use and disclosure of their personal data. With our Privacy Shield self-certification, we have committed to respect those rights. We process Services Data only on behalf of our customers in accordance with their instructions. This means that if you wish to access Services Data and request that we correct, amend or delete it if it is inaccurate or processed in violation of Privacy Shield, you should contact that customer with your request. We will then help them to fulfill that request in accordance with their instructions.
If your personal data includes La Meer Inc. Personal Data, you can request access to that data and request that we correct amend, or delete it if it is inaccurate or processed in violation of Privacy Shield by emailing your request to legal@lameerinc.com. We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and process your request. Applicable law may require or permit us to decline your request. If we decline your request, we will tell you why, subject to legal restrictions.
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Enforcement. La Meer Inc.’s commitments under the Privacy Shield are subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
If there is any conflict between the terms in this Privacy Shield Notice and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall take precedence.