This Privacy Statement (i) describes how we collect, use, protect, share, and transfer your personal data; and (ii) describes your rights and choices regarding your personal data, and how to exercise those rights with Guiding Light.
This Privacy Statement applies to personal data we collect when you visit this website and our other websites and mobile apps that we operate and that reference this Privacy Statement (collectively, the “Site” or “Website”). We may also collect information from you in other ways, including information collected during technical support contacts, on registration forms, in person (e.g., business cards), and from third parties. If we provide a separate or supplemental notice when we collect personal data from you, that notice will control to the extent of any conflict.
As used in this statement, "personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual and is intended to include all data defined as "personal data" under the GDPR.
When you visit this website, the following data is automatically stored in a log file on the web server (computer that delivers this website):
The data collected is kept for 30 days so that it can be viewed in the event of operational disruptions or unlawful use.
No personal data is collected and stored. We use these technically necessary cookies for the operation of the website:
The information we may collect about you with your consent includes:
We collect this information in several ways:
Personal data or other data collected online may also be combined with information you provide to us through other sources such as product registration, call centers, or in conjunction with events such as trade shows, training seminars, contests and promotions, and conferences. Where permitted by applicable law, other information gathered from social media platforms and other published sources may be added to the data you provide.
We will only collect the information that we deem necessary for the purposes listed below. As a result, we may not be able to address a request or provide a product or a service if we are missing some of this information.
We may use your personal data in the following ways:
In addition, we analyze our web services such as browser session page views, registrations, demos, downloads, and email responses in aggregate and sometimes at the individual level in order to improve the quality of those offerings and to better tailor our marketing to our customers' needs. We may also use statistical analysis to accomplish the purposes listed above, including to better understand your marketing preferences and tailor our offerings to you.
We may process your personal data for the above purposes when:
We are taking data privacy issues seriously and, in order to make our website available to you, have chosen Internex Web Services, one of the leading cloud services with the highest security standards. Your PII is stored on Interenex servers in Austria.
Our domain has an SSL certificate. This means that data transfer between the web server and browsers is encrypted on the basis of SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).
We will not sell, rent, lease, or disclose your personal data to others except as described in the Privacy Statement.
The GDPR provides you with certain rights regarding your personal data. A brief description of some of those rights follows:
Access, Correction, and Portability
You may reasonably access the personal data relating to you. You also have the right to request to correct incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal data. To the extent required by applicable law, you may request the transmission of the personal data you have provided to us to you or another company.
Objection
You may object to any uses or disclosures of your personal data that are not (i) required by law, (ii) necessary for the fulfillment of a contractual obligation or (iii) required to meet a legitimate need of Guiding Light. If you do object, we will work with you to find a reasonable accommodation.
Deletion
You may also request the deletion of your personal data, as permitted under applicable law. This may apply, for instance, where this information is outdated or the processing is no longer necessary or is unlawful; where you withdraw your consent to our processing based on such consent; or where we determine we should accommodate an objection you have raised to our processing. However, sometimes we may need to retain your personal data. For example, this may occur in situations in which we need to comply with our legal obligations, for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or in some cases, to fulfill the purposes for which your information was gathered.
Restriction of Processing
You may request that we restrict processing of your personal data while we are processing your request or complaint pertaining to (i) the accuracy of your personal data, (ii) the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data, or (iii) our legitimate interests in processing this information. You may also request that we restrict processing of your personal data if you wish to use the personal data for litigation purposes.
Withdraw your Consent
You may withdraw any consent you previously gave us regarding the processing of your personal data at any time. Such withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before your consent was withdrawn.
In addition, we offer you the choice of receiving different types of communication and information related to our organization, products, and services. You may subscribe to newsletters or other publications; you may also elect to receive marketing communications and other special offers from us via email. If at any time you would like to change your email communication preferences, we provide unsubscribe links and an opt-out mechanism for your convenience.
You may exercise these rights free of charge unless the request is unfounded or excessive, for instance because it is repetitive. In some situations, we may refuse to act or may impose limitations on your rights, as permitted by applicable law. Before we are able to provide you with any information or correct any inaccuracies, we may ask you to verify your identity and/or provide other details to help us respond to your request.
To exercise your rights, please contact us using the information provided below. In all cases, you have a right to file a complaint with a data protection authority in particular in the country of your habitual residence, your place of work or where you consider that your privacy rights have been infringed.
We take care to guard the security of your personal data. We apply appropriate physical, technical, and organizational measures that are reasonably designed to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, and against all other unlawful forms of processing. We maintain a comprehensive information security program that is proportionate to the risks associated with the processing. We use enhanced security measures when processing any sensitive information, such as by employing encryption technology when collecting or transferring credit card information. Credit card numbers are used only for processing payment and are not used for other purposes.
We keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Statement, to adhere to our policies, and for any period as legally required or permitted by applicable law.
Links to third-party websites from our Website are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave this site. We have not reviewed these third-party sites and do not control them. We do not assume responsibility for any of these sites, their content, or their privacy policies. we do not endorse or make any representations about them or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third-party sites linked to this site, you do so at your own risk and we invite you to read their privacy policies.
This data protection statement does not encompass the use of our website by children. We are aware of the importance of protecting information about children on the internet, as a result of which we do not record data about children in a targeted manner.
If there are updates to the terms of this Privacy Statement, we will post those changes here and update the revision date in this document so that you will always know what information we collect online, how we use it, and what choices you have. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to this Privacy Statement means you accept those changes.
For a German version or if you have any questions about our privacy policy and your rights, please contact contact@guidinglight.eu. Correspondence will be treated confidentially and deleted after an appropriate period of time.
Status: December 2022