Privacy Policy

iON Consulting > Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 16, 2023

Who we are

iON Consulting websites refer to sites hosted on the ionconsulting.llc and other related domains and subdomains thereof. This privacy policy describes how iON Consulting uses and protects any information you give us. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. If you provide us with personal information through ionconsulting.llc, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Website visitors

Like most website operators, iON Consulting collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. iON Consulting’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how iON Consulting’s visitors use its website. From time to time, iON Consulting may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

iON Consulting also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. iON Consulting does not use IP addresses to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.

Gathering of personally-identifying information

Certain visitors to iON Consulting choose to interact with iON Consulting in ways that require iON Consulting to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that iON Consulting gathers depends on the nature of the interaction.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on iON Consulting we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help prevent spam.

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/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to iON Consulting, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Purpose of collection

In each case, iON Consulting  collects such information only  as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with iON Consulting. iON Consulting does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities, like receiving a follow-up based on contact information provided. 

All of the information that is collected on iON Consulting will be handled in accordance with GDPR legislation.

Protection of certain personally-identifying information

iON Consulting discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of administrators, employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on iON Consulting’s behalf or to provide services available through iON Consulting, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using iON Consulting, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.

iON Consulting will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to administrators, employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, iON Consulting discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, if you give permission to have your information shared, or when iON Consulting believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of iON Consulting, third parties, or the public at large.

If you are a registered user of a iON Consulting website and have supplied your email address, iON Consulting may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with iON Consulting and our services. We primarily use our blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum.

If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. iON Consulting takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Use of personal information

We will not use the information you provide when you register for an account, attend our events, receive newsletters, or use certain other services in any other way.

We will not sell or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

We would like to send you email marketing communication which may be of interest to you from time to time. If you have consented to marketing, you may opt out later.

You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email.

Legal grounds for processing personal information

We rely on one or more of the following processing conditions:

  • our legitimate interests in the effective delivery of information and services to you;
  • explicit consent that you have given;
  • legal obligations.

Access to data

You have the right to request a copy of the information we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all your personal information, please follow the instructions at the end of this section.

iON Consulting user accounts can be edited by following these steps:

  1. Visit https://www.ionconsulting.llc, and enter your username and password.
  2. Click the “Edit” link next to your username.

If you would like to request access to your account data, please follow these steps:

  1. Visit https://www.ionconsulting.llc/privacy-data-export-request/.
  2. Enter your email address.
  3. Click “Accept Declaration and Request Export”.

Note: If you have an ionconsulting.llc account, it’s recommended you log in before submitting to associate your account with the request.

Retention of personal information

We will retain your personal information on our systems only for as long as we need to and the programs that support iON Consulting. We keep contact information (such as mailing list information) until a user unsubscribes or requests that we delete that information from our live systems. If you choose to unsubscribe from a mailing list, we may keep certain limited information about you so that we may honor your request.

iON Consulting will not delete personal data from logs or records necessary to the operation, development, or archives of the iON Consulting website.

When deletion is requested or otherwise required, we will anonymize the data of data subjects and/or remove their information from publicly accessible sites if the deletion of data would break essential systems or damage the logs or records necessary to the operation, development, or archival records of the WordPress open source project.

If you would like to request deletion of your account and associated data, please follow these steps:

  1. Visit https://www.ionconsulting.llc/privacy-data-erasure-request/.
  2. Enter your email address.
  3. Click “Accept Declaration and Request Permanent Account Deletion”.

Note: If you have an iON Consulting account, it’s recommended you log in before submitting to associate your account with the request.

Rights in relation to your information

You may have certain rights under data protection law in relation to the personal information we hold about you. In particular, you may have a right to:

  • request a copy of personal information we hold about you;
  • ask that we update the personal information we hold about you, or independently correct such personal information that you think is incorrect or incomplete;
  • ask that we delete personal information that we hold about you from live systems, or restrict the way in which we use such personal information (for information on deletion from archives, see the “Retention of personal information” section);
  • object to our processing of your personal information; and/or
  • withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information (to the extent such processing is based on consent and consent is the only permissible basis for processing).

If you would like to exercise these rights or understand if these rights apply to you, please follow the instructions at the end of this Privacy statement.

Embedded content from other websites and Third party links

Our website may contain links to other websites provided by third parties not under our control. When following a link and providing information to a 3rd-party website, please be aware that we are not responsible for the data provided to that third party. This privacy policy only applies to the websites listed at the beginning of this document, so when you visit other websites, even when you click on a link posted on iON Consulting, you should read their own privacy policies.

Content on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

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.

Aggregated statistics

iON Consulting may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, iON Consulting may reveal how many times a web page was visited or report on which pages are the most popular, based on data gathered by Google Analytics, a web service used by iON Consulting to analyze visitor behaviors. However, iON Consulting does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described in this policy.

Cookies

Additionally, information about how you use our website is collected automatically using “cookies”. Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity.

Please see our cookie policy for more information about what cookies are collected on iON Consulting.

Privacy policy changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, iON Consulting may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at iON Consulting’s sole discretion. iON Consulting encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Contact

Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or information we hold about you by emailing info@ionconsulting.llc