Guardian Enterprises LLC (“Guardian,” “us,” “we,” or “our”) operates the www.guardianaudits.com website, applications and social media sites to provide products and services offered by Guardian Audits (hereinafter referred to as “Service”). Our Privacy Policy governs your visit to https://guardianaudits.com and your use of the Service, and explains how we collect, use and disclose information that results from your use of our Service. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection, use and sharing of your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service.
“Personal Data” means (a) any information, in any form, that identifies, or in combination with other information may identify, an individual, and (b) any information which would qualify as “personally identifying information,” “personal data,” or “personal information” under applicable privacy laws.
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you, as further detailed below.
Personal Data & Information You Provide to Us While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with Personal Data. Personal Data may include, but is not limited to: Account Information, such as email address, first name and last name, company name and company business address; User Uploaded Content; and Usage Data. We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you regarding the Services or other Guardian Audits products and services. We will only send you such marketing communications if you opt-in to receiving them. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send, or by contacting us directly at audits@guardianaudits.com. User Uploaded Content In connection with using our Services, you may upload content (“User Uploaded Content”). User Uploaded Content may include content containing Personal Data. Additionally, any User Uploaded Content may include metadata related to the content. This metadata may also contain Personal Data. By uploading User Uploaded Content, you permit us to collect, process and store your User Uploaded Content. You can delete the User Upload Content from your account at any time. Other Information You Submit You may submit Personal Data to us for limited purposes, such as requesting customer support, providing feedback on our Service, or signing up to receive communications from us. Usage Data We may also automatically collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or when you access Service by or through a mobile device including information about when and how you visit and interact with the Services, what webpages you accessed, and your interaction with website features (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. When you access Service with a mobile device, this Usage Data may include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. Where you access the Services and log in from multiple devices, we will be able to use your account information to identify your activity across devices. Tracking Cookies Data We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information. We use cookies and other technologies to passively collect demographic information, personalize your experience on our site and monitor advertisements and other activities. We may link cookie information to Personal Data to track pages you have viewed; to customize your experience, ads, content or offers of our Services; to conduct market research and measurement in order to improve our Services and to make our Services more useful for users. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service. Most browsers are automatically set to accept cookies whenever you visit a website. You can disable cookies or set your browser to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you are based in Europe, visit www.youronlinechoices.eu for more details about advertising cookies and their management. If you are in the US, refer to www.aboutads.info/choices/. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies to enable/disable cookies. Disabling cookies that are necessary for website’s proper operation may result in the web page not loading, or not operating as expected. Disabling cookies that remember your preferences or analytics, will prohibit us from providing you with relevant information. If you disable all cookies (including the essential ones), then you won’t be able to access all parts of our website. Examples of Cookies we use: Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our Service. Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings. Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes. Advertising Cookies: Advertising Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests. Data We Collect During Email Scanning and Review As a condition of using our Service and as stated in our Terms of Service, we will engage in the automatic scanning or crawling of your emails to ensure that your emails do not contain spam or malicious links. Additionally, in certain instances, including if an email is flagged during our automated scanning/crawling review, we will conduct a manual review of your emails to ensure that the emails do not contain spam or malicious links, fraudulent or prohibited content (as defined in our Terms of Service), or do not contain content that would threaten the safety of another person. During the automated scanning/crawling or the manual review process, we may collect Personal Data, to the extent it is contained in the content of the scanned or review emails. Such Personal Data is stored or used by us only to the extent necessary to determine if an email’s content contains spam, prohibited or fraudulent content, or threatens the safety of others.
Guardian uses the collected data for various purposes: To verify your identity when you access your account or Services. To provide, maintain and improve our Service. To notify you about changes to our Service. To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so. To provide customer support. To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service. To customize your user experience. To monitor the usage of our Service. To detect, prevent and address technical issues. To detect, investigate and prevent security threats or incidents. To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it. To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection. To provide you with notices about your account and/or subscription, including expiration and renewal notices, email-instructions, etc.