Protecting your private information is our priority.
This Statement of Privacy governs data collection and usage and applies to www.sharpdecisions.com as well as other Sharp Decisions properties where the privacy policy is included. By using the Sharp Decisions website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, Sharp Decisions may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us.
However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Sharp Decisions collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
Sharp Decisions may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Sharp Decisions and its affiliates.
Sharp Decisions does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Sharp Decisions may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Sharp Decisions, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Sharp Decisions may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Sharp Decisions or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Sharp Decisions; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Sharp Decisions, or the public.
Sharp Decisions may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Sharp Decisions, in order to determine what Sharp Decisions services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Sharp Decisions to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Sharp Decisions. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Sharp Decisions website.
The Sharp Decisions website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Sharp Decisions pages, or register with Sharp Decisions site or services, a cookie helps Sharp Decisions to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Sharp Decisions website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Sharp Decisions features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Sharp Decisions services or websites you visit.
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Sharp Decisions secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Sharp Decisions uses the following methods for this purpose:
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
Sharp Decisions does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
From time to time, Sharp Decisions may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Sharp Decisions, you may opt out of such communications. There will be a hyperlink (URL) in most communications that can be used to opt-out of any communication. You can also email Privacy@sharpdecions.com, and we will delete all personal information and include you in our “do not contact” list.
Sharp Decisions reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Sharp Decisions welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Sharp Decisions has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Sharp Decisions with the below information. For the purpose of EU data protection legislation, Sharp Decisions is the controller of your Personal Information. Our data protection officer can be contact at Privacy@sharpdecions.com. You can also contact our DPO at the below address.
Sharp Decisions, Inc.
040 Avenue of the Americas
9th Floor
New York, NY 10018
(212) 481-5533
For privacy related questions, email Privacy@sharpdecions.com
Effective as of April 2023
This request covers any data access requests, including deletion, portability, and restriction of processing requests. For certain personal information requests, we must first verify your identity before processing your request. To do so, we may ask you to provide us with your full name, contact information, and relationship. Depending on your request, we may ask you to provide additional information. Once we receive this information, we will then review it and determine whether we are able to match it to the information Sharp Decisions maintains about you to verify your identity. If you are submitting a personal information request on behalf of someone other than yourself, please contact us at Privacy@sharpdecions.com and include proof that you are authorized to make the request. This may be in the form of a written authorization signed by the person whom you are acting on behalf of or a valid power of attorney.
In certain circumstances, like when you receive an email with profile information, you can access directly to access the information Sharp Decisions has about you. Sharp Decisions will provide you with access (including a copy) for any purpose including to request that we correct the data if it is inaccurate or delete the data if Sharp Decisions is not required to retain it by law or for legitimate business purposes. We may decline to process requests that are frivolous/vexatious, jeopardize the privacy of others, are extremely impractical, or for which access is not required by local law. We may also decline aspects of deletion or access requests if we believe doing so would undermine our legitimate use of data for anti-fraud and security purposes as described earlier.
To manage your data, including downloading a copy of your data or requesting deletion of your account, please email Privacy@sharpdecions.com.
If you have questions about our Privacy Policy, want to ask about account corrections, or have another inquiry, again email Privacy@sharpdecions.com.
If you are requesting personal information, please provide your contact information, describe your relationship to Sharp Decisions. Please describe your request with as much detail as possible. Sharp Decisions does not sell personal information.