Our Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 1st, 2025
Girard Media (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://girardmedia.com, use our services, or engage with our SMS communications. Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following data about you:
a. Personal Identification Information
- Full name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Mailing address
- Company name
b. Technical Data
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Time zone setting
- Browser plug-in types and versions
- Operating system and platform
- Other technology on the devices you use to access this website
c. Usage Data
- Information about how you use our website, products, and services
d. Marketing and Communications Data
- Your preferences in receiving marketing from us
- Your communication preferences
2. How We Collect Information
We use different methods to collect data from and about you, including through:
- Direct interactions: You may give us your personal data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by mail, phone, email, or otherwise.
- Automated technologies or interactions: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect technical data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns.
- Third parties or publicly available sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources.
3. Use of Your Information
We use the information we collect in the following ways:
- To provide, operate, and maintain our website and services
- To improve, personalize, and expand our website and services
- To understand and analyze how you use our website and services
- To develop new products, services, features, and functionality
- To communicate with you, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
- To process your transactions and manage your orders
- To send you SMS messages if you have opted in
- To comply with legal obligations
4. SMS Communications
By providing your phone number and opting in, you consent to receive SMS messages from Girard Media. These messages may include:
- Appointment reminders
- Service updates
- Promotional offers
- Customer service communications
You can opt out of receiving SMS messages at any time by replying “STOP” to any message. For assistance, reply “HELP” or contact us at support@girardmedia.com.
5. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal data to outside parties except as described below:
- Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or access.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
8. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain