Effective Date: April 10, 2024
1. Overview
STO Building Group (defined for purposes of this notice as STO Building Group Inc. and its member companies and subsidiaries) (“we” or “us”) provide this notice to inform you of our personal information handling practices for personal information we collect from those who contact and work with us including by phone, email, and visitors to stobuildinggroup.com and websites operated by us that link to this notice (“site” or “sites”).
This notice (together with our Cookie NoticeGo to https://stobuildinggroup.com/policies/cookie-policy/) sets out the basis on which any personal data, personally identifiable information, or personal information (“personal data”) we collect from you, or that you provide to us, through our sites will be processed by us. This notice does not cover any personal data we collect offline or that we process as a service provider for customers.
Persons in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, see our EEA+ Supplemental Data Protection Law Disclosures to this notice here.
California residents, see our California Consumer Privacy Act Disclosures here.
When you contact us, or make an inquiry, via our site, your data will be collected and controlled by STO Building Group Inc. (a United States corporation organized under the laws of the state of Delaware and based at 330 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001).
2. Information We Collect About You
We will collect and process the following personal data about you:
(i) Information you give to us.
This is information about you that you give us by filling in forms on our site or by corresponding with us by phone, email, or otherwise. It includes information you provide when you request information about our services, and when you report a problem with our site.
The information you give us may include your name, address, email address and phone number, and other information that you choose to provide. Additionally, if you apply for employment with us, you will provide demographic information, as well as your education and employment history. Finally, if you create an account with us, you will create and provide us with a username and password and may upload other personal data through our customer portal. Providing such personal data is voluntary. However, without providing such personal data, we will not be able to provide you with information or services you request from us. You will know what personal data you provide because you will actively submit it to us.
(i) Information we collect about you.
In addition to the personal data that you actively provide, for us to monitor and maintain the performance of the sites, the sites may automatically collect, process, and store certain information about you, to the extent permitted under applicable law:
- technical information, including the domain and host name from which you access the Internet, the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone and country setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform; and
- information about your site visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time), services you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.
(iii) Information we receive from other sources.
We are working closely with third parties that may provide us with additional information about you. If we are unable to collect this information, this may affect the provision of the services you have requested from us.
3. Cookies
To the extent permitted under applicable law, our site uses cookies and similar technologies to distinguish you from other users of our site and enable us and third parties to automatically collect information about how you access and use our sites, and about the device you use to access our sites. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allows us to customize and improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our Cookie NoticeGo to https://stobuildinggroup.com/policies/cookie-policy/. Some web browsers include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. We do not recognize DNT but may present you with certain tracking options.
4. How We Use Information
We use personal data held about you in the following ways:
(i) Information you give to us.
To the extent permitted under applicable law, we will use this information:
- to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us;
- to provide you with information about other goods and services we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or inquired about;
- to improve our site and services and for security purposes to protect our company, our site, and our customers;
- to notify you about changes to our service; and
- to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device.
(ii) Information we collect about you.
To the extent permitted under applicable law, we will use this information:
- to administer our site and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical, and survey purposes;
- to improve our site to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device; and
- as part of our efforts to keep our site safe and secure;
(iii) Information we receive from other sources.
To the extent permitted under applicable law, we will combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We will use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).
5. Disclosure of Your Information
To the extent permitted under applicable data protection law, we may share your personal data with:
(i) Any member of our group, including our member companies and subsidiaries.
(ii) Selected third parties including:
- service providers who act as our data processor who are subject to contractual obligations to implement technical and organizational security measures to safeguard the personal data and to process the personal data only as instructed. These third-party service providers assist us in assessing our information security controls, maintaining our site, analyzing our site traffic, and in providing services and information to us and to users of our site; and
(iii) To the extent permitted by applicable data protection law, we will also disclose your personal data to third parties:
- In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we will disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.
- If we or our subsidiaries, or substantially all of the assets of any of the foregoing, is acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.
- If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation or request of law enforcement, or in order to enforce or apply our Terms of UseGo to https://stobuildinggroup.com/policies/terms-of-service and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us or our subsidiaries, our employees, customers, or others.
6. International Data Transfers
Your personal data may be disclosed to employees, representatives, or other third parties operating outside of the country you are based and who work for, or are engaged by us, or our subsidiaries in other countries, including the USA and in other countries that we operate, and to our service providers who may be located outside of the country you are based, including the USA and in other countries that we operate. We note that these persons and third parties may also store, transfer, or access personal data outside of the country you are based. In disclosing your personal data overseas, we will take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to require that overseas recipients protect your personal data in accordance with applicable laws.
7. Contact and Complaints
Questions, comments, or requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed through this formGo to # or by mail at STO Building Group, Attention: Compliance, 330 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001. Similarly, if you have any complaints about our privacy management practices, you can contact us at the same details. You may also have a right to raise your complaint with the relevant privacy regulator in your jurisdiction.
8. Changes to our Privacy Notice
We may make changes to this notice, including material changes, from time to time. We will inform you of any changes to the processing activities described in this notice before we start that new processing.
Effective Date: April 10, 2024