Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 9, 2024

Northern Shrike L.L.C. ("Company," "we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of our clients, partners, and website visitors. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or engage our services.

1. Information We Collect

  • Personal Information: We may collect personal information, such as your name, email address, phone number, company name, job title, and other details you provide when contacting us, requesting services, or subscribing to newsletters.

  • Non-Personal Information: We collect non-personal data, including IP addresses, browser types, device information, and website usage data through cookies and similar tracking technologies.

  • Sensitive Information: As part of our intelligence and risk mitigation services, we may collect sensitive or proprietary information relevant to our clients' needs. We will handle this information in accordance with applicable laws and agreements.

2. How We Use Your Information

  • To Provide Services: We use collected data to deliver our intelligence, risk mitigation, and advisory services.

  • To Communicate: We may use your contact information to send administrative information, such as confirmations, invoices, support, or important updates regarding services.

  • To Improve Services: Non-personal information is used to analyze trends, track user movements, and enhance our website functionality and service offerings.

  • To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may process your data as required by law, regulations, legal process, or government requests.

3. Legal Bases for Processing

  • We process personal data in accordance with data protection laws and rely on various legal bases to process your data, including:

    • Consent, where you have given us explicit permission to do so.

    • Performance of a contract, where processing is necessary for us to provide a service.

    • Legitimate interests, where processing is needed for business operations, fraud prevention, or service improvement.

    • Compliance with legal obligations.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

  • Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers to facilitate service delivery, such as IT support, analytics, payment processing, or data storage.

  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose information to comply with legal obligations, protect our rights, or respond to legal requests (e.g., subpoenas or court orders).

  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, sale, or acquisition, your data may be transferred as part of the business assets.

5. Data Security

  • Security Measures: We implement technical, administrative, and physical security measures to protect your personal and sensitive information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or destruction.

  • No Absolute Security Guarantee: While we strive to protect your information, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Retention of Information

  • We retain personal and sensitive information for as long as needed to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

  • Upon request, we will securely delete or anonymize your personal data, subject to any legal retention requirements.

7. Your Data Rights

  • Access: You have the right to request access to your personal information.

  • Correction: You may request corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete data.

  • Deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data, subject to certain exceptions.

  • Objection: You may object to the processing of your data in specific situations.

  • Data Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

8. International Data Transfers

  • If you are located outside the United States, please note that your data may be transferred to and processed in the U.S. or other countries. We take steps to ensure that such data transfers comply with applicable data protection laws.

9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

  • Cookies: We use cookies to collect information about your use of our website, such as browsing behavior, preferences, and device information.

  • Types of Cookies: These include session cookies (deleted when you close your browser), persistent cookies (remaining until you delete them), and third-party cookies for analytics and advertising.

  • Managing Cookies: You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings or opt out of certain cookies via our website's cookie consent tool.

10. Children’s Privacy

  • Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we learn that a minor’s data has been collected, we will take steps to delete it.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

  • We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be posted on our website with the updated effective date. Continued use of our services after changes indicates acceptance of the revised policy.

12. Third-Party Websites and Links

  • Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites. Please review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

13. Your California Privacy Rights (California Consumer Privacy Act - CCPA)

  • If you are a California resident, you have specific rights regarding your personal information under the CCPA. These include the right to know about data collection, the right to request deletion, and the right to opt-out of the sale of personal information.

14. Your European Privacy Rights (GDPR)

  • If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have specific data protection rights under the GDPR, including the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority.