The words “we”, “us”, or “our” used in this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) mean Long International.  Our Policy is to inform you about our overall privacy practices and outlines our standards for collecting, using, communicating, and storing your personal contact information.  Unless we provide you with a separate privacy policy for a particular service or activity, this Policy relates to our website, long-intl.com, and all of our activities.

Please carefully review our Policy.  By submitting your personal contact information to us, by using our website, and/or by voluntarily interacting with us, you consent to our collecting, using, and disclosing your personal contact information.

This Policy is incorporated and subject to our other applicable terms and conditions, such as our website Terms of Use.  From time to time, we may revise this Policy and our Terms of Use.  For more information about our Terms of Use, please see our Terms of Use published on our website.

Contents of Our Policy

Permission to Collect, Use, and Disclose Your Personal Contact and Other Information
The Type of Personal Contact and Other Information We Collect
Cookies
Use of Your Personal Contact and Other Information
Sharing Your Personal Contact and Other Information
Opting Out of Communications
Personal Contact and Other Information Retention
Securing Information
Accessing and Updating Your Personal Contact and Other Information
International Transfer and Storage of Information
Websites of Service Providers and Third Parties
Information Relating to Children
Updates
Contact Us

Permission to Collect, Use, and Disclose Your Personal Contact and Other Information

With your consent, or as permitted or required by law, we may collect, use, and disclose your personal contact and other information.  How we obtain your consent depends on the circumstances, as well as the sensitivity of the information collected.  Your consent may be express or implied depending on the circumstances and how sensitive the personal contact information in question is.  If you choose to provide us with your personal contact and other information, we assume that you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal contact and other information as outlined in this Policy.

You may withdraw your consent to our collection, use, or disclosure of your personal contact information at any time by contacting us.  Please see the “Contact Us” section below for more details.

If you provide personal contact and other information about another individual or entity to us, it is your responsibility to obtain the consent of that individual or entity to enable us to collect, use, and disclose his, her, or its contact information as described in this Policy.

The Type of Personal Contact and Other Information We Collect

The type of personal contact and other information we collect generally falls within direct or indirect interactions as described below:

Direct Interactions

• If you visit our website, we may collect contact information from you or from your activities.  Collection of personal contact and other information may occur by the following:
  • Filling in forms, such as our “Contact Us” form.  We may collect your name, email address, company name, and any other information you provide us in your message.
  • Subscribing to our email article list.  We may collect your first name, last name, email address, the name of the company for which you work, and any other information you provide.  Your information is subsequently stored in our marketing contact database.
  • Applying for a job.  We may collect any information you provide us within your resumé, cover letter, or other information included in your job application.

Other Interactions

• For individuals who interact with us, whether in person, by phone or email, through social media, or otherwise, including individuals who make further inquiries about our services and personnel, assess our availability and/or suitability for a potential assignment, or apply for a job or consulting opportunities, we collect information that you provide to us during these interactions.  This information may include your name, email address, and any other information you provide to us.
• Like most websites and other Internet services, we collect certain technical and device information about your use of our website.  Such information may include your Internet protocol address, information about your device, browser, and operating system, and the date and time of your visit.

We use Google Analytics to evaluate our website performance.  Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports traffic on a website.  Google uses the collected data to track and control the use of our website.  For more information about Google’s privacy practices, please visit Privacy Policy—Privacy & Terms—Google.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies or similar technologies such as beacons or pixels to offer you a richer browsing experience, improve the performance of our website, and generate audience statistics. These are files that are installed on your computer’s hard drive or browser to collect information such as your preferred language and your browser type and version.

You may choose to disable cookies or reject cookies on your browser.  Please visit allaboutcookies.org for an overview of how to block or delete cookies on the most common browsers.

Use of Your Personal Contact and Other Information

Most commonly, we will use your personal contact data and other information for purposes such as:

• Responding to comments and inquiries, including providing specific information about the services and information you request
• Analyzing the needs and activities of our website visitors and clients to deliver relevant website content and marketing
• Performing any contractual obligations we are about to enter into or have entered into with you
• Conducting research and analysis related to our services
• Making full use of, maintaining, improving, and providing all the functionalities of our website, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support to our website users, reporting, and data hosting
• Complying with a legal or regulatory obligation or investigating a legal claim

We may use your personal contact information and other information for purposes for which we have obtained your consent, and for such other purposes as may be permitted or required by applicable law.

Sharing Your Personal Contact and Other Information

We may provide your information to our service providers.  In some circumstances, we may permit our service providers to retain aggregated, anonymized, or statistical information that does not identify you.  We do not authorize the service providers to disclose your personal contact information to unauthorized parties or to use your personal contact information for their direct marketing purposes.

Below are our service providers that may process your personal contact information with links to their privacy policies, where applicable:

Fireant Studio: fireantstudio.com.  Fireant Studio hosts and maintains our website.

NetFactor VisitorTrack: netfactor.com/legal/privacy-policy.  We use NetFactor VisitorTrack to identify anonymous visitors on our website and what they have been researching on our website.

Constant Contact: knowledgebase.constantcontact.com/articles/KnowledgeBase/5536-constant-contact-privacy-policies-for-protecting-customers?lang=en_US.  We use Constant Contact to store information about subscribers to our email article list and to send them information about our company and services.

Additionally, we may use and disclose your information when we believe such use or disclosure is permitted, necessary, or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce the terms of the agreements for our services; (e) to protect our operations; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or those of our affiliates, you, or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.  In addition, we may transfer your personal contact information and other information to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business or other assets.

Opting Out of Communications

At any time, you may opt out of receiving marketing-related emails by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email you receive from us.  You may also opt out by contacting us directly using the contact information in the “Contact Us” section below.

We will strive to respond promptly to your opt-out request; however, please allow us a reasonable time to process your request.  Please note that if you opt out from receiving marketing-related emails, your request may not apply to personal contact data provided to us as a result of a service acquisition, service experience, or other transaction.

Personal Contact and Other Information Retention

We will use, disclose, or retain your personal contact and other information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which that personal contact and other information was collected and as permitted or required by law, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.  For tax purposes, we maintain information about our clients (including contact, identity, financial, and transaction data) for a number of years after they cease being clients.

Securing Information

From time to time, we reassess organizational and technological security measures with a view to protecting your personal contact information and other information from loss or theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.  We have taken steps to ensure that the only personnel who are granted access to your personal contact and other information are those with a business “need to know” or whose duties reasonably require such information.

Despite the measures noted above, no method of information transmission or information storage is 100 percent secure or error-free.  Consequently, we cannot guarantee absolute security.  If you believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure; for example, if you feel that the security of any information that you provided to us has been compromised, please advise us as soon as possible.  Please see the “Contact Us” section below for our contact information.

Accessing and Updating Your Personal Contact and Other Information

We strive to ensure that your personal contact and other information is kept as accurate, complete, and up‑to-date as reasonably necessary.  We expect you, from time to time, to supply us with updates to your personal contact information, when required.

We may require that you provide sufficient identification to fulfill your request to access or correct your personal contact information.  Any such identifying information will be used only for this purpose.

International Transfer and Storage of Information

Your personal contact and other information is currently stored in the United States or another country in which we use service providers.  In the latter case, your personal contact and other information may be transferred to countries outside your country of residence, which may have different privacy rules than your country.  If these data are outside your country, they are subject to the laws of the country in which they are located and may be disclosed to governments, courts, or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of that other country and in accordance with the laws of that other country.  However, our practices regarding your personal contact and other information will at all times be governed by this Policy.

Websites of Service Providers and Third Parties

This Policy applies to our services.  Our website includes links to our service providers, third‑party websites, plug‑ins, and applications, and this Policy does not extend to any of our service providers or third parties.  By clicking on links or enabling connections from our service providers or third-party websites, these service providers and third parties may collect or share data about you.  We are not responsible for our service providers and third-party privacy statements.  When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

Information Relating to Children

Our website is not intended for children.  We do not knowingly collect data relating to children.  If you are a child under the laws applicable to your place of residence, please do not provide us with any personal contact or other information without the express consent of a parent or guardian.

Updates

Periodically, we update this Policy to account for changes in our practices, our technology, our legal obligations, and other factors.  For the most recent update information, please see the month and year stated at the bottom of this Policy.  Unless otherwise noted, any privacy changes will be effective immediately upon posting of this Policy on our website.  By using our website, you consent to the practices in our updated Policy.

Contact Us

For any questions about this Policy or your personal contact and other information, please contact us at inquiries@long-intl.com.

Updated June 2021