1. About This Privacy Policy

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how West Coast Consulting, (referred to as “WCG”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses and protects the information you provide. This privacy policy applies to this World Wide Web site and any variations or successors to this Web site (www.westcoastconsulting.com, the WCG Site).

2. Information Collection and Use

The Service collects information from you in two ways: directly from your input and automatically from your use.

Information We Collect From Your Input. The types of personal information that the Service collects directly from you depends on how you interact with the Service and may include:

  • Contact details, such as your name, company and email address;
  • Comments, feedback and other information you submit to the Service; and
  • Interests and communication preferences.

Information We Collect Automatically. The Service automatically collects, through its servers and the use of cookies and similar technologies, information that tells us how you use the Service and may include:

  • Internet Protocol (“IP”) address used to connect your computer to the Internet;
  • Computer, device and connection information, such as browser type and version, operating system, mobile platform and unique device identifier (“UDID”) and other technical identifiers; and
  • Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) click stream data, including date and time stamp, referring and exit URLs, search terms you used and pages you visited or searched for on the Service.

We may use and disclose information that does not reveal your identity or permit direct association with any specific individual, such as browser and device information, anonymous usage data and aggregated information, for any purpose, except where we are restricted by law. If we combine non-personal information with personal information, the combined information will be treated as personal information for as long as it remains combined.

You can control cookies through your browser’s settings and other tools. However, if you block certain cookies, you may not be able to access certain parts or make full use of the Service.

3. Use of Your Information

We may use your personal information to:

  • Provide technical, product and other support and to help keep the Service working, safe and secure;
  • Respond to your requests, inquiries, comments and concerns;
  • Provide, evaluate and improve the Service, its advertisements and promotional campaigns and our other products and services and to develop new services and benefits;
  • Notify you about changes or updates to the Service;
  • Provide you with special offers and other information about the Service as well as other products, events and services of ours, our affiliates, and non-affiliated third parties;
  • Invite you to participate in surveys, sweepstakes, competitions and similar promotions;
  • Identify usage trends and for data analysis, including for purposes of research, audit, reporting and paying royalties and license fees to third-party providers, such as authors and other copyright holders and content distributors, and determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, or in other ways to which you have expressly agreed in a customer agreement; and
  • Comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

We may also match or combine the personal information that you provide with information that we obtain from other sources or that is already in our records, whether collected online or offline or by predecessor or affiliated group companies, for the purposes described above.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

WCG may share your information, including personal information, as follows:

  • Affiliates. We may disclose the information we collect from you to our affiliates or subsidiaries solely for the purpose of providing Services to you; however, if we do so, their use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information will be maintained by such affiliates and subsidiaries in accordance with this Policy.
  • Service Providers. We may disclose the information we collect from you to third party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform functions on our behalf.
  • In Response to Legal Process. We also may disclose the information we collect from you in order to comply with the law, a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process, such as in response to a subpoena.

5. Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13 or target the Service to children under 13.

6. Data Security

We use a variety of administrative, physical and technical security measures intended to safeguard your personal information.

7. Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

West Coast Consulting
355 Bryant Street, Suite 202
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-626-3493