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Privacy Policy for Meridian Spire Partners

At Meridian Spire Partners, we are committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information of our website visitors and clients. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our online platform, engage with our services, or contact us.

By accessing or using our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information for different purposes to provide and improve our consulting services to you.

1.1. Personal Data You Provide:

When you interact with our site, such as filling out contact forms, subscribing to newsletters, or requesting information about our Strategic Planning, Organizational Development, Change Management, Performance Improvement, Financial Advisory, or Market Entry Strategy services, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information. This may include, but is not limited to:

Name
Email address
Phone number
Company name and job title
Any other information you choose to provide in your inquiries or communications.

1.2. Usage Data:

We may also collect information on how our website is accessed and used. This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

1.3. Tracking & Cookies Data:

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our site.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our site.

Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our service.
Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

2. Use of Data

Meridian Spire Partners uses the collected data for various purposes:

To provide and maintain our services
To notify you about changes to our services
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our site when you choose to do so
To provide customer support
To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our site and services
To monitor the usage of our site
To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about, unless you have opted not to receive such information.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Meridian Spire Partners' legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

Meridian Spire Partners may process your Personal Data because:

We need to perform a contract with you
You have given us permission to do so
The processing is in our legitimate interests and it is not overridden by your rights
For payment processing purposes
To comply with the law

4. Retention of Data

Meridian Spire Partners will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Meridian Spire Partners will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our services, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

5. Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

6. Disclosure of Data

6.1. Business Transaction:

If Meridian Spire Partners is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

6.2. Disclosure for Law Enforcement:

Under certain circumstances, Meridian Spire Partners may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

6.3. Legal Requirements:

Meridian Spire Partners may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

To comply with a legal obligation
To protect and defend the rights or property of Meridian Spire Partners
To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the site
To protect the personal safety of users of the site or the public
To protect against legal liability

7. Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

8. Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Meridian Spire Partners aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Meridian Spire Partners relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

9. Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our services ("Service Providers"), to provide the service on our behalf, to perform site-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our site is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

10. Links to Other Sites

Our site may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or services.

11. Children's Privacy

Our site does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our site, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By mail:
Meridian Spire Partners
2847 Market Street, Suite 450
San Francisco, CA, 94103
USA