This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes, among other things, how Blackstone Consulting, Inc. (“BCI” or the “Company”) collects, processes, and uses your personal information (“Personal Information”) collected by BCI.
However, this Privacy Policy does not apply to the following:
- Information about our own employees, contractors, agents, and job applicants; or
- Information about individuals that we process in the context of providing services to our clients.
Unless otherwise indicated, this Privacy Policy does not apply to any third-party website or service that you may access through the Services.
INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT
We collect Personal Information from you when you provide it to us, such as when you communicate with us and submit information to us as part of the application process. We may collect and process the following Personal Information:
- Personal contact details such as name, job title, home addresses, telephone numbers, and personal email addresses;
- Inferences from any of the Personal Information categories we collect; and
- Personal records
- Protected characteristics such as your gender, birthday/age, civil or marital status
- Any other information that you voluntarily provide to us.
- Geolocation data such as IP addresses
- Employment related information
SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The above information may be collected in the following methods listed below:
- Through Social Media; and
- Through Gathering Service Usage Data, including for our Website and Apps
Note, the above information is received by BCI in various forms.
PURPOSE OF PROCESSING
We only process data that is necessary to provide our services or the establishment of the employment relationship.
DISCLOSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Access to your Personal Information within BCI is limited to employees and staff who need to access the data for the performance of their work-related tasks and duties.
We will only transfer your data to third parties if it is necessary for the provision of services.
We do not sell or otherwise disclose Personal Information including any sensitive Personal Information we collect about individuals accessing or visiting our wbsite, for monetary or other consideration, and we do not share Personal Information with any third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising.
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION RIGHTS
To the extent any data privacy law applies to the collection of your Personal Information, you may have certain rights in relation to your Personal Information. Subject to any limitations or exceptions under the law, these rights may include any of the following:
- Right to Know / Access Your Personal Information, and Right to Receive Information regarding Sale of Personal Information. You may have the right to know and/or access what Personal Information is processed by BCI, and you have the right to request information regarding what Personal Information about you we have collected, used, disclosed, or sold. Specifically:
- The categories of Personal Information we collect about you;
- The categories of sources from which we collected your Personal Information;
- The business or commercial purposes for collecting, selling, or sharing your Personal Information;
- The categories of third parties to whom we disclosed your Personal Information;
- The specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you;
- The specific pieces of Information we hold about you; and
- The categories of Personal Information we have sold or shared about you to third parties and the categories of third parties to whom the Personal Information was shared or sold. As noted above, we do not sell or share Personal Information.
- Right to Correct Inaccurate Personal Information. If you believe that BCI holds any incomplete or inaccurate data about you, you may have the right to ask BCI to correct and/or complete the information.
- Right to Delete. You may have the right to request deletion of your Personal Information collected by BCI.
- Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing of Personal Information. You may have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information. However, BCI does not sell or otherwise disclose employee Personal Information for monetary or other consideration to any third parties.
- Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information. You may have the right to direct BCI to limit its use of your sensitive personal information to that use which is necessary for the purposes stated above. However, BCI does not use or disclose sensitive Personal Information other than for the permitted purposes described above.
- Right to Opt Out of Automated Decision-making Technology. You may have the right to opt out of the automated processing of your Personal Information.
- Right of No Retaliation Following Opt Out or Exercise of Privacy Rights. BCI does not discriminate or retaliate against data subjects who exercise their rights under applicable laws.
EXERCISING YOUR DATA SUBJECT RIGHTS
In order to exercise your rights under this Privacy Notice and applicable data protection laws, you may submit a request via the Your Privacy Choices form or contact us using the information in the Contact Us section below.
If BCI receives a request from you to exercise any of the above rights, BCI may ask you basic questions to identify which Personal Information is associated with you and to verify your identity before acting on the request; this is to confirm that your data is protected and kept secure.
If permitted by the applicable data protection law, you may use an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf provided that the authorized agent is a natural person or a business entity that you have authorized to act on your behalf. If you use an authorized agent, we will require: (1) proof of written permission for the authorized agent to make requests on your behalf, and identity verification from you; or (2) proof of power of attorney pursuant under applicable law. Only you or your authorized agent may make a verifiable request related to your personal Information. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proper verification proof. If you designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, we may require you to provide the authorized agent written permission to do so and to verify your own identity directly with us (as described above).
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT PROVIDING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You are not obligated to provide your Personal Information to BCI.
RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
BCI will not maintain your Personal Information longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
SECURITY
BCI uses commercially reasonable security measures to prevent Personal Information from being accidentally lost or used or accessed in an unauthorized way. We limit access to your Personal Information to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your Personal Information will do so only in an authorized manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We also have procedures in place to deal with any data security incident.
REVIEW
BCI may revise this Privacy Notice from time to time and/or will update this Privacy Notice periodically.
CONTACT INFORMATION
For any questions you may have regarding this Privacy Notice, you may contact us as follows:
Email: [email protected]
Toll Free Phone Number: (310)826-4389
Address:11726 San Vicente Blvd., STE 550, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Last updated: September 5, 2024
