PRIVACY POLICY

Thank you for visiting sgco.com website. This website is owned and operated by SGCO LLC (“SGCO”). The protection of your personal details is very important to us. With the following information, we would like to give you detailed information on how we use this information. We will ensure that when handling your personal information, we will comply with the legal provisions contained in the Federal Data Protection Act, the Telemedia Act and other data protection rules.

This Privacy Policy is part of the Terms of Use that govern your use of this website. SGCO reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy, at any time and without prior notice, by posting the modified version on this website. Your use of this website following any such modification constitutes your agreement that all information collected from or about you after the revised Privacy Policy is posted will be subject to the terms of the revised Privacy Policy.

You must be at least 13 years old to have our permission to use this website. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information about visitors under 13 years of age. If you are under the age of 14, please do not use this website.

SGCO takes reasonable precautions to provide a level of security commensurate with the sensitivity of the data collected. The foregoing notwithstanding, we cannot guarantee the security of the information provided over the internet and will not be responsible for breaches of security beyond our control.

This Privacy Policy shall be governed under the laws of the State of Texas without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Data collection and processing

In general you do not need to divulge your personal details in order to use our website. The only information which will be saved is access data, which has no personal link. These could include, but are not limited to, the name of the internet service provider, the name of the website you visited before visiting our website, the name of data accessed and the date on which it was accessed. These data will be collected solely with the aim of improving our internet services and are in no way linked to your personal details.

Your personal details will only be collected if you freely disclose them to us. This may take place through the placement requesting a quote or through completing any of the website’s online forms. In so doing, you hereby consent to the collections and use of such information for the purpose of providing the services requested and improving upon the effectiveness of this website.

Use and passing on of personal data

If you purchase one of our services or products from us, your personal details will only be used to the extent needed in order to permit the service to be carried out, unless you give special permission for any other use. Use of your personal data in this context includes passing on your data to a third-party courier, credit companies or other service providers relevant for the completion of the order.

If you have subscribed to receive our newsletter, your personal details will be used for our own advertising purposes until you unsubscribe. You may unsubscribe at any time. SGCO reserves the right to share information collected by this website to third-party vendors who act for us or on our behalf. We may use third-party vendors to design and operate this website; to conduct surveys; and to help us with our promotional efforts.

Use of cookies

In order to understand how you use our website and to improve your experience, we use cookies on some of our webpages. Cookies are text files which are stored on your computer. After you have finished your session and closed your browser many of the text files are deleted (“session cookies”). So-called “persistent cookies” are also stored and these allow us to recognize you when you next visit our website. Our partner companies are not permitted to collect, process or use personal data stored in the form of cookies on our website. You can prevent cookies being saved on your computer by changing your browser settings. This may result in some functions used by our website being restricted.

Use of Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service operated by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies (text files) which are stored on your computer and which allow for analysis of your visit to be conducted. Information concerning your visit produced through cookies (including your IP address) will be transferred to and stored on a server in the USA operated by Google. Google will analyze this information to produce a report for the operator on website usage and online usage of associated services. Google may also transfer this information to third parties either where this is required by law or where third parties are contracted by Google to process data. Google will not allow your IP address to be linked to any other personal data. You can prevent cookies being installed on your computer by changing your browser settings; however, if you choose to do this, your visit to our website and use of some functionality may be impaired. By using this website you are deemed to have expressly consented to the use and processing of your data collected by Google as described above. You can withdraw consent to your data been collected and processed at any time. This withdrawal concerns consent to future activities.