Privacy Policy

https://www.sspa.com/

Effective date: September 30, 2024

https://www.sspa.com/ (the “Site”) is owned and operated by S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc. (SSP&A). SSP&A is the data controller and can be contacted at:

info@sspa.com
(301) 718-8900
1801 Rockville Pike
Suite 220
Rockville, MD 20852

Purpose

The purpose of this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform users of our Site of the following:

  1. The personal data we will collect;
  2. Use of collected data;
  3. Who has access to the data collected;
  4. The rights of Site users; and
  5. The Site’s cookie policy.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

GDPR

For users in the European Union, we adhere to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.
We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer as we do not fall within the categories of controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 37 of the GDPR.

Consent

By using our Site users agree that they consent to the conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will not make processing which we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawful.

You can withdraw your consent by: Contacting S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc., at info@sspa.com.

Legal Basis for Processing

We collect and process personal data about users in the EU only when we have a legal basis for doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR.
We rely on the following legal basis to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU:

  • Users have provided their consent to the processing of their data for one or more specific purposes.
Personal Data We Collect

We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way

We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site:

  1. First and last name;
  2. Email address; and
  3. Payment information.

This data may be collected using the following methods:

  • Purchasing and paying for software and training event registration.
How We Use Personal Data

Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy. We do not automatically collect personal data, although third-party services (specifically WordPress, Google Analytics, PayPal, and Strip8e) may do so.

The data we collect is strictly voluntary on the part of the user when the user perform certain functions, which is limited to the following purposes:

  • Payment processing.
  • Communication.
Who We Share Personal Data With

SSP&A Employees: We may disclose user data to any member of our organization who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Other Disclosures

We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

  1. If the law requires it;
  2. If it is required for any legal proceeding;
  3. To prove or protect our legal rights; and
  4. To buyers or potential buyers of this company in the event that we seek to sell the company.

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

How Long We Store Personal Data

User data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved.

How We Protect Your Personal Data

In order to protect your security, we use the strongest available browser encryption and store all of our data on servers in secure facilities. All data is only accessible to our employees.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

Your Rights as a User

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

  1. Right to be informed;
  2. Right of access;
  3. Right to rectification;
  4. Right to erasure;
  5. Right to restrict processing;
  6. Right to data portability; and
  7. Right to object.
Children

We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children of any age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 16 years of age has provided us with personal data, their parent or guardian may contact our IT department.

How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected.

If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact Douglas Hayes here:

dhayes@sspa.com
1801 Rockville Pike
Suite 220
Rockville, MD 20852

This website uses Google Analytics to track visitor traffic statistics. Although SSP&A is not able to purge any data that Google collects, this Google Analytics Help article has instructions on how to disable data collection, granular location and device data, and other data Google collects.

Cookie Policy

A cookie is a small file, stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user’s browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted. You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

We do not use cookies on our website. However, third-party cookies may be created from our site by a website other than ours, as described in their own policies:

  1. WordPress uses cookies as described in its Cookies Policy at:
    https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/cookies/
  2. Google Analytics uses cookies as described in its Privacy Policy at:
    https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
  3. PayPal uses cookies as described in its Privacy Statement at:
    https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full
  4. Stripe uses cookies as described in its Cookies Policy at:
    https://stripe.com/legal/cookies-policy
Modifications

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

Complaints

If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner you may contact a supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a complaint to a supervisory authority. You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority by contacting the The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact Douglas Hayes, at:

dhayes@sspa.com
1801 Rockville Pike
Suite 220
Rockville, MD 20852