Terms and privacy
The site thepearlcompass.com is operated by The Pearl Compass, Spain.
In compliance with Organic Law 15/1999, of December 13th, on the Protection of Data of a Personal Nature, we inform you that, within the context of this site, we will request you to provide personal data that may be processed electronically. The personal data will be included in an automated personal data file, the purpose of which is related to the activities performed by The Pearl Compass, including the provision of real estate services.
The Pearl Compass, as the party responsible for the file, guarantees your right to access, rectify and cancel the data included in the file.
The Pearl Compass is committed to respecting the confidential nature of the information included in the file and using it only for the purpose for which it was requested. The data will only be transferred to companies that perform activities related to the activities performed by The Pearl Compass.
Server traffic and access log data collected include information on the access IP address, type of browser, type of screen, country, and language configured on the computer accessing the site.
Copying or reproducing all or part of this site on any type of support is strictly forbidden without the prior and written authorisation of The Pearl Compass.
It is forbidden to change, copy, re-use, exploit, reproduce, communicate publicly, make second or subsequent publications, load files, send by email, transmit, use, treat or distribute in any way all or part of the contents included in this site for public or commercial purposes without the express and written consent of The Pearl Compass.
Cookies
We implement cookies to facilitate the use of our website. Cookies are small data files that allow us to learn more about how our users navigate through our site and thus help them in this process, showing them the information they’re interested in. The cookies we use do not store any personal data about our users in keeping with the Organic Law on Personal Data protection. Nor do they store any other type of data that might be used to identify users personally. If you don’t want these cookies to be used, you can reconfigure your Internet browser to erase them from your computer’s disk drive, block them or warn you before they’re installed. To continue without changing your current preferences, simply continue on to our website.
Types of cookies we use:
Preference cookies:
These cookies let us know if you’ve visited our website previously and, for example, your browser’s predefined language. Losing the data stored in a preference cookie may make your experience on our website less functional, though the site should work as normal.
Process cookies:
Process cookies serve to help the website operate and provide the services users who access the website expect, for example, being able to navigate between sections and pages and accessing secure areas on the site. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly.
Analytics cookies:
Google Analytics is a tool that primarily lets website owners know how users interact with their websites. They also enable cookies on the site domain you’re visiting and use a collective set of data to gather information anonymously and prepare reports regarding trends on those websites, all without identifying individual users.
Privacy Policy
The Pearl Compass understands that your privacy is important to you. We are committed to protecting the privacy of your personally identifiable information as you use this website. This Privacy Policy tells you how we protect and use information that we gather from you. By using this website, you consent to the terms described in the most recent version of this Privacy Policy. You should also read our Terms of Use to understand the general rules about your use of this website, and any additional terms that may apply when you access particular services or materials on certain areas of this website. “We,” “our” means The Pearl Compass and its affiliates. “You,” “your,” visitor,” or “user” means the individual accessing this site.
Personal and non-personal information
Our Privacy Policy identifies how we treat your personal and non-personal information.
WHAT IS NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION AND HOW IS IT COLLECTED AND USED?
Non-personal information is information that cannot identify you. If you visit this web site to read information, such as information about one of our services, we may collect certain non-personal information about you from your computer’s web browser. Because non-personal information cannot identify you or be tied to you in any way, there are no restrictions on the ways that we can use or share non-personal information. What is personal information and how is it collected? Personal information is information that identifies you as an individual, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, and fax number. We may collect personal information from you in a variety of ways: • When you send us an application or other form • When you conduct a transaction with us, our affiliates, or others • When we collect information about in you in support of a transaction, such as credit card information • In some places on this web site you have the opportunity to send us personal information about yourself, to elect to receive particular information, to purchase access to one of our products or services, or to participate in an activity.
How does The Pearl Compass use personal information?
The Pearl Compass may keep and use personal information we collect from or about you to provide you with access to this website or other products or services, to respond to your requests, to bill you for products/services you purchased, and to provide ongoing service and support, to contact you with information that might be of interest to you, including information about products and services of ours and of others, or ask for your opinion about our products or the products of others, for record keeping and analytical purposes and to research, develop and improve programs, products, services and content.
Personal information collected online may be combined with information you provide to us through other sources We may also remove your personal identifiers (your name, email address, social security number, etc). In this case, you would no longer be identified as a single unique individual. Once we have de-identified information, it is non-personal information and we may treat it like other non-personal information. Finally, we may use your personal information to protect our rights or property, or to protect someone’s health, safety or welfare, and to comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process.
Does The Pearl Compass Ltd share personal information with others?
We will not share your personal information collected from this website with an unrelated third party without your permission, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy. In the ordinary course of business, we may share some personal information with companies that we hire to perform services or functions on our behalf. In all cases in which we share your personal information with a third party for the purpose of providing a service to us, we will not authorize them to keep, disclose or use your information with others except for the purpose of providing the services we asked them to provide.
We will not sell, exchange or publish your personal information, except in conjunction with a corporate sale, merger, dissolution, or acquisition. For some sorts of transactions, in addition to our direct collection of information, our third-party service vendors (such as credit card companies, clearinghouses and banks) who may provide such services as credit, insurance, and escrow services may collect personal information directly from you to assist you with your transaction. We do not control how these third parties use such information, but we do ask them to disclose how they use your personal information before they collect it.
We may be legally compelled to release your personal information in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant, law or regulation.
We may cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating and prosecuting website visitors who violate our rules or engage in behaviour which is harmful to other visitors (or illegal). We may disclose your personal information to third parties if we feel that the disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or property, protect someone’s health, safety or welfare, or to comply with a law or regulation, court order or other legal process. As discussed in the section on cookies and other technologies, from time to time, we may allow a third party to serve advertisements on this website.
If you share information with the advertiser, including by clicking on their ads, this Privacy Policy does not control the advertisers use of your personal information, and you should check the privacy policies of those advertisers and/or ad services to learn about their use of cookies and other technology before linking to an ad.
How is personal information used for communications?
We may contact you periodically by e-mail, mail or telephone to provide information regarding programs, products, services and content that may be of interest to you. In addition, some of the features on this website allow you to communicate with us using an online form. If your communication requests a response from us, we may send you a response via e-mail. The e-mail response or confirmation may include your personal information. We cannot guarantee that our e-mails to you will be secure from unauthorized interception.
How is personal information secured?
We have implemented generally accepted standards of technology and operational security in order to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Only authorized personnel and third-party vendors have access to your personal information, and these employees and vendors are required to treat this information as confidential. Despite these precautions, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your personal information.
Links
This site contains links to other sites that provide information that we consider to be interesting. The Pearl Compass is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
Public Discussion
This site may provide public discussions on various business valuation topics. Please note that any information you post in these discussions will become public, so please do not post sensitive information in public discussions. Whenever you publicly disclose information online, that information could be collected and used by others. We are not responsible for any action or policies of any third parties who collect information that users disclose in any such forums on the website. The Pearl Compass does not agree or disagree with anything posted on the discussion board. Also, remember that you must comply with our other published policies regarding postings on our public forums.
How can a user access, change, and/or delete personal information?
You may access, correct, update, and/or delete any personally identifiable information that you submit to the website. You may also unsubscribe from mailing lists or any registrations on the website. To do so, please either follow instructions on the page of the website on which you have provided such information or subscribed or registered or contact us at [lwennink@thepearlcompass.com]
Children’s Privacy
The Pearl Compass will not intentionally collect any personal information (such as a child’s name or email address) from children under the age of 13. If you think that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, please contact us.
Changes
The Pearl Compass reserves the right to modify this statement at any time. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be listed in this section, and if such changes are material, a notice will be included on the homepage of the website for a period of time. If you have any questions about privacy at any websites operated by The Pearl Compass or about our website practices, please contact us at: lwennink@thepearlcompass.com
