About FMG Design, Inc. Branding company in Houston, United States
At FMG we are devoted to protecting the privacy of your data. This privacy policy provides you with details of how we collect and process your personal data through your use of our website (https://fmgdesign.com/) including any information you may provide through our website when you fill in our contact form to sign up for our newsletter.
*Please note that this privacy policy is currently a draft and it is possible the content may change as we finalize it. Thank you for your patience.
By providing us with your data you warrant to us that you are over 13 years of age.
FMG Design Inc. is the data controller and we are responsible for your personal data (referred to as ’we’ ’us’ ’our’ or ’FMG’ in this privacy policy).
You have the right to complain to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the US general authority for data protection issues if you are not satisfied with any aspect of how we collect and use your data. If you do have a complaint we would be grateful if you contact us first so that we can try to resolve it.
Its critical that the information we hold about you remain accurate and up to date. Please email us at [email protected] to let us know if at any time your personal information changes.
Personal data is not just created by your interactions with our website. Personal data refers to any information capable of identifying an individual. It does not include anonymized data. It may also be generated from technical processes such as our contact form comments cookies analytics and third-party embeds that include media
We may collect and use certain types of personal data about you as described below:
We may also process Aggregated Data from your personal data. This data however does not reveal your identity and as such in itself is not personal data. To illustrate we may review your Usage Data to work out the percentage of website users using a specific feature of our site. If the Aggregated Data is linked to your personal data to identify you then it is considered personal data.
We do not collect any Sensitive Data about you. Sensitive data pertains to data that includes information about your religious or philosophical beliefs race or ethnicity sex life gender sexual orientation marital status date of birth trade union membership political opinions information about your genetic and biometric data or your general health. Also we do not collect any information about criminal convictions and offenses.
Where we are required to collect personal data either by US law or under the terms of the contract between you and us we may ask you to provide us with personal data. If you do not provide us with that data when we request it we may not be able to carry out the contract (for example to deliver goods or services to you). In other words we may have to cancel a service you have requested if you dont provide us with the required data. However we will notify you before we proceed with the cancellation.
We collect data about you through the following methods:
We use a third party called Constant Contact to process data which is submitted via the various forms on our website. We will ask you to submit your email address as a minimum requirement and your first name as an option in order to maintain your email subscription to us and to send you emails that provide you with the latest news tips and updates about our consultation services and expertise that may be of interest to you. For more information on how your data submitted by these forms is being used please refer to the Marketing Communications excerpt on section 4 of this privacy policy.
A ’cookie’ is a small data file that can be placed on your hard drive when you visit certain websites or open certain emails. We may use cookies to collect store and sometimes track information for statistical purposes to improve the services we provide and to manage our telecommunications networks. More specifically we use different types of cookies for different purposes:
We may utilize cookies to track referrals from internal and external affiliates as well as advertising campaigns. We may also use a third party service provider to send emails that you have agreed to receive. Pixel tags and cookies may be used in those email messages to help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising and to enable us to provide more focused marketing communications to you. You may set your web browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or change the settings on your web browser to clear or disable cookies. If you decide not to accept cookies you may not be able to take advantage of all of the features of our website. Additionally please be aware that if you visit third party websites where you are prompted to log in or that are customizable you may be required to accept cookies. Cookies do not enable third parties to access any of your personal (i.e. contact) information. However advertisers and partners may also use their own cookies. We do not control use of these cookies and are not responsible for information collected through them.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos images articles etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you use cookies embed additional third-party tracking and monitor your interaction with that embedded content including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
We use information gathered from our website analytics (for example User IP addresses) to help diagnose problems with our website and to administer and optimize our website. We also gather broad demographic information from this data to help us improve our website and make your browsing experience more responsive efficient or enjoyable. Any statistics gathered by us are our proprietary property.
We use a third-party hosting provider called Fat Cow to host our website. Fat Cow may collect some anonymous analytics data from your browsing experience. As mentioned previously we do not control the use of this data and are not responsible for information collected through them. You can read Fat Cows Privacy Policy here.
FMG will only use your personal data when legally allowed. The most common uses of your personal data are:
In general we do not rely on consent as a legal ground for processing your personal data other than sending marketing communications to you via email in person or by mail. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by emailing us at [email protected].
Below you will find a detailed description of the ways we intend to use your personal data. The legal grounds on which we will process such data and our legitimate interests are included.
We may collect and process your personal data for more than one legal ground. This will depend on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please email us at [email protected] if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been described in the table below.
(a) Manage payments fees and charges
(b) Contact
(c) Financial
(d) Transaction
(a) Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy
(b) Contact
(c) Profile
(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
(b) Contact
(c) Profile
(d) Usage
(b) Contact
(b) Contact
(c) Profile
(d) Usage
(e) Marketing and Communications
(b) Contact
(c) Technical
(d) Usage
You will receive marketing communications from FMG if you have:
We use a third party called Constant Contact to maintain your email subscription to us and to send you emails that provide you with the latest news tips and updates about our consultation services and expertise that may be of interest to you. All of our emails have clear unsubscribe links at the bottom of them. We will only use your email to send you such emails with your consent. You can read Constant Contacts Privacy Policy here.
To manage the information we receive about you from a social networking site or any other third party you will need to follow the instructions from that party for updating your information and changing your privacy settings. The information we collect is covered by this privacy statement and the information the third party collects is subject to such third partys privacy practices. Privacy choices you have made on any third party site will not apply to our use of the information we have collected directly through our sites.
We will get your expressed opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes.
You can ask third parties or us to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you or OR by emailing us at [email protected] at any given moment.
As a result of a payment for a service warranty registration service experience or other kinds of transactions opting out of receiving our marketing communications will not apply to personal data provided to us during a transaction.
Your personal data will solely be used by FMG for the purposes for which we collected it unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to find out more about how the processing for the new purpose is consistent with the original purpose please email us at [email protected].
If we must use your personal data for a purpose unrelated to the purpose for which we collect such data we will inform you. During which we will discuss the legal ground of processing in detail.
Where permitted or required by law we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent.
We may have to share your personal data with the following parties mentioned below for the purposes described in the table in section 4 above:
We require all third parties to whom we transfer your data to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We only allow such third parties to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. As mentioned previously we do not control the use of any data gathered by third parties service providers and we are not responsible for information collected through them.
Countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) do not always offer the same levels of protection to your personal data so European law has prohibited transfers of personal data outside of the EEA unless the transfer meets certain criteria.
Many of our third parties service providers are based outside the European Economic Area (EEA) so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the EEA.
Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the EEA we do our best to ensure a similar degree of security of data by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
If none of the above safeguards is available we may request your explicit consent to the specific transfer. You will have the right to withdraw this consent at any time.
Please email us at [email protected] if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data out of the EEA.
In order to protect and to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost used or accessed in an unauthorized way altered or disclosed we established the following security measures:
Regarding third-party links please see Section 10 of this privacy policy.
We have prescribed procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach. Where we are legally required we will inform you and any applicable regulator of a breach.
FMG will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for including for the purposes of satisfying any legal accounting or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data we consider the following factors:
By law we have to keep vital information about our clients (including Contact Identity Financial and Transaction Data) for seven (7) years after they cease being our clients for tax purposes.
In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see below for further information.
In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal data (so that your personal data can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes. In which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
Under certain circumstances you have rights under the data protection laws concerning your personal data. Among these rights will include the right to:
For more information about your rights under the data protection laws please visit the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) website.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights mentioned above please email us at [email protected].
If you have left any comments you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative legal or security purposes.
To access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights) you will not be required to pay a fee. However we may charge a reasonable price if your request is misleading repetitive or excessive. Alternatively we may refuse to comply with your request in such circumstances.
To help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights) we may need to request specific information from you. We follow this procedure as a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any individual who has no right to receive it. In order to speed up our response we may also contact you for further information concerning your request.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within the period of (1) one month. If your request is particularly complex or you have made many requests it may take us longer than (1) one month. In such case we will inform you and keep you updated.
Simply put ’we create WOW experiences’. FMG believes that Environmental Graphics should engage the viewer while communicating information and creating a connection between the person and their surroundings in the navigation of the built environment.
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