This privacy statement was last changed on January 4, 2024, last checked on January 4, 2024, and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United States.
In this privacy statement, we explain what we do with the data we obtain about you via https://www.ahscarolinas.com. We recommend you carefully read this statement. In our processing we comply with the requirements of privacy legislation. That means, among other things, that:
- we clearly state the purposes for which we process personal data. We do this by means of this privacy statement;
- we aim to limit our collection of personal data to only the personal data required for legitimate purposes;
- we first request your explicit consent to process your personal data in cases requiring your consent;
- we take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data and also require this from parties that process personal data on our behalf;
- we respect your right to access your personal data or have it corrected or deleted, at your request.
If you have any questions, or want to know exactly what data we keep of you, please contact us.
1. Purpose and categories of data
We may collect or receive personal information for a number of purposes connected with our business operations which may include the following: (click to expand)
1.1 Contact – Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms
1.1 Contact – Through phone, mail, email and/or webforms
The following categories of data are collected
- A first and last name
- A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
- An email address
- A telephone number
- Geolocation data
- Financial information such as bank account number or credit card number
Retention period
We retain this data until the service is terminated.
1.2 Payments
1.2 Payments
The following categories of data are collected
- A first and last name
- A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
- An email address
- A telephone number
Retention period
We retain this data until the service is terminated.
1.3 To support services or products that a customer wants to buy or has purchased
1.3 To support services or products that a customer wants to buy or has purchased
The following categories of data are collected
- A first and last name
- A home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town
- An email address
- A telephone number
- IP Address
- Financial information such as bank account number or credit card number
Retention period
We retain this data until the service is terminated.
2. Sharing with other parties
We only share or disclose this data to other recipients for the following purposes:
Purpose of the data transfer: Credit Card Processing
Country or state in which this service provider is located: United States of America
3. Disclosure practices
We disclose personal information if we are required by law or by a court order, in response to a law enforcement agency, to the extent permitted under other provisions of law, to provide information, or for an investigation on a matter related to public safety.
If our website or organisation is taken over, sold, or involved in a merger or acquisition, your details may be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchasers and will be passed on to the new owners.
4. How we respond to Do Not Track signals & Global Privacy Control
Our website responds to and supports the Do Not Track (DNT) header request field. If you turn DNT on in your browser, those preferences are communicated to us in the HTTP request header, and we will not track your browsing behavior.
5. Cookies
Our website uses cookies. For more information about cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy on our Opt-out preferences webpage.
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google.
Google may not use the data for any other Google services.
The inclusion of full IP addresses is blocked by us.
6. Security
We are committed to the security of personal data. We take appropriate security measures to limit abuse of and unauthorized access to personal data. This ensures that only the necessary persons have access to your data, that access to the data is protected, and that our security measures are regularly reviewed.
7. Third-party websites
This privacy statement does not apply to third-party websites connected by links on our website. We cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. We recommend you read the privacy statements of these websites prior to making use of these websites.
8. Amendments to this privacy statement
We reserve the right to make amendments to this privacy statement. It is recommended that you consult this privacy statement regularly in order to be aware of any changes. In addition, we will actively inform you wherever possible.
9. Accessing and modifying your data
If you have any questions or want to know which personal data we have about you, please contact us. Please make sure to always clearly state who you are, so that we can be certain that we do not modify or delete any data of the wrong person. We shall provide the requested information only upon receipt of a verifiable consumer request. You can contact us by using the information below. You have the following rights:
9.1 You have the following rights with respect to your personal data
- You may submit a request for access to the data we process about you.
- You may object to the processing.
- You may request an overview, in a commonly used format, of the data we process about you.
- You may request correction or deletion of the data if it is incorrect or not or no longer relevant, or to ask to restrict the processing of the data.
10. Children
Our website is not designed to attract children and it is not our intent to collect personal data from children under the age of consent in their country of residence. We therefore request that children under the age of consent do not submit any personal data to us.
11. Contact details
American Hurricane Shutters
PO Box 443
Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480
United States
Website: https://www.ahscarolinas.com
Email: matt.burns@ahscarolinas.com
Phone number: (910) 256-1288
12. Data Requests
For the most frequently submitted requests, we also offer you the possibility to use our data request form
Annex
Complianz | The Privacy Suite for WordPress
This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress from Complianz to collect records of consent. For this functionality your IP address is anonymized and stored in our database. For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement.Hummingbird
Third parties
Hummingbird uses the Stackpath Content Delivery Network (CDN). Stackpath may store web log information of site visitors, including IPs, UA, referrer, Location and ISP info of site visitors for 7 days. Files and images served by the CDN may be stored and served from countries other than your own. Stackpath’s privacy policy can be found here.WP Smush
Plugin: Smush
Note: Smush does not interact with end users on your website. The only input option Smush has is to a newsletter subscription for site admins only. If you would like to notify your users of this in your privacy policy, you can use the information below. Smush sends images to the WPMU DEV servers to optimize them for web use. This includes the transfer of EXIF data. The EXIF data will either be stripped or returned as it is. It is not stored on the WPMU DEV servers. Smush uses the Stackpath Content Delivery Network (CDN). Stackpath may store web log information of site visitors, including IPs, UA, referrer, Location and ISP info of site visitors for 7 days. Files and images served by the CDN may be stored and served from countries other than your own. Stackpath’s privacy policy can be found here.Forminator Forms
Which forms collect personal data?
If you use Forminator PRO to create and embed any forms on your website, you may need to mention it here to properly distinguish it from other forms.
What personal data do we collect and why?
By default Forminator captures the <strong>IP Address</strong> for each submission to a Form. Other personal data such as your <strong>name</strong> and <strong>email address</strong> may also be captured, depending on the Form Fields.
Note: In this section you should include any personal data you collected and which form captures personal data to give users more relevant information. You should also include an explanation of why this data is needed. The explanation must note either the legal basis for your data collection and retention of the active consent the user has given.
Suggested text: When visitors or users submit a form, we capture the <strong>IP Address</strong> for spam protection. We also capture the <strong>email address</strong> and might capture other personal data included in the Form fields.How long we retain your data
By default Forminator retains all form submissions <strong>forever</strong>. You can change this setting in <strong>Forminator</strong> » <strong>Settings</strong> » <strong>Privacy Settings</strong>
Suggested text: When visitors or users submit a form we retain the data for 30 days.Where we send your data
Suggested text: All collected data might be shown publicly and we send it to our workers or contractors to perform necessary actions based on the form submission.Third Parties
If your forms utilize either built-in or external third party services, in this section you should mention any third parties and its privacy policy.
By default Forminator Forms can be configured to connect with these third parties:
- Akismet. Enabled when you installed and configured Akismet on your site.
- Google reCAPTCHA. Enabled when you added reCAPTCHA on your forms.
- hCaptcha. Enabled when you added hCaptcha on your forms.
- Mailchimp. Enabled when you activated and set up Mailchimp on Integrations settings.
- ActiveCampaign. Enabled when you activated and set up ActiveCampaign on Integrations settings.
- Aweber. Enabled when you activated and set up Aweber on Integrations settings.
- Campaign Monitor. Enabled when you activated and set up Campaign Monitor on Integrations settings.
- Google Drive. Enabled when you activated and set up Google Drive on Integrations settings.
- Trello. Enabled when you activated and set up Trello on Integrations settings.
- Slack. Enabled when you activated and set up Slack on Integrations settings.
Complianz | The Privacy Suite for WordPress
This website uses the Privacy Suite for WordPress from Complianz to collect records of consent. For this functionality your IP address is anonymized and stored in our database. For more information, see the Complianz Privacy Statement.Forminator Polls
Which polls are collecting personal data?
If you use Forminator PRO to create and embed any polls on your website, you may need to mention it here to properly distinguish it from other polls.
What personal data do we collect and why?
By default Forminator captures the <strong>IP Address</strong> for each Poll submission.
In this section you should note what personal data you collected including which polls are available. You should also explan why this data is needed. Include the legal basis for your data collection and note the active consent the user has given.
Suggested text: When visitors or users submit a poll, we capture the <strong>IP Address</strong> for spam protection and to set voter limitations.How long we retain your data
By default Forminator retains all votes and its <strong>IP Address</strong> <strong>forever</strong>. You can change this setting in <strong>Forminator</strong> » <strong>Settings</strong> » <strong>Privacy Settings</strong>
Suggested text: When visitors or users votes on a poll we retain the <strong>IP Address</strong> data for 30 days and anonymize it.Where we send your data
Suggested text: All collected data might be shown publicly and we send it to our workers or contractors to perform necessary actions based on votes.Third Parties
If your polls utilize either built-in or external third party services, in this section you should mention any third parties and its privacy policy.
By default Forminator Polls can be configured to connect with these third parties:
- Akismet. Enabled when you installed and configured Akismet on your site.
- Google Drive. Enabled when you activated and set up Google Drive on Integrations settings.
- Trello. Enabled when you activated and set up Trello on Integrations settings.
- Slack. Enabled when you activated and set up Slack on Integrations settings.
Forminator Quizzes
Which quizzes are collecting personal data?
If you use Forminator PRO to create and embed any quizzes on your website, you may need to mention it here to properly distinguish it from other quizzes.
What personal data do we collect and why?
By default Forminator captures <strong>NO Personally Identifiable Information</strong> for each Quiz submission.
In this section you should note what personal data you collected including which quizzes are available. You should also explain why this data is needed. Include the legal basis for your data collection and note the active consent the user has given.
Suggested text: When visitors or users submit a quiz’s answer, we capture <strong>NO Personally Identifiable Information</strong>.How long we retain your data
By default Forminator retains all quizzes answers and <strong>forever</strong>. You can change this setting in <strong>Forminator</strong> » <strong>Settings</strong> » <strong>Data</strong>
Suggested text: When visitors or users answer a quiz we retain the <strong>answers</strong> data for 30 days and then remove it from our system.Where we send your data
Suggested text: All collected data might be shown publicly and we send it to our workers or contractors to perform necessary actions based on answers.Third Parties
If your quizzes utilize either built-in or external third party services, in this section you should mention any third parties and its privacy policy.
By default Forminator Quizzes can be configured to connect with these third parties:
- Google Drive. Enabled when you activated and set up Google Drive on Integrations settings.
- Trello. Enabled when you activated and set up Trello on Integrations settings.
- Slack. Enabled when you activated and set up Slack on Integrations settings.