L4 SECURITY GROUP’S PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: 05.04.2023
L4 Security Group (“L4 Security Group,” “us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://l4securitygroup.com website (“Website”), and provides various services to clients in a wide range of industries and customer segments. We offer security solutions including on-site guarding, electronic security, surveillance, workplace safety training, and safety services, and corporate risk management (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Services”).
L4 Security Group cares about your personal integrity. Therefore, this Privacy Policy is provided to equip you with information on how L4 Security Group processes the personal data that you share with us when using contact forms on our website.
As noted above, our Privacy Policy is designed to advise you about how we collect, use, protect, and disclose the information that we collect and/or receive about you. It also explains your privacy rights, and how you can manage the privacy of your Personal Information. Please note that this Privacy Policy does not govern the practices of third parties, including our partners, third party service providers, and/or advertisers, even when those services are branded as, or provided on behalf of, L4 Security Group. Information collected from you by others, such as third party websites that you access through links on the Website, are governed by those entities’ privacy policies.
1. Definitions
Personal Information (also referred to as “Personal Data”): Personal Information means data about a particular individual or household that identifies, relates to, describes, could be reasonably linked with, or could be used to identify that person or household (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession). It also includes other information that may be associated with your Personal Information, such as your Usage Data (defined below), location, preferences or interests, if that information can be used to identify you or your household.
Services: As noted above, our Services include the https://www.securitasinc.com website owned and operated by L4 Security Group as well as any services provided, including, but not limited to, on-site guarding, fire and safety services, and corporate risk management.
Cookies: Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).
Data Controller: The natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Information.
Data Processors: Any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.
User (also referred to as “Data Subject”): Any individual who uses our Services and is the subject of Personal Information collected and/or processed.
II. Information Collection and Use
We use your information to provide the Services that you request, and to improve the Services we offer to you. By using our Services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Included below is a list of several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.
Personal Information. While using our Services, we may ask you to provide us with or otherwise obtain certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Information,” as defined above). Such Personal Information may include, but is not limited to, your name, address, email address, username, payment card information, and any other information that may identify you.
Generic Information. Generic information is information that does not directly reveal the identity of a L4 Security Group customer, or visitor to the Website. This information may include Usage Data and other aggregate usage metrics such as total number of Website visitors, pages viewed, and usage patterns within the Website, etc. This may also include information about your device. We may automatically gather some Generic Information from our members, customers, and Website visitors. At times, the combination of various types of data, including Generic information and Usage Data, may enable you to be identified, and may therefore qualify as Personal Information.
Usage Data: We may also collect information on how you access and use our Services (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Services that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking & Cookies Data. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Website, and we hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Services.
Examples of Cookies and other technologies we may use include, but are not limited to:
_ga cookies: These are used by Google Analytics and sends information to Google which is used to distinguish users. A unique identifier associated with each user is sent with each hit in order to determine which traffic belongs to which user. This allows the website’s owner to track a user’s behavior and monitor website performance. These cookies are stored for two (2) years.
_gat: These are used by Google Analytics to throttle request rates and do not store any information. Rather, they are used to improve the website’s performance. These cookies are only stored for ten (10) minutes and sends information back to Google.
_gid: These are used by Google Analytics. This is used to distinguish users and enables L4 Security Group to track a visitor’s behavior and measure the website’s performance. These cookies are stored for twenty-four (24) hours and sends information back to Google.
Cookies Accepted: These are used to keep track of whether the user has accepted the cookie usage or not. This is not set unless the visitor clicks “Accept” in the cookie banner at the top of the website. There is no limit to how long these cookies may be stored for.
Your Cookie Choices
You may set your browser to block or otherwise control what cookies your browser or mobile device accepts via your browser or mobile device settings. Additionally, you can choose to modify your settings and delete those cookies that are otherwise stored on your device. Please consult the instructions provided by your browser or your mobile device’s manufacturer to determine how you can limit the placement of and/or remove cookies or other technologies. Please note, however, that limiting or disabling the use of cookies and other technologies may impact or adversely affect your ability to perform certain transactions on, use certain functionalities of, and access certain content on our Website.
III. How We Collect Information
L4 Security Group collects and obtains your information in a few ways: there is information that you choose to give to us, the information we obtain through your use of our Services – including our Website – and information we obtain from third parties.
a. Information You Give Us
We collect information that you decide to share with us. At times, we may require you to provide certain information – including Personal Information – in order to use certain parts of our Website, fulfill your requests with us, or provide you with certain Services. For instance, we may require you to provide your name, email address or other contact information when you contact us with a question or comment. Additionally, we may need you to provide certain Personal Information to use other portions of our Services.
b. Information We Obtain When You Use Our Services
As noted above, we collect certain information from you through your use of our Services, such as Usage Data. For instance, in using our Website, we may collect information about the device you use to log into, access, and use the Website. We may collect other Generic Information in relation to how you use our Website or other Services (for example, aggregate metrics on how often certain pages on our Website are accessed and viewed).
We also may collect information through the use of cookie, pixel tags, or other technologies, as described above.
c. Information We Obtain from Third Parties
We may also obtain information about you from our third party service providers who help us provide our Services to you.
IV. Purposes for Collecting, Processing, and Using Your Information
Business and Other Purposes for Collection
SUSA collects, processes (or asks our service providers to process on our behalf), and uses your information to provide the Services we make available to you. We therefore will collect and use your information for a variety of reasons, including:
To perform a contract with you, or provide those Services you have requested of SUSA.
You have otherwise given us your consent and permission to do so.
The collection and processing is in our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, and is not outweighed by any applicable rights you may have. For instance, we may use your information to assist with fraud prevention, improve the security of our networks, assist with enhancing the physical security of our customers and reporting suspected criminal activity to law enforcement. We may also use your information in relation to certain direct marketing events.
To comply with applicable laws, in response to a lawful and enforceable request by a law enforcement, judicial, or other public authority, or in connection with an applicable legal obligation.
V. How We Use Your Information
As noted elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, L4 Security Group uses your information to provide our Services to you, including our Website.
Such general uses include, but are not limited to:
To fulfill your information request and to receive information and materials from us, such as brochures or reports.
To provide and maintain our Services.
To notify you about changes to our Services.
To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Services.
To monitor the usage of our Services.
To detect, prevent and address technical issues.
To provide you with news via special offers, marketing or promotional materials, general information about other Services that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about, unless you have opted out of such information. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by contacting us at the contact information provided in this Privacy Policy.
Various aspects of the Website, such as content on the Website, and email messages we send you in connection with your use of the Website may include advertisements that may be selected for you based on your demographic information, interests, preferences, and usage patterns within the Website.
We may also use “automatically collected” information and “cookies” information to:
personalize our services, such as remembering your information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Website;
monitor and analyze the our effectiveness and third party marketing activities;
monitor aggregate usage metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and
track your entries, submissions, and status in any promotions or other activities.
VI. How We Disclose or Share Your Information
L4 Security Group does not sell your information to any third party. We will only provide your personal data if it is necessary in order to provide you with the information you have requested. However, L4 Security Group may disclose your information in a number of ways in order to provide our Services to you. For instance, we may share your information with our subsidiaries or affiliated companies for the purpose of processing your personal data to respond to your request.
We may also disclose or share your information for the following purposes:
To comply with a legal obligation.
To protect and defend L4 Security Group’s rights or property.
To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Services.
To protect the personal safety of users of the Services or the public.
To protect against legal liability.
When there is a good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate or protect against harmful activities to our guests, visitors, associates, or property (including the Website), or to others (including L4 Security Group itself). This may include disclosures to law enforcement to investigate potential criminal activity or other civil violations.
VII. Security of Data
All reasonable technical, organizational, and otherwise, measures are taken by L4 Security Group to protect Personal Information collected on our Website and elsewhere from being subject to accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss or alteration, disclosure without authorization, and any other unlawful actions taken against otherwise protected information. Moreover, L4 Security Group takes all judicious legal, technical, and organizational measures to ensure that all Personal Information is handled with a sufficient level of security. Furthermore, L4 Security Group takes all reasonable measures to protect Personal Information during transfers of said information to a third party.
Despite the security measures taken, L4 Security Group cannot guarantee the protection of the data you provide us.
IX. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to amend this privacy notice at our discretion and at any time.