Privacy Statement

INTRODUCTION

This is the Privacy Statement and Policy (“Privacy Statement”) for JRG Consulting Group LLC (JRGCG). This Privacy Statement was last updated in July 2023.

JRGCG understands that your privacy is important. JRGCG is committed to protecting your privacy and personal information you provide or as you access and use materials on JRGCG.com (the “Site”), including the Site subscription pages or other websites or apps that post a link to this Privacy Statement. In addition, information that you submit to JRGCG in response to an email request for information or other outreach from JRGCG will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Statement.

JRGCG may, in its discretion, amend this Privacy Statement from time to time. To ensure you are able to remain informed about the information we collect and how we use it, material changes to our statement will be reflected here. This Site may contain links to external sites which are not governed by this Privacy Statement. JRGCG does not take responsibility for the privacy practices of any third-party sites to which we link. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any such sites before you submit information there.

YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT

Please read this Privacy Statement carefully. By browsing the Site or expressly consenting, where required under applicable privacy laws, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Statement.

INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT, AND HOW WE USE IT

What information do we collect?

Account and Subscription

JRGCG collects information from you when you create your account for the Site, seek additional information regarding our services, and for marketing communications (via emails, social media platforms) from JRGCG based on your consent, where required under applicable privacy laws.

Personal information that we collect includes names, addresses, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, IP, geo location, subject areas of interest and/or demographic information.

If you do not provide such information, you may not be able to create an account for the Site, request copies of publications, subscribe for email newsletters and press releases, seek additional information regarding our services or employment opportunities.

Surveys and events

JRGCG collects information if you take part in surveys run by JRGCG.

Personal information that we collect includes names, e-mail addresses, IP, unique personal identifiers, subject areas of interest and/or demographic information.

In addition, we sometimes aggregate demographic information, and the types of systems and browsers of users JRGCG also may conduct user surveys on the Web or use technologies to provide JRGCG with information on a number of areas, such as user identity, user viewing habits, whether or not users found what they were searching for, whether the Site content is relevant to user needs, and the like.

How do we use personal information?

The purposes and uses of your personal information will depend on the use of the Site and the personal information provided. We process your personal information:

For the purposes of safeguarding the legitimate business interests pursued by JRGCG. This includes:

o Communicate with you and manage your requests in relation to your account, subscriptions to JRGCG newsletters, publications, events and survey participations

o Tailoring your experience at the Site with relevant JRGCG materials

o Understanding the Site’s user population, identifying subject areas of interest, and determining whether the Site is designed to work with the computer settings of a majority of our visitors

o Measuring and improving the effectiveness of JRGCG marketing programs across different channels

o Improving our web content and navigation

o Informing you about updates to the service and notifying you about other products and services offered by JRGCG that may be of interest to you, including information regarding publications and events and track email engagement activity for internal use only.

HOW WE MIGHT SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

The third parties with whom we may need to share personal information to help us provide services and products to you and to run our Site include:

Our subsidiaries or affiliates
Our advisors
Our third-party service providers who process information on our behalf to help run some of our internal business operations including email distribution, IT services, the Site security, and marketing and events services

RETENTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

JRGCG retains your personal information for so long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:

The length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide services to you (for example, for as long as you have an account with us or keep using our services) and the length of time thereafter during which we may have a legitimate need to reference your personal information to address issues that may arise
Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject (for example, certain laws require us to keep records of your transactions for a certain period of time before we can delete them)
Whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations

MARKETING

In our marketing communications with you, we monitor and comply with applicable data privacy laws and if, at any time, you prefer not to receive further communications from us in any or all forms you will have the ability to unsubscribe from such communications by means of a link provided in every e-mail that is sent to you by us. When subscribing to JRGCG e-mail newsletters, you are given the opportunity to select which promotions, news, and information you would like to receive at the time of sign-up, and you will have the opportunity to unsubscribe from such communications.

COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

JRGCG may use cookies on this Site and in our communications with you to keep track of your visit to our Site and our communications with you. A “cookie” is a small amount of data sent from a Web server to your browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Other tracking technologies work similarly to cookies and place a small amount of data on your devices to monitor your website activity to allow us to collect information about how you use our Site and our services. With most internet browsers, you can erase cookies from your computer’s hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your computer. Please refer to your browser instructions or you can visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/ which will give you more information. Once you have given your consent to use cookies, we shall store a cookie on your computer or device to remember this for next time. If you wish to withdraw consent at any time you will need to delete our cookies using your web browsers settings. Please be advised that certain sections or functionalities of the Site may be inaccessible to you if your browser does not accept cookies. We do not currently respond to browser do-not-track signals.

SECURITY PROCESSES

JRGCG has in place appropriate technological and operational security processes designed to protect personally identifiable information from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Only authorized employees and contractors will have access to any data provided by you, and that access is limited by need. Each employee or contractor having access to any personally identifiable information is obligated to maintain its confidentiality. Although we take steps that are generally accepted as industry standard to protect your personally identifiable information, JRGCG cannot guarantee that your personally identifiable information will not become accessible to unauthorized persons and JRGCG cannot be responsible for any actions resulting from a breach of security when information is supplied over the internet or any public computer network.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

This Site contains links to other Websites that are not operated by JRGCG.

JRGCG is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any non-JRGCG websites to which we link from the Site. We are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide whilst visiting other websites and sites not governed by our Privacy Statement. We cannot control the content or security of such websites. We cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage incurred by a user as a result of visiting such websites. No links are intended to be, nor should be construed as, an endorsement of any kind by us of that other website.

COMPLIANCE WITH LAW

JRGCG complies with all applicable data privacy laws. JRGCG may be compelled to surrender personal user or customer information to legal authorities if presented with a court subpoena or similar legal or administrative order, or as required or permitted by the laws, rules and regulations of any nation, state or other applicable jurisdiction. Also, in the event of a violation of the terms and conditions of use of the Site or a violation of any restrictions on use of materials provided in or through the Site, we may disclose personal user information to our affected business partners or legal authorities.

USE OF JRGCG WEBSITES

Your access to and use of the Site are subject to this Privacy Statement.