Stok Website Privacy Policy

Stok, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (hereinafter, “we”, “us”, “our” or “Stok”) may collect and process personal data relating to you when you visit www.Stok.com (hereinafter, “the website”). This Policy describes how we collect and process personal data about you through the website.

This Policy does not apply to services we perform offline for you or our clients, nor does this Policy apply where we have signed a separate agreement with you to perform or receive services.

We may update this Policy from time to time; we will notify you by changing the “Last Updated” date above or by emailing you at the address you provide us; please check this website periodically for updated Policies. If you do not agree with this Policy, you may not use this website.

1. Collecting Your Personal Data

As used in this Policy, “personal data” means non-public information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. To access some parts of our website and/or for you to request specific information or services, we may need to collect personal data from you which we will process for the purposes described in this Policy.

For example, we collect your email address if you sign up for our newsletter. When you fill out forms, we collect personal data like your name, company, and email address. As you browse the website, we place tracking cookies to track pages viewed and similar activity on the website.

If you apply for a job through our website, we will collect personal data like your resume, CV, certifications, and, if you choose, categories of sensitive personal data like gender or disability status. Your submission of a job application constitutes your consent to our collection and processing of that personal data for the sole purpose of evaluating your application and administering your work with us.

We may receive personal data from third parties such as advertising and marketing partners, public databases, and social media platforms to supplement the data we receive from you. If we do so, this Policy governs how we can use that personal data.

2. How We Use Your Personal Data

As part of pre-contractual and/or contractual obligations, we may process your personal data for:

• answering any requests, queries or inquires you may submit on our website;
• enabling you log into certain restricted parts of our website;
• managing your participation in online content or events.

We may also use the personal data you share with us to:

• maintain and improve the website and our services;
• conduct surveys;
• recruit you when you submit a resume or a job application online;
• compile aggregate statistics regarding the use of the website;
• identify you as a user in our system;
• provide the services you request;
• send you administrative e-mail notifications, such as security, support, or maintenance advisories;
• respond to your inquiries related to employment opportunities or other requests;
• send newsletters, surveys, offers, and other promotional materials related to our services and for our other marketing purposes.

3. How We Share Your Personal Data

Generally. We share your personal data for the purposes you consent to at the point of collection, with third party service providers, with IT service providers to help us administer our website, and as you direct. We never sell or share your personal data for valuable consideration, and have not done so in the previous 12 months.

Service Providers. We rely on third-party service providers with which we may share your personal data for the purposes indicated above. For example, we share your email address with our marketing service providers if you opt into communications from us. We may share your job application with talent acquisition service providers. We use a third-party hosting provider that processes but does not see your personal data.

Whenever we rely on such third parties, we make sure that they provide an adequate level of protection to the personal data they process on our behalf. When subject to the EU’s General Data Protection Law, we enter into European Model Clauses as adopted by the European Commission.

Business Transfers. We may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, the information collected from customers and end users may be one of the business assets that is transferred. As such, the acquiring entity may possess your personal data in connection with or during negotiation of any merger, financing, acquisition, or dissolution transaction or proceeding involving sale, transfer, divestiture, or disclosure of all or a portion of our business or assets, provided that we will not sell your personal data as a primary component of such transaction. In the unlikely event of a bankruptcy, insolvency, or receivership, personal data may also be transferred as a business asset.

Protection of Stok and Others. Regardless of the choices you make regarding your personal information, we may disclose your personal data if Stok believes in good faith that such disclosure is necessary: (a) to comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on Stok; (b) to enforce or investigate any potential violations of our website, this Policy, or potential violation of law; (c) in connection with a legal investigation; or (d) protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

4. Retention of Your Personal Data

If you are an existing client, we will keep your personal data as long as our contractual and/or business relationship lasts. If you are a prospect with no established contractual and/or business relationship, we will not keep your data for longer than three (3) years after you last contacted us.
If you are a job candidate, please note that if you are not hired, we will delete the information you shared with us at the latest two (2) years after you shared the information.
Finally, the personal data we may collect for the security, maintenance, and improvement of our website will not be kept longer than one (1) year after collection.

5. Your Rights

If prescribed by applicable law, you have the right to access the personal data we have about you and know what personal data we have collected about you in the past 12 months.

You can also request that your personal data be rectified or deleted. You are entitled as well to object to the processing of your personal data or to request restriction thereof. In addition, you have the right to ask for your personal data in a standard portable format.

If you have any such request or complaint, please send an email to [email protected]. In any case, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the applicable data protection authority.

6. Security of Personal Data

Stok endeavors to protect and keep your personal data private. We use appropriate security measures designed to protect the security of your personal information both online and offline. These measures vary based on the sensitivity of the personal data we collect, process, and store and the current state of technology. We also take measures to ensure service providers that process personal data on our behalf also have appropriate security controls in place.

Stok cannot guarantee the security of your personal data because unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of personal data. Any account you have that is protected by a password is for your privacy and security. You are solely responsible for ensuring that there is no unauthorized access to your account.

7. Third-party Websites

Stok’s website may provide links to third-party websites. Stok does not make any representations or warranties with respect to such third-party websites. You should be aware that the owners and operators of such third-party websites might collect, use or transfer personal data under different terms and conditions than Stok. Upon linking to a third-party website, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies of such third-party websites.

8. International Transfers

We operate in and use service providers located in the United States. If you are located outside the U.S., your personal data may be transferred to the U.S. The U.S. does not provide the same legal protections guaranteed to personal data in the European Union. If you use our website or services, you consent to your data being processed and stored in the United States.

9. Children

We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal data from anyone under the age of 16. No one under age 16 may provide any personal data to us on the website. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under age 16 without legally required parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any personal data from or about a child under 16, please contact us at [email protected].

10. Contacting Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Policy, the ways in which Stok collects and uses your information described this Policy, or your choices and rights regarding such use, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].