Privacy Policy

Who We Are

The Brooks-Johnson Group is committed to keeping any and all personal information collected of those individuals that visit our website and make use of our online materials. Our privacy policy has been designed and created to ensure those affiliated with The Brooks-Johnson Group have of our commitment and realization of our obligation not only to meet but to exceed most existing privacy standards. THEREFORE, this Privacy Policy Agreement shall apply to The Brooks-Johnson Group, and thus it shall govern any and all data collection and usage thereof. Through the use of www.thebrooks-johnsongroup.com you are herein consenting to the following data procedures expressed within this agreement.

Personal Data That We Collect

This website collects various types of information, such as:
• Voluntarily provided information that may include your name, address, email address, etc., which may be used when you purchase products and/or services and to deliver the services you have requested. Please rest assured that this site shall only collect personal information that you knowingly and willingly provide by way of surveys, completed newsletter forms, and emails. It is the intent of this site to use personal information only for the purpose for which it was requested and any additional uses specifically provided on this site. We also use software tools such as Google Analytics to measure and collect session information, including page response times, lengths of visits, page interaction information and methods used to arrive on the home page. It is highly recommended and suggested that you review the privacy policies and statements of any website you choose to use or frequent as a means to better understand the way in which other websites garner, make use of, and share information collected.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms/ Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Retaining Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left 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.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Unsubscribe or Opt-Out

All users and/or visitors to our website have the option to discontinue receiving communication from us and/or reserve the right to discontinue receiving communications by way of email or newsletters. If you wish to unsubscribe or opt-out from any third party websites, you must go to that specific website to unsubscribe and/or opt-out.

Use of Information Collected

The Brooks-Johnson Group may collect and may make use of personal information to assist in the operation of our website and to ensure delivery of the services you need and request. At times, we may find it necessary to use personally identifiable information as a means to keep you informed of other possible products and/or services that may be available to you from www.thebrooks-johnsongroup.com.

The Brooks-Johnson Group may also be in contact with you with regard to information about our services, completing surveys and/or research questionnaires related to your opinion of current or potential future services that may be offered. The Brooks-Johnson Group does not now, nor will it in the future, sell, rent or lease any of our customer lists and/or names to any third parties. The Brooks-Johnson Group may disclose your personal information, without prior notice to you, only if required to do so in accordance with applicable laws and/or in a good faith belief that such action is deemed necessary or is required in an effort to:
• Remain in conformance with any decrees, laws and/or statutes or in an effort to comply with any process which may be served upon The Brooks-Johnson Group and/or our website;
• Maintain, safeguard and/or preserve all the rights and/or property of The Brooks-Johnson Group; and
• Perform under demanding conditions in an effort to safeguard the personal safety of users of www.thebrooks-johnsongroup.com and/or the general public.

Security

The Brooks-Johnson Group shall endeavor to take every precaution to maintain adequate physical, procedural and technical security with respect to our information storage facilities so as to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure or modification of the user’s personal information under our control.

Changes to Privacy Statement

The Brooks-Johnson Group reserves the right to update and/or change the terms of our privacy policy, and as such we will post these change to our website homepage at www.thebrooks-johnsongroup.com, so that our users and/or visitors are always aware of the type of information we collect, how it will be used, and under what circumstances, if any, we may disclose such information. If at any point in time The Brooks-Johnson Group decides to make use of any personally identifiable information on file, in a manner vastly different from that which was stated when this information was initially collected, the user or users shall be promptly notified by email. Users at that time shall have the option as to whether or not to permit the use of their information in this separate manner.

Acceptance of Terms

Through the use of this website, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions stipulated within the aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement. If you are not in agreement with our terms and conditions, then you should refrain from further use of our sites. In addition, your continued use of our website following the posting of any updates or changes to our terms and conditions shall mean that you are in agreement and acceptance of such changes.