Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy of Altus Regional Consulting Solutions (Caribbean) Ltd. Altus Regional Consulting Solutions (Caribbean) Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "ARCS", "we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and sharing of information through our websites altusregional.com, altusmaritime.com, and altuscorporate.com (collectively referred to as 'the Altus Regional Websites'). 1. Information Collection: We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including but not limited to your name, contact details, and any other information you choose to provide through our websites. We may also collect information about your device and browsing activities when you access the Altus Regional Websites, including IP addresses, browser types, and page views. 2. Use of Information: The information we collect is used to provide you with a personalized experience on our websites, to communicate with you about our services, to comply with legal obligations, and to improve our websites and services. 3. Sharing of Information: We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information with our affiliates and service providers who assist us in operating the websites, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety. 4. Comments: When you leave comments on the Altus Regional Websites, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. 5. Media: If you upload images to the Altus Regional Websites, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the Altus Regional Websites can download and extract any location data from images on the Altus Regional Websites. 6. Cookies: We may use cookies to enhance your experience on our websites. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your web browser that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. If you leave a comment on the Altus Regional Websites, 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 the login pages on the Altus Regional Websites, 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. 7. 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. 8. Who we share your data with: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. 9. How long we retain 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. 10. What 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. 11. Where your data is sent: Visitor comments are checked through an automated spam detection service and are also vetted by our staff. 12. Data Security: We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the information confidential. 13. Your Rights: You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to object to or restrict certain processing of your personal information, and to request that we provide you with a copy of your information for transfer to another service. 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. 13. Third-Party Links: The Altus Regional Websites may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. 14. Changes to This Policy: We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. 15. Contact Us: If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [insert contact information]. By using the Altus Regional Websites, you consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. This policy is effective as of 1 November 2022.