Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 25, 2023

Purpose

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to describe how Praecipio Consulting LLC, and our online affiliates collect, use, and share information about you through our U.S. website (https://www.praecipio.com/) owned and controlled by us (referred to herein as the “Site”), and through any other medium you use to communicate with us.

The creation of this Privacy Policy stems from our fundamental respect for your right to privacy and will serve to guide our relationship with you. We value the privacy and security of your “personal information,” which as used herein means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you or your household. As such, we take complying with data privacy and security laws very seriously.

Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. If you do not understand any aspects of our Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us at info@praecipio.com, as described at the end of this Policy.


Scope; Third-Party Sites

This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect at and through the Site and to information you provide us through any other medium, including, for example, email, text messages, telephone, letters, or otherwise. Our Site also contains links to third-party sites that are not owned or controlled by us. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personal information.


Terms of Use

Please note that your use of our Site is also subject to our Terms of Use:

Praecipio.com is an online information and communications service provided by Praecipio Consulting LLC (“Provider”) subject to your agreement with all of the terms and conditions offered below. Read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Service. By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions below, which are intended to be fully effective and binding upon the Provider and users. The Provider may modify this Agreement at any time, and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting the modified Agreement. You agree to review the Agreement periodically to be aware of such modifications and your accessing or using of the Service constitutes your acceptance of the Agreement as it appears at the time of your access or use.

The right to use praecipio.com is personal and not transferable to any other person or entity. You are responsible for use of the service under your screen or password and for protection of your password once created.

You understand that the Provider cannot and does not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading through the Service will be free of infection or viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. Each Member is responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy his or her particular requirements for accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to the Service for the reconstruction of any lost data. The Provider does not assume any responsibility or risk for your use of the Service.

THE PROVIDER DOES NOT MAKE ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR ENDORSEMENTS WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT, OR THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) WITH REGARD TO THE SERVICE, ANY MERCHANDISE, INFORMATION OR SERVICE PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SPECIFIED, THE PROVIDER DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR CORRECTNESS, TIMELINESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY OPINIONS, ADVICE, SERVICES, MERCHANDISE OR OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR ON THE INTERNET GENERALLY. IN NO EVENT WILL THE PROVIDER BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN BY YOU OR ANYONE ELSE IN RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE.

You agree to use praecipio.com for lawful purposes only. You may not post or transmit through praecipio.com any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law, or which, without praecipio.com’s express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by you that in our discretion restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying the Service will not be permitted. You shall not use praecipio.com to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including, but not limited to, the solicitation of users to become subscribers of other online information services competitive with praecipio.com.

Praecipio.com contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express permission of the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. Any materials, including but not limited to trademarks, trade names, service marks or logos, or other proprietary information utilized on this website, which are not the property of this website, remain the sole property of their respective owners.

You shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on praecipio.com any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests with you. You shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission. By submitting material to any public area of praecipio.com you automatically grant, or warrant that the owner of such material has expressly granted praecipio.com the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such material. You also permit any other user to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that user’s personal use. You hereby grant praecipio.com the right to edit, copy, publish and distribute any material made available by you.

Potential users in any jurisdiction in the world, the common, statutory, regulatory, or codified law of which would void this Agreement in whole or in any essential part (the essential parts being at least, but not only, the exclusive venue and exclusive remedy provisions, and warranty disclaimer), or which makes accessing the Service illegal, are unauthorized to use the Service, and do so entirely at their own risk.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROVIDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR ANY OTHER MONETARY OR OTHER DAMAGES, FEES, FINES, PENALTIES, OR LIABILITIES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THIS SERVICE, OR SITES ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SERVICE, AND/OR CONTENT OR INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN. A USER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SERVICE IS TO STOP USING THE SERVICE.

Praecipio.com shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of the Service, including chat rooms and forums, to determine compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established and to satisfy any law, regulation or authorized government request. The Provider shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on praecipio.com. Without limiting the foregoing, the Provider shall have the right to remove any material that the Provider, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Praecipio Consulting LLC, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of the use of praecipio.com.

Information We Collect and Why We Collect It

Information You Provide to Us

Types of personal information we collect when you communicate with us include:

Category of Personal Information Types of Personal Information Captured by Category
Personal details, contact details, and identifiers

Name, pronouns, all types of identifiers and contact details (such as email, phone numbers, physical address) and, occasionally, when necessary for specific purposes, gender, date of birth, age, place of birth.

Commercial information

History and records of the products and services you have obtained from Praecipio Consulting LLC. Correspondence between you and us when it is sent to a dedicated mailbox or via other electronic communication means, for the purpose of processing account receivable payments and commercial follow-up.

Marketing and Research Information
  1. Identifiers – the IP address, social media handle or other identifiers of a personal, email address/mobile number if used for direct marketing, and name and address.
  2. Demographic data – income, family status, age bracket, gender, interests, pets, home ownership, health, current service providers.
  3. Browser/web history data and preferences expressed through selection/viewing/purchase of goods, services and content, information about your mobile device including (where available) type of device, device identification number, mobile operating system.
  4. Social media content – blogs, posts, and anything posted by an individual online or which mentions/references an individual.
  5. Analytics and profiles of the individuals based on the data collected on them
  6. Voice-enabled services (speech-to-text engines for search requests) without being recorded or stored by the mobile device
Sensitive Data and Biometric Information

Praecipio may also collect certain types of sensitive information by permitted by local law or with your consent, such as health/medical information (including disability status/access requirements and dietary requirements/allergies in the framework of events we organize/sponsor) or biometric information, for example as when you elect to use fingerprint authentication.
Audiovisual materials

Photograph, and images/footage captured or recorded on CCTV or other audio, video, and related security/monitoring systems or captured during marketing/public filming events/sessions (including recording of virtual or live workshops or similar events/sessions).

Position and Professional or Employment-Related Information

Professional or employment related information, such as description of current position, job title, employer, location, and Praecipio contact(s).

System and Application Access Data and Internet and Electronic Network Activity Information

Wheere you are provided with access to Praecipio’s systems, Praecipio may collect information required to access such Praecipio systems and applications such as System ID, LAN ID, email account, instant messaging account, mainframe ID, system passwords, and internet or other electronic network activity information, including access logs, activity logs, and electronic content produced using Praecipio systems.

Cookies and Geolocation Data

As described below, we also may collect geolocation data in some circumstances. Please see our Cookies policy for more details regarding our use of cookies.

We may also collect certain other information necessary to fulfill the services that you have requested from us. We advise you not to share any sensitive personal information that you do not feel comfortable disclosing to strangers, such as information that relates to medical facts, racial or ethnic origins, political or religious beliefs, or sexuality.

We may also collect and analyze information from the content of communications you have with us (including text messages and emails) using automated systems.

In addition, for recruitment/employment purposes and to provide assessment and HR consultancy services to our clients, Praecipio may process the personal information set out in the below table:

Additional personal details, contact details and identifiers/demographics.    

In addition to the personal details listed above, Praecipio may collect additional personal details for recruitment/employment purposes, such as national identification number, social security number, insurance information, marital/civil partnership status, domestic partners, dependents, emergency contact information, and military history; professional/personal calendar availability/scheduling information for meeting/communication purposes.

Education information and professional or employment-related information.    

Praecipio may collect information about your education and professional or employment-related information, such as your employment history.

Sensitive data for recruitment purposes or for providing assessment/HR consultancy services.    

Praecipio may collect certain types of sensitive information when permitted by local law or with your consent, such as health/medical information (including disability status), trade union membership information, religion, race or ethnicity, minority flag, and information on criminal convictions and offenses. Praecipio collects this information for specific purposes, such as health/medical information in order to accommodate a disability or illness (subject to legal limits on the timing of collection of such information and other applicable limitations) and to provide benefits; background checks and diversity-related personal information (such as race or ethnicity) in order to comply with legal obligations and internal policies relating to diversity and anti-discrimination.

Documentation required under immigration laws.    

Praecipio may collect data on citizenship, passport data, and details of residency or work permit (a physical copy and/or an electronic copy).

Financial information for payroll/benefits purposes    

Your banking and other relevant financial details we need for payroll/benefits purposes.

Talent management information.    

Information necessary to complete a background check, details on performance decisions and outcomes, performance feedback and warnings, e-learning/training programs, performance and development reviews (including information you provide when asking for/providing feedback, creating priorities, updating your input in relevant tools), driver’s license and car ownership information, and information used to populate biographies.

Requested recruitment information    

Information requested to provide during the recruitment process, to the extent allowed by applicable law.

Recruitment information you submit    

Information that you submit in résumés / CVs, letters, writing samples, or other written materials (including photographs).

Information generated by us during recruitment or during assessments    

Information generated by interviewers and recruiters related to you, based on their interactions with you or basic Internet searches where allowed under applicable law.

Recruitment information received from third parties    

Information related to you provided by third-party placement firms, recruiters, or job-search websites, clients where applicable.

Audiovisual information processed during recruitment    

Photograph, and images/audio/footage captured on CCTV or other video systems when visiting our offices or captured in the course of recruitment events or video recruitment interviews.

Recommendations

Recommendations related information provided on your behalf by others.

Immigration

Documentation and related information required under immigration laws.

Employment history and background checks    

Information about your prior employment, education, and where applicable and allowed by applicable law, credit history, criminal records or other information revealed during background screenings.

Diversity related information    

Information about race / ethnicity / religion / disability / gender and self-identified LGBT status, for purposes of government reporting where required by law, as well as to understand the diversity characteristics of the workforce, subject to legal limits and consent where applicable.

Assessment information     Information generated by your participation in psychological, technical or behavioral assessments. You will receive more information about the nature of such assessments before your participation in any of them.

Cookie Policy

When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. It is important to note that Essential Cookies are necessary for our site to function correctly, and therefore cannot be deactivated. See below for details about the types of cookies that may be in use on our site, and refer to the customization options in our Cookie Banner to find out more and change settings. Blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. 

We may utilize web analytics services like Google Analytics to gather specific information about your usage of the Site. These services may employ cookies to analyze how users interact with the Site. The data, including your IP address, generated by these cookies is transmitted to and stored by the analytics service on servers in the United States. The purpose is to assess Site usage, create activity reports, and offer related services. Information may be shared with third parties as required by law or for processing on behalf of the analytics service. By using the Site, you agree to the processing of your data as outlined above. Please note that cookie refusal may limit the Site's full functionality.

For more information regarding Google Analytics please visit Google’s website, and pages that describe Google Analytics, such as www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html.

Necessary Cookies

Necessary cookies help make our website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. Our website cannot function properly without these cookies. They also enable us to remember your settings from previous times you’ve visited our site.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us keep track of your session and identity throughout the site and understand how visitors interact with our website. They do not contain any personal information.

Advertisement Cookies

Advertisement cookies are used to track visitors across websites. They are intended to help us understand your interests and deliver ads that are more relevant to you.

No Information from Children Under Age 13

If you are under the age of 13, please do not attempt to provide any personal information about yourself to us. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will promptly delete that information. If you believe we have collected information about a child under 13, or are a parent or guardian of a child under 13 and believe we have collected personal information from that child, please contact us at info@praecipio.com.

How We Use and Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may, however, share your personal information if necessary to: (1) comply with federal, state, or local laws; (2) comply with a civil, criminal, or regulatory inquiry, investigation, subpoena, or summons by federal, state, or local authorities; (3) cooperate with law enforcement agencies concerning conduct or activity that we reasonably and in good faith believe may violate federal, state, or local laws; or (4) exercise or defend legal claims.

Further, we may share non-personal information with other parties to provide and perform Services on our behalf or assist us in analyzing how our Services are used as long as the information has been deidentified or aggregated.

Lastly, we may transfer to a third party personal information as an asset that is part of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or other transaction in which the third party assumes control of all or part of our business.

As described above, we collect information from you so that we can provide products and services that you request and provide information that you request from us. We may use your personal information to:

  • Contact you about your service requests
  • Provide the services you requested
  • Personalize your experience
  • Improve our services

We may also use your information to send you information about products, services, and new offerings offered by us or by a partner of ours through email or through text messages to your mobile phone or other device. We may also contact you through email when new partners join us, our network and for new offers by us or our partners.

Third Party Access

We may provide information to third-party service providers that help us fulfill services that you request from us. We may also use third parties to help host our Site, send out email updates about the Site, sponsor conferences, provide marketing, analytic, and advertising services for us, remove repetitive information from our user lists, and process payments, possibly among other things. These service providers may have access to your personal information in order to provide these services, but when this occurs we implement reasonable contractual and technical protections to limit their use of that information to helping us provide the service.

Feedback

Your feedback and suggestions you submit, including feedback or suggestions submitted through online forms, social media sites, or through email, will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. You hereby assign to us any and all rights in and to, and grant us a perpetual, fully paid, global, royalty-free, irrevocable right and license to use, all such ideas, suggestions, and feedback. We may use any of your feedback or suggestions to improve our services or for marketing purposes on our website or on any of our social media sites without any obligation to you.

Statistical Analysis

We may use your information you provide to us through any medium (including emails you delegate us to process on your behalf), combined with other information we may obtain from other sources, to perform statistical, demographic, and marketing analyses of the users of our services, service requests patterns, to improve our understanding of our customers and potential customers, to improve our service, and to improve customer relationships.

Legal Proceedings

We will share personal information with third-party companies, organizations or individuals if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to:

  • Meet any applicable law, regulation, subpoena, legal process or enforceable governmental request
  • Enforce Our Terms of Use, including investigation of potential violations
  • Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, illegal activity, network security or technical issues concerning our service
  • Protect against harm to our rights, property or safety, our users (including you), customers or the public as required or permitted by law
  • Detect, prevent, or otherwise address risks to national security or other important public interests

Your Consent

In addition to the sharing described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, we may share personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of Praecipio in connection with events sponsored by us, and when we have your express consent to do so, including with persons chosen by you.

Transfer in the Event of a Sale or Change of Control

We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personally identifiable information to third parties, except as follows: If the ownership of all or substantially all of our business changes or we otherwise transfer assets relating to our business or the Site to a third party, such as by merger, acquisition, bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise, we may share, transfer, or sell your personal information to the new owner. In such a case your information would remain subject to the promises made in the Privacy Policy in effect at that time. In addition, if we acquire another entity, we may share your information with our new corporate affiliate.

Access to Your Information and Choices

If you have questions about personal information we have about you or need to update your information, you can submit a data request form here. 

As stated on the Consumer Data Request Form, we require you to verify your identity by responding to a confirmation email sent by Praecipio Consulting LLC before we can fulfill any request regarding your personal data.

While we are happy to provide you the categories of information we have regarding you, to protect the security of your information we cannot provide you with certain information you may have provided to us including, for example, passwords, credit card information, and other account numbers.  

Database Opt-Out

If you prefer that we do not store any data on you, we have provided a procedure that allows you to remove any records of yourself currently and thereafter. In order to “opt out,” you can ask us to delete any records by simply submitting a Consumer Data Request with the selection “I would like to request all my personal data be deleted from the Praecipio database”. If you do so, please provide your name and email address, and we will use best efforts to remove all records of you from our database. We may, however, retain a copy of the information for archival purposes, and to avoid identity theft or fraud.

Security of Your Information

We use industry standard physical, technical and administrative security measures and safeguards to protect the confidentiality and security of your personal information. However, since the Internet is not a 100% secure environment, we cannot guarantee, ensure, or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. Although we use industry standard practices to protect your information stored on our servers, there is no guarantee that information, including sensitive personal information, may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information. Please note that e-mails and other communications you send to us through our Site are not encrypted, and we strongly advise you not to communicate any confidential information through these means. If you do communicate any confidential information, you are taking the risk that the information may not be secure.

California Privacy Rights

Under California’s “Shine the Light” law, California residents who provide personal information in obtaining products or services for personal, family or household use are entitled to request and obtain from us once-a-calendar-year information about the customer information we shared, if any, with other businesses for their own direct marketing uses. If applicable, this information would include the categories of customer information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared customer information for the immediately prior calendar year (e.g. requests made in 2023 will receive information regarding the sharing activities done in 2022).

To obtain this information, please fill out the Consumer Data Request Form with the selection “I would like to request a copy of the personal data Praecipio is storing about me”. We will provide the requested information to you at your e-mail address in response after you respond to the confirmation email sent to you. Please be aware that not all information sharing is covered by the “Shine the Light” requirements and only information on covered sharing will be included in our response. For exact information on California’s “Shine the Light” law please refer to the full text of the legislation, available here.

Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2021) (“CCPA”), you have the right against discrimination for exercising your rights set out in the CCPA. You also have the right to receive notice of our practices at or before collection of personal information.

A copy of the CCPA will be provided to applicants, employees, and contractors upon request and before any personal information is collected about the individual.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

Praecipio does not sell or share Personal Information to third parties (pursuant to California Civil Code §§ 1798.100–1798.199, also known as the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018). However, if at any time you wish to have your personal data deleted from our records or wish to make a change to or obtain a copy of your personal data stored by Praecipio, you may fill out the Consumer Data Request Form.

Consent to Data Processing in the United States

Our Site is operated and managed on servers located and operated within the United States. By using and accessing our Site, residents and citizens of countries and jurisdictions outside of the United States agree and consent to the transfer to and processing of personal information on servers located in the United States, and that the protection of such information may be different than required under the laws of your residence or location. 

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your consent in accordance with applicable law.  We will post any Privacy Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of privacy policy changes). We will also try to keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review on request.

If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will revise the “Last Updated and Effective Date” at the top of this Policy.

Questions and How to Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, complaints, or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy or otherwise need to contact us, please email us at info@praecipio.com, or contact us by U.S. mail at the following address:

Praecipio Consulting LLC

15511 Hwy 71 W
Suite 110-111
Austin, TX 78738