Privacy Policy

JD Westport Consulting (“we”, “us”, or “JDW”) recognizes that your privacy is very important, and it is our goal to protect the privacy and security of your personal information. To achieve this goal, this Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how JDW may collect, use and share information about you (“you” or “user”), and how you can control JDW’s use of your personal information.

By using JDW services (including, but not limited to, JDW’s Website and various offerings), you consent to this Privacy Policy and the terms herein. JDW may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. It is your responsibility to check this webpage periodically to see if any terms have been changed or modified. Your continued use of JDW’s Services constitutes your acceptance of any updates to this Privacy Policy.

How does JDW collect your information?

JDW collects information from you in three ways: (1) directly from you, (2) from JDW’s web server logs, and (3) cookies.

  1. Information That You Give Us
    We obtain information about you when you contact us about products and services, when you send us a message, or when you choose (opt-in) to subscribe to our services. In these cases, you decide what and how much information you want to share.

  2. JDW Web Server Logs
    An IP address is a number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. IP addresses allow computers and servers to recognize and communicate with each other. JDW collects IP addresses in order to conduct system administration and site analysis, to improve functionality and usage of JDW’s Website.

  3. Cookies
    For information about cookies, see JDW Cookie Policy.

What information is JDW collecting?

The information we collect might include:

  • Physical address

  • IP address

  • Geolocation data

  • Professional or employment-related information

  • Browser type and version

  • Data about the equipment used to visit the JDW Website

  • Patterns of searching and browsing on the JDW Website

  • Additional information provided by you

How does JDW use your information?

We may use your information:

  • to improve the functionality and usage of JDW’s Services

  • to facilitate JDW’s own marketing, promotional, and informational purposes

  • to track the popularity of features of JDW’s Services and to guide the development of new ones

  • to identify the types of devices our visitors use so that we can improve and optimize our systems

  • to ascertain information that the use wants us to share with a specific organization.

Will JDW share your information?

JDW will never sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others, unless required by law. We simply share feedback that you provide with the company that you specify.

JDW engages certain service providers, such as Google Analytics, for purposes of tracking and associating Internet search, and to provide functionality on the JDW Website. We enable service providers to use tracking technologies on, or in conjunction with, the website. The use and collection of information by these service providers is governed by their respective privacy statements, and thus is not covered by this Policy. To read more about their respective policies, check out Google Analytics Terms of Service, and Google Privacy Policy.

In addition, we may share JDW Website usage information with service providers, who are responsible for hosting the data, to identify trends and determine market focus. Information obtained through these processes may be combined with Personally Identifiable Information in order to analyze our marketing efforts. We will only share Personally Identifiable Information with third party vendors, consultants, agents, partners, and other service providers with whom we contract to help us provide or improve the JDW Services.

How does JDW protect your information?

The security of your information and data while using JDW’s Services is very important to us. We implement appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored in connection with your use of JDW’s Services.

Sensitive and private data exchange between the JDW Website and its users is encrypted and protected through an SSL secured communication channel. JDW keeps up to date with the latest encryption protocols and does not support outdated and vulnerable protocols.

Third-party links

The JDW Website may contain links to third-party websites. These websites are governed by their own respective privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party websites to understand their data and information collection, as well as use practices.

Notice for California Residents

If you are a California resident, view our California Consumer Privacy Act page to learn more about your rights.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Learn more about the GDPR and international transfers of data.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our treatment of your information, please write to us through our let’s talk page.