Privacy Policy

1. INTRODUCTION
Palmetto Group 7, LLC, d/b/a The Palmetto Group, is a Class “A” Licensed Florida Private Investigative Agency. The Palmetto Group respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information according to this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy applies to www.myfloridatrustee.com or any other website in or to which this Privacy Policy is linked or referenced (collectively, the “Website”).

2. SCOPE
This Privacy Policy explains how The Palmetto Group handles your personal information when you use the Website or when you otherwise contact or interact with us through the Website. There are certain circumstances where different terms regarding how The Palmetto Group may handle your personal information may apply. If a service or data collection undertaken by us has its own terms regarding the handling of your personal information, those terms - not this Privacy Policy - applies. For instance:

·  Provision of services. When engaging with us for the provision of recovery and other services, our contracts and assignment agreements include specific terms in accordance with relevant state and national requirements.

3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The Palmetto Group collects:

·  Contact information such as name, title, contact and business information, including phone number email and physical address, when you contact or interact with us.

·  Preferences and interests that you submit through different online forms available through the Website, webinars and events where you can register, including feedback forms in relation to these events. 

·  Automatically Collected Information. We may process information that is automatically collected when you use the Website. Information is automatically collected: 

o Through Server Logs: A server log is a list of the activities that a server performs. Our servers automatically collect and store in server logs your search queries, Internet Protocol (IP) address, hardware settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and referral URL and certain cookies that identify your browser.

o Through Data Collection Technology: We use cookies, pixel tabs (also known as web beacons, flash cookies and clear GIFs) and similar technology (“Data Collection Technology”) to automatically collect information about you when you use the Website. 

4. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, to "process" personal information means to perform any operation on personal information, whether or not by automated means, such as collecting, recording, organizing, storing, adapting, using, disclosing, combining, erasing or destroying.

To process your information as described in this Privacy Policy, we rely on the following legal bases:

·  Performance of a contract: Where we need to perform the contract we have entered into with you.

·  Legitimate interest: Where it falls within the scope of our legitimate interests and your fundamental rights do not override those interests.

·  Legal or regulatory obligation: Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

·  Consent: From time to time, we may ask for your consent to use your information for certain specific reasons. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the information provided below.

We will only use your personal information for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your personal information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Please note that we may process your personal information without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

The Palmetto Group uses information collected for the following purposes based on our legitimate interests:

·  Responding to requests. To respond to your requests and inquiries;

·  Marketing and business development. To contact you and deliver information (including marketing material) to you that you have requested, including communications relevant to your use of the Website;

·  Provide you access. To provide you with access to the Website and additional materials and information.

·  Website Security and Analytics. To monitor security threats and improve the performance and content of the Website and other online services, analyzing website usage and creating internal reports.

·  Business relationship. For managing and administering our relationship with you, including keeping records about our relationship.

·  Legal claims. For the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

We also use your personal information when necessary for the performance of a contract or to comply with legal obligations in the following contexts:

·  Provide recovery and other services to clients;

·  Enforcing the Website Terms and Conditions of Use, and other agreements;

·  Comply with laws. To comply with laws such as anti-money-laundering rules, fraud prevention, tax, labor and other relevant national laws, including disclosures to courts and law enforcement;

We may also request your consent to use your personal information for other specific purposes.

5. WHEN WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION

Although the Palmetto Group typically does not work with third party vendors and typically does not share or disclose personal information, we may be compelled to do so in some circumstances as partially described herein.

Law enforcement, judicial authorities, and third-parties. 
Applicable law may require us to disclose your information if it is necessary to comply with laws, court orders or government requests or when it is necessary for the prevention of illegal activity or other wrongdoing. In other circumstances, we may share your personal information to protect our legal rights or those of other parties, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of a legal claim.

Third-parties in the context of a business transfer. 
We may transfer your personal information if we are involved, whether in whole or in part, in a merger, sale, acquisition, restructuring, dissolution, bankruptcy or other change of ownership or control. If a transfer occurs, we will require that the transferee use personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy and inform you, as the case may be, in accordance with applicable law.

Other third-parties based on your consent.
We may ask for your consent to share your information with other third parties. In any such case, we will make it clear why and how we want to share the information.

6. SECURITY

The Palmetto Group takes precautions intended to help protect information that we process, but no system or electronic data transmission is completely secure. Any transmission of your personal information is at your own risk and we expect that you will use appropriate security measures to protect your personal information.

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account credentials for the Website. The Palmetto Group will treat access to the Website through your account credentials as authorized by you. Unauthorized access to password-protected or secure areas is prohibited and may lead to criminal prosecution. We may suspend your use of all or part of the Website without notice if we suspect or detect any breach of security. If you believe that information you provided to us is no longer secure, please notify us immediately using the contact information provided below.

7. INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN

The Website is not directed to or intended for use by minors under the age of 18. Consistent with the requirements of applicable law, if we learn that we have received any information directly from a minor without his or her parent's verified consent, we will use that information only to respond directly to that child (or his or her parent or legal guardian) to inform the minor that he or she cannot use the Website and subsequently will delete that information.

8. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA

For your convenience we may provide you with links to other websites. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to these other websites. We recommend that you review the privacy and security policies of each website you visit before providing any personal information.

Information collected when you share content or access to social media platforms available on the Website will be associated with your account when you are logged into these social networks. By clicking on the symbol of the social network, new cookies and information about you will be collected through these platforms according to the respective privacy policies for those platforms.

9. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Effective Date" at the beginning of this Policy indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised. If we modify this Privacy Policy, we will post the revised version on the Website, with an updated revision date at least thirty days prior to such changes being effective. Where such changes are substantial, we will also notify you by other means prior to the changes taking effect, such as by sending you an email notification. By continuing to use the Website thirty days after such revisions are in effect, you will be deemed to accept and agree to the revisions and to abide by them.