PRIVACY POLICYLast Updated 8/1/2020

WHO WE ARE

Our website address is: https://www.gmsllp.com

You can contact us regarding this privacy policy at info@gmsllp.com

This privacy policy sets out how Gilsanz Murray Steficek LLP Engineers and Architects and Gilsanz Murray Steficek Inc. (collectively “GMS”) use and protect any information that you provide when you use this website. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Any information provided by you will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. This means that, on behalf of GMS, we are responsible for, and control the processing of, your personal information.

GMS is a multi-disciplinary, structural engineering and building envelope consulting firm headquartered in New York City, with offices in Los Angeles, California and Bloomfield, New Jersey.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT

GMS provides business to business services; we do not sell or distribute personal information to outside parties for their direct marketing or any other purpose. Any personal information we collect is incidental to, and for the purpose of, serving you better.

As part of our efforts to better serve you, we may collect the following information if voluntarily provided:

  1. first and last name;
  2. associated organization or institution;
  3. email address; and
  4. any other contact information you voluntarily provide (for example in your correspondence with us through our ‘Newsletter sign-up” or “Apply Now” buttons).

Also, please note that Google Analytics tracks user flow from page to page,  which search engine or social media referred the user to our site, country where our site was accessed, and what kind of device was used.

WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER

We may use the information to improve our services. We will process only the data absolutely necessary for the completion of our business and limit access to personal data to only those employees needing the information to complete the process consented to by you.

We may periodically send emails about our activities, or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.

We strive to safeguard your data from outside parties, though we may be obligated to disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal processes or when we believe in good faith that such disclosure is required by law, such as in response to a court order, a law enforcement agency request, in response to a subpoena, or in response to an administrative agency’s request.

While it is understood that no method of electronic storage or transmission over the Internet is 100% secure against malicious digital attacks, we employ the commonly acceptable commercially available security measures to protect your personal information. In the event of a security breach, we will notify all data subjects of its occurrence within 72 hours of discovery. The method of this notification will include as many forms as deemed necessary to disseminate the information in a timely manner, including email, telephone message, and public announcement.

LINKS TO AND EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES

Articles on the GMS site may include links or embedded content (e.g. videos, images, slideshows, etc.). Embedded content from or links to other websites behave in the exact same way as if you, the visitor, had visited those other websites.

Those websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Please familiarize yourself with the privacy policies that govern your use of such sites to ensure that you understand how your personal data is processed on those sites.

WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA

This policy conforms to the General Data Protection Regulation (EU-2016/679), intended to give control to individuals over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business within the European Union and European Economic Area, as well as to the California Consumer Privacy Act (AB-375), intended to enhance privacy rights and consumer protection for residents of California, United States.

In accordance with these regulations and other local applicable laws, you have the following rights:

  • Consent: to voluntarily share personal information with GMS and give consent to GMS for use thereof as described above; to object to the processing of your personal information via this website; to unsubscribe or opt-out of commercial electronic messaging from GMS to your provided contact; to withdraw consent where GMS relies on consent to process your personal information;
  • Information and Access: to obtain a copy of your personal information that we hold and details about how we use it; to receive such requested data in a commonly used and machine-readable format;
  • Rectification and Erasure: to have your personal information that we hold updated, corrected, or deleted;
  • Equal Protection: to receive GMS’s services on equal terms regardless of whether you exercise your rights.

All requests for information or requests for action regarding your personal information should be sent to info@gmsllp.com. We will respond to such requests within thirty (30) business days of their receipt, or as otherwise required by applicable law. We will take reasonable steps to correct or delete your personal information from our database(s) upon request. Before we provide you with any data, correct any inaccuracies or delete any data, we may request additional information to verify your identity or otherwise help respond to your request.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT

This privacy statement was last updated on the date noted above and applies from that date. We may occasionally amend this privacy statement. You can determine if the privacy statement has been revised since your last visit by referring to the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. Any new statement will automatically be in force when it is published on the website. Your use of our Site following such revision constitutes your acceptance of the contents of the privacy statement as amended or revised by us. You should therefore return here regularly to view our most up to date privacy statement. You may also wish to print a copy for your records.