Website Terms and Conditions of Use
1. Terms
By accessing this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions of Use and applicable laws and regulations. If you disagree with any of the stated terms and conditions, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this site are secured by relevant copyright and trademark law.
2. Use License
- Permission is allowed to temporarily download one copy of the materials on Markon, LLC's site for individual use only. This is just a permit of license and not an exchange of title, and under this permit, you may not:
- modify or copy the materials
- use the materials for any commercial use, or for any public presentation (business or non-business)
- attempt to decompile or rebuild any product or material contained on Markon, LLC's site
- remove any copyright or other restrictive documentation from the materials; or
- transfer the materials to someone else or "mirror" the materials on another server or site
- This permit might consequently be terminated if you disregard any of these confinements and may be ended by Markon, LLC whenever deemed. After permit termination or when your viewing permit is terminated, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your ownership whether in electronic or printed form.
3. Disclaimer
The materials on Markon, LLC's site are given "as is." Markon, LLC makes no guarantees, communicated or suggested, and thus nullifies any other warranties. Further, Markon, LLC does not warrant or make any representations concerning the precision, likely results, or unwavering quality of the utilization of the materials on its Internet site or generally identifying with such materials or on any destinations connected to this website.
4. Constraints
On no occasion should Markon, LLC or its suppliers be subject to any harms (counting, without constraint, harms for loss of information or benefit) emerging out of the utilization or powerlessness to utilize the materials on Markon, LLC's Internet site, regardless of the possibility that Markon, LLC or a Markon, LLC approved agent has been told orally or in writing of the likelihood of such harm.
5. Amendments
The materials displayed on Markon, LLC's site could incorporate typographical, or photographic mistakes. Markon, LLC does not warrant that any of the materials on its site are exact, finished, or current. Markon, LLC may roll out improvements to the materials contained on its site at any time without notification. Likewise, Markon, LLC does not make any dedication to updating the materials on a specified schedule.
6. Links
Markon, LLC is not responsible for the substance of any external websites or links connected to our website. The incorporation of any connection or link, whether inbound or outbound, does not infer support by Markon, LLC of the site. Utilization of any such connected site is at the user's own risk.
7. Site Terms of Use Modifications
Markon, LLC may update these terms of utilization for its website whenever without notification. By utilizing this site, you are consenting to be bound by the then-current form of these Terms and Conditions of Use.
8. Governing Law
Any case identifying with Markon, LLC's site should be administered by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA.
Privacy Policy
We at Markon, LLC (“Markon”), are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to the information and data collected by Markon as a controller, including the information collected on our Websites (including, but not limited to, www.markonsolutions.com, blog.markonsolutions.com, info.markonsolutions.com, mPoint.markonsolutions.com, careers-markon.icims.com, offer-markon.icims.com, employees-markon.icims.com) or through other channels as described below. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, receive, use, store, share, transfer, and process your personal information. It also describes your choices regarding use, as well as your rights of access and correction of your personal information. If you do not agree with the data practices described in this Privacy Policy, you should not use the aforementioned Websites.
We may periodically update this Privacy Policy. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page, and if the changes are material, we may provide a more prominent notice by sending you an email notification.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our treatment of the information you provide us, please contact us using this form or by mail to Markon, 400 S Maple Ave, Ste 230, Falls Church, VA 22046, Attn: Marketing.
Your privacy is critical to us. We have created this Privacy Policy so that visitors to our site can see how we gather, utilize, impart and reveal, and make utilization of individual data. The following blueprints our Privacy Policy.
- Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
- We will gather and utilize individual data solely to satisfy the reasons indicated by us and for other good purposes unless we get the assent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
- We will only hold individual data for the length essential for the satisfaction of those reasons.
- We will gather individual data by legal and reasonable means and, where fitting, with the information or assent of the individual concerned.
- Personal information ought to be important to the reasons for which it is to be utilized and, to the degree essential for those reasons, ought to be exact, finished, and updated.
- We will protect individual data with security shields against misfortune or burglary and unapproved access, divulgence, duplication, use, or alteration.
- We will not sell or share individual data collected from our website.
- We will promptly provide customers with access to our policies and procedures for the administration of individual data.
We are focused on leading our business according to these standards, with a specific end goal of guaranteeing that the privacy of individual data is secure and maintained.
1. What Information We Collect About You
When You Visit Our Websites
You are free to explore the Websites without providing any Personal Information about yourself. When you visit the Websites, download content, or subscribe for updates, we request that you provide Personal Information about yourself, and we collect Navigational Information.
"Personal Information"
We collect personal information from you when you submit web forms or interact with our Websites, for example subscribing to a Markon blog, downloading an eBook, or submitting the Contact Us form.
"Personal Information" refers to any information that identifies you personally, including contact information, such as your name, e-mail address, company name, phone number, and other information about yourself or your business. Personal Information can also include information about any transactions, both free and paid, that you enter into on the Websites, and information about you that is available on the internet, such as from Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google, or information that we acquire from service providers.
Personal Information includes Navigational Information or Payment Information where such information can directly or indirectly identify an individual.
“Navigational Information” refers to information about your computer and your visits to the Websites, such as your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit, and pages viewed. Please see the "Use of Navigation Information" section below.
“Payment Information” includes information we collect and process from you when you make a purchase (such as enrolling for a paid training course), including credit card numbers and billing information, using third-party PCI-compliant service providers. Except for this, we do not collect any other Sensitive Information from you. We do not store any Payment Information within Markon’s systems.
Definition of "Sensitive Information"
This refers to credit or debit card numbers, financial account numbers or wire instructions, government-issued identification numbers (such as Social Security numbers, and passport numbers), biometric information, personal health information (or other information protected under any applicable health data protection laws), personal information of children protected under any child data protection laws, and any other information or combinations of information that falls within the definition of “special categories of data” under GDPR or any other applicable law relating to privacy and data protection. As noted above, the only Sensitive Information we ever collect is Payment Information provided by you via our secure third-party payment vendor as part of a paid transaction, such as purchasing a paid training course. Free download and subscription offers do not entail the collection of any such Sensitive Information.
Log Files
When you view content provided by us, we automatically collect information about your computer hardware and software. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, internet service provider (ISP), the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, clickstream data, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used by Markon to provide general statistics regarding the use of the Websites for the purposes of optimizing our sites and providing value to our site users. For these purposes, when possible, we do link this automatically collected data to other Personal Information such as name, email address, address, and phone number.
Information We Collect from Third Parties
From time to time, we may receive Personal Information about you from third-party sources, including partners with whom we offer co-branded services or engage in joint marketing activities and sources such as social media websites.
Information About Children
The Websites are not intended for nor targeted at children under 18, and we do not knowingly or intentionally collect Personal Information about children under 18. If you believe that we have collected Personal Information about a child under 18, please contact us here, so that we may delete the information.
2. How We Use the Information We Collect
Compliance with Our Privacy Policy
We use the information we collect only in compliance with this Privacy Policy.
We Never Sell Personal Information
We will never sell your Personal Information to any third party.
Use of Personal Information
In addition to the uses identified elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, we may use your Personal Information to:
- improve your browsing experience by personalizing the Websites;
- develop and improve our products and services;
- send information or Markon content to you which we think may be of interest to you by post, email, or other means and send you marketing communications relating to our business;
- promote use of our professional services to you and share promotional and informational content with you in accordance with your communication preferences;
- contact you about any relevant administrative matters;
- send information to you regarding changes to our Website Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, or other legal agreements;
- investigate and help prevent security issues and abuse; or
- meet legal requirements.
Use of Navigational Information
We use Navigational Information to operate and improve the Websites and to provide you with a better experience when you interact with Markon. We may also use Navigational Information alone or in combination with Personal Information to provide you with personalized information about Markon. Navigational Information, such as IP address, is used to approximate your geographical location. For example, we may use your approximate location to provide content that has been translated or send emails at certain times using your local time zone.
You may disable the collection and use of your location data through browser-, operating system- or device-level settings.
Customer Testimonials and Comments
We post customer testimonials and comments on our Websites. We obtain each customer's consent via email prior to posting the customer's name and testimonial.
Use of Payment Information
If you give us Payment Information, we use it solely as authorized by you in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We use a third-party service provider to manage credit card processing. This service provider is not permitted to store, retain, or use information you provide except for the sole purpose of credit card processing on our behalf. Markon does not collect or store any Payment Information (credit or debit card information) on our systems.
Security of Your Personal Information
We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. We secure the Personal Information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. All Personal Information is protected using appropriate physical, technical, and organizational measures.
Social Media Features
Our Websites include Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button, and Widgets, such as the Share Button, or interactive mini-programs that run on our sites. These features may collect your IP address and which page you are visiting on our sites and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these features. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy and other policies of the companies providing them.
External Websites
Our Websites provide links to other websites of third parties. We do not control and are not responsible for the content or practices of these other websites. Our provision of such links does not constitute our endorsement of them, their content, their owners, or their practices. This Privacy Policy does not apply to these other websites, which are subject to any privacy and other policies they may have.
Retention of Personal Information
The length of time we keep information we collect about you depends on the type of information, as described in further detail below. After such time, we will either delete or anonymize your information or if this is not possible, then we will securely store your information and isolate it from any further use until deletion is possible.
We retain Personal Information that you provide to us where we have an ongoing legitimate business need to do so (for example, as needed to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements).
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your Personal Information, we securely delete the information or anonymize it or, if this is not possible, securely store your Personal Information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. We will delete this information at an earlier date if you so request.
If you have elected to receive marketing communications from us, we retain information about your marketing preferences for a reasonable period of time from the date you last expressed interest in our content, products, or services, such as when you last opened an email from us. We retain information derived from cookies and other tracking technologies for a reasonable period of time from the date such information was created.
To Unsubscribe from Our Communications
You may unsubscribe from our marketing communications by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link located at the bottom of our emails, updating your communication preferences, or by contacting us here or via postal mail to Markon, 400 S Maple Ave, Ste 230, Falls Church, VA 22046, Attn: Marketing. Customers cannot opt out of receiving transactional emails related to their account and/or contract with us.
