Privacy Policy
This privacy policy applies to www.oakscale.com owned and operated by Oakscale, LLC (Henceforward "Oakscale" "We" "Us"). This privacy policy describes how Oakscale collects and uses the personal information you provide on our web site. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.
Information Collected and Use
We collect the following personal information from you:
- Contact information such as name, email address, mailing address, phone number
- Financial Information, such as credit score, assets, liabilities, income
- Preferences Information such as franchise wish lists, inquiry history, marketing preferences
We use this information to:
- Pass your information on to the businesses you have requested
- Assess your needs to determine suitable franchises
- Send you requested franchise information
- Send you a newsletter
- Send you marketing communications
- Respond to your questions and concernsImprove our Web site and marketing efforts
- User Data Supplementation
INFORMATION SHARING:
We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy policy.
Based on your expressed interest in the franchise opportunities we provide, when you request additional information about a particular opportunity we share your personal information with those companies so they can contact you directly. In cases where we do not have direct relationships with a franchisor owner, we may share your contact information with franchise consultants. If you do not want us to share your personal information with these companies, contact us at joshua@oakscale.com.
Service Providers
We may provide your personal information to companies that provide services to help us with our business activities such as offering customer service. These companies are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
Legal Disclaimer
We may also disclose your personal information:
- in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements
- as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process
- when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request,
- to any other third party with your prior direct or implied consent to do so.
USER ACCESS AND CHOICE
Upon request Oakscale, LLC will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal information. If your personal information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update or delete it by emailing our Customer Support at joshua@oakscale.com or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below. We will respond to your request to access within 30 days.
We will retain indefinitely and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Opt-out Preferences
If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter(s), we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter to you. Out of respect for your privacy, you may choose to stop receiving our newsletter or marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails.
Oakscale, LLC and its partners use cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, administer the website, track users’ movements around the website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, but if you choose to disable cookies, it may limit your use of certain features or functions on our website or service.
Analytics / Log Files
As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically. This information may include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data to analyze trends in the aggregate and administer the site.
Behavioral Targeting / Re-Targeting
We partner with a third party ad network to either display advertising on our Web site or to manage our advertising on other sites. Our ad network partner uses cookies and Web beacons or similar technologies to collect non-personally identifiable information about your activities on this and other Web sites to provide you targeted advertising based upon your interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you targeted ads, you may opt-out by clicking here http://preferences.truste.com/. Please note this does not opt you out of being served advertising. You will continue to receive generic ads.
You may also opt-out through this link: http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
We may use Google AdSense to publish ads on this site. When you view or click on an ad a cookie will be set to help better provide advertisements that may be of interest to you on this and other Web sites. You may opt-out of the use of this cookie by visiting Google’s Advertising and Privacy page: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.
SECURITY
We follow generally accepted standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us at joshua@oakscale.com
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Links to 3rd Party Sites
Our site includes links to other Web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Oakscale. If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any Web site you visit.
Testimonials
We display personal testimonials of satisfied customers on our site in addition to other endorsements. With your consent we may post your testimonial along with your name. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us.
Social Media Widgets
Our web site includes Social Media Features, such as Facebook and Twitter Widgets (interactive mini-programs that run on our site). These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, 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 Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
