Lantana Consulting Group, Inc.

Privacy & Cookies Policy

Last Updated:  April 25, 2023

Privacy is important to Lantana Consulting Group, Inc (Lantana), and we take care to protect personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws. Pease take the time to read both the Privacy Policy and Cookies Notice (together the “Policy”) below to understand how Lantana collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal information.  By using www.lantanagroup.com, you consent to the data practices described in this Policy.

In this Policy, “Lantana”, “we”, “us”, and “our” each means Lantana Consulting Group, Inc., and the following will be described:

  • What data do we collect and how do we collect it?
  • Why and how do we use your data?
  • How do we store and share your data?
  • What are your data protection rights?
  • What are cookies and how do we use and manage them?
  • Privacy policies of other websites
  • Children’s privacy
  • Changes to our privacy policy
  • How to contact us

What data do we collect and how do we collect it?

The Lantana website is intended to provide news and information. Lantana collects personal information entered by users through contact forms, such as your name and email address.  Through direct communication, we may also gather personal or non-personal information.

Information about your computer hardware and software may also be automatically collected by Lantana. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Lantana website.

Why and how do we use your data?

Lantana collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.  Any personal data used is in accordance with applicable legal requirements, and may include the following purposes:

  • To administer, monitor the usage of, and improve the website
  • To send email notifications and announcements.
  • To conduct surveys
  • To respond to user requests and provide customer support

How do we store and share your data?

Lantana secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Personal information will be stored, made accessible to Lantana support personnel, and archived.  Your information may be deleted upon user request.

Data SharingLantana hosts multiple products and services. As such, if you provide information on any of the websites operated by Lantana, this information may be combined and applied to other current or future products and services.

Third Party Service ProvidersLantana does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.  We may share your information with third party service providers under contract with Lantana, or its affiliates, to help us provide services to our customers. Such third-party service providers include, for example, hosting applications or website analytics providers.

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our website is being used and to improve our user experience. Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google utilizes the data collected to track and examine the use of our website, to prepare reports on its activities, and to share them with other Google services.

Google may use the data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having your activity on the website made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout) for your web browser.

MarketingLantana would like to send you information about its products and services that we think you might like. You have the right at any time to stop Lantana from contacting you for marketing purposes by submitting a request through the contact information provided in this policy.

Legal Compliance and Protections:  Lantana will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Lantana or the website
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of Lantana
  • Act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Lantana, website users, or the public.

This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

What are your data protection rights?

Lantana would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access - You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification - You have the right to request correction of any information you believe is You also have the right to request the completion of information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure - You have the right to request erasure of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing - You have the right to request for restriction of processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing - You have the right to object to processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability - You have the right to request transfer of the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, Lantana has one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us via the information provided in this policy.

What are cookies and how do we use and manage them?

The Lantana website uses cookies for different purposes. This section explains what cookies are and how we use them.

What are cookies?  Cookies are small files which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. The cookie then sends information back to the originating website on each subsequent visit. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognize a visitor’s device. Cookies do lots of different jobs like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience.  For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

What type of cookies we use

  • Essential Cookies - These are cookies that are strictly necessary for the functioning of the website or for performing services that an individual visitor has requested. Example: Remembering previous actions when navigating back to a page in the same session.
  • Analytical Cookies - These cookies collect information about how a visitor uses the website, such as which pages visitors access and errors received while visiting these pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identify a visitor. All information collected is aggregated and anonymous. These cookies are used only to improve how a website functions.
  • Functional Cookies - These cookies allow a website to remember choices visitors make and to provide enhanced personalized features. Examples: Items added to a visitor shopping cart, or customized web page content based on the visitor’s browser type or other information the visitor shares.

Managing cookies

Users may reject cookies using their web browser settings. The “Help” menu on the menu bar of most web browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies or disabling cookies; however, please see the above website for more information.  Note that rejecting cookies in your browser settings may mean that any preferences you set will be lost and that some of our features and services may not function or work to their optimal performance.

Privacy policies of other websites

The Lantana website may contain links to other websites. Lantana is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Lantana website.  So if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Children’s privacy

Lantana does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children. If you are under the age of eighteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

Changes to our privacy policy

We periodically review and update this Policy to describe changes to our data processing practices or to reflect changes in laws and regulations that apply to Lantana. You can check when this Policy was last revised by referring to the “Updated” date at the top of this Policy. We encourage you to review the Policy whenever you interact with us to stay informed about our privacy practices.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about Our Company's privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

 

Email us: info@lantanagroup.com

Call us: (714) 232-8679

Or write to us at:  PO Box 177, East Thetford, VT  05043