Privacy Policy

Effective Date: Oct 14, 2017 (Updated Feb 1st, 2024)

This Privacy Policy outlines the information collection and usage practices employed by Study4business.com. We encourage you to carefully review this policy before using our website. By utilizing our services or submitting personal information through our platform, you explicitly consent to the processing and use of your personal information as per the terms laid out in this Privacy Policy.

Privacy Statement

Study4Business.com is dedicated to protecting your privacy online. This Privacy Policy outlines how Study4Business.com collects and handles information. By using this website (“Website”), you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Please carefully read the following policy to understand how your Personal Information will be managed as you use Study4Business’s Services. This policy discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices. All capitalized terms not defined in this Privacy Policy have the same meaning as defined in Study4Business’s Terms of Use.

Personal Information Defined

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” refers to information that personally identifies individuals, such as names, addresses, email addresses, or phone numbers, as well as other non-public information associated with a User. Study4Business.com collects and uses Personal Information from the Users of our Services as described in this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information Collected by Study4Business.com

Study4Business.com collects Personal Information with your consent. This information may be utilized to send you product recommendations, articles via a newsletter, or additional information about specific technology vendors, depending on the form you complete and the consent provided at the time of submission.

Product Recommendations: Study4Business.com collects Personal Information to connect you with technology sellers (“Services”) you are searching for. By granting Study4Business.com access to Personal Information for this purpose, you consent to receive product recommendations and technology buying advice via email or phone call. With your consent, the Website may share your data with technology vendors that match your requirements.

Email Newsletters: Study4Business.com collects email addresses to provide readers of our blogs with updates via email newsletters. These newsletters contain links to blog posts, product recommendations, and research white papers relevant to your technology or industry interests.

Study4Business.com collects the following Personal Information submitted voluntarily by you. You may provide Study4Business.com with additional information about yourself as you use the Services, such as:

Physical addresses
Telephone numbers
Information regarding your business (e.g., business name, revenue thresholds, etc.)
Information regarding your business needs and technology requirements
Other personally identifiable information you provide, such as LinkedIn profile information

When you contribute posts and reviews, participate in Study4Business.com surveys (either directly or through third-party service providers), or provide any other Content to the Services through other means, Study4Business.com will collect all the information you provide. In connection with reviews, posts, and surveys, Study4Business.com (and/or its third-party service providers) may collect a wide variety of product- and vendor-related information.

Please note that while certain pieces of information provided to Study4Business.com may not be sufficient to identify you when viewed by another User without context, the combination of different pieces of information you have provided, or any contextual information, may allow other Users and Study4Business.com to identify you.

When you contact Study4Business.com by sending an email or using any of our contact forms, Study4Business.com will collect any information contained in (and/or attached to) your email or text message, or that you enter into such forms.

Study4Business.com does not collect, process, or control sensitive personal information such as Physical or Mental Health, Political Beliefs, or Genetics.

Legal Grounds for Processing Information under GDPR

For our direct marketing activities, we employ Legitimate Interest as legal grounds for processing data.

Browsing the Website

If you browse through the Website without entering any Personal Information, Study4Business.com will automatically gather and store certain information about your visit. This information does not identify you personally and cannot be linked back to you unless you decide at some point to identify yourself. When you are only browsing, Study4Business.com may collect the following information (whenever possible):

IP address
Domain name
Type of browser and operating system used to access the Website
Date and time of access
Pages visited (click-through)
If you linked to the Website from another website, the address of that website, as well as additional information related to your visit

Study4Business.com utilizes your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and administer the Website.

Cookies

Study4Business.com may place “cookies” on your personal computer. “Cookies” are small identifiers sent from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive, similar to a license plate, that help Study4Business.com to recognize you if you visit the Website again. Study4Business.com uses cookies to record session information, such as user-specific information on what pages you access or visit, record past activity to provide better service when you return to the Website, ensure that you are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on your browser type, and track how you found the Website. Cookies are not designed to be used to get data from your hard drive, your email, or any other personal data about you.

To protect your privacy, Study4Business.com does not use cookies to store or transmit any Personal Information about you on the Internet. You can reject cookies by changing your browser settings. Please note, however, that if you reject our cookies, some web pages may not load properly, your access to certain information might be denied, or you might have to enter information about yourself more than once.

Security

Study4Business.com works hard to protect Information you provide from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access or disclosure. These steps take into account the sensitivity of the Other Information we collect, process, and store, and the current state of technology.

Study4Business.com has deployed all of these requirements in our systems and processes both internally as well as with upstream data providers to ensure the security of Personal Information:

Links to Other Web Sites

The Website may contain links to Third Party Sites that are not owned or controlled by Study4Business.com. The provision of such links is for your convenience and does not signify Study4Business.com’s endorsement of such websites or their content. Study4Business.com has no control over, does not review, and is not responsible for the privacy policies or content displayed on Third Party Sites. Please be aware that the terms of this Privacy Policy do not apply to Third Party Sites.

Disclosure

Study4Business.com may have affiliate marketing agreements set up with a portion of the products mentioned in blog posts or other pages on the site. If a user clicks through to a product from this Website and makes a purchase, Study4Business.com may be entitled to a portion of the revenue generated from this purchase.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

Study4Business.com reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. The most recent version will be posted on this page with the effective date displayed at the top.