Privacy Policy

At The GDC Group, we collect and manage user data according to the following Privacy Policy, with the goal of incorporating our company values: transparency, accessibility, sanity, and usability. This document is part of The GDC Group's Terms of Service, and by using thegdcgroup.com/wp (the “Website”), you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service. Please read the Terms of Service, and refer to those for definitions and contacts. At The GDC Group, we use the "Privacy by Design" approach. This means that we think of privacy implications before building a new feature, we don't ask for information we don't need, and we protect the information we have. We take pride in treating our users' privacy the way we'd like to be treated by a website like The GDC Group, as individuals.

Data Collected

We collect anonymous data from every website visitor to monitor traffic and fix bugs. For example, we collect information like web requests, the data sent in response to such requests, the Internet Protocol address, the browser type, the browser language, and a timestamp for the request.

We ask you to log in and provide certain personal information (such as your name and email address) to be able to save your profile and the documents and comments associated with it. To enable these or any other login-based features, we use cookies to store session information for your convenience. You can block or delete cookies and still be able to use our Website, although if you do, you will be asked for your username and password every time you log in to the Website. To take advantage of certain features of the Website, you may also provide us with other personal information, such as your picture or unique website, but your decision to utilize these features and provide such data will always be voluntary.

You can view, change and remove the data associated with your profile. Should you choose to delete your account, please contact us at clientcare(at)thegdcgroup.com, and we will follow up with such a request as soon as possible.

Minors and children should not use our Website. Using the Website, you represent that you have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement.

Use of the Data

We only use the personal information you provide to The GDC Group’s services or to communicate with you about the services or the Website.

Concerning any documents you may choose to upload to The GDC Group, we take the privacy and confidentiality of such records seriously. We encrypt all documents and permanently delete any redacted edits you make to documents. Suppose you choose to make a document public. In that case, we recommend you redact all references to people and addresses, as we can't protect public data, and we are not responsible for any violation of privacy law you may be liable for.

We employ industry-standard techniques to protect against unauthorized access to data about you that we store, including personal information.

We do not share personal information you have provided to us without your consent unless:

  • doing so is appropriate to carry out your request;
  • we believe it's needed to enforce our Terms of Service or that it is legally required;
  • we think it's needed to detect, prevent or address fraud, security or technical issues;
  • otherwise protect our property, legal rights, or that of others.

Our Website is operated from Canada. If you are visiting the Website from outside Canada, you agree to any processing of any personal information you provide us according to this policy.

Sharing of Data

We don't share your personal information with third parties. Only aggregated, anonymized data is periodically transmitted to external services to help us improve The GDC Group Website and services. We currently use Google Analytics (traffic analysis, SEO optimization), GDCMail (mailing list management), FreshDesk and vCita (email support and scheduling) and AWstats (analytics). We listed below what data these third parties extract exactly. Feel free to check out their Privacy Policies to find out more.

  • Google Analytics: anonymous (ad serving domains, browser type, demographics, language settings, page views, time/date), pseudonymous (IP address)
  • GDCMail: name and email of our beta subscription list
  • FreshDesk: anonymous, pseudonymous, registered users' activity
  • vCita: anonymous, pseudonymous, registered users' activity
  • AWstats: anonymous.

We also use social buttons provided by Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and Facebook services. Your use of these third-party services is entirely optional. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices of these third-party services, and you are responsible for reading and understanding those third-party services’ privacy policies.

We employ and contract with people and other entities performing specific tasks on our behalf and under our control (our “Agents”). We may need to share personal information with our Agents to provide products or services to you. Unless we tell you differently, our Agents do not have any right to use Personal Information or other information we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us. You hereby consent to our sharing of Personal Information with our Agents.

We may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the transferred business assets. Moreover, if we, or substantially all of our assets, were acquired or went out of business or entered bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that any acquirer of us or our assets may continue to use your personal information as outlined in this policy.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make significant changes in how we collect or use information, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the Website or emailing you. In any case, you can track all changes via the TOS Tracker. A user is bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when using the Services after such changes have been first posted.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please write to clientcare(at)thegdcgroup.com or add a comment below!