Energy Hire LLC (“Energy Hire” or “we” or “us” or “our”) respects the privacy of others. This Privacy Policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is intended to explain Energy Hire’s privacy practices with respect to the www.energyhire.com website and other website(s) published by Energy Hire that link to this Privacy Policy (together with their respective pages and features, collectively the “Site”). Your use of the Site is governed by Energy Hire’s User Agreement (https://app.energyhire.com/images/terms-of-service.html). This Privacy Policy is also intended to provide any person visiting, accessing, or using the Site (together with any person helping you visit, access, or use any Site, collectively “you” or “your” or “Site users”) with an overview of the following:
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Site. Carefully read this Privacy Policy in its entirety. You are automatically accepting and agreeing to the most recent version of this Privacy Policy whenever you visit, access, or use the Site or any services provided by Energy Hire on the Site, and your continuing visit or use of any of the forgoing reaffirms your acceptance and agreement in each instance. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to maintain a valid email address as a registered user, and to review the most updated Privacy Policy to be aware of any modifications.
We regularly review and revise our Privacy Policy, which we may do in our sole discretion. We make changes to the Privacy Policy available on this page and note that the policy has been updated, effective as of the date specified. If we make material changes to how we handle your Personal Information (defined below), we may also notify you by email to the primary email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on Site.
Personally Identifiable Information. As used herein, “Personal Information” refers to information that lets us know the specifics of who you are. When you engage in certain activities on the Site, such as registering for a membership, ordering a product or service, submitting content and/or posting content in discussion forums or other public areas, entering a contest or sweepstakes, filling out a survey, or sending us feedback, we may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting an online form. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities, however, we may ask that you provide us personal information, such as your first and last name, mailing address (including zip code), email address, employer, job title and department, telephone and facsimile numbers, and other personal identifying information. When ordering products or services on the Site, you may be asked to provide a credit card number. Depending upon the activity, some of the information we ask you to provide is identified as mandatory and some as voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity.
Non-personally Identifiable Information. As used herein, “Non-Personal Information” refers to information that does not by itself identify a specific individual. We gather certain information about you based upon where you visit on our Site in several ways. This information is compiled and analyzed on both a personal and an aggregated basis. This information may include the Site’s Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) that you just came from, which URL you next go to, what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address. A URL is the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web. An IP address is an identifier for a computer or device on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (“TCP/IP”) network, such as the World Wide Web. Networks like the Web use the TCP/IP protocol to route information based on the IP address of the destination. In other words, an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the web, allowing web servers to locate and identify your computer. Computers require IP addresses in order for users to communicate on the Internet.
Energy Hire may collect Personal Information and Non-Personal Information about you through the Site. Depending upon your use of the Site, the categories of such information might include:
Depending upon your use of the Site, Energy Hire, and/or its third-party vendors, might collect Personal Information and Non-Personal Information from you when you visit, access, or use the Site; when you purchase any products and/or services on, through or in relation to the Site; when you allow the Site to access, upload, download, import or export content found on or through, or to otherwise interact with, your computer or mobile device (or any other device you may use to visit, access or use the Site) or online accounts with third-party websites, networks, platforms, servers or applications (e.g., your online social media accounts, your cloud drives and servers, your mobile device service provider); whenever you provide information on or through the Site; or whenever Energy Hire asks you for such information, such as, for example, when you process a payment through the Site, or when you answer an online survey or questionnaire.
In addition, if you or a third party sends Energy Hire a comment, message or other communication (such as, by way of example only, email, letter, fax, phone call, or voice message) about you or your activities on or through the Site, then Energy Hire may collect any personal or non-personal information provided therein or therewith.
Finally, Energy Hire might use various tracking, data aggregation and/or data analysis technologies, including, for example, the following:
Please be advised that if you choose to block, reject, disable, delete or change the management settings for any or all of the aforementioned technologies and/or other tracking, data aggregation and data analysis technologies, then certain areas of the Site might not function properly.
By visiting, accessing, registering with or using the Site, you acknowledge and agree in each instance that you are giving Energy Hire permission to monitor or otherwise track your activities on the Site, and that Energy Hire may use the aforementioned technologies and/or other tracking, data aggregation and data analysis technologies.
Energy Hire may use the Personal Information and/or Non-Personal Information it collects from you through the Site in a variety of ways, such as, for example, to:
Energy Hire reserves the right to use your Personal Information and Non-Personal Information when:
Energy Hire believes in good faith that such use is otherwise necessary or advisable (including, without limitation and by way of example only, to investigate, prevent, or take legal action against someone who may be causing injury to, interfering with, or threatening the rights, obligations or properties of Energy Hire, a user of the Site which may include you or anyone else who may be harmed by such activities or to further Energy Hire’s legitimate business interests).
Energy Hire may share your Personal Information and Non-Personal Information with the following:
Testimonials. Energy Hire may display personal testimonials of satisfied customers on the Site, in addition to other endorsements. With your consent we may post your name alongside your testimonial. If you wish to update or delete your testimonial, you can contact us at legal@energyfreelance.com with the subject line of “Removal of Testimonial.”
Work Listings Through the Site. If you choose to post a work listing via the Site, the contents of such listing will be viewable publicly, unless you designate the listing as private using the settings available on the applicable Site. Work listings include information such as budget, entity or individual’s name, location, history of work listing(s) by a client, client feedback, and rating information and timing of project performance.
Feedback. We collect feedback from Site users about their experience with other users. Please note that any feedback you provide via the Site or feedback provided about you is publicly viewable via the Site.
Energy Hire also reserves the right to share your Personal information and/or Non-Personal Information with third parties in connection with or as a result of any potential or actual merger, acquisition or other event involving a change in ownership or control of Energy Hire or Energy Hire’s business (whether by sale of assets, merger, stock purchase or otherwise).
We do not sell, trade, or rent your Personal Information to others.
Energy Hire does not limit the ways in which it might use or share Non-Personal Information. Because Non-Personal Information does not identify you, Energy Hire reserves the unencumbered right, but not the obligation, to use or share Non-Personal Information in any way it determines. For example, Energy Hire may freely share Non-Personal Information with its parent, subsidiary and affiliated companies, its vendors, its suppliers, its representatives and other individuals, businesses, and government entities.
You may choose to share certain information and/or follow other users on the Site. You may choose to share your contact information with other users or provide it publicly.
Energy Hire may retain your Personal Information and Non-Personal Information for as long as Energy Hire reasonably deems necessary. Energy Hire may dispose of or delete any such Personal Information or Non-Personal Information at any time without advanced notice, except as set forth in any other agreement or document executed by both you and Energy Hire concerning the same or as required by law.
You may request at any time that Energy Hire provide you with an opportunity to review and change your Personal Information collected through the Site, if any, or to no longer use your Personal Information to provide you with any products or services. Please submit any such request (“Request Concerning Personal Information”) to legal@energyfreelance.com. For each Request Concerning Personal Information, please state “Your Personal Information” in the email or letter subject line, and clearly state the following in the body:
Energy Hire is not responsible for any Request Concerning Personal Information that is incomplete, incorrectly labeled or incorrectly sent. You are solely responsible for the accuracy and content of your personal information, and for keeping your personal information current and correct.
The Site and/or any communications sent through or as a function of the Site might contain links to third-party websites, networks, platforms, servers and/or applications. Third-party websites, networks, platforms, servers and/or applications might also contain links to the Site. In addition, you might have the opportunity to access the Site using your online user accounts with certain third-party websites, networks, platforms, servers or applications, which might be subject to separate privacy policies pertaining to those third-party websites, networks, platforms, servers or applications. The foregoing references to third-parties is collectively referred to herein as “Service Partners.” Energy Hire might permit its Service Partners to use their own tracking, data aggregation and/or data analysis technologies like the ones described above (e.g., third-party cookies).
The collection, use, and release of your Personal Information by our Service Partners is not subject to our control and is governed by the Service Partners’ privacy policies, which you will need to review carefully for the specifics of how the Service Partners handle Personal Information. Energy Hire makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees with respect to any Service Partners’ collection, use, or disclosure of Personal Information.
Energy Hire might collect Personal Information from its Service Partners (such as, for example, your name, gender, date of birth and personal interests, when you “like” or click links provided by or through those third-party websites, networks, platforms, servers, or applications and other information available through your online account or page with those third-party websites, networks, platforms, servers or applications).
Energy Hire implements security measures to help protect the personal information it collects through the Site. For example, Energy Hire encrypts the transmission of information through the Site by using secure socket layer (SSL) technology.
In order to most efficiently serve you, credit card transactions and order fulfillment are handled by established third-party banking, processing agents, and distribution institutions. Currently, Energy Hire processes payments through Stripe. They receive the information needed to verify and authorize your credit card or other payment information and to process your payments.
To help maintain the security of your personal information, you are required to notify Energy Hire immediately of any unauthorized visit, access or use of the Site, or the loss or unauthorized use of your user access information for the Site (e.g., username or password).
Energy Hire does not respond to “do not track” (“DNT”) signals.
The Site is a general audience website intended for use by adults. You must be at least 18 years old to have permission to use our Site. The Site is not designed or intended to attract, and is not directed to, children under eighteen (18) years of age, let alone children under thirteen (13) years of age. Energy Hire does not collect personal information through the Site from any person it actually knows to be under thirteen (13) years of age. If Energy Hire obtains actual knowledge that it has collected personal information through the Site from a person under thirteen (13) years of age, then it will use reasonable efforts to refrain from further using such personal information or maintaining it in retrievable form.
If you are under eighteen (18) years of age and have used our Site in violation of the foregoing, then you (or your parent or legal guardian) must immediately request that Energy Hire remove content or information about you that is posted on the Site. Please submit any such request (“Request for Removal of Minor Information”) to legal@energyHire.com. For each Request for Removal of Minor Information, please state “Removal of Minor Information” in the email or letter subject line, and clearly state the following in the body:
Energy Hire is not responsible for failing to comply with any Request for Removal of Minor Information that is incomplete, incorrectly labeled or incorrectly sent. Please note that the aforementioned removal does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of such content or information posted on the Site.
Also, please note that Energy Hire is not required to erase or otherwise eliminate, or to enable erasure or elimination of, such content or information in certain circumstances, such as, for example, when an international, federal, state, or local law, rule or regulation requires Energy Hire to maintain the content or information; when the content or information is stored on or posted to the Site by a third party other than you (including any content or information posted by you that was stored, republished or reposted by the third party); when Energy Hire anonymizes the content or information, so that you cannot be individually identified; when you do not follow the aforementioned instructions for requesting the removal of the content or information; and when you have received compensation or other consideration for providing the content or information.
The foregoing is a description of Energy Hire’s voluntary practices concerning the collection of personal information through the Site from certain minors, and is not intended to be an admission that Energy Hire is subject to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, the Federal Trade Commission’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule(s), or any similar international, federal, state, or local laws, rules, or regulations.
If you are a natural person residing in California, you may have additional rights, including:
Energy Hire does not believe it is currently subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), but has elected to provide these services to California residents. To exercise the rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by either:
Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information regarding the CCPA. When you authorize an agent to make a verified request on your behalf, we will require the agent to provide written permission from you to make the request and will directly confirm the agent’s own identity. Your request must provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative, which we will compare with our data, and describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
If any term or condition of this Privacy Policy is deemed invalid or unenforceable by a court of law with binding authority, then the remaining terms and conditions shall not be affected, and the court shall reform the invalidated or unenforceable term or condition to the maximum extent permitted under the law and consistent with the intent of this Privacy Policy.
Please direct any questions you may have about this Privacy Policy to legal@energyfreelance.com, with a subject line of “Privacy Policy.” The foregoing contact information may change from time-to-time by supplementation, amendment, or modification of this Privacy Policy.
Energy Hire may decide to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize its business. If that occurs, you will be notified by email or a prominent notice on the Site of any ownership change and any change in the use of your Personal Information. These types of transactions may involve the disclosure of Personal Information to prospective or actual purchasers, or receiving it from sellers. We will seek appropriate protection for your Personal Information in these types of transactions.
