Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement

Applied Thought, Inc. is committed to our customers. As part of this commitment, we agree to respect and to do our best to protect your privacy. In furtherance of this goal, Applied Thought, Inc. has joined the United States Department of Commerce Safe Harbor Program.

This Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account. Over time, business changes may occur which might impact our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Please check these sections periodically for the most up-to-date information. While our policies may alter, we will never make changes that jeopardize the privacy and protection of the customer information we have gathered. In the event that a change of this nature is mandated, we will be sure to obtain necessary consent or provide an opt-out opportunity.

Actual practices may vary as required by local laws and regulations.

Notice

  • What user information does theAppliedThought.com gather? How is it gathered and how is it used?
  • Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you enter on our website or give us in any other way. You provide most such information when you request information from Applied Thought, Inc. ("Applied Thought, Inc."). As a result of those actions, you might supply us with such information as your name, address, and phone numbers, email addresses and areas of interest. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests and communicating with you.

    Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact electronically with us. For example, like many websites, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses theAppliedThought.com. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser. The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.

    Examples of the information we collect and analyze include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; e-mail address; contact information, the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstream to, through, and from our website, including date and time; cookie number and the information you viewed. A number of companies offer utilities designed to help you visit websites anonymously. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission provides useful information about online privacy on its own website, Site Seeing on the Internet. Although we will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience at theAppliedThought.com if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these tools exist.

    E-mail Communications: If at any time after registering to receive information at theAppliedThought.com, you decide that you do not want to receive further electronic or other correspondence from us, please contact Applied Thought, Inc. Customer Support at hr@theappliedthought.com.

  • Does theAppliedThought.com Share the Information It Receives?
  • Although information relating to our clients is crucial to our business, we do not sell this information to other parties. When necessary due to business need, we may share information to vendors or Applied Thought, Inc. subsidiaries that share our Privacy Policies, or adhere to similar guidelines. Some instances where information may be shared include:

    Agents: We utilize and contract other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include outreach, industry surveys, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data and providing marketing assistance. Access to customer information is on an as-needed basis, and this material may not be used for other purposes than those arranged.

    Protection of Applied Thought, Inc. and Others: In order to comply with the law, enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, or protect the rights, property, or safety of Applied Thought, Inc., our users, or others, we may need to disclose gathered customer information. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection. This disclosure does not include any commercial sharing.

    With Your Consent: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.

  • Choice
  • What Choices Do I Have?

    Applied Thought, Inc. will not use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without first letting you know and offering you a choice. We will also provide you the opportunity to let us know if you wish to opt-out of partial or all contact from Applied Thought, Inc. and we will do everything we can to honor such requests.

    If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please contact Applied Thought, Inc. Customer Support at hr@theappliedthought.com. If you do not want to receive Terms of Use and other legal notices from us, such as this Privacy Notice, those notices will still govern your use of TheAppliedThought.com, and it is your responsibility to review them for changes.

    If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at:

    Phone: 407-574-7610
    Fax: 407-641-8184
    Email: hr@theappliedthought.com
    Mail: 175 Middle Street, Suite 1201, Lake Mary FL 32746

    Your permission will always be secured first, should we ever decide to share your information with third parties that are not acting on our behalf and governed by our privacy policy.

    Onward Transfer

    The personal information that you provide to us may be transferred within Applied Thought, Inc. across state or country borders. This may be done to consolidate data storage and simplify the management of customer information. Please read the information in the Choice and Security sections regarding the practices that cover such transfers.

    Security

    Applied Thought, Inc. is committed to ensuring the security of your information. To protect data we have collected from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

    Data Integrity

    Applied Thought, Inc. will gather personal information only to the extent that it is relevant for the purposes for which it is to be used. For further information about the purposes for which the data will be used, please read the information in the Choice section, above. We will not process personal information in a way that is incompatible with the purposes for which it has been collected or subsequently authorized by you. We agree to take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal data we collect is reliable for its intended use, accurate, complete, and current.

    Access

    It is important for Applied Thought, Inc. to keep your personally identifiable information accurate. We will provide you with access to your information, including making every effort to provide you with online access to your data so that you may review, update or correct your information. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access or enabling you to make corrections. To receive your personal information, please send an email to hr@TheAppliedThought.com.

  • Oversight/Enforcement
  • Oversight: To verify compliance, Applied Thought, Inc. will engage in periodic self-audits. In the course of this self-assessment, Applied Thought, Inc. will confirm that this Privacy Policy is accurate, comprehensive, prominently displayed, completely implemented, accessible and conforms to the Safe Harbor principles. We will also verify that appropriate employee training and internal procedures for periodically conducting objective reviews of compliance are in place. In addition, Applied Thought, Inc.'s privacy practices are self-certified to the United States Department of Commerce Safe Harbor Program. For further information on the Safe Harbor Program, please go to http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/.

    Enforcement: Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to theAppliedThought.com or to Applied Thought, Inc.'s Privacy Policy, privacy practices, or the implementation thereof shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Tampa FL; except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate Applied Thought, Inc.'s intellectual property rights, Applied Thought, Inc. may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of Massachusetts, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.