1.1. Purpose

Florida Construction Connection Inc ("FLCC" hereinafter) Corporate Data Protection Policy, privacy statement, procedures, guidelines, and templates lay out strict requirements for processing personal data pertaining to customers, business partners, employees or any other individual. It meets the requirements of applicable U.S. state and federal data protection regulations and ensures compliance with the principles of national and international data protection laws in force.

The policy, privacy statement, procedures, guidelines, and templates set an applicable data protection and security standard for FLCC and regulates the sharing of information between FLCC, affiliates, and partners. FLCC has established guiding data protection principles – among them transparency, data economy and data security – as FLCC guidelines.

The Data Protection Policy provides one of the necessary framework conditions for cross-border data transfer among FLCC and its partners. It ensures an adequate level of data protection prescribed by applicable Personal Data Protection Regulations and the relevant laws for data transmission.

1.2. Application Scope

All processing of personal data by FLCC is within the scope of this procedure. This means all of FLCC's business processes and information systems involved in the collection, processing, use and transfer of personal data and all employees, contractors and 3rd party providers involved in the processing of personal data on behalf of FLCC.

This policy is binding for all departments and functions involved in personally identifiable information processing. Every FLCC department or affiliated entity must follow this procedure.

1.3. Application of National Laws

The Data Protection Policy, privacy statement, procedures, guidelines, and templates comprise internationally accepted data privacy principles without replacing existing national/international laws. It supplements applicable data privacy laws. The relevant national law will take precedence in the event that it conflicts with the Data Protection Policy and guidelines, or it has stricter requirements than this Policy and guidelines.

Each affiliate or partner of FLCC is responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Policy, this privacy statement, guidelines, and the legal obligations. If there is reason to believe that legal obligations contradict the duties under the Data Protection Policy, privacy statement, procedures or the guidelines, the relevant entity must inform the Data Protection Officer.

1.4. Responsibilities

The Data Protection Officer is responsible for ensuring that the privacy statement is correct and that mechanisms exist such as having the privacy statement on FLCC's website to make all data subjects aware of the contents of this notice prior to FLCC commencing collection of their data.

All Employees/Staff of FLCC who interact with data subjects are responsible for ensuring that this statement is drawn to the data subject's attention and their consent to the processing of their data is secured.

Florida Construction Connection Inc is a directory and connection platform helping homeowners and businesses find trusted construction professionals and services across Florida.

You can access or visit our website at any time without informing us who you are or providing us any personal information. However, we may collect information at our websites in two ways:

We do not attempt to track your personal information in order to identify you, but gather this information in order to make up the web traffic routing, to diagnose problems with the server for administration of our website, to better understand how you interact with our website and services and to re-design and upgrade the website for better use.

We use personal data to provide you with information you request, process online inquiries, and for other purposes which we would describe to you at the point where it is collected or which will be obvious to you. For example:

By consenting to this privacy notice you are giving us permission to process your personal data specifically for the purposes identified. Consent is required for FLCC to process personal data, but it must be explicitly given. Where we are asking you for personal data, we will always tell you why and how the information will be used.

This means: FLCC will inform you about the purpose of the processing, contact details of the Data Controller or its representative, the lawful basis of the processing, and how personal data was obtained, if not obtained directly from the data subject.

FLCC provides updated information without any undue delay and before continuing with the processing if the purposes for the processing of personal data are changed or extended. In this case FLCC will ask for new consent.

We do not share your personal information with third parties without seeking your prior permission. We will seek your consent prior to using or sharing personal information for any purpose beyond the requirement for which it was originally collected. However, we may share your personal information with affiliated business partners, service vendors, authorized third-party agents, or contractors for the purposes of data processing, storage, or to provide a requested service or transaction, after ensuring that such entities are contractually bound by data privacy obligations.

When required, we may disclose personal information to external law enforcement bodies or regulatory authorities, in order to comply with legal obligations and to support our marketing effectiveness. FLCC may integrate with the LinkedIn Conversion API, allowing us to analyze opportunities and improve campaign performance. In this context, certain pseudonymized personal data (e.g., hashed email) may be shared with LinkedIn Corporation.

Children's Privacy

We do not intend for our websites or online services to be used by anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe we may have collected information about a child, please contact us. FLCC considers that, as a general rule, a child of 16 and over is mature enough to understand giving of consent. Where personal data is sought in respect of a child below the age of 16, a parent or guardian must give consent on behalf of the child.

Retention Period

FLCC will process personal data for one year. Retention period 2 years or based on applicable national laws/regulations.

Cookies Policy

Like many websites, when you access our website, we use cookie technology to collect additional website usage data. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer to facilitate your access to our website. We may use information collected from our cookies to identify user behavior and to serve content and offers based on your profile.

By using our site, you agree that we can place cookies on your device. If you want to remove existing cookies from your device, you can do this using your browser options. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies.

Regarding your use of our websites, you should understand that the open nature of the Internet is such that information and personal data may flow over networks connecting you to our systems without security measures and may be accessed and used by people other than those for whom the data is intended.

At any point while we are in possession of or processing your personal data, you, the data subject, have the following rights:

If you wish to make a complaint about how your personal data is being processed by FLCC or how your complaint has been handled, you have the right to lodge a complaint directly with the relevant supervisory authority and FLCC's data protection representatives.

1.1. Purpose

Florida Construction Connection Inc ("FLCC" hereinafter) Corporate Data Protection Policy, privacy statement, procedures, guidelines, and templates lay out strict requirements for processing personal data pertaining to customers, business partners, employees or any other individual. It meets the requirements of applicable U.S. state and federal data protection regulations and ensures compliance with the principles of national and international data protection laws in force.

The policy, privacy statement, procedures, guidelines, and templates set an applicable data protection and security standard for FLCC and regulates the sharing of information between FLCC, affiliates, and partners. FLCC has established guiding data protection principles – among them transparency, data economy and data security – as FLCC guidelines.

The Data Protection Policy provides one of the necessary framework conditions for cross-border data transfer among FLCC and its partners. It ensures an adequate level of data protection prescribed by applicable Personal Data Protection Regulations and the relevant laws for data transmission.

1.2. Application Scope

All processing of personal data by FLCC is within the scope of this procedure. This means all of FLCC's business processes and information systems involved in the collection, processing, use and transfer of personal data and all employees, contractors and 3rd party providers involved in the processing of personal data on behalf of FLCC.

This policy is binding for all departments and functions involved in personally identifiable information processing. Every FLCC department or affiliated entity must follow this procedure.

1.3. Application of National Laws

The Data Protection Policy, privacy statement, procedures, guidelines, and templates comprise internationally accepted data privacy principles without replacing existing national/international laws. It supplements applicable data privacy laws. The relevant national law will take precedence in the event that it conflicts with the Data Protection Policy and guidelines, or it has stricter requirements than this Policy and guidelines.

Each affiliate or partner of FLCC is responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Policy, this privacy statement, guidelines, and the legal obligations. If there is reason to believe that legal obligations contradict the duties under the Data Protection Policy, privacy statement, procedures or the guidelines, the relevant entity must inform the Data Protection Officer.

1.4. Responsibilities

The Data Protection Officer is responsible for ensuring that the privacy statement is correct and that mechanisms exist such as having the privacy statement on FLCC's website to make all data subjects aware of the contents of this notice prior to FLCC commencing collection of their data.

All Employees/Staff of FLCC who interact with data subjects are responsible for ensuring that this statement is drawn to the data subject's attention and their consent to the processing of their data is secured.

Florida Construction Connection Inc is a directory and connection platform helping homeowners and businesses find trusted construction professionals and services across Florida.

You can access or visit our website at any time without informing us who you are or providing us any personal information. However, we may collect information at our websites in two ways:

We do not attempt to track your personal information in order to identify you, but gather this information in order to make up the web traffic routing, to diagnose problems with the server for administration of our website, to better understand how you interact with our website and services and to re-design and upgrade the website for better use.

We use personal data to provide you with information you request, process online inquiries, and for other purposes which we would describe to you at the point where it is collected or which will be obvious to you. For example:

By consenting to this privacy notice you are giving us permission to process your personal data specifically for the purposes identified. Consent is required for FLCC to process personal data, but it must be explicitly given. Where we are asking you for personal data, we will always tell you why and how the information will be used.

This means: FLCC will inform you about the purpose of the processing, contact details of the Data Controller or its representative, the lawful basis of the processing, and how personal data was obtained, if not obtained directly from the data subject.

FLCC provides updated information without any undue delay and before continuing with the processing if the purposes for the processing of personal data are changed or extended. In this case FLCC will ask for new consent.

We do not share your personal information with third parties without seeking your prior permission. We will seek your consent prior to using or sharing personal information for any purpose beyond the requirement for which it was originally collected. However, we may share your personal information with affiliated business partners, service vendors, authorized third-party agents, or contractors for the purposes of data processing, storage, or to provide a requested service or transaction, after ensuring that such entities are contractually bound by data privacy obligations.

When required, we may disclose personal information to external law enforcement bodies or regulatory authorities, in order to comply with legal obligations and to support our marketing effectiveness. FLCC may integrate with the LinkedIn Conversion API, allowing us to analyze opportunities and improve campaign performance. In this context, certain pseudonymized personal data (e.g., hashed email) may be shared with LinkedIn Corporation.

Children's Privacy

We do not intend for our websites or online services to be used by anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe we may have collected information about a child, please contact us. FLCC considers that, as a general rule, a child of 16 and over is mature enough to understand giving of consent. Where personal data is sought in respect of a child below the age of 16, a parent or guardian must give consent on behalf of the child.

Retention Period

FLCC will process personal data for one year. Retention period 2 years or based on applicable national laws/regulations.

Cookies Policy

Like many websites, when you access our website, we use cookie technology to collect additional website usage data. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer to facilitate your access to our website. We may use information collected from our cookies to identify user behavior and to serve content and offers based on your profile.

By using our site, you agree that we can place cookies on your device. If you want to remove existing cookies from your device, you can do this using your browser options. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies.

Regarding your use of our websites, you should understand that the open nature of the Internet is such that information and personal data may flow over networks connecting you to our systems without security measures and may be accessed and used by people other than those for whom the data is intended.

At any point while we are in possession of or processing your personal data, you, the data subject, have the following rights:

If you wish to make a complaint about how your personal data is being processed by FLCC or how your complaint has been handled, you have the right to lodge a complaint directly with the relevant supervisory authority and FLCC's data protection representatives.