PEAK DESIGNS LLC

Privacy Policy

Introduction

Peak Designs LLC, dba Peak Solar Designs (“Peak Designs,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) provides this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal data received through our website at peaksolardesigns.com (the “Website”). We process personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with it, please do not use the Website or submit personal data to us. Where applicable law requires your consent for a particular processing activity, we will request that consent separately and will not treat your use of the Website alone as consent.

Personal Data We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal data:

Contact and inquiry information you provide when you complete a form or contact us, such as your name, email address, telephone number, mailing address, and the content of your message.
Employment application information you provide when you apply for a position with the Company, such as your résumé, work history, education, and references.
Technical and usage information collected automatically when you visit the Website, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed, referring URLs, dates and times of visits, and server logs.
Cookie data collected through cookies and similar technologies, as described in Section 7.
We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data (such as health information, racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, or precise geolocation) through the Website. Please do not submit sensitive personal data through Website forms.

How We Use Personal Data

We use personal data for the following purposes

To respond to your inquiries and communicate with you;
To evaluate potential customer engagements, sales and service projects;
To evaluate employment applications;
To operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Website and to understand how visitors use it;
To send newsletters, customer alerts, or event invitations where you have requested them or where otherwise permitted by law;
To comply with legal and regulatory obligations; and
To establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

We will not use personal data for purposes that are not reasonably necessary to, or compatible with, the purposes described above without first notifying you and, where required by law, obtaining your consent.

How We Disclose Personal Data

We do not sell personal data, and we do not process personal data for targeted advertising. We may disclose personal data to the following categories of recipients:

Service providers that act on our behalf, such as website hosting, database management, website development, analytics, IT, and email providers, subject to contractual confidentiality and data protection obligations;
Professional advisers, such as auditors, insurers, and outside counsel;
Government authorities, courts, and regulators where required by law or legal process, or where necessary to protect our rights or the safety of others;
A successor entity in connection with a merger, combination, or other reorganization of the Company; and
Other third parties with your consent or at your direction.

Links to Other Websites

The Website may contain links to third-party websites for your information or convenience. Those websites are independently operated and are not under our control. We are not responsible for their content, products, services, or privacy practices, including any personal data you provide to them. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and the laws that apply, you may have some or all of the following rights regarding your personal data

Access: to confirm whether we process your personal data and to obtain a copy of it;
Correction: to correct inaccurate personal data;
Deletion: to request deletion of your personal data;
Portability: to obtain your personal data in a portable, readily usable format;
Opt-out: to opt out of the sale of personal data, targeted advertising, or certain profiling (although we do not engage in these activities);
Objection and restriction: to object to or restrict certain processing; and
Withdrawal of consent: to withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent, without affecting processing before withdrawal.

To exercise these rights, contact us at [email protected].

We will need to verify your identity before responding, and you will not need to create an account. Where applicable law requires, we will respond within forty-five (45) days. We may extend that period once by an additional forty-five (45) days where reasonably necessary, and we will tell you if we do. If we decline to act on your request, we will explain why and tell you how to appeal. To appeal, reply to our decision or email the address above with “Privacy Appeal” in the subject line. We will respond to appeals in writing within the time required by applicable law. If you are a Colorado resident and are not satisfied with the result of your appeal, you may contact the Colorado Attorney General.

Some rights are subject to legal exceptions, including records we must keep by law. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

Cookies and Analytics

A cookie is a small data file that a website places on your device. We use cookies to remember your preferences, such as text-size settings, and to understand how visitors use the Website. You can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies or to refuse all cookies, but some Website features may not work properly if you do.

The Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your use of the Website, such as pages visited, time spent on the Website, approximate location, and device and browser information. This information may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States and elsewhere. We use this information only to compile reports on Website activity and to improve the Website. For more information about how Google uses data, visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Marketing Communications

If you subscribe to our newsletters, customer alerts, or event invitations, you may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any message or by contacting us as described in Section 12. We will not send you unsolicited marketing communications where applicable law requires your prior consent.

Data Security

We use reasonable physical, technical, and administrative safeguards appropriate to the nature of the personal data we hold, designed to protect it from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and destruction. However, no transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. If we experience a security breach affecting your personal data, we will notify you and the appropriate authorities as required by applicable law.

Data Retention

We retain personal data only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to meet legal, regulatory, warranty, accounting, and reporting requirements. When we no longer need personal data, we delete it or de-identify it.

Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended for adults and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18 years of age through the Website. If you believe a minor has provided personal data to us through the Website, please contact us, and we will delete it.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, contact Peak Designs LLC, 58 Jones Avenue, Unit A, Salida, CO 81201, or at [email protected]

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated version on the Website. If we make material changes, we will provide additional notice as required by applicable law.