Effective Date: April 18, 2025, 21:00:00 EDT

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how SC Electric CO. collects, uses, shares, and protects your identifying information when you visit our website scelectric.pro (the "Site"). It also explains your rights regarding your information and how you can exercise them.

By using our Site, you agree to the collection and use of your information in accordance with this policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual or entity ("identifying information"). We collect the following categories of identifyinginformation:

• Information You Provide Directly:

  • Contact Information: Such as your name, email address, phone number, and postal address when you submit inquiries, sign up for newsletters, or request services.

  • Inquiry Information: The content of your communications when you contact us with questions or requests.

  • Transaction Information: Details about services you request or transactions you initiate with us (though we do not process payment information directly unless stated otherwise, see Section 2).

• Information Collected Automatically:

  • Usage Data: Information about your interaction with our Site, such as the pages you visit, the time spent on those pages, the links you click, and referring website addresses.

  • Technical Data: Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, and potentially unique device identifiers.

  • Location Data: General location information derived from your IP address.

  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Information collected through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies. Please see our separate [Cookie Policy](https://www.scelectric.pro/policies/cookie-policy) for more details on how we use cookies and your options to manage them.

We collect identifyinginformation only when it is necessary for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes. We strive to collect only the minimum amount of data required for these purposes.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes and based on the following legal bases:

• To Fulfill Your Requests (Contractual Necessity/Legitimate Interests): To process and respond to your inquiries, provide the services you request, and manage our relationship with you.

• To Improve and Optimize Our Site (Legitimate Interests): To understand how visitors use our Site, analyze trends, track user movements, and gather demographic information to enhance user experience, content, and functionality. This is based on our legitimate interest in improving our services.

• For Communication (Consent/Legitimate Interests): To respond to your questions and comments. If you have opted in, we may use your contact information to send you newsletters or updates we believe may be of interest to you. You can opt-out of marketing communications at any time.

• For Legal and Security Purposes (Legal Obligation/Legitimate Interests): To detect and prevent fraud, security breaches, and other potentially prohibited or illegal activities; to protect our rights, property, or safety and that of our users; and to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.

• With Your Consent (Consent): We may use your information for other purposes for which you provide your explicit consent.

3. How We Share Your Information

We may share your identifying information with the following categories of recipients only for the specific purposes outlined below and when necessary:

• Service Providers (Contractual Necessity/Legitimate Interests): We may share information with trusted third-party companies and individuals who perform services on our behalf to help us operate our Site and business. These services may include website hosting, data analysis, email delivery, customer support, and other similar services. These service providers are contractually bound to use your identifying information only as necessary to perform their services and to maintain its confidentiality and security.

• Government Agencies and Law Enforcement (Legal Obligation): We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government request).

• For Legal Reasons and Protection (Legal Obligation/Legitimate Interests): We may disclose your information when we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or as evidence in legal proceedings.

• Business Transfers (Legitimate Interests): In the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, bankruptcy, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our Site of any change in ownership or uses of your identifying information.

• With Your Consent (Consent): We may share your information with other third parties when you give us explicit consent to do so.

We do not sell or rent your identifying information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes without your explicit consent.

4. Collective and Non-Personal Data

We may collect and share aggregated or de-identified data that cannot reasonably be used to identify you. This type of information, such as statistical data about Site usage patterns, may be shared with third parties for analytics, research, or reporting purposes to improve our services. This data will not personally identify you.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We and our service providers may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your Browse activities on our Site. This information is used to analyze Site traffic, personalize content, and understand user behavior.

• Cookies: Small text files placed on your device.

• Web Beacons: Small graphic images used to track user behavior.

You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can typically manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Please refer to our [Cookie Policy] for more details on how we use cookies and how to exercise your choices.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your identifying information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for identifying data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the identifying data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your identifying data, the purposes for which we process your identifying data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

When we no longer need your identifying information, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

7. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect your identifying information from accidental loss, unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, please understand that no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information transmitted over the internet.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, you may have the following rights regarding your identifying information:

• The Right to Be Informed: To be informed about the collection and use of your identifying data. This Privacy Policy serves this purpose.

• The Right to Access: To request a copy of the identifying information we hold about you.

• The Right to Rectification: To request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete identifying information we hold about you.

• The Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten): To request that we delete your identifying information under certain conditions.

• The Right to Restrict Processing: To request that we restrict the processing of your identifying information under certain conditions.

• The Right to Data Portability: To receive your identifying information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit that data to another controller under certain conditions.

• The Right to Object: To object to the processing of your identifying information under certain conditions, particularly where the legal basis is legitimate interests or direct marketing.

• The Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your identifying information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

• The Right to Lodge a Complaint: To lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe our processing of your identifying information infringes applicable data protection laws.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the "Contact Us" section below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.

9. Links to Other Sites

Our Site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Site is strictly intended for individuals who are at least 18 years of age or older. This is because our services may involve entering into contracts, and individuals must be of legal age to enter into a binding agreement. We do not knowingly collect identifying information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child under 18 has provided us with identifying information, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected identifying information from an individual under 18 without a lawful basis, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. If the changes are significant, we may provide a more prominent notice, such as an email notification (if we have your email address and consent to contact you). We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Your continued use of the Site after the posting of a revised Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, or if you wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us through our privacy contact form:

Privacy Contact Form: [Privacy Contact Form]