PRIVACY POLICY

Updated 1 Oct, 2021

This Privacy Policy describes Sirius Consulting Group LLC’s (“PathfinderHacking.com”, “Company”, “we”, “our” (Site)) policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use Sirius Consulting Group LLC. websites, services, and applications (collectively the “Site”). The Site includes, but is not limited to PathfinderHacking.com, 
 

We respect the privacy of all visitors to our Site and will not use or share your information with anyone or any entity except as described in this Privacy Policy. Please read this policy before using the Site.  You acknowledge that by accessing or using the Site, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy please do not use or access the Site, or interact with any other aspect of our business.
 

Sirius Consulting Group LLC. is its own data controller and does not sell or disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties.  However, this policy may change and information may be disclosed in the event of bankruptcy, merger, or acquisition.  Sirius Consulting Group LLC. uses reasonable data security measures to protect all user data, content and materials on the Site.
 

Please know that Sirius Consulting Group LLC. takes your privacy seriously. If you have questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy or practices, please contact us at contact@PathfinderHacking.com.
 

Information We Collect

Sirius Consulting Group LLC. uses the information we collect to:

● Provide services for which our customers pay

● Improve the Site, services and usability

● Communicate with our users

● Share success stories and experiences
 

Personally Identifiable Information: We may collect personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide to us when you purchase products or services through the Site, create an account, and/or contact us for customer service purposes. The types of information that may be collected include name, address, email address, telephone number, age, country of origin, salary info/goals, IT certification/experience info, IT interest areas, user goals/interests/dream job/aspirations, user referral info, user sign-up date, user product/service purchase details, payment history, training progress data, current user employment status info/details, and, as applicable, billing information.
 

You provide certain personally identifiable information to us when you register your email address with us for mailing lists or other Site services and/or when you send email messages, submit forms, or transmit other information. If you correspond with us via email, we may retain the content of your email messages, your email address, and our responses. If you pose questions about our services, we may incorporate those questions onto an FAQ page to improve the Site experience, but we will not divulge personal identifying information such as your name or email in that case.
 

Other Voluntarily Provided Personal Information: Certain customers/students may be asked to voluntarily share their success stories and/or experiences for posts on our Site and advertising purposes. If the customer/student is willing and explicitly agrees to voluntarily share their stories and information, then the customer/student rightfully grants Sirius Consulting Group LLC. permission to edit, alter, copy, exhibit, publish, or distribute any images, videos, voice, and personal information as advertising material. Students understand that this includes, but is not limited to photos, LinkedIn profiles, mentor session video or audio recordings, video or audio based testimonials, case studies, and other forms of broadcast material deemed useful by Sirius Consulting Group LLC. Furthermore, customers/students who voluntarily participate in these activities release Sirius Consulting Group LLC. for all claims and liability relating to the use of advertising material. Customers/students will not receive financial compensation for volunteering or being involved in Sirius Consulting Group LLC.’s advertising efforts.
 

Additional voluntarily provided information may include testimonials, product reviews, and other information provided when customers/students participate in review boards, discussion boards, chat sessions, mentor sessions and coaching calls and/or other interactive areas of the Site and its services.

 

Mandatory Information: In order to become a customer, you are required to provide the following information when purchasing Sirius Consulting Group LLC.’s products and services: name, email, and billing info. Without this information, we would be unable to set up your account or subscribe you to the Site services.

User Rights: Our Privacy Policy is in compliance with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and our users have the following rights regarding their data:

● To have personal data deleted or removed

● To restrict/block/suppress processing of personal data

● To retain and reuse personal data for own purpose

● To object personal data being used for the purpose of direct marketing or advertising

● To have their personal data be rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete

● To be informed about how personal data is being used

● To have knowledge about what user data is being stored and how it is being processed

● To be protected against the risk of potentially damaging decisions made without human intervention (e.g. automated processing by a third party that affects you as user of the Site)
 

For any questions about your rights as a user or for clarification or requests pertaining to the user rights defined above please send an email to contact@PathfinderHacking.com detailing your request.

 

Information we collect automatically

Cookies: When you use the Site, we may send one or more “cookies” – a small data file – to your computer to uniquely identify your browser and let Sirius Consulting Group LLC. help you log in faster and enhance your navigation through the Site. A cookie may convey anonymous information about how you browse the Site to us. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive after you close your browser so that it can be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the Site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser’s directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the Site may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
 

Log Files: When you use the Site, our servers automatically record certain information sent by your web browser. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, referring / exit pages and URLs, number of clicks and how you interact with links on the Site, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, mobile carrier, and other such information.
 

Local storage: We store data locally on your device to enhance the user experience on our site. Browser local storage allows us to save what page you are on, and what lesson progress you have made, so that when you return at a later time or refresh the browser, the page will remain the same.
 

Third Party Tools: Sirius Consulting Group LLC. uses third-party analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Kartra, Stripe, PayPal, marketing automation tools such as FB Pixel, LinkedIn, Google Tag Manager. Many of these tools collect the information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, including cookies, and your IP address. These tools also receive this information and their use of it is governed by their privacy policy. When you use the Site, a third party tool may also employ clear gifs (also known as web beacons) which are used to track online usage patterns. Geo-location information may also be collected by a third party tool that we use such as Intercom. The information is used to enable more accurate reporting and make Sirius Consulting Group LLC. better for our users. Again, these tools use of this information is governed by their privacy policy.
 

How we use the information we collect

We do not use any data disclosed from our users to make automated decisions, such as for lead scoring, screening, profiling users or making employment decisions.
 

General Operation of the Site: We use the information you submit to operate, maintain, and provide the features and functionality of the Site or otherwise in connection with our business in relation to the Site. If you provide an email address, it may be used to send you information, company news, updates, and/or related product or service information. You may unsubscribe from emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the email you received from us, or by contacting using the contact information provided herein or on the Site.
 

Non-private Communication Channels: Any information you voluntarily submit to the Site’s non-private communication channels (for example, if you submit a discussion question to our discussion boards) becomes available to other users of the Site and potentially the public. Even if you remove the content, copies may remain viewable in cached or archived pages if other users have copied or stored your content.
 

Business Mergers and Transfers: As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets or business offerings. Customers, email, and visitor information is generally one of the transferred business assets in these types of transactions. We may also transfer or assign such information in the event of bankruptcy, merger, or acquisition.
 

Information Provided to Law Enforcement: We may also be required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide personal information to the appropriate governmental authorities. We will disclose personal information upon receipt of a court order, subpoena, or to cooperate with a law enforcement investigation. We reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we in good faith believe to be unlawful.
 

Your Use: We will display your personal information in your profile page and elsewhere on the Site according to the preferences you set in your account. Any information you choose to provide should reflect how much you want others to know about you. Please consider carefully what information you disclose in your profile page and your desired level of anonymity. You can review and revise your profile information at any time. We may also share or disclose your information with your consent, for example, if you use a third party application to access your account (see below).
 

Third Party Services: We may share your information with a third party application with your consent.  Service Providers, Business Partners, and Others: Sirius Consulting Group LLC. may share your personally identifiable information with other third parties for the purpose of providing the Site to you. If we do this, such third parties’ use of your information will be bound by this Privacy Policy. We may also store personal information in locations outside the direct control of Sirius Consulting Group LLC. (for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers).
 

Non-Personally Identifiable Information: We may disclose your non-private, aggregated, or otherwise non-personally identifiable information, such as anonymous usage data, etc., with interested third parties to help them understand the usage patterns for the Site.
 

How We Protect Your Information: The security of your information is important to us, and when you enter sensitive information as part of our service, we encrypt the transmission of that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).
 

Sirius Consulting Group LLC. uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information, once we receive it. No method of electronic transmission of storage is 100% secure, however, and we cannot ensure or warrant the absolute security of any information you transmit or store in the Site.
 

In the event that personal information is compromised as a result of a breach of security, Sirius Consulting Group LLC. will promptly notify those persons whose personal information has been compromised, in accordance with the notification procedures set forth in this Privacy Policy, or as otherwise required by applicable law.
 

Collection of Information by Third Parties

Our advertisers may use other third-party advertising technologies to target advertising on the Site and other websites. We have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties. Each third party has its own privacy policy, and customers should consult the third party privacy policy before providing any personal information. Please contact these third parties directly if you have any questions about their use of the information that they collect.
 

Children’s Privacy

Protecting the privacy of children is very important. Our Site and services are not directed to persons under the age of 18 and Sirius Consulting Group LLC. does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 18 or knowingly allow such persons to register to our Site or services without parental consent. Purchases of Sirius Consulting Group LLC.’s products and services are only available to persons over the age of 18. Website visitors may be asked to verify their age when purchasing Sirius Consulting Group LLC.’s products and services.
 

Miscellaneous

This Privacy Policy, and all claims or issues regarding our site, shall be governed according to the laws of Washington, without giving effect to any conflicts of laws principles. Except as otherwise required by law, any legal action concerning this Privacy Policy or our site must be brought within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises and must be brought in the city of Washington. You hereby waive any argument that any such court does not have jurisdiction over you or such dispute or that venue in any such court is not appropriate or convenient. If any part of this Privacy Policy is deemed invalid or enforceable, the remainder of this Privacy Policy shall continue in effect. Any failure to insist upon strict enforcement of this policy shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision of right contained in this policy. Sirius Consulting Group LLC. shall have the right to reference or feature subscriber’s name, job title, and company in it marketing materials.
 

Your Acceptance of This Privacy Policy

By using the Site, you signify your assent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use the Site. We reserve the right to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time. If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes will signify your acceptance of those changes.
 

Contact us

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns about our privacy policy.

Email Address: contact@pathfinderhacking.com