Privacy Policy

[Last Updated Feb. 27, 2024]

Welcome to https://darkfiberinfra.com/ (the “Website”), which is owned and operated by Dark Fiber and Infrastructure, LLC (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We have drafted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to provide you with information on how we collect, use, and disclose information we collect from or about you when you visit the Website or otherwise interact with us. By visiting or using this Website, you agree that you accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Use, and you consent to the practices they describe. If you do not agree, you may not use the Website.

Information We Collect

In general, we collect information, including personal information, when you communicate with us and when you use the website. When we use the term “personal information” we mean any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. We may collect personal information when you provide it to us directly and we may also collect some information automatically.

Personal Information You Provide to Us

In general, we collect personal information when you communicate with us and when you use our Website. Depending on how you interact wit us, we may collect or otherwise process personal information about you, including:

·        Identity and contact details (such as name, email address, and other contact information);

·        Professional information (for example your organization name and title);

·        Job application information (including demographic information, education, work history, and any other relevant information you share with us through your application);

·        Correspondence and communications you send to us; and

·        Online identifiers or other information collected automatically (such as your IP address).

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, certain information about your visit is automatically logged, which may include information about the type of browser you use, the server name and IP address through which you access the Internet, the date and time you access the Website, the pages you access while at the Website, Internet service provider information, device type, and the Internet address of the website, if any, from which you linked directly to, or depart from, the Website.

We may collect information about your location when you access or use the Website.  We may also collect information regarding your general location using your IP address.  [If you access or use the Website from a mobile device, we may collect more precise geolocation information from your mobile device.  You can disable geolocation services in the settings on your mobile device.]

We generally collect this information through the use of cookies and other similar online tracking tools. For more information, please see Our Use of Cookies and Similar Tools below.

Why We Collect Information

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect, hold, and otherwise process personal information for various business purposes such as providing our services and responding to your requests. For example, we may process your personal information for purposes such as: 

·       Providing our services and products.

·       Responding to your requests for services or information.

·       Managing and operating our Website.

·       Providing notifications, including press releases and marketing materials.

·       Comply with our legal or regulatory obligations.

·       For purposes listed in Our Use of Cookies and Other Similar Tools.

How We Disclose Information

We may disclose your personal information with certain third parties in different circumstances, including with:

·       Our affiliates.

·       Third parties who provides services to us, including data analytics providers

·       Third parties to the extent reasonably necessary to proceed with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a merger, reorganization, or acquisition of our business, or a sale, liquidation, or transfer of some or all of our assets.

·       Third parties as needed to comply with a legal obligation such as in response to a subpoena, governmental request, or investigation, or as otherwise required by law.

·       A third party where it is necessary for our legitimate business interests to protect the rights, property, or safety of our business, our clients, customers, or others.

[Additionally, in certain instances, we may agree to allow a vendor to use aggregated data about Website activity for general improvement or benchmarking purposes, generally in an anonymized or aggregate form.] We reserve the right to use or disclose any information in aggregate form, for any purpose, in our sole judgment.

Our Use of Cookies and Similar Tools

When you visit our Website, certain information about your visit is automatically logged through the use of cookies and similar online tracking tools (collectively “cookies”). Cookies are small text files that are stored in your computer’s memory and hard drive or in your mobile device or tablet when you visit certain web pages.  They are used to enable websites to function or to provide information to the owners of a website or other third parties that receive data obtained from that website. Our Website uses necessary cookies in order to make our Website function and to collect analytics information about your visit.

[We may use service providers, including Google tools such as Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to collect such information. For more information on (a) how Google collects and processes such information, please click here, and (b) how to prevent the use of these tools relating to your use of our Website by downloading and installing a browser plug-in, please click here. You can change your cookie preferences by changing the setting on your web browser to delete or reject cookies.  If you delete or reject cookies, some portions of our Website may not function properly.

You can control the use of certain non-necessary cookies through your browser or other tools. You can find more information on how to control cookies below in Your Rights.

How Long We Keep Your Information

We will store your personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes of providing access to our Website and related services to you, as required by law, and for the exercise or defense of legal claims.

 

Security of Personal Information

We maintain appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal information against loss or accidental, unlawful or unauthorized, alteration, access, disclosure or use. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed 100% secure.

Children’s Privacy

Our Website is not directed at children under 18. We do not knowingly attempt to solicit or receive personal information from children under 18, and if we discover that we have collected personal information from children under 18, we will take commercially reasonable steps to delete that information from our systems.  Please contact us at [email protected] with “Children’s Privacy” in the subject line for more information.

External Links

The Website may contain links to other websites, including those of advertising or third-party content providers.  Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other websites.  We encourage you to read the privacy statements provided by other websites before you provide personally identifiable information to them.

International Transfers of Your Information

We are based in the U.S. When you provide personal information to us from outside of the U.S., please be aware that we will receive and process it in the U.S. and that U.S. data protection laws may be different from those of your country of residence. We may transfer the personal information we collect to other countries where we do business, which may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you originally provided the data. [To the extent required by applicable law, when we transfer your personal information to recipients in other countries, we will take measures to protect that information.

Your Rights

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

We take reasonable steps to keep your personal information accurate and complete.  If you would like us to consider providing you access to, or making a correction to, your personal information maintained in our records, please send your request to us at [email protected] and include “Personal Information Request” in the subject line.

How to Control Cookies

You can change your cookie preferences by changing the setting on your web browser to delete or reject cookies.  Some web browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Google Chrome may have features that can notify you when you receive a cookie or prevent cookies from being sent.  If you disable cookies, however, you may not be able to use certain personalized functions of this Website.  To find out more about cookies and how to block them or control their use by configuring your browser, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Marketing

When you submit your contact information to us, we may send you emails, news, updates, or marketing materials.  If you do not wish to receive these communications from us, click the “Unsubscribe” link contained in the email to opt-out. Please note that even if you opt-out of receiving news and related updates from us, we will send you transaction-related emails and respond to questions from you.

Do Not Track

Some web browsers may transmit “do not track” (“DNT”) signals.  

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time at our sole discretion. If we make any changes, we will post those changes here and update the “Last Updated” date at the bottom of this Privacy Policy. The terms of our current Privacy Policy supersede all previous notices or statements regarding our privacy practices.  The terms of our then-current Privacy Policy apply to all information stored in our records, regardless of when that information was collected.

 

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our practices, please contact us at [email protected]