Privacy Policy

Proactive Worldwide, Inc is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected at all times. This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

The data controller is Proactive Worldwide, Inc registered at 1699 E. Woodfield Road, Suite 406, Schaumburg, IL 60173.

Information we may collect from you

We may collect and process the following data about you:

Information that you provide by filling in forms on www.proactiveworldwide.com (our site). This includes information provided at the time of registering for job applications, whitepapers and product brochures or newsletters or requesting further services.
If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
Business information from publicly made sources with a view to communicate our products and services which may be of interest to you.
Business contact information from publicly made sources (Jobsites, business social media sites) with regards to recruitment for vacant roles at Proactive Worldwide, Inc.
Information from 3rd party data providers where you have consented for it to be passed to us.
Details of transactions you carry out through our site
Details of your visits to our site and the resources that you access

Data collected through these sources may include name, job title, company name, address, email, telephone number, social media handle(s), interests, curriculum vitae (where applying for job vacancies) and online behavioral information related to the Proactive Worldwide, Inc. website (links clicked, pages viewed etc.). The behavioral information may be used to offer services and products based on activity you have made.

IP addresses and cookies

We may collect information about your computer, including (where available) your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalized service. They enable us:

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site.

Uses made of the information

We use information held about you in the following ways:

To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
Profiling of interests provided to us or from behavioral online activity to determine which products and services are the most relevant to you
To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, based upon legitimate interest
To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
To notify you about changes to our service.

Disclosure of your information

We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets
If Proactive Worldwide, Inc or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets
If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Proactive Worldwide, Inc, our customers, or others.
Through the use of carefully selected third party vendors to assist with the processing of your information. These may be vendors outside of the EEA.

We will always ensure that we protect your data with the upmost security. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure all information and data. All international transfers of information will be in compliance with the requirements of the GDPR.

Retention of Information

We will keep job application and CV’s on file for 3 years. Business prospect related contact information will be held for 24 months from the most recent communication. Online behavioral information will be held ongoing at an anonymous level. Existing customer information will be held for the lifetime of our engagement and for 7 years post the engagement.

Your rights

You have a number of rights regarding the processing of your personal information under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronics Communications Regulation (PECR). You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time. This can be applied by clicking unsubscribe links on Proactive Worldwide, Inc email communications or by directly contacting us via email, telephone or post. You also have the right to access personal information that we hold on you. You can exercise your rights at any time by contacting our staff via:

Email: privacy@proactiveworldwide.com

Phone: 847-483-9300

Mail: Proactive Worldwide, Inc 1699 E. Woodfield Road, Suite 406, Schaumburg, IL 60173.ATTN: Privacy

Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Forums and Membership Areas

We define “forum” as any message board, chat room, or interactive service appearing on any of our Sites—including both public boards and private folders. We define “Membership Areas” as any interactive service, message board, or chat room that is private to only paying customers. To use any of our Forums or Membership Areas, you must register in accordance with instructions that you will find on the Sites in order to contribute. You are never permitted to post or send to any other forum user or staff any material that is abusive, vulgar, threatening, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, invades a person’s privacy, violates any intellectual property right, or that violates any law. You may also not use the forums in any commercial manner—including but not limited to soliciting funds or advertising goods or services. Although we do our best to control for posted material, we are not responsible for screening material posted that contains libel, obscenity, invasion of privacy, copyright, or trademark infringement. We also reserve the right to edit materials for any other reason, and whether or not we modify or remove such materials, the user remains solely responsible for the content of their messages and postings.

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate the registration of any forum user or general user who violates any of these terms of use of use. The right to suspend or terminate accounts also extends to any of the forum member guidelines or for any other behavior that we in our discretion believe is inappropriate. Additionally, you warrant that any “moral rights” in posted materials have been waived. Under no circumstances are you entitled to any compensation for any materials you may post on the Sites. By posting on any of the Sites, you also grant us perpetual, non-exclusive right to use your questions, comments, and postings in their original or edited forms in any way—including but not limited to television programs, books, articles, commentaries, or other medium that will be developed into the future.

Termination of Account

We may cancel or terminate your right to use the Site or any part of the Site at any time without notice. In the event of cancellation or termination, you are no longer authorized to access the part of the Site affected by such cancellation or termination. The restrictions imposed on you with respect to material downloaded from the Site, and the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in these Terms of Service, shall survive.

Concluding Thoughts

Thanks for stopping by! Because we are extremely committed to transparency and service, we hope that both our Privacy Policy and Terms Of Use provided you with some clarity.

Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail.