Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 30, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how Phil Verghis (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you visit or make a purchase from our website (https://verghisgroup.com) (the “Site”). We are committed to complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Information We Collect
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including your IP address, web browser, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase, we collect information necessary to process your order, such as your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, and phone number. We may also collect information when you leave comments, as described below.
- Comments: When visitors leave comments on the Site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
- Media: If you upload images to the Site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the Site can download and extract any location data from images on the Site.
- Cookies: If you leave a comment on our Site you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
When you visit or log in to our website, cookies and similar technologies may be used by our online data partners or vendors to associate these activities with other personal information they or others have about you, including by association with your email. We may then send communications and marketing to these email. You may opt out of receiving this advertising by visiting https://app.retention.com/optout - Embedded Content: Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to fulfill and manage your orders, communicate with you about your orders, and improve our Site. We may also use your information to personalize your experience on the Site and to provide you with marketing communications that we believe may be of interest to you.
Sharing Your Information
We may share your information with third-party service providers who help us operate our Site, such as payment processors and shipping carriers. We will never sell your information. We may also disclose your information if required by law.
Your Rights
You have the right to access, correct, and delete your personal information. You also have the right to object to or restrict the processing of your personal information. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: privacy@verghisgroup.com
- GDPR: If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights, including the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, and data portability. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
- CCPA: If you are a California resident, you have specific rights regarding your personal information,