Privacy Policy

PlatinumEdge Solutions, Inc.
We are a small software company. We do not sell your data. We do not run an ad network. We collect the bare minimum we need to answer your email, run a discovery call, deliver a project, and tell you about new writing if you opt in to the newsletter.

If you ever want to know what we have on you, ask. If you want it deleted, ask. We will respond within thirty days.

Everything below is the formal version of the same thing.

Who this applies to

This Privacy Policy describes how PlatinumEdge Solutions, Inc. (“PlatinumEdge,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares information about you when you:
If you are a resident of California, the European Union, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with specific data-protection laws, see Section 9 for additional rights.

Who we are

PlatinumEdge Solutions, Inc. is a Michigan corporation.

Address

21 Marcus Street SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49548, United States

For purposes of EU/UK data-protection law, where applicable, we act as the data controller for personal data submitted directly to us through this website. For data we process on behalf of an engagement partner, we act as a data processor under the terms of that engagement.

Information we collect

3.1 Information you give us
When you submit our contact form, email us, or engage us under contract, we may collect:
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address.
If we move forward into a paid engagement, we collect contracting and payment information necessary to bill you, including company tax identifiers and banking details where relevant.
3.2 Information collected automatically
When you visit the site, we automatically collect a limited set of technical information:
We do not run third-party advertising trackers. We do not embed social-media pixels for retargeting.
3.3 Information we do not collect
We do not collect government-issued identifiers (driver’s licenses, passport numbers, social-security numbers) other than as required for contracting with employees or for payment processing where law requires it. We do not collect biometric data. We do not collect children’s data; the site is not directed at anyone under 16.

How we use information

We use the information we collect to:

How we share information

We share personal information only with parties who help us run the business, and only to the extent they need it. As of the date above, our processors include:

Email & calendar

A standard business-email provider hosts our mail and meeting scheduling.

Email & calendar

A standard business-email provider hosts our mail and meeting scheduling.

Hosting & analytics

The website is hosted on a major cloud provider and uses a privacy-respecting analytics tool.

Newsletter delivery

A third-party email-marketing provider sends our newsletter, if you subscribe.

Accounting & payments

A third-party accounting platform handles invoicing and bookkeeping.

Legal & professional advisors

We may share information with our lawyers, accountants, and other professional advisors.

We will also disclose information when required by law, court order, or a lawful government request, or when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others.
We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

The specific list of processors changes over time. Email privacy@platinumedgesolutions.com if you would like the current list.

International transfers

We are based in the United States and store data primarily in the United States. If you contact us from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States. Where required, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent transfer mechanisms with our processors.

How long we keep information

Data type
Retention period
Contact-form submissions and emails
Up to 36 months after the last meaningful contact, unless we have an ongoing relationship
Newsletter subscriber records
Until you unsubscribe, plus 12 months for suppression-list purposes
Engagement records (project files, communications, deliverables)
For the duration of the engagement plus 7 years thereafter
Site analytics
Aggregated and retained for up to 26 months
After these periods, information is deleted or anonymized.

How we protect information

We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal information. These include encryption in transit, access controls, regular software updates, and limited access on a need-to-know basis. No system is perfectly secure. If we discover a personal-data breach affecting you, we will notify you and the appropriate authorities within the timeframes required by applicable law.

Your rights

9.1 General rights (all users)
You may at any time:

Send these requests to privacy@platinumedgesolutions.com. We will respond within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before acting.

9.2 California residents (CCPA / CPRA)
If you are a California resident, you have the additional right to:

To exercise these rights, email privacy@platinumedgesolutions.com with “California Rights Request” in the subject line.

9.3 Residents of the EU, UK, EEA, and Switzerland

EU

United Kingdom

EEA

Switzerland

If you are in the EU, UK, EEA, or Switzerland, you have rights under the GDPR or equivalent law, including the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and objection. Our lawful basis for processing your personal data is one or more of: your consent (newsletter, optional form fields), the performance of a contract or pre-contractual steps you have requested (responding to inquiries, delivering a project), our legitimate interest in running and improving the business (basic analytics, fraud prevention), and compliance with legal obligations.
You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

If you require an EU representative under Article 27 GDPR, contact privacy@platinumedgesolutions.com for current details.

Children

This website and our services are not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have collected information from a child, contact privacy@platinumedgesolutions.com and we will delete it.

Third-party links

The site may link to third-party sites (LinkedIn, news articles, partner sites, GitHub). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. Read their policies before sharing information with them.

Do Not Track

The website does not respond to “Do Not Track” browser signals because there is no consistent industry standard. Our basic analytics work the same way whether you have the signal on or off.

Updates to this policy

The website does not respond to “Do Not Track” browser signals because there is no consistent industry standard. Our basic analytics work the same way whether you have the signal on or off.

Contact

Questions, requests, or complaints:

Mail : PlatinumEdge Solutions, Inc., Attn: Privacy, 21 Marcus Street SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49548, United States

If you do not receive a satisfactory response, you may also contact your local data-protection authority

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