SirsteveHQ Limited ("SirsteveHQ") is a leading provider of cloud Web, Reseller, and VPS hosting services as well as domain registration and management services.
We highly value our customer's privacy and care about protecting the personal information of our customers and visitors who use our websites, products, or services (collectively, our "Users")
This privacy policy provides details about how your personal information is collected, shared, and used by us.
You can learn more about our organization at https://www.sirstevehq.com.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our practices described herein, you may contact contact@sirstevehq.com.
For the sake of this policy, the covered entities to which it is applied are:
Our website - https://www.sirstevehq.com
Our blog - https://www.sirstevehq.com/blog
This privacy policy covers personal information, including any information we collect, use, and share from you, as described below.
This privacy policy does not cover how our Users may share data that they collect using our services.
Like most website operators, SirsteveHQ collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available such as:
Our purpose to collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how SirsteveHQ's visitors use its website.
SirsteveHQ also collects potentially personal-identifying information like:
To provide web hosting services and/or domain registration/management we obtain the following information about you as described below:
When you purchase Domain Registration services for top level domains (TLDs), as the domain registrar, we are required to collect the following personal information from you (collectively, "Personal Information"):
Our collection of Personal Information is necessary to comply with contractual obligations we have with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") and with certain TLD registries ("Registries") so that you can validly register your domain name. In addition to Personal Information, our contracts with some Registries may require us to collect other personal information for the registration of a TLD such as certain professional affiliations, identification or other qualifiers ("Additional Personal Information").
We store this data we collect in a variety of places within our infrastructure, including system log files, back end databases and analytics systems.
SirsteveHQ discloses potentially personally-identifying and personal-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that:
We have a legitimate interest in running a successful and efficient business and in providing you with Services and useful content, and we use the information we collect, both on its own and combined with any other information we collect about you, for the following purposes:
We also use the information we receive in aggregated and anonymized formats to produce reports on trends and statistics, such as mobile search trends, email open rates by industry, campaign best practices or the number of users that have been exposed to, or clicked on, our websites or evaluated or purchased our products and services.
Payment information that you provide to us, including credit card data, will only be used to facilitate payment for our products and services.
We also use recorded telephone conversations for quality control purposes, to train our employees and for our own protection.
SirsteveHQ may share personal data with third parties in order to provide a better service.
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer our site and servers, track access, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. It is possible that personal information about a customer may be included in the log files due to the normal functions of IP addresses and Web browsing.
SirsteveHQ uses cookies, beacons, tags, and other tracking technologies to gather demographic information about you, identify your visits to our Website, other interactions with our Website, and personalize your search experience on our Website. We gather information such as internet protocol (IP) addresses, internet service provider (ISP), operating system, browser type, date/time stamp, and store it in log files. To collect this information, a cookie, a standard feature of a website that allows us to store a small amount of data on your computer to allow our web servers to recognize you, may be set on your computer or device when you visit our Website. We may track your use across different websites and services. In some countries, including those in the European Economic Area ("EEA"), the information in this paragraph may be considered personal information under applicable data protection laws. You can control how websites use cookies by changing your cookie settings (www.aboutcookies.org), but your modification may limit your use and functionality of some of the features on our Website. We may also use cookies and other tracking technologies to provide you advertising based on your browsing activities. You may opt out of targeted advertisements by visiting http://optout.networkadvertising.org, or if located in the EEA, you may opt out by visiting http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.
You may unsubscribe from receiving promotional or marketing emails from SirsteveHQ at any time by using the "unsubscribe" link in the email received, or by emailing us at contact@sirstevehq.com. As outlined in the Section, Cookies and other Tracking Technologies, you can also control your cookie settings.
With respect to your account information, you may update, correct or delete information that you provided to us by logging into your SirsteveHQ account or contacting us at contact@sirstevehq.com.
If SirsteveHQ, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that SirsteveHQ goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of SirsteveHQ may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
SirsteveHQ collects Personal Data only for the purposes identified in this Policy and such information cannot be reused for another purpose that is incompatible with the original purpose.
You can exercise the following rights with respect to your Personal Data with SirsteveHQ:
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO) using the contact details provided below. You also have the right to complain to the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) if you believe that we have violated your privacy rights.
Your Personal Data is kept private and We make every effort to keep your Personal Data secure, including restricting access to your Personal Data with us on a need to know basis. We require our staff and any third parties who carry out any work on our behalf to comply with appropriate security standards to protect your Personal Data.
We take appropriate measures to ensure that your Personal Data is only processed for the minimum period necessary in line with the purposes set out in this policy notice or as required by applicable laws until a time it is no longer required or has no use. Once your Personal Data is no longer required, we destroy it in a safe and secure manner.
Our Website and/or Services is not directed at children and our services are designed for businesses. We do not knowingly collect information from or about children under 13 years of age, and use of our services by children under 13 years of age is forbidden.
SirsteveHQ permits residents of the State of California to use its Platform, and complies with the California Business and Professions Code §§ 22575-22579. If you are a California resident you may request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to any third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Various provisions throughout this Privacy Policy address requirements of the Californian privacy statutes. Although we do not disseminate your information to third parties without permission, you must presume that we collect electronic information from all visitors. You may contact us at contact@sirstevehq.com with any questions or the address listed above.
SirsteveHQ or other users may post links to third party websites, which may include information that we have no control over. When accessing a third party site through our Platform, you acknowledge that you are aware that these third party websites are not screened for privacy or security issues by us, and you release us from any liability for the conduct of these third party websites.
Please be aware that this Privacy Policy, and any other policies in place, in addition to any amendments, does not create rights enforceable by third parties. SirsteveHQ bears no responsibility for the information collected or used by any advertiser or third party website. You must review their policies to understand how their information collection practices work.
We make reasonable attempts to protect your information by using physical and electronic safeguards. However, as this is the Internet, we can make no guarantees as to the security or privacy of your information. For this reason, we recommend that you use anti-virus software, routine credit checks, firewalls, and other precautions to protect yourself from security and privacy threats.
Your information may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. Information that is submitted to SirsteveHQ will be collected, processed, stored, disclosed and disposed of in accordance with applicable law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and this policy. If you are a non-Nigerian member, you acknowledge and agree that SirsteveHQ may collect and use your Information and disclose it to other entities outside your resident jurisdiction. In addition, such information may be stored on servers located outside your resident jurisdiction. The Federal Republic of Nigeria law may not provide the degree of protection for information that is available in other countries.
If you decide to provide us with your contact information, you agree that we may send you communications via text and emails. However, you may unsubscribe from certain communications by notifying SirsteveHQ that you no longer wish to receive these communications, we will attempt to promptly remove you from our once we have received that request. We currently do not offer functionality for you to opt out through "do not track" listings. If you wish to opt out of certain communications or information collection, please contact us at contact@sirstevehq.com.
We cooperate with government and law enforcement officials to enforce and comply with the law. We will disclose any information about Users upon valid request by government or law officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process (including without limitation subpoenas), to protect your property and rights, or the property and rights of a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or stop activity we consider illegal or unethical.
Although most changes are likely to be minor, SirsteveHQ may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in SirsteveHQ’s sole discretion. SirsteveHQ encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.