Privacy Policy

1.1 -- Personal Information

Personal Information -- also referred to as personal data or personally identifiable information (PII) -- means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

1.2 -- Processing

Processing means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means, including collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.

1.3 -- Data Controller

Data Controller means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, Ahuna Tech, LLC is the Data Controller of your personal information.

1.4 -- Data Processor

Data Processor means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may engage third-party service providers to act as Data Processors on our behalf.

2.1 -- Information You Provide Directly

When you contact us through our website contact form, send us an email at chat@ahunatech.buzz, call us at +19342457620, or engage our services, you may voluntarily provide the following categories of personal information:

• Full legal name and professional title
• Email address and telephone number
• Company name, industry sector, and job function
• Project requirements, technical specifications, and business objectives
• Billing address, shipping address, and payment information
• Any other information you choose to include in communications with us

2.2 -- Information Collected Automatically

When you access our website at ahunatech.buzz, certain information is automatically collected by our servers and analytics systems. This includes:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address and approximate geolocation
• Browser type, version, and rendering engine
• Operating system and device type
• Referring and exit pages, including the URL that directed you to our site
• Date and time stamps of your visit
• Pages viewed, time spent on each page, and navigation patterns
• Clickstream data and interaction events
• Language preferences and time zone settings

2.3 -- Information from Third-Party Sources

We may receive information about you from publicly available sources, business partners, analytics providers, and social media platforms where Ahuna Tech maintains a presence. This may include company profile data, industry classifications, and publicly listed contact information used for legitimate business development purposes.

2.4 -- Categories of Data Collected: Summary Table

3.1 -- Direct Collection Methods

We collect personal information directly from you when you fill out forms on our website, including the contact form and any future registration or subscription forms. We also collect information when you correspond with us via email at chat@ahunatech.buzz, by telephone at +19342457620, or through in-person meetings at our office located at 155 E 100 N, Orem - 84057-5502.

3.2 -- Automated Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our website, we use automatic data collection technologies -- including cookies, web beacons, server logs, and similar tracking mechanisms -- to gather certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. The specific technologies used are detailed in Clause 12 -- Cookies and Tracking Technologies -- of this policy.

3.3 -- Third-Party Collection

Some content or applications on our website may be served by third parties, including analytics providers, hosting services, and content delivery networks. These third parties may use cookies or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. We do not control these third-party tracking technologies or how they may be used.

4.1 -- Service Delivery and Operations

We use your information to provide, maintain, and improve our services, including responding to inquiries about infrastructure architecture, systems integration, cloud engineering, cybersecurity architecture, network design, and DevOps automation. This includes processing your requests, managing client accounts, and delivering project deliverables.

4.2 -- Communication

We use your contact information to communicate with you about your projects, respond to your questions and comments, send technical documentation, provide service updates, and share relevant information about our integrated systems design capabilities that may interest your organization.

4.3 -- Analytics and Improvement

We analyze usage patterns and engagement metrics to understand how visitors interact with our website, identify areas for improvement, optimize user experience, and develop new features for our digital platforms. Aggregated and anonymized data is used for statistical analysis and industry benchmarking.

4.4 -- Legal and Security

We process information as necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations, enforce our Terms of Service, protect our rights and the rights of others, detect and prevent fraudulent or illegal activity, and maintain the security and integrity of our systems and infrastructure.

4.5 -- Marketing and Business Development

With your consent where required by law, we may use your contact information to send you newsletters, case studies, white papers, event invitations, and other marketing communications about our services. You may opt out of marketing communications at any time by contacting us or using the unsubscribe link in any marketing email.

5.1 -- Contractual Necessity

We process your information when it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract. This includes processing information related to service agreements, statements of work, and project engagements for computer systems design services.

5.2 -- Legitimate Interests

We process data based on our legitimate business interests, provided these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights. Our legitimate interests include improving our services, protecting our legal rights, managing client relationships, conducting business analytics, and marketing our computer integrated systems design services to relevant audiences.

5.3 -- Consent

Where required by applicable law, we obtain your explicit consent before processing your personal information for specific purposes. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, though such withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

5.4 -- Legal Obligation

We may process your personal information where necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which Ahuna Tech is subject, including but not limited to tax laws, regulatory requirements, court orders, and law enforcement requests.

6.1 -- Service Providers and Subcontractors

We engage trusted third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services, provide services on our behalf, perform service-related functions, or assist us in analyzing how our services are used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are contractually obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. Categories of service providers include hosting providers, email delivery services, analytics providers, payment processors, and professional advisors.

6.2 -- Business Transfers

If Ahuna Tech is involved in a merger, acquisition, asset sale, financing, liquidation, or bankruptcy, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you before your information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

6.3 -- Legal Requirements and Protection

We may disclose your information where required to do so by law or subpoena, or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement; to enforce our Terms of Service; to protect the security or integrity of our services; or to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Ahuna Tech, our clients, or the public.

6.4 -- With Your Consent

We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent. You will be informed of the specific disclosure and its purpose before any such sharing occurs.

7.1 -- Adequacy Safeguards

When we transfer personal data from the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or other jurisdictions with data protection laws, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place. These safeguards may include Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the relevant regulatory authorities, or reliance on an adequacy decision issued by the relevant authority confirming that the recipient country provides an adequate level of data protection.

7.2 -- Your Consent to Transfer

By using our website and services, you acknowledge that your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your country of residence, which may have data protection rules that differ from those of your country. We take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

8.1 -- Retention Criteria

To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data; the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure; the purposes for which we process the data; and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means. Specific retention periods are established based on the category of data and the applicable legal requirements.

8.2 -- Retention Periods by Category

8.3 -- Deletion Procedures

When personal information is no longer required, we will securely delete or anonymize it in accordance with our data disposal procedures. Upon your verified request, we will delete your personal information from our active systems, subject to any legal obligations that require us to retain certain records.

9.1 -- Technical Safeguards

We employ industry-standard encryption protocols for data in transit (TLS 1.3) and data at rest (AES-256), multi-factor authentication for administrative access, intrusion detection and prevention systems, regular vulnerability scanning and penetration testing, and continuous security monitoring of our infrastructure. Our systems are architected following zero-trust security principles.

9.2 -- Administrative Safeguards

We maintain a comprehensive information security program that includes regular employee training on data protection, strict access control policies based on the principle of least privilege, mandatory confidentiality agreements for all personnel, documented incident response procedures, and periodic third-party security audits and assessments.

9.3 -- Physical Safeguards

Our servers and infrastructure are housed in access-controlled data center facilities with 24/7 security personnel, biometric access controls, video surveillance, environmental controls, and redundant power and network connectivity.

9.4 -- Breach Notification

In the event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you and the appropriate regulatory authorities as required by applicable law. Our notification will describe the nature of the breach, the categories of data involved, the likely consequences, and the measures we have taken or propose to take to address the breach and mitigate its effects.

10.1 -- Right to Access

You have the right to request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and, where that is the case, access to the personal data along with information about the purposes of processing, categories of data concerned, and recipients to whom the data has been disclosed.

10.2 -- Right to Rectification

You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal data concerning you and to have incomplete personal data completed, taking into account the purposes of the processing. You may update your information by contacting us at chat@ahunatech.buzz.

10.3 -- Right to Erasure

You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data -- often referred to as the right to be forgotten -- under certain circumstances, such as where the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or where you withdraw consent on which the processing is based.

10.4 -- Right to Restrict Processing

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain situations, such as where you contest the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful, or we no longer need the data but you require it for legal claims.

10.5 -- Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance, where technically feasible.

10.6 -- Right to Object

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of your personal data based on our legitimate interests, including profiling. You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time.

10.7 -- Exercising Your Rights

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in Clause 16. We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable law, typically within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request. You will not be discriminated against for exercising any of your privacy rights.

11.1 -- No Knowing Collection

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a child under the applicable age threshold without verified parental consent, we will take steps to delete such information from our records as quickly as possible.

11.2 -- Parental Notification

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us immediately at chat@ahunatech.buzz or by phone at +19342457620. We will take prompt action to investigate and, if confirmed, remove the information from our systems.

12.1 -- What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide reporting information. Cookies may be session cookies -- deleted when you close your browser -- or persistent cookies -- which remain on your device for a set period.

12.2 -- Types of Cookies We Use

12.3 -- Managing Cookies

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to block or alert you about cookies, or delete cookies that have already been set. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website and limit your ability to use some features. Visit your browser's help documentation for specific instructions on managing cookie settings.

12.4 -- Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers offer a Do Not Track (DNT) feature that sends a signal to websites indicating that you do not wish to be tracked. At this time, our website does not respond to DNT signals. We await the development of industry standards for how such signals should be interpreted and acted upon.

13.1 -- External Links

Clicking on links to third-party websites may allow those third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy practices, content, or security. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit before providing any personal information.

13.2 -- Embedded Content and Integrations

Pages on our website may include embedded content such as maps, videos, or interactive diagrams. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.

13.3 -- Social Media Features

Our website may integrate social media features, such as sharing buttons. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them.

14.1 -- Categories of Personal Information Collected

As described in Clause 2, we have collected the following categories of personal information about California consumers in the preceding 12 months: identifiers, professional or employment-related information, internet or electronic network activity information, geolocation data, and inferences drawn from any of the above categories to create a profile about a consumer.

14.2 -- Your CCPA Rights

Under the CCPA, California residents have the right to: know what personal information is being collected about them; know whether their personal information is sold or disclosed and to whom; say no to the sale of personal information; access their personal information; request deletion of their personal information; and not be discriminated against for exercising their privacy rights.

Ahuna Tech does not sell personal information as defined under the CCPA -- meaning we do not exchange personal data for monetary or other valuable consideration. We have not sold personal information in the preceding 12 months and have no plans to do so.

14.3 -- Exercising Your California Rights

To submit a verifiable consumer request under the CCPA, please contact us using the information in Clause 16. We will verify your identity before responding, which may require you to provide information sufficient to allow us to reasonably verify that you are the person about whom we collected personal information. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf.

14.4 -- Shine the Light Law

Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83, California residents may request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us using the information provided below.

15.1 -- Notification of Material Changes

If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will provide notice through our website or by other means prior to the change becoming effective. Material changes are those that significantly affect your rights or our obligations under this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

15.2 -- Continued Use After Changes

Your continued use of our website and services after any modification to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide by the updated terms. If you do not agree with the revised policy, you should discontinue use of our website and services.