Our identity and role

Thank you for visiting our website. LTEC Group Inc. is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of users (“you” or “your”).
This Privacy Statement applies to www.ltec-group.com and LTEC’s websites, services, and products that collect and process data, and that are owned and operated by LTEC. LTEC’s websites, services and products are jointly referred to as "Sites." These terms do not apply to LTEC Sites that have their own privacy statements. This Privacy Statement will inform you regarding how we use your personal data when you visit our Site and your rights under privacy laws.

Privacy

“Personal Data” means any piece of information that relates directly or indirectly to you. For California residents, “Personal Data” means information that identifies, relates to, or could reasonably be linked with you or your household. Personal Data does not include data that is de-identified, anonymous, or publicly available.
Depending on where you live, Personal Data may be protected under local privacy laws, including the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Law (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). It is important to us that you understand how we will treat your Personal Data and that you are aware of your rights.

Collection and Purpose

LTEC may collect:

Usage Data: Information about your visits to and use of the Sites, as explained in section below “Site Usage Data & Cookies”;
Contact Data: Your email address and other necessary contact information for alerts and newsletters from LTEC, for marketing or promotional information for LTEC’s services, or to communicate with LTEC as explained in the sections below “Alerts, Newsletters & Marketing” and “Contact Forms”;
User Account Data: Your username and password and other information used in combination to verify your identity in order to access and use some of LTEC’s Sites;
Financial Data: Financial information, including debit/credit card and bank account information, when paying for LTEC’s products and services;
Job Applicant Data: Information included in job applications you submit online, as explained in section “Job Applicants” below.
Personal Data is collected when you communicate with us or when you access, use or establish an account with our Sites. After having declared your consent, Personal Data is collected to ensure user authentication, and to enable our Sites to perform the functions you choose.

LTEC will treat any Personal Data considered as special categories or sensitive in accordance with applicable law. The collection and use of special categories or sensitive Personal Data will be limited to that which is strictly necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. Your explicit consent will be obtained to the processing of your sensitive Personal Data, unless otherwise permitted by applicable law.

In addition to the purposes stipulated in this Privacy Statement, we may use your Personal Data for further purposes under the conditions provided in local laws to the extent this is explicitly allowed by law or such an obligation is imposed on LTEC by law. In all cases, LTEC shall observe transparency and will comply with the principles for lawful processing of your Personal Data.

Site Usage Data & Cookies

LTEC may collect information on how the Sites are accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Sites that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may use such information to provide and maintain the Site, notify you about changes to our Sites, allow you to participate in interactive features of our Sites when you choose to do so, provide customer care and support of the Sites, provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Sites, monitor the usage of the Sites, and detect, prevent and address technical issues relating to the Sites.
These purposes also represent our legitimate interests to administer the Sites, improve usability and improve your browsing experience by personalizing the Sites.
Please read our Cookies Policy and, where relevant, find out how to withdraw your consent to our use of cookies at any time.

Alerts, Newsletters & Marketing

We gather and process information when you subscribe to our press release option. This information is used to send you the press releases, as per your requests and after having obtained your consent to receiving such press releases.
To the extent allowed by law, we further use this information to pursue our legitimate interests, in particular for direct marketing purposes regarding similar products and services that LTEC believe you may find of interest.

Contact forms

We gather and process information when you fill out contact forms to communicate with LTEC, after having obtained your consent. This information is used to send you replies to your queries and provide you, to the extent possible, with any help or guidance requested.
Where relevant, in particular if you are a supplier or customer of LTEC, we may also use this information to perform our obligations and pursue our rights under any contract entered into by you and us, including in the context of any legal proceedings if necessary. Such information is also collected and treated at the stage prior to concluding any contract as a follow-up to you placing an order or making any other relevant inquiry. Failure to provide us with such information may prevent us from smoothly performing our obligations in the context of an existing or future contractual relationship.
Where relevant, in particular if you are a user of LTEC’s products or services, we may also use this information to comply with our relevant legal obligations, such as under the legislation regulating product liability.

User Account Data

We collect information such as the username and password you provide to us when you sign up for a product or service offered by LTEC. We collect this information to allow you access to LTEC’s products and services.

Financial Data

We collect financial information you provide to LTEC when you sign up to some of LTEC’s products or services. Some information may be provided to LTEC as part of payment processing for an order of products or services offered by LTEC.

Job applicants

We collect and use information you provide us with when submitting online applications for job vacancies or otherwise when you express your interest to join our team. 

Selling or Sharing Personal Data

LTEC does not sell Personal Data to third parties. Also, LTEC does not share your personal data for any purposes other than the purposes set forth in this Privacy Statement. For example, Personal Data you provide to LTEC may be shared, consistent with applicable law and in accordance with the purposes each time served, as follows:
Within LTEC’s departments, including to representatives and employees, as necessary. For instance, the Personal Data of newsletter subscribers will be shared with the LTEC teams that are responsible for marketing. Usage Data will be processed by the LTEC department that is responsible for IT functions.
With affiliates and subsidiaries of LTEC. Please note that LTEC has a legitimate interest in transmitting your Personal Data within the group of affiliated companies, for internal administrative purposes and to better serve the rest of the purposes stipulated within this Privacy Statement.
With third parties and third-party business providers that provide services to LTEC, such as companies that provide services for employee recruitment, IT-related services, or marketing-related services.
With a third party in the event of a sale, merger, reorganization, or other transaction involving part or all of LTEC.
With law enforcement agencies if required by law and under the relevant safeguards for the protection of your fundamental rights, in particular where LTEC reasonably believes unlawful activities, fraud, or bodily injury or death have occurred or the Personal Data may aid an ongoing investigation.
All service providers to LTEC will use Personal Data only for the purposes identified in this Privacy Statement and will provide services under a contract which restricts use of information to that which is necessary to perform services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements.

Security

The security of your Personal Data is important to us. We shall implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the protection of your privacy and a level of security appropriate to the risks entailed in any processing operation. However, we note that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Although we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we underline that we shall have no liability for events for which we are not responsible.

Links to Other Websites

The Site contains hyperlinks to non-LTEC sites that may be of interest to users. LTEC does not control or monitor the privacy, accuracy, quality, or integrity of those sites. You should check the privacy notice and policies of each website you visit. Links to third-party sites are provided solely for your convenience, and any use or submission of data to such sites shall be at your sole risk.

Limited Use and Retention

LTEC limits the use of Personal Data to ways that are compatible and relevant to the purposes for which the Personal Data was collected or subsequently authorized or for which a specific legal basis was used such as legitimate interests, consent, performance of contract, compliance with a legal obligation or otherwise. LTEC will take reasonable steps to ensure that Personal Data is reliable for its intended use and that the information is accurate, complete, and current.
Personal Data is retained as needed to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. In addition, Personal Data is also retained in accordance with legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements and in accordance with LTEC’s retention schedule. In particular, without prejudice to your rights explained in the following section, we will keep your Personal Data, as follows:
Information about your visits to and use of the Sites shall be kept only for as long as you use the Sites.
Information from your subscription to our Sites and newsletter lists shall be kept until you retract the consent you provide to send these to you. We may contact you on a regular basis to seek the renewal of your approval for us keeping such information.
Where relevant, information pertinent to transactions between you and us shall be stored throughout the lifecycle of the transactions concerned and for as long as is necessary for the pursuit of legal claims or required by local law, including tax legislation.

Intellectual Property

The information on the Sites, including all design, text, images, white papers, press releases, and other information, is protected under United States and other copyright laws and is owned by LTEC Group Inc. or is used under license from the copyright owner. The information may not be copied, downloaded, reproduced, re-posted, transmitted, displayed, distributed, rented, sublicensed, altered, stored for subsequent use, or otherwise used in whole or in part in any manner without LTEC’s prior written consent, except to the extent that such use is authorized under the United States copyright laws.
LTEC’s logos, trademarks, service marks, and images used on this site are the property of LTEC Group Inc., and may not be used without permission from LTEC and then only with proper acknowledgment. Please Contact us to ask for permission.

Disclaimer

While LTEC attempts to ensure that only accurate information is presented on this Site, we assume no responsibility for, and make no representations with respect to, the accuracy of any information presented here. Therefore, all materials and information are presented "AS IS," and LTEC expressly disclaims any implied or expressed warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property relating to such material. In no event, shall LTEC be liable for any damages whatsoever arising from or related to your access to, or use of, our Site or the information or material presented herein.

Your rights

You have a right to inquire about the Personal Data LTEC holds about you. You have the right at any time to request access to your Personal Data. In addition to this, you can object to our processing of your Personal Data and request correction, amendment, deletion or restriction of the processing of your Personal Data and data portability.
If you want to exercise one or more of your rights, you can write to the following address:
LTEC Group Inc
809 Bowsprit Rd, Suite 105
Chula Vista, CA 91914
United States

If you’re not satisfied with our response to your complaint or believe our processing of your Personal Data does not comply with data protection law, you can make a complaint to the data protection authority in the country where you reside, your country of work or the country of alleged infringement.
Other users should contact their appropriate regulatory authorities. LTEC does not control and cannot be responsible for the content or privacy practices of these Site links.

Changes to this Privacy Statement

LTEC may make changes to this Privacy Statement. Notification of changes will be posted on this page. You should review this Privacy Statement periodically to keep up to date on our most current policies and practices. This Privacy Statement was last updated on December 19, 2022.
 

Contact Us

If you have any comments or questions or if there are other things we can do to maximize the value of this website to you, please contact us. If you have questions about LTEC’s privacy practices generally, or wish to report a violation of the provisions of this statement, please contact our Privacy Team at [email protected] or write to the following address:
LTEC Group Inc
809 Bowsprit Rd, Suite 105
Chula Vista, CA 91914
United States