Privacy Policy

SK Research and Due Diligence, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, “SKRADD”) are committed to keeping your personal information safe. This Privacy Statement describes how we use personal information, with whom we may share it, how we keep it secure, and your rights relating to your personal information.

This Privacy Statement applies to SKRADD users and customers (or “you”) who use, order, register or interact with Altidar by SK Research and Due Diligence, LLC (”Altidar”) or any other product or service provided in the future by SKRADD. This includes customers and subscribers, product users, site visitors, and event attendees.


How we collect your information

SKRADD may collect your personal information through your interactions with us or from third-party sources. Specifically, we collect your information when:

• You use, purchase, or subscribe to Altidar or our other products or services.

• You interact with us or Altidar, including when you register for Altidar, ask us for support, attend one of our events, or otherwise contact us.

• You visit Altidar or use our other products or services.

We may also collect information about you from third parties, including:

• Your employer, organization, or other third party who arranges access to our products and services for you.

• Our partners and other service providers that work with us to provide you with our products or services.

• Other publicly available sources.

Personal information we may collect

The types of personal information we collect depend on your interactions with us and may include the following:

• Name and contact information: Your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other contact information.

• Your CRD/IARD number or other licensing information.

• Account credentials: Your user ID, password, password hints, and other similar security information used to authenticate your account.

• Demographic information: Your age, sex, geographic location, and preferred language.

• Payment details: Your bank account information, credit card number, and other information used to process payments.

• Subscription and usage information: Information about the products or services you subscribe to and how you use them, including preferences, browsing history, and help information.

• Device and network information: Information about your device, such as IP address, location, or internet service provider.

• Audio or video information: If you visit a SKRADD location or participate in a SKRADD event, SKRADD may record your image or voice.

• User content: Your files or other information you upload to our products or services.

How we use personal information

How SKRADD uses your information depends on the product and service that you use and your relationship with us. We use personal information as permitted under applicable law, as you request or consent to, and for the following purposes:

• Provide products and services, including to verify your identity, personalize the content you receive, create and administer your account, and send important account and product update information.

• Provide content or offers of content from third parties that you request.

• Provide customer service, as well as technical and product support.

• Provide you with marketing or targeted third-party advertisements.

• Conduct research and develop, improve, test, and enhance the features and functions of our products and services.

• Protect your, our, or third parties' networks, systems, property, or physical safety.

• Comply with requests from regulatory agencies, law enforcement, and other public and government authorities.

• Enforce our contracts, terms, and conditions, or otherwise exercise our legal rights; defend ourselves from claims; and comply with laws and regulations that apply to us or third parties with whom we work.

• Generate anonymous, aggregated data that we use for research and product development. We may publish or otherwise provide the results of this research data in our products and services and may provide it to third parties, including fund and asset managers, third-party service providers, vendors, and advertisers.

• Participate in any merger, acquisition, or other corporate transaction.

• Meet our or third parties' audit and compliance requirements.

How we share personal information

SKRADD shares your personal information with other SKRADD affiliates, our business partners, content providers, clients, service providers, and other third parties with your consent or for the purposes disclosed above in this Privacy Statement.


Links to other websites

Where applicable, SKRADD may provide links to one or more third-party sites within our products or services. This Privacy Statement does not apply to those sites. We encourage you to read any third-party site’s privacy policy before providing any of your personal information to them.


How we protect, store, and transfer your personal information

SKRADD maintains an information security program intended to keep your information safe. We have technical, physical, and organizational measures in place to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction of personal information. The measures we use are appropriate to the nature, scope, and purpose for which we use the personal information we collect.
 
Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided.

If you have additional questions about how we protect your information, please contact us.


Individual data access requests

Certain jurisdictions provide their residents rights to access, correct, restrict the sale of, or erase personal information. These rights are not absolute, and they don't always apply in all cases.

If applicable, you can exercise your rights by sending us a personal data access request to [info@skradd.com?]. In response to a request, we'll ask you for additional information to verify your identity and may ask that you provide further information to help us better fulfill your request.

If you request that we erase your personal information and we process that request, we may still retain certain elements of your personal information as permitted by law, including to comply with legal, regulatory, or our own policy requirements.

We won’t discriminate against our customers who choose to exercise their rights to access, control, or delete their personal information. Some of our products and services, however, may require your personal information. If you choose not to provide your personal information, you may not be able to use those products or services.


Cookies and similar technologies

We may use cookies and similar technologies to recognize when you've signed into our sites and personalize your experience with our products and services.


About children’s privacy

Children’s Privacy

We are committed to protecting the privacy needs of children, and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests. Our services are not intended for and may not be used by children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 18, and we do not target children under the age of 18.
 

How we revise this statement

Our business may change from time to time and we may need to update this statement to reflect those changes. When we make changes to this Privacy Statement, we’ll revise the “last updated” date at the top of this page. If we make material changes to this statement, we’ll notify you directly as required by law.


Contact us

If you have a concern, complaint, or question about how we handle your personal information, please contact us by writing us at the following mailing address:

10320 Little Patuxent Parkway
Suite #200
Columbia, MD 21044