Privacy Policy

We at Verity are a professional services organization focused on delivering fund prospecting and other grant writing and management services to our clients. We respect you and are committed to honoring and protecting your privacy. the reason we collect your personal data is to improve our services to you. This  Privacy policy describes our approach to privacy and our practices regarding why we collect your personal data, what data we are collecting, how we process it, and how you can manage and delete your personal data. If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us at contact@verityconsulting.online.

Where we determine the purpose and means of processing personal data, Verity will be a controller. Where we act as a processor in our capacity of providing services to a client, we will only process personal data in accordance with the instructions of the client. The client will be the data controller of that personal data and will be responsible to data subjects for the way in which their personal data is processed. Where applicable, in accordance with data protection laws we shall assist the data controller in effecting data subject rights.

What personal data we collect and how we collect it

By entering information such as your first and last name, email address, country and or state of residence, company you represent, and contact number on the page titled Contact Us, you enable us to respond to a general/ business inquiry made by you or on behalf of the company that you represent.

Verity use cookies and web beacons to collect data on how you use our websites, how long you stayed on them, which items you clicked on and your IP-address. To know more about our use of cookies, please visit https://www.genpact.com/downloadable-content/genpact-cookie-policy.pdf to see our Cookies Policy.

You may provide Verity with information when subscribing and using the Verity Client Portal. This data may include for example your name, email address, contact number and the company you represent. The Client Portal also keeps track of your communication preferences (via email) and areas of interest (such as receiving newsletters, and/or marketing material) that you may have either opted into or opted out of.

E-mail Communications: If you are a recipient of our marketing communications, we will track whenever you receive, open, click a link, or share an e-mail you receive from Verity. To unsubscribe form Verity marketing communications, please use the unsubscribe feature at the bottom of the email communication to terminate further communications.

Marketing and Leadership Inspiration Events: From time to time, Verity may host various marketing and leadership Inspirational events, either in person or virtual. Verity may collect your name, email address, contact number, designation/job role and the company you represent from such events. Additionally, Verity executives and leaders may visit similar events conducted by other companies or forums. As part of these events, Verity executive and leaders may receive business cards from you in order to establish a working relationship with you on behalf of the client you represent.

Information obtained from our Executive and Leaders: Verity may receive information related to your name, company you represent, designation/job role and email address from Verity Executive and leaders who have established professional/ personal connections with you.

Information obtained from public sources and professional networking platforms: Verity may also collect information related to your name, company you represent, designation/job role, and email address from public sources (where available) or professional network platforms such as LinkedIn.

Information received prior to/during fulfilment of contractual services: This may include for example your name, designation/job role, company you represent, contact number and email address that you provide Verity with during the Request for Proposal stage, proposal discussions, contract negotiations and/or the duration of time for which Verity provides the client with services.

 Purpose and Lawful Basis for processing personal data

With your consent. Where we require your consent, you will find opt-in mechanisms and you have the ability to withdraw consent at all times.

Where we need to execute the contract, we are about to enter into or have entered into with you. For example, when we perform our services to you.

Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation. This will include maintaining records, compliance checks or screening and recording (i.e., anti-money laundering, financial and credit checks, fraud and crime prevention and detection laws). This may include automated checks of personal data you provide about your identity against relevant databases and contacting you to confirm your identity or making records of our communications with you for compliance purposes.

Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third-party and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. Our legitimate interest will include for example, market research purposes, marketing purposes and appropriate controls to ensure our website, processes and procedures are running effectively for the prevention and detention of against fraud and for IT security purposes. You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us.

To contact you in order to inform you of new services Verity may offer including keeping you appraised of Verity leadership Inspiration and marketing material and to better assist your needs, in pursuit of Verity legitimate business interests and on occasion with your consent. If you are a prospective client, we will seek your consent before we contact you with such information.

To invite you to Verity hosted or sponsored events that may be of interest to you based on your role within the company and/or industry, in pursuit of our legitimate business interests. If you are a prospective client, we will seek your consent before sending such invite to you.

To conduct market research and to carry out marketing campaigns, in pursuit of Verity legitimate business interests. If you are a prospective client, we will seek your consent before conducting such market researches and carrying out such marketing campaigns.

 To carry out the services for which Verity has been contracted by the client you represent to deliver, and to contact you for client care related purposes including regular communication regarding project status, notifying issues/concerns, sharing project deliverables and carrying out day-to-day project activities, in order to comply with Verity contractual obligations towards the client you represent.

As part of our email campaigns, Verity will track whenever you receive, open, click a link, or share an e-mail you receive from Verity. Verity will carry out automated profiling of such information to evaluate your interest towards Verity service offerings or promotions. This processing will enable Verity to identify and target potential clients or business partners, tailor Verity marketing and provide you with relevant and timely content based on your interests, in pursuit of Verity legitimate business interests.

In certain cases, Verity may record the conversations/ interactions with you and Verity representatives during Request for Proposal/ Proposal discussions, trainings, transition workshops or project discussions that may be carried out over Voice communication or virtual sessions for future reference and training. Verity will always inform you prior to recording any such sessions.

Verity engages carefully selected third-party vendors to conduct surveys to receive feedback from you on the services currently provided by Verity to the company you represent. We may also share your information with such third-party vendors to conduct anonymous survey to understand your perception about our brand. Verity uses your responses to better understand our strengths and identify improvement areas. This will help Verity serve the company you represent better and improve our overall service offerings and business strategies, in pursuit of Verity legitimate business interests. 

To develop new and improved products and services to help Verity serve the company you represent better and to improve Verity overall service offerings in pursuit of Verity legitimate business interests.

If processing of personal data is subject to any other laws, then the lawful basis of processing personal data may be different to that set out above and in those circumstances will be based on national or other laws.

Verity shall only process the received information pursuant to pursue our legitimate business interests for example, inform you about new products and services, obtain feedback on the services we provide. We will seek prior consent, for example, to establish communication with prospective clients and personnel with general/ business inquiries.

You also have the option to subscribe/opt-in to receive newsletters, leadership Inspiration content and/or marketing collateral. You can always opt-out of such options using our Client Portal by accessing https://crm.zoho.com/portal/VerityConsulting/crm/login.sas

or write to contact@verityconsulting.onlineVerity shall adhere to your preferences.

Security

Restriction of access to your personal data by Verity employees is based strictly on a need-to-know basis, such as responding to an inquiry or request.

Implementation of physical, electronic, administrative, technical and procedural safeguards that comply with all applicable rules, laws, legislation and regulations to protect your personal data from unauthorized or inappropriate access, alteration, disclosure and/or destruction. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when you are done using a shared computer.

Verity employees who misuse personal data are subject to strict disciplinary action.

Who we may share your personal data with

The personal data Verity collects from you is stored in one or more databases hosted by third-parties. These third-parties do not use or have access to your personal data for any purpose other than cloud storage and retrieval. On occasion, Verity engages third-parties to respond to any queries raised by you or to establish business communications including marketing communication to prospective clients, hosting of virtual events (third-party virtual events or webinar organizers) or to carry out surveys (third-party survey vendors). For information on the third-party vendors partnered with Verity, please visit http://.../our-third-party-providers.

Where required or permitted by law, information may be provided to others, such as but not limited to regulators, under legal process, enforceable government directives.

From time to time, Verity may consider business transactions such contracting with additional third-parties to conduct business. In these instances, we may transfer or allow access to information to enable the assessment and undertaking of that transaction. If we contract with other third-parties, personal data may be transferred to third-parties involved in the transaction. In these instances, Verity will continue to ensure your personal data is protected and private, and Verity will give any impacted data subjects notice before any personal data is transferred or subject to a different privacy policy.

Data Storage and Retention

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

For more information on our data protection principles, please see our data protection policy.

Data Subject Rights

·  Request access to your personal data and request details of the processing activities conducted by Verity.

·  Request that your personal data is rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete

·  Request erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances.

·  Request restriction of the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

·  Object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

·  Receive your personal data provided to us as a controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format in certain circumstances.

·  Object to, and not to be subject to a decision based solely on, automated processing (including profiling), which produces legal effects or significantly     affects you.

·  Withdraw your consent provided at any time by contacting us.

To exercise the rights outlined above in respect of your personal data you may submit a data subject request on Verity’s Client Portal- https://crm.zoho.com/portal/VerityConsulting/crm/login.sas.

Contact us

contact@verityconsulting.online

 or

submit a data subject request on our Client Portal

https://crm.zoho.com/portal/VerityConsulting/crm/login.sas

Changes to our  Privacy Policy

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