Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION

Global CTI is a communications technology integration company based in California (USA). We work with select technology providers to install, service and support various companies with their telecomm, data, cybersecurity, physical security and emergency notification technology solutions. This Privacy policy is intended to inform website visitors of how their information may be collected, protected, and utilized in Global CTI marketing.
 

Global CTI Group, Inc. Website Privacy Statement. This document was last updated on October 7, 2024.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

Global CTI Group, Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement sets forth our current privacy practices about the information we collect when you or your computer interacts with our website. By accessing Global CTI Group, Inc./www.gcti.com, you acknowledge and fully understand Global CTI Group, Inc.’s Privacy Statement and freely consent to the information collection and use practices described in this Website Privacy Statement.

Use of this website acknowledges your consent to this Privacy Policy for Global CTI Group, Inc. Protecting your private information is our priority and we are committed to safeguarding your privacy online. This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we may collect about you through our website, when we collect it, how we may use it, who we may disclose it to, and is intended to help you understand the terms and conditions surrounding the collection and use of your data.

Personal Information We Collect

Our primary goal in collecting your personal information is to enable us to personalize your interactions and experiences with our website.

We may collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, to you (“Personal Information”). In particular, our website has collected the following categories of Personal Information within the last twelve (12) months:

Categories of Personal Information

Types of Personal Information Collected

A. IdentifiersName, telephone number, postal address, e-mail address, social security number, date of birth, account name, IP address, or other information you voluntarily provide to initiate a purchase transaction or to opt in to receiving future communications from us.
B. Personal information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual, including, but not limited to, his or her name, signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information.Name, address, telephone number, physical address, zip code, email address, company name, credit card number, income, or other financial information you may provide to obtain a quote or complete a purchase transaction.
C. Internet or other similar network activityType and version of browser, service provider, device identification information, any search engine or other referring site you may have used to locate our website, and information regarding your interaction with the website, application, or advertisements.
D. Geolocation data.Signals from your device that allow us to determine your location, with reasonable precision.
E. Professional or employment-related information.Occupation, name of employer, employment status, employment history, or business email address.
F. Inferences drawn from other Personal Information.Information regarding your interaction with the website, application, or advertisements; browsing history

How Your Personal Information Is Collected

We collect Personal Information that you voluntarily give or that has been given through some other direct contact from you. When you access our website, we may also passively or automatically collect additional Personal Information and non-personally identifiable data regarding the means you use to access our website and the content you view when you use our website, for example, via cookies on our website or completing a form.

Requests for Quotes

If you request a price quote, you may be asked to provide Personal Information such as your name, address, telephone number, zip code, email address and other transactional information related to the desired unit purchase. Your Personal Information may be used to contact you with the requested quote or to request additional information. While not required, you may voluntarily provide financial information so that a determination can be made regarding units that meet the parameters of your requested unit quote or your pre-qualification for financing, if interested.

Online Orders

If you submit an online order, you will be required to provide Personal Information to complete the purchase transaction. This information includes your name, email address, and shipping address as well as financial information to facilitate payment for the transaction and for billing purposes. If your online unit order is not processed correctly, your Personal Information may be used to contact you to finalize the transaction. In order to process a purchase transaction, it may be necessary for us to supplement the information you provide with information we receive from third-party sources to obtain approval from a financial lending institution. Your Personal Information may also be shared with third parties to assist with finalizing the purchase transaction such as shipping companies (i.e., UPS, USPS, FedEx) and credit card processing companies. These third-party companies do not, to our knowledge, retain, share, store, or use Personal Information for any secondary purposes outside of the purpose of providing the required services.

Log Files

We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic and geographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are only linked to Personal Information if you submit a form requesting additional information.

Surveys and Contests

From time to time, this website may offer contests or request information from you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new service/solution that may be offered. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you are not obligated to disclose the Personal Information requested such as your name, email address, mailing address, or demographic information (i.e., age, zip code). If you elect to participate in a contest, the contact information provided will only be used to notify the winners and award prizes if a prize is being offered. Survey information will only be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this website.

Use of Your Personal Information

We may use or disclose the Personal Information we collect for one or more of the following business purposes:

  • to operate our website and deliver the products and/or services you have requested, and for marketing purposes. If you do not provide the Personal Information we ask for, it may delay or prevent us from providing products and/or services to you.
  • for more than one legitimate interest depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your Personal Information. For example, if you complete an online purchase, we may collect your information to perform our contract with you, but we may also maintain your Personal Information after your transaction is complete so that we can quickly and easily respond to any questions about your order. As a result, our collection and processing of your Personal Information is based upon your consent, our need to perform a contract, our obligations under law, and/or our legitimate interest in conducting our business. A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests.
  • to share data with trusted partners or advertisers to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or direct mail, provide customer support, to arrange for deliveries or internal marketing purposes. All such third parties are prohibited from using your Personal Information except to provide these services to us, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
  • to share lead data or analytics with original equipment manufacturers with whom we partner. This data may be shared with original equipment manufacturers so they can perform statistical analysis, record warranty information and measure dealer performance.
  • to create, maintain, customize, and secure your account with us.
  • to inform you of other products or services available from us or our affiliates.
  • to contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
  • to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us, or future marketing. Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via phone or email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, changes to this Privacy Policy, or to send you website and service announcement updates that contain important information about the service. We may also communicate with you to provide requested services and regarding issues relating to their account via e-mail or phone.
  • to help diagnose problems with our server, administer the website, conduct attribution reporting, personalize user experiences (including advertising or certain targeted features, such as showcasing previously viewed units), and compile broad statistical data.
  • certain navigational information about where you go on our website, in order to determine what services or products are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within our website to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area. Such information is gathered by us in the aggregate and will not be associated with a specific individual except in connection with specific services and operations such as attribution reporting and maintenance of customer accounts.
  • to respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
  • As described to you when collecting your Personal Information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA or CPRA.

Use of Cookies

Our website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

Cookies can be used for various purposes such as to detect whether your device has accessed a particular online service before. We use cookies on pages to make your visit to our website more enjoyable and to enable the use of certain functions, including the ability to identify units that have been previously viewed on your device.

Who We Share Your Personal Information With

We do not sell, rent or lease our customer lists to third parties. We may share your Personal Information with:

  • Our affiliates;
  • Service providers we use to help deliver our services to you, such as payment service providers;
  • Other third parties we use to help us run our business, such as marketing agencies and data aggregators;
  • Third parties approved by you, including social media sites you choose to link your account to or third-party payment providers;

In the preceding twelve (12) months, we’ve disclosed the following categories of Personal Information for a business purpose:

  • Category A: Identifiers.
  • Category B: Personal information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual.
  • Category C: Internet or other similar network activity.
  • Category D: Geolocation data.
  • Category E: Professional or employment-related information.
  • Category F: Inferences drawn from other Personal Information.

If we are required to do so by law, or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary, we will disclose your Personal Information, without notice, to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on our company or the website; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of our company; and (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of our website, or the public.

Data Retention

We retain Personal Information we collect from you for the period of time that is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy (for example, to provide you with a service you have requested or to comply with applicable legal, tax or accounting requirements), unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Access to Third Party Websites

This website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via our website, your information is protected both online and offline. Whenever we collect sensitive information, that information is encrypted and securely transmitted to us. We do not collect sensitive Personal Information in online forms you may voluntarily complete to indicate your interest in a solution or service. The computers and servers in which we store Personal Information are kept in a secure environment.

Children Under Thirteen

We believe that it is especially important to protect children’s privacy online. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of thirteen, regardless of the source. Nor do we share with any third party for any purpose whatsoever Personal Information from website visitors younger than thirteen years of age. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

Privacy Notice for California Residents

This Privacy Notice for California Residents supplements and is expressly made part of the information contained in the Privacy Policy and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California (“consumers” or “you”). We adopt this Notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CCPA”). Any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this Notice.

Under the CCPA, we are required to disclose whether we sell Personal Information. We do not sell Personal Information, but we may share Personal Information with third parties or allow them to collect Personal Information from our Site or services if those third parties are authorized service providers or business partners who have agreed to our contractual limitations as to their retention, use, and disclosure of such Personal Information, or if you direct us to disclose your Personal Information to third parties.

California law grants you the right to know:

  • The categories of Personal Information we have collected about you;
  • The categories of sources from which the Personal Information is collected;
  • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting Personal Information;
  • The categories of third parties with whom we share Personal Information, if any; and
  • The specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you.

Please note that we are not required to:

  • Retain any Personal Information about you that was collected for a single one-time transaction if, in the ordinary course of business, that information about you is not retained;
  • Reidentify or otherwise link any data that, in the ordinary course of business, is not maintained in a manner that would be considered Personal Information; or
  • Provide the Personal Information to you more than twice in a 12-month period.

In connection with any Personal Information we may share, or disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know the categories of Personal information that we:

  • sold or shared and the categories of the third parties we may have sold or shared Personal Information to; and/or
  • disclosed about you for a business purpose and the categories of third parties with whom your Personal Information may have been shared.Under CCPA and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, you have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information and the right to opt out of the use or disclosure of your sensitive Personal Information. If you exercise your right to opt out, we will refrain from selling or sharing your Personal Information or disclosing your sensitive Personal Information, unless you subsequently provide express authorization for the sale, sharing, or disclosure of your Personal Information. To opt out of the disclosure of your Personal Information, please contact us at marketing@gcti.com  or use the Consumer Privacy Form.

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:

    • Delete your Personal Information from our records; and
    • Direct any service providers to delete your Personal Information from their records.
    • Complete the transaction for which the Personal Information was collected, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
    • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
    • Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
    • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
    • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
    • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
    • Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
    • Consumer Privacy Form. It’s important to note that under the CCPA, you may only make a data access or data portability disclosure request twice within a twelve (12) month period.

DISCLAIMER FOR LEAD FORMS ACROSS ALL Global CTI Group, Inc. PLATFORMS

When submitting a lead form on www.GCTI.com and it’s social media platforms/online services, express written permission is granted to Global CTI Group, Inc. and its partners to contact me at the number and email provided, via email, phone, text message (SMS/MMS) and/or cell phone (including use of automated dialing equipment and pre-recorded calls and/or messages). This consent is not a condition of receiving services.

UPDATED POLICY – SMS

Do Not Track Signals
Our website currently does not respond to “Do Not Track” (DNT) signals or other mechanisms that provide consumers with the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of personally identifiable information about their online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services.

However, we respect your privacy and strive to provide you with the ability to manage your preferences regarding data collection. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings or opt out of certain data collection practices by visiting the respective third-party websites’ privacy policies. If you have any questions about our privacy practices or how we handle DNT signals, please contact us at marketing@gcti.com.

SMS Privacy Policy

SMS opt-in consent and phone numbers for the purpose of SMS won’t be shared under any circumstances.

Global CTI Group, Inc. (“we,” “us,” or “GCTI”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) governs how we treat the Personal Information that we collect and receive from you in connection with your use of the SMS Service (“Service”), which we make available to you through a third-party service provider. This Policy is incorporated into the Terms of Service. By using the Service, you agree to the terms of this Policy. GCTI reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify or change this Policy at any time with or without prior notice to you. The date of the last update will be posted at the top of this Policy for your convenience. This Policy, and any changes, are effective as soon as posted. Your continued use of the Service following the posting of any changes to the Policy constitutes your full acceptance of those changes.
“Personal Information” is information that individually identifies you, such as your mobile phone number or user/screen name, as well as any Personal Information that you choose to include in messages you send through the Service.

Collection of information:
Through the use of the Service, we will receive the following information from our third-party service provider:

  • your mobile phone number when you send a text message to us;
  • the text of messages that you send to other users of the Service;
  • any user or screen name that you select in connection with the Service; and
  • any comments or feedback regarding the Service that you send to us.

We may also collect Personal Information about you using cookies or similar technologies. Cookies are pieces of information that are stored by your browser on the hard drive or memory of your device. Cookies enable personalization of your experience on the Service.

How GCTI uses the Personal Information:
We use Personal Information to do the following: (a) provide you with the Service, (b) process and respond to inquiries, (c) improve the Service, (d) if necessary, contact you with important announcements or messages, (e) conduct research, and (f) provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients and partners.
Each message that you send through the Service (either to us or to other users of the Service) is stored on our servers. We retain these messages on our servers. GCTI utilizes servers and services owned by third parties.
We may retain your Personal Information for as long as you participate in the Service or as needed to comply with applicable legal obligations. We will also retain and use your Personal Information as necessary to resolve disputes, protect us and our customers, and enforce our agreements.

Disclosure of your information:
We will not rent or sell your Personal Information to other companies or individuals unless we have your consent. We may use or disclose such information in any of the following limited circumstances:

  • We have your consent.
  • We need to enforce our Terms of Service.
  • We provide such information to trusted businesses or persons for the sole purpose of processing Personal Information on our behalf. When this is done, it is subject to agreements that oblige those parties to process such information only on our instructions and in compliance with this Policy and appropriate confidentiality and security measures.  If the third party fails to comply with our terms, GCTI is not accountable in any way for any liability or reimbursement.
  • We provide such information to third parties who have entered into non-disclosure agreements with us.
  • We provide such information to a company controlled by, or under common control with, GCTI for any purpose permitted by this Policy.
  • We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal processes, or to establish or exercise our legal rights, or the legal rights of others, or defend against legal claims.
  • We believe it is necessary to share Personal Information to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of GCTI’s Terms of Service, or as otherwise required by law.
  • We transfer Personal Information about you if GCTI is, or its assets are, acquired by or merged with another company.

We may share aggregated or de-identified information with others without further notice. An example of this would be the number of people who used the Service in a given month or the total number of texts sent in a given week.

Security:
Global CTI Group, Inc. takes precautions to ensure the security of your Personal Information, including ensuring that our third-party service providers protect the security of your Personal Information. However, we cannot guarantee that hackers or unauthorized personnel will not gain access to your Personal Information despite our best efforts. You should note that in using the Service, your information will travel through third-party infrastructures that are not under our control (such as a third-party SMS delivery platform or your carrier network).We cannot protect, nor does this Policy apply to, any information that you transmit to other users. You should never transmit personal or identifying information to other users.


Opting in:

A mobile user might opt-in by:

  • Entering a phone number online;
  • Sending a Mobile Originating (MO) message containing an advertising keyword;
  • Filling out a paper form that includes their phone number; or
  • Signing up at a point-of-sale location.

Opting out
Global CTI Group, Inc.’s third-party service provider gives you the ability to opt out of the Service for any reason. You can opt out by texting “STOP” or “QUIT” to a telephone number messaging you. We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the Service, such as announcements and administrative messages, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
You have the right to request access to the Personal Information we hold about you, to limit use and disclosure of sensitive Personal Information, to correct inaccurate Personal Information, and to request its deletion. To exercise these rights, please contact us at marketing@gcti.com or visit the Consumer Privacy page.

Children:
The Service is not intended for children under 13, and GCTI does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. Children aged 13 or older should not submit any Personal Information without the permission of their parents or guardians. By using the Service, you are representing that you are at least 18, or that you are at least 13 years old and have your parents’ permission to use the Service.
Intended audience:
Global CTI Group, Inc. requires that users of this service be limited to US residents only.

Questions or concerns?
If you have any additional questions regarding this Policy, please feel free to contact us any time by texting “HELP” to the telephone number messaging you

SMS Terms of Service

Use of the Global CTI Group, Inc. text message-based services (the “Service”) is subject to the following Terms of Service. Please read them carefully.

1. Agreement to Terms
By signing up for Service from GCTI, you agree to these SMS Terms of Service (“Terms”) and any amendments. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not sign up for the Service.
2. Service Description
We provide SMS messages to inform you about our products, services, promotions, and updates. Message frequency may vary.
3. User Consent
By providing your mobile phone number, you consent to receive SMS messages from us. You confirm that you are the owner of the mobile phone number or have the owner’s permission to receive SMS messages at that number. You understand that anyone with access to your mobile phone may be able to view the messages you receive when using the Service, and you agree that GCTI will not be liable to you if this occurs. You understand that you are not required to consent to the Service to receive any other services from GCTI.
4. Charges and Fees
Global CTI Group, Inc.  does not charge for SMS messages. However, your mobile carrier’s standard messaging rates and data charges may apply. Check with your carrier for details. For all questions about the Service provided by these Terms, you can send an email to marketing@gcti.com.
5. Opt-Out and Help
You can cancel the Service at any time. Just text “STOP” to the telephone number messaging you. After you send the SMS message “STOP” to us, we will send you an SMS message to confirm that you have been unsubscribed. After this, you will no longer receive SMS messages from us. If you want to join again, just sign up as you did the first time, and we will start sending SMS messages to you again.
If at any time you forget what keywords are supported, just text “HELP” to the telephone number messaging you. After you send the SMS message “HELP” to us, we will respond with instructions on how to use our Service as well as how to unsubscribe.
6. Covered Carriers
We are able to deliver messages to the following mobile phone carriers. Major carriers: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, MetroPCS, U.S. Cellular, Alltel, Boost Mobile, Nextel, and Virgin Mobile. Minor carriers: Alaska Communications Systems (ACS), Appalachian Wireless (EKN), Bluegrass Cellular, Cellular One of East Central IL (ECIT), Cellular One of Northeast Pennsylvania, Cincinnati Bell Wireless, Cricket, Coral Wireless (Mobi PCS), COX, Cross, Element Mobile (Flat Wireless), Epic Touch (Elkhart Telephone), GCI, Golden State, Hawkeye (Chat Mobility), Hawkeye (NW Missouri), Illinois Valley Cellular, Inland Cellular, iWireless (Iowa Wireless), Keystone Wireless (Immix Wireless/PC Man), Mosaic (Consolidated or CTC Telecom), Nex-Tech Wireless, NTelos, Panhandle Communications, Pioneer, Plateau (Texas RSA 3 Ltd), Revol, RINA, Simmetry (TMP Corporation), Thumb Cellular, Union Wireless, United Wireless, Viaero Wireless, and West Central (WCC or 5 Star Wireless). ***Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages***
7. Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. Please refer to our SMS Privacy Policy for information on how we collect, use, and protect your information.
8. Disclaimer of Warranties
The Service is provided “as is” and “as available” without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
9. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, GCTI shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or in connection with your use of the Service, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
10. Governing Law
These Terms and any disputes arising out of or related to them will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law principles.
11. Changes to Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Your continued receipt of SMS messages after any changes signifies your acceptance of the new Terms. <p>
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at:

  • Email: marketing@gcti.com
  • Phone: 800-366-1711
  • Address: 5329 Office Center Crt., Suite 200 Bakersfield, CA 93309.