This Privacy Policy explains how Regional Economic Models, Inc. (“REMI” or “we”) collects personal information through our website at https://www.remi.com/ (“Website”), and when you provide us your information by telephone or email, at an in-person event or otherwise engage with us.
Information We Collect
Information you provide to us
Certain parts of our Website may ask that you voluntarily provide us with personal information. For example, we may ask you to provide us your name, address, telephone number or email address and contact preferences when you contact us through the Website. If you choose to correspond with us through email, in person or by telephone, we collect and retain other information that you give us, such as your name and business contact information, content of your email message and our response.
When you apply for a job with REMI through https://www.remi.com/careers/ or through third-party services, such as LinkedIn or JOE (Job Opportunities for Economists), we collect the employment-related information you submit to us or make available to us through third-party services, such as job preferences, work history, and similar information provided in your application.
Information we collect automatically
When you interact with our Website, we may collect certain information automatically. Some of this automatically-collected information is personal information under certain laws. The information we collect automatically includes your IP address, browser and operating system information, clickstream data (referring website address, web pages visited and time and date of visit, links clicked), device type and ID, language and other technical information.
How We Use Personal Information
We use the information that we collect on or through the Website:
- To respond to your requests or provide you with information that you request;
- To communicate with you about our products and other information that we think you will find valuable. You may notify us at any time if you do not wish to receive these emails by contacting us at info@remi.comor clicking the “unsubscribe” link in our emails.
- To maintain our Website and tailor our Website to your needs;
- For data analysis, such as identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our marketing and to enhance, customize and improve our Website;
- To comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements; and
- To prevent, detect, identify, investigate, respond and protect against potential or actual claims, liabilities, prohibited behavior and criminal activity.
How We Disclose Personal Information
We disclose your personal information to:
- our vendors and business partners that or who provide data processing services to us, such as services that provide functionality on the Website or enhance the security of our Website;
- an actual or proposed acquirer (and its agents and advisers) in connection with any proposed purchase, investment, merger or acquisition of all or any part of our business. We will use our best efforts to ensure that the acquirer processes your personal information only for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Policy; and
- any other person or entity with your consent where required or otherwise as permitted by applicable law.
We also may disclose personal information to any competent law enforcement body, regulatory, government agency, court or other third party if we determine disclosure is necessary (i) as a matter of applicable law or regulation, (ii) to exercise, establish or defend our legal rights or (iii) to protect your vital interests or those of any other person.
How We Protect and Retain Information
We use technical, physical and administrative safeguards intended to protect the personal information that we collect from and about you through the Website. Our safeguards are designed to provide a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing your personal information and include (as applicable) measures to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability and resilience of processing systems and a procedure for regularly testing, assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of technical and organizational measures for ensuring the security of the processing of personal information.
We retain personal information that we collect through the Website for as long as we have a legitimate business need to do so and, when we no longer have a legitimate business need, we dispose of personal information in accordance with applicable law.
Your Choices
If you receive marketing emails from us, you can opt out at any time by clicking the opt-out or unsubscribe link in the marketing email. Once you opt out, we will no longer send you marketing emails but still may send you emails with transactional information.
Use Outside the U.S.
The Website is hosted in the U.S. If you are using the Website from outside the U.S., please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored and processed in the U.S. U.S. privacy and other laws might not be as protective of certain rights as the laws in your place of residence. In the U.S., your information may be subject to access requests from U.S. government agencies, courts, or law enforcement. By using the Website, you acknowledge and consent to the transfer of your information to our facilities and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy. Please note that the Website is directed to the U.S. and is not intended for use by individuals outside the U.S.
If you are located in a jurisdiction with data protection laws that you believe offer you privacy rights not described in this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@remi.com.
California Privacy Notice
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) offers residents of the State of California – referred to as “consumers” in CCPA – certain privacy rights with respect to their personal information. This California Privacy Notice describes the privacy rights available to California Consumers and how to exercise them.
In CCPA, “personal information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California Consumer or household.
If you are a California Consumer, then CCPA offers the following rights:
- You have the right to request information about the personal information that we collected about you (see table below) and how and why we collect it.
- You have the right to opt out of REMI’s sale of your personal information when and if REMI sells your personal information. In CCPA, “sale” means transferring or making available personal information to third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration. WE DO NOT SELL PERSONAL INFORMATION.
- You have the right to request information about our disclosure for business purposes of your personal information to third parties.
- You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information.
- You have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights.
PLEASE NOTE THAT PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED IN B2B TRANSACTIONS IS EXEMPT FROM MOST OF CCPA’S REQUIREMENTS UNTIL JANUARY 1, 2023. Accordingly, since REMI is a B2B business, the rights described above may not currently apply.
The following table lists categories of personal information that generally match the categories in the definition of personal information in CCPA. We indicate for each listed category the specific types of personal information in the category that we have collected within the past 12 months.
| CCPA Category of Personal Information | Personal Information in CCPA Category Collected By REMI | Why REMI Collects the Personal Information |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | A name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and other similar identifiers that you choose to send it to us via email or our contact form | To provide the Website and to communicate with you. |
| Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) | Name, telephone number | To provide the Website and to communicate with you. |
| Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law | NONE | N/A |
| Commercial information | NONE | N/A |
| Biometric information | NONE | N/A |
| Internet or other similar network activity | Browsing history, search history, information on interaction with the Website | To provide and improve the Website |
| Geolocation data | NONE | |
| Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory or similar information. | NONE | |
| Professional or employment-related information | Information included in your resume or application for employment or information you choose to send it to us via email or our contact form | If you apply for a job with REMI, we will use the information that you provide to us to review your application for employment. |
| Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)) | NONE | N/A |
| Inferences drawn from other categories (above) to create a profile about a consumer | Profile reflecting the consumer’s preferences on the Website | To improve the Website, to develop new features for the Website and to communicate with you about our products |
A different California law permits California residents to request a notice disclosing the information about categories of personal information about you that we have shared with third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. Pursuant to Section 1738 of the California Civil Code, residents of California have the right to request from REMI the types of personal information that REMI shares with third parties for their direct marketing purposes and the identities of the third parties with whom REMI has shared personal information during the immediately preceding calendar year.
To make a request for the information described above, please contact Regional Economic Models, Inc., 433 West Street, Amherst, MA 01002, or email info@remi.com.
We do not share with third parties for their direct marketing purposes any of the personal information about you that we collect.
If you would like more information about the personal information that you have previously provided to us, please send an email info@remi.com. We will comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable and within the time periods required by applicable law. For your protection, we may need to verify your identity before responding.
Links to Other Websites
The Website may include links to third-party websites and online services that are not operated by us. When you use a third-party website or service linked to the Website, you are subject to that third party’s privacy practices and policies, not ours. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by REMI through the Website.
Children’s Privacy
The Website is not intended for use by minors (i.e., a child under the age of majority in a particular jurisdiction). REMI does not knowingly collect personal information from minors. Consistent with the requirements of applicable law, if we learn that a minor has improperly provided us with personal information, we will use that information only to respond directly to that minor (or his or her parent or legal guardian) to inform the minor that he or she cannot use the Website and subsequently will delete that information.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. When we update our Privacy Policy, we will post the updated version and change the Effective Date above. If we make material changes that affect your privacy rights, we also will take appropriate measures to inform you in advance so that you have an opportunity to review the revised Privacy Policy before it becomes effective.
Questions
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at info@remi.com or by mail at:
Regional Economic Models, Inc.433 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002