Elle Logique Consulting LLC, dba Sommet Strategies (or “SOMMET”) is deeply committed to maintaining the privacy of the users of its website (sommetstrategies.com) and has created the following “Privacy Policy” to inform you of its policies and practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information through the Site.

1. Your Privacy is Important

SOMMET is committed to protecting your privacy, and we are firmly devoted to maintaining your trust in us. We work extremely hard at safeguarding important information provided to us by companies and talent and keeping it secure. This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand our genuine dedication to preserving your privacy.

2. Your Personal Information

SOMMET limits the collection, use and processing of collected information to that required to provide the services to our customers and to attract talent. Information that is personally identifiable to you such as your name, address, email address or phone number is referred as “Personal Information”. By submitting Personal Information to us through the Site, or to our employees during the application or onboarding process, you expressly agree and consent to the processing of your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

3. Information We Collect

When you create an account or fill in a form on the Site or other SOMMET platforms, we collect and store Personal Information. The following are types of information we receive from you including certain Personal Information:

From Companies: First and last name, company name, company role and department specifics, contact information (phone number, street address, city, state, postal code, country and email address), project description, bank account or other payment and invoice-related information.

From Talent: First and last name, contact information (phone number, street address, city, state, postal code, country and email address), short personal summary, your skills, the type of work you are interested in and bank account information (for you to get paid).

SOMMET does not collect Personal Information, beyond IP address and information about your browser, from you unless you provide it to us. This means that you can visit our Site without telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Information about yourself.

4. How we use your Personal Information

Certain Personal Information may be shared with third party background check providers, who may contact Talent directly to obtain information necessary to perform a background check in connection with the Services.

For potential customers, we will use your Personal Information in order to send information on services SOMMET provides.  If we enter into a business arrangement together, all work will be performed under a contract which includes additional confidentiality terms. 

SOMMET will not sell Personal Information with any other third parties or sell your e-mail address or any other contact information to any third parties for any other purpose.

5. Communication

We will contact you through email, social media messaging, or through notices posted on our website. If we are not in an active business arrangement, you can opt-out of receiving marketing messages from us, at any time.

6. Security

SOMMET strives to protect your Personal Information. Personal Information is stored on our database and is not publicly accessible. Each employee of SOMMET signs a confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement to ensure your privacy. The Site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control, and meets or exceeds all industry standards for the protection and confidentiality of personal identifiable information. SOMMET operates all its services, including any payment information, across the Internet using secure connections (specifically Transport Layer Security/TLS/”HTTPS”/formerly known as SSL). Despite our efforts to keep your Personal Information protected, please know that we cannot guarantee the security of data traveling over the Internet beyond industry standards such as TLS.

7. Testimonials

From time to time, we may post Company and Talent testimonials, which may contain Personal Information such as the Company or Talent’s name, on the Site, but will obtain the Company or Talent’s consent prior to posting the testimonial.

8. Opt-out

At any time, you may opt-out of receiving such communications from SOMMET by emailing us with your specific request at info@sommetstrategies.com or selecting “unsubscribe” on any communication.  Note that opting out from such communications does not apply to our ability to communicate with you regarding non-marketing related matters regarding your business relationship with us.

9. Use of Cookies

Some pages on the Site may use cookies to identify your browser as you visit pages on the Site. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your browser and may stay on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website, depending on your browser or internet settings. Cookies do not damage your device – they are merely used to “remember” when you visit again as well as provide an additional tool in helping us market and track the success of marketing campaigns. The cookies are used for Site registration, customization the next time you visit the Site, verification of your device’s authorization and access roles to utilize our services, and for marketing and analytics of our products and services.

Some parts of the Site may also use cookies to track user traffic patterns to determine the usefulness of information on our Site to our users and to see how effective our tools and user experience are in helping users. Cookies cannot read data off of your hard drive. Your Web browser may allow you to be notified when you are receiving a cookie, giving you the choice to accept it or not. If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our Site, you can set your browser or network configuration to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser or network configuration. By not accepting cookies, site services will not fully function and you may not be able to access certain information on the Site.

SOMMET and third-party vendors (such as Google, LinkedIn, Double-Click, and Adsense) use first-party cookies (such as Google Analytics or cookies provided by SOMMET) and third-party cookies (Double-Click) together in order to inform, optimize and serve ads based on past visits and behaviors on our website. We have implemented and use display advertising, and we use Google Analytics to implement a feature called remarketing, which allows us to optimize the delivery of ad content specifically targeted to a user’s interests based on previous web visits and behaviors. If you would like more information on remarketing lists in Google Analytics, please click here. If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics for display advertising, you can use the Ads Preference Manager here. Or you can use the Google Analytics opt-out browser extensions, which you can download here.

10. Links to Third Party Sites

The Site may contain links to other websites including social media widgets and “like” or “share” buttons. These other websites, third party widgets and buttons are hosted by third parties and not by SOMMET. SOMMET is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such third-party websites or links. We encourage you to learn about the privacy practices and terms of use of those other companies, including their opt-out processes.

11. Protecting the Privacy of Children

Children under 18 years old are not the target audience for our Site. To protect their privacy, we prohibit the solicitation of personal information from children under 18 years old and do not knowingly collect Personal Information from such children.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change, modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Any material changes in the way we use your Personal Information will be contained in the updated Privacy Policy posted on the Site. Your continued use of the updated Policy will signify acceptance of the changes.

13. More Information

If you have questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please email us at info@sommetstrategies.com

This Privacy Policy is effective as of July 1, 2022.