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Privacy Policy

Apogee West LLC

Effective Date: May 24, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Apogee West ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, processes, and shares personal information when you visit, use, or interact with our website, [YourWebsite.com] (the "Website"), and our related services. We are committed to demonstrating how an organization would protect your privacy and handle your data with transparency and care.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information from and about users of our Website and services, including information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household ("Personal Information").

a.1 Information You Provide Directly to Us ( Categories):

This includes information you actively and voluntarily provide when you:

Contact Us: Your name, email address, phone number, company name, professional title, industry, country, and the content of your message, inquiry, or feedback.
Register for an Account (if applicable): Your full name, email address, company details, professional title, physical address, and any other credentials or profile information required to set up and maintain a user account or investor portal.
Submit Inquiries or Proposals (e.g., RFPs, LOIs): Detailed project requirements, technical specifications, proposed budget, financial capacity indicators, energy needs, location preferences, and other sensitive business data relevant to a potential engagement or transaction.
Subscribe to Communications: Your email address, name, and preferences for receiving newsletters, market insights, product updates, or other marketing materials.
Participate in Surveys or Feedback: Your responses to questionnaires, preference settings, or direct feedback forms.

b. Information We Collect Automatically (Usage Data & Tracking Technologies - Categories):

When you interact with our Website, we may automatically collect certain information about your equipment, Browse actions, and patterns, using technologies such as:

Log Data: Your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system, device type, screen resolution, referring/exit pages, clickstream data (pages visited, time spent on pages), access dates and times, and approximate geographical location derived from your IP address.
Cookies and Similar Technologies: Small data files stored on your device that help us improve your experience, analyze Website usage, remember your preferences, and potentially deliver targeted advertising. These may include essential cookies, analytics cookies, performance cookies, and advertising cookies. s include session cookies (temporary, erased when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (remain until deleted or expired). Web beacons, pixels, and other tracking technologies may also be employed.
Device Information: Information about the device used to access our Website, including hardware model, unique device identifiers, operating system and version, mobile network information, and mobile advertising identifiers.
Website Analytics Data: Aggregated and anonymized data collected through third-party analytics services (e.g., Google Analytics) to understand user behavior, traffic patterns, and content popularity.

c. Information from Third Parties ( Scenarios):

We may receive information about you from third-party sources to enhance our understanding of your potential interest or to verify information, such as:

Public Databases & Professional Networking Sites: Information from publicly accessible sources like corporate websites, industry directories, or professional networking platforms (e.g., LinkedIn) to identify potential business partners or clients.
Business Partners & Service Providers: Information from partners with whom we collaborate on projects, services, or joint marketing initiatives, or from vendors providing data enrichment services.
Marketing and Sales Intelligence Providers: Data from services that help us identify and qualify potential leads, understand market trends, or gather industry insights.

2. How We Use Your Information ( Purposes)

We use the information we collect for various legitimate business and commercial purposes, including:

To Provide and Improve Our Services: To present our Website content, fulfill your requests for information or services, process detailed inquiries (e.g., RFPs), manage account access, and continuously enhance the functionality and offerings of our Website and core services.
Communication & Support: To respond to your direct inquiries, provide customer support, send you administrative notices (e.g., service updates, security alerts), and technical support messages.
Marketing and Business Development: To send you relevant marketing communications, newsletters, market analyses, and promotional materials that may be of interest to you, based on your expressed preferences or assumed interests, and to identify and engage with potential clients and partners.
Website Analysis, Optimization, and Personalization: To analyze user behavior, improve Website performance, personalize your experience, tailor content and recommendations, and optimize our advertising campaigns.
Security, Fraud Prevention, and Legal Compliance: To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, security incidents, fraudulent activities, or any other illegal or harmful activities. This also includes complying with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and governmental requests, as well as enforcing our Terms and Conditions and protecting our rights, property, and safety, and that of our users or the public.
Internal Operations & Reporting: For internal operational purposes such as data analysis, auditing, research and development, and preparing internal and external business reports.
Client Relationship Management: To effectively manage and nurture our relationships with existing and prospective clients and partners, including contract management and service delivery.

3. How We Share Your Information ( Scenarios)

We may disclose or share your Personal Information with third parties in the following circumstances:

With Our Affiliates and Subsidiaries: We may share your information within the Apogee West corporate family for internal business and operational purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Service Providers: We engage trusted third-party service providers to perform functions on our behalf, such as website hosting, IT and infrastructure services, data analytics, marketing automation, customer relationship management (CRM), email delivery, and professional advisory services (e.g., legal, financial). These service providers are contractually bound to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was disclosed.2
Business Partners: We may share information with business partners with whom we collaborate on joint ventures, co-market services, or engage in referral programs.
For Legal Reasons & Compliance: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with3 a legal obligation (e.g., subpoena, court order), (ii) protect and defend our rights or property, (iii) prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the services, (iv) protect4 the personal safety of users of the5 Website or the public, or (v) for national security or law enforcement requirements.
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of6 Apogee West’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, your Personal Information7 may be among the assets transferred.
With Your Consent: We may share your information for any other purpose with your explicit consent or at your direction.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (e.g., web beacons, pixels, local storage objects) to track activity on our Website and hold certain information.

What are Cookies? Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, mobile phone) by a web server when you access a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide reporting information.
How We Use Them:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for the Website to function correctly (e.g., maintaining your session).
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the Website, enabling us to improve its performance8 and design.
- Functionality Cookies: Enable the Website to remember choices you make (e.g., login details, language preferences) to provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: Used to deliver advertisements relevant to your interests and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Your Choices: You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. You may also be able to opt-out of certain third-party advertising cookies through industry opt-out pages. Please be aware that if you choose to disable cookies, some parts of the Website may not function properly or may not be accessible.

5. Data Security

We implement commercially reasonable and appropriate technical, administrative, and physical security measures designed to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized9 access, use, alteration, and disclosure. These measures include10 data encryption, firewalls, access controls, and regular security audits. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage11 is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Data Retention

We retain your Personal Information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes12 for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.13 The precise retention period for your Personal Information will vary depending on the type of information, the context of its collection, and the specific purpose for which it is used. To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized14 use or disclosure, the purposes for which we process it,15 whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal16 and regulatory requirements.

7. Your Privacy Rights (Illustrative s)

Depending on your jurisdiction and the nature of our relationship with you, you may have certain rights regarding your Personal Information. These rights are commonly found under privacy laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the United States, among others. These may include:

Right to Access: Request a copy of your Personal Information that we hold.
Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete Personal Information we hold about you.
Right to Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten"): Request the deletion or removal of your Personal Information under certain circumstances.
Right to Restriction of Processing: Request that we temporarily or permanently stop processing all or some of your Personal Information under certain conditions.
Right to Object to Processing: Object to the processing of your Personal Information for certain purposes (e.g., direct marketing).
Right to Data Portability: Request to receive your Personal Information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format,17 and have the right to transmit that data to another controller without hindrance.
Right to Withdraw Consent:18 Where we rely on your consent to process your Personal Information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based19 on consent before its withdrawal.
"Do Not Sell My Personal Information":20 If applicable in your jurisdiction (e.g., under the CCPA), you may have the right to opt-out of the "sale" of your Personal Information. For the purpose of this , Apogee West does not "sell" personal information as defined by the CCPA.
Right to Non-Discrimination: Exercise your privacy rights without fear of discriminatory treatment.
Right to Lodge a Complaint: Lodge a complaint with a relevant data protection supervisory authority if you believe your rights have been violated.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.21

8. Children's Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from22 children under 16. If we learn that we have collected Personal Information23 from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers24 promptly.

9. International Data Transfers

Your Personal Information may be stored, processed, and accessed in countries outside of your country of residence, including in the United States, where our primary operations are located, and where our service providers may be situated. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from those of your country. By using our Website, you understand that your information may be transferred to countries outside of your country of residence.25 We will take appropriate measures (e.g., standard contractual clauses) to ensure that any such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws and that your Personal Information remains protected26 in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices27 or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date"28 at the top of this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically29 for any changes. Your continued use of the Website after the changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.30

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, or your privacy rights, please contact us using the following method: Navigate to the “Contact” section of the website and fill out the information.