Effective Date: April 14, 2026
GI Tech Solutions (“we”, “our”, “us”, or “the Company”) operates the website https://gitechsolutions.shop (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Site and the choices you have associated with that data.
We use your data to provide and improve our digital marketing services, including SEO, Social Media Management, Google Ads, and Website Development. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect several different types of information to process your orders, provide our marketing services, and secure merchant transactions.
A. Personal Data You Provide Directly:
- Identity Data: Name, business name, job title.
- Contact Data: Billing address, email address, telephone number.
- Financial Data: Credit card details, bank account information (processed via our secure payment gateway for merchant account settlement).
- Marketing Data: Your website URLs, social media account handles, Google Ads data, and SEO analytics you share with us to perform our services.
B. Automatically Collected Data (via Cookies & Analytics):
- Usage Data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, time and date of visit, time spent on pages.
- Tracking Data: We use cookies and similar technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information to improve user experience.
2. How We Use Your Data (Legal Basis for Processing)
To qualify for a merchant account, we explicitly state that we use your data for the following commercial purposes:
- To Process Payments & Prevent Fraud: To charge you for our Digital Marketing packages (SEO, SMM, Google Ads, Web Dev) and to verify your identity to prevent fraudulent transactions.
- To Deliver Our Services: To execute SEO audits, manage your social media accounts, run ad campaigns, and develop websites as per your request.
- To Communicate with You: To send invoices, updates about your project, service alerts, and respond to support tickets.
- To Improve Our Site: To analyze traffic patterns and fix technical issues.
- Marketing (Opt-out available): To send you newsletters or promotional offers about new marketing hacks, only if you have consented.
3. Sharing Your Data (Important for Merchant Underwriting)
We do not sell your personal data. However, to run our business and process credit card payments, we must share data with the following third parties:
- Payment Processors (Merchant Bank): We share your name, transaction amount, and billing info with our merchant bank and gateways (e.g., Stripe, Square, PayPal) to settle your subscription fees.
- Service Providers: We share necessary data with Google (for Ads/analytics), Meta/Facebook (for SMM), and hosting providers to deliver our digital marketing services.
- Legal Obligations: If required by law or to respond to a subpoena.
4. Data Security (PCI Compliance)
We take the security of your financial and personal data seriously. We implement SSL encryption, firewalls, and restricted access controls. For credit card transactions, we do not store full CVV numbers on our servers; we rely on our PCI-DSS compliant payment gateway. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.
5. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location (e.g., Canada, EU, or USA), you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectify inaccurate data.
- Erasure (Request to be forgotten).
- Restrict processing of your data.
- Data Portability.
To exercise these rights, email us at Gitechsolutions69@gmail.com.
6. Retention of Data
We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy (usually 7 years for tax/merchant audit purposes). Transaction records are kept for the duration required by our merchant account agreement.
7. Children’s Privacy
Our Site does not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top.
9. Contact Us (Required for Merchant Account)
For any questions regarding this privacy policy, to request a copy of your data, or to report a security incident related to your payment:
GI Tech Solutions
Address: 2501 Chatham Rd Suite R, Springfield, IL 62704, USA
Phone: (331) 901-0105
Email: Gitechsolutions69@gmail.com