Effective Date: July 25, 2025

Your privacy is important to The Simons Group. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information that applies to our website https://thesimonsgroup.com/ (the “Site”), and your choices about the collection and use of your information.

Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes our practices regarding the information we collect from visitors to our Site, particularly those who engage with our email marketing and gated content features. By accessing or using our Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

We collect various types of information in connection with the services we provide, including:

• Personal Information You Provide Directly:
  • Contact Information: When you sign up for email marketing, newsletters, or access gated content (e.g., whitepapers, webinars, exclusive articles), we collect personal information such as your name, email address, company name, and job title.
  • Communications: If you contact us directly (e.g., via contact forms, email), we may receive additional information you provide, such as the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you choose to provide.
• Information Collected Automatically (via Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies):
  • Usage Information: We may collect information about your interactions with the Site, such as the pages you visit, the time spent on those pages, your navigation path, and other statistics.
  • Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access the Site, including the IP address, browser type, operating system, and unique device identifiers.
  • Location Information: We may collect general location information (e.g., IP address based location).

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our Site.
• Send you email marketing communications, newsletters, and promotional materials that may be of interest to you, based on your subscription or consent.
• Grant you access to gated content you have requested.
• Improve, personalize, and expand our Site and services.
• Understand and analyze how you use our Site.
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the Site, and for marketing and promotional purposes.
• Find and prevent fraud.

How We Share Your Information

We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

• With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information when we have your explicit consent to do so.
• Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as email marketing platforms, analytics providers, hosting services, and customer support. These service providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was provided.
• Legal Requirements and Business Transfers: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend the rights or property of The Simons Group, prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site, protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public, or protect against legal liability. In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
• Aggregated or De-identified Data: We may share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no internet transmission or electronic storage is ever completely secure, so we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: You may have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
• Correction/Rectification: You may have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
• Deletion/Erasure: You may have the right to request the deletion of your personal information under certain circumstances.
• Object to Processing: You may have the right to object to our processing of your personal information in certain situations.
• Data Portability: You may have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• Withdraw Consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

Third-Party Links

Our Site may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by The Simons Group. This Privacy Policy applies only to our Site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites, and we encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.

Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will take steps to remove that information from our systems.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by visiting this page on our website: https://thesimonsgroup.com/contact/