Sapience Automation Website Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 14, 2026
Table of Contents
- Public Privacy Policy
- U.S. State Privacy Notice
- California Notice at Collection and CCPA/CPRA Disclosure Table
- Cookie, Analytics, and Tracking Technologies Addendum
- SMS/Text Messaging Privacy Addendum
- Employee and Applicant Privacy Notice
1. Public Privacy Policy
PPC Partners, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“PPC,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects privacy and is committed to protecting personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and safeguard personal information when individuals visit our websites, communicate with us, request information, interact with PPC or its operating companies, or otherwise engage with our business.
This Policy is intended to provide transparency regarding PPC’s privacy practices. It does not replace separate notices that may apply to specific populations, such as employees, job applicants, or residents of jurisdictions requiring supplemental privacy disclosures.
1.1 Scope
- Public websites and digital properties operated by PPC Partners, Inc. or on its behalf.
- Business contacts, customers, prospects, vendors, contractors, and other individuals who communicate with PPC.
- Information collected through online forms, email communications, telephone contacts, events, surveys, and similar business interactions.
- Limited offline interactions where this Policy is referenced or where personal information is processed for related business purposes.
1.2 Definition of Personal Information
“Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with an identified or identifiable individual. Personal Information may include direct identifiers such as name and email address, as well as indirect identifiers such as IP address, device identifiers, location information, or usage data.
1.3 Categories of Information Collected
| Category | Examples | Collected? |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Name, alias, postal address, email address, telephone number, IP address, online identifiers, account identifiers | Yes |
| Customer / Business Contact Records | Company name, title, business address, inquiry details, service request details, communications history | Yes |
| Internet or Electronic Network Activity | Browser type, device data, pages viewed, referral URLs, interaction data, timestamps, cookie identifiers | Yes |
| Geolocation Data | Approximate location derived from IP address or device/browser settings | Limited |
| Professional or Employment-Related Information | Employer, job title, employment history, resume or application information when voluntarily submitted | Yes |
| Commercial Information | Services requested, business relationship information, procurement/vendor relationship information | Limited |
| Audio, Electronic, Visual, or Similar Information | Voicemail, call notes, video meeting content, security camera footage, or submitted media where applicable | Limited |
| Sensitive Personal Information | Only where necessary and permitted, such as information required for HR, legal, compliance, safety, or employment-related purposes | Limited |
| Inferences | Preferences, interests, engagement patterns, or analytics-derived observations based on interactions with PPC digital properties | Limited |
1.4 Sources of Personal Information
- Directly from individuals, including forms, phone calls, emails, meetings, applications, requests, registrations, surveys, or other submissions.
- Automatically from websites, systems, devices, browsers, cookies, analytics tools, or similar technologies.
- From service providers, operating companies, business partners, analytics providers, security providers, publicly available sources, or third parties acting at the individual’s direction.
- From internal systems where information is used for operational, compliance, security, or business continuity purposes.
1.5 Purposes for Collection and Processing
- Responding to inquiries, requests, and communications.
- Providing, maintaining, improving, and securing PPC websites, services, and business operations.
- Managing customer, vendor, contractor, and business relationships.
- Processing applications, event registrations, service requests, and other voluntary submissions.
- Conducting analytics, fraud prevention, security monitoring, troubleshooting, and operational reporting.
- Sending administrative, transactional, or relationship communications.
- Providing marketing or informational communications where permitted by law and honoring opt-out choices.
- Complying with legal, regulatory, contractual, audit, insurance, tax, safety, employment, and security obligations.
- Protecting the rights, property, safety, systems, operations, employees, customers, vendors, and business interests of PPC and its operating companies.
1.6 Legal Bases for Processing
Where a legal basis is required by applicable law, PPC processes personal information under one or more of the following bases:
- Consent, where an individual has provided consent and may withdraw it at any time.
- Contractual necessity, where processing is needed to provide requested services or fulfill obligations.
- Legitimate business interests, including security, fraud prevention, business operations, communications, and service improvement.
- Legal obligation, where processing is required to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal process, or regulatory requests.
- Protection of vital interests or safety, where necessary to protect health, safety, security, or emergency interests.
1.7 Disclosure and Sharing of Personal Information
PPC may disclose personal information to the following categories of recipients for business, operational, legal, security, and compliance purposes:
- Service providers, vendors, contractors, and professional advisors performing services on PPC’s behalf, including IT, hosting, analytics, security, marketing, legal, audit, insurance, and administrative support.
- PPC affiliates, subsidiaries, and operating companies where necessary for legitimate business, operational, legal, or administrative purposes.
- Government, regulatory, law enforcement, or judicial authorities where required or permitted by law.
- Transaction parties, advisors, or successors in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale, or transfer of assets.
- Third parties with the individual’s consent or direction.
- Other parties where necessary to protect PPC’s rights, property, systems, safety, security, or legal interests.
In such cases, PPC will take appropriate measures to ensure that safeguards are in place to ensure data protection.
1.8 Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
PPC does not sell personal information for monetary consideration. PPC does not knowingly sell or share personal information of children. If PPC uses third-party analytics or advertising technologies that may constitute “sharing” under certain state privacy laws, individuals may exercise applicable opt-out rights as described in this Policy and in the Cookie, Analytics, and Tracking Technologies Addendum.
1.9 Cookies and Tracking Technologies
PPC may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, web beacons, analytics tools, and similar technologies to operate its websites, analyze performance, improve user experience, measure communications, maintain security, and support marketing activities where permitted. Non-essential tracking technologies should be reviewed and managed through PPC’s internal governance process and, where required, consent mechanisms.
1.10 Data Retention
PPC retains personal information as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, comply with legal or contractual obligations, resolve disputes, maintain security, support audits, or enforce agreements.
1.11 Data Security
PPC implements reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, loss, or destruction. Safeguards may include access controls, authentication, monitoring, encryption where appropriate, vendor review, employee awareness, incident response procedures, and secure disposal practices. No system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
1.12 International Data Transfers
PPC is based in the United States. Personal information may be processed, stored, or accessed in the United States or other jurisdictions where PPC or its service providers operate. Where applicable law requires transfer safeguards, PPC will use appropriate measures such as contractual protections, data processing terms, or other legally recognized mechanisms.
1.13 Children’s Privacy
PPC websites and services are not directed to children, and PPC does not knowingly collect personal information from children. If PPC learns that it has collected personal information from a child without appropriate consent, PPC will take reasonable steps to delete the information.
1.14 Privacy Rights and Choices
Depending on applicable law and residency, individuals may have rights to:
- Know or access personal information collected about them.
- Receive a copy of personal information in a portable format where required.
- Correct inaccurate personal information.
- Delete personal information, subject to legal and operational exceptions.
- Opt out of sale, sharing, targeted advertising, or certain profiling where applicable.
- Restrict or object to certain processing where applicable.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Appeal a privacy rights decision where required by applicable state law.
- Not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.
1.15 Exercising Rights
Privacy requests may be submitted to: privacy.policy@ppcpartnersinc.com. PPC will verify requests as required by law and respond within applicable statutory timeframes. Authorized agents may submit requests where permitted by law, subject to verification and proof of authorization.
1.16 Third-Party Websites and Services
PPC websites may include links to third-party websites, platforms, or services. PPC is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party resources. While PPC tries to link only to websites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, PPC is not responsible for the content, or the privacy practices employed by other websites. Unless otherwise stated, any Personal Information provided to any such third-party website will be collected by that party and not by PPC and will be subject to that party’s privacy policy (if any), rather than this Privacy Policy. Individuals should review the privacy notices of those third parties before providing information.
1.17 Changes to This Policy
PPC may update this Privacy Policy periodically at our discretion. Updates will be posted with a revised effective date. If material changes are made, PPC may provide additional notice as appropriate.
1.18 Contact Information
PPC Partners, Inc.
5477 South Westridge Court
New Berlin, WI 53151
Email: privacy.policy@ppcpartnersinc.com
Phone: 229.438.2750
2. U.S. State Privacy Notice
This U.S. State Privacy Notice supplements the Public Privacy Policy and applies to residents of states with comprehensive privacy laws where PPC is subject to those laws. State-specific rights and obligations may vary depending on residency, data type, processing activity, and legal thresholds.
| Right / Topic | Audit-Grade PPC Policy Position |
|---|---|
| Access / Know | Individuals may request confirmation of whether PPC processes their personal information and may request access to associated information where required. |
| Correction | Individuals may request correction of inaccurate personal information. |
| Deletion | Individuals may request deletion subject to legal, security, contractual, operational, and recordkeeping exceptions. |
| Portability | Where required, PPC may provide personal information in a portable and readily usable format. |
| Opt-Out | Individuals may opt out of sale, sharing, targeted advertising, or certain profiling where applicable. PPC does not sell personal information for monetary consideration. |
| Appeal | Where required, individuals may appeal PPC’s decision regarding a privacy rights request. |
| Non-Discrimination | PPC will not discriminate against individuals for exercising privacy rights. |
| Sensitive Information | Sensitive information is processed only where necessary, proportionate, authorized, and subject to appropriate safeguards. |
3. California Notice at Collection and CCPA/CPRA Disclosure Table
This section is intended to meet California-style notice requirements where applicable. It identifies categories of personal information PPC may collect, the purposes of collection, whether categories are disclosed for business purposes, and whether PPC sells or shares the categories as those terms may be defined by applicable law.
| Category | Examples | Business / Commercial Purpose | Disclosed for Business Purpose? | Sold? | Shared for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Name, email, phone, IP address, online identifiers | Communications, website operation, security, service delivery, legal compliance | Yes | No | Limited / only if tracking tools are configured to do so |
| Customer / Business Records | Address, company, title, inquiry records, relationship history | Relationship management, service response, records, compliance | Yes | No | No |
| Internet / Network Activity | Browser, device, website activity, cookies, referral URLs | Website operation, analytics, security, fraud prevention, marketing measurement | Yes | No | Limited / subject to cookie governance |
| Geolocation | Approximate location from IP address | Security, analytics, localization, fraud prevention | Limited | No | No |
| Professional / Employment Information | Employer, job title, resume, application data | Recruiting, vendor/customer relationship, workforce administration | Yes | No | No |
| Commercial Information | Services requested, business transactions, procurement records | Service delivery, account management, compliance, reporting | Yes | No | No |
| Audio / Visual / Electronic Information | Voicemail, call records, video meetings, submitted media | Communications, security, training, legal documentation | Limited | No | No |
| Sensitive Personal Information | Limited HR, compliance, safety, legal, or identity verification data | Employment, compliance, safety, legal obligations, security | Limited | No | No |
| Inferences | Preferences, engagement patterns, website interests | User experience, analytics, communications improvement | Limited | No | Limited / subject to cookie governance |
3.1 California Rights
- Right to know categories and specific pieces of personal information collected, used, disclosed, sold, or shared.
- Right to delete personal information, subject to exceptions.
- Right to correct inaccurate personal information.
- Right to opt out of sale or sharing where applicable.
- Right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal information where applicable.
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights.
4. Cookie, Analytics, and Tracking Technologies Addendum
This Addendum describes PPC governance expectations for cookies, analytics, pixels, tags, scripts, beacons, SDKs, and similar technologies used on public websites or digital properties.
| Technology Type | Purpose | Governance Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary Cookies | Enable site functionality, security, load balancing, and user session operation | May be enabled by default; document purpose and owner. |
| Preference Cookies | Remember user choices and settings | Use only where needed; disclose purpose. |
| Analytics Cookies | Measure traffic, performance, and usage trends | Review provider, data collected, retention, and consent requirements. |
| Advertising / Marketing Pixels | Measure campaigns, personalize outreach, or support targeted advertising | Require pre-deployment privacy/security review and consent/opt-out controls where required. |
| Social Media Widgets | Enable embedded social media features or sharing | Disclose third-party collection and review contractual/security posture. |
| Session Replay / Heatmap Tools | Analyze user interaction behavior | Require heightened review; avoid sensitive data capture; configure masking and consent where required. |
4.1 Cookie Governance Standards
- Maintain an inventory of website tracking technologies and business owners.
- Perform privacy and security review before adding new tags, pixels, analytics tools, or advertising technologies.
- Disable or avoid collection of sensitive information through analytics and session tools unless legally approved and technically controlled.
- Use consent banners, preference centers, or opt-out mechanisms where legally required.
- Review public-facing tracking technologies periodically and remove unauthorized, unnecessary, or obsolete trackers.
- Ensure vendor agreements include confidentiality, security, purpose limitation, retention, and assistance with privacy requests where appropriate.
5. SMS/Text Messaging Privacy Addendum
If PPC or an operating company uses SMS, MMS, or successor messaging technologies for business communications, this Addendum applies.
- SMS consent must be obtained before sending marketing or promotional text messages where required by law.
- Mobile opt-in data and text message consent must not be sold or shared with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing purposes.
- Text messaging vendors may process mobile information only as needed to deliver messages, support the messaging service, comply with law, or protect rights and safety.
- Individuals must be provided a clear opt-out mechanism such as STOP and assistance mechanism such as HELP where applicable.
- Message and data rates may apply depending on the individual’s mobile carrier and plan.
- SMS programs should be reviewed by Legal, Marketing, and IT before launch.
6. Employee and Applicant Privacy Notice
This section applies to job applicants, employees, contractors, interns, temporary workers, and other workforce members where PPC collects personal information in an employment or workforce context.
6.1 Workforce Information Categories
| Category | Examples | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers and Contact Information | Name, address, email, phone, emergency contact | Workforce administration, communication, payroll, benefits, safety |
| Employment and Professional Information | Resume, employment history, role, manager, performance records, credentials | Recruiting, employment decisions, role management, compliance |
| Payroll, Tax, and Benefits Information | Compensation, tax forms, bank/payment details, benefits elections | Payroll, benefits, accounting, legal obligations |
| Protected Classification Information | Information required or voluntarily provided for EEO, accommodations, or legal obligations | Equal employment opportunity, accommodations, compliance reporting |
| Sensitive Information | Government IDs, background check data, health/safety information, accommodation records | Legal compliance, safety, employment administration, security |
| Device, Network, and Security Logs | Login records, endpoint information, access logs, email/system activity | Security, identity/access management, incident response, compliance |
| Audio/Visual Information | Badge photos, security footage, video meetings, call recordings where applicable | Security, operations, training, compliance |
6.2 Workforce Use and Disclosure
- Recruiting, hiring, onboarding, workforce planning, employment administration, payroll, benefits, training, performance management, safety, compliance, investigations, litigation, and security.
- Disclosure to HR service providers, payroll processors, benefits administrators, background check providers, IT/security vendors, legal advisors, regulators, insurers, and PPC operating companies where appropriate.
- Use of workforce monitoring and security logs should be limited to legitimate business, security, compliance, legal, and operational purposes and handled under applicable policy and law.