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At "STL GLOBAL INC", (referred to through this Privacy Policy as “STL GLOBAL INC,” “we,” “us,” and “our”), we take your privacy seriously. Please read this Privacy Policy to learn how we treat your personal data. By using or accessing the Services in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined below, and you hereby consent that we will collect, use, and share your information in this Privacy Policy. We want you to be in control of your information and get the most from it. While this Privacy Policy is specifically about how we collect and use your personal data, we have the following core principles by which we will abide. Even as the details in the rest of this Privacy Policy may change, these core principles will remain constant.
Your information on STL GLOBAL INC’s Services belongs to you.
We will help you to control your information.
We will tell you what we do with your information.
We will never spam you or abuse your information.
Remember that your use of STL GLOBAL INC’s Services is at all times subject to our Terms of Service, which incorporates this Privacy Policy. Any terms we use in this Policy without defining them have the definitions given to them in the Terms of Service.
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- Privacy Policy Table of Contents
- What this Privacy Policy Covers
- Personal Data
- Categories of Personal Data We Collect
- Categories of Sources of Personal Data
- Our Commercial or Business Purposes for Collecting Personal Data
- How We Share Your Personal Data
- Tracking Tools, Advertising and Opt-Out
- Data Security and Retention
- Personal Data of Children
- U.S Resident Rights
- Other State Law Privacy Rights
- Changes to this Privacy Policy
- Contact Information
- What this Privacy Policy Covers
This Privacy Policy covers how we treat Personal Data that we gather when you access or use our Services. “Personal Data” means any information that identifies or relates to a particular individual and also includes information referred to as “personally identifiable information” or “personal information” under applicable data privacy laws, rules, or regulations. This Privacy Policy does not cover the practices of companies we don’t own or control or people we don’t manage.
Personal Data
We do not use your personal data to third party.
Categories of Personal Data We Collect
Categories of Sources of Personal Data
We collect Personal Data about you from the following categories of sources:
You
When you provide such information directly to us.
When you create an account or use our interactive tools and Services.
When you voluntarily provide information in free-form text boxes through the Services or through responses to surveys or questionnaires.
When you send us an email or otherwise contact us.
When you use the Services and such information is collected automatically.
Through Cookies (defined in the “Tracking Tools, Advertising and Opt-Out” section below).
If you download our mobile application or use a location-enabled browser, we may receive information about your location and mobile device, as applicable.
If you download and install certain applications and software we make available, we may receive and collect information transmitted from your computing device for the purpose of providing you the relevant Services, such as information regarding when you are logged on and available to receive updates or alert notices.
Other Users
We may contact you if another User invites you to follow their STL GLOBAL INC through the Services. If you invite a third party to follow you through our Services, we will use that party’s email address for the sole purpose of sending your invitation. You must have permission from other individuals before you share their contact information with us. If you do not have permission to share an individual’s information with us, then you must not submit any such information to us.
Third parties, Vendors
We may use analytics service providers to analyze how you interact and engage with the Services, or third parties may help us provide you with customer support.
We may use vendors to obtain information to generate leads and create user profiles.
Advertising and marketing partners
We receive information about you from some of our vendors who assist us with marketing or promotional services. This may include information related to how you interact with our websites, applications, products, Services, advertisements or communications. Additionally, we may receive contact information and certain commercial information from data co-ops and other third party data aggregators.
Social Networks
If you provide your social network account credentials to us or otherwise sign in to the Services through a third-party site or service, some content and/or information in those accounts may be transmitted into your account with us, for example, your name and email address, and additional information that may be necessary to authenticate your access to the Services in the future.
Our Commercial or Business Purposes for Collecting Personal Data
Providing, Customizing and Improving the Services
Creating and managing your account or other user profiles.
Processing orders or other transactions; billing.
Providing you with the products, services or information you request.
Meeting or fulfilling the reason you provided the information to us.
Providing support and assistance for the Services.
Improving the Services, including testing, research, internal analytics and product development.
Personalizing the Services, website content and communications based on your preferences.
Doing fraud protection, security and debugging.
Carrying out other business purposes stated when collecting your Personal Data or as otherwise set forth in applicable data privacy laws, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”).
Marketing the Services
Marketing and selling the Services, including sending catalogs and promotional materials by email or direct mail.
Showing you advertisements, including interest-based or online behavioral advertising.
Corresponding with You
Responding to correspondence that we receive from you, contacting you when necessary or requested, and sending you information about STL GLOBAL INC or the Services.
Sending emails and other communications according to your preferences or that display content that we think will interest you.
If you opt to have promotional offers from us sent to your mobile device, we may send you SMS, MMS or other text message (“Text Message”) regarding such promotional offers to the telephone number you provided to us. We may collect information regarding such communications, such as confirmation when you read a Text Message, and use such information to operate and improve our Services, including our customer service, or as otherwise permitted by this Privacy Policy. To opt out of receiving promotional Text Messages from us, reply “STOP” to any such message.
Meeting Legal Requirements and Enforcing Legal Terms
Fulfilling our legal obligations under applicable law, regulation, court order or other legal process, such as preventing, detecting and investigating security incidents and potentially illegal or prohibited activities.
Protecting the rights, property or safety of you, STL GLOBAL INC or another party.
Enforcing any agreements with you.
Responding to claims that any posting or other content violates third-party rights.
Resolving disputes.
We will not collect additional categories of Personal Data or use the Personal Data we collected for materially different, unrelated or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.
How We Share Your Personal Data
We disclose your Personal Data to the categories of service providers and other parties listed in this section. Depending on state laws that may be applicable to you, some of these disclosures may constitute a “sale” of your Personal Data. For more information, please refer to the state-specific sections below.
Service Providers.
These parties help us provide the Services or perform business functions on our behalf. They include:
Hosting, technology and communication providers.
Security and fraud prevention consultants.
Analytics providers.
Support and customer service vendors.
Product fulfillment and delivery providers.
Payment Plicies:
Please review the "STL Payment Policies" Before clicking the button to starting the payment process:
1. The payer must specify for what purpose or type of contract they are using the payment gateway.
2. In case of any erroneous payment without explanation, the paid amount will be donated to the donation box, and the company will not be responsible for refunding or returning the deposited amount.
3. State the purpose of the payment before making any payment.
4. If the payment is for the completion of any of the application forms, mention the name of the desired form in the payment description.
5. If the payment is for a installment contract, the applicant is only allowed to pay amounts up to $9,999 within the United States through the payment gateway. (only once a month).
6. The payer will not be able to pay more than $5,000 for contract installments from outside the United States. (only once a month).
7. Payments over $5,000 must be declared to the STL company's headquarters in the United States beforehand, according to official banking documents (Apostile) and verified by notary public.
8. Clients, applicants, or debtors who are committed to paying their debt or installments for any reason can proceed with their payment through one of the following methods, apart from the STL company's online gateway:
- A) Direct deposit through one of the banks in the United States.
- B) Through the Zelle financial system for payments of $5,000 (depending on the payer's limit in this system) and only in one installment.
- C) Payers born in the countries listed below or intending to transfer money from these countries will not be allowed to use the STL online portal for payment under any circumstances. (STL will not accept the deposit.
- D) If payers have long-term residency in a country other than the ones declared here, or live as a permanent citizen in a second country that is not under the sanctions of the United States, they can deposit their funds directly into any of the STL company's accounts at banks not under U.S. sanctions. However, they must provide documents proving the source of the funds to the company's accounting and legal department before any deposit can be made, and proceed with the deposit of the desired amount after the approval of the aforementioned documents.
- https://www.state.gov/economic-sanctions-programs/
- Belarus, Burma, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Mali, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Russia, Venezuela, Western Balkans, Zimbabwe.
9. When an applicant or debtor deposits their debt amount, they must pay attention to the following points:
- A) The debt payment due date.
- B) The commitment date mentioned in the contract.
- C) Upon payment and use of the payment gateway, the deposited money will first be sent to the primary central bank, then after review and approval by the banking security department, it will be transferred to the central bank of the origin country, and in the third stage, it will be transferred to the National Central Bank ("SWIFT"). At this stage, O.F.A.C. will review the origin, destination, depositor's status, depositor's birthplace, purpose of the transfer, and proceed with the deposit and release of funds, which will take approximately 20 to 25 days. (Note: In case of late payment of debt, you will be subject to the penalties stipulated in the contract).
10. The debtor can opt for simpler methods to pay their debt as follows:
- A) Payment to any of the STL company's bank accounts at any of its offices worldwide (considering and adding the specified country's income tax amount to the total debt). Note: Except for the countries under US sanctions.
- B) Direct deposit with explanations through a valid bank account in the United States.osit with explanations through a valid bank account in the United States.
Refunds Note, When we decide to return the paid amount due to special reasons:
According to the accounting, financial, and legal departments of STL Global in the United States, the deposited amount may not be acceptable for the four reasons listed below. Therefore, in accordance with the company's financial policies, we regretfully will not be able to accept this deposited amount:
- 1. Due to the lack of explanation for the deposit reason.
- 2. Due to the payer's country of birth being sanctioned.
- 3. Due to the payer's country of residence being under sanctions.
- 4. Due to the unclear origin of the deposited funds.
Payment processors.
Our payment processing , STL GLOBAL Inc. (“Squar”) and Wells Fargo (“Braintree”), collect your voluntarily-provided payment card information necessary to process your payment.
Advertising Partners and Select Partners.
These parties help us market our services and provide you with other offers that may be of interest to you. They include:
Ad networks.
Data brokers and marketing cooperatives.
Marketing providers.
For example, we may disclose information to certain advertising partners, companies that perform advertising-related services, data brokers and marketing cooperatives (our “Select Partners”) in order to provide you with more relevant advertising tailored to your interests. This information may include identifiers such as your IP address, advertising identifiers, your email address, your age and gender, your internet or other electronic network information such as your interaction with an ad, geolocation data, and commercial information such as your purchase history. We may combine information you give us online or through our catalogs with publicly available information and information we receive from or cross-reference with our Select Partners in order to personalize the Services and communicate with you about offers that may be of interest to you. Additionally, we may rent, exchange, share and/or cross-reference information, including contact information about you, with our data broker and marketing cooperative partners in a manner that will enable such persons to send you promotional materials and catalogues for other products and services that may be of interest to you.
Business Partners.
These parties partner with us in offering various services. They include:
Businesses that you have a relationship with.
For example, if you are affiliated with an entity that participates in STL GLOBAL INC’s Trade Program (see www.SmithTradeLand.com for more details), we may share your information with such entity and with other affiliates or members of such entity in order to administer the Trade Program and its related benefits. For example, we may identify you to other members of your entity for the purposes of determining whether certain benefits apply under the Trade Program.
Companies that we partner with to offer joint promotional offers or opportunities.
Legal Obligations
We may share any Personal Data that we collect with third parties in conjunction with any of the activities set forth under “Meeting Legal Requirements and Enforcing Legal Terms” in the “Our Commercial or Business Purposes for Collecting Personal Data” section above.
PROCESSING | SYMBOLS | LEGALS
Red Symbol:
This means that when documents are submitted and attached.
Blue Symbol:
Means that when the documents are accepted and approved after submitting.
Green Symbol:
Means that when the request was approved and starts for the final tests and interview.
Plane Symbol:
Means when the final stage has arrived and you must be ready to travel and depart for the final destination.
Red Flag:
This is when the customer shares file information or anything else about the request process with others.
Please Note: This is a violation of the company's policies and regulations and can lead to the termination of the company's cooperation with the customer.
Pushing For Out-side The Normal Process
If the applicant or the client who has entered into a contract requests the administrative process of the case and expediting it outside the normal process, the company will have the right to terminate the contract. (At this stage, the customer has no right to object).
PRESSURE
The applicant has no right to threaten or pressure the company to comply with its request or contract.
CONTRACT CANCELLATION CONDITIONS:
The company request to pay last amount of the installments earlier than the due date mentioned in contract:
When the company or any of its managers feel that:
1. The applicant is unable or will not be able to pay the remaining amount of the contract.
2. When the applicant has requested urgent services and the applicant's case process is done earlier than the normal process of the company's internal rules.
3. When the company or any of its managers feel that the process of the applicant's case is in danger and it was the cause of this applicant.
4. Disclosure of secrets and information (company of the contracting party or employer company) and sharing of information by the applicant (employee)
5. STL Global Company will be able and authorized at any moment and at any stage to demand any of the remaining installments in the contract from the applicant (customer) without any reason, and the applicant, according to the commitment and acceptance of the rules and regulations mentioned in The policy of the company in the contract is to pay the requested amount to the company without any objection.
6. The company will be allowed to increase or decrease the amount of the customer's contract at any stage of the contract according to the unforeseen costs, the customer has "NO Right" to complaint at any time.
ATTENTION:
In the event that any of the 5 cases mentioned in this section of the policy are applied and the applicant refuses to pay or refuse to implement it, the company will be allowed and have the right to unilaterally terminate the contract and all incurred costs, damages and total Demand the amount of mentioned in contract from the applicant.
STL Global Company will be able and authorized at any moment and at any stage to demand any of the remaining installments in the contract from the applicant (customer) without any reason, and the applicant, according to the commitment and acceptance of the rules and regulations mentioned in The policy of the company in the contract is to pay the requested amount to the company without any objection.
The STL DOL Policy
Regarding highlighting some parts of your labor certificate; informs that this is done according to the company's policies to protect customer and company protection. Also, it is reminded that the labor certificate documents issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) or USCIS Approvals do not have a signature by back officers (it is a secret protection or clasifiled signature or name), and the confirmations can be followed and received from government websites with a tracking code after USCIS approval. Also as of last legal knowledge update from September 2021, the name of the approving officers and their signature typically do not appear on the actual DOL work approval document (such as an Foreign Employment Authorization Document Notice of Action) for foreign workers issued by U.S. DOL or Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). These documents usually contain information about the applicant, the type of work authorization, validity dates, and any special conditions or restrictions.
The U.S. DOL or Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approval notices generally do not include the name or signature of the specific officer who reviewed and approved the application.
Lying and fake documents
When it is proven to the company that the customer has lied in providing documents or explanations and stated that some of the information is untrue, the company will have the right to terminate the contract unilaterally and claim damages from the customer.
Do not share your case information's:
In the cases mentioned below, the contract will be canceled by the STL company and the process of the contract and applicant's case will be stopped, The applicant will pay the damages caused to the company in addition to paying the total amount of the contract.
- 1. If the applicant or client or job applicant has signed the contract and policy at the same time and also agreed to follow the rules and policies of the STL company.
- 2. The applicant or customer or job applicant has the right to share the issues and documents included in his contract with any of:
- 3. People who leave the company.
- 4. Friends.
- 5. Family members of employees and managers of the contracting party.
- 6. Any interference in the affairs and process of the case by the applicant or the applicant's friends and relatives.
- 7. Social media, TV's, Newspapers
Late Payment:
After concluding the contract, if the client is late in paying the amount mentioned in the contract, client will pay 10% of the total contract amount to the company as a penalty for each day.
The company Interests and termination of the contract:
After concluding the contract, the company will be able to terminate the contract unilaterally in any situation where the interests of the company are endangered by the applicant or the customer or employee. In these circumstances, the contracting party (Client-Employee-Applicant) is obliged to pay the remaining amount of the contract together and pay the damages determined by the company, And the contracting party (Client-Employee-Applicant) waives the right to any objection.
Time and duration of services mentioned in the contract:
Although a certain amount of time is specified in the contract, this does not mean that the contract will end on the same date mentioned in the contract. In some cases, the services specified in the contract may done too late or sooner. If the services mentioned in the contract are performed later than the mentioned date, the contracting party (employer-employee-applicant) will not have the right to object and will still have to wait for the end result. This is because most of the service process mentioned in the contract depends on administrative matters.
Agree to policy and company rules and regulations:
The contracting party (client-employee-applicant) must refer to the company website and read all company policies and rules before pressing the green button in the contract and agreeing with the company's policies and rules.
Responsible Company For The Contracts:
The Contracting Party (Client-Employee-Applicant) knows and has agreed to sign the contract with STL Global INC, an American company, (STL GLOBAL INC, in United States, Virginia). The contract is concluded by an American company and STL Global in Turkey will not accept any responsibility for the contracts concluded by STL Global in the United States. The contracts will be concluded in accordance with the rules of STL Global in USA, and the STL GLOBAL GAYRİMENKUL VE DANIŞMANLIK LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ in Turkey will not be allowed to enter into contracts.
Termination and cancellation of the contract:
The customer will not have the right to terminate the contract in any case. In case of need for termination of the contract by the applicant, the company will be authorized to continue or terminate the contract. In case of any dispute regarding the subject of the contract, the customer will not have the right to refer and request a lawsuit to any of the judicial or disciplinary authorities of the Republic of Turkey. The plaintiff or client knows and agrees that the dispute resolution body for prosecution or litigation will be the United States Judiciary, and that the client or plaintiff's litigation will only be possible in the United States. The applicant or customer knows and agrees that they will not be able to settle a dispute in any of the other countries and that they will be the United States Civil Court dispute resolution authority.
US Civil Courts and Liability of shareholders and CEO:
The applicant or customer knows and agrees that he or she can only sue STL Global in US civil courts and not the individuals shareholders or CEO.
Unpredictable costs and expenses:
If after concluding the contract for any reason there is a need to pay more than the total amount of the contract, the contracting party (customer-employee-applicant) is obliged to immediately deposit the amount requested by the company to the company account within 48 hours. High. Otherwise, the company will have the right to terminate the contract unilaterally and claim all damages to the company through an invoice from the contracting party (customer-employee-applicant), And also, in case of delay, the contracting party (customer-employee-applicant) pay 10% of the total contract amount to each day. Delay penalty title will be available in official invoice.
Vaccinations You and Your Family Must Have to Avoid Inadmissibility In 2022:
The required vaccinations included the ones listed below. Some of these are required only for people in certain age groups. If other diseases later become preventable by vaccines, they may be added to this list.
- Diphtheria
- Tetanus
- Pertussis
- Polio
- Measles
- Mumps
- Rubella
- Rotavirus
- Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Meningococcal disease
- Varicella
- Pneumococcal disease
- Severe heart disease or Cancer, (the case officer may refuse to issue the visa). (Find-out in this page)
- Influenza (flu), and COVID-19 (unlike other vaccines, the full series must be completed before the physician completes the medical exam report).
IMPORTANT NOTE:
- If you have a medical condition that causes you trouble but does not infect or harm others, such as heart disease, cancer, or certain mental illnesses, you will not be medically inadmissible. However, it is possible for you to be recognized as an ineligible public expense, that is, a person likely to need need-based government assistance (often known as welfare), if you are unable to work in the United States. And you will not be able to work, you will need health insurance and therefore you will use welfare and free government services.
- Due to this situation, heavy medical expenses will be borne by the government and the government will cover the expensive medical expenses for you.
- If you are entering the United States as a worker to work for an American company or employer, you must be in good health, and a family member may have an infectious disease, or before the visa is issued and during the medical examination. If it is determined that he has an infectious or non-infectious disease and this disease may be against the policy of the US Immigration Department or the STL company, in this case, the possibility of visa rejection for that family member. If the employer or STL company faces such an issue, it can stop the continuation of the case process for the worker's family and continue the process for the worker. If it is proven that the worker/ applicant/ customer already knew about this when entering into the contract and tried to hide it, he will be officially subject to the contract termination rules mentioned in the company policy under the title of lying or hiding the truth. In this case, the worker/ applicant/ customer is required to pay all the damages incurred to the company.
Business Transfers
All of your Personal Data that we collect may be transferred to a third party if we undergo a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other transaction in which that third party assumes control of our business (in whole or in part). Should one of these events occur, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you before your information becomes subject to different privacy and security policies and practices.
Data that is Not Personal Data
We may create aggregated, de-identified or anonymized data from the Personal Data we collect, including by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to a particular user. We may use such aggregated, de-identified or anonymized data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze, build and improve the Services and promote our business, provided that we will not share such data in a manner that could identify you.
Tracking Tools, Advertising and Opt-Out
The Services use cookies and similar technologies such as pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs, and JavaScript (collectively, “Cookies”) to enable our servers to recognize your web browser and tell us how and when you visit and use our Services, to analyze trends, learn about our user base and operate and improve our Services. Cookies are small pieces of data– usually text files – placed on your computer, tablet, phone, or similar device when you use that device to visit our Services. We may also supplement the information we collect from you with information received from third parties, including third parties that have placed their own Cookies on your device(s). Please note that because of our use of Cookies, the Services do not support “Do Not Track” requests sent from a browser at this time.
We use the following types of Cookies:
Essential Cookies. Essential Cookies are required for providing you with features or services that you have requested. For example, certain Cookies enable you to log into secure areas of our Services. Disabling these Cookies may make certain features and services unavailable.
Functional Cookies. Functional Cookies are used to record your choices and settings regarding our Services, maintain your preferences over time and recognize you when you return to our Services. These Cookies help us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
Performance/Analytical Cookies. Performance/Analytical Cookies allow us to understand how visitors use our Services such as by collecting information about the number of visitors to the Services, what pages visitors view on our Services and how long visitors are viewing pages on the Services. Performance/Analytical Cookies also help us measure the performance of our advertising campaigns in order to help us improve our campaigns and the Services’ content for those who engage with our advertising. For example, Google, Inc. (“Google”) uses cookies in connection with its Google Analytics services. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Services is subject to the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You have the option to opt-out of Google’s use of Cookies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page at https://www.SmithTradeLand.com or the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on at https://www.SmithTradeLand.com
Retargeting/Advertising Cookies. Retargeting/Advertising Cookies collect data about your online activity and identify your interests so that we can provide advertising that we believe is relevant to you. For more information about this, please see the section below titled “Information about Interest-Based Advertisements.”
You can decide whether or not to accept Cookies through your internet browser’s settings. Most browsers have an option for turning off the Cookie feature, which will prevent your browser from accepting new Cookies, as well as (depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allow you to decide on acceptance of each new Cookie in a variety of ways. You can also delete all Cookies that are already on your computer. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our website and some of the Services and functionalities may not work.
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