WSI's Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement provides essential information on how WSI Urdaneta Group d/b/a WSI (“we,” “us,” or “our”) handles personal information. This Privacy Statement applies to all information gathered for and on behalf of WSI electronically through the wsihouston.com site (the “Site”). It explains data collection, use, and disclosure of personal information by WSI. It does not apply to offline products or services.

By accessing the Site or providing us with any personal information, you agree that WSI may collect, use, and disclose such personal information. In addition, it also signifies that you agree with all the terms of this Privacy Statement.

WSI welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement. If you have questions concerning the WSI Privacy Statement, please contact us at policy@wsiworld.com or via postal mail at the address provided below:

We will use commercially reasonable efforts to determine and address your concerns promptly.

Personal information is any information that identifies you or by which your identity could reasonably be ascertained or deduced from that information.

Personal information is collected when a visitor lands on the Site. You use the Site by completing a form to gain more information, registering to receive our monthly newsletters, downloading resources, or requesting to speak with a customer support representative or a WSI consultant.

WSI collects information to provide you with better and more enhanced services. The information you requested on this Site is required to process your request for more information about our company, services, and products, register for our events or monthly newsletters, contact customer support or a WSI Consultant.

We may also use your personal information to detect and reduce fraud and credit risk when you purchase a franchise, service, or product.

The personal information WSI collects may include but is not limited to your name, mailing address, home phone number, cell phone number, or financial and credit card information, if required, for purchasing WSI products or services or registering WSI events. Your company or business name, address, contact information, or information that is already a matter of public record or knowledge is generally not considered personal information. It may be shared with anyone within or outside the WSI network.

We may look over your personal information to create a profile of personal information so that we can segment you and contact you with relevant information about our company, services, or products. If available, we may use additional information about you from external sources to help us do this effectively.

The personal information collected on this Site will be used to:

 WSI will not sell or rent your information to third parties or share your information with third parties for marketing purposes outside of WSI Houston services. Access to your personal information will be restricted to WSI employees, administrators, or WSI Consultants responsible for the marketing and administration of WSI services.

If you wish to access your personal information, update your details, or unsubscribe from communications, email us at policy@wsiworld.com or juan.urdaneta@wsiworld.com.

As described in this Privacy Statement, personal information you provide on the Site will not be shared outside of WSI employees, administrators, or WSI Consultants responsible for the marketing and administration of WSI services without your permission. As described above in the previous section, you can access your personal information through email or writing to us.

This Site hosts various blogs, case studies, and testimonials to allow you to share our content through various Social Media Applications with other users. Any personal information you contribute to any Social Media Application can be read, collected, and used by these Social Media Organizations. Therefore, we are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other Social Media Applications and their Organization.

In addition, the Site may contain links to other websites managed by other organizations or WSI Consultants; this Privacy Statement only applies to wsihouston.com. If you landed on our Site from a third-party website, we are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices outside our Site. We encourage you to check the third-party sites or social media applications' privacy statements.

WSI is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities.

This Site uses cookies to deliver relevant content, ease site navigation or collect information for statistical use, such as how many visitors our site received. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies at any time by modifying the settings in your browser, and you can also erase cookies from your operating system as well. However, declining or erasing cookies may preclude you from fully experiencing all the features of this website.

For more information about cookies and how we use them, please read our Cookies & Internet Advertising Policy.

If you have voluntarily provided personally identifiable information, including but not limited to, your name, title, phone number, or email address (business or personal), you have assumed an implied business relationship with WSI and therefore consented to the collection, use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information as described in this Privacy Statement.

WSI will not use personally identifiable information for any purpose outside of the implied business relationship.

WSI is committed to protecting the privacy of children locally and internationally. This Site is not designed or intentionally targeted towards children 16 years of age or younger, and we do not intentionally collect or maintain personal information about anyone under the age of 16.

You can use personal information to communicate with you and offer you franchise opportunities, products, and services. If you wish to remove your personal information from our databases, you may opt out at any time by doing the following: unsubscribing through a delivered email message, contacting us directly via email at policy@wsiworld.com or juan.urdaneta@wsiworld.com

We regularly review this Privacy Statement and encourage you to do so to stay informed about how WSI protects and respects your personal information. This Privacy Statement was last updated in 2020.