This Privacy Policy explains how personal data provided by users of the usa-eb5-visa.com web platform are collected, used, stored, and transferred.
By submitting information through the contact forms available on the web platform, a user may provide personal data, including their name, email address, and telephone number. Additional personal data may be voluntarily provided by the user in the course of subsequent communications.
Personal Data Controller
The usa-eb5-visa.com web platform operates under the commercial designation First International Legal Operator. The controller of personal data initially collected through the web platform is Yuriy Strishnyy, who also holds the professional status of an attorney. The controller may be contacted regarding data protection matters at the email address specified on this web platform.
Information received by the controller in his professional capacity as an attorney in connection with a person's inquiry submitted through the usa-eb5-visa.com web platform is treated as confidential and is subject to applicable rules of attorney confidentiality and professional secrecy.
Purposes of Personal Data Processing
Personal data may be processed for the following purposes:
• reviewing users' inquiries;
• providing information regarding the EB-5 Program;
• organizing and facilitating communication with relevant USCIS-designated Regional Centers;
• facilitating further communication in connection with a user's inquiry.
Personal data may be transferred to a relevant USCIS-designated Regional Center only after initial communication with the user and subject to the user's consent, for the purpose of establishing direct contact with the Regional Center and facilitating further communication regarding the user's inquiry.
Following the transfer of personal data to the relevant USCIS-designated Regional Center, the further processing of such data is carried out by that Regional Center in accordance with its own privacy policy and applicable law.
Personal data are not used for purposes incompatible with those for which they were obtained and are not transferred to third parties without the user's consent, except where such transfer is required by applicable law.
Legal Basis for Processing
Personal data submitted through the contact forms on the usa-eb5-visa.com web platform are processed as necessary to review and respond to the user's inquiry and to take steps at the user's request in connection with the purposes for which the usa-eb5-visa.com web platform is intended. Such processing is based on the legitimate interest in responding to users' inquiries and facilitating the communication requested by them.
Personal data may be transferred to a relevant USCIS-designated Regional Center only after initial communication with the user and with the user's consent. Such consent constitutes the legal basis for the transfer of the user's personal data to the Regional Center for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
International Transfer of Personal Data
As the relevant USCIS-designated Regional Center is located in the United States, personal data may, subject to the conditions described above, be transferred from the user's country of residence to the United States.
Any such transfer is carried out in accordance with applicable data protection laws and, where required, subject to appropriate safeguards or other lawful transfer mechanisms applicable to the transfer.
Retention of Personal Data
Personal data are retained for as long as necessary to process the user's inquiry and fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, and thereafter only for as long as necessary to comply with applicable legal obligations or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
User Rights
Users have rights in relation to their personal data in accordance with applicable law, including, where applicable, the right to access, rectify or erase their personal data, to restrict or object to processing, to data portability, and to withdraw previously given consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of any transfer or processing of personal data carried out on the basis of such consent before its withdrawal.
Users also have the right, where applicable, to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection supervisory authority.
To exercise any of the above rights or for any questions relating to the processing of personal data, users may contact the controller at the email address specified on the usa-eb5-visa.com web platform.
Updates to the Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our personal data processing practices or applicable legal requirements.