Privacy Notice For California Residents

Legal References and Definitions

This Application (or Website)
The entity responsible for providing the Service.
Owner (or We)
The individual(s) or legal entity that offers this Website and/or the Service to Users.
User (or You)
The individual or legal entity engaging with this Website.

For California Residents, this Privacy Notice serves as a supplementary disclosure to the Privacy Policy of the Website, specifically for all visitors, users, and any individuals residing in California. This notice was implemented to adhere to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), and terms defined within the CCPA will hold the same meaning in this notice.

Data We Gather

The Website gathers information that can identify, relate to, describe, reference, be associated with, or be linked either directly or indirectly to a specific consumer or device (“personal information”).

Over the past 12 months, the Website has acquired the following personal information categories from its users:

Category Examples Collected
A. Identifiers. Real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or similar identifiers. NO
B. Personal information categories as per the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). Name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state ID number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or other financial data, medical information, or health insurance details. NO
C. Protected classification characteristics under federal or California law. Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, genetic information (including familial genetic information). NO
D. Commercial information. Records of personal property, purchased or considered products or services, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. NO
E. Biometric information. Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological traits or activity patterns used to generate a template or other identifying information, such as fingerprints, faceprints, voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke patterns, gait, or other physical patterns, along with data related to sleep, health, or exercise. NO
F. Internet or similar network activity. Browsing history, search history, and details of interactions with a Website, application, or advertisement. YES
G. Geolocation data. Physical location or movements. NO
H. Sensory data. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or analogous information. NO
I. Professional or employment-related information. Job history or performance evaluations, whether current or past. NO
J. Non-publiceducation information (as specified by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)). Records of education that are directly related to a student and are maintained by an educational institution or a party acting on its behalf, including but not limited to grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial details, or student disciplinary records. NO
K. Inferences derived from other personal information. A profile that reflects a person’s preferences, attributes, psychological trends, predispositions, behaviors, attitudes, intelligence, skills, and aptitudes. NO

Exclusions from personal information include:

  • Information available to the public from government records.
  • Deidentified or aggregated consumer data.
  • Data excluded from the CCPA’s scope, such as certain health or medical information and other categories protected by varying laws.

The categories of personal information mentioned above are obtained from these types of sources:

  • Directly from you. For instance, from forms you fill out or services and products you purchase.
  • Indirectly from you. For example, through monitoring your activities on our Website.

Usage of Personal Information

We may use or share the personal information we collect for one or more of the following business objectives:

  • To fulfill or address the reason you provided the information. For instance, if you share your name and contact details to request a price quote or inquire about our services, we will utilize that personal information to respond to your request. If you share personal information to make a purchase, we will use it to process payments and arrange delivery. Additionally, we may retain your information to enable future product orders or manage returns.
  • To handle your requests, purchases, transactions, and payments while preventing transactional fraud.
  • To provide you with assistance and respond to your questions, including investigating and resolving your concerns, as well as monitoring and enhancing our responses.
  • To reply to law enforcement inquiries and as mandated by relevant laws, court orders, or governmental regulations.
  • As disclosed to you at the time of collecting your personal information or otherwise detailed in the CCPA.
  • To assess or execute a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our or our affiliates’ assets wherein personal information held by us or our affiliates regarding our Website users is included in the assets being transferred.

Without notifying you, we will not gather additional categories of personal information or utilize the personal information we collect for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible intents.

Disclosing Personal Information

We may share your personal information with third parties for business purposes. When we share personal information for a business purpose, we establish a contract that outlines the purpose and mandates the recipient to keep that personal information confidential and restricts its use to fulfilling the contract.

We disclose your personal information to the following groups of third parties:

  • Service providers.
  • Data Aggregators.

Your Rights and Options

The CCPA grants consumers (California residents) specific rights concerning their personal information. This section outlines your rights under the CCPA and provides guidance on how to exercise those rights.

Rights to Access Specific Information and Data Portability

You have the right to request that we provide certain details to you regarding our collection and utilization of your personal information.your identity and authority to make the request. Below are the specifics of your rights regarding access, data portability, and deletion requests over the last 12 months. Upon receiving and confirming your verifiable consumer request (refer to the section on Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights), we will provide you with the following information:

  • The various categories of personal information we have gathered about you.
  • The different categories of sources from which we collected your personal information.
  • The business or commercial objectives behind collecting or selling your personal information.
  • The categories of third parties to whom we disclose your personal information.
  • The specific personal information we have collected about you (known as a data portability request).
  • If we have sold or shared your personal information for business purposes, we will provide you with two distinct lists showing:
    • Sales—detailing which categories of personal information were purchased by each category of recipient;
    • Disclosures for business purposes—identifying which categories of personal information were obtained by each type of recipient.

Rights for Deletion Requests

You are entitled to request the deletion of any personal information we have collected and retained from you, with certain exceptions. After confirming your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights), we will initiate the deletion of your personal information from our records (and instruct our service providers to do the same), unless an exception is applicable.

Your deletion request may be denied if retaining the information is crucial for us or our service provider(s) to:

  • Complete the transaction for which we acquired the personal information, fulfill a good or service you requested, undertake actions that are reasonably expected in our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise execute our contract with you.
  • Identify security incidents, thwart malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activities, and prosecute individuals responsible for such conduct.
  • Debug products to pinpoint and rectify errors that hinder intended functionality.
  • Adhere to the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 seq.) and enable solely internal uses that align reasonably with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
  • Meet a legal obligation.
  • Conduct other lawful internal uses of that information that are consistent with the context in which you provided it.

How to Exercise Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights

To make use of the access, data portability, and deletion rights detailed above, please send us your verifiable consumer request by one of the following methods:

Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State authorized to act on your behalf, may submit a verifiable consumer request associated with your personal information. Additionally, you may submit a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.

You may issue a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability a maximum of two times within a 12-month timeframe. The verifiable consumer request must:

  • Include adequate information that enables us to reasonably verify your identity as the individual about whom we have collected personal information or as an authorized representative.
  • Articulate your request in enough detail for us to properly understand, assess, and respond to it.

If we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request, or if we cannot confirm that the personal information pertains to you, we will be unable to respond to your request or provide you with personal information.

Submitting a verifiable consumer request is not a requirement for you to establish an account with us.the identity or authority of the requestor to submit the request.

Timing and Format of Response

We strive to reply to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days after receiving it. Should we need additional time, we will notify you in writing about the reason and the extension duration.

Our written response will be sent either by mail or electronically, based on your preference.

Any disclosures we provide will only pertain to the 12-month period prior to the receipt of the verifiable consumer request. Our response will also clarify the reasons for any inability to comply with a request, if relevant. For requests related to data portability, we will choose a format that allows your personal information to be easily used and facilitates its transfer from one entity to another without obstacles.

We will not impose a fee for processing or responding to your verifiable consumer request unless the request is excessive, repetitive, or evidently unfounded. If we find that a fee is warranted, we will explain the rationale for that decision and provide you with an estimated cost before fulfilling your request.

Sale of Personal Information

We will not engage in the sale of your personal information to any third party. In the event that we foresee selling your personal information in the future, we will ensure to provide you with the required opt-out and opt-in rights as stipulated by the CCPA.

Non-Discrimination Policy

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights under the CCPA. Except as allowed by the CCPA, we will not:

  • Deny goods or services to you.
  • Charge you different rates or prices for goods or services, including by providing discounts or other advantages, or enforcing penalties.
  • Offer you a lower level or quality of goods or services.
  • Imply that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a variance in the level or quality of goods or services.

Additional Privacy Rights in California

The “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) in California allows users of our Website who are California residents to request specific information about our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To submit such a request, please send an email to [email protected].

Updates to Our Privacy Notice

We retain the right to modify this privacy notice at our discretion and at any point in time. When amendments are made, we will publish the updated notice on our Website along with the revised effective date. Your ongoing use of our Website after changes have been made signifies your acceptance of those changes.

Ways to Contact Us

For any inquiries or feedback regarding this notice, our methods of collecting and utilizing your information as described below and in our Privacy Policy, your preferences and rights concerning such usage, or if you wish to exercise your rights under California law, please feel free to reach out to us at:

Last Updated: November 18, 2024