Additional California Disclosures
If you are a California resident, the following supplementary disclosures apply to you.
Personal Information Disclosures, Sales, and Targeted Advertising
We disclose all of the categories of Personal Information we collect to the categories of recipients set forth in the Sharing of Personal Information section above. Our disclosure of Personal Information to the following categories of third parties qualifies as the sale of Personal Information or the sharing or processing of Personal Information for the purpose of displaying advertisements that are selected based on Personal Information obtained or inferred over time from an individual’s activities across businesses or distinctly-branded websites, applications, or other services (otherwise known as “targeted advertising” or “cross-context behavioral advertising”) under California privacy law:
- Ad Networks / Advertising Partners: IP address.
Subject to certain legal limitations and exceptions, you may be able to limit or opt-out of the sale of Personal Information or the processing of Personal Information for purposes of targeted advertising (as described in the Your Additional California Privacy Choices section below).
Please note we do not sell the Personal Information of individuals we know to be less than 16 years of age or share such information for targeted advertising purposes.
Your Additional California Privacy Choices
Subject to certain legal limitations and exceptions, you may be able to exercise some or all of the following rights:
- Right to Know: The right to confirm whether we are processing Personal Information about you and, under California law only, to obtain certain personalized details about the Personal Information we have collected about you, including:
- The categories of Personal Information collected;
- The categories of sources of the Personal Information;
- The purposes for which the Personal Information were collected;
- The categories of Personal Information disclosed to third parties (if any), and the categories of recipients to whom this Personal Information were disclosed;
- The categories of Personal Information shared for targeted advertising purposes (if any), and the categories of recipients to whom the Personal Information were disclosed for these purposes; and
- The categories of Personal Information sold (if any) and the categories of third parties to whom the Personal Information were sold.
- Right to Access and Portability: The right to obtain access to the Personal Information we have collected about you and, where required by law, the right to obtain a copy of the Personal Information in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance.
- Right to Correction: The right to correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information, taking into account the nature of the Personal Information and the purposes of the processing of the Personal Information.
- Right to Opt-Out of Targeted Advertising and Sales/Sharing: The right to direct us not to use or share Personal Information for certain targeted advertising purposes or to sell Personal Information to third parties.
- Right to Request Deletion: The right to request we delete Personal Information we maintain about you.
You may also have the right to not receive retaliatory or discriminatory treatment in connection with a request to exercise the above rights. However, the exercise of the rights described above may result in a different price, rate or quality level of product or service where that difference is reasonably related to the impact the right has on our relationship or is otherwise permitted by law.
Submitting Privacy Rights Requests
Please submit a request specifying the right you wish to exercise by:
To exercise your right to opt-out as it relates to the use of cookies and related technologies that involve the sale of Personal Information or the use of Personal Information for targeted advertising purposes, please visit our Cookie Management Tool by clicking on the cookie icon in the bottom left corner of the site and adjust your preferences accordingly. Please note this opt-out tool is website, device, and browser specific, so you will need to change your preferences on each device and browser you use to interact with the specific website you are visiting. In addition, you can also opt-out of cookie-based sales by businesses that participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance’s CCPA Opt-Out Tool by visiting https://www.privacyrights.info/. Lastly, you may follow the other steps set forth in Your Choices section of Third-Party Tracking and Online Advertising above to further exercise control over automatic data collection technologies.
Before processing your request to exercise certain rights, we will need to verify your identity and confirm you are a resident of California. In order to verify your identity, we will generally either require the successful authentication of your account, or the matching of sufficient information you provide us to the information we maintain about you in our systems. As a result, we require requests submitted through our online form and toll-free number to include first and last name, email address, phone number, state of residency and/or the date of your last transaction with us.
In certain circumstances, we may decline or limit your request, particularly where we are unable to verify your identity or locate your information in our systems, or where you are not a resident of California.
Submitting Authorized Agent Requests
In certain circumstances, you are permitted to use an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf through the designated methods set forth above where we can verify the authorized agent’s authority to act on your behalf. In order to verify the authorized agent’s authority, we generally require evidence of either (i) a valid power of attorney or (ii) a signed letter containing your name and contact information, the name and contact information of the authorized agent, and a statement of authorization for the request. Depending on the evidence provided, we may still need to separately reach out to you to confirm the authorized agent has permission to act on your behalf and to verify your identity in connection with the request.
Appealing Privacy Rights Decisions
You may be able to appeal a decision we have made in connection with your privacy rights request. All appeal requests should be submitted by replying to the communication resolving your original request.
Automated Decision-Making and Profiling
We do not conduct automated processing of Personal Information for the purposes of evaluating, analyzing, or predicting an individual’s personal aspects in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects. As a result, we do not provide a right to exercise control over such forms of automated decision-making and profiling.
California Categories of Personal Data
California law requires we provide disclosures to you about what Personal Information we collect by reference to the enumerated categories of “personal data” set forth within California law. To address this obligation, we have identified the relevant enumerated California personal data category for the Personal Information described in the Our Collection and Use of Personal Data section of our Privacy Notice below:
- Identifiers, such as name, email, and phone number.
- Internet / network information, such as IP address, browser details, and device details.
- Geolocation data, such as coarse geolocation derived from IP address.
Shine the Light
California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section 1798.83) provides California residents that have an established business relationship with us regarding the disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the immediately preceding calendar year. It is company policy that we do not disclose Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes if a consumer has exercised their right to opt out. Contact us to opt-out of having your Personal Information shared with third parties for their direct marketing purposes by following the steps to opt out of targeted advertising listed above.
