California Resident Notice at Collection
If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CCPA”), requires us to provide some additional information to California residents. This section only applies to you if you are a California resident, although please note that this information and the rights afforded herein are the same as offered to our other users in our main Privacy Policy. This Section does not apply to personal information we collect from our employees and job applicants in their capacity as employees and job applicants, as such information practices are described in separate policies.
The following chart details these activities:
Category of personal information | Purposes of use | Categories of third parties to which we disclose this personal information | Categories of third parties to which we “Share” and “Sell” this personal information for advertising/ analytics purposes |
Internet or other electronic network activity (e.g., browsing activity, browser type, operating system, referral source, time on site) | To improve site performance, run analytics, prevent spam and abuse, and to measure marketing effectiveness | Affiliated entities; Service providers; Entities for legal purposes; | We do not share/sell |
Voluntary submissions (e.g., contact forms, surveys) | To respond to requests and maintain communication | Affiliated entities; Service providers; Entities for legal purposes; | We do not share/sell |
For more information about each category of personal information, purpose of use, and third parties to which we disclose personal information, please see the “What we collect and why,” and “When we access or disclose you information” sections of our Privacy Policy.
➡️ To block the collection of internet activity information, please see our Web privacy instructions for step-by-step guidance on sending a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal or using tools like Privacy Badger to block collection scripts and cookies. We also honor GPC signals automatically.
Your Choices Regarding “Sharing” and “Selling”: You have the right to opt out of our sale/sharing of your personal information for purposes of online analytics and advertising. Currently, we do not sell or share your data as defined by the CCPA and we have not done so over the past 12 months from the effective date of this Privacy Policy.
Other CCPA Rights: If we ever offer any financial incentives in exchange for your personal information, we will provide you with appropriate information about such incentives.
The CCPA also allows you to limit the use or disclosure of your “sensitive personal information” (as defined in the CCPA) if your sensitive personal information is used for certain purposes. Please note that we do not use or disclose sensitive personal information other than for business purposes for which you cannot opt out under the CCPA.
Retention of Your Personal Information. Please see the “Data retention” section in our Privacy Policy for more information.
Shine the Light Disclosure
The California “Shine the Light” law gives residents of California the right under certain circumstances to request information from us regarding the manner in which we disclose certain categories of personal information (as defined in the Shine the Light law) with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We currently do not disclose your personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.