This California Privacy Notice supplements the information contained in the rest of our Privacy Policy and is intended to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). Any capitalized term used and not otherwise defined below has the meaning assigned to it in our Privacy Policy. For the purposes of this California Privacy Notice, except where a different definition is noted, “personal data” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California resident or household. Personal data does not include publicly available information, information that has been de-identified or aggregated, or other information subject to certain federal and state regulation.
If you are a visually-impaired customer, a customer who has another disability or a customer who seeks support in another language, you may access this California Privacy Notice by emailing us at privacy@convergemarketing.com
Personal data we collect. We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device (“personal data”). In particular, we have collected the following categories of personal data from consumers within the last twelve (12) months:
- Identifiers
- Characteristics of protected classifications
- Internet or other electronic network activity information
- Geolocation data
- Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information
- Commercial information
- Inferences
The only sensitive personal data we collect is any medical or mental health diagnosis information you may provide when you complete the web form fills on this Website. We collect this information for a legitimate business purpose, namely, so that we or our client may determine whether you meet the criteria advertised on this Website.
Use of personal data. We may use or disclose the personal data we collect for one or more of the following purposes:
- To fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information. For example, if you share your name and contact information to request a price quote or ask a question about our or our client's products or services, we will use that personal data to respond to your inquiry.
- To provide, personalize, and develop our Website.
- To provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our responses.
- To personalize your Website experience and to deliver our client’s content and the product and service offerings relevant to your interests, including targeted offers and ads through our Website, third-party sites, and via telephone, email or text message (with your consent, where required by law).
- To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Website and our client’s products and services, databases and other technology assets, and business.
- For testing, research, analysis, and product development, including to develop and improve our Website, and our and our customer’s products, and services.
- To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
- To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal data held by us about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
- To sale and transfer to our clients who may contact you to provide you with the goods or services described on the Website.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
- To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
- To market our products and services.
- To market the products and services of others.
- To provide targeted advertising.
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
- For any other purpose with your consent.
Disclosure of personal data. We limit our disclosure of the categories of personal data above to our service providers for one or more business purposes. “Business purposes” means the reasonably necessary and proportionate use of personal data for our operational purposes, other purposes described in this Privacy Policy, for the operational purposes of our service providers and contractors, as well as other purposes compatible with the context in which the personal data was collected.
We may “sell” and/or “share” personal data with our clients or with third party advertising networks and platforms for purposes of providing targeted behavioral advertising on those platforms.
In the last 12 months (from the last updated date listed at the top of this Privacy Policy), we have “sold” or “shared” the following categories of personal data:
- Identifiers
- Internet or other electronic network activity information
- Electronic information
- Commercial information
Retention of personal data. We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. This information will be used and retained to the extent necessary to comply with any legal obligations or policies, to resolve disputes, and/or enforce legal agreements. Personal data also be retained for internal analytic purposes. This information is retained for a shorter period of time, unless it used to enhance security features or improve the functionality of our Websites. Our determination of precise retention periods will be based on (i) the length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you; (ii) whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject; and (iii) whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position, including regard to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations.
Your privacy rights. The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal data. If you are a California resident, you may have the following rights under applicable California law:
- Right to know and access. You have the right to know what personal data we collect, use, disclose, and sell and/or share, as those terms are defined under applicable law. You may ask us to provide you a portable copy of this information up to two times in a rolling twelve-month period.
- Right to delete and erase. You have the right to request under certain circumstances that we, as well as our service providers and contractors, delete the personal data that we collect about you.
- Right to correct inaccurate personal data. You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal data.
- Right to non-discrimination. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of the privacy rights described above.
- Right to opt out of sale and/or sharing. You have the right to opt-out of the sale and/or sharing of your personal data by a business.
- Right to limit use and disclosure. You have the right to limit the use or disclosure of your sensitive personal data to only the uses necessary for us to provide goods or services to you. We will not use or disclose your sensitive personal data after you have exercised your right unless you subsequently provide consent for the use of your sensitive personal data for additional purposes.
- Sharing with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. We do not disclose this personal data to third parties for their own purposes without your consent. If you wish to request information regarding such practices under California’s “Shine the Light” Law, please Contact Us. You must include your full name, email address, and postal address in your email or mail request so that we can verify your California residence and respond.
How to exercise your rights. You may exercise any of the rights described in this section by following the instructions in Your State Privacy Rights.
Notice of right to opt-out of sale/sharing. California residents may opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of their personal data. As noted above, we may “sell” and/or “share” personal data with our clients or with third party advertising networks and platforms for purposes of providing targeted behavioral advertising on those platforms. You may opt-out by following the instructions in Your State Privacy Rights. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal data of minors under 16 years of age without legally-required affirmative authorization. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child has provided us with information without your consent, please review Children Under the Age of 16 and contact us by email at privacy@convergemarketing.com. You can also opt out of such sale or sharing by clicking the Your Privacy Choices link at the bottom of our website and selecting your preferences.