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Privacy Policy

Last Modified: 1/9/2025

We are committed to respecting the privacy of users of the Service. This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By accessing or using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and acknowledge the most recent version of this Privacy Policy.

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy have the same meaning as set forth in the Website’s Terms of Use ("Terms of Use").

If you are using the Service on behalf of an individual other than yourself, you represent that you are authorized by such individual to act on such individual's behalf and that such individual acknowledges the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy.

 

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Business, refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects Consumers’ personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers’ personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers’ personal information, that does business in the United State of America and within its states.
  • Business Partners are entities We have a business relationship with that is an independent business with a limited arrangement with Us. This may include entities (or companies or websites) - with their own terms and privacy policy - that We refer You to explore and/or access products, services etc. (“Advertisers” or “Preferred Service Providers or PSPs”) as described in SaferSTDTesting.com/disclaimer.
  • Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to the entity owning the Service.
  • Consumer, means a natural person who is a California resident. A resident, as defined in the law, includes (1) every individual who is in the USA for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, and (2) every individual who is domiciled in the USA who is outside the USA for a temporary or transitory purpose.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to: United States of America
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
  • Do Not Track (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.
  • Sale, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer’s personal information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
  • Service refers to the Website. This includes but is not limited to: any products or services referred or offered through the Website or otherwise by the Website or Us, and any affiliated website, software or application owned or operated by the Website or Us, content posted on the Website and /or its accounts on third party social media sites such as Facebook®, Instagram®, Twitter® and YouTube® etc. , including links to Third Party websites or products or services or offers or promotions or advertisements and the interactive features that allow Us to send You information to facilitate your requests, follow-up reminders, offers, promotions and advertisements, etc. and You to provide information, comments or requests etc. to the Website or Us.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
  • Third Party refers to any party that is not Us.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website or Site refers to Safer STD Testing, accessible from https://www.saferstdtesting.com/ OR Saferstdtesting.com
  • You or Your means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

 

Limitations on Use by Minors

Our Service is generally intended for use by individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years of age or such older age as may be required by applicable state laws in the jurisdiction in which an individual utilizes the Service.

Individuals who are between the ages of thirteen (13) and eighteen (18) (or such older age of majority) may use the Service if a parent or legal guardian provides consent to such use in accordance with the local laws and requirements set forth in our Terms of Use.

The Service is not designed or intended to attract, and is not directed to, children under thirteen (13) years of age. If we obtain actual knowledge that we have collected personal information through the Website from a person under thirteen (13) years of age, we will use reasonable efforts to refrain from further using such personal information or maintaining it in retrievable form.

Furthermore, if You are under sixteen (16) years of age, then You (or Your parent or legal guardian if You are under age 13) may at any time request that we remove content or information about You that is posted on the Website. Please submit any such request ("Request for Removal of Minor Information") to either of the following:

  1. By mail: SaferSTDTesting.com 401 E. Jackson St. Suite 2340, Tampa, FL 33602, with a subject line of "Removal of Minor Information”. If You send by mail, please send by U.S. Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested to allow for confirmation of mailing, delivery and tracking.
  2. By email: [email protected], with a subject line of "Removal of Minor Information"

For each Request for Removal of Minor Information, please state "Removal of Minor Information" in the email or letter subject line, and clearly state the following in the body of the request:

  1. The nature of Your request
  2. The identity of the content or information to be removed
  3. The location of the content or information on the Website (e.g. by providing the URL)
  4. That the request is related to the "Removal of Minor Information"
  5. Your name, street address, city, state, zip code and email address, and whether You prefer to receive a response to Your request by mail or email

We will not accept any Request for Removal of Minor Information via telephone or facsimile. Saferstdtesting.com is not responsible for failing to comply with any Request for Removal of Minor Information that is incomplete, incorrectly labeled or incorrectly sent.

Please note that we are not required to erase or otherwise eliminate, or enable erasure or elimination of such content or information in certain circumstances, such as, for example, when an international, federal, state, or local law, rule or regulation requires the Website to maintain the content or information; when the content or information is stored on or posted to a Third Party platform or to the Site by a Third party other than You (including any content or information posted by You that was stored, republished or reposted by the Third party); when the Website anonymizes the content or information, so that You cannot be individually identified; when You do not follow the aforementioned instructions for requesting the removal of the content or information; and when You have received compensation or other consideration for providing the content or information.

The foregoing is a description of the Website's voluntary practices concerning the collection of personal information through the Service from certain minors, and is not intended to be an admission that the Website is subject to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, the Federal Trade Commission's Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule(s), or any similar international, federal, state, or local laws, rules, or regulations.

 

Protected Health Information

When You access or interact with the Service, You may provide Your information listed below – which includes Your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII). This information may include some information which is consider as Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (“SPII) as per many applicable privacy laws. Such SPII may include Your health-related information also. We are committed to protect Your information as per the applicable laws. 

The Website and Service are an independent referral and marketing service. It is not a healthcare provider, health plan, or healthcare clearinghouse (“Covered Entity”), nor it performs services or activities on behalf of a Covered Entity (“Business Associate”) as defined under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, and its related regulations and amendments from time to time (collectively, " HIPAA").

Hence, Your use of the Website and Service, any information it collects or infer from You or other sources is subject to this Privacy Policy and any applicable state laws that govern the privacy and security of such information.

 

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

The personal data we collect depends on how You interact with us, the services You use, and the choices you make. 

We collect information about You from different sources and in various ways when You use our Services, including information You provide directly, information collected automatically, information from Third-Party data sources, and data we infer or generate from other data.

Information You provide directly. We collect or may collect personal data You provide to us. For example:

  1. Name and contact information, such as Your name, email address, phone number. We may also collect Your billing address and physical address if You provide this information.
  2. Demographic data, such as zip code. We may also collect Your gender and date of birth if You provide this information.
  3. Third-party website, network, platform, server and/or application information (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube etc.)
  4. Payment information, such as none. We may collect Your credit card number, financial account information, and other payment details if You provide this information.
  5. Content and files, such as photographs, videos, documents, and other files you upload to our Service. This includes email messages and other communications You send to us.
  6. Sensitive Personal Information
    • Government ID., None. We may collect Your government-issued identifiers such as driver’s license, passport number, and social security numbers, if You provide this information.
    • Photographic or video images, None. We may collect any photographs and video images including photographs of your driver’s license or passport or any health documents etc. that You submit.
    • Account access information, None. We may collect account access information such as a username or account number in combination with a password, security or access code, or other credentials that allows access to an account, that You submit.
    • Sensitive demographic data, None. We may collect information about racial or ethnic origin that You submit.
    • Contents of communications, We collect the contents of communications that You make via our Services (including any interactive features).
    • Biometric information, None. We or our service providers may collect and use biometric information to verify your identity prior to your use of our Services, that You submit.
    • Health data, such as Your testing lab location, Your selected tests, Your testing reasons and preferences. We may collect, analyze and infer from any information concerning your health, that You submit.
    • Sexuality. We collect, analyze and infer from information about your sex life or sexual orientation, that You submit.

Information We collect automatically. When You use the Site and Services, we collect some information automatically.

  • Usage, Identifiers and Device Data. Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers (such as MAC address); device type; and your device’s operating system, and other software including type, version, language, settings, and configuration and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

For a better, smoother customer experience, we may allow You to interact with Advertisers and Business Partners through a transition landing/co-branded webpage powered by such parties or refer you to their website or products and services. The Personally Identifiable Information collected via that website or otherwise by them will be retained and used by the them in accordance with their terms and privacy policies. We strongly recommend that You review their terms and conditions and privacy policy before making any purchase or providing your Personally Identifiable Information. We do not obtain a copy of any user information provided to them directly by You.

  • Geolocation data. Depending on Your device and app settings, We collect geolocation data when you use the Service. This information may include precise geolocation data, meaning data derived from a device and that is used to locate You within a circle with a radius of 1,850 feet or less, which is considered a type of sensitive personal information.

Information We create or generate. We infer new information from other data we collect, including using automated means to generate information about your likely preferences or other characteristics (“inferences”). For example, we infer your general geographic location (such as city, state, and country) based on your IP address or your prior interaction with the Service to infer Your likely interest in a product or service or preferences.

Information we obtain from third-party sources. We also obtain the types of information described above from third parties. These third-party sources include, for example:

  1. Third-party partners. Third-party applications and services, including social networks you choose to connect with or interact with through our services.
  2. Co-branding/marketing partners. Business Partners with which we offer co-branded services or engage in joint marketing activities.
  3. Service providers. Third parties that collect or provide data in connection with work they do on our behalf, for example companies that determine your device’s location based on its IP address.
  4. Publicly available sources. Public sources of information such as open government databases.

When You are asked to provide personal data, You may decline. And you may use web browser or operating system controls to prevent certain types of automatic data collection. But if you choose not to provide or allow information that is necessary for certain services or features, those services or features may not be available or fully functional.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. A cookie can later be read when Your browser connects to a web server in the same domain that placed the cookie. The text in a cookie contains a string of numbers and letters that may uniquely identify Your device and can contain other information as well. This allows the web server to recognize Your browser over time, each time it connects to that web server. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity). Third Parties use them to log information about Your device and to set and read their own cookies. In the same way, Third-Party content on our websites (such as embedded videos, plug-ins, or ads) results in your browser connecting to the Third-Party web server that hosts that content.

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have been notified and/or accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

  • Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

  • Tracking and Performance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Third-Parties

Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy or CCPA provisions below.

How do we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies?

We, and Third Parties, use these technologies in the Service or their websites, apps, and online services to collect personal data (such as the pages You visit, the links You click on, and similar usage information, identifiers, and device information) when You use the Service or their websites, apps, and online services, including personal data about your online activities over time and across different websites or online services.

This data is used to store your preferences and settings, enable you to sign-in, analyze how the websites or apps perform, track your interaction with the site or app, develop inferences, deliver and tailor interest-based advertising, combat fraud, and fulfill other legitimate purposes. We and our partners also share the data we collect or infer with third parties for these purposes. For more information about the third-party analytics and advertising partners that collect personal information on our services, please see the “Our Disclosure of Personal Data” section of this statement.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to promote and monitor the usage of our Service, provide and deliver our Services, including Our products and services, troubleshooting, facilitating your movement through the Service, confirming your location, improving, and personalizing those services. Additionally, in improving our internal operations, securing our systems, detecting fraudulent or illegal activity, verifying your identity, and meeting our legal obligations. Additionally, to protect or enforce Our rights and properties.
  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication or by mail or other forms of communication for purposes such as obtaining Your feedback or sending push notifications regarding updates, reminders or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, offers or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which the Service or Our Business Partners’ or Third Parties’ offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about or that may be of interest to you based on the information We have inferred about you, unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To fulfil and manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information 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 Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • To provide You with customized information: Upon clicking the ‘Get Current Location’ link/accept button, You authorize us to use your IP address to provide you with testing clinics closest to Your IP address location. If you choose not to permit Us to use Your IP address for this purpose, we may provide you only the list of STD testing locations in Your area, not the most accurate information on testing locations closest to You.
  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis (including traffic), identifying usage trends or behaviors, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and develop, test or improve our Service, products, services, marketing and offers. Additionally, to understand you and your preferences to enhance your experience and enjoyment using our Service.
  • If You do not want Your comments to be viewed by third parties, You are advised not to make any submissions.

We may use or share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to provide, monitor and analyze or improve the use of our Service or to contact You.
  • For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, bankruptcy or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business or business assets to another company.
  • With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
  • With Business Partners: We may share Your information with Our Business Partners to offer You certain products, services, promotions, rewards, contests, upcoming events, and other information that may of interest to you.
  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. For example, if You post your email address, You may receive unsolicited messages. We cannot control who reads Your posting or what other users may do with the information You voluntarily post, so We encourage You to exercise discretion and caution with respect to Your personal information. You assume ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSS OF PRIVACY OR OTHER HARM resulting from Your voluntary public disclosure of Your information.
  • With Your consent: We may use or disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

You can choose whether to receive offers and promotional communications from Us by email or SMS. If You receive promotional email or SMS messages from Us and would like to stop, You can do so by following the directions in that message or by contacting us as described in the “Contact Us” section below. These choices do not apply to certain informational communications including surveys and mandatory service communications.

We may de-identify your information and use, create and sell such de-identified information or any business or other purpose not prohibited by applicable law.

We may use hyperlinks on the Website which will redirect you to a social network if you click on the respective link. However, when you click on a social plug-in, such as Facebook’s “Like” button, Twitter’s “tweet” button or the Google+, that particular social network’s plugin will be activated and your browser will directly connect to that provider’s servers. If you do not use these buttons, none of your data will be sent to the respective social network’s plugin provider. So, for example, when you click on the Facebook’s “Like” button on the Website, Facebook will receive your IP address, the browser version and screen resolution, and the operating system of the device you have used to access the Website. Settings regarding privacy protection can be found on the websites of these social networks and are not within our control.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as it believes is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, including providing you with products and/or services via the Service or Saferstdtesting.com. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained, as long as deemed necessary to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or where We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy by staying on the Service followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

 

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Security, Safety and Rights Protection

We will disclose personal data if we believe it is necessary to:

  • protect our customers and others, for example to prevent spam or attempts to commit fraud, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone;
  • operate and maintain the security of our services, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks; or
  • protect the rights or property of ourselves or others, including enforcing our agreements, terms, and policies.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Any information that You voluntarily provide to Us, including, without limitation, any Personally Identifiable Information resides on a secure server that only selected personnel and contractors have access to.

However, please be advised that even the best security measures cannot fully eliminate all risks. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.  We are not responsible for third-party circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Personally Identifying Information by keeping your access credentials (if any) confidential and your device settings to prevent anyone without those access credentials getting access to information meant for You. You should change your access credentials immediately if you believe someone has gained unauthorized access to it. If you lose control of your access credentials (if any), please notify us immediately via the "Contact Us" section below.

Despite our efforts to protect your Personally Identifiable Information, there is always some risk that an unauthorized third party may find a way around our security systems or that transmissions of your information over the Internet may be intercepted.  We make no representations or warranties regarding the sufficiency of the above security measures. No data transmission over the Internet or through mobile devices can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us on the Service.  There is no guarantee that information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. Therefore, the Company is not responsible for any actual or consequential damages that result from a lapse in compliance with this Privacy Policy because of a security breach or technical malfunction. If you have reason to believe that the security of your information has been compromised, please notify us immediately in accordance with the "Contact Us" section below.

We will, however, comply with the applicable state privacy laws if such laws require Us to notify you of the data breach incidents and follow up actions, if any.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by sites linked to or from Our Service. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. Other sites accessible through Our Service have their own privacy policies and data collection, use and disclosure practices.  Please consult each site’s privacy policy.  We are not responsible for the policies or practices of third parties.  Additionally, other companies which place advertising on our site or link to Our Service may collect information about you when You view or click on their advertising through the use of cookies or click on the link on Our Service referring You to their site.  We cannot control collection and use of any Personal Identifiable Information and/or not Personally Identifiable Information You provide directly to these Third Party sites.  You should contact these advertisers or service providers directly if you have any questions about their use of the information that they collect.

  • Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic and other data variables. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy

  • Google Ads

Google uses cookies to help serve the ads it displays on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying Google ads or participating in Google certified ad networks. When users visit a Google partner's website, a cookie may be dropped on that end user's browser. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to Our users based on their visit to Our Service and/or other sites on the Internet.

You can opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting your Ads Setting in Google. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info)

Marketing to You via Email or SMS or text or other forms of outreach

We may use Your Personal Data to contact You - via emails or SMS or text messages (including any autodialed messages) or other forms of outreach - with newsletters, reminders, marketing or promotional offers or materials and other information that may be of interest to You. We provide this service as per Your explicit or express consent You provided while filling the web form in the process of exploring your purchase options via the Service (no purchase required).

Please note that for such SMS messages you receive Message and data rates may apply, and the number of messages may vary.

SMS or text messages are not secure forms of communication, so We advise You not to share sensitive information through these channels

We do not share your SMS opt-in data with third parties, except those necessary to provide and support our messaging services (e.g., platform providers, phone carriers, and service vendors).

You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from Us by:

a) following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email We send; or
b) following instructions to STOP sending such SMS messages We send; or
c) by contacting Us directly as outlined in this policy.

If Our communications originate from a "No-reply" or “Hello” email address, replying to those emails will not process Your request. To ensure Your preferences are respected, use the unsubscribe link provided in the email or contact Us directly.

Any promotional offer or credit extended for a limited time is subject to expiration and may be withdrawn at Our sole discretion, without prior notice.

We may use Email Marketing Service Providers, in accordance with this policy, to manage and send emails to You.

 

Jurisdiction

The Service may only be used within the United States. Accordingly, this Privacy Policy, and our collection, use, and disclosure of your information, is governed by U.S. law.

 

Notice to Users Outside the United States

The Website is hosted in the United States of America and is subject to U.S. state and federal laws. If you are accessing Our Service from other jurisdictions, please be advised that you may be viewed as transferring your personal information to us in the United States, and by using our Service, you consent to that transfer and use of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You also agree to abide by the applicable laws of applicable states and U.S. federal law concerning your use of the Service and your agreements with us. Any persons accessing our Service from any jurisdiction with laws or regulations governing the use of the Internet (including personal data collection, use and disclosure), different from those of the jurisdictions mentioned above may only use the Service in a manner lawful in their jurisdiction. If your use of the Service would be unlawful in your jurisdiction, please do not use the Service. Further, note that your jurisdiction may offer a more limited or different level of protection with respect to the privacy of your data.

BY USING OR ACCESSING THE SERVICE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

 

CCPA Privacy

This privacy notice section for California residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and it applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.

Categories of Personal Information Collected

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. The following is a list of categories of personal information which we may collect or may have been collected from California residents within the last twelve (12) months.

Please note that the categories and examples provided in the list below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact collected by Us, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been collected. For example, certain categories of personal information would only be collected if You provided such personal information voluntarily or directly to Us.

  • Category A: Identifiers.

Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.

Collected: Yes.

  • Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).

Examples: A name, signature, Social Security number, date of birth, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.

Collected: Yes, but only if voluntarily provided.

  • Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.

Examples: 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/sexual health (including testing lab location, STD tests, testing preferences and the reason for testing), veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).

Collected:  Yes, but only if voluntarily provided.

  • Category D: Commercial information.

Examples: Records and history of products or services purchased or considered found or offered through the Service.

Collected: Yes.

  • Category E: Biometric information.

Examples: Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.

Collected: Yes, but only if voluntarily provided.

  • Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.

Examples: Interaction with our Service or advertisement.

Collected: Yes.

  • Category G: Geolocation data.

Examples: Zip Code, Approximate physical location or the user device’s precise geolocation.

Collected: Yes.

  • Category H: Sensory data.

Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.

Collected: No.

  • Category I: Professional or employment-related information.

Examples: Current or past job history or performance evaluations.

Collected: No.

  • Category J: Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).

Examples: Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.

Collected: No.

  • Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information.

Examples: Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.

Collected: Yes.

Under CCPA, personal information does not include:

  • Publicly available information from government records
  • Deidentified or aggregated consumer information
  • Information excluded from the CCPA’s scope, such as:
    • Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data
    • Personal Information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994

Sources of Personal Information

We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

  • Directly from You. For example, from the forms You complete on our Service, preferences and interests You express or provide through our Service.
  • Indirectly from You. For example, from observing Your activity on our Service.
  • Automatically from You. For example, through cookies We or our Service Providers set on Your Device as You navigate through our Service.
  • From Service Providers. For example, third-party vendors to monitor and analyze the use of our Service or other third-party vendors that We use to provide the Service to You.
  • Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the “Collecting and Using Your Personal Data” sections.

Use of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes

We may use or disclose personal information We collect for “business purposes” or “commercial purposes” (as defined under the CCPA), which may include the following examples:

  • To operate our Service and provide You with our Service.
  • To provide You with support and to respond to Your inquiries, including to investigate and address Your concerns and monitor and improve our Service.
  • To fulfill or meet the reason You provided the information. For example, if You share Your contact information to ask a question about our Service, We will use that personal information to respond to Your inquiry.
  • To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
  • As described to You when collecting Your personal information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA.
  • For internal administrative and auditing purposes.
  • To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, including, when necessary, to prosecute those responsible for such activities.

Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the “Collecting and Using Your Personal Data” sections.

If We decide to collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information We collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes We will update this Privacy Policy.

Disclosure of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes

We may use or disclose and may have used or disclosed in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes:

  • Category A: Identifiers
  • Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
  • Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law
  • Category D: Commercial information
  • Category E: Biometric information
  • Category F: Internet or other similar network activity
  • Category G: Geolocation data
  • Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information

Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact disclosed, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been used or disclosed.

Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the “Collecting and Using Your Personal Data” and “Disclosure of Your Personal Data” sections.

When We disclose personal information to a Service Provider for a business purpose or a commercial purpose, We ensure to agree to its purpose and expect the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.

Sale of Personal Information

As defined in the CCPA, “sell” and “sale” mean selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information by the business to a third party for valuable consideration. This means that We may have received some kind of benefit in return for sharing personal information, but not necessarily a monetary benefit.

Please note that the categories listed below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact sold, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been shared for value in return.

  • Category A: Identifiers
  • Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
  • Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law
  • Category D: Commercial information
  • Category F: Internet or other similar network activity
  • Category G: Geolocation data
  • Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information

Share of Personal Information

We may share Your personal information identified in the above categories with the following categories of third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy, applicable laws and Your or Your agent’s express consent as necessary:

  • Service Providers
  • Our affiliates
  • Our Business Partners in connection with products or services We provide or promote or refer to You
  • Third party providers

Sale of Personal Information of Minors Under 16 Years of Age

We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 16 through our Service, although certain Business Partners or Third Party websites that we link to may do so. These third-party websites have their own terms of use and privacy policies and we encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and instruct their children to never provide information on other websites without their permission.

We do not sell the personal information of Consumers We actually know are less than 16 years of age, unless We receive affirmative authorization (the “right to opt-in”) from either the Consumer who is between 13 and 16 years of age, or the parent or guardian of a Consumer less than 13 years of age.

If You have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has provided Us with personal information, please contact Us with sufficient detail to enable Us to delete that information. For additional clarity on this matter, please refer “Limitations on Use by Minors” section above.

Your Rights under the CCPA

The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. If You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:

  • The right to notice. You have the right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.
  • The right to request. Under CCPA, You have the right to request that We disclose information to You about Our collection, use, sale, disclosure for business purposes and share of personal information. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will disclose to You:
    • The categories of personal information We collected about You
    • The categories of sources for the personal information We collected about You
    • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information
    • The categories of third parties with whom We share that personal information
    • The specific pieces of personal information We collected about You
    • If we sold Your personal information or disclosed Your personal information for a business purpose, We will disclose to You:
      • The categories of personal information categories sold
      • The categories of personal information categories disclosed
  • The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data (opt-out). You have the right to direct Us to not sell Your personal information. To submit an opt-out request please contact Us.
  • The right to delete Personal Data.You have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will delete (and direct Our Service Providers to delete) Your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny Your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for Us or Our Service Providers to:
      • Complete the transaction for which We collected the personal information, provide a good or service that You requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with You, or otherwise perform our contract with You.
      • Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
      • Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
      • Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
      • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).
      • Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if You previously provided informed consent.
      • Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on Your relationship with Us.
      • Comply with a legal obligation.
      • Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which You provided it.
    • The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your consumer’s rights, including by:
      • Denying goods or services to You
      • Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties
      • Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to You
      • Suggesting that You will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services

Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights

In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us:

Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that You authorize to act on Your behalf, may make a verifiable request related to Your personal information.

Your request to Us must:

  • Provide sufficient information that allows Us to reasonably verify You are the person about whom We collected personal information or an authorized representative
  • Describe Your request with sufficient detail that allows Us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it

We cannot respond to Your request or provide You with the required information if We cannot:

  • Verify Your identity or authority to make the request
  • And confirm that the personal information relates to You

We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving Your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary and with prior notice.

Any disclosures We provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable request’s receipt.

For data portability requests, We will select a format to provide Your personal information that is readily useable and should allow You to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

You have the right to opt-out of the sale of Your personal information. Once We receive and confirm a verifiable consumer request from You, we will stop selling Your personal information. To exercise Your right to opt-out, please contact Us.

The Service Providers and/or Business Partners and/or Third Parties we partner with (for example, our analytics or advertising partners) may use technology on the Service that sells personal information as defined by the CCPA law. If you wish to opt out of the use of Your personal information for interest-based advertising purposes and these potential sales as defined under CCPA law, you may do so by following the instructions below.

Please note that any opt out is specific to the browser You use. You may need to opt out on every browser that You use.

Website

You can opt out of receiving ads that are personalized as served by our Service Providers and/or Business Partners and/or Third Parties by following our instructions presented on the Service:

  • The NAI’s opt-out platform: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
  • The EDAA’s opt-out platform http://www.youronlinechoices.com/
  • The DAA’s opt-out platform: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN

The opt out will place a cookie on Your computer that is unique to the browser You use to opt out. If you change browsers or delete the cookies saved by your browser, You will need to opt out again.

Mobile Devices

Your mobile device may give You the ability to opt out of the use of information about the apps You use in order to serve You ads that are targeted to Your interests:

  • “Opt out of Interest-Based Ads” or “Opt out of Ads Personalization” on Android devices
  • “Limit Ad Tracking” on iOS devices

You can also stop the collection of location information from Your mobile device by changing the preferences on Your mobile device.

Email Web Beacons

Most email clients have settings that allow you to prevent the automatic downloading of images, including web beacons, which prevents the automatic connection to the web servers that host those images.

“Do Not Track” Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals.

However, some Third Party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities. If You are visiting such websites, You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of Your web browser.

Some privacy laws define “sale” broadly to include some the disclosures described in the “Our Disclosure of Personal Data” section above. To opt-out from such data “sales” you can use the Global Privacy Control setting mentioned above.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your location requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

For additional clarity on this matter, please refer “Limitations on Use by Minors” section above.

Your California Privacy Rights (California’s Shine the Light law)

Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California’s Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with Third Parties for the Third Parties’ direct marketing purposes.

If you’d like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below.

California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581)

California Business and Professions Code section 22581 allow California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted.

To request removal of such data, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with Your account.

Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites (including those owned and/or operated by Third Parties such as advertisers, providers of services, utilities, widgets and a variety of other third-party applications accessible through the Service) that are not owned and/or operated by Us. If You click on a Third Party link, You will be directed to that Third Party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any Third Party sites or services.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to information provided to or gathered by the Third Parties that operate them.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via a prominent notice on Our Service and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By email: [email protected]

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