CA Privacy
The website located at www.effectusgroup.com (“Website”) is operated by Effectus Group, LLC (hereinafter referred to as “Company,” “us,” “we,” and “our”). We are committed to respecting your privacy and recognizing your need for appropriate protections and management of personally identifying information you share with us. This privacy policy explains how we use your information that is collected through your use of this Website. AS A CONDITION OF YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THIS WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING PRIVACY POLICY:
Adults Only
If you are under the age of 18 you may not use this Website for any purposes.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
We track the Internet Protocol address and Internet domain address from which people visit the Website and analyze this data for trends and statistics.
When visitors contact us through our Website, we collect the information that is submitted in connection with their request and use the information to respond. When visitors subscribe to receive email updates, we collect the email address they submit in connection with their request and use their email address to send them email updates.
To summarize, we collect, and have collected personal information about our visitors in the preceding 12 months in the following categories:
| Categories of Personal Information | Specific Types of Personal Information Collected |
|---|---|
| Identifiers, or information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, a particular individual |
Any contact information which you provide to us in connection with a request submitted through the Website (full name, email address, Skype id); Email address provided to us in connection with a subscription request to receive email updates; Any personal information which you provide to us in connection with your registration through the Website as an advertiser or publisher/affiliate (name, company name, physical address, billing address, telephone number, facsimile number, e-mail address, website address, tax payer ID number or social security number, billing or payment information); Internet Protocol address |
| Internet or other electronic network activity information | Internet domain address |
Your personal information in the above categories is necessary for us to provide you access to and use of our network and Website.
If necessary, we may share your personal information in all of the above categories with our affiliates, outside accounting firms, legal counsel, state and federal tax services and any government or law enforcement agency that requests such information. We may use the personal information in all of the above categories for any legally permissible purpose. We may also transfer your personal information in all of the above categories to a successor entity in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or other corporate change.
Third-Party Hosting
Company may contract with a third party to maintain and host the Website. Therefore any information you submit, including personal information in all of the above categories, may be placed and stored on a computer server maintained by this third-party host. You agree that Company is not liable for any breach of security due to the actions or inactions of the third-party host.
Links to Other Materials
The Website may contain links to other sites. Any such links are an accommodation to the respective third-party site owners and for your convince. Sites linked to and from the Website are not necessarily under the control of Company, and Company shall have no responsibility or liability whatsoever for the content or privacy practices of any linked sites, or any link or linking program at any time.
Security
This Website has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.
California Privacy Rights
This section is specific and applies only to our Website visitors who are California residents, under the meaning of Section 17014 of Title 18 of the Cal. Code of Regulations. Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), up to twice in a twelve (12) month period, a consumer has the right to request that a business disclose what personal information (that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household) it collects, uses, discloses, and sells.
What Personal Information Do We Collect, Use, and Disclose?
The personal information which we collect, use, and disclose are noted under the “Collection and Use of Personal Information” heading above.
What Personal Information Do We Sell?
Under the definitions of “Sell” and “Sale” in the CCPA, we do not sell your personal information, nor do we sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age, without affirmative authorization. There are no financial incentives to disclose.
Your Right to Request to Know and How to Submit a Verified Request to Know
A “request to know” is request related to the personal information that a business has about such consumer. It may include a request for any or all of the following from us:
- specific pieces of personal information that we have about you;
- categories of personal information we have collected about you;
- categories of sources from which the personal information was collected;
- categories of personal information that we have sold or disclosed for a business purpose about you;
- categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or disclosed for a business purpose; and
- the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling the personal information.
The CCPA permits requests to know from the same consumer up to twice in a twelve (12) month period.
Unless you have previously contacted us and/or provided us with identifying information (ex: your full name, email address, physical address, and/or telephone number), we are generally unable to respond to requests to know.
To the extent that you have previously provided us with identifying information and wish to submit a request to know, please email your request to info@effectusgroup.com. To process your request, you may be required to submit your name and email address in conjunction with your request. The name and email address that you provide will be used to verify your request and to attempt to identify you within our data records. If you elect to use an authorized agent to exercise your right to submit a request for information, proof of your consent to utilize such authorized agent as well as verification of your own identity may be required before processing the request. The information which you submit in conjunction with your request to know will be used for the express purposes of verification and providing you with responsive information to your request, if required.
Your Right to Request Deletion and How to Submit a Verified Request to Delete
You have the right to request the deletion of any personal information which we have collected about you, or which we maintain.
Unless you have previously contacted us and/or provided us with identifying information (ex: your full name, email address, physical address, and/or telephone number), we are generally unable to respond to requests to delete.
To submit a verifiable request to delete, please email your request to info@effectusgroup.com. To process your request, you may be required to submit your name and email address in conjunction with your request. The name and email address which you provide will be used to verify your request and to attempt to identify you within our data records. If you elect to use an authorized agent to exercise your right to submit a request for deletion, proof of your consent to utilize such authorized agent as well as verification of your own identity may be required before processing the request. The information which you submit in conjunction with your request to delete will be used for the express purposes of verification and fulfilling your request, if required.
A two-step process must be utilized for online requests to delete, whereby you clearly submit your request to delete, and second, you separately confirm that you want your personal information deleted.
To the extent that your personal information is necessary for us to maintain for a reason delineated in Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.105(d), including but not limited to provide our advertising network services which you have requested, detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, debug, etc., comply with a legal obligation, or to use your personal information internally in a lawful manner compatible with the context in which you provided the information, we are not required to comply with your request for deletion. If we are unable to verify your request, we will notify you as well.
Your Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of Your Privacy Rights
California affords consumers with the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by a business for the exercise of their privacy rights conferred by the CCPA. This means that you cannot be denied goods or services; be charged different prices or rates; be provided with a different level or quality of goods or services; or have it suggested that you will receive a different price or rate or different level or quality of goods or services. Notwithstanding the above, a business can charge a consumer a different rate or price, or provide a different level or quality of goods or services, if that difference is reasonably related to the value provided to the consumer by the consumer’s data. Further, notwithstanding the above, a business may offer financial incentives for the collection of personal information, the sale of personal information, or the deletion of personal information, and may also offer a different price, rate, level, or quality of goods or services to the consumer if that different is directly related to the value provided to the consumer by the consumer’s data.
Effective Date and Changes
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE CONSTITUTES BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
We reserve the right to modify the terms of this privacy policy at any time and in our sole discretion, by posting a change notice on this page. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE WEBSITE FOLLOWING OUR POSTING OF A CHANGE NOTICE WILL CONSTITUTE BINDING ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE CHANGES. This privacy policy was last updated on April 31, 2021.
Contact Us
If you have questions concerning our privacy policy or you wish to opt-out of receiving future communications from Company or from having your personal information shared with third parties email info@effectusgroup.com. Further, if you have a disability which interferes with your ability to access this policy, we can make accommodations to present the policy in an alternative format, to assist you. If you would like to receive this information in another format that is accessible to your needs, please email info@effectusgroup.com.