Additional Disclosures for General Data Additional Disclosures for California Compliance (US)
Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83, if you live in California and your business relationship with us is mainly for personal, family, or household purposes, you may ask us about the information we release to other organizations for their marketing purposes.
To make such a request, please contact us using the details provided in this privacy policy with “Request for California privacy information” in the subject line. You may make this type of request once every calendar year. We will email you a list of categories of personal information we revealed to other organisations for their marketing purposes in the last calendar year, along with their names and addresses. Not all personal information shared in this way is covered by Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code.
Do Not Track
Some browsers have a “Do Not Track” feature that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. At this time, we do not respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals.
We adhere to the standards outlined in this privacy policy, ensuring we collect and process personal information lawfully, fairly, transparently, and with legitimate, legal reasons for doing so.
Cookies and Pixels
At all times, you may decline cookies from our site if your browser permits. Most browsers allow you to activate settings on your browser to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Accordingly, your ability to limit cookies is based only on your browser’s capabilities. Please refer to the Cookies section of this privacy policy for more information.
CCPA-permitted financial incentives
In accordance with your right to non-discrimination, we may offer you certain financial incentives permitted by the CCPA that can result in different prices, rates, or quality levels for the goods or services we provide.
Any CCPA-permitted financial incentive we offer will reasonably relate to the value of your personal information, and we will provide written terms that describe clearly the nature of such an offer. Participation in a financial incentive program requires your prior opt-in consent, which you may revoke at any time.
California Notice of Collection
In the past 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information enumerated in the California Consumer Privacy Act:
- Identifiers, such as name, email address, phone number account name, IP address, and an ID or number assigned to your account.
- Demographics, such as your age or gender. This category includes data that may qualify as protected classifications under other California or federal laws.
- Employment and education data, such as data you provide when you apply for a job with us.
For more information on information we collect, including the sources we receive information from, review the “Information We Collect” section. We collect and use these categories of personal information for the business purposes described in the “Collection and Use of Information” section, including to provide and manage our Service.
Right to Know and Delete
If you are a California resident, you have rights to delete your personal information we collected and know certain information about our data practices in the preceding 12 months. In particular, you have the right to request the following from us:
- The categories of personal information we have collected about you;
- The categories of sources from which the personal information was collected;
- The categories of personal information about you we disclosed for a business purpose or sold;
- The categories of third parties to whom the personal information was disclosed for a business purpose or sold;
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling the personal information; and
- The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in this privacy policy.
Shine the Light
If you are a California resident, in addition to the rights discussed above, you have the right to request information from us regarding the manner in which we share certain personal information as defined by California’s “Shine the Light” with third parties and affiliates for their own direct marketing purposes.
To receive this information, send us a request using the contact details provided in this privacy policy. Requests must include “California Privacy Rights Request” in the first line of the description and include your name, street address, city, state, and ZIP code.
Contact Us
For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, you may contact us using the following details:
Max Leisten, CEO
Protopia Technology, Inc.
310 S Harrington St
Raleigh, NC 27603
privacy@protopia.co
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you of what kinds of information we may gather about you when you use the Site, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it, and the choices you have regarding our use of and your ability to manage and edit the information. This Privacy Policy applies to the Site. This Privacy Policy does not apply to other websites to which we link.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
We collect personal information when you wish to use certain features of the Site, such as signing up, using the Site, or receiving emails from us. When you use the Site, we ask for information such as your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, and other personal information (“Personal Information”). We use Personal Information for the following general purposes: creating a personal account, facilitating access, serving content, to send you newsletters, periodic updates, or other general information about the Site, to meet any applicable legal and regulatory requirements, and to respond to any feedback you submit.
Through the Site, we may automatically gather certain information about the use of the Site, such as how frequently certain areas of the Site are visited, including through the use of cookies and other technologies.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (such as Google Chrome or Firefox) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookie settings. If you turn cookies off, you may not have access to many features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services may not function properly. For more information about cookies, please see www.allaboutcookies.org.
PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION
When you give us Personal Information, we take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely. The Site uses industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving sensitive visitor data via the Site. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your Personal Information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems, and to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of information that we have collected.
DISCLOSURE
Unless otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade or rent your Personal Information to others. We may permit certain trusted partners to access your information in connection with their performance of services to maintain and operate the Site and certain features on the Site. We do not otherwise disclose any Personal Information or any information about your individual visits to our site except when we believe in good faith (i) that the law requires such disclosure or (ii) that such disclosure is necessary to protect the rights and property of the Site or others.
We allow you to opt out of receiving e-mail from us. If you no longer wish to receive emails from us, you may opt-out of receiving them by emailing us at team@triadconnects.org.
We use non-personally identifiable information in the aggregate so that we can improve the Site and for business and administrative purposes. We may use or share with third parties for any purpose aggregated data that contains no personally identifiable information.
Our Site may share information with companies that provide support services to us (such as providing the software powering the Site) or that help us market the Site (such as email vendors). These companies may need information about you in order to perform their functions. These companies are not authorized to use the information we share with them for any other purpose.
Except as otherwise stated above, we will not publish or provide your e-mail address or other Personal Information to third parties without your consent.
UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION AND PREFERENCES; OPTING OUT
If you would like to change, correct, or request access to your Personal Information or update or cancel your account, you may do so under Account Information within the Site or by
by emailing us at team@triadconnects.org. In addition, you may opt out of receiving any or all communications from us by emailing us at team@triadconnects.org or by using the “unsubscribe” link that appears in e-mails received from us.
CHILDREN
The Site is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not solicit or knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 13. We encourage families to obtain additional information about safe use of the Internet at
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/topics/kids-online-safety.
DATA PROTECTION OFFICER
The Site is powered by Protopia, a software company and certified B-Corporation with headquarters in Raleigh, NC, in the United States, committed to protecting the privacy of the users of its products and services (“Product”).
Protopia has appointed an internal data protection officer (“DPO”) for you to contact if you have any questions or concerns about how we use or store Personal Information, or its data management practices. The DPO’s name and contact information are as follows:
Max Leisten, CEO
Protopia Technology, Inc.
310 S Harrington St
Raleigh, NC 27603
max@protopia.co
+1 919-200-0629
PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES
We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy for the Site at any time. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site and use commercially reasonable efforts to notify you so that you will know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone. Please check periodically to keep informed of any changes. If we materially change this Privacy Policy, the new terms will apply only to (i) Personal Information and other information provided under a prior version of the Privacy Policy by users who affirmatively consent to the new terms and (ii) Personal Information and other information provided after this Privacy Policy has been amended.
Last updated: July 1, 2021