Privacy Notice
Notice Version: 1.4, Updated 12/05/2025
Thank you for using ClassAction.org and for trusting us with your personal information. We take this responsibility, and your privacy, very seriously, and think it's important that you know how we handle it. For that reason, we have adopted this Privacy Notice to explain our data collection, use, and disclosure practices for our website (collectively, the "Website"). The Website is owned by Season 4, LLC ("we," "our," or "us"), located at 2 North Rd. Ste 2, Warren, NJ 07059. You can contact us by phone at 908-213-5700 or email at privacy@classaction.org.
Our Privacy Notice describes, among other things, what personal data (PD) and non-personal data (NPD) (as such terms are defined below) we may collect from you, how we collect it, how we protect it, how we may share it, how you can access and change it, and how you can limit our sharing of it. Our Privacy Notice also explains certain legal rights that you have with respect to your PD. This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect through the Website, as well as other information provided to us online or offline by third parties, when we associate that information with customers or users of the Website; however, it does not apply to information collected from our employees, contractors, or vendors. Any capitalized terms not defined herein will have the same meaning as where they are defined elsewhere on our Website.
If you reside in the State of California, please click here to learn more about your privacy rights. To the extent that there is a conflict between this Privacy Policy and the Privacy Notice for California Residents, the Privacy Notice for California Residents will prevail only if you reside in the State of California (you are a "California Consumer").
Definitions
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'Non-personal data' (NPD) is information that does not personally identify an individual.
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'Personal data' (PD) or "Personal Information" means any information that can identify or reasonably be linked to an identified or "identifiable natural person" ('data subject'). An "identifiable natural person" is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
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A "visitor" is someone who merely browses our Website.
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A "member" is someone who has registered with us by signing up for our newsletter, reporting a potential claim, or to use or buy our services.
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A "user" is a collective identifier that refers to either a "visitor" or a "member."
Topics Covered in Our
Privacy Notice
- Your Rights
- Information We Collect
- Our Use of Cookies and Automatic Information Gathering Technologies
- How Your Information Is Used
- Retaining and Destroying Your PD
- Protecting the Privacy Rights of Third Parties
- Do Not Track Settings
- Global Privacy Control
- Links to Other Websites
- Protecting Children's Privacy
- Our Email Policy
- Our Security Policy
- Use of Your Credit Card
- Changes to Our Privacy Notice
- Questions About Our Privacy Notice
Your Rights
You Have the Right Not to Have Your Personal Information Sold
You have the right to request that we do not sell any of your Personal Information to third parties, including when we share your Personal Information with the law firms that we work with. Please visit https://www.classaction.org/do-not-sell-my-info for more information regarding the rights granted to you.
Personal Information for this section means a natural person's first name or first initial and last name in combination with any one or more of the following data elements when the name and data elements are not encrypted: social security number, driver's license number, driver authorization card number, or identification card number. Account number, credit card number, or debit card number, in combination with any required security code, access code, or password that would permit access to the person's financial account. A medical identification number or a health insurance identification number. A username, unique identifier, or electronic mail address in combination with a password, access code, or security question and answer that would permit access to an online account.
If you wish to make this request, please email us at: privacy@classaction.org telling us that you do not want to have any of your Personal Information sold. Please include enough Personal Information so that we can reasonably verify your identification. We will respond to your request within 60 days after receiving it.
Your California Privacy Rights
The California Consumer Privacy Act (the "CCPA"), as amended, provides California Consumers with specific rights regarding their Personal Information. If you are a California Consumer, please see our Privacy Notice for California Residents, which describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.
Information We Collect
Collection of Your PD
Generally, you control the amount and type of information that you provide to us when using our Website. When a member registers for or uses our Website, we collect PD, such as:
- First and last name;
- Personal or business address;
- Email address; and
- Phone number.
What Happens If You Don't Give Us Your PD?
If you do not provide us with enough PD, you may not be able to receive certain features of our services through our Website. However, you can access and use some parts of our Website without giving us your PD.
We Collect Your PD in the Following Ways:
- Automatic Information
We automatically receive information from your web browser or mobile device. This information includes the name of the website from which you entered our Website, if any, as well as the name of the website you'll visit when you leave our Website. This information also includes the IP address of your computer/the proxy server you use to access the Internet, your Internet service provider's name, your web browser type, the type of mobile device, your computer operating system, and data about your browsing activity when using our Website. We use all this information to analyze trends among our users to help improve our Website. - When Entering and Using Our Website
When you enter and use our Website and agree to accept cookies through the consent banner on our Website, some of these cookies may contain your PD. - When You Sign Up for Our Newsletter
When you sign up for our newsletter to receive information about new cases, investigations, settlement deadlines, and information about our services, we collect your name and email address. - When You Report a Potential Claim
When you report a potential claim, we collect your first name, last name, IP address, email address, phone number, zip code, and your case details. - Website Chat Software
Our Website contains chat software that enable visitors to communicate with us live online or offline by email. In some cases, visitors can communicate with us without becoming a member or buying our services. When you use this chat software, we may collect some or all the following information: your email address, first name, last name, location, and any other information you willingly choose to provide to us. You should limit the information you provide to us that is only necessary to answer your questions. - Social Media Platforms
Our Website may link with social media platforms, including X Corp. (formerly Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram. When you link a social media account to our Website, then we may collect information about that social media account and share information with that social media account as described in the connection process. This collected information may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address, demographic information from your profile, friend lists, postings or other content, and your profile picture. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the data collection or use practices of any such connected social media platform. You should read each social media platform's privacy policy before linking that social media account.
We Collect Your NPD in the Following Ways:
We also collect NPD relating to our Website. The NPD we collect includes how you interact with the Website, information generally collected or "logged" by Internet websites or Internet services when accessed or used by users, and information about your web browser or device accessing or using the Website. Examples of the NPD we collect are:
- The pages of our Website that you viewed during a visit;
- What information, content or advertisements you view or interact with using the Website;
- Language preferences;
- The city and state in whih you are located (but not your precise geographic location); and
- Unique identifiers that are not connected and cannot reasonably be connected to your identity.
We will not use NPD to try to identify you, and if we associate any NPD with information that personally identifies you, then we will treat it as PD. As discussed in more detail below, we sometimes use cookies and other automatic information gathering technologies to gather PD and NPD.
Our Use of Cookies and Automatic Information Gathering Technologies
Every time you use the Website (e.g., access a Website webpage), we collect PD and NPD (as discussed above) regarding that use. For example, to improve our Website, we collect how, when, and which parts of the Website or their features you use, and which social media platforms you connect to the Website. Also, we may use your device's unique identifier (UDID) or other unique identifiers to assist us in collecting and analyzing this data.
To assist us in collecting and storing this NPD, our Website may employ a variety of technologies, including cookies, local browser storage, and "web beacons," "pixels," or "tags." A cookie is a small piece of data or a text file that is downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you access certain websites. Cookies may contain text that can be read by the web server that delivered the cookie to you. The text contained in the cookie generally consists of a sequence of letters and numbers that uniquely identifies your computer or mobile device; it may contain other information as well.
Your operating system and web browser may allow you to erase information stored in cookies and local browser storage. But if you do so, you may be forced to login to the Website again, and you may lose some preferences or settings. You may also be able to set your browser to refuse all website storage or to indicate when it is permitted, but some features of our Website may not function properly without it. We may use cookies to keep you logged in, save your preferences for the Website, and to collect information about how you use our Website.
More information about managing cookies is available here. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for your local browser storage, please refer to the end user documentation for your browser.
By agreeing to accept our use of cookies in the consent banner located in the footer of our Website, you are giving us, and third parties we partner with, permission to place, store, and access some or all the cookies described below on your computer.
- Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for proper functioning of the Website, such as displaying content, logging in, validating your session, responding to your request for services, and other functions. Most web browsers can be set to disable the use of cookies. However, if you disable these cookies, you may not be able to access features on our Website correctly or at all. - Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about the use of the Website, such as pages visited, traffic sources, users' interests, content management, and other Website measurements. - Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the Website to remember a user's choices - such as their language, user name, and other personal choices - while using the Website. They can also be used to deliver services, such as letting a user make a blog post, listen to audio, or watch videos on the Website. - Media Cookies
These cookies can be used to improve a Website's performance and provide special features and content. They can be placed by third parties who provide services to us or by our company. - Advertising or Targeting Cookies
These cookies are usually placed and used by advertising companies to develop a profile of your browsing interests and serve advertisements on other websites that are related to your interests. You will see less advertising if you disable these cookies. - Session Cookies
These cookies allow websites to link the actions of a user during a browser session. They may be used for a variety of purposes, such as remembering what a user has put in their shopping cart as they browse a website. Session cookies also permit users to be recognized as they navigate a website so that any item or page changes they make are remembered from page to page. Session cookies expire after a browser session; thus, they are not stored long term. - Persistent Cookies
These cookies are stored on a user's device in between browser sessions, which allows the user's preferences or actions across a site (or, in some cases, across different sites) to be remembered. Persistent cookies may be used for a variety of purposes, including remembering users' choices and preferences when using a website or to target advertising to them.
We may also use cookies for:
- Identifying the areas of our Website that you have visited;
- Personalizing content that you see on our Website;
- Our Website analytics;
- Remarketing our services to you;
- Remembering your preferences, settings, and login details;
- Targeted advertising and serving ads relevant to your interests;
- Allowing you to post comments; and
- Allowing you to share content with social networks.
Most web browsers can be set to disable the use of cookies. However, if you disable cookies, you may not be able to access features on our Website correctly or at all.
Web Beacons, Pixels and Tags
As noted above, we may also use technologies called web beacons, pixels and tags to collect general information about your use of our Website and your use of special promotions or newsletters. A web beacon, pixel or tag is a small, usually-transparent image placed on a web page that allows the operator of that image, which may be the operator of the Website you visit or a third party, to read or write a cookie. The information we collect by these technologies allows us to statistically monitor the number of people who open our emails. Web beacons also help us to understand the behavior of our customers, members, and visitors.
Disclosure of Your Information
Disclosures to Third Parties
We may disclose your PD to third parties as described below.
We may disclose PD to provide the Website, or when you authorize or instruct us to do so, for example, when you use the Website to submit content or profile information. We may also disclose PD and NPD to Service Providers, but including information you have provided for purposes of forwarding to law firms. By "Service Providers" we mean companies, agents, contractors, service providers, or others engaged to perform functions on our behalf (such as payment processors, provision of data storage, hosting of our Website, marketing of our products and services, web analytics companies, conducting audits, advertising networks, call centers, data management services, help desk providers, accountants, law firms, auditors, shopping cart and email service providers, and shipping companies). When we use a Service Provider, we require that the Service Provider use and disclose the PD received from us only to provide their services to us or as required by applicable law.
We may also disclose PD and NPD to Online Tool Providers. By "Online Tool Provider" we mean a licensor of software that we include in, or use with, the Website, including application programming interface ("API") or software development kit ("SDK"), that provides a specialized function or service to us and that requires the transmission of PD and/or NPD to the Online Tool Provider.
Online Tool Providers, cookies, web beacons, pixels, tags, and similar third party technologies are collectively referred to herein as "Tracking Technologies." Tracking Technologies may have the right to use PD and NPD about you for their own business purposes. The use and disclosure of PD and NPD by thirty party Tracking Technologies are described in their respective privacy policies. Tracking Technologies may collect information automatically, in which case the PD and NPD it receives are subject to the Tracking Technology's privacy policy. Some Tracking Technologies may allow you to opt out of certain collection and/or uses of your information. For more information about the privacy practices of the Tracking Technologies that we currently use (and/or that we reserve the right to use), please see below.
Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Notice
Third-party Tracking Technologies, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's past visits to our Website. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visits to our Website and/or other sites on the Internet. We offer users the ability to opt out of the DoubleClick cookie by adjusting their tracking settings within the cookie banner on our Website. Additionally, users may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
Google Analytics Privacy Notice
Our Website uses Google Analytics to collect information about the use of our Website. Google Analytics collects information from users such as age, gender, interests, demographics, how often they visit our Website, what pages they visit, and what other websites they have used before coming to our Website. We use the information we get from Google Analytics to analyze traffic, remarket our services to users, improve our marketing, advertising, and to improve our Website. We have enabled Google Analytics advertising features such as remarketing with Google Analytics, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, and Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit our Website, not your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected using Google Analytics with PD. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our Website, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google also uses specific identifiers to help collect information about the use of our Website. For more information on how Google collects and processes your data, visit https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/
We offer you the ability to opt out of Google Analytics by adjusting your tracking settings within the cookie banner on our Website. Additionally, you can prevent Google Analytics from using your information by opting out at this link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Google Remarketing
Why am I seeing ads by Google for products and services I've viewed?
Our Website uses a remarketing advertising service. Our remarketing service is provided by Google and other companies that show our ads on websites across the Internet. With remarketing you may see ads for our services you have previously looked at. As an example, suppose you visit a website that sells computers, but you do not buy a computer on your first visit to that website. The website's owner might like to encourage you to revisit his/her site and buy a computer by showing you his/her ads again on other websites that you visit. We use remarketing for similar purposes. For this to happen, Google will read a cookie that is already in your browser, or they place a cookie in your browser when you visit our site or other sites using remarketing. We offer you the ability to opt out of Google's use of cookies and remarketing by adjusting your tracking settings within the cookie banner on our Website. You can also opt out of Google's use of cookies and remarketing at this link: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en or you can opt out using the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/#!/
Facebook Remarketing
Third party Tracking Technologies, including Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, inc.) ("Facebook"), may use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and other storage technologies to collect or receive information from our Website and elsewhere on the internet, and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads. With Facebook remarketing you may see our ads on Facebook after you have visited our Website. For this to happen, Facebook uses a Custom Audience Pixel that is activated when a visitor lands on a webpage and a unique "cookie" is placed in their browser. Facebook lookalike audience targeting allows us to show ads on Facebook to people who are similar to those who have already visited or made a purchase from our Website. We offer you the ability to opt out of Facebook's collection and use of information for ad targeting by adjusting your tracking settings within the cookie banner on our Website. You can also opt out of Facebook's collection and use of information for ad targeting by visiting: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217
Remarketing
Our Website and applications use remarketing advertising services other than Google and Facebook. These remarketing services are provided by companies that show our ads on websites and devices across the Internet. With remarketing you may see ads for our products you have previously looked at. For this to happen remarketing companies will read a cookie in your browser. This can only happen if your browser is set to let it happen. You can opt out of these types of advertising cookies by visiting http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
Microsoft Clarity Disclosure
We also use technology from our third-party Service Provider, Microsoft Corporation's Clarity service, to collect user experience data, which reproduces your interactions with the Website, including mouse movements, page scrolling, screen taps, and other actions you take while using the Website. Reproduced data may include technical and usage data, as well as visual representations of actions you take while using the Website. Our use of this data is limited to helping us understand how users interact with our Website and to design a better user experience for you.
Disqus Disclosure
Disqus is a service that can track users' activity across different websites that use the Disqus commenting system unless a "do not track" option is enabled. Information tracked by Disqus may be disclosed to third parties including pseudonymous analytics data, web browser version, installed add-ons, referring pages, and exit links. Other users may search for, see, use, and repost any of your user content that you make publicly available through the service. We offer you the ability to opt out of our use of Disqus by adjusting your tracking settings within the cookie banner on our Website. You can choose to install a privacy-enhancing web browser extension which allows some of Disqus to be blocked. For further details, please see Disqus' privacy policy by visiting: https://disqus.com/privacy-policy/
Other Tracking Technologies
In addition to the technologies referenced above, further details regarding our current use of other Tracking Technologies (as well as those we reserve the right to use) can be found here:
- X Corp. (formerly Twitter, Inc.);
- Reddit;
- Microsoft Corporation;
- CHEQ AI Technologies;
- TikTok Inc.;
- Cloudflare, Inc.;
- Builder.io, Inc.;
- LinkedIn Corporation.
How Your Information Is Used
Use of Your Information
We use the information we receive from you to:
- Provide our Website and services you have requested or purchased from us;
- Personalize and customize our content;
- Make improvements to our Website;
- Contact you with updates to our Website;
- Resolve problems and disputes; and
- Contact you with marketing and advertising that we believe may be of interest to you;
Communications and Emails
When we communicate with you about our Website, we will use the email address you provided when you registered as a member or user.
Sharing Information With Facebook and Google for Marketing Purposes
As we noted above, upon receiving your consent, we may share your PD, not including information you have provided for purposes of forwarding to law firms, with Tracking Technologies for similar audience marketing purposes. Similar audience marketing is also called lookalike audience marketing. The third party Tracking Technologies we share your PD with for this type of marketing include Facebook and/or Google. Using your PD, for similar audience marketing or lookalike audience marketing helps us find new audiences (users and customers) based on similar interests to yours, this helps us improve our marketing services. Your PD is only shared with Facebook and Google for this type of marketing. If you agree to accept our use of cookies in the consent banner located in the footer of your Website, you are hereby giving your consent for your PD to be used for the marketing purposes described within this section.
Sharing Information With Attorneys
When you submit a report for a claim or file for a claim, your information and inquiry will be forwarded to one of the attorneys we work with.
Legally Required Releases of Information
We may disclose your PD to third parties when we believe, in good faith and in our sole discretion, that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) comply with any subpoena, law, or other legal process; (b) assist law enforcement officials or government enforcement agencies; (c) investigate violations of or otherwise enforce or apply the terms and conditions our Legal Terms; (d) protect us from legal action or claims from third parties, including you and/or other users or members; (e) protect the legal rights, personal/real property, or personal safety of our company, users, employees, and affiliates; (f) submit insurance claims, cooperate with insurance investigations, and fulfil insurance subrogation activities; or (g) detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.
Disclosures to Successors
We reserve the right to transfer information (including your PD) to a third party in the event of a sale, merger, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of our company relating to the Website, or in the unlikely event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or receivership of our business. .
Community Discussion Boards
Our Website may offer the ability for users to communicate with each other through online community discussion boards or other mechanisms. We do not filter or monitor what is posted on such discussion boards. If you choose to post on these discussion boards, you should use care when exposing any PD, as such information is not protected by our Privacy Notice nor are we liable if you choose to disclose your PD through such postings. Also, PD you post on our Website for publication may be available worldwide by means of the Internet. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.
Retaining and Destroying Your PD
We retain information that we collect from you (including your PD) only for as long as we need it for legal, business, or tax purposes. Your information may be retained in electronic form, paper form, or a combination of both. When your information is no longer needed, we will destroy, delete, or erase it.
Protecting the Privacy Rights of Third Parties
If any postings you make on our Website contain information about third parties, you must make sure you have permission to include that information in your posting. While we are not legally liable for the actions of our users, we will remove any postings about which we are notified, if such postings violate the privacy rights of others.
Do Not Track Settings
Some web browsers have settings that enable you to request that our Website not track your movement within our Website. Our Website does not obey such settings when transmitted to and detected by our Website. You can turn off tracking features and other security settings in your browser by referring to your browser's user manual.
Global Privacy Control
We honor the Global Privacy Control ("GPC"), which is a browser extension that automatically indicates a consumer's opt-out preferences.
Links to Other Websites
Our Website may contain links to other third party websites. These third party websites are not under our control and are not subject to our Privacy Notice. These third party websites will likely have their own privacy notices. We have no responsibility for these third party websites and we provide links to these websites solely for your convenience. You acknowledge that your use of and access to these other websites are solely at your risk. It is your responsibility to check the privacy notices of these websites to see how they treat your PD.
Protecting Children's Privacy
Even though our Website is not designed for use by anyone under the age of 18, we realize that a child under the age of 16 may attempt to access our Website. We do not knowingly collect PD from children under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child is using our Website, please contact us. Before we remove any information, we may ask for proof of identification to prevent malicious removal of account information. If we discover that a child is accessing our Website, we will delete his/her information within a reasonable period of time. You acknowledge that we do not verify the age of our users nor do we have any liability to do so.
Our Email Policy
You can always opt out of receiving further email correspondence from us or our affiliates. We will not sell, rent, or trade your email address to any unaffiliated third party without your permission except in the sale or transfer of our business, or if our company files for bankruptcy.
Our Security Policy
We have built our Website using industry-standard security measures and authentication tools to protect the security of your PD. We and the third parties who provide services for us, also maintain technical and physical safeguards to protect your PD. When we collect your credit card information through our Website, we will encrypt it before it travels over the Internet using industry-standard technology for conducting secure online transactions. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee against the loss or misuse of your PD or secure data transmission over the Internet because of its nature.
We strongly urge you to protect any password you may have for our Website and to not share it with anyone. You should always log out of our Website when you finish using it, especially if you are sharing or using a computer in a public place.
Use of Your Credit Card
You may have to provide a credit card to buy services from our Website. We may collect fees through our contracted third-party payment processor and have no control over the third-party payment processor. We may replace our third party payment processor without notice to you. We use our commercially reasonable efforts to make sure your credit card number is kept strictly confidential by using only third-party payment processors that use industry-standard encryption technology to protect your credit card number from unauthorized use. However, you understand and agree that we are in no way responsible for any misuse of your credit card number.
Changes to Our Privacy Notice
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Notice at any time. If our company decides to change this Privacy Notice, we will post those changes on our Website so that our users and customers are always aware of what information we collect, use, and disclose. If at any time we decide to disclose or use your PD in a method different from that specified at the time it was collected, we will provide advance notice by email (sent to the email address on file in your account). Otherwise we will use and disclose our users' and customers' PD in agreement with the Privacy Notice in effect when the information was collected. In all cases, your continued use of our Website and services after any change to this Privacy Notice will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Questions About Our Privacy Notice
If you have any questions about our Privacy Notice, please contact us using the information at the top of this Privacy Notice.
Privacy Notice for California Residents
This Privacy Notice for California Residents (the "Notice") supplements the information contained in our Privacy Notice and applies only if you are a California Consumer (as defined in the Privacy Notice).
For purposes of this Notice "Sell," "Selling," "Sale," or "Sold," means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, Personal Information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
"Share", "Shared," or "Sharing" means sharing, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, Personal Information to a third party for Cross-context Behavioral Advertising, whether or not for monetary or other valuable consideration.
"Cross-context Behavioral Advertising" means the targeting of advertising to a consumer based on that consumer's Personal Information obtained from activity across businesses or distinctly-branded websites, applications, or services, other than the business or distinctly-branded website, application, or service with which the consumer intentionally interacts. (In other words, if we send you an ad based solely on your interaction with us or our Website, this is not Cross-context Behavioral Advertising.)
"Sensitive Personal Information" means Personal Information that is not publicly available and reveals one or more of the following:
- A consumer's Social Security, driver's license, state identification card, or passport number;
- A consumer's account log-in, financial account, debit card or credit card number in combination with any required security or access code, password, or credentials allowing access to an account;
- A consumer's precise geolocation;
- A consumer's racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership;
- The contents of a consumer's mail, email, and text messages unless we are the intended recipient of the communication;
- A consumer's genetic or biometric data;
- A consumer's neural data; or
- Personal Information collected and analyzed concerning a consumer's health, sex life, or sexual orientation.
"Verifiable Request" means that the identifying information provided by a consumer in connection with a request matches the Personal Information of the consumer already maintained by us. Identifying information you can submit in order to permit us to verify your Verifiable Request may include your first and last name, the email address and phone number that is associated with your account, and a secure confirmation code that we provide to you via email.
1. Information We Collect
In the past twelve (12) months, we have collected the following categories of Personal Information from California residents:
- Identifiers (names, personal or business addresses, unique personal identifiers, email addresses, and IP addresses).
- Other information which is not required to use our Website but that you choose to provide to us through an online form.
In the past twelve (12) months, we have not collected Sensitive Personal Information from California residents.
We obtain this Personal Information from the following types of sources:
- Directly from you. For example, from forms you complete or products and services that you purchase.
- Indirectly from you. For example, from information automatically sent by your web browser or from analyzing data about your actions on our website.
2. Use of Personal Information
We may use, Sell, Share, or disclose the Personal Information we collect for one or more of the following "Business Purpose(s):"
- To fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information, which may include providing your Personal Information to our client law firms upon your request;
- To provide our website, or online services;
- To facilitate Cross-context Behavioral Advertising;
- To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations;
- To respond to your requests under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the "CCPA"), as amended;
- For any other purpose described to you when we collect your Personal Information; and
- For any other acceptable purposes as set forth in the CCPA.
Unless we notify you otherwise, we will not collect additional categories of Personal Information, nor use the Personal Information we collect for any other materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes.
3. Retention of Personal Information
We retain each category of your Personal Information for no longer than is reasonably necessary for one or more Business Purposes, subject to your right to request we delete your Personal Information. Due to the nature of the services, it is not possible to predict the length of time that we intend to retain your Personal Information. Instead, we use the following criteria to determine whether it remains reasonably necessary to retain your Personal Information for one or more disclosed Business Purpose(s):
- Whether or not there is a retention period required by statute or regulations;
- Pendency of any actual or threatened litigation for which we are required to preserve the information;
- Generally accepted best practices in our industry; and/or
- Pendency of applicable statutes of limitations for potential legal claims.
When we determine that it is no longer reasonably necessary to retain your Personal Information for one or more disclosed Business Purpose(s) based on the above criteria, we will delete your Personal Information.
4. Disclosure of Personal Information
We may disclose Personal Information to our "service providers," to our "contractors," and to "third parties" (each as defined by the CCPA) for a Business Purpose. When we disclose Personal Information for a Business Purpose, we enter into an agreement with the receiving party that describes the purpose for sharing the Personal Information, and that requires the receiving party to keep that Personal Information confidential. In the case of disclosures to our "service providers," our "service providers" are obligated not to use the Personal Information for any purpose other than performing the services according to their agreement with us. In the case of our "contractors", our "contractors" are obligated not to use the Personal Information for any purpose unrelated to the business purpose for which we've engaged them.
We may disclose your Personal Information with the following categories of entities: (i) "service providers," (ii) "contractors," (iii) our "third party" advertisers, and (iv) our client law firms.
We Sell and/or Share Personal Information, subject to your right to opt-out of those Sales or Sharing, to the following categories of third parties: "third party" advertisers, Service Providers, contractors, and our client law firms.
In the past twelve (12) months, we have Sold or Shared the following categories of Personal Information about California Consumers: Identifiers (names, personal or business addresses, email addresses, and IP addresses).
5. Your Rights and Choices
If you are a California Consumer, you may request information about our collection, use, disclosure and Sale of your Personal Information over the past twelve (12) months, whether or not it was collected electronically. If you submit a Verifiable Request, we will provide you with information regarding:
- the categories of Personal Information we have collected about you; the categories of sources from which your Personal Information was collected; our Business Purpose for collecting, Selling, or Sharing your Personal Information; the categories of third parties with whom we disclose that Personal Information; and the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you; and
- if we Sold, Shared, or disclosed your Personal Information for a Business Purpose: what categories of Personal Information we Sold or Shared, and to which categories of recipients we Sold or Shared it; and what categories of Personal Information we disclosed for a Business Purpose, and to which categories of recipients we disclosed it.
You also have the right to request a copy of your Personal Information, and/or to request that we transmit your Personal Information to another entity. To the extent technically feasible, we will comply with your request and provide and/or transmit your Personal Information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
You also have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information that we collect or maintain by submitting a Verifiable Request. We may deny your deletion request if retaining your Personal Information is necessary for us or our "service providers" or "contractors" to:
- Complete the transaction for which we collected your Personal Information, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide goods or services that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated by you within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you;
- Help to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of your Personal Information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for those purposes;
- Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise that consumer's right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code ยง 1546 et. seq.);
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research that conforms or adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information's deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the ability to complete such research, if you previously provided informed consent;
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us and compatible with the context in which you provided the information; or
- Comply with a legal obligation.
You further have the right to request that we correct any of your Personal Information that is inaccurate by submitting a Verifiable Request. We will correct any inaccurate Personal Information pursuant to your request to the extent possible using commercially reasonable efforts. We may deny your correction request if the Personal Information is accurate. We may also delete your Personal Information instead of correcting it to the extent such deletion would not negatively impact you.
If you choose to exercise a privacy right under the CCPA, you have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment.
You may submit a Verifiable Request for the information listed above, or exercise any of your rights enumerated under this Notice, by emailing us at privacy@classaction.org, or by completing the webform, available here. You may also submit a Verifiable Request on behalf of your minor child.
After we receive your Verifiable Request, we will provide to you, in writing and free of charge (unless your request is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded), the requested information for the 12-month period preceding your request (unless you specifically request disclosure beyond such 12-month period, in which case, we will process your request with respect to Personal Information we have collected during the time period you specify, provided that (a) the earliest date that your request may apply to is January 1, 2022, and (b) processing your request does not require disproportionate effort). You can choose to have this information delivered to you by postal mail, or electronically. We will try to respond to your verified request within forty-five (45) days of receipt, but if we require more time (up to another forty-five (45) days) we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. Please note that we are not required to comply with your request for information more than twice in any 12-month period. If applicable, our response will explain the reasons why we cannot comply with your request.
You have the right to direct us to stop Selling or Sharing your Personal Information to third parties at any time. You may opt-out here. However, if you change your mind, you may opt-in to Personal Information Sales or Sharing at any time by emailing us at privacy@classaction.org. Consumers who opt-in to Personal Information Sales or Sharing may opt-out of future Sales or Sharing at any time.
Should you choose to exercise any of the rights enumerated under this Notice, we will not:
- Deny you goods or services;
- Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties;
- Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services; or
- Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
However, please be aware that it may be a functional necessity for our Website to have Personal Information about you in order to operate, and we may not be able to provide some or all of our Website to you if you direct us to delete your Personal Information.