Privacy Policy
I. Who We Are
This is the Privacy Policy for LECA Collaborative (the “Company”). The web site www.lecacollaborative.com (the “Site”) is operated by the Company.
You can contact us at: Get In Touch With — LECA Collaborative.
The Company values individual privacy and we want to give our website visitors the opportunity to know what information we collect about them and how they can limit the use of personally-identifiable information beyond the purposes for which they first provided it. At all times, however, the Company reserves the right to disclose information where required by law or to comply with valid legal process (such as a search warrant, subpoena or court order), to protect the Company's rights or property, including without limitation in the event of a transfer of control of the Company or substantially all of its assets, or during emergencies when safety is at risk.
Whenever we change our policy, we will give reasonable notice by posting a notice on our home page. Since these policy change notices last only for a limited time, however, you should check this Privacy Policy regularly to see if there have been any changes. Your continued use of Site, continued practice of doing business with us (whether as a customer or vendor), or continued access to our facilities, after we make changes indicates that you accept and consent to those changes, please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates.
II. Data We Collect and How We Use It
Personally Identifiable Information
We may collect the following categories of personal data:
Personal Identifiers (such as name, alias, IP address, email address, or mailing address);
Customer/Vendor Records (such as telephone number, physical characteristics, or descriptions; for sole proprietors, this may also include a social security number or tax id number and other information to process payments);
Personal Characteristics or Traits (such as demographic data);
Commercial Information (such as services provided, products or services purchased or considered);
Internet Usage Information (such as browsing history, search history, or interactions with our Site or services regarding what pages from the Site are accessed and when);
Geolocation Data (such as general physical location); and
Inferences derived from personal data;
Other information that you might supply voluntarily, such as survey information; and
If you purchase a product or service, we will also ask for your credit card number or other account number you wish to be charged.
We may use the personal data we collect about you with information obtained from other sources, such as public databases, social media platforms, and other third parties. The information we collect depends on your use of our Site, how you do business with the Company (whether as a customer or vendor), or when/where/how you access our facilities and interactions with us. For example, if you are an investor or fill out an online form, you may provide certain types of information that will be used for business purposes.
We may use this information to respond to an email or other inquiry or request, to help improve our website and our services, to customize your experience at our website, or to send updates or notices about our organization and the products we offer that we think may be of interest to you. We may also combine this information with other generally or publicly available information to help us identify visitors' preferences or interests. We may provide information that identifies you to companies that assist us in these activities, such as helping us fulfill your request for a product, service or information.
For more details on the examples of personal data that may be collected and how that data may be disclosed for business purposes, see below section “Sharing personal data.”
Sharing Personal Data
Depending on the jurisdiction you are located in, we may disclose the following categories of personal data to service providers and third parties.
Category Examples Disclosed for a business purpose
A. Identifiers. A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers. Yes, Identified for business purposes.
B. Personal data categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). A name, signature, Social Security number, 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 data included in this category may overlap with other categories. Yes, Identified for business purposes.
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. 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, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information). Yes, Identified for business purposes.
D. Commercial information. Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. Yes, Identified for business purposes.
E. Biometric information. 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. No, Not identified for business purposes.
F. Internet or other similar network activity. Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a website, application, or advertisement. Yes, Identified for business purposes.
G. Geolocation data. Physical location or movements. Yes, Identified for business purposes.
H. Sensory data. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. Yes, Identified for business purposes.
I. Professional or employment-related information. Current or past job history or performance evaluations. Yes, Identified for business purposes.
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)). 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. No, Not identified for business purposes.
K. Inferences drawn from other personal data. Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. Yes, Identified for business purposes.
Questions and Answers
Q. Does the Company sell my personal data?
A. The Company does not sell your personal data for money. As mentioned, the Company may use tools that may provide data, which may be treated as personal data, to other parties that may use it for their own purposes or direct benefit. While there is not yet a consensus, we do not believe that data practices of third-party cookies and tracking devices associated with our Site or services constitute a sale of personal information by us and therefore we do not currently treat these activities as a sale. We encourage you to exercise control over browser-based cookies by adjusting your browser and mobile device settings.
Q. Does the Company share my personal data with third parties?
A. The Company may disclose personal data with third parties for a business purpose. "Third parties" includes government authorities and agencies, third-party service providers (including contractors and designated agents). From time to time, we may share your personal data with third parties for a third party's own direct benefit including, for example, organizations we work with to conduct market research.
Q. Do third-parties protect my personal data?
A. The agreements we enter into with our third-party service providers require them to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal data, and prohibit them from using your personal data for their own purposes. We only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
Q. Do you transfer my personal data outside the United States?
A. The majority of our computer systems, networks, and devices are currently based in the United States. However, your personal data may be processed in the United States or elsewhere. In that case, the personal data is subject to the law of the jurisdiction in which it is used or stored, including any law permitting or requiring disclosure of the information to the government, government agencies, courts and law enforcement in that jurisdiction.
III. Children's Privacy
The Company's website is intended for adults. The Company does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If the Company obtains knowledge that it has personally identifiable information about a child under 13 in retrievable form in its files, the Company will delete that information from our existing files.
IV. Cookies & Computer-Related Information
The Company does not enable "cookies" on our website with one exception. A cookie is used in website system administration to keep track of movement of an individual user from one screen to another. This information may be used by our staff to detect and resolve website problems and to assist with customer support. We may collect personally identifiable information about site visitors in this process. Additionally, our web server automatically collects information from your computer and navigation patterns when you visit our site, including your Internet Protocol (IP) address, the computer's operating system, the type of browser you use, and the specific web pages visited during your connection. We may also track data such as the total number of visits to our website and the number of visitors to each page of our website.
We may use this information, in aggregate form, for system maintenance and to better understand how our visitors use our site and services so that we can make them better. The Company may also share statistical or demographic information in aggregate form with third parties for marketing or research purposes. This aggregate data will not contain any information that personally identifies you.
V. How You Can Control and Update Data about You
We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with all applicable data protection laws. We will not discriminate against individuals for exercising their applicable rights.
Certain consumer rights you may have include:
The right to request access to the personal data we have about you, by which you can request simple or electronic copies of your personal data;
The right to rectification, we can correct some of the personal data we have about you;
The right of objection, under certain circumstances, you may object to the processing of your personal data, and as a result, we must discontinue the processing of your personal data;
The right to request that we cancel or delete the personal data we have about you;
The right to opt-out of our use, transfer, exchange, or disclosure (including to third parties) of personal data about you; and
The right not to be discriminated against based upon whether you decide to exercise your rights, as described above.
In some jurisdictions, applicable law may entitle you to receive disclosures relating to:
The categories and specific pieces of information we have collected;
The categories of sources from which the personal data is collected;
The business or commercial purpose for collecting personal data; and
The categories of third parties with whom we share personal data.
If you wish to access, opt-out, or request deletion of your personal data, we will ask you to verify your identity. If we are unable to verify your identity, suspect fraud, or fulfilling your request will infringe upon our or another person's rights or conflict with applicable law, we may deny your request. If you are an authorized agent or parent/guardian making a request on behalf of a consumer or your child, we may require and request additional information to verify that you are authorized to make the request. We will explain the reason(s) for the denial of any request.
You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by contacting us at Get In Touch With — LECA Collaborative. You may choose at any time to remove your name, telephone and fax numbers, and postal and email addresses from the lists we use to send notices or updates and elect not to receive correspondence from us by contacting us at Get In Touch With — LECA Collaborative. Additionally, we want to be sure that we keep only the most accurate and up-to-date information about you in our records. Therefore, whenever you believe that your contact information needs to be updated, you can contact us at Get In Touch With — LECA Collaborative to correct or update your contact information.
Other internet sites you visit - including those linked from the Company website - may have their own privacy policies or no policy at all. Other websites might use personal information differently than our policy permits. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policies of any site before providing any personal information.
VI. Data Integrity and Security
We attempt to keep any information you provide utilizing reasonable security measures. Despite these precautions, no data security safeguards are foolproof. Identity thieves, hackers and other unauthorized individuals may find ways to obtain personal data. Although this is unlikely, the Company has put in place procedures to deal with any suspected and/or actual data security breach and will notify the affected users and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so and take steps to mitigate harm.
Any transmission of personal data is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site or any other medium through which you provide us with your personal data.
We also have in place privacy protection control contractual obligations with our vendors designed to ensure that personal data is protected from unauthorized access or disclosure. All the Company employees must abide by the Company's Privacy Policy. Only authorized employees are permitted to have access too personally- identifiable data about website visitors, and that access is limited to what is reasonably needed to perform an employee's responsibilities, such as providing updates or notices or customer service. Employees who violate our privacy policies are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.
VII. Intellectual Property
All trademarks depicted are the intellectual property of their respective owners. Please see our Terms of Use for more information.
VIII. Changes to this Privacy Policy
Any changes we may make to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this web page. The Company will update the Privacy Policy's effective date to let you know when the Policy has been updated.
When the Company deems it appropriate, other forms of notice, such as e-mail or other forms of electronic communication, may be also given concerning any substantive changes to this Privacy Policy or as otherwise required under applicable laws.