Tech Abilities, LLC. (“Tech Abilities” “we” “us” “our”) respects the privacy rights of consumers and our clients. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, secure, use and share personal information of our clients utilizing this website as well as our products and services (“Services”) or otherwise during our business relationship with our clients. Our contracts with specific clients may provide different or separate privacy governance. This Policy explains generally how we treat information that is provided to us through our Services. In all instances where we are provided consumer data from our clients, we honor the instructions of our clients with respect to consumer data they provide to us for our Services.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
Client Provided Information. The types of personally identifiable information that are voluntarily provide us includes, but is not limited to: (a) Contact Information such as name, address, email address, phone number, fax number, billing address, or shipping address; (b) Profile Information such as username and password; (c) Transaction information such as product selections, order history, credit card number and expiration date, referring URL, IP address, occupation, personal interests, and information about your interests in and use of our Services; (d) Communications such as market research, surveys, or telephone calls with customer service; (e) Marketing information such as advertising preferences; and (f) Payment information such as a credit card or bank account.
Third-Party Provided Information. We may receive personal information about clients and others from sources such as data providers, marketing partners, affiliates, and publicly accessible sources, such as social media platforms.
Technology Based Provided Information. We automatically receive and store the following types of information about the end user, its computer or device, and activity whenever you use the Website, or interact with our Services: (a) Device data, such as computer or mobile device operating system type and version number, manufacturer and model, browser type, language preferences, IP address, date and time of visits, unique identifiers, and general geo location such as city or state; (b) Usage data, such as the websites visited, pages or screens you viewed, time spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and duration of access.
Site Specific Collection - Cookies, Web Beacons, and Java Script:
(a) Cookies. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your device that uniquely identifies your browser and settings within your browser for the purpose of helping you navigate between pages efficiently and remembering your preferences, enabling functionality, helping us understand user activity and patterns, facilitating online advertising, and measuring the effectiveness of our ads. Users can also express their choices for cookies through their browser.
(b) Web Beacons. Also known as pixel tags, or clear GIFs, are used to count and recognize users to the website or demonstrate that a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content within it was viewed or clicked, typically to compile statistics about usage of websites and the success of marketing campaigns. This can be controlled through your browser.
(c) Java script libraries, which are snippets of code within web pages that execute when certain actions take place.
INFORMATION USE
We may use, disclose, or sell your personal information for the following business purposes or as otherwise described to you, at the time of collection:
Delivery of Services. We use your personal information to provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Services, to communicate with you regarding the Services, to process transactions and payments for Services, to personalize your experience with the Services; and to provide support for the Services.
Operation of the Website and Services. We use your personal information to provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Website and Services to personalize your experience, and to provide systems support, all of which is provided through the Website.
Research and Development. We may use your personal information for research and development purposes, including to analyze and improve the Services and develop other products and services. We make personal information into anonymous data by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this anonymous data and share it with third-parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze and improve the Services and promote our business.
Marketing. We may collect and use your personal information for marketing and advertising purposes. If you request information from us, use the Services, or participate in our surveys, promotions or events, we may send you marketing communications which contain a link to opt-out. We may also contract with third-party advertising and social media companies to display ads pertaining to our Services. These companies may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about you (including the device data and online activity data described above), and they may use that information to serve ads that they think will interest you.
Legal Compliance and Information Security. We may use your personal information to protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety, or property (including by making and defending legal claims), to audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements and internal policies, to enforce our Terms of Use, to protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical, or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft, and to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.
SHARING INFORMATION
We may share your personal information with the following parties and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or within the terms of our contract with clients:
Service Providers. We may employ third-party companies and individuals to help provide the Services on our behalf, such as marketing and advertising, website analytics, research, IT, customer support, hosting, email delivery, and credit card processing. We and they are restricted from using your personal information except as authorized to perform these tasks in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Payment Processors. Any payment card information you use to make a purchase on the Services is collected and processed by our payment processors.
Professional Advisors. We may disclose your personal information to professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services they render to us.
Legal Compliance. We may disclose your personal information as necessary or required to government, law enforcement officials, or private parties: (i) to demonstrate legal compliance; (ii) as required by law, lawful requests, or legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities; (iii) where permitted by law in connection with an investigation; and (iv) to prosecute or defend legal claims, both civil and criminal.
Business Transfers. We may sell, transfer, or otherwise share some or all of our business or assets, including your personal information, in connection with a business deal (or potential business deal) such as a merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, or in the event of bankruptcy, in which case we will make reasonable efforts to require the recipient to honor this Privacy Policy.
INFORMATION SECURITY
We place a priority on the security of personal information, and we have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. We are able to keep your personal information safe and secure by utilizing the industry standard technology, including password protected member records, firewalls, secure servers, and Secure Sockets Layer (“SSL”) encryption technology. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we are committed to protecting your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to change or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and without prior notice. Any changes and/or modifications shall become effective immediately upon posting without further notice. Our contracts with clients govern changes to their business privacy. Otherwise, your continued use of the Website and Services after the posting of the updated Privacy Policy shall constitute your agreement and acceptance of the update.
SUPPLEMENTAL CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS’ RIGHTS
This section applies solely to visitors, users, and others who are residents of the State of California ("consumers" or "you") and supplements the information contained in the Privacy Policy above. It describes how we collect, use and share personal information of California residents in operating our business, and their rights with respect to that personal information. We adopt this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") and other California privacy laws. We are a service provider as defined by the CCPA. As such, we do not directly collect, use, store or share consumer information other than as described herein. If you have questions pertaining to our authority and limitations under the CCPA, please submit the same to us at Tech Abilities, LLC. 4629 Cass Street, Ste 382, San Diego, CA 92109 or email at [email protected].
INFORMATION COLLECTION
Client Provided Information. The types of personally identifiable information that are voluntarily provide us includes, but is not limited to: (a) Contact Information such as name, address, email address, phone number, fax number, billing address, or shipping address; (b) Profile Information such as username and password; (c) Transaction information such as product selections, order history, credit card number and expiration date, referring URL, IP address, occupation, personal interests, and information about your interests in and use of our Services; (d) Communications such as market research, surveys, or telephone calls with customer service; (e) Marketing information such as advertising preferences; and (f) Payment information such as a credit card or bank account.
Third-Party Provided Information. We may receive personal information about clients and others from sources such as data providers, marketing partners, affiliates, and publicly accessible sources, such as social media platforms.
Technology Based Provided Information. We automatically receive and store the following types of information about the end user, its computer or device, and activity whenever you use the Website, or interact with our Services: (a) Device data, such as computer or mobile device operating system type and version number, manufacturer and model, browser type, language preferences, IP address, date and time of visits, unique identifiers, and general geo location such as city or state; (b) Usage data, such as the websites visited, pages or screens you viewed, time spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and duration of access.
Site Specific Collection - Cookies, Web Beacons, and Java Script:
(a) Cookies. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your device that uniquely identifies your browser and settings within your browser for the purpose of helping you navigate between pages efficiently and remembering your preferences, enabling functionality, helping us understand user activity and patterns, facilitating online advertising, and measuring the effectiveness of our ads. Users can also express their choices for cookies through their browser.
(b) Web Beacons. Also known as pixel tags, or clear GIFs, are used to count and recognize users to the website or demonstrate that a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content within it was viewed or clicked, typically to compile statistics about usage of websites and the success of marketing campaigns. This can be controlled through your browser.
(c) Java script libraries, which are snippets of code within web pages that execute when certain actions take place.
INFORMATION USE
We may use, disclose, or sell your personal information for the following business purposes or as otherwise described to you, at the time of collection:
Delivery of Services. We use your personal information to provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Services, to communicate with you regarding the Services, to process transactions and payments for Services, to personalize your experience with the Services; and to provide support for the Services.
Operation of the Website and Services. We use your personal information to provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Website and Services to personalize your experience, and to provide systems support, all of which is provided through the Website.
Research and Development. We may use your personal information for research and development purposes, including to analyze and improve the Services and develop other products and services. We make personal information into anonymous data by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this anonymous data and share it with third-parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze and improve the Services and promote our business.
Marketing. We may collect and use your personal information for marketing and advertising purposes. If you request information from us, use the Services, or participate in our surveys, promotions or events, we may send you marketing communications which contain a link to opt-out. We may also contract with third-party advertising and social media companies to display ads pertaining to our Services. These companies may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about you (including the device data and online activity data described above), and they may use that information to serve ads that they think will interest you.
Legal Compliance and Information Security. We may use your personal information to protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety, or property (including by making and defending legal claims), to audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements and internal policies, to enforce our Terms of Use, to protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical, or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft, and to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities.
SHARING INFORMATION
We may share your personal information with the following parties and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or within the terms of our contract with clients:
Service Providers. We may employ third-party companies and individuals to help provide the Services on our behalf, such as marketing and advertising, website analytics, research, IT, customer support, hosting, email delivery, and credit card processing. We and they are restricted from using your personal information except as authorized to perform these tasks in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Payment Processors. Any payment card information you use to make a purchase on the Services is collected and processed by our payment processors.
Professional Advisors. We may disclose your personal information to professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services they render to us.
Legal Compliance. We may disclose your personal information as necessary or required to government, law enforcement officials, or private parties: (i) to demonstrate legal compliance; (ii) as required by law, lawful requests, or legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities; (iii) where permitted by law in connection with an investigation; and (iv) to prosecute or defend legal claims, both civil and criminal.
Business Transfers. We may sell, transfer, or otherwise share some or all of our business or assets, including your personal information, in connection with a business deal (or potential business deal) such as a merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, or in the event of bankruptcy, in which case we will make reasonable efforts to require the recipient to honor this Privacy Policy.
INFORMATION SECURITY
We place a priority on the security of personal information, and we have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. We are able to keep your personal information safe and secure by utilizing the industry standard technology, including password protected member records, firewalls, secure servers, and Secure Sockets Layer (“SSL”) encryption technology. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we are committed to protecting your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to change or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and without prior notice. Any changes and/or modifications shall become effective immediately upon posting without further notice. Our contracts with clients govern changes to their business privacy. Otherwise, your continued use of the Website and Services after the posting of the updated Privacy Policy shall constitute your agreement and acceptance of the update.
SUPPLEMENTAL CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS’ RIGHTS
This section applies solely to visitors, users, and others who are residents of the State of California ("consumers" or "you") and supplements the information contained in the Privacy Policy above. It describes how we collect, use and share personal information of California residents in operating our business, and their rights with respect to that personal information. We adopt this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") and other California privacy laws. We are a service provider as defined by the CCPA. As such, we do not directly collect, use, store or share consumer information other than as described herein. If you have questions pertaining to our authority and limitations under the CCPA, please submit the same to us at Tech Abilities, LLC. 4629 Cass Street, Ste 382, San Diego, CA 92109 or email at [email protected].