Privacy Policy CCPA
Your California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, and Utah Rights Regarding Personal InformationLast Updated: May 31, 2023
Section 6 of the Privacy Statement uses certain terms that have the meanings given to them in the California Consumer Privacy Act and its implementing regulations (the “CCPA”) and as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act and its implementing regulations(“CPRA”) (Effective January 1, 2023); The Colorado Privacy Act (Effective July 1, 2023); the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (Effective July 1, 2023); the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (Effective January 1, 2023); and the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (Effective December 31, 2023). This policy applies to residents of these states as of the effective date of each state’s law.
If you are a resident of one of these states, you have certain rights with regard to your Personal Information:
▪ Access / Portability – You may request, up to two times every 12 months, that we disclose to you the following: the categories of personal Information that we have collected about you; the categories of sources from which we have collected personal Information about you; the categories of personal information that we have disclosed about you for our business purposes in the last 12 months and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was disclosed, by category or categories of personal information for each Third Party to whom the personal information was disclosed; and the specific pieces of personal information that we have collected about you.
▪ Deletion – You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions allowed under applicable law. ▪ Opt-Out / Do Not Sell My Info – The NAI Consumer Opt-Out gives you the right to request to opt-out of the Sale of your Personal Information to third parties. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “sell” means the sale, rental, release, disclosure, dissemination, availability, transfer, or other oral, written, or electronic communication of your personal information by Tifosi Optics to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
▪ Opt-Out / Do Not Sell My Info – The NAI Consumer Opt-Out gives you the right to request to opt-out of the Sale of your Personal Information to third parties. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “sell” means the sale, rental, release, disclosure, dissemination, availability, transfer, or other oral, written, or electronic communication of your personal information by Tifosi Optics to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
▪ Correction of Inaccurate Personal Information: You have the right to request if inaccurate personal information is represented. To correct that inaccurate personal information please submit this form to privacy@tifosoptics.com . Tifosi Optics has 45 days of the consumers request after we have verified to the best of our abilities the request is accurate. We have the right to extend this timing another 45 days when reasonably necessary provided Tifosi Optics notifies you with in the first 45 day period using method provided in the submission. You may request the correction of inaccurate personal information by mail to Tifosi Optics, Privacy Department, 1011 Industrial Blvd., Watkinsville, GA 30677. Tifosi Optics has the right to deliver any communication regarding the correction and extension through writing and delivered by communication choice elected by the consumer.
You will not be discriminated against for exercising the above rights. You may exercise these rights by calling 1-866-310-0996 or for more information check out the Tifosi Optics Privacy Request Form. We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity prior to responding to your requests. Note that we may deny certain requests, or fulfill a request only in part, based on our legal rights and obligations. For example, we may retain Personal Information as permitted by law, such as for tax or other record keeping purposes, to maintain an active account, and to process transactions and facilitate customer requests. California residents may designate an authorized agent to make a request on their behalf. When submitting the request, please ensure the authorized agent is identified as an authorized agent.
If you are a California resident exercising your above rights to Access, Deletion, and/or Sale Opt-Out, please note the following additional disclosures for purposes of exercising these rights. We ask that you read this Privacy Policy before using the site. This privacy policy complies with the California Consumer Privacy Act of CCPA as well as the updated CCPRA.
▪ If you are a California resident and wish to opt-out of our sharing of your information with third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes offline under California’s “Shine the Light” law, please submit your request through the Tifosi Optics Privacy Request Form. You may also submit your request by email by sending your opt-out request to privacy@tifosioptics.com or by mailing us at Tifosi Optics Attn: Customer Service – 1011 Industrial Blvd, Watkinsville, GA 30677. Please write “California Shine the Light” in the subject field of your email or include it in your written request. You must include your name, street address, city, state, and zip code. We are not responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly, or do not have complete information.
▪ We collect the following categories of personal information as described under applicable state law: personal identifiers; information necessary to provide our products and services to you; commercial information; categories of personal information described in Cal. Civil Code section 1798.80(e); characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law; professional, employment-related, and educational information; internet or other electronic network and app activity information; geolocation information; and inferences.
▪ We collect these categories of personal information directly from you, passively from your devices, from service providers, from our affiliates, and from certain other parties, as described in Section 2 above.
▪ We use these categories of personal information for our own business and commercial purposes, as described in Section 3 above.
▪ We share or disclose these categories of personal information for our business and commercial purposes as described in Section 4 above.
▪ We may “sell” the following categories of personal information as defined by California law: identifiers; commercial information; categories of personal information described in Cal. Civil Code section 1798.80(e); internet or other electronic network activity information; and inferences.
In addition, we may use these categories of personal information for certain business purposes as described in this table:
| Business Purposes | Categories of Personal Information |
|---|---|
| Performing services, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing advertising or marketing services, providing analytics services, or providing similar services | Personal identifiers; Information necessary to provide our products and services to you; Commercial information; Internet and other electronic network and app activity information; Geolocation information; Professional, employment-related, and educational information; Inferences. |
| Auditing related to a current interaction with you and concurrent transactions, including, but not limited to, counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance. | Personal identifiers; Information necessary to provide our products and services to you; Commercial information; Internet and other electronic network and app activity information; Geolocation information; Professional, employment-related, and educational information; Inferences. |
| Short-term, transient use, including, but not limited to, the contextual customization of ads shown as part of the same interaction./td> | Personal identifiers; Information necessary to provide our products and services to you; Commercial information; Internet and other electronic network and app activity information; Geolocation information; Professional, employment-related, and educational information; Inferences./td> |
| Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity./td> | Personal identifiers; Information necessary to provide our products and services to you; Commercial information; Internet and other electronic network and app activity information; Geolocation information; Professional, employment-related, and educational information; Inferences. |
| Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. | Personal identifiers; Information necessary to provide our products and services to you; Commercial information; Internet and other electronic network and app activity information; Geolocation information; Professional, employment-related, and educational information; Inferences. |
| Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of a service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us, and to improve, upgrade, or enhance the service or device that is owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us. | Personal contact information; Information necessary to provide our products and services to you; Internet and other electronic network and app activity information; Professional, employment-related, and educational information; Inferences. |
California Residents’ Employment-Related Information
We MAY collect, receive, use and share personal information for the following work-related individuals. We do not:
▪ sell your personal information;
▪ share or disclose your personal information to third parties other than the entities or service providers listed below;
▪ share or disclose your sensitive information to third parties for purposes other than those listed below; or
▪ permit third parties to collect your personal information on our behalf other than our service providers listed below
We collect, receive, use, and share work-related information for job applicants as described below:
Tifosi Optics will collect, receive and use Name, Postal Address, Email address, Phone number. We will collect information such as work availability, qualification, employer history and experience, compensation, and military service. We will only share this information with company personnel involved in the hiring and recruitment.
Tifosi Optics will hire the best qualified applicant based on education info, past job experience. Tifosi Optics does not discriminate against race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, citizenship status, marital status, gender identity or gender expression, medical conditions, military or veteran status.
Tifosi Optics will only collect sensitive personal information such as social security number, driver’s license number, and date of birth in order to conduct a criminal background check. We will share this information with applicable law enforcement and governmental agencies.
| Categories of personal information we may collect | Sources of the personal information | Purposes for collecting the personal information | Categories of entities with whom we share the personal information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identifiers such as a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, internet protocol address, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers. | You, recruitment service providers, and publicly available sites and sources. | Hire the best-qualified applicants, comply with our legal and contractual requirements, and to establish, exercise our legal and contractual rights. | Company personnel involved with hiring, recruitment service providers, background check service providers, former employers, references you provide, applicable law enforcement and government agencies, former employers, healthcare professionals, and drug testing laboratory personnel. |
| Protected categories such as race, color, national origin, sex, citizenship status, gender identity and gender expression, medical condition, military or veteran status. | You and our recruitment service providers. | Hire the best-qualified applicants; comply with our legal and contractual requirements; administer our diversity, equality and inclusion initiatives; and to establish, exercise our legal and contractual rights. | Company personnel involved with hiring, our recruitment service providers, and applicable government agencies. |
| Sensitive Personal Information, such as; precise geolocation; contents of an individual’s mail, email, and text messages unless the Company is the intended recipient of the communication. | You and our recruitment service providers. | Hire the best-qualified applicants; verify your identity; comply with our legal and contractual requirements; administer our diversity, equality and inclusion initiatives; and to establish, exercise our legal and contractual rights. | Company personnel involved with hiring, recruitment service providers, and applicable government agencies. |
| Geolocation information. | You, and our electronic communications equipment. | Hire the best-qualified applicants, identification verification, comply with our legal and contractual requirements, and to establish, exercise our legal and contractual rights. | Company personnel involved with hiring and IT; our IT service providers. |
| Professional or employment-related information such as job preference and work availability; qualifications; employment history and experience; compensation; military service; reference and background check information, including relevant criminal history; pre-employment test results; immigration and work eligibility; and information provided by you during the interview and hiring process. | You, our recruitment service providers, our background check service providers, applicable law enforcement and governmental agencies, your former employers, references you provide, and publicly available sites and sources. | Hire the best-qualified applicants, identification verification, comply with our legal and contractual requirements, and to establish, exercise our legal and contractual rights. | Company personnel involved with hiring, our recruitment service providers, our background check service providers, applicable law enforcement and governmental agencies, your former employers, and references you provide. |
| Education information relevant to the job. | You, our recruitment service providers, our background check service providers, applicable law enforcement and governmental agencies, your former employers, references you provide, and publicly available sites and sources. | Hire the best-qualified applicants, comply with our legal and contractual requirements, and to establish, exercise our legal and contractual rights. | You, our recruitment service providers, our background check service providers, applicable law enforcement and governmental agencies, your former employers, and references you provide. |
| Inferences drawn from the personal information collected to determine your abilities and aptitude. | Personal information collected about you. | Hire the best-qualified applicants, identification verification, comply with our legal and contractual requirements, and to establish, exercise our legal and contractual rights. | Company personnel involved with hiring and our recruitment service providers. |
We collect, receive, use, and share work-related information for independent contractors as described below:
Name, business/company name if applicable, postal address, Taxpayer Identification number (if applicable), W-9 information in form format, sensitive personal information such as social security number or state card number as well email address, business website, and phone number.
We may collect your resume with qualifications, experience, other companies represented as a 1099.
We will use this information to establish and manage our independent contractors, verify your identity and comply with our legal and contractual requirements.
Tifosi Optics may share this information with company human resources, management, IT personnel, and service providers.