CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS ONLY: Your California Privacy Rights
What This Privacy Policy Covers
This Privacy Rights Act Notice (“Notice”) provides additional information to California residents whose Personal Information is collected by the Observer News Enterprise (“Observer News Enterprise”) pursuant to California laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). If you are not a California resident, this Notice does not apply to you. Any capitalized terms undefined in this Notice have the same definition as the Policy.
This Notice covers information collected (through offline and online methods) when you visit the Observer News Enterprise location, visit the Observer News Enterprise website at observernewsonline.com (the “Website”), contact us by phone or email, subscribe to our mailing list, or when you engage with us on social networking sites.
Information Collected, Used and Disclosed
We collect, use and disclose personal information, collected in connection with this Website as described in Annex 1 to this Notice. To review the categories of personal information collected, purposes for collection, and third parties to whom personal information is disclosed, click here.
Business-to-Business (“B2B”) Information
If you are a contact person for any of our business partners, vendors, distributors, suppliers, service providers, contractors, or other entities with which we have a business relationship or potential business relationship, we collect the contact information you provide to us, including name, phone number, address, email address and other contact and relationship information consistent with your role in facilitating that business relationship. We use that information for internal purposes, including to contact you, send and receive information, and otherwise facilitate the business relationship. We do not disclose that information outside our business relationship without your consent. See Annex 1 for more details.
Information Sold or Shared
We do not currently sell or share your personal information.
In the preceding 12 months, we have sold or shared the following categories of personal information:
- Personal Identifiers
- Commercial Information
- Internet Activity
We have disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding 12 months:
- Personal Identifiers
- Commercial Information
- Internet Activity
For details regarding the categories of third parties with whom we have shared, sold, or disclosed personal information, please see Annex 1.
RIGHTS UNDER THE CCPA AND CPRA
Under California law, you are afforded several rights about the personal information collected about you, and you can make certain requests with regard to those rights as follows:
Right to Know about the Categories of Personal Information Collected or Disclosed (“Right to Know”)
Right to Request Deletion of Personal Information (“Right to Delete”)
Right to Correct or Rectify Inaccurate Information About You (“Right to Correct”)
HOW TO MAKE YOUR REQUESTS TO KNOW, DELETE, OR CORRECT.
You have the right to make requests for the aforementioned rights (Request to Know; Request to Delete; or a Request to Correct (a “Request”)).
To make a Request for any of the information set forth above, please submit a verifiable consumer request pursuant to the instructions below. The Request must provide sufficient information to allow us to verify that you are the person about whom the personal information was collected, sold, shared, or disclosed and must contain sufficient detail to allow us to properly understand, evaluate and respond to your Request. If we cannot verify your identity, we will not be able to respond to your Request. We will acknowledge your Request within 10 business days and we will attempt to respond substantively within 45-90 days.
You may make a Request the following ways:
- You may make a request here.
- You may make a request here: 828-464-0221
- You may also make a request by phone by contacting us at admin@hpinc.us.
Once we receive your Request, we will begin the process to verify that you are the person that is the subject of the request (the “Verification Process”). The Verification Process consists of matching identifying information provided by you with the information we have about you in our records.
We will review all information provided by you to us, to determine whether we can respond to your Request. We will inform you of our decision to deny or grant your Request.
For any Requests to Know, you may make such Requests twice within a 12-month period.
For Requests to Correct, you will need to provide evidence supporting the inaccuracy of the current information, and we reserve the right to delete the information instead of correcting if such deletion does not impact you or you consent to the deletion.
We will retain correspondence, documents and information related to any Request for 24 months as required by law.
ADDITIONAL CPRA RIGHTS
The following additional rights are afforded to you under the CPRA:
Right to Know Sensitive Personal Information Collected
We collect and use your Sensitive Personal Information as described in Annex 1 below.
We do not collect or process sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics or for any purposes other than those set forth in Regulations Section 7027(m).
Right to Opt Out of Sharing and Selling
You have the right to opt out of the processing of the selling and sharing of your personal data. As noted above, we do not sell or share your data (as defined by the CPRA) at this time.
Right To Access Information About Automated Decision Making and the Right to Opt-Out of Automated Decision Making
You can request access to information about automated decision making processes we use and you may request to opt out of automated decision making. We do not engage in decision making methods that rely solely on automated processing.
Right to Non-Discrimination for Exercising Consumer Privacy Rights
You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your privacy rights conferred by the California Consumer Privacy Act, including by exercising the rights specified herein.
COOKIES
As explained in our “COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY” section, you can opt out of cookies using your browser. You may also exercise your right to opt-out of cookies using our Cookie Preference Center.
Please Note:
- Opt-outs are device and browser based. You must opt out on each device and each browser where you want your choice to apply.
- Opt-outs maybe stored via cookies. If you clear cookies, your opt-out may no longer be valid and you must opt out again where you want your choices to apply.
- We may still share your Personal Information with our service providers that help us perform functions that are necessary for our business such as vendors that host our Website, analytics processors, etc. These entities are contractually obligated to keep this information confidential and not use it for any purpose other than for the services they provide to our business.
AUTHORIZED AGENT INFORMATION
You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf under the CPRA.
Authorized agents can make requests under the CPRA by emailing us at email address: admin@hpinc.us. If we receive your request from an authorized agent, we may ask for evidence that you have provided such agent with either (1) a power of attorney or (2) signed permission to exercise rights on your behalf. Unless the authorized agent provides a power of attorney, we may also require you to verify your own identity directly with us and directly confirm that you gave the authorized agent permission to submit the request.
OTHER CALIFORNIA DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
California Shine The Light Disclosure Information
Although we do not disclose to any third parties for their marketing purposes any personal information, California residents are entitled to receive the following disclosure information under California law:
Under California Law, California residents have the right to request in writing from businesses with which they have an established business relationship, (1) a list of the categories of personal information, such as name, address, email address, and the type of services provided to the customer, that a business has disclosed to third parties (including affiliates that are separate legal entities) during the immediately preceding calendar year for the third-parties’ direct marketing purposes, and (2) the names and addresses of all such third parties. We will respond to such written requests within 30 days following receipt at the email or mailing address specified below under “Contact Us”. If we receive your request at a different email or mailing address, we will respond within a reasonable period of time, but not to exceed 150 days from the date received. Please note that we are required to respond to each customer only once per calendar year.
Retention of Personal Information
We will retain your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in Annex 1 and to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your personal information to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
Contact For More Information
For information and questions about the use of your personal information or this Notice or your privacy, you may contact us at admin@hpinc.us.
Changes to This Privacy Notice
This Notice may be revised from time to time for any reason. If this Notice changes, the revised notice will include a new effective date, and we will notify you of such changes by posting the revised notice on this page. Be sure to check the Notice whenever you submit personal information to us.
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