California Privacy Notice

California Privacy Notice

Last Updated 1/1/2022

This privacy notice for California Residents (this “Privacy Notice”) is provided in addition to the information in any other privacy notice provided by Preferred Contractors Association, LLC and its affiliates (together, “PCA”, “we”, “us” or “our”) and explains how PCA collects, uses and discloses Personal Information relating to residents of the State of California (“consumers”, “you” or “your”) covered by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 as amended from time to time, together with any applicable regulations (the “CCPA”).

PCA adopts this Privacy Notice to comply with the CCPA, and any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this Privacy Notice. This Privacy Notice is effective from January 1, 2020.

This Privacy Notice does not apply to (i) PCA personnel or job applicants seeking opportunities at PCA, (ii) personnel working on behalf of business partners with whom we are conducting business, or (iii) information collected, processed, sold, or disclosed pursuant to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and its implementing regulations or the California Financial Information Privacy Act.

We may amend this Privacy Notice from time to time by posting the updated Privacy Notice on our website.

1. NOTICE OF COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may collect the following categories of Personal Information about you online or offline:

  • Identifiers: Identifiers such as a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier (such as a device identifier; cookies, beacons, pixel tags, mobile ad identifiers, and similar technology; customer number, unique pseudonym, or user alias; telephone number and other forms of persistent or probabilistic identifiers), online identifier, internet protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, and other similar identifiers
  • Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80: signature, physical characteristics or description, state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, and other financial information, medical information, and health insurance information
  • Protected Classifications: characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, genetic information, disability, citizenship status, and military and veteran status
  • Online Activity: Internet and other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with websites, applications, or advertisements
  • Sensory Information: audio, electronic, visual, and similar information
  • Employment Information: professional or employment-related information
  • Education Information: education information that is not publicly available personally identifiable information as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g; 34 C.F.R. Part 99)
  • Inferences: inferences drawn from any of the information identified above to create a profile about you reflecting your preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes

 

We may use the categories of Personal Information listed above for the purposes described in our Privacy Notice (Non-EU). In addition, we may use these categories of Personal Information for certain business or commercial purposes, as described in this table:

Purposes

Performing services

Categories of Personal Information

Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Commercial Information; Online Activity; Employment Information; and Inferences


Auditing related to a current interaction with you and concurrent transactions
Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Commercial Information; Online Activity; Employment Information; and Inferences

Short-term, transient use
Identifiers; Online Activity; and Inferences

Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity
Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Commercial Information; Online Activity; Employment Information; and Inferences

Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality
Identifiers; Online Activity; and Inferences

Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration
Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Protected Classifications; Commercial Information; Online Activity; Sensory Information; Employment Information; and 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
Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Protected Classifications; Commercial Information; Online Activity; Sensory Information; Employment Inf

2. OUR PRIOR COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

 a. Sources of Personal Information

We may have obtained Personal Information about you from various sources, as described below.

Categories of Sources of Data Collection

From you, for example, through your use of our websites, when you send us an email, visit our facilities, or otherwise contact or communicate with us

Categories of Personal Information

Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Protected Classifications; Online Activity; Sensory Information; Employment Information; Education Information and Inferences


From monitoring tools, such as cookies that track your use of our websites
Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Protected Classifications; Online Activity; Sensory Information; and Inferences

Our affiliates
Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Protected Classifications; Commercial Information; Employment Information; Education Information and Inferences

Businesses that we are evaluating in connection with a potential investment or business opportunity
Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Protected Classifications; Commercial Information; Employment Information; Education Information and Inferences

Vendors (e.g., background check providers), advisors and other business partners
Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Protected Classifications; Commercial Information; Employment Information; Education Information and Inferences

Recruiting agencies, social media networks or publicly available sources
Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Protected Classifications; Employment Information; Education Information and Inferences

b. Sharing of Personal Information

We may have shared your Personal Information with certain categories of third parties, as described below.

Categories of Third Parties

Our affiliates

Categories of Personal Information

Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Protected Classifications; Commercial Information; Online Activity; Sensory Information; Employment Information; Education Information and Inferences


Vendors, broker-dealers, advisors and others who provide services to us or on our behalf
Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Protected Classifications; Commercial Information; Sensory Information; Employment Information; Education Information and Inferences

Professional services organizations, such as auditors and law firms
Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Protected Classifications; Commercial Information; Sensory Information; Employment Information; Education Information and Inferences

Government entities, including regulatory agencies and law enforcement
Identifiers; Additional Data Subject to Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80; Protected Classifications; Commercial Information; Online Activity; Sensory Information; Employment Information; and Inferences

c. Disclosure of Personal Information for a Business Purpose

We may have disclosed to third parties for a business purpose all of the categories of Personal Information about you listed in Section 1 above.

d. Sale of Personal Information

PCA has not sold Personal Information in the preceding twelve (12) months. PCA does not sell Personal Information, including not selling the Personal Information of minors under 16.

3. CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY RIGHTS

You have certain choices regarding our use and disclosure of your Personal Information, as described below.

Access: You have the right to request, twice in a 12-month period, that we disclose to you the Personal Information we have collected, used, and disclosed about you during the past 12 months.

Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete certain Personal Information we have collected from you.

How to Submit a Request: To submit an access or deletion request, call us at 760-599-7242 or submit a completed Access and Deletion Rights Request Form to legal@pcamembers.com.

Verifying Requests: To help protect your privacy and maintain security, we will take steps to verify your identity before granting you access to your Personal Information or complying with your request. If you request access to or deletion of your Personal Information, we may require you to provide any of the following information: address, date of birth, unique personal identifier, nationality, telephone number, email address, CV information, or details of a transaction. In addition, if you ask us to provide you with specific pieces of Personal Information, we will require you to sign a declaration under penalty of perjury that you are the consumer whose Personal Information is the subject of the request. If you designate an authorized agent to make an access or deletion request on your behalf, we may require you to (1) provide the authorized agent written permission to do so, and (2) verify your own identity directly with us (as described above).

Additional Information: If you choose to exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, you have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment by us. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may charge a reasonable fee to comply with your request. This Privacy Notice is available in alternative formats upon request. Please contact legal@pcamembers.com or 760-599-7242 to request this Privacy Notice in an alternative format.

Last updated: January 2022

PCA - Preferred Contractors Association
1811 Aston Ave., Ste. 200
Carlsbad, CA 92008