Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 19, 2026.

studio contemporary (studio C)

Our Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use personal information, how personal information is shared, and privacy rights.

We use your personal data to provide and improve the service. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using our service.

Studio C "exists to help build connections between people and make the world more open and inclusive. In short—to build a world where anyone can belong anywhere. We are a community built on trust. A fundamental part of earning that trust means being clear about how we use your personal information and protecting your human right to privacy."

This Privacy Policy describes how studio contemporary, LLC and its affiliates ("we," "us," “studio contemporary,” or studio C), process personal information in relation to your use of the studio C platform. Depending on where you live and what you are doing on the studio C platform, the supplemental privacy pages listed below may apply to you.

WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION. “Personal information” refers to any information which is related to, associated with, or could be reasonably linked to an identified or identifiable individual.
WHO CONTROLS MY PERSONAL INFORMATION. 2.1 Controller. Where this Policy mentions “studio contemporary,” “studio C,” "we," "us," or "our," it refers to the studio contemporary company that is responsible for your personal information under this Privacy Policy (the "Controller"). The designated Controller is set out in Schedule 1. 2.2 Payments Controller. This Privacy Policy also applies to the Payment Services provided to you by studio C pursuant to the Payments Terms of Service ("Payments Terms"). When using the payment services, you will also be providing your personal information to one or more studio C payments entities (the "Payments Controller" as outlined in Schedule 1), which will be responsible for your personal information related to the payment services, generally depending on your country of residence.
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT. 3.1 Personal Information Needed to Use the studio C platform. We collect personal information about you when you use the studio C platform. Without it, we may not be able to provide all services requested. This personal information includes: 3.1.1 Contact, Account, and Profile Information. Such as your first name, last name, phone number, address, email address, date of birth, and profile photo, some of which will depend on the features you use. 3.1.2 Identity Information. Where appropriate, we may ask you for an image of your government-issued ID document(s), passport, national ID card, tax ID, or driving license (in accordance with applicable laws) or other verification information, such as your date of birth, address, email address, phone number, or digital identity, and/or a selfie when we verify your ID. If a copy of your ID is provided to us, we will obtain information from your ID. 3.1.3 Payment Transaction Information. Such as payment account, credit card information, bank account information, payment instrument used, date and time, payment amount, payment instrument expiration date and billing postcode, PayPal email address, IBAN information, your address, and other related transaction detaills. 3.2 Personal Information You Choose to Give Us. You can choose to provide us with additional personal information, including: 3.2.1 Additional Profile Information. Such as gender, preferred language(s), city, personal description, hometown, languages spoken, education, and any additional profile information you provide. 3.2.2 Information About Others. Such as a payment instrument or contact information belonging to another person or information about an artist, provider, participant, or other person relevant to the Listing. By providing us with personal information about others, you acknowledge that you have permission to provide that personal information to studio C for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and you have shared the studio C Privacy Policy with them. 3.2.3 Biometric Information. Such as facial recognition data derived from photos and identification documents you submit for verification, where offered and with your consent where required by applicable law. 3.2.4 Communications Information. Such as email, call, message, SMS, and text information where delivery is enabled on or through the studio C Platform. Communication information may also include call recordings and transcripts consistent with the requirements under applicable law, and other log information like your phone number, calling-party number, receiving-party number, account name, email address, forwarding numbers, time and date of communications, duration of communication, routing information, and the types and volumes of communications. 3.2.5 User-Generated Content. Such as any photos, videos, reviews, and other content you choose to provide. 3.2.6 Support Information. Such as call recordings and transcripts consistent with the requirements under applicable law, chat information, and messages collected to provide customer support services, including investigating and responding to user concerns and monitoring and improving our support processes. 3.2.7 Business Information. Such as registered business name and any “doing business as” or similar names, job title, registered and street address, website, phone number, email, social media accounts and website, and other information required to conduct business in your jurisdiction, such as a business tax identification or other business registration number, and proof of registration or association. 3.2.8 Preferences and Requirements. Such as personal preferences or requirements for your Listing. This may include health information if you choose to disclose it on the studio C Platform. 3.2.9 Information Required to Use the studio C Community Network. If you are an artist and part of our studio C community networks, we may collect information such as your profile, your user-generated content (posts, reactions), your local club membership as determined by the location of your Listings, your bookings, and direct artist-to-collector, collector-to-artist, collector-to-collector, or artist-to-artist messages. 3.2.10 Other Information. Such as when you fill in a form, add information to your account, respond to surveys, participate in research, post to community forums, participate in promotions or events, import or manually enter address book contacts, provide your address and/or geolocation, provide business information, or share your experience with us. This may include health information if you choose to disclose it on the studio C platform. 3.3 Personal Information Automatically Collected by Using the studio C platform and our payment services. When you use the studio C platform and payment services, we automatically collect certain personal information. This personal information may include: 3.3.1 Geolocation Information. Such as precise or approximate location determined from your IP address, mobile or other device’s GPS, or other information you disclose to us, depending on your device settings. We may also collect this information when you’re not using the app if you enable this through your settings or device permissions. 3.3.2 Usage Information. Such as searches for Listings, bookings you have made, additional services you have added, access dates and times, the pages you’ve viewed or engaged with before or after using the studio C platform, and other actions on the studio C platform, including content you view, the services you interact with (including those enabled by artificial intelligence (“AI”), and links you click to third-party applications. We may collect this information even if you haven’t created a studio C account or logged in. 3.3.3 Device Information. Such as device and advertising identifiers, hardware and software information, device information, device event information, other unique identifiers, crash data, and read receipts. We may collect this information even if you haven’t created a studio C account or logged in. 3.3.4 Cookies and Similar Technologies As Described in Our Cookie Policy. 3.4 Personal Information We Collect from Third Parties. We may collect personal information from other sources, such as: 3.4.1 Third-Party Applications. If you choose to link, connect, or login to the studio C Platform with a third-party service, such as Google, Facebook, or WeChat, you direct the service to send us information such as your registration, friends list, and profile information as controlled by that service or as authorized by you via your privacy settings at that service. If you choose to connect a smart lock to your studio C account, we may collect information about the smart device, such as log or event information and device information. 3.4.2 License Verification and Background Information Providers. Consistent with applicable law and with your consent where required, we may collect personal information from background screenings and license verification providers. We may use your personal information, including your full name and date of birth, to obtain such reports. 3.4.3 Complainants. If an artist, collector, or any third party submits a complaint about you, we may receive information relating to the specific complaint made in order to understand and, where relevant, address the complaint. 3.4.4 Financial Institutions. If you elect to pay with funds from your bank account, we may receive certain information from your financial institution, such as bank account details and account balance. 3.4.5 Flexible Payment Plans and Financing Providers. If you elect to make a booking and pay on an installment plan, we may receive certain information from the third-party provider, such as the payment schedule and actual payments on authorized payment plans. 3.4.6 Other Sources. Where permitted by applicable law, we may receive additional personal information about you from other sources. This personal information may be combined with other information we have about you and may be based on your activities and interactions on and off of the studio C platform. Such sources may include: other users when they refer you to studio C; publicly available information, including your website, social media profile, and ratings and reviews and offering details on other platforms; and third-party vendors or partners, and members, other individuals, entities, and governmental, public, or tax authorities.
HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT. We use personal information to carry out the processing described in the sub-sections below. This includes using AI technologies that we develop and improve using your personal information. See section 9 for information about Your Rights and how to control studio C’s use of your personal information. 4.1 Provide the studio C platform. We process personal information to: enable you to access the studio C platform and make and receive payments, enable you to purchase, participate in, or offer a Listing, enable you to communicate and engage with others, process and respond to your request, provide you with support, send you messages, updates, security alerts, and account notifications, determine your country or state of residence based on automated review of your account information and your interactions with the studio C platform and enable your use of our products and accommodation services. 4.2 Develop and Improve the studio C platform. We process personal information to: perform analytics, debug, and conduct research, develop and improve our AI, develop and improve our products and services, and provide customer service training. 4.3 Personalize and Customize the studio C platform. We process personal information to: provide a more personalized and relevant user experience, including by inferring user preferences, recommendations, and interests, based on information such as interactions on the studio C platform, search and booking history, and profile information. 4.4 Promote Trust, Safety, and Quality in the studio C community. We process personal information to: study and combat discrimination consistent with our Nondiscrimination Policy, detect, prevent, assess, and address fraud and security risks, ensure you qualify for offering studio visits, including minimal professional experience requirements, online presence and reputation, or that you and your Listing adhere to our policies and safety and quality standards, protect our community from illegal activities or other behaviors, as set out on our Safety policies page and including our Illegal and Prohibited Activities Policy, verify or authenticate information provided by you, including identity information, as described in "Personal Information Needed to Use the studio C platform", conduct checks against databases and other information sources, such as background checks, comply with our legal obligations, protect the health and well-being of artists, colectors, and members of the public, resolve disputes with our members, including disclosing information to deal with disputes related to your role as an artist or collector, enforce our agreements with third parties, determine eligibility for certain types of bookings, comply with law, respond to legal requests, prevent harm, and protect our rights (see “Comply with Law, Respond to Legal Requests, Prevent Harm, and Protect Our Rights”), enforce our Terms of Service (“Terms”) and other policies, such as our Nondiscrimination Policy, and assess or evaluate your interactions with the studio C platform and information obtained from third parties. In certain cases, automated processes, which analyze your account and activities on the studio C platform as well as information in relation to activities on and off the studio C platform that can be associated with you, could restrict or suspend your access to the studio C platform if such processes detect activity that may pose a safety or other risk to studio C, our community, or third parties. Learn more about how our system determines whether certain reservations may carry a higher risk for incidents here. If you would like to challenge decisions based on automated processes, please contact us. 4.5 Provide, Personalize, Measure, and Improve our Advertising and Marketing. We process personal information to: send promotional, advertising, and marketing messages, and other information, show, personalize, measure, and improve our advertising, administer referral programs, rewards, surveys, sweepstakes, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by studio C or its third-party partners, analyze characteristics and preferences to send promotional messages, marketing, advertising, and other information that we think might be of interest to you, and invite participants to events and relevant opportunities. 4.6 Analyze Your Communications. 4.6.1 Purpose. We may review, scan, or analyze your communications on or enabled through the studio C platform for purposes disclosed in this Privacy Policy, including safety, support, product enhancement, and as described in Why we review messages on studio C. For example, as part of our fraud prevention efforts, we scan and analyze messages to mask contact information and references to other sites. Subject to applicable law, we scan and analyze all images uploaded by users to the studio C platform in message threads, profiles, and Listings for certain illegal or inappropriate activities for the purpose of identifying and reporting content violations to appropriate authorities. 4.6.2 Methods. We use automated methods where reasonably possible. Occasionally we may need to manually review communications, such as for investigations or customer support. 4.6.3 Non-Sale. We will not sell reviews or analyses of these communications. 4.7 Provide Payment Services. Personal information is used to enable, or authorize third parties to use, payment services (as defined in the Payments Terms), such as to: process payments, perform the contract with you, verify your identity, detect and prevent money laundering, fraud, abuse, and security incidents, conduct security investigations and risk assessments, comply with applicable legal and compliance obligations, such as anti-money laundering regulations and sanctions enforcement, conduct collections activities, enforce the Payment Terms and other payment policies, and provide and improve payment services. If you are not a studio C user, we may receive payment information relating to you, such as when a studio C user provides your payment card to complete a booking.
WHO WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO. We may disclose your personal information to: 5.1 Other Members. We may disclose personal information in certain situations, as described in Disclosing personal information with other Members, to enable you to purchase, participate in, or offer bookings, connections, or other interactions between Members. 5.2 Members’ Vendors or Partners. Artists and collectors may use third-party services to help manage bookings, such as cleaning services, lock providers, support staff, or assistants. Artists and collectors may use features on the studio C platform to disclose personal information to such third-party vendors or partners. Other Members may use services other than studio C to process your data, including email or reservation management software. Such services are outside of studio C’s control and will be subject to their own policies and applicable law. 5.3 Building Management. We may disclose personal information of artists and collectors to Building Management, including booking information and information related to compliance with applicable laws, in order to facilitate programs with Building Management. Studio booking and personal information, including contact information, may be disclosed to the Building Management of the building, complex, or community where an artist lives and/or the Listing is located to facilitate services, compliance with applicable laws, security, billing, and other services. 5.4 Vendors or Partners. We disclose personal information with affiliated and unaffiliated vendors or partners (including their vendors or partners) to help us run our business, provide services and products to users, including AI, and for their compliance purposes, including those that help us: (i) verify your identity or authenticate your identification documents, (ii) confirm your eligibility to List and host studio visits, including for insurance and license verification, (iii) check information against public databases, (iv) conduct background checks, fraud prevention, security investigations, and risk assessments, (v) perform product development and improvement, maintenance, and debugging, (vi) allow the provision of the studio C platform through third-party platforms and software tools, (vii) provide customer service, advertising, or payments services, (viii) offer additional services you select, (ix) process, handle, or assess insurance claims or similar claims, (x) review, scan, and analyze communications on the studio C platform for certain purposes, such as evidence of child exploitation (see the “Analyze Your Communications” section for additional information), or (xi) offer flexible payment plans and financing provided by a third-party credit provider. These providers are contractually bound to protect your personal information, have access to your personal information to perform these tasks, and may also disclose your personal information where required by law. We may share pseudonymized data with third-party partners who are not capable of re-identifying the data. 5.5 Events Providers. If you elect to attend an event and your attendance is facilitated or sponsored by studio C or its partner(s), we may disclose your personal information to third-party events providers and their or studio C’s service providers for the purpose of enabling your participation in the event, such as issuing tickets and credentials.
WHY WE DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. We may disclose your personal information in order to: 6.1 Act with Your Consent or at Your Direction. Where you provide consent or direct us to disclose your personal information, we disclose your personal information as described at the time of consent or direction, such as when authorizing a third-party application or website to access your studio C account, processing an insurance claim, applying for flexible payment and financing products, or participating in promotional activities by studio C partners or third parties. 6.2 Build Your Public Profile. Personal information you disclose publicly on the studio C platform may be indexed through third-party search engines. We may make certain personal information publicly visible to others, such as: your profile and account information and information derived from them, as described here; listing pages that include information such as the Listing’s approximate or precise location description, calendar availability, profile photo, aggregated demand information, and additional information you choose to disclose; reviews, ratings, and other public feedback, and; content in a community or discussion forum, blog, or social media post, and content you make available to the public, including Listing details on third-party sites, platforms, and apps. 6.3 Comply with Law, Respond to Legal Requests, Prevent Harm, and Protect Our Rights. 6.3.1 Disclosure. As we reasonably deem appropriate, we may disclose your personal information or communications to courts, law enforcement, governmental or public authorities, tax authorities, authorized third parties, or other Members, if and to the extent we are required or permitted to do so by law or where disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with our legal obligations, (ii) comply with a valid legal request, such as a subpoena or court order, or to respond to claims asserted against studio C, (iii) respond to a valid legal request relating to a criminal investigation to address alleged or suspected illegal activity, or to respond to or address any other activity that may expose us, you, or any other of our users to legal or regulatory liability, (iv) enforce and administer our agreements with Members, including our Terms, Additional Legal Terms, and Policies, (v) investigate potential violations of applicable law, including emergency situations which may involve the risk of death or serious physical harm, (vi) respond to requests for or in connection with current or prospective claims or legal proceedings concerning studio C and/or third parties, in accordance with applicable law, or (vii) protect the safety, security, rights, or property of studio C, its employees, its Members, or the public. 6.3.2 To Tax Authorities. Where legally required or permissible according to applicable law, we may disclose artists’ and/or collectors’ personal information to relevant tax authorities or other governmental agencies, depending on where you are based, for the purpose of the tax authorities’ determination of proper compliance with relevant tax obligations. For more information, visit our Help Center. 6.3.3 To Governmental Authorities for Registrations, Notifications, Permits, or License Applications or Numbers. In jurisdictions where studio C facilitates or requires a registration, notification, permit, or license application or number of an artist or collector with a governmental authority, we may disclose personal information of participating Members, including registration numbers and contact information, to the relevant authority, during the application process, when the Listing is published, and periodically thereafter. 6.3.4 Notification. Where appropriate and/or legally required, we may notify Members about legal requests, unless: (i) providing notice is prohibited by the legal process itself, by court order we receive, or by applicable law, or (ii) we believe that providing notice would be futile, ineffective, create a risk of injury or bodily harm to an individual or group, or create or increase a risk of fraud upon or harm to studio C, our Members, or expose studio C to a claim of obstruction of justice. 6.4 Effectuate Business Transactions. If studio C undertakes or is involved in any merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or insolvency event, then we may sell, transfer, or share some or all of our assets, including your personal information, in connection with such transaction or in contemplation of such transaction, such as due diligence. In this event, we will notify you before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
THIRD-PARTY PARTNERS AND INTEGRATIONS. 7.1 Linking Third-Party Services. You can link your studio C account with certain third-party services, such as social networks. When you direct the data sharing by creating this link: some of the information provided to us from linking accounts may be published on your public profile; information you provide to us from the linking of your accounts may be stored, processed, and transmitted for fraud prevention, security investigations, and risk assessment purposes; we disclose information about your reservation with third-party travel partners and reward programs, and; publication and display of information that you provide to the studio C platform through this linkage is subject to your settings and authorizations on the studio C platform and the third-party service. 7.2 Third-Party Service Terms. Parts of studio C may link to third-party services. Studio C does not own or control these third parties. When you interact with these third parties and choose to use their service, you are providing your personal information to them. Your use of these services is subject to the privacy policies of those providers, including Google Maps/Earth Additional Terms of Use, Google Terms of Use, Google Privacy Policy (see here for more information on how Google uses personal information), Paypal Privacy Statement, Klarna Privacy Policy, and Stripe Privacy Policy. Such third-party services may be used to: 7.2.1 Enable Bookings. Third-party services may be used to enable the calendar and booking of a Listing, including: Stripe, Sharetribe, etc.
CHANGING YOUR COUNTRY OR STATE OF RESIDENCE. 8.1 Applicable Controller. If we determine that you have changed your country (or state, for users in the United States) of residence, the Controller and/or Payments Controller and/or Insurance Controller will be determined based on your new country or state of residence from the date on which your country or state of residence changes. We determine your country or state of residence based on automated review of your account information and your interactions with the studio C platform, and will update this as necessary. 8.2 Transfer Between Controllers. The Controller and/or Payments Controller and/or Insurance Controller that originally collected your personal information will need to transfer such personal information to the new applicable Controller and/or Payments Controller and/or Insurance Controller. The new Controller and/or Payment Controller and/or Insurance Controller will continue to process your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy, when applicable. 8.3 Applicable Rights. Your country or state of residence may impact the rights available to you.
YOUR RIGHTS. You may exercise any of the rights described in this section consistent with applicable law. You can access and update some of your personal information through your Account settings. You are responsible for keeping your personal information up to date.
RETENTION. 10.1 Retention Periods. We retain personal information for as long as needed or as permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and further processed and consistent with applicable law. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include: the length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide the studio C platform to you, whether you are an artist or collector (for example, for as long as you have an account with us or keep using studio C) and the length of time thereafter during which we may have a legitimate need to retain your personal information, such as to manage and protect our business, to address issues or defend claims that may arise; whether there is a legal, tax, reporting, or auditing obligation to which we are subject, such as anti-money laundering requirements that requires us to keep records of your transactions for a certain period of time before we can delete them, and whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position or to protect the safety of individuals, which includes retention that is required or prudent in accordance with applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations. 10.2 Shared Personal Information. Personal information you have shared with other Members, such as Reviews and forum postings, may continue to be publicly visible on studio C, even after your studio C account is canceled. 10.3 Residual Copies. Because we take measures to protect data from accidental or malicious loss and destruction, residual copies of your personal information may not be removed from our backup systems for a limited period of time.
SECURITY AND PRIVACY-ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES. While no organization can guarantee perfect security, we are continuously implementing and updating administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information against unlawful or unauthorized access, loss, destruction, or alteration. When we use personal information to develop and improve AI, we also take appropriate measures to safeguard your privacy. This may include de-identifying your personal information prior to developing and improving a model by removing references to your name and other identifying information, implementing data encryption, using pseudonymization, and other privacy-enhancing techniques. We also restrict access to personal information used in this manner to a limited number of authorized individuals subject to strict confidentiality obligations.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time in accordance with applicable law. If we do so, we will post the revised Privacy Policy and update the “Last Updated” date at the top. In case of material changes, we will also provide you with notice of the modification by email at least thirty (30) days before the effective date. If you disagree with the revised Privacy Policy, you can cancel your Account. If you do not cancel your Account before the date the revised Privacy Policy becomes effective, your continued access to or use of the studio C platform will be subject to the revised Privacy Policy.
CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESPONSIBLE STUDIO C ENTITIES. For questions or complaints about this Privacy Policy or Studio C’s handling of personal information, please email us at info@studiocontrmporary.com.

Interpretation and Definitions 1.1 - Interpretation The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in the singular or in the plural. 1.2 - Definitions For the purposes of this Privacy Policy: Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service. Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest, or other securities entitled to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority. Application means the software program provided by the Company or Operator downloaded by You on any electronic device, named studio contemporary. Business refers to the Company or Operator as the legal entity that collects Consumers' personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers' personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers' personal information. Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to studio contemporary, Alexandria, VA. For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company or Operator is the Data Controller. Consumer, refers to You. Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses. Country refers to United States. Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company or Operator as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data. Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet. Do Not Track (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites. Operator (referred to as either "the Operator", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to studio contemporary. For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company or Operator is the Data Controller. Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity. For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You. Sale, means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer's personal information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration. Service refers to the Application or the Website or both. Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company or Operator. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company or Operator to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company or Operator, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company or Operator in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors. Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service. Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit). Website refers to studio contemporary, accessible from https://studiocontemporary.com. You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable. Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service. 2 - Contact Us If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: By email: info@studiocontemporary.com 3 - Collecting and Using Your Personal Data 3.1 - Types of Data Collected 3.1.1 - Personal Data While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: Email address First name and last name Phone number Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City Bank account information Credit card number and expiration date Usage Data 3.1.2 - Usage Data Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device. 3.1.3 - Information from Third-Party Social Media Services The Company or Operator may allow You to create an account and log in to use the Service through the following Third-party Social Media Services. These Third-party Social Media Services, may include, but is not limited to: Google Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Apple If You decide to register through or otherwise grant us access to a Third-Party Social Media Service, We may collect Personal data that is already associated with Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account, such as Your name, Your email address, Your activities or Your contact list associated with that account. You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Company or Operator through Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account. If You choose to provide such information and Personal Data, during registration or otherwise, You are giving the Company or Operator permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy. 3.1.4 - Tracking Technologies and Cookies We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include: Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies. Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company or Operator, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related application or website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity). Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below: Necessary / Essential Cookies Type: Session Cookies Administered by: Us Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Application or Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services. Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Application or Website. Functionality Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Application or Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Application or Website. Tracking and Performance Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Third-Parties Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Application or Website and how users use the Application or Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Application or Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Application or Website to see how our users react to them. 3.2 - Use of Your Personal Data The Company or Operator may use Personal Data for the following purposes: To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service. To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user. For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service. To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation. To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information. To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us. To deliver targeted advertising to You: We may use Your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third-party vendors who do so) tailored to Your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness. For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred. For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience. We may share Your personal information in the following situations: With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to advertise on third party websites to You after You visited our Service, for payment processing, to contact You. For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company or Operator assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company. With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us. With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions. With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile. With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent. 3.3 - Retention of Your Personal Data The Company or Operator will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. The Company or Operator will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods. When Your Personal Data is no longer required by law or rights or obligations by Us or You, We will delete the Personal Data. In most cases, Personal Data will be deleted upon termination or expiry of the agreement between the You and the Company or Operator or upon Your written request. 3.4 - Transfer of Your Personal Data Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s or Operator's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from Your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer. The Company or Operator will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information. 3.5 - Delete Your Personal Data You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You. Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service. You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us. Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so. 3.6 - Disclosure of Your Personal Data 3.6.1 - Business Transactions If the Company or Operator is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy. 3.6.2 - Law enforcement Under certain circumstances, the Company or Operator may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency). 3.6.3 - Other legal requirements The Company or Operator may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: Comply with a legal obligation Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company or Operator Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public Protect against legal liability 3.7 - Security of Your Personal Data The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security. 4 - Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies. 4.1 - Analytics We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service. They may include, but are not limited to: Google Analytics Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. You may opt-out of certain Google Analytics features through your mobile device settings, such as your device advertising settings or by following the instructions provided by Google in their Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy Matomo Matomo is a web analytics service. You can visit their Privacy Policy page here: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy Fathom Fathom is a web analytics service. You can visit their Privacy Policy page here: https://www.fathomhq.com/privacy 4.2 - Email Marketing We may use Your Personal Data to contact You with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to You. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email We send or by contacting Us. We may use Email Marketing Service Providers to manage and send emails to You. They may include, but are not limited to: Mailchimp Mailchimp is an email marketing sending service provided by The Rocket Science Group LLC. For more information on the privacy practices of Mailchimp, please visit their Privacy policy: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/ 4.3 - Payments We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we may use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors). We will not store or collect Your payment card details. That information is provided directly to Our third-party payment processors whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information. They may include, but are not limited to: Stripe Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/us/privacy PayPal Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full 4.4 - Behavioral Remarketing The Company or Operator uses remarketing services to advertise to You after You accessed or visited our Service. We and Our third-party vendors use cookies and non-cookie technologies to help Us recognize Your Device and understand how You use our Service so that We can improve our Service to reflect Your interests and serve You advertisements that are likely to be of more interest to You. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies and to enable Us to: Measure and analyze traffic and browsing activity on Our Service Show advertisements for our products and/or services to You on third-party websites or apps Measure and analyze the performance of Our advertising campaigns Some of these third-party vendors may use non-cookie technologies that may not be impacted by browser settings that block cookies. Your browser may not permit You to block such technologies. You can use the following third-party tools to decline the collection and use of information for the purpose of serving You interest-based advertising: The NAI's opt-out platform: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ The EDAA's opt-out platform http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ The DAA's opt-out platform: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN You may opt-out of all personalized advertising by enabling privacy features on Your mobile device such as Limit Ad Tracking (iOS) and Opt Out of Ads Personalization (Android). See Your mobile device Help system for more information. We may share information, such as hashed email addresses (if available) or other online identifiers collected on Our Service with these third-party vendors. This allows Our third-party vendors to recognize and deliver You ads across devices and browsers. To read more about the technologies used by these third-party vendors and their cross-device capabilities please refer to the Privacy Policy of each vendor listed below. The third-party vendors We may use are, but are not limited to: Google Ads (AdWords) Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc. You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customise the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout - for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy Twitter Twitter remarketing service is provided by Twitter Inc. You can opt-out from Twitter's interest-based ads by following their instructions: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170405 You can learn more about the privacy practices and policies of Twitter by visiting their Privacy Policy page: https://twitter.com/privacy Facebook / Meta Facebook or Meta remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc. and Meta Inc. You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/516147308587266 To opt-out from Facebook's interest-based ads, follow these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217 Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioural Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings. For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook's Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation Pinterest Pinterest remarketing service is provided by Pinterest Inc. You can opt-out from Pinterest's interest-based ads by enabling the "Do Not Track" functionality of your web browser or by following Pinterest instructions: http://help.pinterest.com/en/articles/personalization-and-data You can learn more about the privacy practices and policies of Pinterest by visiting their Privacy Policy page: https://about.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy 4.5 - Usage, Performance and Miscellaneous We may use third-party Service Providers to provide better improvement of our Service. They may include, but are not limited to: Intercom Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.intercom.com/legal/privacy Facebook Messenger Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy Zendesk Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.zendesk.com/company/agreements-and-terms/privacy-notice/ Tawk Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.tawk.to/privacy-policy/ 5 - Links to Other Websites Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services. 6 - GDPR Privacy 6.1 - Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR We may process Personal Data under the following conditions: Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes. Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof. Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company or Operator is subject. Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person. Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company or Operator. Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company or Operator. In any case, the Company or Operator will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract. 6.2 - Your Rights under the GDPR The Company or Operator undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights. You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to: Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal Data directly within Your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You. Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected. Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes. Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it. Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You. Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service. 6.3 - Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible. You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA. 7 - CCPA, CalOPPA, and California Privacy Rights This privacy notice section for California residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and it applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California. 7.1 - Categories of Personal Information Collected We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular Consumer or Device. The following is a list of categories of personal information which we may collect or may have been collected from California residents within the last twelve (12) months. Please note that the categories and examples provided in the list below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact collected by Us, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been collected. For example, certain categories of personal information would only be collected if You provided such personal information directly to Us. Category A: Identifiers. Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers. Collected: Yes. Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). Examples: 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 information included in this category may overlap with other categories. Collected: Yes. Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. Examples: 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). Collected: No. Category D: Commercial information. Examples: Records and history of products or services purchased or considered. Collected: Yes. Category E: Biometric information. Examples: 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. Collected: No. Category F: Internet or other similar network activity. Examples: Interaction with our Service or advertisement. Collected: Yes. Category G: Geolocation data. Examples: Approximate physical location. Collected: No. Category H: Sensory data. Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. Collected: No. Category I: Professional or employment-related information. Examples: Current or past job history or performance evaluations. Collected: No. Category 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)). Examples: 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. Collected: No. Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information. Examples: Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. Collected: No. Under CCPA, personal information does not include: Publicly available information from government records Deidentified or aggregated consumer information Information excluded from the CCPA's scope, such as: Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data Personal Information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 7.2 - Sources of Personal Information We obtain the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources: Directly from You. For example, from the forms You complete on our Service, preferences You express or provide through our Service, or from Your purchases on our Service. Indirectly from You. For example, from observing Your activity on our Service. Automatically from You. For example, through cookies We or our Service Providers set on Your Device as You navigate through our Service. From Service Providers. For example, third-party vendors to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, third-party vendors to deliver targeted advertising to You, third-party vendors for payment processing, or other third-party vendors that We use to provide the Service to You. 7.3 - Use of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes We may use or disclose personal information We collect for "business purposes" or "commercial purposes" (as defined under the CCPA), which may include the following examples: To operate our Service and provide You with our Service. To provide You with support and to respond to Your inquiries, including to investigate and address Your concerns and monitor and improve our Service. To fulfill or meet the reason You provided the information. For example, if You share Your contact information to ask a question about our Service, We will use that personal information to respond to Your inquiry. If You provide Your personal information to purchase a product or service, We will use that information to process Your payment and facilitate delivery. To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations. As described to You when collecting Your personal information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA. For internal administrative and auditing purposes. To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, including, when necessary, to prosecute those responsible for such activities. Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the "Use of Your Personal Data" section. If We decide to collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information We collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes We will update this Privacy Policy. 7.4 - Disclosure of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes We may use or disclose and may have used or disclosed in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information for business or commercial purposes: Category A: Identifiers Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) Category D: Commercial information Category F: Internet or other similar network activity Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact disclosed, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been disclosed. When We disclose personal information for a business purpose or a commercial purpose, We enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract. 7.5 - Sale of Personal Information As defined in the CCPA, "sell" and "sale" mean selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer's personal information by the business to a third party for valuable consideration. This means that We may have received some kind of benefit in return for sharing personal information, but not necessarily a monetary benefit. Please note that the categories listed below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact sold, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been shared for value in return. We may sell and may have sold in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal information: Category A: Identifiers Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) Category D: Commercial information Category F: Internet or other similar network activity 7.6 - Share of Personal Information We may share Your personal information identified in the above categories with the following categories of third parties: Service Providers Payment processors Our affiliates Our business partners Third party vendors to whom You or Your agents authorize Us to disclose Your personal information in connection with products or services We provide to You 7.7 - Sale of Personal Information of Minors Under 16 Years of Age We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 16 through our Service, although certain third party websites that we link to may do so. These third-party websites have their own terms of use and privacy policies and we encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet usage and instruct their children to never provide information on other websites without their permission. We do not sell the personal information of Consumers We actually know are less than 16 years of age, unless We receive affirmative authorization (the "right to opt-in") from either the Consumer who is between 13 and 16 years of age, or the parent or guardian of a Consumer less than 13 years of age. Consumers who opt-in to the sale of personal information may opt-out of future sales at any time. To exercise the right to opt-out, You (or Your authorized representative) may submit a request to Us by contacting Us. If You have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has provided Us with personal information, please contact Us with sufficient detail to enable Us to delete that information. 7.8 - Your Rights under the CCPA The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. If You are a resident of California, You have the following rights: The right to notice. You have the right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used. The right to request. Under CCPA, You have the right to request that We disclose information to You about Our collection, use, sale, disclosure for business purposes and share of personal information. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will disclose to You: The categories of personal information We collected about You The categories of sources for the personal information We collected about You Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information The categories of third parties with whom We share that personal information The specific pieces of personal information We collected about You If we sold Your personal information or disclosed Your personal information for a business purpose, We will disclose to You: The categories of personal information categories sold The categories of personal information categories disclosed The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data (opt-out). You have the right to direct Us to not sell Your personal information. To submit an opt-out request please contact Us. The right to delete Personal Data. You have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will delete (and direct Our Service Providers to delete) Your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny Your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for Us or Our Service Providers to: Complete the transaction for which We collected the personal information, provide a good or service that You requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with You, or otherwise perform our contract with You. Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities. Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law. Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.). Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information's deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research's achievement, if You previously provided informed consent. Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on Your relationship with Us. Comply with a legal obligation. Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which You provided it. The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your consumer's rights, including by: Denying goods or services to You Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to You Suggesting that You will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services 7.9 - Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us. Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that You authorize to act on Your behalf, may make a verifiable request related to Your personal information. Your request to Us must: Provide sufficient information that allows Us to reasonably verify You are the person about whom We collected personal information or an authorized representative Describe Your request with sufficient detail that allows Us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it We cannot respond to Your request or provide You with the required information if We cannot: Verify Your identity or authority to make the request And confirm that the personal information relates to You We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving Your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary and with prior notice. Any disclosures We provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable request's receipt. For data portability requests, We will select a format to provide Your personal information that is readily usable and should allow You to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance. 7.10 - Do Not Sell My Personal Information You have the right to opt-out of the sale of Your personal information. Once We receive and confirm a verifiable consumer request from You, we will stop selling Your personal information. To exercise Your right to opt-out, please contact Us. The Service Providers we partner with (for example, our analytics or advertising partners) may use technology on the Service that sells personal information as defined by the CCPA law. If you wish to opt out of the use of Your personal information for interest-based advertising purposes and these potential sales as defined under CCPA law, you may do so by following the instructions below. Please note that any opt out is specific to the browser You use. You may need to opt out on every browser that You use. 7.10.1 - Website You can opt out of receiving ads that are personalized as served by our Service Providers by following our instructions presented on the Service: The NAI's opt-out platform: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ The EDAA's opt-out platform http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ The DAA's opt-out platform: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN The opt out will place a cookie on Your computer that is unique to the browser You use to opt out. If you change browsers or delete the cookies saved by your browser, You will need to opt out again. 7.10.2 - Mobile Devices Your mobile device may give You the ability to opt out of the use of information about the apps You use in order to serve You ads that are targeted to Your interests: "Opt out of Interest-Based Ads" or "Opt out of Ads Personalization" on Android devices "Limit Ad Tracking" on iOS devices You can also stop the collection of location information from Your mobile device by changing the preferences on Your mobile device. 7.11 - "Do Not Track" Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA) Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals. However, some third party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities. If You are visiting such websites, You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of Your web browser. 7.12 - Your California Privacy Rights (California's Shine the Light law) Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California's Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. If you'd like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below. 8 - Children's and Minor Users Privacy Rights 8.1 - General Privacy Rights for Children Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers. If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information. 8.2 - California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (California Business and Professions Code Section 22581) California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 allows California residents under the age of 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications to request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted. To request removal of such data, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with Your account. Be aware that Your request does not guarantee complete or comprehensive removal of content or information posted online and that the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances. 9 - Changes to this Privacy Policy We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.