Last Updated: January 3, 2023
This PRIVACY NOTICE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS supplements the information contained in the Privacy Statement of AtoZdatabases and its subsidiaries (collectively, “we,” “us,” or “our”) and applies solely to visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California (“consumers” or “you”). We adopt this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) and other California privacy laws. Any terms defined in the CCPA and CPRA have the same meaning when used in this notice.
Information We Collect and Disclose
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 (“personal information”). In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have collected and disclosed the following categories of personal information from consumers:
| Category | Collected | Source |
| A. Identifiers (such as a real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier and email address). | Yes | Directly and indirectly from consumers, third party data providers, directories, company websites. |
| B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute – Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e) (such as a name, address, telephone number, education and employment). | Yes | Directly from third party data providers, directories, company websites. |
| C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law (such as age and gender). | Yes | Directly from third party data providers. |
| D. Commercial information (such as records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies). | Yes | Directly from third party data providers. |
| E. Biometric information (such as genetic, physiological and biological characteristics, or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patters and sleep data. Please Note: we do collect some general health and exercise data categories). | No | |
| F. Internet or other similar network activity (such as browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement). | No | |
| G. Geolocation data (such as physical location). | Yes | Directly from third party data providers. |
| H. Sensory data (such as audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information). | No | |
| I. Professional or employment-related information (such as current job history). | Yes | Directly and indirectly from consumers, third party data providers, directories, company websites. |
| 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 (such as 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). | No | |
| K. Inferences drawn from other personal information (such as a profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior and attitudes). | Yes | Directly from third party data providers. |
| Please Note: Some personal information included above may overlap with other categories. |
Sensitive Personal Information
We do NOT compile or possess any of the following sensitive personal information:
- Driver’s License Information
- State ID Information
- Social Security Numbers
- Passport/Visa Numbers
- Student Information
- Sexual Orientation Preferences
- Bank Account Numbers
- PIN Numbers
- Exact FICO Scores/Credit Rating
- Personal Account Numbers, Logon ID’s & Passwords
- Private Medical/Health Records
- Salary/Payroll/Benefit Data
- Frequent Flyer Numbers
- Medical Insurance Information
- Union Membership Information
- Biometric Data (ie. Fingerprints, Facial Recognition, DNA, Retina Patterns, Blood Types or Signatures)
- Knowingly Collect Information for Persons Under 18 Years of Age
Use of Personal Information
We use and disclose the personal information we collect for our commercial and business purposes, as further described in this Privacy Policy. These commercial and business purposes include, without limitation:
- Our commercial purposes include marketing, helping businesses find new customers, developing insights as to consumer interests and behaviors, keeping contact information up to date and relevant, enabling relevant and personalized marketing messages.
- Our business purposes as identified in the CCPA and CPRA include:
— Improving our services
Sharing of Personal Information
AtoZdatabases may disclose your personal information to a third party for a business purpose. When we disclose personal information for a business 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.
We share your personal information with the following categories of third parties:
- Subsidiaries and affiliates.
- Contractors and service providers.
Disclosures of Personal Information for a Business Purpose
In the preceding 12 months, AtoZdatabases has disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business purpose to the parties identified above:
- Category A: Identifiers.
- Category B: California Customer Records personal information categories.
- Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.
- Category D: Commercial information.
- Category G: Geolocation data.
- Category I: Professional or employment-related information.
- Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information.
Sales of Personal Information
In the preceding (12) twelve months, we have sold personal information from all the following categories:
- Category A: Identifiers.
- Category B: California Customer Records personal information categories.
- Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.
- Category D: Commercial information.
- Category G: Geolocation data.
- Category I: Professional or employment-related information.
- Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information.
In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have sold your personal information to the following categories of third parties:
- Automotive Companies
- Business Services/Agency
- Consumer Services Companies
- Consumer Packaged Goods Companies
- Educational Institutions & Companies
- Energy and Utility Companies
- Financial Services Companies
- Food & Beverage Companies
- Health Product Companies
- Insurance Companies
- Manufacturing Companies
- Marketing and Research Companies
- Media and Publishing Companies
- Not for Profit Organizations
- Public or Government Entities
- Public Institutions
- Retail Companies
- Technology/Computer Software Companies
- Telecommunications Companies
- Travel, Leisure & Entertainment Companies
- Other Companies not Categorized.
AtoZdatabases aims to provide consumers with control over the collection and use of their personal information. Consistent with this goal, we will honor requests from consumers to “opt-out” of the collection and disclosure of their personal information. Your Rights and Choices section below provides instructions on how to opt-out of our collection and disclosure of personal information.
Your Rights and Choices
The CCPA and CPRA provides consumers (California residents) with specific rights regarding their personal information.
You have the right and choice to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will disclose to you:
- (1) The categories of personal information we collected about you.
- (2) The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you.
- (3) Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information.
- (4) The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information.
- (5) The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you.
You also have the right to request that we opt-out the sale or sharing of your personal information and delete all the personal information that we have collected and retained about you, subject to certain enumerated CCPA and CPRA exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless a specific CCPA or CPRA exception applies. You have the right to correct inaccuracies in your personal information and the right to limit the use and disclosure of your personal information.
Exercising Access, Data Portability, Opt-Out, Correction, Limit the Use and Deletion Rights
To exercise the access, data portability, opt out, correction, limit and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by either:
Visiting: https://privacycompliance.biz/atozdatabases-ccpa-cpra/ or calling us at 844-961-1603
Only you or a person that you have designated as an authorized agent to act on your behalf may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. In order for an authorized agent to be verified, you must provide the authorized agent with signed, written permission to make such requests (which we may ask to review) or a power of attorney. We may also follow up with you to verify your identity before processing the authorized agent’s request. As a parent or legal guardian, you may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.
You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request must:
- Provide all required 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 clear and precise detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.
Response Timing and Format
We will respond to a verifiable consumer request within 45 days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. We will deliver our written response to you electronically (via email). Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable consumer request’s receipt. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
Non-Discrimination
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA and CPRA rights or choices. Unless permitted by the CCPA and CPRA, we will not:
- (1) Deny you goods or services.
- (2) Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
- (3) Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
- (4) Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
Financial Incentives
AtoZdatabases does NOT offer any financial incentives or payments to consumers as compensation, for the collection of personal information, the sale of personal information, or the deletion of personal information.
Minors
We do not knowingly collect, maintain or disclose identifiable information on anyone younger than 18 to third parties for use in marketing solicitations. Limited information related to minors younger than 18 is used in creating additional insights solely related to the adult parent in the household of the minor individual, however, we do not disclose any identifiable information about the minor as part of the insights created and included within the adult record (For example, we only create a flag that denotes “presence of children” and “child age ranges”).
We do not knowingly collect, maintain or sell personal information about consumers younger than 18 for the purpose of marketing or advertising directly to the minor. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 18, we will delete that information from our records.
Changes to Our Privacy Notice
AtoZdatabases reserves the right to amend this privacy notice at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this privacy notice, we will post the updated notice on the Site and update the notice’s effective date. Your continued use of our Site following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.
2021 CCPA Statistical Information
As part of the California Consumer Privacy Act, we are required to compile and disclose the following metrics for the period of January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021:
- (1) Number of Requests Received to Optout/Delete/Right to Know: 10*
- (2) Number of Requests to Optout/Delete Fully Processed (Found in our Database and Processed): 2
- (3) Number of Requests to Know Processed (Found in our Database and Processed): 0
- (4) Number of Requests to Optout/Delete /Right to Know Partially Processed: 8**
- (5) Number of Requests Denied: 0
*These include both fully completed and incomplete (missing contact/address information) requests submitted by the CA resident.
**These include those requests which cannot fully be processed due to (1) incomplete information provided by the CA resident, (2) the inability to verify the CA resident’s identity, or (3) the record was not currently found in our database. Regardless of these scenarios, all submitted personal contact information in these requests (whether complete or incomplete) is still added to our ongoing CCPA optout/deletion file.
- (1) Mean Number of Days to Respond: 1
- (2) Mean Number of Days Until Request is Sent to Production: 5
- (3) Mean Number of Days Until Action Completed (Removed from Data Platforms): 39
Contact Us
Should you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact: