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Privacy policy

We at Sec | Dec, LLC know how important privacy is to our customers. This Privacy Policy describes the personal information we may obtain and how we may use and disclose that information. We also explain the choices available to you regarding our use of the information, the steps we take to safeguard the information, and how you may contact us if you have any questions about our privacy practices.

 

If you are a California resident, see below to view our Notice To California Residents for information provided pursuant to California law.

 

The display does not collect, record or transmit any information of any kind . Sec | Dec does not share or sell your personal information or data attained from the usage of this website with any unaffiliated third-parties.

 

Information We Obtain

 

We may obtain the following personal information about you when you purchase a

Sec | Dec product, create a Sec | Dec Account, or contact customer support.

 

• contact information (including your name, email address, postal address, and phone number);

• payment card information (including your name, card number, expiration date, and security code);

• information stored in or associated with your Sec | Dec Account (including your account profile, ID, username, and password)

• transcripts of chat sessions, text messages, emails, and other communications when you communicate with us using these methods;

• information about products and services you purchase, obtain, or consider; and

We also may obtain other information about you, your device, and your use of the services, in ways we describe at the time we collect the information or otherwise with your consent.

Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies or how to restrict or disable certain types of cookies. You can find out how to do this for your particular browser by clicking “help” on your browser’s menu or visiting

 

Third-Party Web Analytics Services

 

Through certain Services, we may collect personal information about your online activities on websites and connected devices over time and across third-party websites, devices, apps, and other online features and services. We may use third-party analytics services on the Services, such as Google Analytics and Facebook Analytics. The information we obtain may be disclosed to or collected directly by these providers and other relevant third parties who use the information, for example, to evaluate use of the Services or help administer the Services.

 

Online Tracking And Interest-Based Advertising

 

Through certain Services, both we and various third parties may collect information about your online activities to provide you with advertising about products and services tailored to your individual interests.

 

Because Sec | Dec participates in various advertising networks, you may also see our ads on other websites or mobile apps. Ad networks allow us to target our messaging to users considering demographic data, users’ inferred interests, and browsing context. These networks can track users’ online activities over time by collecting information through automated means, including through the use of browser cookies, web beacons, pixels, device identifiers, server logs, and other similar technologies. The networks use this information to show ads that may be tailored to individuals’ interests, to track users’ browsers or devices across multiple websites and apps, and to build a profile of users’ online browsing and app usage activities. The information our ad networks may collect includes data about users’ visits to websites and apps that participate in the relevant ad networks, such as the pages or ads viewed and the actions taken on the websites or apps. This data collection takes place both on certain Services and on third-party websites and apps that participate in the ad networks. This process also helps us track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.

 

How We Use the Information We Obtain

 

We may use the personal information we obtain to:

• provide and enhance our services, such as registering you or your device for a service, identifying and authenticating you so you may use and interact with our services, and improving and customizing your experience within the services;

• support our marketing activities and sales initiatives, and provide you with product and service recommendations;

• communicate with you;

• provide customer support;

• operate, evaluate, and improve our business, including developing new products and services, managing our communications, analyzing our services and customer base, conducting market research, aggregating and anonymizing data, performing data analytics, and undertaking accounting, auditing, and other internal functions;

• protect against, identify, and prevent fraud and other criminal activity, claims and other liabilities; and

• comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements, relevant industry standards, and our policies, including this Privacy Policy and the applicable Terms of Use for a Service.

We may combine information we obtain about you for the purposes described above. We also may use the information we obtain in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection or otherwise with your consent.

 

 

Your Rights and Choices

 

We offer you certain choices in connection with the personal information we obtain about you. To update your preferences, limit the communications you receive from us, or submit a request, please contact us via the contact us section.

 

Subject to applicable law and to the extent applicable to each Service, you may (1) request access to, or correction or deletion of, the personal information we maintain about you; (2) request that we limit our use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information; or (3) opt out of the (a) sale of your personal information, (b) sharing of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes, or (c) processing of your personal information for targeted advertising purposes. In addition, subject to applicable law, you may receive, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, certain of your personal information that you have provided to us. Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to have this information transmitted to another company, where it is technically feasible.

 

How to Submit a Request:

 

To submit an access, deletion or correction request, please contact us via the contact page on this website.

 

How We Protect Personal Information

 

We maintain safeguards designed to protect personal information we obtain through the use of this website.

 

Children’s Personal Information

 

Unless otherwise specified, Sec | Dec is designed for a general adult audience and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from children under the age of 13 without parental consent. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without parental consent, we will either seek parental consent or promptly delete that information. If you believe that a child under age 13 may have provided us with personal information without parental consent, please contact us through the contact page of this web-site.

 

Updates To This Privacy Policy

 

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time and without prior notice to you to reflect changes in our personal information practices with respect to the Services. We will indicate at the top of the policy when it was most recently updated.

 

Notice to California Residents

 

CCPA Privacy Policy

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. 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

 

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.

● 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 for payment processing, or other third-party vendors that We use to provide the Service to You. 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. 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.

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: None

In connection with products or services We provide to You 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.

 

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 § 1546et. 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 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:

  • ● By visiting this page on our website:

  • ● By sending us an email: 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.

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