Effective Date: December 31, 2019

Last Updated: May 14, 2024

This AutoCruitment Privacy Policy Addendum for California and Virginia Residents (the “Privacy Policy Addendum”) describes our collection and use of Personal Information from California Residents and Personal Data from Virginia residents, and supplements the information contained in AutoCruitment’s Privacy Policy and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the States of California and Virginia (“consumers” or “you”). This Privacy Policy Addendum applies to Personal Information or Personal Data collected through our https://trials.autocruitment.com and https://autocruitment.com websites (collectively, our “Websites”), by email, phone, in-person, or other offline methods, or anywhere else we post or link to this Privacy Policy Addendum. You may also print a copy of this Privacy Policy Addendum by selecting the “Print” button in your web browser or the bottom of this page.

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We adopt this Privacy Policy Addendum to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CCPA”) and any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this California Consumer Privacy Act Disclosures section.

Our Websites collect, and have collected within the past twelve (12) months, the following categories of Personal Information from our consumers:

We have collected and will collect the categories of Sensitive Personal Information indicated in Category L above.

In the preceding twelve (12) months, AutoCruitment has “sold” or “shared” the following categories of Personal Information to the following categories of third parties.

We do not knowingly “sell” or “share” the Personal Information of minors under the age of 16 without appropriate consent. For consumers who are at least 13 years of age and less than 16 years of age, consent will require the consumer to use a two-step process where the consumer first, clearly requests an opt-in and then second, separately confirms their choice to opt-in. For consumers under 13 years of age, consent must be provided by a parent or guardian of the child pursuant to a reasonable method for ensuring that the person consenting to the sale or sharing of the personal information about the child is the parent or guardian of the child.

When we disclose Personal Information for a business purpose, we generally 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. In addition, the terms “sale” or “sharing” is used as defined under the CCPA, and generally excludes Personal Information which a consumer uses or directs us to intentionally disclose or where the consumer uses our business to intentionally interact with a third party, provided the third party does not also sell the Personal Information.

If you would like to opt out of the “selling” or “sharing” of your Personal Information, you may submit a request by clicking here: Opt-Out or sending an e-mail to info@autocruitment.com.

The CCPA provides consumers (California residents) with specific rights regarding their Personal Information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights. You may exercise these rights yourself or through your authorized agent.

You may authorize your agent to exercise your rights under the CCPA on your behalf by registering your agent with the California Secretary of State. You may also provide your authorized agent with power of attorney to exercise your rights. If you authorize an agent, we may require that your agent provide proof that they have been authorized to exercise your rights on your behalf. We may request that your authorized agent submit proof of identity. We may deny a request from your agent to exercise your rights on your behalf if they fail to submit adequate proof of identity or adequate proof that they have the authority to exercise your rights.

You have the right to request us to access and obtain a copy of the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you and to receive it in a structured, machine-readable format that may be transmitted to another entity without hindrance, to the extent technically feasible. See the Exercising Consumer Rights to Know, Access, Correct, and Delete section below.

You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information maintained about you, taking into account the nature of the Personal Information and the nature of the processing. However, we are not required to comply with a request to correct where we have a good-faith, reasonable, and documented belief that a request is fraudulent or abusive, or if we have determined based on the totality of the circumstances, that the contested Personal Information held by us is more likely than not accurate and therefore does not require correction. In assessing the totality of the circumstances, we will consider: (a) the nature of the Personal Information; (b) how we obtained the contested information; and (c) documentation relating to the accuracy of the information, whether provided by you, by us, or another source.

We will accept and consider any documentation that you provide in connection with a request to correct. We may require you to provide documentation supporting a request to correct depending on: (a) the nature of the Personal Information at issue; (b) the nature of the documentation upon which we consider the Personal Information to be accurate (e.g., whether the documentation is from a trusted source or is otherwise verifiable); (c) the purpose for which we collect, maintain, or use the Personal Information (e.g., if the Personal Information is essential to the functioning of the application, we may require more documentation); and (d) the impact on you. We will only use such documentation provided for the purpose of correcting your Personal Information and to comply with our record-keeping obligations for consumer requests.

Verifiable consumer requests to correct may be submitted through email at: info@autocruitment.com.

You have the right to request that AutoCruitment delete any of your Personal Information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Consumer Rights to Access, Correct and Delete), we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your Personal Information from our records, unless an exception applies.

To exercise the rights to know, access, correct or delete described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us at this site or email info@autocruitment.com.

Generally, in order to verify your requests to exercise your right to know, correct or delete, we will compare the Personal Information we have about you to pieces of Personal Information we will request in the course of processing your request. The Personal Information required for verification may include your name, email address, phone number, or postal address.

Only you, or your agent that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Personal Information. To designate an authorized agent, see above. We may request additional information to confirm a request to delete your Personal Information.

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.

If you would like to opt out of the “selling” or “sharing” of your Personal Information, you may submit a request by clicking here: Opt Out or sending an e-mail to info@autocruitment.com.

We do not use or disclose sensitive Personal Information except as required to provide our services to you. If we use or disclose sensitive Personal Information outside of the permitted purposes set forth under Section 7027(m) of the CCPA, you have the right, at any time, to direct us to limit our use of your sensitive Personal Information to that which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods that you reasonably expect or for certain excepted purposes as permitted by the CCPA. You also have the right to limit our disclosure of your sensitive Personal Information. If you choose to exercise this right, we will not use or disclose your sensitive Personal Information for any purposes other than those business or commercial purpose identified in the “USE OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION” section above.

In order to exercise your right to limit the use or disclosure of sensitive Personal Information, please submit a request on the form located at the following link: Opt Out.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not:

We will respond to a verifiable consumer request within ten (10) days of its receipt. We will process these requests within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 45 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.

If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.

Any disclosures we provide will only cover the period preceding the verifiable consumer request’s receipt back to January 1, 2022. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. We will select a format to provide your Personal Information that is portable and 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.

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (California’s “Shine the Light” law) permits users of our Website that are California residents and who provide Personal Information in obtaining products and services for personal, family, or household use to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. If applicable, this information would include the categories of Personal Information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared your Personal Information with for the immediately prior calendar year (e.g., requests made this year will receive information regarding such activities for last year). You may request this information once per calendar year. To make such a request, please send an email to info@autocruitment.com or write us at: AutoCruitment LLC, 4509 Creedmoor Road, Suite 600 Raleigh, NC 27612.

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Under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”), AutoCruitment, as the data controller, must disclose our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of the Personal Data (as that term is defined under the VCDPA) of Virginia residents (“Virginia Consumers”). Virginia Consumers are also afforded additional rights with regard to the Personal Data we collect about them that include the rights of access, deletion, correction, data portability and right to opt-out. This section of our Privacy Policy Addendum directs you to the disclosures required by the VCDPA and describes the rights afforded to Virginia Consumers. We also describe the methods by which a Consumer may exercise these rights. Any terms defined in the VCDPA will have the same meaning when used in this Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act Disclosures and Consumer Rights section.

Under the VCPDA, we are a controller of your Personal Data. If you are a Virginia Consumer, the VCDPA grants you the rights described below, regarding your Personal Data. If we are unable to authenticate your request using commercially reasonable efforts, we may request that you provide additional information, such as name, email address, phone number, or postal address, to authenticate your request. We will deliver a response to you within 45 days of receiving your verifiable consumer request.

To exercise your rights under the VCDPA, please follow the instructions described in this section.

Virginia Consumers have the right to confirm whether or not we are processing their Personal Data and to access such Personal Data.

Verifiable consumer requests to confirm and access may be submitted through email at: info@autocruitment.com.

Virginia Consumers have the right to correct inaccuracies in the consumer’s Personal Data, taking into account the nature of the Personal Data and the purposes of the processing of the consumer’s Personal Data.

Verifiable consumer requests to correct Personal Data may be submitted through email at: info@autocruitment.com.

Virginia Consumers have the right to delete Personal Data provided by or obtained about the consumer, subject to certain exceptions.

Verifiable consumer requests to delete Personal Data may be submitted through email at: info@autocruitment.com.

Virginia Consumers have the right to obtain a copy of their Personal Data that the consumer previously provided to us in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows the consumer to transmit the data to another controller without hindrance, where the processing is carried out by automated means.

Verifiable consumer requests to data portability may be submitted through email at: info@autocruitment.com.

Consumers have the right to opt out of processing of their Personal Data for purposes of (i) targeted advertising, (ii) the sale of Personal Data, or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer.

Verifiable consumer requests to opt-out may be submitted through email at: info@autocruitment.com.

If we are unable to authenticate your request using commercially reasonable efforts, we may request that you provide additional information, such as name, email address, phone number, or postal address, to authenticate your request. We will deliver a response to you within 45 days of receiving your verifiable consumer request.

If we decline to take action on your request, we will notify you within 45 days of receipt of your request. In the event we decline to take action on your request, you may submit an appeal within 30 days of receiving such notice. You may submit an appeal through email at: datainquiry@autocruitment.com. Within 60 days of receipt of an appeal, we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, we will provide you with an online mechanism, if available, or other method through which you may contact the Virginia Attorney General to submit a complaint.

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AutoCruitment reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy Addendum at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this Privacy Policy Addendum, we will post the updated notice on the Websites and update the Last Updated date. We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy Addendum carefully, and to regularly check this page to review any changes we might make in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy Addendum. Your continued use of our Websites or services following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.