CALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE

This Notice applies to California residents, as required by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and its implementing regulations (the "CCPA"). When we, YesLawyerTM, use the term "Personal Information" in the context of the CCPA, we mean information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California consumer or household.. We will review and update this Notice at least annually. If you would like to receive a copy of this Notice in an alternate format (e.g., printable) or language, please contact us using the information provided below.

A. Categories of Personal Information Collected, Used, and Shared

In accordance with California law, we may have collected and disclosed the following categories of Personal Information from California consumers within the past 12 months:

  • Identifiers – A real name, Internet Protocol address, email address, and online identifiers
  • Personal Information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) – e.g., 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. Some Personal Information included in this category may overlap with other categories
  • Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law - 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).
  • Commercial information - Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
  • Biometric information - 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.
  • Internet or other similar network activity – Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.
  • Geolocation data – Physical location or movements.
  • Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law – 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).
  • Professional or employment-related information – Current or past job history or performance evaluations.
  • Inferences drawn from other personal information - Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes

We obtain and disclose the above listed categories of Personal Information from the sources and the third parties (respectively) indicated in this Privacy Policy, and for the business purposes as indicated in this Privacy Policy.

B. Sale of Personal Information

In the last 12 months, we have/have not knowingly sold any Personal Information of California Consumers, including no actual knowledge that we have sold the Personal Information of California Consumers under the age of 16 years old. The CCPA defines "sale" as: selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consume's Personal Information to another business or third party for monetary or valuable consideration.

If we do sell your Personal Information we will notify you, and if you submit to us a verifiable consumer request using the contact information provided, we will disclose to you a list containing the categories of Personal Information we sold in accordance with the CCPA's requirements.

C. Your California privacy rights

California consumers may exercise their CCPA privacy rights with respect to their Personal Information by following the instructions set forth in this section. Please note that the CCPA creates a process for us to follow when evaluating your request, and there are also some exceptions to these rights.

California Privacy Right :

1 Right to Know/Access

You have the right to request that we disclose to you what Personal Information we collect, use, disclose, and sell about you including:

  • The categories of Personal Information we have collected about California Consumers in the preceding 12 months
  • The categories of sources from which the Personal Information is collected
  • The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling Personal Information
  • The categories of Personal information, if any, that we disclosed for a business purpose or sold to third parties in the preceding 12 months
  • The categories of third parties to whom the information was disclosed or sold

2 Right to Delete

You have the right to request we delete the Personal Information we collect about you

3 Right to Opt-Out of Sale

You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your Personal Information to third parties. You may exercise your right to opt out immediately by contacting us.

4 Right to Non-Discrimination

You have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment by us if you exercise any of the rights conferred to you by the CCPA.

D. How to Exercise Your California Consumer Rights

If you are a California consumer and would like to exercise any of your rights listed above, please contact us using the information below. You may also designate an authorized agent to make a request to exercise your rights on your behalf. In order to do so, you must contact us through your agent

While we take measures to ensure that those responsible for receiving and responding to your request are informed of your rights and how to help you exercise those rights, when contacting us to exercise your rights, we ask you to please adhere to the following guidelines:

  • Tell Us Which Right You Are Exercising: Specify which right you want to exercise and the Personal Information to which your request relates (if not to you). If you are acting as an authorized agent on behalf of a California consumer, please clearly indicate this fact and indicate your authority to act on their behalf
  • Help Us Verify Your Identity: Contact us using the information above and provide us with enough information to verify your identity. Please note that if we cannot initially verify your identity, we may request additional information to complete the verification process. Any Personal Information you disclose to us for purposes of verifying your identity will solely be used for the purpose of verification.
  • Direct Our Response Delivery: Inform us of the delivery mechanism with which you prefer to receive our response. You may specify, for example, email, mail, or through your account (if you have one with us).

Please note that you don't need to create an account with us in order to make a request to exercise your rights hereunder.

E. How We Respond to California Consumers' Requests

In all cases, we will respond to your request within 10 days to confirm receipt of your request and provide you with information about how we will process your request. Then we will respond substantively to your request within 45 days. However, where reasonably necessary, we may extend our response time by an additional 45 days, provided we send you notice of such extension first.

We will provide the information to you via your preferred delivery mechanism. If the information is provided to you electronically, we will provide you the information in a portable format and, to the extent technically feasible, in a machine readable, readily useable format that allows you to freely transmit this information without hindrance.

Please note that we will not charge you for making a request, provided that you make no more than two (2) requests per year. If you make three (3) or more requests in any given twelve (12) month period, we may refuse to respond to such requests, if determined by us to be unfounded or excessive (e.g., repetitive in nature), or we may charge a reasonable fee taking into account the administrative costs of providing the information or communication or taking the action requested. If we refuse to act on the request, we will provide you notice and the reason for our refusal to act.

F. Contacting the California Attorney General

The CCPA also gives California Consumers the right to lodge a complaint with the California Attorney General's office. The Attorney General's office may be contacted at https://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company or by telephone at: (916) 210-6276.

G. Contact Information

If you have questions about this Privacy Notice, our information practices, or how we handle your information or would like to exercise your rights, please reach out by contacting us at: privacy@yeslawyer.com.