Ura Central Corp is committed to protecting and safeguarding the Personal Data of our members, customers, and users (“Customers”). The following FAQs provide an explanation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and how Ura Central Corp is working to protect Personal Data.
What is CCPA?
The California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, is a privacy protection law voted in by California lawmakers in 2018. Its purpose is to protect the Personal Information of California residents (“consumers”).
What is Personal Data?
Under CCPA, “Personal Information” refers to information that identifies, relates to, describes, and is linked to or associated with a consumer or household. Personal Information can be anything from a name, a photo, an email address, bank details, posts on social networking websites and medical information to online identifiers such as location data or a computer IP address.
My company is not in California. Does CCPA apply?
CCPA places obligations on “businesses” headquartered inside or outside of California, which collect the Personal Information of California state residents and satisfy at least one of three conditions:
- Annual gross revenue of more than $25 million.
- Handling (buying, selling, etc.) personal information of more than 50,000 California-based consumers, households, or devices annually.
- Gets at least 50 per cent of annual revenue from selling California consumers’ personal information.
How does Ura Central Corp Protect Personal Data?
Ura Central Corp has implemented vigorous technical and organizational measures to protect the Personal Data of our Customers against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, Personal Data. For more information on Ura Central Corp security please visit: https://www.uracentral.com /security.
For what purposes does Ura Central Corp collect Personal Information?
Where a Customer provides Personal Information to Ura Central Corp for purposes of providing Services (“Customer’s Personal Information”), Ura Central Corp acts as a Service Provider (as defined in the CCPA) with respect to such Customer’s Personal Information. Ura Central Corp will process Customer’s Personal Information consistent with Ura Central Corp’s Privacy Policy and unless Customer provides prior written approval, Ura Central Corp will not collect, retain, use, disclose, or sell Customer’s Personal Information for any purpose other than performing the Services, enabling Ura Central Corp to meet its legal and regulatory requirements, marketing Ura Central Corp’s products and services, or product improvement and development.
How is Ura Central Corp complying with CCPA?
In general, Ura Central Corp businesses are subject to superseding regulations such as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GLBA“).
Where applicable, Ura Central Corp has taken and continues to take appropriate measures to:
- Disclose collection. A business must disclose the categories and purposes of collecting Personal Information. When receiving a verifiable consumer request, they must also disclose the specific pieces of Personal Information they have collected.
- Have a CCPA-compliant privacy policy.
- Comply with Ura Central Corp Customer requests as a Service Provider to our Customers.
- Respect consumers’ rights under CCPA. This includes the right to access, the right to deletion, the right to data portability, and the right to opt-out of any sales of “Personal Information”.
- Identify Personal Information “sales” across Ura Central Corp businesses to enable Ura Central Corp Customers to exercise their rights under CCPA to “opt-out” of any such sales.
- Maintain and regularly test internal controls related to CCPA/CPRA and general privacy law compliance.
- Conduct annual employee privacy training on all relevant privacy laws and regulations.
- Continually monitor legal and regulatory changes to update policies and procedures where appropriate.
Who Can I Contact with Questions?
All questions and inquiries regarding CCPA, and data protection should be sent to privacy@uracentral.com.