Third-party links
The Websites contain links to websites operated and maintained by third parties over which the Company has no control. Any data you provide to third-party websites will be governed under the terms of use or privacy policy of those respective third parties. Accordingly, we strongly encourage you to investigate and ask questions before disclosing any data to the operators of third-party websites and to familiarise yourself with their privacy practices by reviewing their privacy notices and privacy policies.
The inclusion of third-party websites on or through our Websites in no way constitutes an express or implied endorsement of such websites' policies or notices.
Privacy Policy for California and Virginia residents
Types of personal data collected
We collect data 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 data that we may have collected from California residents within the last twelve (12) months.
Please be aware that the categories and examples provided in the list below are those defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) . This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal data 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 data would only be collected if you provided such personal data 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.
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Category B. Personal data 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.
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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.
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Category D. Commercial data
Examples: Records and history of products or services purchased or considered.
Collected: Yes.
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Category E. Biometric data
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, voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.
Collected: No.
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Category F. Internet or other similar network activity
Examples: Interaction with our Websites.
Collected: No.
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Category G. Geolocation data
Examples: Approximate physical location.
Collected: No.
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Category H. Sensory data
Category J. Non-public education data (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99))
Collected: No.
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Category I: Professional or employment-related dataCategory H. Sensory data
Examples: Current or past job history or performance evaluations.Examples: Approximate physical location.
Collected: No.
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.
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Category K. Inferences are drawn from other personal data
Examples: Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions,behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.
Collected: No.
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Category L. Sensitive personal data
Examples: social security, driver’s license, state identification card, or passport number; account log-in, financial account, debit card, or credit card number in combination with any required security or access code,password, or credentials allowing access to an account; precise geolocation; racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership; the contents of the email, email, and text messages unless the business is the intended recipient of the communication; genetic data; the processing of biometric information for the purpose of uniquely identifying; personal data collected and analyzed concerning health; personal information collected and analyzed concerning sex life or sexual orientation.
Collected: No.
Under CCPA and CPRA , personal data does not include:
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Publicly available information from government records;
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Deidentified or aggregated consumer information;
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Information excluded from the CCPA's scope, like:
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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;
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Personal Information is covered by specific 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.
Use of personal data
We may use or disclose personal data we collect for "business purposes" or "commercial purposes" (as defined under the CCPA and CPRA ), which may include the following examples:
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To operate our Websites.
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To provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including investigating and addressing your concerns and monitoring and improving our Websites.
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To fulfill or meet the reason you provided the data. For example, if you share your contact data to ask questions about our Websites, we will use that personal data to respond to your inquiry.
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To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
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As described to you when collecting your personal data or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA and CPRA .
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For internal administrative and auditing purposes.
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To detect security incidents and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity,including, when necessary, prosecuting those responsible for such activities.
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To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal data held by us about our Websites users is among the assets transferred.
If we decide to collect additional categories of personal data or use the personal data we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes, we will update this Privacy Policy.
Sharing of personal data
We may disclose your personal data to a third party for business purposes or sell your personal data,subject to your right to opt out of those sales. When we disclose personal data for a business purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to keep that personal data confidential and not use it for any purpose except the contract. The CCPA, CPRA, and Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”) prohibit third parties who purchase the personal data we hold from reselling it unless you have received explicit notice and an opportunity to opt out of further sales.
We may share your personal data with the following categories of third parties:
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Third-party vendors to whom you or your agents authorize us to disclose your personal data in connection with products or services we provide to you.
Disclosure of personal data for business purposes
We may use or disclose and may have used or disclosed in the last twelve (12) months the following categories of personal data for business or commercial purposes:
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Category A. Identifiers.
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Category B. Personal data categories are listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ.Code § 1798.80(e)).
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Category D. Commercial data.
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Category F. Internet or other similar network activity.
Please note that the categories listed above are those defined in the CCPA and CPRA .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.
Sale of personal data
As defined in the CCPA and CPRA, "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 data by the business to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration. This means that we may have received some kind of benefit in return for sharing personal data, but not necessarily a monetary benefit.
Please note that the categories listed below are those defined in the CCPA and CPRA .This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal data were, in fact, sold, but it reflects our good faith belief, to the best of our knowledge, that some of that data 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 data:
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Category A. Identifiers.
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Category B. Personal data categories are listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).
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Category D. Commercial data.
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Category F. Internet or other similar network activity.
Sale of personal data of minors under 16 years of age
We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors under the age of 16 through our Websites, 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 never to provide data on other websites without their permission.
We do not sell the personal data of consumers we actually know 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 data 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 at contact@best-ai-partner.com.
If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has provided us with personal data,please contact us with sufficient detail to enable us to delete that data.
Your rights under the CPPA, CPRA, and VCDPA
The CCPA and CPRA provide California residents, and VCDPA provides Virginia residents with specific rights regarding their personal data. If you are a resident of California and/or Virginia , you have the following rights:
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The right to notice. You have the right to be notified of which categories of personal data are being collected and the purposes for which the personal data is being used.
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The right to request. Under CCPA,CPRA, and VCDPA ,you have the right to request that we disclose data to you about our collection, use, sale, disclosure for business purposes, and sharing of personal data. Once we receive and confirm your request, we will disclose to you:
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The categories of personal data we collected about you.
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The categories of sources for the personal data we collected about you.
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Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal data.
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The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal data.
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The specific pieces of personal data we collected about you.
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If we sold your personal data or disclose your personal data for a business purpose, we will disclose to you:
b) The categories of personal data disclosed.
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The right to say no to the sale or sharing of personal data (opt out) for California residents. You have the right to direct us not to sell or share your personal data. To submit an opt out request, please contact us at contact@best-ai-partner.com.
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The right to opt out of the processing of the personal data for Virginia residents 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. To submit an opt out request, please contact us at contact@best-ai-partner.com.
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The right to correct inaccuracies. Under CCPA, CPRA, and VCDPA, you have the right to request us to correct the inaccurate personal data that we maintain about you, taking into account the nature of the personal data and the purposes of the processing of the personal data.
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The right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal data. Under CPRA, you have the right to direct us to limit our use of your sensitive personal data to that use which is necessary to perform the services. To submit such a request, please contact us at contact@best-ai-partner.com
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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 your personal data from our records unless an exception applies. We may deny your deletion request if retaining the data is necessary for our service providers or us:
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To complete the transaction for which we collected the personal data, 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.
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To detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
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To debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
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To exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
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To comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).
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To 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 data's deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research's achievement if you previously provided informed consent.
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To enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
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To comply with a legal obligation.
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To make other internal and lawful uses of that data that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.
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The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your consumer rights, including by:
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Denying goods or services to you.
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Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties.
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Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to you.
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Suggesting that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
The right to opt out
For California residents
If you are 16 years of age or older, you have the right to direct us not to sell or share your personal data at any time (the "right to opt out"). We do not sell or share the personal data of consumers we actually know 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 personal data sales or sharing 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 at contact@best-ai-partner.com.
For Virginia residents
Virginia residents have the right to opt out of the processing of 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.
Children’s Privacy
“Do not track” policy is required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
Our Websites do not respond to do not track (“DNT”) signals.
However, some third-party websites do keep track of your browsing activities. If you are visiting such websites,you can set your preferences in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of your web browser.
Our Websites do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable data from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take the necessary steps to remove that data from our servers.
If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your data and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent's consent before we collect and use that data.
Other California privacy rights
California's "Shine the Light" law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Websites who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal data to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us at contact@best-ai-partner.com