Privacy Notice for Residents of Certain U.S. States
Date of Last Revision: April 5, 2023

This Privacy Notice for Residents of Certain U.S. States ("State-Specific Notice") is a part of our general Privacy Policy and incorporates it by reference. Depending on the U.S. state where you reside, you may have additional privacy rights. We provide you with relevant information and choices under these laws:

  • Privacy Information for California Residents
  • Privacy Information for Nevada Residents

PRIVACY INFORMATION FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

If you are a California resident, California law requires us to provide you with some additional information regarding how we collect, use, and share your "personal information" (as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA")).

Categories of personal information we collect.Throughout our Privacy Policy, we discuss in detail how we collect, use, and share personal information about our users. Under the CCPA, we are also required to provide you with the relevant "categories" of personal information we collect. The categories we collect include:

  • Identifiers (such as real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, internet protocol address, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers);
  • Commercial information (such as transaction data);
  • Financial data (such as credit card information);
  • Internet or other network or device activity (such as browsing history and information on interaction with a website, application, or advertisement);
  • Geolocation data (at an IP-based or city/state/zip level);
  • Professional or employment-related information (if volunteered in a job application);
  • Education information (if volunteered in a job application);
  • Inference data about you drawn from the data in this section (based on user profile information and classes taken);
  • Legally protected classifications (such as age and gender);
  • Physical characteristics or description (if personal photo is volunteered in a user profile); and
  • Other information that identifies or can be reasonably associated with you (e.g., information you voluntarily provide as you use the Channels.org services, such as additional profile information or user-generated content).

The sources from which the categories of personal information are collected.We collect the personal information from the following categories of sources:

  • Directly from the information you provide to us;
  • Indirectly from our affiliates, service providers, and third parties with whom you have a direct relationship; and
  • Indirectly through your interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.

Business purposes for collecting categories of personal information.We collect personal information for the various business purposes below:

  • Complete a purchase or provide the Services you have requested, including invoicing and accounting;
  • Respond to your request for information and provide you with more effective and efficient customer service;
  • Provide you with updates and information about classes in which you have enrolled;
  • Contact you by email, postal mail, or phone regarding Channels.org and third- party products, services, surveys, research studies, promotions, special events and other subjects that we think may be of interest to you;
  • Customize the advertising and content you see on the Services;
  • Help us better understand your interests and needs, and improve the Services, including through research and reports, and test and create new products, features, and services;
  • Secure our websites and applications, and resolve app crashes and other issues being reported;
  • Comply with any procedures, laws, and regulations which apply to us where it is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of others;
  • Establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights where it is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of others; and
  • Consider and process your job application.

Sharing of categories of personal information.

We may share personal information to accomplish the various business purposes above and as described in the section “How We Share and Disclose Your Information” and “Third Party Links and Features” in our Privacy Policy.

Your California privacy rights.

CCPA Rights Disclosure. If you are a California resident, the CCPA allows you to make certain requests about your personal information. Specifically, the CCPA allows you to request us to:

  • Inform you about the categories of personal information we collect or disclose about you and the categories of sources of such information;
  • Inform you about the business or commercial purpose for collecting personal information and the categories of third parties with whom we share/disclose personal information (which is also disclosed in this State-Specific Notice and our Privacy Policy);
  • Provide you with the specific pieces of personal information we collect about you; and
  • Delete personal information we have about you.

Please note that certain information may be exempt from such requests under California law. For example, we need certain information in order to provide the Services to you. You may only make such a request twice within a twelve-month period. Requests are generally free; however, we may charge a reasonable fee or deny your request if it is manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive.

To make a CCPA request, please email us at privacy@channels.org. We will request information, which at a minimum will include your name and email address, to verify your identity. We may request additional information to verify your identity before responding to a request. Under the CCPA, you may have an authorized agent submit a request on your behalf, and we will collect certain authorization and verification information from the agent and you in such circumstances.

The CCPA further provides you with the right to receive information about the financial incentives that we offer to you, if any, and the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your rights under applicable law.

If you would like further information regarding your legal rights under California law, please contact us at privacy@channels.org.

California Do Not Sell Notice

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) provides you with the right to opt out of the "sale" of your "personal information." Channels.org allows some of our advertising partners to collect certain pieces of information from our site visitors, such as device identifiers, cookies, advertising IDs, IP addresses, and usage activity, so that we and our partners can deliver ads that are more relevant to you. This type of information sharing with our advertising partners may be considered a "sale" under the CCPA. Below, we explain what information we share with our advertising partners and how you can control the information that is shared for online advertising purposes and with our partners, and important information about those choices.

Facebook Ad Preferences

Facebook offers settings that may control what information Facebook uses about you or your device activity for advertising purposes. Login to Facebook and go to Settings > Ads > Ad Settings (web) or Ad Preferences > Ad Settings (app) for more information.

Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) and Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) Opt-Outs

The Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) and the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) offer tools to provide consumers with choices as to whether participating third parties can use your information to provide targeted advertising. To opt out of sharing your information with such participating third parties for targeted advertising, please use the following tools:

Please Note

  • The DAA and NAI opt-outs described above are device- and browser-based. Because the information being shared relates to your device ID and/or browser ID, you must opt out on each device and each browser where you want your choice to apply.
  • Opt-outs may be stored via cookies. If you clear cookies, your opt-out will no longer be valid and you must opt out again where you want your choices to apply.
  • The above choices will not opt you out of the use of previously collected and shared information or all interest-based advertising (such as that conducted on other sites).

Shine the Light Disclosure.The California “Shine the Light” law gives residents of California the right under certain circumstances to request information from us regarding the manner in which we share certain categories of personal information (as defined in the Shine the Light law) with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not share your personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

PRIVACY INFORMATION FOR NEVADA RESIDENTS

Under Nevada law, certain Nevada consumers may opt out of the sale of "personally identifiable information" for monetary consideration (as such terms are defined under Nevada law) to a person for that person to license or sell such information to additional persons. We do not engage in such activity; however, if you are a Nevada resident who has purchased services from us, you may submit a request to opt out of any potential future sales under Nevada law by contacting us at privacy@channels.org. Please note we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity and the authenticity of the request. Once verified, we will maintain your request in the event our practices change.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about Channels.org's Privacy Policy or the information practices of the Services.

You may contact us as follows:
330 E Liberty St
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
‍privacy@channels.org


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