Certa ProPainters, Ltd. Privacy Policy

Last Updated:  February 2, 2021

Certa ProPainters, Ltd. (“CertaPro®” or “we”, “us” or “our”) respects the privacy needs of users of its website (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy describes the information practices of CertaPro®, including the information that CertaPro® collects about you, how that information is used and shared, and your choices regarding collection and use of that information.

Please review this Privacy Policy carefully before use of the Website. Your use of the Website will be deemed to be your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and the manner in which we collect, use, disclose and otherwise manage your information.

Types of Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of the Website.

Information We Collect Directly From You. If you request information about CertaPro® services, enter sweepstakes or promotions, request an estimate, register for mailing lists, request information about CertaPro® franchise opportunities, submit comments or otherwise interact with the Website, we collect the information that you manually provide. This information may include personal information such as your name, email address, postal address and telephone number, as well as details about the property you wish to have painted. At the time we collect this information, we may ask your permission to send you future marketing information.

Information We Collect Automatically. CertaPro® may collect certain information automatically, including your IP address, your operating system, your location, the types of Internet browsers and devices you use and information about the way you use the Website. This information may be collected by cookies, web beacons and other technologies.

Use of Your Information by CertaPro®

We use the information that is collected from your use of the Website to provide the information and/or services that you request. In order to do so, we may need to share your information with independently owned and operated CertaPro® franchisees and other third parties.

We may also use the information you provide us to contact you from time to time to provide you with important information, customer support, required notices, advertisements and marketing promotions and offers about products or services we think may be of interest to you, including our own products and services as well as those of our affiliates.

We may also use the information you provide us or that is that is collected from your use of the Website to monitor or improve the use of the Website, and for internal business analysis or other business purposes.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information with franchisees, service providers and agents of CertaPro® for various purposes, including processing payments and customer approvals, verifying customer information, managing customer information and providing customer service, facilitating scheduling, facilitating email communications, manufacturing and fulfilling orders, providing security services, cloud-based data storage, hosting our webpage and assistance with other IT-related functions, advertising and marketing of our products and those of our affiliates, providing analytics information, legal and accounting services, among other business functions.  scheduling an estimate, performing services or providing customer service.

We may disclose your information as required or permitted by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process. We may also disclose your information when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.  We may also share Personal Information to a third party in connection with a sale, merger or consolidation of our business or other transfer of our assets, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, or who is otherwise deemed to be our successor or transferee.

California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights regarding your Personal Information, including rights to access or delete such information, in accordance with California law.  To learn more about your California privacy rights, see our California Privacy Notice.

Data Security

We implement and maintain reasonable security appropriate to the nature of the personal information that we collect, use, retain, transfer or otherwise process.  Our reasonable security program is implemented and maintained in accordance with applicable law and relevant standards.  However, there is no perfect security, and reasonable security is a process that involves risk management rather than risk elimination.  While we are committed to developing, implementing, maintaining, monitoring and updating a reasonable information security program, no such program can be perfect; in other words, all risk cannot reasonably be eliminated. Data security incidents and breaches can occur due to vulnerabilities, criminal exploits or other factors that cannot reasonably be prevented.  Accordingly, while our reasonable security program is designed to manage data security risks and thus help prevent data security incidents and breaches, it cannot be assumed that the occurrence of any given incident or breach results from our failure to implement and maintain reasonable security.

 

Personal Information of Minors

Our products and services are not directed to minors under the age of 18 and we do not knowingly collect or sell the Personal Information of minors.

 

Third Party Sites

The website may contain links to other websites or resources. These links are for your convenience only and are not under our control and are not subject to this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you check the privacy policies of each such website to determine how your information will be used.

Choices About How We Collect and Use Your Information

Tracking Technologies. We use “cookies” on the Website, which are small text files that are stored on a user’s computer and allow websites to remember information about users. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, and you have the choice to set your browser to accept or reject cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the features and services made available through the Website.

Electronic Marketing Communications. If we sent you a promotional email, you can follow the unsubscribe link in the footer of the email or email us at [email protected] with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line.

Direct Mail Communications. If you do not want us to send you any promotional offers through direct mail, you can email us at [email protected] with “Do Not Mail” in the subject line.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We will review and update this Policy as required to keep current with rules and regulations, new technologies and security standards. We will post those changes on the website or update the Privacy Policy modification date below. In certain cases and if the changes are material, you will be notified via email or a notice on our website.

 

Comments and Questions

If you have a comment or question about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].