Our Privacy Policy
Date of Revision: September 13, 2024
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how Cockram International, Inc. (“Cockram”, “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit our website cockram.com (the “Site”) and otherwise interact with us.
We are committed to complying with applicable privacy laws and regulations, including the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) as amended and reenacted by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). In this Policy, we explain:
- What information we collect from individuals and why;
- To whom we provide this information and for what purposes;
- What rights California residents have in relation to our data processing practices and how to exercise them; and
- Additional information about our information retention, security and marketing practices.
This Privacy Policy is organized into the below sections:
- General Disclosures
- What Information We Collect And Disclose And For What Purposes
- Cookies Policy
- Data Retention
- Your California Privacy Rights
- How to Exercise Your California Privacy Rights
- How We Process Data Rights Requests
- SMS/Texting Notice
- Children’s Privacy
- Security
- Changes to this Privacy Policy
- Contact Us
1. General Disclosures
Our data centers and Site are hosted in the United States and Asia. If you are visiting this Site from outside of these regions, please note that by providing us your information it is being stored or processed in countries other than your home country. Specifically, the United States may not have privacy laws that are as strong or comprehensive as the privacy laws in your own country. If you are outside the United States and do not wish to allow the collection and storage of your personal information within the United States, you should not use this Site and you should opt-out of the collection of cookies by following the guidelines in our section titled How To Opt-Out Of Tracking And Restrict Cookies.
This Policy applies only to our Site and not to other companies’ or organizations’ websites, mobile applications and services to which we link. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other businesses or the content of other websites, including any websites that may indicate a special relationship or partnership with us (such as co-branded pages or “in cooperation with” relationships). To ensure protection of your privacy, always review the privacy policy of the companies with whom you engage.
Data will not be shared with third parties for marketing or promotional purposes.
2. What Information We Collect And Disclose And For What Purposes
Site Visitors
If you visit our Site we may collect the following information about you for the described purposes and disclose it to the described recipients.
Current or Prospective Business Partners
If you are an employee of one of our customers, vendors or other entity and who is involved in our relationship with your employer, or if you engage with us as a proprietor of your own business, we may collect the following information about you for the described purposes and disclose it to the described recipients:
Deidentified and Aggregated Information
We may process your personal information into aggregated, anonymized or de-identified form for any purpose. Aggregated, anonymized or de-identified information is information that can no longer reasonably identify a specific individual and is no longer “personal information.” We will only maintain and use this type of information in deidentified form and we will not attempt to reidentify this information, except for the purposes of validating our deidentification process.
3. Cookies Policy
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard drive by a web page server. Cookies contain information that can later be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. There are several types of cookies:
- Session cookies provide information about how a website is used during a single browser session while a user is visiting a website. Session cookies usually expire after the browser is closed.
- Persistent cookies remain on your device between different browser sessions for a set amount of time in order to enable the website to remember user preferences, settings, or actions across other sites. A persistent cookie will remain on a user’s device for a set period of time specified in the cookie.
- First-party cookies are cookies set by the operator of the website you are visiting.
- Third-party cookies are cookies set by third parties that are different from the operator of the website you are visiting.
Our collection of cookies
We, our marketing partners, affiliates, and analytics or service providers use cookies and other similar technologies. We group the cookies that we collect into the following categories based upon their function (note that all types of cookies, as described above, may be found in each category):
Third-party cookies
The Site allows third-parties to place cookies on your Internet-connected device in order to deliver advertisements based upon your web-browsing habits and history. Further, in order to provide interoperability and plug-ins from various social media websites (like LinkedIn), the Site allows these third-parties to place and collect cookies on your Internet-connected device. However, you can restrict the third-party collection of cookies through the instructions provided in the section How To Opt-Out Of Tracking And Restrict Cookies below.
Analytics
We may use service providers to provide site metrics and other analytics services. These service providers may use cookies (see above); web beacons (also called clear GIFs or pixels), which are small blocks of code that allow us to measure the actions of visitors using the Site; and other technologies to collect information, such as your IP address, identifiers associated with your device, other applications on your device, the browsers you use to access our Site, webpages viewed, time spent on webpages, links clicked and conversion information (e.g., transactions entered into). This information may be used by Cockram and its service providers on behalf of Cockram to analyze and track usage of our Sites to determine the popularity of certain content and to better understand how you use our Sites.
For example, we use Google Analytics on the Site to analyze how individuals use the Site. We will package up information about how individuals interact with our Site and send it to Google Analytics to be processed into reports. When Google Analytics processes data, it aggregates and organizes the data based on particular criteria like whether a user’s device is mobile or desktop, or which browser they’re using. If, at any time, you choose not to participate in the use of analytics software, please use your web browser’s available opt-outs as described in the section How To Opt-Out Of Tracking And Restrict Cookies.
Advertising
We also have partnered with third-party advertising networks that collect information about your online web browsing habits to serve you with interest-based advertisements. The information collected about you to serve these ads can include your IP address, unique online identifiers, your activity on our Site and information about your operating system, browser and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access the Site.
For example, we use Google Analytics Advertising cookies to identify what advertisements you see when you browse the Internet and how you have interacted with them. We may use this information for our own advertising or it could be pooled together by Google from your interactions with other websites to determine what kind of advertisements you may see on the Internet.
We also partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with the Site through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Site usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for the Site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. Microsoft’s privacy policy can be located here.
Web beacons, pixels, tags and scripts
In addition to cookies, we use other technologies to recognize and track visitors to Cockram’s websites. A web beacon (also known as a “tracking pixel” or “clear GIF”) is a clear graphic image (typically a one-pixel tag) that is delivered through a web browser or HTML email, typically in conjunction with a cookie. Web beacons allows us certain functionality, for example, monitoring how users move from one page within a website to another, to track access to our communications, to understand whether users have come to a website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to measure how ads have been viewed and to improve site performance.
These technologies may be used on our Site or in our emails to help us to deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage of our sites, campaign effectiveness and determine whether an email has been opened and acted upon.
Social Media Widgets
These technologies allow us to integrate social media functions and connection into our Sites and may also be used for advertising purposes. These widgets will disclose personal information about you to the respective social media company if you click on them.
For example, if you click the Linked-In widget, Linked-In may receive information about your network and device (e.g., IP address, proxy server, operating system, web browser and add-ons, device identifier and features, cookie IDs and/or ISP, or your mobile carrier). Your interaction with a social media website (or any third-party website) is governed by that third-party’s privacy notice, and you should review any such notice before continuing to interact with that third-party.
How To Opt-Out Of Tracking And Restrict Cookies
You can opt-out of the tracking of your online behavior by:
- visiting the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) website opt-out page: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices;
- visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) opt-out page: http://www.aboutads.info/; and
- downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in from the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings through the following:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Safari
- Opera
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Edge
- Safari for iOS (iPhone and iPad)
- Chrome for Android
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact the functionality of the Site. Additional general information about cookies, including how to be notified about the placement of new cookies and how to disable cookies, can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org. Alternatively, you may visit the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s website www.consumer.ftc.gov to obtain comprehensive general information about cookies and how to adjust the cookie settings on various browsers.
Do Not Track
Do Not Track (“DNT”) is an optional browser setting that allows you to express your preferences regarding tracking across websites. Most modern web browsers give you the option to send a Do Not Track signal to the websites you visit, indicating that you do not wish to be tracked. However, there is no accepted standard for how a website should respond to this signal, so we do not take any action in response to this signal. Cockram does not have a mechanism in place to respond to DNT signals. Instead, in addition to publicly available external tools, we offer you the choices described in this Cookies Policy to manage the collection and use of information about you.
4. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
5. Your California Privacy Rights
California law grants residents certain rights regarding their personal information. You have the right to:
- Access your personal information we collect, use, and disclose.
- Deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Correction of inaccurate personal information.
- Opt-Out of any “sale” or disclosure of your personal information for cross context behavioral advertising, such as online targeted advertising.
- Non-Discrimination due to the exercise of your privacy rights.
- Make A Privacy Request Through an Authorized Agent, such as a verifiable service or a person that you have designated in writing as your authorized agent to make a request related to your personal information on your behalf.
You can exercise these rights by submitting a request through the methods described below.
Please note that we do not sell your personal information in the usual sense of the word. That is, we do not give your information to third parties in exchange for money. However, under certain state laws, disclosure of your online browsing information to certain third parties (such as social media providers, ad networks, analytics vendors, and providers of online marketing and advertising services) through automated technologies such as cookies, pixels, and tags, for advertising or analytics purposes may be considered a “sale” of personal information. This disclosure of online browsing personal information may also be for the purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising (called “sharing” under California state law).
Because we do not associate your online browsing information with your offline identity, you can opt-out of this “sale” or “share” of your online browsing information by following the instructions of the Section titled How To Opt-Out Of Tracking And Restrict Cookies.
We do not knowingly “sell” or “share” (as these terms are defined by California state law) personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.
6. How to Exercise Your California Privacy Rights
To exercise your rights described above, please submit a request through one of the following methods:
- Email: info@cockraminternational.com
- Call us at: +1 888 229 7202
- Opting Out of Online Tracking: How To Opt-Out Of Tracking And Restrict Cookies.
We will verify your request before processing it. You may also designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf.
Submitting A Request Through Browser Controls Or An Authorized Agent
California allows you to designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. If you wish to have an authorized agent make a verifiable consumer request on your behalf, they will need to provide us with sufficient written proof that you have designated them as your authorized agent, such as a power of attorney pursuant to California Probate Code sections 4000 to 4465. We will still require you to provide sufficient information to allow us to reasonably verify that you are the person about whom we have collected personal information.
We can deny any request made by a purported authorized agent who does not submit proof that they have been authorized by the California resident to act on the California resident’s behalf.
An authorized agent should make a request through the same mechanisms that are available to individuals as described in this Policy.
7. How We Process Data Rights Requests
Once we receive your request to exercise a right, we will confirm receipt and begin to evaluate, and if appropriate, process the request. Please note that:
- We may require that you provide additional information to confirm your identity, including providing us with at least two or more pieces of personal information to match against personal information that we currently maintain about you. We reserve the right to reject your request if we are unable to verify your identity to a sufficiently high level of certainty. The information you provide to verify your identity will only be used for verification purposes, and a record of your request, including certain information contained within it, will be maintained by Cockram for our files.
- To authenticate any request to correct personal information, you may be required to provide authentication information.
- Certain laws or other legal requirements might prevent some personal information from being disclosed or deleted.
If you fail or refuse to provide the necessary information, we may not be able to process your request.
If we reject a request for any reason, we will inform you of the basis of the rejection. Not all individuals about whom we possess information will have access to these rights and we may not be able to provide these rights to everyone due to legal and jurisdictional limitations. We may not be able to comply with your request for a number of reasons, including:
- you do not live in a state that grants you the specific right that you have requested;
- the information that you’ve requested is not subject to the regulation that grants you the right to make a request in relation to your personal information;
- we are prevented or exempted by law, regulation or rule from complying with your request;
- we are not the owner or controller of the data about which you are requesting;
- we do not maintain your personal information in a manner that is connected to your identity;
- we are not able to comply with your request without incurring disproportionate burden or expense; or
- if complying with your request conflicts our proper and reasonable ability to administer our sites, to administer our business and related relationships or to establish, defend or administer legal claims.
If any of the above reasons apply, we will let you know in our response to your request.
8. SMS/Texting Notice
We may give you the opportunity to sign up for informational or promotional text messages. You may opt-in by providing your mobile number and consenting to receive texts, and you may opt-out at any time by going to our Contact Form and selecting the “Opt-out” option. We do not sell or share your mobile number with third parties or affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. Standard mobile data rates apply.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our Site is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us.
10. Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no website or internet transmission is completely secure.
11. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our Site.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- Email: info@cockraminternational.com