AUTOCRUITMENT US State Law Privacy Notice
US State Law Privacy Notice
Effective Date: December 31, 2019
Last Updated: January 31, 2025
This AutoCruitment US State Law Privacy Notice (the “US State Law Privacy Notice”) describes our collection and use of Personal Information from residents of specific states within the United States, and supplements the information contained in AutoCruitment’s Privacy Policy and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the States discussed below (“consumers” or “you”). This US State Law Privacy Notice applies to Personal Information or Personal Data collected through our https://trials.autocruitment.com and https://autocruitment.com websites (collectively, our “Websites”), by email, phone, in-person, or other offline methods, or anywhere else we post or link to this US State Law Privacy Notice. You may also print a copy of this US State Law Privacy Notice by selecting the “Print” button in your web browser or the bottom of this page.
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CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT DISCLOSURES
We adopt this US State Law Privacy Notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CCPA”) and any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this California Consumer Privacy Act Disclosures section.
NOTICE AT COLLECTION
Our Websites collect, and have collected within the past twelve (12) months, the following categories of Personal Information from our consumers:
CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED
- A. Identifiers.
A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers. - B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).
A name, signature, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, education information, health insurance information, or medical information. Some Personal Information included in this category may overlap with other categories. - C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.
Age (40 years or older), race, country of residence, religion or creed, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), veteran or military status, genetic information (including familiar genetic information), or sexual orientation. - F. Internet or other similar network activity.
Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement. - G. Geolocation data.
Physical location or movements. - K. Inferences drawn from other Personal Information.
Profile reflecting a person’s psychological trends, predispositions, and behavior. - L. Sensitive Personal Information.
Precise geolocation, racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, genetic data, information concerning a person’s health or sexual orientation.
BUSINESS OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE FOR COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may collect, and we have collected, the following categories of Personal Information for one or more of the following business or commercial purposes:
- To fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information. For example, if you share your name and contact information to be contacted about, matched with, or otherwise to learn more about, a clinical trial, we will use that Personal Information to respond to your inquiry, such as for an applicable research clinic to contact you. (For this business or commercial purpose we collect Categories A, B, C, F, G, K described above)
- To provide, support, personalize, and develop our Website and services, including through use of a Chat Bot. ( For this business or commercial purpose we collect Categories A, F described above)
- To create, maintain, customize, and secure your account with us. (For this business or commercial purpose we collect Categories A, B, C described above)
- To personalize your Website experience and to deliver content and product and service offerings relevant to your interests, including targeted offers and ads through our Website, third-party sites, and via email or text message (with your consent, where required by law). (For this business or commercial purpose we collect Categories A, B, C, F, G, K described above)
- For internal testing, research, analysis, and service development, including to develop and improve our Website, and to develop, improve, or demonstrate our services. (For this business or commercial purpose we collect Categories A, B, C, F described above)
- To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations. (For this business or commercial purpose we collect Categories A, B, C, F, G, K described above)
- As described to you when collecting your Personal Information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA. (For this business or commercial purpose we collect Categories A, B, C, F, G, K described above)
- To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of AutoCruitment’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Information held by AutoCruitment about our Website users is among the assets transferred. (For this business or commercial purpose we collect Categories A, B, C, F, G, K described above)
- Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity. (For this business or commercial purpose we collect Categories A, B, F, G described above)
- Performing services on behalf of the business, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling transactions, verifying customer information, providing advertising or marketing services, providing analytic services, or providing similar services on behalf of the business or service provider. (For this business or commercial purpose we collect Categories A, B, C, F, G, K described above)
- For clinical research purposes, including sharing such Personal Information with our third party clinical research partners and related third parties in connection with the foregoing. (For this business or commercial purpose we collect Categories A, B, C, K described above)
COLLECTION OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We have collected and will collect the categories of Sensitive Personal Information indicated in Category L above.
USE OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We do not use or disclose your Sensitive Personal Information other than for certain purposes permitted under the CCPA and for the following business or commercial purposes:
- For clinical research purposes, including disclosing such Personal Information with our third party clinical research partners and related third parties in connection with the foregoing, as necessary to identify potential research studies relevant to you and otherwise provide our products and services to you
- To provide content, products, services, or other functions to which you have otherwise consented
SELLING AND SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
In the preceding twelve (12) months, AutoCruitment has “sold” or “shared” the following categories of Personal Information to the following categories of third parties.
| Categories of Third Parties | Categories of Personal Information |
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| Advertisers and advertising networks |
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| Analytics and behavioral advertising networks |
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| Social media companies |
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We do not knowingly “sell” or “share” the Personal Information of minors under the age of 16 without appropriate consent. For consumers who are at least 13 years of age and less than 16 years of age, consent will require the consumer to use a two-step process where the consumer first, clearly requests an opt-in and then second, separately confirms their choice to opt-in. For consumers under 13 years of age, consent must be provided by a parent or guardian of the child pursuant to a reasonable method for ensuring that the person consenting to the sale or sharing of the personal information about the child is the parent or guardian of the child.
We have “sold” or “shared” your Personal Information for the following business or commercial purposes:
- For use in engaging in behavioral advertising and marketing campaigns with third parties; and
- To enable third parties to perform analytics on usage on our Websites.
When we disclose Personal Information for a business purpose, we generally enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that Personal Information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract. In addition, the terms “sale” or “sharing” is used as defined under the CCPA, and generally excludes Personal Information which a consumer uses or directs us to intentionally disclose or where the consumer uses our business to intentionally interact with a third party, provided the third party does not also sell the Personal Information.
If you would like to opt out of the “selling” or “sharing” of your Personal Information, you may submit a request by clicking here: Opt-Out or sending an e-mail to info@autocruitment.com.
CATEGORIES OF SOURCES FOR COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
AutoCruitment obtains the categories, or subsets thereof, of Personal Information listed above (in the “Categories of Personal Information Collected” section) from the following categories of sources:
- Directly from you. For example, from forms you complete or services you obtain. (We collect Categories A, B, C from this source)
- Indirectly from you. For example, from observing your actions on our Websites. (We collect Categories F, G, K from this source)
DISCLOSURES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR A BUSINESS PURPOSE
In the preceding twelve (12) months, AutoCruitment has disclosed the following categories of Personal Information for a business purpose to the listed categories of third parties:
| Categories of Third Parties | Categories of Personal Information |
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| Vendors / service providers |
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| Advertisers and advertising networks |
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| Business partners, such as research sites |
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| Social media companies |
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| Analytics and behavioral advertising services |
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We have disclosed your Personal Information, for the following business or commercial purposes:
- To operate our business and provide or enhance the quality and safety of our services;
- Maintain or service customer accounts;
- Provide customer service;
- Verify customer information;
- Provide analytic services;
- Perform internal research for technological development;
- Detect security incidents and maintain functionality of the Websites;
- Comply with applicable law and law enforcement requirements;
- Prosecute those responsible for malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity;
- To protect the health, safety, and vital interests of you or others; and
- Defend against or bring legal action, claims and other liabilities.
YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES UNDER THE CCPA
The CCPA provides consumers (California residents) with specific rights regarding their Personal Information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights. You may exercise these rights yourself or through your authorized agent.
AUTHORIZED AGENTS
You may authorize your agent to exercise your rights under the CCPA on your behalf by registering your agent with the California Secretary of State. You may also provide your authorized agent with power of attorney to exercise your rights. If you authorize an agent, we may require that your agent provide proof that they have been authorized to exercise your rights on your behalf. We may request that your authorized agent submit proof of identity. We may deny a request from your agent to exercise your rights on your behalf if they fail to submit adequate proof of identity or adequate proof that they have the authority to exercise your rights.
RIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have the right to request that AutoCruitment disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your Personal Information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Consumer Rights to Know, Access, Correct, and Delete below), we will disclose to you:
- The categories of Personal Information we collected about you.
- The categories of sources for the Personal Information we collected about you.
- Our business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling or sharing that Personal Information.
- The categories of third parties with whom we disclose Personal Information.
RIGHT TO ACCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION / PORTABILITY
You have the right to request us to access and obtain a copy of the specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you and to receive it in a structured, machine-readable format that may be transmitted to another entity without hindrance, to the extent technically feasible. See the Exercising Consumer Rights to Know, Access, Correct, and Delete section below.
RIGHT TO CORRECT INACCURATE PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information maintained about you, taking into account the nature of the Personal Information and the nature of the processing. However, we are not required to comply with a request to correct where we have a good-faith, reasonable, and documented belief that a request is fraudulent or abusive, or if we have determined based on the totality of the circumstances, that the contested Personal Information held by us is more likely than not accurate and therefore does not require correction. In assessing the totality of the circumstances, we will consider: (a) the nature of the Personal Information; (b) how we obtained the contested information; and (c) documentation relating to the accuracy of the information, whether provided by you, by us, or another source.
We will accept and consider any documentation that you provide in connection with a request to correct. We may require you to provide documentation supporting a request to correct depending on: (a) the nature of the Personal Information at issue; (b) the nature of the documentation upon which we consider the Personal Information to be accurate (e.g., whether the documentation is from a trusted source or is otherwise verifiable); (c) the purpose for which we collect, maintain, or use the Personal Information (e.g., if the Personal Information is essential to the functioning of the application, we may require more documentation); and (d) the impact on you. We will only use such documentation provided for the purpose of correcting your Personal Information and to comply with our record-keeping obligations for consumer requests.
Verifiable consumer requests to correct may be submitted through email at: info@autocruitment.com.
RIGHT TO DELETE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have the right to request that AutoCruitment delete any of your Personal Information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Consumer Rights to Access, Correct and Delete), we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your Personal Information from our records, unless an exception applies.
EXERCISING CONSUMER RIGHTS TO KNOW, ACCESS, CORRECT, AND DELETE
To exercise the rights to know, access, correct or delete described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us at this site or email info@autocruitment.com.
Generally, in order to verify your requests to exercise your right to know, correct or delete, we will compare the Personal Information we have about you to pieces of Personal Information we will request in the course of processing your request. The Personal Information required for verification may include your name, email address, phone number, or postal address.
Only you, or your agent that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Personal Information. To designate an authorized agent, see above. We may request additional information to confirm a request to delete your Personal Information.
You may only make a verifiable consumer request to know twice within a 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request must:
- Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information or an authorized representative.
- Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
We cannot respond to your request or provide you with Personal Information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the Personal Information relates to you.
Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us.
We will only use Personal Information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.
RIGHT TO OPT-OUT OF SELLING OR SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you would like to opt out of the “selling” or “sharing” of your Personal Information, you may submit a request by clicking here: Opt Out or sending an e-mail to info@autocruitment.com.
RIGHT TO LIMIT USE OR DISCLOSURE OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We do not use or disclose sensitive Personal Information except as required to provide our services to you. If we use or disclose sensitive Personal Information outside of the permitted purposes set forth under Section 7027(m) of the CCPA, you have the right, at any time, to direct us to limit our use of your sensitive Personal Information to that which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods that you reasonably expect or for certain excepted purposes as permitted by the CCPA. You also have the right to limit our disclosure of your sensitive Personal Information. If you choose to exercise this right, we will not use or disclose your sensitive Personal Information for any purposes other than those business or commercial purpose identified in the “USE OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION” section above.
In order to exercise your right to limit the use or disclosure of sensitive Personal Information, please visit the following link: Opt Out.
RIGHT TO NON-DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not:
- Deny you goods or services.
- Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
- Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
- Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
RESPONSE TIMING AND FORMAT
We will respond to a verifiable consumer request within ten (10) days of its receipt. We will process these requests within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 45 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.
If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.
Any disclosures we provide will only cover the period preceding the verifiable consumer request’s receipt back to January 1, 2022. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. We will select a format to provide your Personal Information that is portable and readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
OTHER CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (California’s “Shine the Light” law) permits users of our Website that are California residents and who provide Personal Information in obtaining products and services for personal, family, or household use to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. If applicable, this information would include the categories of Personal Information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared your Personal Information with for the immediately prior calendar year (e.g., requests made this year will receive information regarding such activities for last year). You may request this information once per calendar year. To make such a request, please send an email to info@autocruitment.com or write us at: AutoCruitment LLC, 4509 Creedmoor Road, Suite 600 Raleigh, NC 27612.
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VIRGINIA CONSUMER DATA PROTECTION ACT DISCLOSURES AND CONSUMER RIGHTS
Under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”), AutoCruitment, as the data controller, must disclose our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of the Personal Data (as that term is defined under the VCDPA) of Virginia residents (“Virginia Consumers”). Virginia Consumers are also afforded additional rights with regard to the Personal Data we collect about them that include the rights of access, deletion, correction, data portability and right to opt-out. This section of our US State Law Privacy Notice directs you to the disclosures required by the VCDPA and describes the rights afforded to Virginia Consumers. We also describe the methods by which a Consumer may exercise these rights. Any terms defined in the VCDPA will have the same meaning when used in this Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act Disclosures and Consumer Rights section.
VCDPA DISCLOSURES
- For the categories of Personal Data AutoCruitment processes, please see the “Categories of Personal Information Collected” section of this US State Law Privacy Notice.
- For a description of AutoCruitment’s purposes for processing Personal Data, please see the “Business or Commercial Purpose for Collection of Personal Information” section of this US State Law Privacy Notice.
- For the categories of Personal Data that we share with third parties, please see the “Disclosures of Personal Information for a Business Purpose” section of this US State Law Privacy Notice.
- For categories of third parties with whom we share Personal Data, please see the “Disclosures of Personal Information for a Business Purpose” section of this US State Law Privacy Notice.
VIRGINIA CONSUMER RIGHTS UNDER THE VCDPA
CONSUMER REQUESTS
Under the VCPDA, we are a controller of your Personal Data. If you are a Virginia Consumer, the VCDPA grants you the rights described below, regarding your Personal Data. If we are unable to authenticate your request using commercially reasonable efforts, we may request that you provide additional information, such as name, email address, phone number, or postal address, to authenticate your request. We will deliver a response to you within 45 days of receiving your verifiable consumer request.
To exercise your rights under the VCDPA, please follow the instructions described in this section.
RIGHT TO CONFIRM AND ACCESS PERSONAL DATA
Virginia Consumers have the right to confirm whether or not we are processing their Personal Data and to access such Personal Data.
Verifiable consumer requests to confirm and access may be submitted through email at: info@autocruitment.com.
RIGHT TO CORRECT PERSONAL DATA
Virginia Consumers have the right to correct inaccuracies in the consumer’s Personal Data, taking into account the nature of the Personal Data and the purposes of the processing of the consumer’s Personal Data.
Verifiable consumer requests to correct Personal Data may be submitted through email at: info@autocruitment.com.
RIGHT TO DELETE PERSONAL DATA
Virginia Consumers have the right to delete Personal Data provided by or obtained about the consumer, subject to certain exceptions.
Verifiable consumer requests to delete Personal Data may be submitted through email at: info@autocruitment.com.
RIGHT TO DATA PORTABILITY
Virginia Consumers have the right to obtain a copy of their Personal Data that the consumer previously provided to us in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows the consumer to transmit the data to another controller without hindrance, where the processing is carried out by automated means.
Verifiable consumer requests to data portability may be submitted through email at: info@autocruitment.com.
RIGHT TO OPT-OUT
Consumers have the right to opt out of processing of their 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.
Verifiable consumer requests to opt-out may be submitted through email at: info@autocruitment.com.
If we are unable to authenticate your request using commercially reasonable efforts, we may request that you provide additional information, such as name, email address, phone number, or postal address, to authenticate your request. We will deliver a response to you within 45 days of receiving your verifiable consumer request.
PROCESS TO APPEAL DECLINED REQUESTS
If we decline to take action on your request, we will notify you within 45 days of receipt of your request. In the event we decline to take action on your request, you may submit an appeal within 30 days of receiving such notice. You may submit an appeal through email at: datainquiry@autocruitment.com. Within 60 days of receipt of an appeal, we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, we will provide you with an online mechanism, if available, or other method through which you may contact the Virginia Attorney General to submit a complaint.
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CHANGES TO OUR US STATE LAW PRIVACY NOTICE
AutoCruitment reserves the right to amend this US State Law Privacy Notice at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this US State Law Privacy Notice, we will post the updated notice on the Websites and update the Last Updated date. We encourage you to read this US State Law Privacy Notice carefully, and to regularly check this page to review any changes we might make in accordance with the terms of this US State Law Privacy Notice. Your continued use of our Websites or services following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions or comments about this US State Law Privacy Notice, the ways in which AutoCruitment collects and uses your information, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under California or Virginia law, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
- Phone: (646) 876-9400
- Website: https://autocruitment.com/contact
- Email: info@autocruitment.com
- Postal Address:
AutoCruitment LLC
4509 Creedmoor Road,
Suite 600 Raleigh, NC 27612
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