Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://ssanc.com

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Information entered into the contact forms will be stored in our systems and the site’s database.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

This site may use 3rd party analytics to determine geographical locations, time of visit, web browser, OS used to access the site, pages visited, links clicked on, mouse movements and general interactions with the website not specifically listed here.

Who we share your data with

We may share the information gathered with our partner companies. Any data that is collected will be in compliance with all State and Federal Privacy regulations, including, but not limited to HIPAA, HITECH, and the California Consumer Privacy Act.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

We will keep your data on record for all contact information provided unless requested to remove. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Additional information

Before sharing any data with us, please refrain from uploading or entering any data that may be covered under HIPAA or other patient privacy laws.

How we protect your data

The site has security measures in place, as well as utilizing encryption on all communications sent from the site to our servers.

What data breach procedures we have in place

The site has active monitoring for intrusion detection, we use industry standard security measures, including, but not limited to, strong passwords, encryption, multi-factor authentication and firewalls.

We have implemented a variety of administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect against the unauthorized access, destruction or alteration of your information. These safeguards vary based on the sensitivity of the information that we collect, process and store and the current state of technology.

Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot guarantee that information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.

What third parties we receive data from

We may receive information from 3rd parties on your behalf, or from partner companies. We may also receive referrer links from the website you were visiting prior to coming to our website. This allows us to review how visitors came to our site. Whether it was through a search, a direct link, or by directly accessing the site from your browser.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

We may use this data to help us better serve our visitors, such as monitoring active hours of visitation, to determine the best time to update our systems to prevent disruption of the site.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

The Services are not intended for persons under the age of 13. By using the Services, you hereby represent that you are at least 13 years old. Some third parties, such as platform providers like the iTunes Store or Google Play, may provide age-based ratings on some of the Services. These ratings shall have no bearing on this limitation. Third parties may also provide content categories on some of the Services. These categories likewise shall have no bearing on this limitation.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or practices, please send an email at privacy@ssanc.com

Changes to this Privacy Policy

SSANC reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect changes in the law, our data collection and use practices, the features of our Services, or advances in technology. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of the Services following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will mean you accept those changes.

California Notice of Collection

California law, including the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and related regulations (the “CCPA”), requires us to disclose information regarding the categories of personal information that we have collected about California consumers, the categories of sources from which the information was collected, the business or commercial purposes (as those terms are defined by applicable law) for which the information was collected, and the categories of parties with whom we share personal information.

California Notice of Collection
We or our service providers may collect the below categories of information for the following business or commercial purposes (as those terms are defined in applicable law):

providing the Services (e.g., account servicing and maintenance, customer service, analytics, and communication about the Services);
our or our service provider’s operational purposes;
auditing consumer interactions on our site;
detecting, protecting against, and prosecuting security incidents and fraudulent or illegal activity;
bug detection and error reporting;
customizing content that we or our service providers display on the Services;
improving our existing Services and developing new services (e.g., by conducting research to develop new products or features);
other uses that advance our commercial or economic interests, such as communicating with you about relevant products and services available to you from third party partners; or
other uses about which we notify you.
Examples of these types of uses are identified below and discussed more generally in our Privacy Policy above. We may also use the below categories of personal information for compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and we may combine the information we collect (“aggregate”) or remove pieces of information (“de-identify”) to limit or prevent identification of any particular user or device.

Below you will see data that is laid out in the following order:

Categories of Personal Information We May Collect Categories of Sources Examples of Uses Categories of Third Parties With Which We May Share That Information

Identifiers

such as name, billing and shipping addresses, email address, billing information, username, any provided phone numbers, such as home, mobile or fax, online screen name, security questions and password.

You, if you choose to provide to us.
Your use of our services/automatically collected from you.
Affiliates.
Third parties (such as service providers and other users who, for example, may refer you to use the Services).
Consumer data resellers.
Events, such as conferences.
Public records databases.

Providing the Services, including registration and customer service.
Fixing and improving the Services.
Facilitating payment.
Personalizing content and your experience.
Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising Purposes.
Bug detection and error reporting.
Analyzing and improving the Services.
Security, fraud and legal compliance.
Editorial uses.

Affiliates.
Service providers.
Other individuals or companies at your request.
Third parties, such as third-party advertisers, and advertising and list brokering networks and analytics providers.
Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary.
Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets.

Commercial information

such as records of your purchases and transaction data.

You, if you choose to provide to us.
Your use of our services/automatically collected from you.
Affiliates.
Third parties (such as service providers).
Third Parties (such as Data Brokers).

Providing the Services, including registration and customer service.
Fixing and improving the Services.
Facilitating payment.
Personalizing content and your experience.
Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising Purposes.
Bug detection and error reporting.
Analyzing and improving the Services.
Security, fraud and legal compliance.
Editorial uses. Affiliates.
Service providers.
Other individuals or companies at your request.
Third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks and analytics providers.
Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary.
Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets.

Financial data

such as credit or debit card number, verification number, and expiration date, to process payments and information about your transactions and purchases with us.

You, if you choose to provide to us.
Third parties (such as service providers and third parties confirming payments made on your behalf).
Affiliates.

Providing the Services.
Facilitating payment.
Fixing and improving the Services.
Analyzing use of the Service.
Security, fraud and legal compliance.

Affiliates.
Service providers.
Other individuals or companies at your request.
Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law.
Third parties for sales or transfers of our business or assets.

Protected Classifications

such as race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, religious affiliation, military or veteran status, nationality, ancestry or ethnicity, and political opinions. You, if you choose to provide to us.
Third parties (such as Data Brokers).
Providing the Services.
Fixing and improving the Services.
Analyzing use of the Service.
Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising Purposes.
Security, fraud and legal compliance.
Editorial uses.

Affiliates.
Service providers.
Other individuals or companies at your request.
Third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks and analytics providers.
Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary.
Third parties for sales or transfers of our business or assets.

Device information and identifiers

such as IP address; browser type and language; operating system; platform type; device type; software and hardware attributes; and unique device, advertising, and app identifiers.
You (through your device).
Advertising providers.
Analytics providers.
Cookies and tracking technologies.

Providing the Services, including registration and customer service.
Fixing and improving the Services.
Facilitating payment.
Personalizing content and your experience.
Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising Purposes.
Bug detection and error reporting.
Analyzing and improving the Services.
Security, fraud and legal compliance.
Editorial uses. Service providers.
Affiliates.
Other individuals, services, and partners at your request.
Other third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks.
Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary.
Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets.

Internet network and electronic activity device information

such as information about files you download, domain names, landing pages, browsing activity, content or ads viewed and clicked, dates and times of access, pages viewed, forms you complete or partially complete, search terms, uploads or downloads, the URL that referred you to our Services, the web sites you visit after this web site; if you share our content to social media platforms; and other web usage activity and data logged by our web servers, whether you open an email and your interaction with email content, access times, error logs, and other similar information.

See “Cookies and other electronic technologies” above for more information about how we collect and use this information.
You (through your device).
Advertising providers.
Analytics providers.
Cookies and tracking technologies.
Marketers.
Our affiliates.

Providing the Services, including registration and customer service.
Fixing and improving the Services.
Personalizing content and your experience.
Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising Purposes.
Bug detection and error reporting.
Analyzing and improving the Services.
Security, fraud and legal compliance.
Editorial uses. Service providers.
Affiliates.
Other individuals, services, and partners at your request.
Other third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks.
Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary.
Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets.

Social media information (which may include personal identifiers, photos, location, user generated content, demographic information).

If you link your account or access the Services through a third-party connection or log-in, we may have access to any information you provide to that social network depending on your privacy settings such as your name, email address, friend list, photo, gender, location, and current city; and information you provide to us directly through our pages on social networking and blogging platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter).
You, if you choose to provide to us.
Social media networks, in accordance with your privacy preferences on such services.
Providing the Services, including registration and customer service.
Fixing and improving the Services.
Personalizing content and your experience.
Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising Purposes.
Bug detection and error reporting.
Analyzing and improving the Services.
Security, fraud and legal compliance.
Editorial uses. Service providers.
Affiliates.
Other individuals, services, and partners at your request.
Other third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks.
Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary.
Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets.

Location information

such as general location, and, if you provide permission, precise GPS location.
You, if you choose to provide to us.
Your use of our services/automatically collected from you.
Third parties (such as service providers).

Providing the Services, including registration and customer service.
Fixing and improving the Services.
Personalizing content and your experience.
Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising Purposes.
Bug detection and error reporting.
Analyzing and improving the Services.
Security, fraud and legal compliance.

Service providers.
Affiliates.
Other individuals, services, and partners at your request.
Other third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks.
Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary.
Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets.

Sensory information

such as audio recordings if you call our customer service or volunteer this information as part of using our Services.

You, if you choose to provide to us.
Your use of our services/automatically collected from you.
Third parties (such as service providers).

Providing the Services, including registration and customer service.
Fixing and improving the Services.
Facilitating payment.
Analyzing and improving the Services.
Security, fraud and legal compliance.

Service providers.
Affiliates.
Other individuals, services, and partners at your request.
Other third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks.
Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary.
Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets.

Research, survey, or sweepstakes information (including personal identifiers and user generated content)

collected if you participate in a survey or sweepstakes; includes information needed for you to participate (such as contact information), and to fulfill your prize.

You, if you choose to provide to us.
Survey or sweepstakes partners.
Researchers and analysts.

Providing the Services, including registration and customer service.
Fixing and improving the Services.
Personalizing content and your experience.
Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising Purposes.
Bug detection and error reporting.
Analyzing and improving the Services.
Security, fraud and legal compliance.
Editorial uses. Affiliates.
Service providers.
Other individuals or companies at your request.
Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary.
Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets.

Personalization data about you
You, if you choose to provide to us.
Your use of our services/automatically collected from you.
Affiliates.
Third parties (such as Data Brokers).

Providing the Services, including registration and customer service.
Fixing and improving the Services.
Personalizing content and your experience.
Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising Purposes.
Analyzing and improving the Services.
Security, fraud and legal compliance.

Affiliates.
Third parties (such as service providers).

Other information

any other information you choose to directly provide to us in connection with your use of the Services. You, if you choose to provide to us.

Providing the Services, including registration and customer service.
Fixing and improving the Services.
Facilitating payment.
Personalizing content and your experience.
Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising Purposes.
Bug detection and error reporting.
Analyzing and improving the Services Security, fraud and legal compliance.
Editorial uses. Service providers.
Affiliates.
Other individuals, services, and partners at your request.
Other third parties, such as third-party advertisers and advertising and list brokering networks.
Third parties relating to legal requests, if required by law or if we believe in good faith that it is reasonably necessary.
Third parties for sales of transfers of our business or assets.

Health or education information

You, if you choose to provide it to us.

Successful Aging event.
Editorial uses.
Service providers.
Affiliates.
Other individuals, services, and partners at your request.

Rights for California Consumers

If you are a California resident, you may have certain rights. Effective as of January 1, 2020, California law may permit you to request that we:

Provide you the categories of personal information we have collected or disclosed about you in the last twelve months; the categories of sources of such information; the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your personal information; and the categories of third parties with whom we shared personal information.
Provide access to and/or a copy of certain information we hold about you.
Delete certain information we have about you.
We will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to a request, which may include, at a minimum, depending on the sensitivity of the information you are requesting and the type of request you are making, verifying your name, email address, and physical address.
You are also permitted to designate an authorized agent to submit certain requests on your behalf. In order for an authorized agent to be verified, you must provide the authorized agent with signed, written permission to make such requests or a power of attorney. We may also follow up with you to verify your identity before processing the authorized agent’s request.

If you would like further information regarding your legal rights under California law or would like to exercise any of them, please: (i) email us at privacy@ssanc.com.

You may have the right to receive information about the financial incentives that we offer to you (if any). You also have the right to not be discriminated against (as provided for in applicable law) for exercising certain of your rights. Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. We need certain types of information so that we can provide the Services to you. If you ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use the Services.

Do Not Sell My Info


Effective January 1, 2020, California residents may opt out of the “sale” of their personal information. We do not sell your information to third parties.

Under the CCPA, sale is defined such that it may include allowing third parties to receive certain information, such as cookies, IP address, and/or browsing behavior, to deliver targeted advertising on the Services or other services. Advertising, including targeted advertising, enables us to provide you certain content for free and allows us to provide you offers relevant to you.

Depending on what Services you use, we may provide the following categories of personal information to third parties for these purposes:

For optimization of the Service only: demographic and statistical information, user-generated content, device information and identifiers, browser and usage data, geolocation, and social media information.

For sharing with third parties to send you relevant offers, products, promotions and opportunities: contact and registration information, demographic and statistical information, employment and education data, user-generated content, device information and identifiers, and geolocation.

If you would like to opt out of our use of your information for such purposes that are considered a “sale” under California law, you may do so as outlined on the following page: Do Not Sell My Info. You can also submit a sale opt-out request by emailing us at privacy@ssanc.com. Please note that we do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age without legally-required affirmative authorization.

Metrics
California law may require us to compile metrics for the previous calendar year regarding consumer requests and responses. If required by applicable law, we will update this section after the CCPA has been in effect for a calendar year.

California Shine the Light


California law permits users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their ‘personal information’ (if any, and as defined under applicable California law) for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties. If you are a California resident and would like to request this information, please submit your request in an email at privacy@ssanc.com

Additional California Rights


If you are a California resident under the age of 18 and are a registered User of our Services, you may be entitled to request that we remove from our Services content you posted to our Services that can be accessed by any other User (whether registered or not). Please note that any content that is removed from our Services may still remain on our servers and in our systems. To request removal of content under this provision, please send an email to privacy@ssanc.com and provide us with a description of the content and the location of the content on our Services, and any other information we may require to consider your request. Please note that removal of content under this provision does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information posted on the Services by you.