Last modified: August 5, 2024
I. Introduction
At Strata AllianceTM (“we,” “us,” “our,” or “Strata”), we respect the privacy of all of our Website visitors and we are committed to ensuring the privacy and security of your data. This Privacy Policy describes the type of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website, https://strata-alliance.com (the “Website”), and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
By using the Website, you agree to the way in which we process and deal with your personal information. This Privacy Policy applies regardless of the type of device or other means you use to access the Website.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the updated Privacy Policy here along with the date that the Privacy Policy was changed. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy.
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with this Privacy Policy and let us know if you have any questions. If you do not accept this Privacy Policy, you must cease your use of the Website.
II. Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We may collect or receive several types of information from and about users of the Website, including information:
- By which you may be personally identified, such as your name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, company, location information, and/or any other identifier associated with transactions you conduct through the Website.
- About your computer hardware and software, as explained in the Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies section below. This information can include but is not limited to: IP address, browser type, operating system, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses.
We collect this information:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us.
- Automatically as you navigate through the Website.
- Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
Information You Provide Us
The information we collect on or through the Website may include:
- Details of transactions you conduct through the Website. You may be required to provide financial information before paying a bill through the Website’s payment portal. This information may include, but is not limited to, name, address, telephone number, credit card information, and banking account information.
- Your search queries on the Website.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
When you use the Website, you may receive cookies, or other similar technologies such as pixel tags from us that collect information on the Website. We use cookies to ensure that we give you a high-quality experience on the Website. However, if you prefer, you can change your cookie settings.
As you navigate through and interact with the Website, we use Google Analytics, a web analytics service, to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
- Details of your visits to the Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.
- Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
Google Analytics uses cookies to transmit an analysis of the use of our Website by you to a Google server in the United States. If you wish to opt-out of this tracking, you may download the Google Analytics Opt-Out Add-On for Google Chrome.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
- Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of the Website and other websites that use cookies.
- Flash Cookies. Certain features of the Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on the Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.
- Web Beacons. Pages of the Website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit Strata, for example, to count users who have visited those pages, and for other related Website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain Website content and verifying system and server integrity).
III. Use and Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about the users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose your personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:
- To our affiliates;
- To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about the Website’s users is among the assets transferred;
- As we deem appropriate to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it; or
- With your consent.
We may also disclose your personal information:
- To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;
- To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes; or
- If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Strata, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Your California Privacy Rights for more information.
IV. Social Media Features and Widgets
The Website may include social media features, widgets, or integrations such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or other relevant social media platforms. These features and widgets will be clearly marked with the relevant logo or phrasing (for example, the Facebook button or Facebook like button). If you choose to click one of these features or widgets, your browser may connect you directly to their server to display the content. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting, and may use cookies to enable features to work properly. Your interactions with any third-party features or widgets are governed by the respective privacy policy of the company providing it.
V. Your California Privacy Rights
These provisions apply only to California consumers. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), collectively referred to as “California Consumer Privacy Laws,” provide California consumers with specific rights regarding their personal information.
This California Privacy Rights provision describes your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Laws, explains how you may exercise your rights, and provides an overview of the types of personal information we collect. To exercise the rights below please see the section entitled Contact Us below.
- Right to know. You have the right to know what categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect about you, the sources from which we collect personal information, our business or commercial purpose for the collection, use, and sharing of your personal information, and any categories of third parties to whom we sell or with whom we share your personal information.
- Right to data portability. You have the right to request a copy of personal data we have collected and maintained about you in the past 12 months. California Consumer Privacy Laws allow you to request your information from us up to twice during a twelve (12) month period. We will provide our response in a readily usable format, which is usually electronic.
- Right to delete. You have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected from you and maintained, subject to certain exceptions. Please note that if you request deletion of your personal data, we may deny your request or may retain certain elements of your personal data if certain exceptions apply under California Consumer Privacy Laws.
- Right to opt out of selling or sharing. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, along with the right to opt in to the sale of such information. If we sell or share any of your personal information, you may, at any time, tell us not to sell or share your personal information. We will also treat Global Privacy Control browser signals as opt-out of sale/share requests under the California Consumer Privacy Laws. At the time this Privacy Policy was last updated, we have not sold nor shared personal information for the purpose of cross-context behavioral advertising in the past 12 months, as detailed below.
- Right to correct. You have the right to request the correction of any personal information we maintain about you.
- Right to limit use or disclosure of sensitive personal information (“SPI”). You have the right to limit the use or disclosure of your SPI if we are using your SPI beyond what is reasonable and proportionate to provide the requested goods or services.
- Right to nondiscrimination. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of your CCPA privacy 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.
Verification of Your Identity
After you submit a request, (except as otherwise may be provided under California Consumer Privacy Law with respect to opt-out requests) we must verify your identity in order for us to properly respond and/or confirm that it is not a fraudulent request. To verify your identity, we will request, at a minimum, that you provide your name, email address, phone number, address, and relationship to us, so that we can seek to match this information with the information existing in our systems. When providing us this information, you represent and affirm that all information provided is true and accurate. If we are unable to verify that the consumer submitting the request is the same individual about whom we have collected personal information, we may contact you for more information, or we may not be able to meet your request.
Only you, or an agent legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable request related to your personal information. If you are making a request as the authorized agent of a California consumer, we will ask you also submit reliable proof that you have been authorized in writing by the consumer to act on such consumer’s behalf.
Our Response Time to Your Request
We will make every effort to respond to your request within forty-five (45) days from when you contacted us. If you have a complex request, the California Consumer Privacy Laws allow us up to ninety (90) days to respond. We will still contact you within forty-five (45) days from when you contacted us to let you know we need more time to respond.
Sale of Information
In the preceding 12 months, Strata has not sold your internet or other electronic network activity collected via cookies and other tracking technologies to data analytics providers and ad networks.
Categories of Personal Information We Collect and Our Purposes of Collection and Use
You can find a list of the categories of personal information we collect and how we collect it in the Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It section above. To learn more about the business or commercial purposes for which we collect and use personal information please see the Use and Disclosure of Your Information section above.
Categories of Personal Information Disclosed and Categories of Parties to Whom it was Disclosed.
The categories of personal information that may have been disclosed to a third party for a business purpose or other commercial purposes, as well as the purposes for disclosing that information, are provided in the Use and Disclosure of Your Information section of this Privacy Policy above and are further summarized below.
In the past 12 months, Strata has disclosed the following categories of personal information to the following categories of third parties for the purposes stated below:
- We have disclosed your personal identifiers, internet or other electronic network activity, your customer records information, and geolocation data to data analytics providers, operating systems, and other third parties to help us perform services, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling orders and transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing advertising or marketing services, providing analytics services, providing email communications, providing delivery services, and hosting our Website.
- We have disclosed your personal identifiers, geolocation data, and internet or other electronic network information to IT support and data analytics providers to detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and to identify and repair Website errors that impair functionality.
- We have disclosed your personal identifiers, geolocation data, and internet or other electronic network information to data analytics providers and operating systems to undertake internal research for technological development and demonstration.
Sensitive Personal Information.
We may collect or process precise geolocation data. This information may be considered “sensitive personal information” under California Consumer Privacy Laws. However, we do not use your geolocation information to infer other characteristics about you. To the extent required by the California Consumer Privacy Laws, you may limit the processing of your sensitive personal information by contacting us through the methods noted below.
CALIFORNIA “SHINE THE LIGHT”
Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (“Shine the Light”), California residents have the right to request in writing from businesses with whom they have an established business relationship: (a) a list of the categories of Personal Information, as defined under Shine the Light, such as name, email address, and mailing address, and the type of services provided to the customer that a business has disclosed to third parties (including affiliates that are separate legal entities) during the immediately preceding calendar year for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes; and (b) the names and addresses of all such third parties. To request the above information, please contact us by email at info@strata-alliance.com[CMM1] . If you do not want your personal information shared with any third party who may use such information for direct marketing purposes, then you may opt out of such disclosures by sending an email to us at info@strata-alliance.com[CMM2] .
To request a copy of this information in a standardized format (note – the information will not be individually tailored to you), please send your request to us at info@strata-alliance.com.
To learn more about your California privacy rights, please visit: https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa.
VI. Virginia Privacy Rights
Virginia law provides Virginia residents with the rights listed below, subject to applicable law. Virginia residents may exercise these rights as detailed below in the section entitled Contact Us.
- Right to Know. You have the right to know and see what personal data we have collected about you.
- Right to Data Portability. You have the right to obtain a copy of your personal information that you previously provided to us in a portable and, when feasible, readily usable format, where the processing is carried out by automated means.
- Right to Correct. You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal data.
- Right to Delete. You have the right to request that we delete the personal data we have collected about you.
- Right to opt out of selling or sharing. You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information and/or the processing of your personal information for purposes of (i) targeted advertising or (ii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you. As of the latest date of the Privacy Policy:
- We do not process personal information for the purposes of targeted advertising.
- We do not sell your personal information in exchange for monetary consideration.
- We do not engage in profiling decisions based on your personal information that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.
Appeals
If we decline to take action regarding a request that you have submitted, we will inform you of our reason for declining to take action and provide instructions for how to appeal the decision. In the event that we do not respond to a request that you make pursuant to one of the privacy rights set forth in this Virginia Privacy Rights notice, you have the right to appeal our refusal to take action within a reasonable period of time after you receive our decision. Within sixty (60) days of our 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 the appeal is denied, we will also provide you with an online mechanism, if available, or other method through which you may contact the Attorney General to submit a complaint.
VII. Children Under the Age of 13
The Website is not intended for children under thirteen (13) years of age. No one under age thirteen (13) may provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under thirteen (13) except as permitted by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). If you are under thirteen (13), do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or username you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under thirteen (13) years of age without verification of parental consent in a manner that is inconsistent with COPPA, we will delete that information. If you are a parent or guardian of a child who has provided personal information without your knowledge and consent, you may request we remove this child’s information by emailing info@strata-alliance.com.
California residents under sixteen (16) years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information. Please see Your California Privacy Rights for more information.
VIII. Data Security and Retention
Strata is committed to protecting your privacy and we treat your privacy very seriously. We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. You understand that by using the Website, any information that you provide is given freely and voluntarily. Although we have reasonable security measures in place, we cannot and do not assure the confidentiality of any information that you disclose in connection with the Website. Your personal information will only be retained for so long as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out herein.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to the Website. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
IX. Contact Us
To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices, please contact us at:
Strata Alliance
The Strata Building
4175 Veterans Highway
Suite 400
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Email: info@strata-alliance.com