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PRIVACY POLICY

 

Our Privacy Policy was last updated on July 10, 2023.

 

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

 

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

 

  1. INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

 

"Account" means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

 

"Company" (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to KWM Gutterman, Inc.

 

CCPA refers to the California Consumer Privacy Act, which is only applicable as mentioned throughout this Agreement to those conducting business or are residents in the State of California.

 

"Country" refers to the United States of America.

 

Cookies” are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

 

Device” means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.

 

Do Not Track (DNT)” is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.

 

Personal Data” is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

 

Service” refers to the Website.

 

Service Provider” means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.

 

Usage Data” refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

 

Website” refers to https://www.kwmgutterman.com.

 

You” means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

 

  1. INTRODUCTION

 

Site Owner.

KWM Gutterman, Inc. ("KWM Gutterman", “we”, “us”, or “our”) is the owner of this the https://www.kwmgutterman.com/ website as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). KWM Gutterman can be contacted by mail at 795 S Larkin Ave, Rockdale, IL 60436, by phone at 888-729-4290, or by e-mail at [email protected]. This online privacy notice discloses KWM Gutterman information practices for this KWM Gutterman Site, including what type of personal identifiable information is requested in order to make a purchase, how the information is used, and with whom the in-formation is shared.

 

Anonymous Site Visits.

In general, you can visit on the KWM Gutterman Site without disclosing any personal information. KWM Gutterman does not keep track of the domains from which people visit us.

 

Site Transactions.

At times, KWM Gutterman will need personal information regarding a customer or a prospect. For example to process an order or provide a subscription, KWM Gutterman may need to know a customer's name, mailing address, e-mail address and credit card details. It is KWM Gutterman's intent to inform you know before KWM Gutterman collects personal information, such as user's name and/or address on the Internet. If you tell us that you do not wish to have this information used as a basis for further contact with you, KWM Gutterman will respect your wishes.

 

  1. COLLECTING AND USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to the following: (a) email address; (b) first name and last name; (c) phone number; (d) address (Street number and address, City, State/Province, ZIP/Postal code, Country).

 

In order to make a purchase, KWM Gutterman will request a user to provide certain personal identifying information, which may include, but is not limited to: name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, facsimile number, method of payment, and, if applicable, credit card number. KWM Gutterman may request additional information necessary to establish and maintain customer's account.

 

Categories of Personal Information Collected

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular Consumer or Device. The following is a list of categories of personal information which we may collect or may have been collected from California residents within the last twelve (12) months.

 

Please note that the categories and examples provided in the list below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of personal information were in fact collected by Us, but reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that information from the applicable category may be and may have been collected. For example, certain categories of personal information would only be collected if You provided such personal information directly to Us.

 

●          Category A: Identifiers.

 

Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.

 

Collected: Yes.

Purpose: Log in purposes, Personalize experience, improve website, improve customer service, process transactions, and send periodic emails.

Sold: No

 

●          Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).

 

Examples: A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.

 

Collected: Yes.

Purpose: Used for login purposes, personalize experience, improve website, improve customer service, process transactions, send periodic emails

Sold: No

Disclosed for a Business Purpose: No

 

●          Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.

 

Examples: Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).

 

Collected: Yes.

Purpose: Personalize experience, improve customer service

Sold: No

Disclosed for a Business Purpose: No

 

●          Category D: Commercial information.

 

Examples: Records and history of products or services purchased or considered.

 

Collected: Yes.

Purpose: Personalize experience, improve customer service

Sold: No

Disclosed for a Business Purpose: No

 

●          Category E: Biometric information.

 

Examples: Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.

 

Collected: No.

Purpose: N/A

Sold: No

Disclosed for a Business Purpose: No

 

●          Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.

 

Examples: Interaction with our Service or advertisement.

 

Collected: No.

Purpose: N/A

Sold: No

Disclosed for a Business Purpose: No

 

●          Category G: Geolocation data.

 

Examples: Approximate physical location.

 

Collected: Yes.

Purpose: Personalize experience, improve website, improve customer service, process transactions

Sold: No

Disclosed for a Business Purpose: No

 

●          Category H: Sensory data.

 

Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.

 

Collected: No.

Purpose: N/A

Sold: No

Disclosed for a Business Purpose: No

 

●          Category I: Professional or employment-related information.

 

Examples: Current or past job history or performance evaluations.

 

Collected: No.

Purpose: N/A

Sold: No

Disclosed for a Business Purpose: No

 

●          Category J: Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).

 

Examples: Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.

 

Collected: No.

Purpose: N/A

Sold: No

Disclosed for a Business Purpose: No

 

●          Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information.

 

Examples: Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.

 

Collected: Yes.

Purpose: Personalize experience, improve website, improve customer service, process transactions

Sold: No

Disclosed for a Business Purpose: No

 

Under CCPA, personal information does not include:

 

●          Publicly available information from government records

●          Deidentified or aggregated consumer information

●          Information excluded from the CCPA's scope, such as:

●          Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data

●          Personal Information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994

 

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

 

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

 

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

 

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

 

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

 

Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.

 

Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

 

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

 

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

 

Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

 

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

 

Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

 

Tracking and Performance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Third-Parties

Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.

 

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

 

Use of Your Personal Data

 

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

 

To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.

To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.

To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.

To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.

To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.

For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct 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 Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.

For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

 

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

 

With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, for payment processing, to contact You.

For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.

With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.

With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.

With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.

With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

 

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

 

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

 

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

 

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

 

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

 

KWM Gutterman employs or engages other companies and individuals to perform business functions on behalf of KWM Gutterman. These persons are provided with personal identifying information required to perform their functions, but are prohibited by contract from using the information for other purposes. These persons engage in a variety of functions which include, but are not limited to, fulfilling orders, delivering packages, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments and providing customer services.

 

KWM Gutterman reserves the right to disclose to third parties personal information about customers for marketing analysis; however, any information disclosed will be in the form of aggregate data that does not describe or identify an individual customer.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

 

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) comply with a legal obligation; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of the Company; (c) prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service; (d) protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public; or (e) protect against legal liability.

 

Your California Privacy Rights

Your Rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)

 

The CCPA applies to California residents only and provides them with specific rights regarding their personal information. If You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:

  1. The right to notice. You have the right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.
  2. The right to request. Under CCPA, You have the right to request that We disclose information to You about Our collection, use, sale, disclosure for business purposes and share of personal information. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will disclose to You:
    1. The categories of personal information We collected about You
    2. The categories of sources for the personal information We collected about You
    3. Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information
    4. The categories of third parties with whom We share that personal information
    5. The specific pieces of personal information We collected about You
    6. If we sold Your personal information or disclosed Your personal information for a business purpose, We will disclose to You:          
      1. The categories of personal information categories sold
      2. The categories of personal information categories disclosed
  3. The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data (opt-out). You have the right to direct Us to not sell Your personal information. To submit an opt-out request please contact Us.
  4. The right to delete Personal Data. You have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data, subject to certain exceptions. Once We receive and confirm Your request, We will delete (and direct Our Service Providers to delete) Your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny Your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for Us or Our Service Providers to:
    1. Complete the transaction for which We collected the personal information, provide a good or service that You requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with You, or otherwise perform our contract with You.
    2. Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities
    3. Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
    4. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
    5. Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).
    6. Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information's deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research's achievement, if You previously provided informed consent.
    7. Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on Your relationship with Us.
    8. Comply with a legal obligation.
    9. Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which You provided it.
  5. The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your consumer's rights, including by:
    1. Denying goods or services to You
    2. Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties
    3. Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to You
    4. Suggesting that You will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services
    5. Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights

 

In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us at the information below, under Section 6. You may only make a personal information request twice in a 12-month period, and We must collect information from the requesting party to verify your identity, and We will respond within 45 days of receiving your request.

 

Security of Your Personal Data

 

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

"Do Not Track" Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

 

Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals. However, some third party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities. If You are visiting such websites, You can set Your preferences in Your web browser to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of Your web browser.

Children's Privacy

 

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

 

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

 

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

 

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

 

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

 

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

 

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

 

Opt-Out Right

 

Customers and/or prospective customers have the right at any time to cease permitting personal information to be collected, used or disclosed by KWM Gutterman and/or by any third parties with whom KWM Gutterman has shared and/or transferred such personal information. Right of cancellation may be exercised by contacting KWM Gutterman via e-mail [email protected], telephone or certified postal mail. After processing the cancellation, KWM Gutterman will delete customer or prospective customer's personal information from its data base.

  1. CONTACT US

 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

 

KWM Gutterman, Inc.

795 S Larkin Ave, Rockdale, IL 60436

United States

Phone: 888-729-4290

[email protected]