California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
Your privacy rights as a California resident
1. Introduction
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants California residents certain rights regarding their personal information. This CCPA Notice explains your rights under the CCPA and how Calls Max handles your personal information in compliance with the CCPA.
This notice supplements our Privacy Policy and applies specifically to California residents. If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the CCPA regarding your personal information.
2. Information We Collect
Under the CCPA, "personal information" means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.
In the past 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information:
Categories of Personal Information Collected:
- Identifiers: Name, email address, phone number, IP address, zip code
- Personal Information Categories: Age, state, demographic information
- Commercial Information: Vehicle information (year, make, model), insurance provider, service inquiries
- Internet or Network Activity: Browsing history, search history, interaction with our website
- Geolocation Data: State and zip code information
- Sensory Data: Audio recordings of phone calls (if applicable)
- Professional Information: Business information if provided for commercial services
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the personal information we collect for the following business purposes:
- To provide, maintain, and improve our call center services
- To process your requests and inquiries
- To communicate with you about our services
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues and fraudulent activity
- To comply with legal obligations
- To analyze and improve our website and services
- For marketing and advertising purposes (with your consent)
4. Sharing Your Information
In the past 12 months, we have shared personal information with the following categories of third parties:
- Service Providers: Third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf (hosting, analytics, payment processing)
- Business Partners: Insurance companies and brokers with whom we partner to provide services
- Legal and Regulatory Authorities: When required by law or to protect our rights
Sale of Personal Information: We do not sell personal information to third parties. We may share information with service providers and business partners as described above, but we do not engage in the "sale" of personal information as defined under the CCPA.
5. Your Rights Under the CCPA
As a California resident, you have the following rights under the CCPA:
5.1 Right to Know
You have the right to request that we disclose:
- The categories of personal information we have collected about you
- The categories of sources from which the personal information was collected
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information
- The categories of third parties with whom we share personal information
- The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you
5.2 Right to Delete
You have the right to request that we delete your personal information that we have collected and retained, subject to certain exceptions. We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service providers to:
- Complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information
- Provide a service requested by you
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious activity, or prosecute those responsible
- Comply with legal obligations
- Make other internal and lawful uses of that information
5.3 Right to Opt-Out of Sale
As stated above, we do not sell personal information. If we change our practices in the future, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information.
5.4 Right to Non-Discrimination
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. We will not deny you goods or services, charge you different prices or rates, or provide you a different level or quality of goods or services for exercising your CCPA rights.
6. How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise your rights under the CCPA, you may submit a verifiable consumer request to us by:
Email: asifsharif@callsmax.com
Phone: +1 (630) 885-2848
Mail: Calls Max, 1942 W Gray St Suite 420, Houston, TX 77019
When you submit a request, we will need to verify your identity to ensure you are the person about whom we have collected personal information. We may require you to provide additional information to verify your identity.
You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. If you use an authorized agent, we may require you to provide written authorization and verify your identity directly with us.
7. Response Time
We will respond to your verifiable consumer request within 45 days of receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.
We will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option. Any disclosures we provide will cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable consumer request's receipt.
8. Minors' Personal Information
We do not knowingly sell personal information of consumers under the age of 16. If you are under 16 years of age, you may opt-in to the sale of your personal information, and you may opt-out at any time. If you are the parent or guardian of a minor under 16 years of age, you may opt-out on behalf of your child.
9. Updates to This Notice
We may update this CCPA Notice from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated notice on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this CCPA Notice or wish to exercise your rights under the CCPA, please contact us:
Calls Max
1942 W Gray St Suite 420
Houston, TX 77019
Phone: +1 (630) 885-2848
Email: asifsharif@callsmax.com