At syfca.com, we deeply value the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected by syfca.com and how it is used. We are committed to protecting your personal data and ensuring transparency in our data handling practices. This policy is designed to comply with both the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), providing you with comprehensive rights regarding your personal information.
Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including:
- Personal Information: This includes information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as your name, email address, and any other contact information you submit through forms on our website (e.g., when subscribing to a newsletter, leaving a comment, or contacting us through a contact form).
- Log Files: Like many other websites, syfca.com makes use of log files. These files log visitors to the site – a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and potentially the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
- Cookies: syfca.com uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based upon visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
- Web Beacons: We may also use web beacons (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) on our site and in email communications. Web beacons help us understand how visitors interact with our website and email. This technology allows us to track whether you open an email message, click on links contained in an email message, or access certain content on our website.
DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on syfca.com.
Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to syfca.com and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
Amazon Associates Program
syfca.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As part of this program, Amazon uses cookies to track the websites that refer traffic to their site. This tracking enables Amazon to provide us with data about the products that are purchased through our links, which allows us to earn a commission. Please be aware that Amazon’s use of cookies is governed by their own privacy policy.
Specifically, when you click on an Amazon affiliate link on our site, Amazon may place a cookie on your browser to identify you as having come from our website. This cookie allows Amazon to track your purchases and attribute them to us for commission purposes. We do not have access to any personally identifiable information collected by Amazon through these cookies. You can review Amazon’s privacy policy for more information about their data collection practices.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of syfca.com.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on syfca.com, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note that syfca.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Third Party Privacy Policies
syfca.com’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You may find a comprehensive list of these Privacy Policies and their links here: (link to a non-existent page that will be created to host these links – example: /third-party-privacy-policies).
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, California residents have specific rights regarding their personal information.
- The Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose to you the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which the personal information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information, the categories of third parties with whom we share personal information, and the categories of personal information that we sold about you and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold.
- The Right to Delete: You have the right to request that we delete any personal information about you that we have collected from you.
- The Right to Opt-Out of Sale: California residents have the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information. syfca.com does not sell your personal information as defined under the CCPA. However, to ensure compliance and provide you with maximum control over your data, we provide you with the option to explicitly state that you do not want your information to be sold. To exercise this right, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
- The Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [Your Contact Email Address]. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by the CCPA.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Your Contact Email Address].
Children’s Information
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. syfca.com does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our servers immediately.
We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their children’s online activity.