At Circle 5 Corporation and Circle, (collectively referred to as "us," "we," or "Circle"), we deeply respect our customers and the importance of their privacy and trust. This Privacy Policy is designed to clarify how we gather, utilize, and safeguard your information through our websites and mobile applications. This policy specifically applies to data collection, usage, storage, and transfer related to our website, www.cfcorps.com (referred to as "Sites"), and our mobile applications, including "Circle" (referred to as "Apps"). If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy practices, please don't hesitate to contact us at info@cfcorps.com .Throughout this Privacy Policy, the term "Personal Information" refers to data that can identify an individual either on its own or in combination with other data. Common examples include names, dates of birth, postal addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, or government-issued identification numbers. The precise definition of Personal Information may vary depending on local regulations.Please note that anonymous or aggregated data, which cannot be used to identify specific individuals, even when combined with other data, is not considered Personal Information.We understand that many of our customers are businesses rather than individuals. Business Information, such as job titles, company names, business email addresses, business phone numbers, business addresses, business faxes, and similar business-related details, is not classified as Personal Information.
Information We Collect Information Collected Directly from You: We may collect your first and last name, company name, email address, phone number, and monthly business volume when you sign up to receive information about our products or services, request price quotes, or voluntarily provide other information. This information is used to fulfill your requests.When you report issues with our Sites or services, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, and a description of the problem to assist with resolution. If you contact us via our company email address, we will collect your email address and the content of your email to address your concerns.When you create an account on our Sites, we collect your full name, address, phone number, and email address. Registering for or using our Apps requires information such as your name, address, email address, phone number, a unique account ID, and details about your business, like company name, size, and type. This data is used to confirm your identity during registration and subsequent logins, manage your account, enhance our Sites and Apps, perform research, analyze user behavior, and identify products and services that may interest you. We retain this information as long as you have an active account. Additionally, we may keep Personal Information from closed accounts to comply with legal obligations, prevent fraud, collect outstanding debts, resolve disputes, investigate issues, enforce our terms, and fulfill other lawful actions.In the absence of a legal obligation, we retain your contact information for one year after your last interaction with us.Our Sites are not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children in this age group. Children under 13 should refrain from providing their Personal Information through our Sites, customer service, or written communication. If we discover Personal Information from anyone under 13 is stored on our Sites, we will promptly delete it and refrain from using it for any purpose.
Other Information We Collect: In addition to direct information collection, we automatically gather data when you browse or use our Sites and Apps. For our Sites, this information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and language, internet service provider (ISP), referring and exit websites and applications, operating system, date and time of your visit, clickstream data, and other visit-related details. Our Sites may also employ a website screen recording service that records user interactions, such as mouse clicks, movements, and page scrolling. This information does not include Personal Information, bank details, or sensitive personal data. The data collected by this service is used to enhance our Sites' usability, stored securely, and utilized for aggregated and statistical reporting, without sharing it with any third parties.For our Apps, this information may encompass the type of phone or mobile device you use, the duration and frequency of your usage sessions, data about application crashes and screens you view, and gestures (like taps, swipes, and pinches) you use within the application. It also includes whether you are a first-time or returning user, links clicked within the application, and your navigation path. We use this browsing data to ensure the proper functioning of our Sites and Apps, optimize their display for your device and software, and provide location-specific information.Some of our email messages contain "click-through URLs" that link to content on our Sites. We track this click-through data to gauge interest in specific topics and assess the effectiveness of our customer communications. If you prefer not to be tracked in this manner, please refrain from clicking such links in our email messages.
Cookies: We use technologies such as "cookies" and pixel tags to remember certain information about you, your preferences, and to recognize you upon your return. These technologies also help us compile aggregate data about Site traffic and interactions to improve our Sites and safeguard them against fraud.A cookie is a text file stored on your computer. As text files, cookies cannot access information on your hard drive, run programs, or deliver viruses to your computer. Most browsers are configured to accept cookies automatically. You can modify your browser settings to automatically decline all cookies or prompt you for permission each time a cookie is offered. Note that declining cookies may limit access to certain features on our Sites.During your browsing session, we use "session" cookies to store information and monitor Site functionality. For thirty minutes following your session, a cookie tracks the number of visitors to our Sites. Until midnight the day after your last session, a cookie tracks the number of visits you make to our Sites. For two weeks following your last session, a cookie retains the items you placed in your cart, in case you leave without making a purchase and return later. There is also a permanent cookie used to remember your password.We also use log files when you visit our Sites. Log files track IP addresses, browser types, Internet Service Provider (ISP) identities, referring and exit pages, platform types, date and time stamps, and the number of clicks. We employ this information to analyze trends, manage the Sites and Apps, prevent fraud, monitor website navigation on the whole, and collect broad demographic information for aggregate purposes.Pixel tags enable us to send email messages that users can read, and they inform us whether emails have been opened. We may use this information to reduce or eliminate emails sent to users.Pixel tags, such as the Facebook pixel and LinkedIn pixel, are also employed on our website to gather data that can help us display advertisements tailored to users' interests.We may use specific analytics solutions that record visited screens, interaction patterns (like screen actions, gestures, taps, and scrolls), and device details (type, version, model, and operating system). This information is used to improve our app and does not collect personally identifiable information or track your browsing habits across apps.
Location: You may grant permission for our Sites and Apps to capture and record precise geo-location or global positioning data from your device, allowing us to provide information tailored to your location. We may link this location data with other information you provide or that may be accessed in connection with your use of our Sites. You can manage how your mobile device and mobile browser share location information and handle cookies and related technologies by adjusting your mobile device's privacy and security settings.
Use of Your Personal Information: We utilize your Personal Information to serve legitimate business interests, such as conducting business with you and providing customer service. As outlined above, we use your Personal Information to enable online transactions, confirm your registration with the Sites and Apps, send requested information, manage your account, personalize content to match your interests, compile demographic and behavioral research on our users, detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate our policies or be unlawful. We may also use your Personal Information to communicate with you about products and services we believe may interest you and to administer promotions, surveys, contests, and sweepstakes.We also use the information automatically collected about you during your use of the Sites and Apps, as described above, to improve the effectiveness of our Sites, operations, mobile experience, or marketing efforts. It is also used to prevent fraud and theft and protect our Sites' visitors and our business.Our employees and agents may access your Personal Information as needed to perform their roles and meet your service requirements. We grant access to your Personal Information to these individuals on a need-to-know basis, enabling them to provide our products and services to you and for other reasons outlined in this section.
Sharing Your Personal Information: As a general rule, we will not disclose your Personal Information except with your permission or under specific circumstances. These may include situations where the law mandates disclosure or as described in this Policy. For example, we may share your Personal Information in the following situations:We may provide your personal information to affiliated companies or other entities that assist in operating the Sites or Apps or assessing your interest or satisfaction with them. In such cases, we ensure that these affiliated companies are contractually prohibited from using your information for any purpose other than those outlined in this Privacy Policy.We may share your Personal Information with third parties that help us operate the Sites or assess your interest or satisfaction with them. This may include services like Facebook and LinkedIn pixels. You can always adjust your privacy settings on these platforms.We may disclose your Personal Information if we believe that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce our Terms of Use, this Privacy Policy, or protect our operations, clients, or users.We may release your Personal Information to others, including law enforcement, if we believe such release is reasonably necessary to comply with the law or legal processes, enforce the terms of applicable terms of use, detect, prevent, or address fraud, security, or technical issues, or protect the rights, property, or safety of others.In the event of a business divestiture, sale, merger, or acquisition of all or part of our business, we may sell, transfer, and/or disclose your Personal Information. If another company acquires our business, it will assume the rights and obligations related to your Personal Information, as described in this Privacy Policy. In the case of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership, your Personal Information may also be transferred as a business asset.Additionally, we may share aggregate, non-individual information, incapable of identifying a particular person, with third parties for lawful purposes.
Links to Other Websites: You may have the option to post content on Social Networking sites (such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google+) where we maintain a presence. If you choose to do so, we will share information with these Social Networking sites and receive information from them in accordance with your preferences. You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for your use of those websites, and it's your responsibility to review their terms of use and privacy policies. We are not responsible for the availability, accuracy, content, products, or services on such Social Network sites.While using our Sites or Apps, you may be directed to third-party sites beyond our control. Each of these third-party sites may have a privacy policy different from ours. Please carefully review the privacy policies of these sites. We are not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties.
Data Movement: Your Personal Information may be stored on servers located outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction with data protection laws different from those in your jurisdiction. We process data, including Personal Information, in the United States. We do not transfer your Personal Information to another organization or country without adequate security and privacy controls in place. We transfer Personal Information to the United States only with your consent or to perform a contract with you, and in line with the practices described in this Privacy Notice. We do not collect or store sensitive information about you.
Security Measures: We maintain a range of industry-standard security measures, encompassing physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards. For instance, we use SSL encryption technology for sensitive information like credit card numbers, bank account details, passwords, and registration data that you provide us. While no system can guarantee complete security, we do not make promises and you should not expect that your Personal Information, searches, or other communications will always remain secure.Your Access and Consent to Use of Your Personal Information: If you believe that the Personal Information we have collected about you is incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated, or if you wish to review, make changes to, or delete your information, you can contact our Legal Department at the address noted below.If you do not consent or wish to withdraw your consent for us to collect, use, or disclose your Personal Information as described in this Policy, please contact our Legal Department at the address noted below. In your request, please specify the Personal Information at issue and the collection, usage, or disclosure you wish to stop. Please be aware that denying or withdrawing consent may affect our ability to provide some or all of the products, services, or information you request.You can opt out of receiving marketing-related emails by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any email you receive from us. If you encounter difficulties unsubscribing from our marketing communications, please contact us at info@cfcorps.com Please note that we may still need to send you communications related to your orders, customer service inquiries, and other matters.If you agreed to receive future marketing communications directly from a third party through our Sites or Apps, you will need to contact that party to opt out of such communications. The opt-out process may be outlined in that party's privacy policy.
Arbitration: At our sole discretion, we may require you to submit any disputes arising from these Terms of Use or the use of the Sites or Apps to final and binding arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association, applying Kansas law. By using our Sites or Apps, you knowingly waive any right to have any claim, defense, or other dispute related to them adjudicated by a court or a jury.
Changes to this Privacy Policy: We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the Sites and in connection with the downloading of the Apps. We will update the "Last Modified" date below.
Questions and Contact Information: If you would like to access, correct, amend, or delete any Personal Information we have about you, register a complaint, or simply want more information, you may contact our Legal Department at:1960 Blue Oaks Blvd Ste. 190-93, Roseville, CA – 95747 info@cfcorps.com
Last Modified: 09/01/2023