Privacy Policy

Effective Date: February 7, 2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to CaliforniaNursesHonorGuard.org (“we”, “our”, “us”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you use our website CaliforniaNursesHonorGuard.org (the “Site”) and services (collectively, the “Services”). This policy is in compliance with the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and other applicable privacy laws.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal information from you:

  • Personal Identifiers: Name, email address, phone number, IP address, and any other identifiers that can be used to contact you or identify you.
  • Personal Characteristics: Information such as your gender and other characteristics you choose to share.
  • Location Information: Your physical address, postal code, and other location-based information.
  • Internet Activity: Information regarding your interactions with our Site, including your IP address, browser type, browsing history, and other online identifiers.

3. How We Collect Information

We collect personal information through:

  • Direct Interactions: When you create an account, fill out forms, or provide information directly on our Site.
  • Automated Technologies: We automatically collect technical data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns as you interact with our Site. We may collect this information using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies.

4. Use of Your Information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To Provide Services: To manage your account, process transactions, and deliver services that you request.
  • Communication: To send you account-related information, respond to your inquiries, and provide customer support.
  • Personalization: To tailor content, advertisements, and offers to your preferences and interests.
  • Site Improvement: To analyze usage trends, monitor the performance of our Site, and improve our services.
  • Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms and policies, and protect our rights and the safety of our users.

5. Sharing of Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. However, we may share your personal information with:

  • Service Providers: Third-party companies that provide services on our behalf, such as payment processing, hosting, analytics, and marketing services.
  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred to the new owner.
  • Legal Requirements: When required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).

6. Your Rights and Choices

As a California resident, you have certain rights under the CPRA, including:

  • Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the purposes for which the information is used, and whether we disclose your information to third parties.
  • Right to Delete: You can request that we delete any personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Right to Correct: You have the right to request corrections to any inaccuracies in your personal information.
  • Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: While we do not sell personal information, you have the right to opt-out of any future sale or sharing of your personal information.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising any of your CPRA rights.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at office@cnhg.org.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law.

8. Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete such information promptly.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our practices, please contact us at:

  • Email: office@cnhg.org
  • Phone: (530) 727-0771
  • Address: 2010 El Camino Real, Suite 751, Santa Clara, CA 95050

By using our Site and Services, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

12. Notice to California Residents

As a California resident, you have the following rights under the CPRA:

  1. Right to Know: You can request that we disclose the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which the information is collected, the purposes for which the information is used, and whether we disclose your information to third parties.
  2. Right to Delete: You can request the deletion of your personal information that we have collected, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., if the information is necessary to complete a transaction or comply with a legal obligation).
  3. Right to Correct: You can request that we correct any inaccurate personal information we hold about you.
  4. Right to Opt-Out of the Sale or Sharing of Personal Information: You have the right to direct us not to sell or share your personal information with third parties. Although we do not sell your personal information, you can still exercise this right to prevent any future potential sale or sharing.
  5. Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CPRA rights. This means we will not deny you goods or services, charge you different prices, or provide a different level of service based on your exercise of your CPRA rights.

How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise any of your CPRA rights, please contact us using one of the methods above in the “Contact Us” section

We will respond to your request within 45 days of receiving it. If we need more time, we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.

Verification Process

When you submit a request, we will take steps to verify your identity to protect your privacy and security. This may include asking you to provide additional information to confirm your identity.

Authorized Agents

You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. To designate an authorized agent, you must provide the agent with written permission to act on your behalf and verify your identity with us directly.

Updates to This Notice

We may update this notice from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or in the law. When we make changes, we will notify you by updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this notice.

Who we are

California Nurses Honor Guard is a California Public Benefit Non-Profit organization

Our website address is: http://californianurseshonorguard.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Examples of personal data

  • Name
  • Date of birth
  • Gender
  • Home address
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • IP address

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

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