SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRIVACY POLICY

Last modified: April 16, 2025

1. Introduction

Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce (“SBSC Chamber,” or “we” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.

This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you, or that you may provide, when visiting sbscchamber.com (our “Website”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.  This policy also describes your rights with respect to the information that we collect from you, or that you provide to us, including your right to require the deletion of such information. 

Please note that SBSC Chamber works with various digital and native advertising partners. These advertising partners engage in the activities described within this Privacy Policy on behalf of SBSC Chamber, using information provided by you to SBSC Chamber. SBSC Chamber may work with additional or alternative advertising partners in the future, at the discretion of SBSC Chamber. SBSC Chamber currently works with Google Analytics, Meta Pixel and Spectrum Reach to facilitate its native and digital marketing efforts. SBSC Chamber may also work with Google Ads and LinkedIn Ads. SBSC Chamber will update this policy as soon as is reasonably practicable after changing, or adding, an advertising partner.

To learn more about how your information is used in connection with analytic and marketing services through Google, please visit the Google Analytics Terms of Use, the Google Ads Terms & Conditions, and/or the Google Privacy Policy. To learn more about how your information is used in connection with analytic and marketing services through Meta, please visit the Meta Privacy Policy.  To learn more about how your information is used in connection with analytic and marketing services through Spectrum, please visit the Spectrum Privacy Policy. Finally, to learn more about how your information is used in connection with analytics and marketing services through LinkedIn, please visit the LinkedIn Privacy Policy.

This policy applies to information we collect:

It does not apply to information collected by:

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is to not use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates.

2. Children Under the Age of 18

Our Website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, do not (a) use the Website; (b) provide SBSC Chamber with any information using the Website or its features, including, but not limited to, information about yourself, such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, or screen name; or (c) contact us using the Website. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us at [email protected].

California residents under 16 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information. Please see Your California Privacy Rights for more information.

3. Collection of Your Information

A. Types of Information Collected and Manner of Collection

We may collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:

We collect this information:

B. Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect on or through our Website about you may include:

You can choose not to provide us with certain types of information, but doing so may affect your ability to use some features of our Website.

C. Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking).

The information we collect automatically may include personal information, or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

We also collect personal information automatically through our advertising partners.  This information may be tied to personal information about you that we collect from other sources, or that you provide to us.

D. Third Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

E. Do-Not-Track Signals and Similar Mechanisms.

Some web browsers may transmit “do-not-track” signals to the websites and other online services with which a user communicates. There is no industry standard that governs what, if anything, websites should do when they receive these signals. SBSC Chamber currently does not comply with or in any way respond to such signals,

4. How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

We may also use your information to contact you about our services that may be of interest to you. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

Finally, we may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences.

5. Disclosure of Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual (“deidentified information”), without restriction.

We will never reidentify the deidentified information that we collect and/or retain about you.

A. Selling and Sharing Your Information

We may disclose personal information that we collect about you or that you provide to us:

We may also disclose your personal information:

B. Non-Personal Information. We also may share data in a manner that does not identify you (for example, information that has been aggregated with other records) for general business purposes. For example, we may disclose the number of visitors to our websites.

6. Choices About How We Use And Disclose Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

7. Choices About How Third Parties Use and Disclose Information

We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (”NAI”) on the NAI’s website.

Please note that, despite your opt-out selections, where permitted by applicable laws, we may send you communications regarding transactions or services you have specifically requested or to inform you of important changes to our services, products or policies.

California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Your California Privacy Rights for more information.

8. Assessing and Correcting Your Personal Information

You may call us toll free at 1-888-602-7136 or email us at [email protected]. to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Your California Privacy Rights for more information.

9. Changes to Our Privacy Notice

SBSC Chamber reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated notice on the Website and update the notice’s effective date. Your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

10. Contact Information

If you have any questions or comments about this notice, the ways in which SBSC Chamber collects and uses your information, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under applicable law, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

[email protected]
5662 Calle Real #204
Goleta, CA 93117
1-888-602-7136

SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS NOTICE

Last modified: April 16, 2025

If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. Many of these privacy rights are described here: https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa and within this California Privacy Rights Notice (this “Notice”). This Notice is applicable only to visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California (“consumers” or “you”). This Notice does not replace the general Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce Privacy Policy applicable to all users set forth above, and instead acts as a supplemental policy. Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce (“SBSC Chamber” and “us”) adopts this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and California Privacy Rights Act of 2022 (“CPRA”), and any terms defined in the CCPA or CPRA have the same meaning when used in this notice.

1. Information We Collect

CategoryExamplesCollected
A. Identifiers.A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.Yes
B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).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.
Yes
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.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).No
D. Commercial information.Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.No
E. Biometric information.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.No
F. Internet or other similar network activity.Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.Yes
G. Geolocation data.Physical location or movements.Yes
H. Sensory data.Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.No
I. Professional or employment-related information.Current or past job history or performance evaluations.No
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)).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.No
K. Inferences drawn from other personal information.Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. Yes
L. Sensitive Personal Information.Private personal information which includes, but is not limited to personal identification numbers, (such as social security, driver’s license, passport, or state ID card numbers), financial account and payment card information, precise geolocation information, biometric information, information disclosing a person’s race, ethnicity, religion, union membership, private personal communications, and sex life or sexual orientation. No

Personal information does not include:

SBSC Chamber obtains the categories of personal information listed above from the following sources:

2. Retention Period

Generally, all personal information that we collect is retained by us within our secured data management system indefinitely, subject to our receipt of a request for deletion of such personal information made in compliance with CCPA and CPRA, as outlined below.

3. Use of Personal Information

We may use or disclose the personal information we collect for one or more of the following purposes:

SBSC Chamber will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collect for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.

4. Selling or Sharing of Personal Information

SBSC Chamber may disclose your personal information to certain third parties for a business purpose (see Your Rights and Choices). SBSC Chamber does not sell your personal information. When we disclose personal information for a business purpose, we enter into a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to both keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.

We share your personal information with the following categories of third parties:

5. Your Rights and Choices

The CCPA and CPRA provide consumers (California residents) with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.

A. Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights

    You have the right to request that SBSC Chamber disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past twelve (12) months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will disclose to you:

    B. Deletion Request Rights

    You have the right to request that SBSC Chamber delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights), 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 provider(s) to:

    C. Right to Request Correction of Personal Information

    You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal information that we collected from you and retained. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request for correction (see Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights), we will correct (and direct our service providers to correct) your personal information, unless an exception applies.

    D. Right to Opt-Out of the Sharing of Personal Information

    You have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information with third parties.

    6. Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights

    To exercise the access, data portability, correction, restriction and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by:

    Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.

    You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request must:

    We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you.

    We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.‌

    We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to ninety (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.

    The response we provide will explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily usable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.

    We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.‌

    7. Non-Discrimination

    We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA and/or CPRA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA and/or CPRA, we will not:

    8. Other California Privacy Rights

    California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to [email protected] or write us at:

    Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce
    5662 Calle Real #204
    Goleta, CA 93117

    9. Data Security

    We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions are processed through a  third-party payment processor. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

    10. Changes to Our Privacy Notice

    SBSC Chamber reserves the right to amend this Notice at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this Notice, we will post the updated Notice on the Website and update the Notice’s effective date. Your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

    11. Contact Information

    If you have any questions or comments about this notice, the ways in which SBSC Chamber collects and uses your information, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under applicable law, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

    Phone Number: 1-888-602-7136
    Email Address: [email protected]

    Mailing Address:
    Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce
    5662 Calle Real #204
    Goleta, CA 93117