PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE
Last Modified: September 4th, 2024
Our Commitment To Privacy
It is Finance Concepts policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect. We share your concerns about privacy and have created this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to demonstrate our firm commitment. The following discloses what information we gather on our website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to a third party. This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect through the website. See Finance Concepts, LLC Consumer Privacy Notice — California Consumers (below) for details on the company’s commitment to the California Consumer Protection Act.
Collection of Personal Information
We collect personal information that identifies you such as name and email address (“personal information”). We receive and store this information, including any submissions that you make. We may use the personal information collected from visitors in the following ways:
- To respond to an inquiry.
- To send you notifications about your training registration or transactions with us.
- To analyze our business and use of our website to enhance our site, develop new features, products or services.
- To contact you to discuss your interest in Finance Concepts, LLC.
- This personal information may be shared with our affiliates only when necessary to perform services on your behalf.
We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. Should we learn that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete that information from our database.
As a Finance Concepts, LLC client, sharing information with selected third parties, such as companies who help service our program’s clients, may be necessary. Finance Concepts, LLC will never sell or rent lists of our clients, our clients’ professional advisors or client customer’s information. Finance Concepts, LLC may disclose information if legally required to do so to comply with a legal process.
Information You Provide to Us
The information we collect on or through our website may include:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on our website. This includes information provided at the time of registering for/completing training or to receive materials. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our website.
- Records and copies of your correspondence (including e-mail addresses) if you contact us.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators Finance Concepts, LLC collects non-personally identifying information that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as browser type, language preference, referring site, date and time of visitors and visit duration. Our purpose in collecting this information is to help us better understand how Finance Concepts, LLC visitors use the website.
External Links
Finance Concepts, LLC site may provide links to other websites, including those of our affiliates, as well as third party websites. Unless expressly stated, Finance Concepts, LLC does not control these websites and this Privacy Policy does not apply. You should proceed to these external websites at your own risk and review the privacy policy of the external website for details on their policy.
IP Address
We log all connections to our web servers. These logs include your IP address, which is not personally identifying information, but general information about your location, connection to the internet and your internet service provider. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer the site. We also use provider data to match IP addresses with company names. While we do not detect or share personally identifiable information, we may match your IP address with company name, location and any publicly available web and email address associated with your company name. Additionally, we will use your IP address to track your navigation of the site and your navigation history may be used in current and future marketing efforts.
Cookies
To enhance your online experience Finance Concepts, LLC uses “cookies,” which are small pieces of information stored in a user’s browser giving that user a unique identification. Finance Concepts, LLC uses cookies to help identify and track visitors and their usage of our website. We may insert cookies into your browser to identify you as a previous user. Cookies contain non-personally identifying information. All cookies are established on a per session basis and are not permanently stored on your machine. By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you acknowledge and agree to Finance Concepts, LLC use of cookies.
Security
To enhance the security of your personal information is important to us, and we have implemented security procedures to protect the personal information that you provide us. However, no method of transmitting or storing electronic data is ever completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Finance Concepts, LLC Consumer Privacy Notice — California Consumers
The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires that we inform you about the categories of personal information that are collected about you and the purposes in which it is used. This information is collected from you at the time you complete a form through our website such as registering for training or completing an online training course. The categories of information we collect may include identifying information such as:
- Name
- Email Address
- Employer (Dealership) Name
This personal information collected is used for the following business purposes:
- To respond to an inquiry.
- To send you notifications about your training registration or transactions with us.
- To analyze our business and use of our website to enhance our site, develop new features, products or services.
- To contact you to discuss your interest in Finance Concepts, LLC.
- This personal information may be shared with our affiliates only when necessary to perform services on your behalf.
We respect your privacy regarding any personal information we may collect and have security procedures in place to protect that information.
Under the CCPA, California consumers have the following rights:
Right to know
You have the right to know and request information about the categories and specific information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which such information is collected, the purpose for collecting such information, and the categories of third parties with whom we disclose such information. You also have the right to know if we have sold, shared, or disclosed your personal information. We do not sell or share personal information. You may also request a copy of the personal information we have collected.
Right to request deletion
You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions and our record retention policy. We may deny your deletion request under certain circumstances and will inform you of the basis for the denial.
Right to correct
You have the right to correct your personal information if inaccurate.
Right to opt-out of sale, sharing, and targeted advertising
We do not knowingly “sell” or “share” personal information, including the personal information of children under 16 years old. We also do not engage in targeted advertising.
Right to non-discrimination
You have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights.
Verifiable Consumer Request
If you would like to exercise one or more of the rights above, you may submit a verifiable consumer request to us by sending a written request to privacy@financeconceptsauto.com. An authorized agent may make a request on your behalf but must submit proof that you have authorized them to act on your behalf.
We may need to confirm your verifiable consumer request before completing your request, and, for example, may ask for you to confirm information we already have about you. We will only use personal information provided in a consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.
Consumer Rights
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Privacy Policy or you are a California resident who would like to request that we remove your collected information from our database, please contact us at any time via email at privacy@financeconceptsauto.com or 916-983-3700.