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Last updated: 21 August 2024

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Kidder Mathews, Inc., recognizes the importance of protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy is intended to assist you in understanding Kidder Mathews data collection and handling practices and in exercising your data privacy rights under applicable law when you:

Use of Kidder Mathews public websites and other services to which this Policy is attached (collectively, the Site) or

Interact professionally with Kidder Mathews, including through Kidder Mathews maintained social media accounts, and are not otherwise provided with a different privacy policy at the point of interaction (collectively, “Professional Interactions”).

Table of Contents
Summary of Key Information
Full Notice
Information on the Applicable Responsible Party
Privacy Policy
Your Acceptance Through Use
Personal Information We Collect and Sources
How We Use Your Information and Legal Basis
Sharing of Your Personal Information
How We Secure Your Personal Information
How Long We Keep Your Personal Information
Your Privacy Rights
Changes to this Policy
California Privacy Policy
Cookie Notice – Automatic Data Collection
Contact Us
Appendix – Kidder Mathews Division Contacts

SUMMARY OF KEY INFORMATION

Responsible Division Depending on how and for what reason we collect your personal information through this Site or your Professional Interactions, the Kidder Mathews Division (or Group) responsible for processing your personal information (also known in some jurisdictions as data controller) may differ. Please find information on how to identify your applicable responsible Kidder Mathews Division in Appendix 1. Click here to learn more.
Acceptance Through Use To the extent permitted by applicable law, your use of this Site or engagement in Professional Interactions with us signifies your understanding and acceptance of the terms of this Notice. Click here to learn more.
Personal Information We Collect and Sources We collect personal information about your use of the Site and Professional Interactions with Kidder Mathews such as Contact Information, Registration Information (such as username/password), Professional Information (such as job title, industry, employer), Business Relationship Information (such as your primary Kidder Mathews’ contacts), Social Media Information and Cookie, Device and Web Analytics Information. We collect this personal information directly from you, from other Kidder Mathews employees, and from third parties. Click here to learn more.
Use and Legal Basis We use your personal information to make the Site accessible to you, to communicate with you, to interact professionally, to provide marketing, and to improve our services, as well as for other commercial or business-related purposes. We primarily rely on Kidder Mathews’ overriding business interests or your consent (when required by law) to process your personal information. Click here to learn more.
Data Sharing Kidder Mathews is a US Based firm and the personal information we collect, or you provide may be shared and processed as necessary with other Kidder Mathews entities, including those better suited to respond to your request and to provide you with access to the Site. We may also share your personal information with third parties such as service providers who assist us with technology, web and data hosting, marketing, and legal and regulatory compliance. Click here to learn more.
Data Security We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to safeguard the personal information we collect and process about you against loss and unauthorized alteration or disclosure. Click here to learn more.
Data Retention We retain the personal information we collect about you for as long as necessary for the purpose for which that information was collected or as otherwise legally required. Click here to learn more.
Privacy Rights Depending on the legal regulations in your state or country, you may have certain rights to request access, rectification, deletion, objection, or other actions regarding your personal information. Click here to learn more.
Changes to this Policy If we make any material changes to this Policy, we will make changes here and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice. Where required, we will obtain your consent. Click here to learn more.
California Consumer Privacy Policy Additional disclosures required under California law to be made to individuals who are residents of California, including relating to applicable privacy rights, are provided in Kidder Mathews California Consumer Privacy Policy. Click here to learn more.
Cookies We use cookies on our Site and your browser controls allow you to restrict our use of cookies other than Required Cookies. Click here to learn more.
Contact Kidder Mathews You are always free to contact us if you have questions or concerns regarding this Notice, have a question or problem related to your use of the Site, our business-related interactions with you, or wish to exercise your rights or to exclude your personal information from our direct marketing purposes. Click here to learn more.

 

FULL NOTICE

Information on the Applicable Responsible Entity

Depending on the legal regulations in your country (such as in the EU/EEA and UK), you may have the right to know which Kidder Mathews division is responsible for processing your personal information (also known in some jurisdictions as data controller). This may vary based on how and why we collect your personal information through this Site or your professional interactions with Kidder Mathews.

Details on how to identify the responsible Kidder Mathews division (or Group) can be found in Appendix 1. Each Kidder Mathews division may collect your personal information directly from you, through your use of the Site, or via certain third-party sources as identified herein.

Whenever this Notice refers to “Kidder Mathews”, “we”, “us” or “our”, it refers to the applicable responsible Kidder Mathews division defined in Appendix 1.

Privacy Policy

1. Your Acceptance Through Use

This Privacy Policy describes how Kidder Mathews collects, uses, and discloses personal information obtained through this Site, your interactions with us on social media, and other professional interactions. By using this Site, to the extent permitted by applicable law, you acknowledge and accept the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. Personal Information We Collect and Sources

Depending on your interactions with Kidder Mathews, you may be considered a data subject, either as a user of our Site or as a business contact of Kidder Mathews, such as a supplier, client, client employee, consultant, or business partner.

a. Data Collection from You

We may collect and process the following types of personal information based on your use of the Site and professional interactions with Kidder Mathews. See Consequences of Not Providing Personal Information to Us below for details on the consequences of withholding your information.

  • Contact Information: such as your name, postal or email address, and phone number.
  • Registration Data: such as such as newsletter requests, event registrations, subscriptions, downloads, and username/passwords.
  • Job Applicant Data: such as employment and educational history, relevant skills, professional certifications and affiliations, compensation history (where allowed by law) and any other information included in resumés, online professional profiles, and job applications, opinions of references you provide, willingness to relocate, and, where allowed by law: test and assessment results, information about your outside activities or family relationships that may give rise to a conflict of interest and, information about criminal offense, conviction, pending investigations and administrative sanctions.
  • Employee Onboarding Information: such as information necessary to form an employment or contractual relationship with the applicant and for legal compliance (such as national ID card, residency permits, and visas demonstrating the Right to Work), to processing payroll and provide employee benefits (such as bank account information, tax withholding elections, and beneficiary information), and disability or other data (where allowed by law) needed to provide workplace accommodations.
  • Professional Relationship Information: such as business contact information, industry, job title or role, your primary Kidder Mathews’ contacts and record of interactions with Kidder Mathews, information you provide to us which assist us in serving the business relationship, such as the types of investments you are interested in, and information you provide about your personal life (excluding special categories of data).
  • Marketing Data: such as your interests and preferences related to our products and services.
  • Social Media Information based on your interactions with Kidder Mathews-operated social media sites: such as your social media username, profile, and content of your interactions with statements or opinions about Kidder Mathews or others in our industry, and aggregated usage reports.
  • Cookie, Device, and Web Analytics Data: such as your Computer Internet Protocol (IP) address, geo-location data, browser settings and similar data about the use of the Site, mobile device advertising identifier, and cookies and other data linked to a device. For more information, see our Cookie Notice.
b. Data Collection through Third Party Sources

To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may collect and process the following personal information about you from third-party sources:

  • Contact Information: such as your name, postal or e-mail address, and phone number. Third parties that collect and share this information with us may include your employer, operators of property listing, and other websites linked from our Site, and other business partners. These third parties are independently responsible (also known as independent data controllers in some jurisdictions) for collecting and processing your Contact Information for their own, independent purposes. Please refer to their privacy notices to understand their privacy practices and how to exercise any rights you may have.
  • Job Applicant Data: such as employment and educational history, relevant skills, professional certifications and affiliations, compensation history (where allowed by law) and any other information included in resumés, online professional profiles, and job applications. It may also include test and assessment results, and information about criminal offenses, convictions, pending investigations, and administrative sanctions, where permitted by law.
  • Marketing Data: such as your interest and preference in products and services similar to those offered by Kidder Mathews. Third parties that collect and share this data with us may include companies that compile and market data to other business partners to whom you have provided your personal information. These third parties are also independently responsible (also referred to as an independent data controller in some jurisdictions) for the collecting and processing of your Marketing Data for their own, independent purposes. Please refer to their privacy notices to understand their privacy practices and how to exercise any rights you may have.
  • Social Media Information: based on your interactions with third-party social media sites (including Kidder Mathews accounts on those sites), this may include your social media username, profile, content of your interactions, statements or opinions about Kidder Mathews or others in our industry, and aggregated reports about your interactions with Kidder Mathews social media accounts.
  • Third Party Advertisement Technical Data from advertisements we place on third party websites: such as your IP address, browser type and version, device identifiers, location and time zone setting.
  • Contact Information we collect from third parties such as your employer or other professional referrals: such as your name, postal or e-mail address, and phone number.
c. Consequences of Not Providing Personal Information to Us

There is no statutory or contractual obligation requiring you to provide your personal information to Kidder Mathews. The provision of your personal data is voluntary for you. You may choose not to provide your personal information to us, however, in this case, you may not be able to use our Site(s) and receive our services and/or to enable interaction with us. Also, the provision of your personal information may be necessary to allow us to perform a contract with you and/or to provide services to you. See the Cookie Notice below for more detail on how we use cookies and how to manage your cookie preferences.

3. How We Use Your Information and Legal Basis

The purposes for which we use your personal information and the legal Basis for such processing are as follows:

  • To Manage and Provide You Access to the Site
    We process your Cookie, Device and Web Analytics Data to manage and provide access to the Site. We process this personal information where necessary based on the overriding legitimate business interest of Kidder Mathews or other third parties to provide you or your employer with access to the Site which we maintain for marketing and other business purposes or based on your consent (if required by law).
  • To Communicate About Your Job Application and Determine Your Qualifications
    We process your Job Applicant Data to communicate with you about your application and determine your qualifications and suitability for open positions. This is done based on Kidder Mathews’ legitimate business interests or based on your consent (if required by law).
  • To Manage the Employee Onboarding Process
    We process your Employee Onboarding Information to manage the employee onboarding process if we offer and you accept employment with us. This is necessary to form an employment or contractual relationship with you, comply with legal obligations, and for record-keeping. Processing is also based on pre-contractual steps, legitimate business interests of Kidder Mathews and/or based on your consent (if required by law).
  • To Transact Business and Maintain a Professional Relationship With You
    We process your Contact Information and Professional Relationship Information to conduct business and maintain a professional relationship with you or your employer. This processing is necessary to fulfill contractual obligations (at your request), support legitimate business interests of Kidder Mathews or other third parties, or based on your consent (if required by law).
  • To Provide Relevant Marketing to You
    We process your Contact Information, Registration Data, Marketing Data, and Third-Party Advertisement Technical Data, and Cookie, Device, and Web Analytics Data to inform you about the services, offerings, events and newsletters of interest or about similar offerings or services (including those of third parties such as business partners. We process this personal information where necessary based on the legitimate business interests of Kidder Mathews or other third parties (such as your employer or business partners) to keep you and our clients informed about our latest news, products and services and to better target our advertising to you or based on your consent (if required by law).
  • To Maintain and Manage Kidder Mathews Brand Reputation – Social Media
    We process your Social Media Information to maintain Kidder Mathews brand reputation through our presence on Kidder Mathews-operated and third-party social media sites, including through Professional Interactions with you when you interact with our social-media channels. We process this personal information where necessary based on the legitimate business interests of Kidder Mathews in maintaining and managing our brand reputation and based on your consent (if required by law).
  • To Operate, Evaluate and Improve Our Business
    We process your Marketing Data, Professional Relationship Information, and Cookie, Device and Web Analytics Data to operate, evaluate and improve our business. This includes developing new products and services, managing communications, optimizing advertising, analyzing our digital assets. We process this personal information where necessary based on the legitimate business interests of Kidder Mathews to operate and improve our business and based on your consent (if required by law).
  • To Comply With Legal Obligations And Establish, Exercise or Defend Legal Claims
    To establish, exercise or defend our legal rights, to comply with lawful government requests for disclosure of personal information or otherwise to comply with legal obligations, we use any of the personal information we collect about you where legally permissible to do so. We process this personal information where necessary to comply with Kidder Mathews legal obligations or based on the legitimate business interests of Kidder Mathews to exercise and defend legal claims or based on your consent (if required by law).

If you object to us using information for these other uses, you can email privacy@kidder.com

4. Sharing of Your Personal Information

Where permitted by applicable law, the personal information we collect may be shared and processed with the following categories of recipients, some of whom may be in a country that does not provide an adequate level of data privacy and protection rights as your home country, as necessary for the purposes identified above in How We Use Your Information and Legal Basis . Kidder Mathews has implemented appropriate safeguards for internal personal information sharing.

Internal Sharing with Kidder Mathews Divisions (or Groups)
Kidder Mathews’ is a U.S.-based firm, and the personal information Kidder Mathews collects, or you provide, may be shared and processed with Kidder Mathews divisions as necessary for the purposes identified in How We Use Your Information and Legal Basis . For example, we may share your personal information internally with:

  • Another Kidder Mathews division better suited to respond to your request.
  • A decision-maker employed by another Kidder Mathews division.
  • Site administrators employed by another Kidder Mathews division (referred to as data processors in some jurisdictions) who manage your access to, and improve the functionality of, the Site.

The relevant Kidder Mathews Divisions (or Groups) are identified in Appendix 1.

Sharing With Third Parties
The relevant third parties may include:

  • Service Providers who assist us with Technology, cyber security, and data hosting providers, marketing, advertising and communications agencies, cookie analytics providers, online advertisers, and providers of website testing / analytics services.
  • Third-Party Cookie Providers who may track your browsing activity on our Site using cookies to show you ads based on your interests when you browse the Web or use social media and for analytical purposes. More information on these cookies, including how to provide or revoke your consent, may be found in our in our Cookie Notice below.
  • Consultants and advisors who assist us with legal, regulatory, and business operations activities, such as legal counsel, compliance consultants and business auditors.

Legally Compelled Disclosure
It may be necessary to disclose your personal information to third parties, such as courts, litigants, governmental agencies, and/or regulatory authorities when required to do so by law or necessary in connection with legal proceedings or similar processes, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena or other legal obligation, in response to legally-binding disclosure requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement agency requirements, or in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing your personal information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (whether intentionally or unintentionally) our rights or property or to defend ourselves.

Kidder Mathews is committed not to disclose your personal information in response to a court order or a subpoena or other legal obligation originating outside your home country unless it is legally compelled to do so. In particular, Kidder Mathews, Inc. has assessed and is of the view that neither it nor its U.S. subsidiaries are not subject to, and personal information transferred to Kidder Mathews U.S. cannot be targeted by, the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) Section 702 since Kidder Mathews US does not qualify as a provider of electronic communication service, as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2510, nor a provider of a remote computing service, as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2711. As a result, U.S. intelligence authorities cannot issue a data disclosure demand under FISA upon Kidder Mathews, Inc. or its U.S. subsidiaries.

As stated above (see Legally Compelled Disclosures), Kidder Mathews, Inc. has assessed and is of the view that U.S. public authorities cannot issue a lawful disclosure demand for personal data under FISA 702 upon Kidder Mathews, Inc. or its U.S. subsidiaries. All personal data transferred by Kidder Mathews to the U.S. is encrypted in transit.

5. How We Secure Your Personal Information

We implement technical and organizational security measures to protect the personal information we collect and process about you from loss, unauthorized alteration, or disclosure. Your information is encrypted in transit and at rest. We utilize role-based access controls to limit access to your personal information on a strict need-to-know basis consistent with the purposes for which we have collected such information. We utilize anti-malware and intrusion detection systems to guard against unauthorized access to our network, and we have an incident response plan in place to quickly respond to any suspected leak or breach of personal information.

When sharing your personal information with service providers, we ensure their security measures meet appropriate standards.

6. How Long We Keep Your Personal Information:

We retain your personal information only as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected, and in accordance with applicable laws. When your information is no longer needed, we take steps to remove it from our systems and records and/or take steps to anonymize it so that it can no longer be linked to you, unless retention is required to comply with legal or regulatory obligations.

7. Your Privacy Rights
a. Marketing Communications – Rights to Opt-out and to Decline

When you register on our Site, we may ask you to select whether you would like to receive electronic communications from Kidder Mathews’ such as offers, news, reports and other promotional communications. You may withdraw your consent or opt-out of receiving such communications at any time by contacting Kidder Mathews’ as described below or following the Opt-Out or unsubscribe instruction contained in the footer of any marketing electronic communication from us.

Additionally, where we process your personal information for marketing purposes relying on our legitimate interests you will have the right to object to such processing at any time. Please be aware that where you object to this sort of processing it may affect our ability to carry out tasks as listed in this Notice.

b. Contact Details – Marketing Communications

Irrespective of the Kidder Mathews division that is responsible for the processing of your personal data and the marketing communication, you may contact us centrally as stated below and we will ensure that the responsible Kidder Mathews division receives your request relating to marketing communication and implements it promptly:

(i) by sending an e-mail to privacy@kidder.com to opt-out, including a copy of the e-mail you have received and by typing “Unsubscribe” in the subject line of your e-mail

(ii) by telephone, at +1 206.296.9600

(iii) by mail, at Kidder Mathews, Inc., 601 Union Street, Suite 2700, Seattle, WA 98101, Attn: Web Support/Privacy

Your election not to receive newsletters or promotional and marketing correspondence may not affect other processing activities that would still be permitted under applicable law, such as providing you with transactional communication.

c. Requesting Access to Your Personal Information and Other Rights

Depending on the legal regulations in your country and the applicable laws to which you are subject, you may have all or some of the following rights set out below and may submit a request(s) to exercise any such rights by contacting us at privacy@kidder.com. Irrespective of the Kidder Mathews division that is responsible for the processing of your personal information, you may use such centralized contact details and Kidder Mathews will ensure that the responsible Kidder Mathews division receives your request and addresses it promptly as required by applicable law. Kidder Mathews will respond to your request comprehensively, even if you do not identify the particular Kidder Mathews division against whom you make the request.

  • Right of access: You may have the right to obtain from Kidder Mathews confirmation as to whether your personal information is being processed, and, where that is the case, to request access to your personal information. You may have the right to obtain a copy of your personal information undergoing processing. For additional copies requested by you, Kidder Mathews may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs.
  • Right to rectification: You may have the right to obtain from Kidder Mathews the rectification of inaccurate personal information concerning you.
  • Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten): You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information, and Kidder Mathews might be obligated to comply depending on the circumstances.
  • Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal information, subject to certain conditions.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information, which you have provided to Kidder Mathews, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. Additionally, you have the right to transmit that personal information to another entity without hindrance, where applicable.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: If you have given your consent for any personal information processing activities, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time with future effect. Such a withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of the processing prior to the consent withdrawal. This right to withdraw consent is particularly relevant to consents given for marketing and profiling purposes, if applicable.
  • Right to Object: You have the right to object, at any time, to the processing of your personal information by Kidder Mathews, based on your particular situation. Depending on the circumstances, Kidder Mathews might be required to stop processing your personal information unless it demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or if processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. The right to object may not apply if processing your personal information is necessary to take steps prior to entering into a contract or to perform an existing contract.
  • Right to information on the possibility to withhold consent and information on the consequences of doing so.
  • Right to information on third parties with whom we have shared your data.
  • Right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority in your home country or in the country in which the responsible Kidder Mathews division is located, especially concerning automated decision-making.
8. Changes to this Policy

As a rapidly evolving and growing business, we will continue to evaluate this Privacy Policy in light of new technologies, services, business practices, and our clients’ needs, and make changes to this Policy from time to time as required. If we make any material changes to this Policy, they will be updated here, and if the changes are significant, we will provide more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes). Where required, we will obtain your consent.

9. California Privacy Policy

If you are a resident of the State of California (“Consumer”), Kidder Mathews California Privacy Policy (“California Policy”) supplements the information provided in this Notice and includes information about your privacy rights and how to exercise them. The California Policy applies solely to personal information we have collected from individuals who are residents of the State of California in the twelve (12) months preceding the date on which the California Policy was last updated.

Kidder Mathews does not sell nor share Personal Information or Sensitive Personal Information as defined under applicable California law.

Depending on how you interact with Kidder Mathews as a user of our Site or as a business contact of Kidder Mathews having a professional interaction with Kidder Mathews, such as a supplier, client, client employee, consultant, or business partner, we may collect certain personal information, such as:

  • A real name, alias, postal address, email address, phone number, usernames and passwords.
  • Professional or employment-related information, including employment and educational history, relevant skills, professional certifications and affiliations, compensation history (where allowed by law) and any other information included in resumés, online professional profiles, and job applications, opinions of references you provide, willingness to relocate, and, where allowed by law: test and assessment results, information about your outside activities or family relationships that may give rise to a conflict of interest and, information about criminal offense, conviction, pending investigations and administrative sanctions. This also includes information necessary to form an employment or contractual relationship with the applicant and for legal compliance (such as national ID card, residency permits, and visas demonstrating the Right to Work), to processing payroll and provide employee benefits (such as bank account information, tax withholding elections, and beneficiary information), and disability or other data (where allowed by law) needed to provide workplace accommodations
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information, including social media username, profile, and content related to your interactions with or statements or opinions about Kidder Mathews or others in our industry, and aggregated usage reports. This also includes Computer Internet Protocol (IP) address, geo-location data, browser settings and similar data about the use of the Site, mobile device advertising identifier, browser type and version, device identifiers, location and time zone setting, and cookies and other data linked to a device.
  • Commercial information such as newsletter requests, event registrations, subscriptions, file downloads, interests and preferences in our products and services, and your interest and preference in products and services similar to those offered by Kidder Mathews. In addition, we collect business contact information, industry, job title or role, your primary Kidder Mathews’ contacts, and record of interactions with Kidder Mathews’, information you provide to us which assist us in serving the business relationship, such as the types of investments you are interested in, and information you provide about your personal life (excluding special categories of data).

Kidder Mathews uses this information to achieve purposes outlined in the How We Use Your Information and Legal Basis section above.

Kidder Mathews does not sell nor share Personal Information or Sensitive Personal Information as defined under applicable California law.

10. Cookie Notice – Automatic Data Collection

We use cookies and similar technologies on our Site and your browser preferences allow you to restrict our use of cookies other than Required Cookies.

a. What is a Cookie

A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your personal computer, telephone or any other device, with information about your navigation on that website. Cookies serve various purposes such as allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, analyzing the use of our Site, generally improving the user experience, and ensuring that the advertisements you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. A cookie contains the name of the server it came from, the expiry of the cookie, a value – usually a randomly generated unique number as well as other data relating to your use of our Site. Depending on the applicable data protection law such information and data may qualify as personal information.

b. Cookies Used by Us

(i) How We Use Cookies

We use session cookies, which are temporary cookies that are erased from your device’s memory when you close your Internet browser or turn your computer off, and persistent cookies, which are stored on your device until they expire, unless you delete them before that time. Cookies used on our site will fall into one of the following three categories.

Required cookies: These cookies are necessary to enable the basic features of this Site to function, such as identifying you as a valid user, ensuring that no one else can sign on simultaneously with your account from another computer and helping us serve you better based on your registration preferences.

Analytic cookies: These cookies allow us to analyze your use of the Site to evaluate and improve our performance. They may also be used to provide a better customer experience on this Site. For example, providing us information about how our Site is used and helping us facilitate any promotions or surveys that we provide.

Advertising cookies: These cookies may be used to share data with advertisers so that the ads you see on our Site or on third party websites are more relevant to you, allow you to share certain pages with social networks, or allow you to post comments on our Site.

If you clear your cookies in your browser settings, this will remove all cookies including the opt-out cookies set to honor your choices made in our cookie preference center. You will need to re-access the cookie preference center to reset your preferences.

(ii) Disabling and Preventing Further Use of Cookies

You may restrict, block or delete the cookies from this Site at any time by changing the configuration of your browser. You can find out how to do this, and find more information on cookies, at https://www.allaboutcookies.org/. In addition, while each browser has different settings and configurations, cookies settings can typically be adjusted in the “Preferences” or “Tools” menu of your browser. Your browser’s “Help” menu may provide additional information. Note, however, that deleting or blocking Required Cookies will cause the Site to not function properly.

12. Contact Us

You are always free to contact us if you have questions or concerns regarding this Policy, have a question or problem related to your use of the Site, or wish to exclude your personal information from our direct marketing purposes. Our standard business practice is to retain any communications from our Site visitors to help us to serve each of you better.

You may contact us by emailing privacy@kidder.com or by writing to us at 601 Union Street, Suite 2700, Seattle, WA 98101, Attention: Web Support/Privacy.

We may contact you by email in relation to any questions and concerns you raise. If you prefer us to contact you in an alternative manner, please let us know and we will accommodate your request if possible and appropriate.

Appendix 1

If it is unclear to you which Kidder Mathews division (or Group) is the responsible Kidder Mathews division for the processing of your personal information, please contact privacy@kidder.com and we will help you identify the responsible Kidder Mathews division.

Processing Activity Responsible Kidder Mathews Entity
A. Processing personal information collected via the Site www.kidder.com, including account information when registering on www.kidder.com Kidder Mathews, Inc. – Privacy
601 Union Street, Suite 2700
Seattle, WA 98101
B. Processing personal information collected via local Kidder Mathews orchestrated marketing sites, including Registration Information (with the exception of certain processing activities described in C. below) Kidder Mathews, Inc. – Marketing
601 Union Street, Suite 2700
Seattle, WA 98101
C. Processing personal information collected via social media sites operated by Kidder Mathews. For social media sites operated by Kidder Mathews, the data controller is the Kidder Mathews division identified on the social media site as operator of the social media site and/or as contact person.

 

 

California Privacy Policy

 

In the United States, Kidder Mathews’ collection, use, and disclosure of certain personal information through our public websites and professional interactions with employees are governed by the Kidder Mathews Privacy Policy, along with applicable state-specific policies. The following information for California is sourced directly from the State of California Department of Justice.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

Effective Date: January 1, 2020
Updated on March 13, 2024

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) gives consumers more control over the personal information that businesses collect about them and the CCPA regulations provide guidance on how to implement the law. This landmark law secures new privacy rights for California consumers, including:

In November of 2020, California voters approved Proposition 24, the CPRA, which amended the CCPA and added new additional privacy protections that began on January 1, 2023. As of January 1, 2023, consumers have new rights in addition to those above, such as:

  • The right to correct inaccurate personal information that a business has about them; and
  • The right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information collected about them.

Businesses that are subject to the CCPA have several responsibilities, including responding to consumer requests to exercise these rights and giving consumers certain notices explaining their privacy practices. The CCPA applies to many businesses, including data brokers.

CPRA amends the CCPA; it does not create a separate, new law. As a result, our office typically refers to the law as “CCPA” or “CCPA, as amended.”

Links to Topics
A. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CCPA
B. RIGHT TO OPT-OUT OF SALE OR SHARING
C. REQUESTS TO KNOW
D. REQUESTS TO DELETE
E. REQUESTS TO CORRECT
F. REQUESTS TO LIMIT USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
G. RIGHT TO NON-DISCRIMINATION
H. REQUIRED NOTICES
I. DATA BROKERS AND THE CCPA
Other Consumer Resources on CCPA

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

These FAQs provide general consumer information about the CCPA and how you can exercise your rights under the CCPA. They are not legal advice, regulatory guidance, or an opinion of the Attorney General. We will update this information periodically.

A. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CCPA

1. What rights do I have under the CCPA?

If you are a California resident, you may ask businesses to disclose what personal information they have about you and what they do with that information, to delete your personal information, to direct businesses not to sell or share your personal information, to correct inaccurate information that they have about you, and to limit businesses’ use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information:

  • Right to know: You can request that a business disclose to you: (1) the categories and/or specific pieces of personal information they have collected about you, (2) the categories of sources for that personal information, (3) the purposes for which the business uses that information, (4) the categories of third parties with whom the business discloses the information, and (5) the categories of information that the business sells or discloses to third parties. You can make a request to know up to twice a year, free of charge.
  • Right to delete: You can request that businesses delete personal information they collected from you and tell their service providers to do the same, subject to certain exceptions (such as if the business is legally required to keep the information).
  • Right to opt-out of sale or sharing: You may request that businesses stop selling or sharing your personal information (“opt-out”), including via a user-enabled global privacy control. Businesses cannot sell or share your personal information after they receive your opt-out request unless you later authorize them to do so again.
  • Right to correct: You may ask businesses to correct inaccurate information that they have about you.
  • Right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal information: You can direct businesses to only use your sensitive personal information (for example, your social security number, financial account information, your precise geolocation data, or your genetic data) for limited purposes, such as providing you with the services you requested.

You also have the right to be notified, before or at the point businesses collect your personal information, of the types of personal information they are collecting and what they may do with that information. Generally, businesses cannot discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA. Businesses cannot make you waive these rights, and any contract provision that says you waive these rights is unenforceable.

2. What if I am not a California resident?
3. What is considered personal information and sensitive personal information under the CCPA?
4. What is not considered personal information under the CCPA?
5. What businesses does the CCPA apply to?
6. Does the CCPA apply to nonprofits or government agencies?
7. What can I do if I think a business violated the CCPA?
8. What kind of data breach can I sue a business for under the CCPA?
9. Do businesses need to comply with the statutory CPRA amendments to the CCPA that went into effect on January 1, 2023?
10. Are there any CCPA regulations currently in effect?
11. Are the statutory exemptions for employee data and business-to-business transactions still in effect?
12. Can I use an authorized agent to submit a request?

B. RIGHT TO OPT-OUT OF SALE OR SHARING

1. What is the right to opt-out?

You may request that businesses stop selling or sharing your personal information (“opt-out”). Note that sharing refers specifically to sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising, which is the targeting of advertising to a consumer based on the consumer’s personal information obtained from the consumer’s online activity across numerous websites. With some exceptions, businesses cannot sell or share your personal information after they receive your opt-out request unless you later provide authorization allowing them to do so again. Businesses must wait at least 12 months before asking you to opt back in to the sale or sharing of your personal information.

2. Can businesses sell a child’s personal information?
3. How do I submit my opt-out request?
4. How long does the business have to respond to my opt-out request?
5. Why is the business asking me for more information?
6. Why did the business deny my opt-out request?
7. Why did I get a response that the business is a service provider that does not have to act on my request?
8. What is the GPC?
9. How do I submit my opt-out request using the GPC?

C. REQUESTS TO KNOW

1. What is the right to know?

You may request that businesses disclose to you what personal information they have collected, used, shared, or sold about you, and why they collected, used, shared, or sold that information. Specifically, you may request that businesses disclose:

  • The categories of personal information collected
  • Specific pieces of personal information collected
  • The categories of sources from which the business collected personal information
  • The purposes for which the business uses the personal information
  • The categories of third parties with whom the business shares the personal information
  • The categories of information that the business sells or discloses to third parties

Businesses must provide you this information for the 12-month period preceding your request. They must provide this information to you free of charge.

2. How do I submit my request to know?
3. How long does the business have to respond to my request to know?
4. Why is the business asking me for more information?
5. Why did the business deny my request to know?
6. Why did I get a response that the business is a service provider that does not have to act on my request?

D. REQUESTS TO DELETE

1. What is my right to delete personal information?

You may request that businesses delete personal information they collected from you and to tell their service providers to do the same. However, there are many exceptions (see FAQ D.5) that allow businesses to keep your personal information.

2. How do I submit my right to delete?
3. How long does the business have to respond to my request to delete?
4. Why is the business asking me for more information?
5. Why did the business deny my request to delete?
6. Why did I get a response that the business is a service provider that does not have to act on my request?
7. Why is a debt collector still calling me about my debt even though I asked it to delete my information?
8. Why is a credit reporting agency still giving out my credit information even though I asked it to delete my information?

E. REQUESTS TO CORRECT (RIGHT TO CORRECT)

1. What is the right to correct?

You may ask businesses to correct inaccurate information that they have about you.

The California Privacy Protection Agency is currently engaged in a formal rulemaking process and has proposed CCPA regulations pertaining to the right to correct, but these are not currently final or effective.

2. How do I submit my request to correct?
3. How long does the business have to respond to my request to correct?
4. Why is the business asking me for more information?
5. Why did the business deny my request to correct?

F. REQUESTS TO LIMIT USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION (RIGHT TO LIMIT)

1. What is the right to limit?

You can direct businesses to only use your sensitive personal information (for example, your social security number, financial account information, your precise geolocation data, or your genetic data) for limited purposes, such as providing you with the services you requested.

The California Privacy Protection Agency is currently engaged in a formal rulemaking process and has proposed CCPA regulations pertaining to the right to limit, but these are not currently final or effective.

G. RIGHT TO NON-DISCRIMINATION

Businesses cannot deny goods or services, charge you a different price, or provide a different level or quality of goods or services just because you exercised your rights under the CCPA.

However, if you refuse to provide your personal information to a business or ask it to delete or stop selling your personal information, and that personal information or sale is necessary for the business to provide you with goods or services, the business may not be able to complete that transaction.

Businesses can also offer you promotions, discounts and other deals in exchange for collecting, keeping, or selling your personal information. But they can only do this if the financial incentive offered is reasonably related to the value of your personal information. If you ask a business to delete or stop selling your personal information, you may not be able to continue participating in the special deals they offer in exchange for personal information. If you are not sure how your request may affect your participation in a special offer, ask the business.

H. REQUIRED NOTICES

1. What is a notice at collection?

The CCPA requires businesses to give consumers certain information in a “notice at collection.” A notice at collection must list the categories of personal information businesses collect about consumers and the purposes for which they use the categories of information. If the business sells consumers’ personal information, then the notice at collection must include a Do Not Sell or Share link. The notice must also contain a link to the business’s privacy policy, where consumers can get a fuller description of the business’s privacy practices and of their privacy rights.

2. Where can I find a business’s notice at collection?
3. What is a privacy policy?
4. Where can I find a business’s privacy policy?

I. DATA BROKERS AND THE CCPA

1. What is a data broker?

Another California law, Civil Code section 1798.99.80, defines a data broker as “a business that knowingly collects and sells to third parties the personal information of a consumer with whom the business does not have a direct relationship.” This law exempts certain businesses that are regulated by other laws from this definition. Exempted businesses include consumer reporting agencies (commonly known as credit bureaus) and certain financial institutions and insurance companies.

Data brokers collect information about consumers from many sources including websites, other businesses, and public records. The data broker analyzes and packages the data for sale to other businesses.

2. How can I find data brokers that collect and sell my personal information?
3. How can I stop a data broker from selling my personal information?

How to Contact Us

We may be contacted with questions or concerns regarding our privacy policies by emailing privacy@kidder.com or by writing to us at 601 Union Street, Suite 2700, Seattle, Washington 98101, Attention: Kidder Mathews Privacy