Privacy policy

DCA ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.

Last Modified: September 26, 2021

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING OUR WEBSITE.

INTRODUCTION

DCA ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. and its affiliates (collectively, our “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with our Privacy Policy (this “Policy”).

This Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit https://www.dcaassetmanagementinc.com/ and all subdomains thereof (collectively, our “Website”) or otherwise access our services and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This Policy applies to information we collect:

On our Website and through any services or applications accessed through our Website;
In e-mail, text, and other electronic messages between you and our Website;
Through mobile and desktop applications you download from our Website, if any, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and our Website; and/or
When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services if those applications or advertising include links to this Policy.

It does not apply to information collected by:

Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by us or any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or
Any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on our Website.

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 not to use our Website. By accessing or using our Website, you agree to this Policy. This Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of our Website after we make changes to this Policy is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates.

CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on our Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or otherwise provide any information on our Website. If we learn that we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at info@dcaam.com.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND HOW WE COLLECT IT

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

By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);
About your business, including, without limitation, contact information and goods and services offered; and/or
About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

We collect this information:

Directly from you when you provide it to us;
Automatically as you navigate through our Website. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies; and/or
From third parties.

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. 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;
Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes;
Details of transactions and interactions you carry out through our Website; and/or
Your search queries on our Website.

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:

Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on our Website; and
Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

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). See Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information for information on how you can opt out of behavioral tracking on our Website and how we respond to web browser signals and other mechanisms that enable consumers to exercise choice about behavioral tracking.

The information we collect automatically is statistical data and may include personal information and 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:

Estimate our audience size and usage patterns;
Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website;
Speed up your searches; and
Recognize you when you return to our Website.

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

Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us to count users who have visited those pages or opened an e-mail and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
Google Analytics. We may also use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about use of our Website. Google Analytics collects information including how often you visit the Website and what pages you visit, and what other websites you used prior to coming to the Website. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve the Website and our services. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Website. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personal information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit the Website, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Website is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and Google’s Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to the Website by disabling cookies on your browser. We also may use other analytical tools from time to time.

DE-IDENTIFIED INFORMATION

If information is aggregated or de-identified so it is no longer contains personal information or can be reasonably associated with an identified or identifiable natural person, you expressly agree that we may collect and use it for any business purpose.

THIRD-PARTY USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on our Website may be 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.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

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

To present our Website, products, and services to you;
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us;
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;
To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it;
To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website, if any;
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and/or
For any other purpose with your consent.

We may also use your information to contact you about our own and other third-party goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please check the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.

We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences. Even though we do not disclose your personal information for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

To our subsidiaries and affiliates;
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business;
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about our Website users are among the assets transferred;
To third parties to market their products or services to you if you have not opted out of these disclosures. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information;
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it;
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; and/or
With your consent;

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;
To enforce or apply our then current terms of use and other agreements; and/or
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of our Company, our users/customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR 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:

Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
Disclosure of Your Information for Third-Party Advertising. If you do not want us to share your personal information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can opt-out by checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data. You can also always opt-out by unchecking the relevant boxes or by sending us an e-mail stating your request to info@dcaam.com.
Promotional Offers from the Company. If you do not wish to have your email address used by the Company to promote our own or third-party products or services, you can opt-out by checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data or at any other time by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes or by sending us an email stating your request to info@dcaam.com. If we have sent you a promotional e-mail, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future e-mail distributions.
Targeted Advertising. If you do not want us to use information that we collect or that you provide to us to deliver advertisements according to our advertisers’ target-audience preferences, you can opt-out by checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data. You can also opt-out by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes or by sending us an email stating your request to info@dcaam.com

We do not control third-party 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.

ACCESSING AND CORRECTING YOUR INFORMATION

You can review and change your personal information by e-mailing us at info@dcaam.com.

You may also send us an e-mail at info@dcaam.com 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.

YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

California 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 e-mail to info@dcaam.com.

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 using commercially reasonable means, but the safety and security of your information also depends on you.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we seek 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 our Website.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

It is our policy to post any changes we make to this Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will post the change and notify you by e-mail to the e-mail address you have specified, if applicable. The date this Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable e-mail address for you if you would like e-mail notifications and for periodically visiting our Website and this Policy to check for any changes.

CONTACT INFORMATION

To ask questions or comment about this Policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: info@dcaam.com.