We value your privacy and respect your choices. We have updated our Privacy Policy to provide more specifics about the categories of personal information we collect, how long we retain personal information, and our marketing practices. If you want to update your preferences, please click the “cookie preferences” link at the bottom of our website.
Effective Date: July 1, 2023
This Privacy Policy describes our policies on the collection, use, and disclosure of information about you in connection with your use of our services. This policy applies to our websites, microsites, and mobile versions of these websites, which include but are not limited to issaonline.com that expressly adopt and display or link to the policies as may be revised from time to time, and that are owned, operated, or controlled by ISSA, LLC, a Missouri limited liability company, its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (collectively, “ISSA'' or the "Company"). “App” refers to our mobile application that we make available for download on your personal device. “Social Media Pages” are the official social media pages we operate on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, and other social media platforms. If you have any questions about anything in this Privacy Policy, please email us at privacypolicy@issaonline.com.
We collect different types of information about our customers and Website visitors. In the past 12 months we may have collected:
We may collect the information described above directly from you, from third parties we partner with, or through cookies or other automated means. These sources may include:
Cookies: We use cookies, web beacons, tags, scripts, pixels, and other similar technologies to automatically collect information when you visit our Website. We also contract with third party advertising or analytics companies to serve you online ads on other websites. These companies use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about your interactions with our Website and interactions with other websites. These advertising companies may use and share the information gathered to deliver ads more tailored to your interests. Any information collected by us or by third parties through the use of cookies or similar technologies may be linked with other information we collect about you. For a more thorough explanation of what cookies are and how they operate, please visit aboutcookies.org or allaboutcookies.org.
We may use the information we collect for the following business purposes:
We will only use the information you provide through our SMS marketing program to transmit your mobile messages and respond to you, if necessary. This includes but is not limited to sharing information with platform providers, phone companies (carriers), and other vendors who assist us in the delivery of mobile messages. We use this information to send you text notifications, text marketing offers, and transactional texts. Opt-in data and consent for text messaging will not be shared with any third parties except for messaging partners for the purpose of enabling and operating our text message program.
Our website uses cookies to keep track of items you put in your shopping cart, including when you have abandoned your checkout. This information is used to determine when to send cart reminder messages via SMS.
We do not sell, rent, loan, trade, lease, or otherwise transfer for profit any phone numbers or customer information collected through the SMS marketing program to any third party.
We reserve the right to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation, or governmental request, to avoid liability, or to protect our rights or property. When you complete forms online or otherwise provide us with information in connection with the SMS marketing program, you agree to provide accurate, complete, and true information. You agree not to use a false or misleading name or a name that you are not authorized to use. If we believe that any such information is untrue, inaccurate, or incomplete, or you have opted into the SMS program for an ulterior purpose, we may refuse you access to the program and pursue any appropriate legal remedies.
We may share personal information with third parties for certain purposes. For example, we share personal information with:
The above excludes text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
If you are a California resident, you can learn more about your privacy rights below in the California Privacy Rights section or on our Do Not Sell My Personal Information page.
You can control the information we collect and use in the following ways:
Our Website, App, and Social Media pages are intended for adults. No one under the age of 16 should share any personal information with us, including by creating an account or making a purchase from our Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information of children under the age of 16. To request the deletion of personal information relating to a child under the age of 16, please complete this form.
You can close your account by contacting us. We will remove certain public posts from view and/or dissociate them from your account profile, but we may retain information about you for the purposes authorized under this Privacy Policy unless prohibited by law. For example, we may retain information to prevent, investigate, or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Website or to comply with legal obligations.
We take steps to help protect the confidentiality and security of your personal information. Although we use measures to protect your personal information, in general, information transmitted through the Internet may not be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the security of information provided over the Internet. Your transmissions are, therefore, at your own risk. You can protect your information by selecting strong, unique passwords for the Website and any associated email addresses. If you have concerns about the security of your account, or wish to alert us of any potential vulnerabilities, please contact us at privacypolicy@issaonline.com.
We recommend that you use the latest web browser versions to optimize your experience. Older web browser versions may not be able to access or utilize all pages on our Website as intended. We may not be able to receive or honor web browser “Do Not Track” signals and our Website may continue to collect information in the manner described within this Privacy Policy.
This privacy policy constitutes an integrated part of ISSA’s Terms & Conditions.
We reserve the right to modify, alter or otherwise update this Privacy Policy at any time, so we encourage you to review this policy from time to time. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective at the time they are posted and your continued use of our Website after posting will constitute acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, those changes. If we make any material changes to our privacy practices, we will update this Privacy Policy and change the effective date at the top of this page.
Please send your privacy-related questions, comments, and concerns to us via email at privacypolicy@issaonline.com or by calling us at (805) 301-6034.
Some regions provide additional rights by law:
If your Personal Information is subject to these regional laws, you may have certain privacy rights with regard to that information. Please view these rights in each regional section below.
If you wish to exercise your right to access your Personal Information, to opt out of the sale of your Personal Information, or to request deletion of your Personal Information, please submit your request through this webform or call (805) 301-6034. Please help us by providing your full name, email, and home address, and clearly indicate which right you wish to exercise. The information collected through this process will be used only for responding to your request.
We are required to provide you with access to your Personal Information or delete your Personal Information only in response to a verifiable consumer request. We will compare the information you provide to us to any information we may have in our possession in order to verify your request. We may also contact you to request additional information in relation to your request. The information you provide must match the information we have in our possession. This measure is in place to help ensure that Personal Information is not disclosed to any person who does not have the right to receive it. The information collected through this process will be used for verification purposes only.
For more information on your right to opt-out of the sale of your Personal Information, please visit our Do Not Sell My Personal Information page.
Please note that you may authorize an agent to exercise any of these rights on your behalf. If you use an agent, we will take measures to verify your agent’s authorization similar to the verification described above for fulfilling any access or deletion requests. We may require more information to ensure proper verification of your agent’s identity and authorization.
In the previous 12 months, ISSA may have sold (as defined under the CPRA) the following categories of Personal Information: device information, location information, website and app interactions, transactional data, social media usage, submitted content, and profile information. ISSA frequently works with the following categories of third parties: Marketing Providers and Content Partners.
You may request to opt-out from future sharing or selling of your personal information to third parties. If you would like to exercise your rights, please visit our data rights portal.
We share personal information about you with service providers and third parties for business purposes, such as operational purposes and other purposes related to providing you with the products and services you seek from us. For more information about the business purposes for which we disclose personal information, please see HOW INFORMATION IS SHARED WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THIRD PARTIES AND FOR WHAT PURPOSES, above, and please see INFORMATION WE COLLECT, above, for what types of information may be shared.
To make this request, please complete this webform.
As a resident of California, you have rights under the California Privacy Rights Act, California Civil Code § et seq., (with any implementing regulations and as may be amended from time to time, “CPRA”) relevant to your Personal Information (as defined under the CPRA), as well as other laws. The rights described herein are subject to exemptions under the CPRA and other limitations under applicable law.
California Consumer Rights Under the CPRA: If your Personal Information is subject to the CPRA, you may have certain privacy rights with regard to that information. You may have the right to:
California residents also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of any of the privacy rights conferred by the CRPA, as described in this section. We will not discriminate against you because you have exercised any of your rights under the CRPA.
California residents may also ask us to provide them with (i) a list of certain categories of personal information that we have disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the immediately preceding calendar year, and (ii) the identity of those third parties. California residents may make one request per calendar year.
Employees and Contractors: If you are an employee or contractor of ISSA, please contact the People Operations team for our privacy policy for employees and contractors. This Privacy Policy is separate from our internal privacy policy for employees and contractors.
Job Applicants: In connection with a job application or inquiry, you may provide us with data about yourself, including your educational background or résumé and other information, including your ethnicity where required or permitted by law. We may share this information with our parent corporations and their affiliates for the purpose of employment consideration. We may keep the information for future consideration unless you direct us not to do so.
As a resident of Colorado, you have rights under the Colorado Protection Act (CPA) (with any implementing regulations and as may be amended from time to time, “CPA”) relevant to your Personal Information (as defined under the CPA), as well as other laws. The rights described herein are subject to exemptions under the CPA and other limitations under applicable law.
Colorado Protection Act (CPA): If your Personal Information is subject to the CPA, you may have certain privacy rights with regard to that information. You may have the right to:
Colorado residents also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of any of the privacy rights conferred by the CPA, as described in this section. We will not discriminate against you because you have exercised any of your rights under the CPA.
As a resident of Connecticut, you have rights under the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) (with any implementing regulations and as may be amended from time to time, “CTDPA”) relevant to your Personal Information (as defined under the CTDPA), as well as other laws. The rights described herein are subject to exemptions under the CTDPA and other limitations under applicable law.
Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA): If your Personal Information is subject to the CPA, you may have certain privacy rights with regard to that information. You may have the right to:
Connecticut residents also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of any of the privacy rights conferred by the CTDPA, as described in this section. We will not discriminate against you because you have exercised any of your rights under the CTDPA.
As a resident of Virginia, you have rights under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (with any implementing regulations and as may be amended from time to time, “VCDPA”) relevant to your Personal Information (as defined under the VCDPA), as well as other laws. The rights described herein are subject to exemptions under the VCDPA and other limitations under applicable law.
Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA): If your Personal Information is subject to the VCDPA, you may have certain privacy rights with regard to that information. You may have the right to:
Virginia residents also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of any of the privacy rights conferred by the VCDPA, as described in this section. We will not discriminate against you because you have exercised any of your rights under the VCDPA.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union regulation which protects the rights of data subjects in the European Economic Area (EEA), with respect to the processing of their “personal data,” as such term is defined in the GDPR.
The Websites are designed to meet the principles of the GDPR. Here are some of the actions we have taken to ensure our compliance with GDPR:
Please see the ISSA Privacy Policy, which describes the categories of information we process, the purposes for which we process personal data, and how we collect that personal data.
We will keep personal information provided by customers for up to three months after the end of our business relationship and subject to our Terms and Conditions.
If you contact us directly using the contact information provided on the Websites, we will retain your contact information for a period of up to three months after we respond to your inquiry. After that, the communications will be deleted from our system, unless we are required by law to retain it longer.
Our Website, App, and Social Media pages are intended for adults. No one under the age of 16 should share any personal information with us, including by creating an account or making a purchase from our Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information of children under the age of 16. To request the deletion of personal information relating to a child under the age of 16, please complete this form.
If you are a user of the Websites located in the EEA, we rely on legitimate interest as the legal basis for processing the personal data we collect via the website and platform.
ISSA is both Controller and Processor of personal data covered by the Privacy Policy for purposes of European data protection legislation.
In connection with the operation of our website, ISSA may engage third parties (each a “Subprocessor”) to process your personal data. As a condition of permitting a Subprocessor to process your personal data, ISSA will enter into a written agreement with each Subprocessor containing data protection obligations at least as protective as the technical and organizational measures ISSA has put into place to protect your personal data from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, or unauthorized disclosure or access.
We use the following Subprocessors to operate our website and provide our services:
| Name | Subprocessing Activity | Country of Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | Cloud Service Provider | United States and Ireland |
| Five9 | Customer Support | United States |
| HubSpot, Inc. | Content Management System | United States |
| InsyncAI | AI Chatbot | United States |
| Google, LLC | Collaboration, Productivity, and Cloud Services | United States and Ireland |
| Ontraport | Content Management System | United States |
| Slack Technologies, Inc. | Collaboration Tool | United States |
| Stripe, Inc. | Payment Processing Gateway | United States |
If you are located within the EEA when you visit the Website, we may transfer your personal data outside of the EEA. When we do, we will ensure that an adequate level of protection is provided for the information by using industry-standard encryption at rest and in transit.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or its implementation, you may contact us here or you can send correspondence to the following address:
ISSA
Attn: Privacy Compliance
2942 N 24th Street, Ste 115
PMB 28058
Phoenix, AZ 85016-7849
If you are a resident of the European Union, you have certain data protection rights under the GDPR. ISSA will take reasonable steps to allow you to access, review, update, rectify, or delete any personal data we hold about you.
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
If you wish to exercise one of these rights, please contact us by using the contact details below. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to these requests.
You may opt-out of receiving marketing communications at any time by unsubscribing from email marketing by opting-out of any emails we may send to you.
If you have any questions about this GDPR Statement, you may contact us online, or you can send correspondence to the following addresses:
ISSA, LLC
Attn: Privacy Compliance
2942 N 24th Street, Ste 115
PMB 28058
Phoenix, AZ 85016-7849
Osano International Compliance Services Limited
ATTN: LHNP
ISSA, LLC
3 Dublin Landings
North Wall Quay
Dublin 1
D01C4EO
Osano UK Compliance Services LTD
ATTN: LHNP
ISSA, LLC
42-46 Fountain Street
Belfast
Antrim
BT1-5EF
If contacting us does not provide you with an adequate resolution and your inquiry is related to information collected about you in the European Union/European Economic Area, please contact the applicable EU Data Protection Authority.
Please visit this page periodically to stay aware of any changes to this GDPR Statement, which we may update from time to time. If we modify this GDPR Statement, we will make the revised overview available at the URL of this page and indicate the date of the latest revision.
This section provides additional information required by Federal Law No. 13,709/2018 - General Data Protection Law of Brazil ("LGPD"). These provisions apply to residents of Brazil when the LGPD applies and supplement ISSA’s Privacy Policy and GDPR statement.
When ISSA acts as data controller with respect to collecting and processing personal data under LGPD, you may have the right to make the following requests:
If you are located in Brazil, when you visit the ISSA website or platform, we may transfer your personal data outside of Brazil. When we do, we will ensure that an adequate level of protection is provided for the transfer.