In keeping with our goals and objectives, CALIFORNIA RESOURCE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION (collectively, “CRRA,” “we,” or “us”) recognizes that individual privacy is an important consideration in all facets of the Internet. We’ve developed this Privacy Notice to explain how and why we collect, use, share and otherwise process your personal information.

This Privacy Notice is not a contract and does not create any legal rights or obligations.

Our Services: When we use the term “Services”, we are referring to all the services that we offer on our own behalf, including our membership offerings, events, mailing lists, trainings, policy work and the websites that post or link to this Notice. This Privacy Notice does not cover or address personal information and privacy practices relating to job applicants, employees, and other personnel.

Article I. Information We Collect and Use

Personal Information: When we use the term “personal information” in this Privacy Notice, we mean information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, to you. It does not include aggregated or anonymized deidentified information that is maintained in a form that is not reasonably capable of being associated with or linked to you.

We collect personal information in a variety of different ways: 

1.01 Information you provide to us.

We process and collect the personal information you provide to us through the use of any platform that we are associated with. The personal information is collected at the time of creation, import, and/or upload of any data provided to us. We may collect and retain personal information such as your name, contact information, demographic information, membership information. We may collect information about various technologies when interacting with any online platform or through a third-party service provider, such as, web logs, cookies, scripts, analytics.

1.02 Information from third party sources.

We may obtain information about you from other users who think you may be interested in the Services, including our articles. We may collect your name and contact information, which we will use to reach out to you with information about our Services.

If you donate, we will receive confirmation about the transaction from the applicable payment processor. We will not receive any payment card information or account numbers. We may use this information to complete transactions, to provide receipt information to you, for record keeping purposes, to prevent fraud or to protect our rights or the rights of others.

Article II. How We Share and Disclose Personal Information

We may share your personal information in the following ways in order to improve, deliver, and maintain our services, send communications, monitor and analyze trends and usage, and personalize services to you:

• Within CRRA. CRRA employees, agents, entities, and contractors may disclose personal information to other CRRA entities for purposes and uses that are consistent with this Privacy Notice. 

• Service providers. We share personal information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as technology providers (including web platforms and hosting providers, email communications providers, analytics providers, our member database and data storage providers) and our payment providers for any donations you may make.

• Districts. If you choose to register for a local or regional district, we will share information about your registration with that chapter, including your name, contact information and member account information. For more information, please contact your district representatives.

• Regulatory or legal requirements, safety and terms enforcement. We may disclose personal information to governmental regulatory authorities as required by law, including for tax or accounting purposes, in response to their requests for such information or to assist in investigations. We may also disclose personal information to third parties in connection with claims, disputes, or litigation, when otherwise required by law, or if we determine its disclosure is necessary to protect the health and safety of you or any other person, to protect against fraud or credit risk, or to enforce our legal rights or contractual commitments that you have made.

• Business transfers. We may disclose personal information as part of an organizational business transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, joint venture, financing, or sale of organizational assets and may transfer personal information to a third-party as one of the business assets in such a transaction. We may also disclose personal information in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership.

• Publicly. At your direction, we may make your information publicly available, for example, if you post public comments on our sites or provide product testimonials.

U.S. Receipt. The CRRA has its headquarters in the United States. Information we collect about you will be processed in the United States. By using the CRRA’s services, you acknowledge that your personal information will be processed in the United States and, depending on the circumstances, that may involve a transfer of your information to the United States. CRRA may be subject to disclosure of this information as per a lawful government request. The CRRA provides safeguards by entering binding, standard data protection clauses where appropriate for the data subjects’ location. The CRRA also may enter into data processing agreements and model clauses with its suppliers whenever feasible and appropriate.

Article III. DATA PROTECTION

While no data transmission over the Internet or other network can be guaranteed to be 100% safe, we utilize best practices to maintain the security of all personal information we collect. Any unauthorized release of information will be reported to you as soon as possible.

Article IV. Online Privacy Choices

You have some choices regarding how we use your personal information, including the following:

• Modifying or deleting your information. If you have questions about reviewing, changing, or deleting your information, you can contact us directly at info@crra.com. If you are inquiring about information collected by one of our chapters, please contact the chapter for more information. We may not be able to change or delete your information in all circumstances.

• How to control your email communications preferences. You can stop receiving promotional email communications from us by clicking on the “unsubscribe link” provided in the email. You can always change your email preferences by contacting us directly at info@crra.com. You may not opt-out of Service-related communications (e.g., account verification, transactional communications, changes/updates to features of the website, technical and security notices).

Article V. Region Specific Compliance

For more information related to your rights and our obligations under your local region’s laws, please contact us directly at info@crra.com.

Article VI. Children’s Privacy

Our websites and online services are not directed to, and we do not intend to, or knowingly, collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not use our websites or online services or otherwise provide us with any personal information either directly or by other means. If a child under the age of 13 has provided personal information to us, we encourage the child’s parent or guardian to contact us to request that we remove the personal information from our systems. If we learn that any personal information we collect has been provided by a child under the age of 13, we will promptly delete that personal information.

Article VII.  Third Party Websites and Services

Our Services may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Except where we post, link to, or expressly adopt or refer to this Privacy Notice, this Privacy Notice does not apply to, nor are we responsible for, any personal information practices of third-party websites and online services or the practices of other third parties. To learn about the personal information practices of third parties, please visit their respective privacy notices.

Article VIII. Contact Us

Any user who wishes to request further information about our compliance with these requirements, or has questions or concerns about our privacy practices and policies, may contact us at [EMAIL] or by mail at:

813 HARBOR BLVD #185
WEST SACRAMENTO, CA 95691

Article IX. Changes to This Privacy Notice

We will update this Privacy Notice from time to time. When we make changes to this Privacy Notice, we will change the “Last Updated” date at the beginning of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we will notify you by email to your registered email address, by prominent posting on this website or our online services, or through other appropriate communication channels. All changes shall be effective from the date of publication unless otherwise provided.