Privacy Policy

At sdcmt.com, we deeply value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you visit our website. We adhere to the principles of transparency and control, ensuring you are informed about our practices and have the ability to manage your information. This policy is designed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), providing you with comprehensive rights regarding your data.

Information We Collect

We collect several types of information to improve your experience on sdcmt.com and to provide relevant content and services. This information includes:

Log Files

Like many websites, sdcmt.com utilizes log files. These files automatically record information about visitors, including internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features, and to analyze our traffic. Specifically, we may use cookies for:

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.
  • Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they receive error messages from web pages. This data helps us improve the performance of our website.
  • Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
  • Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver ads that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. However, blocking cookies may have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including sdcmt.com.

Web Beacons

We may also use web beacons (also known as clear GIFs, pixel tags, or web bugs) to help us understand how visitors interact with our website and email marketing campaigns. Web beacons are small electronic images that are placed on web pages or in emails. They can be used to track the number of users who have visited a particular page or opened an email, and to collect other statistical data.

DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on sdcmt.com. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to sdcmt.com and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Amazon Associates Program

sdcmt.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As part of this program, we may include affiliate links on our website. When you click on these links and make a purchase, we may earn a commission. Amazon uses cookies to track sales and attribute them to our website. This tracking is essential for us to receive credit for the purchases made through our affiliate links. By using our site, you consent to Amazon’s use of cookies for tracking purposes related to the Amazon Associates Program. Please refer to Amazon’s privacy policy for more information about their data collection practices.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of sdcmt.com.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on sdcmt.com, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that sdcmt.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

sdcmt.com’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You can find a comprehensive list of these Privacy Policies and their links here:

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, California consumers have the following rights:

  • The right to know: You have the right to request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources of the information, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
  • The right to delete: You have the right to request that we delete personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
  • The right to opt-out: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. sdcmt.com does not sell your personal information. However, if we were to engage in such activities in the future, we would provide a clear and conspicuous “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link on our website.
  • The right to non-discrimination: You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your CCPA rights.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [insert contact email address or form here]. We will respond to your request within 45 days.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We want to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [insert contact email address or form here].

Children’s Information

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. sdcmt.com does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.