Privacy Policy

Effective Date: November 1^st, 2021

Hack The DMV (“Hack The DMV”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) owns and operates this website and any associated websites and applications (collectively, the “Site”). This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) informs you (“you” or “your”) how we collect, use, and disclose information from those who visit or use the Site(s) on which it appears.‍

By using or accessing the Site in any manner, you acknowledge and agree to the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our privacy practices, please stop using our Sites.‍

Information We Collect
The information we collect varies depending on the type of activity you are performing and helps us provide you the products and services you request, to personalize your use of our site and to improve your experience.  ‍

Information You Provide Us
We may collect the following Personal Information from or about you when you provide it to us in using our Site or services and/or in creating a user profile at Hack The DMV (“Account”):

• Name
• Pronouns
• Gender
• Email address
• Location (city, state, country)
• Other information you provide us

When you participate in our Discussion Forums, we collect the information you post. Note that this is a public forum and the information and content that you post is visible to other users of the Forum. Accordingly, do not post personal information in the Discussion Forum.‍

Other Information We Collect
In addition to the information outlined above, we may automatically collect or receive additional information relating to your use of the Site (collectively, “Other Information”). We have a legitimate interest in using such information to assist in systems administration, information security and abuse prevention, to track user trends, and to analyze the effectiveness of our Site and services. Below are examples of Other Information we collect automatically.‍

Log Files
Log files refers to the information that is automatically sent by your web browser or device (or otherwise automatically collected) each time you view or interact with our Site. The information inside the log files may include IP addresses, type of browser, internet service provider, date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, clicked pages, and any other information your browser may send to us.‍

Device and Online Usage Information
We may collect information about your mobile phone, computer, browser, mobile or other device that you use to access our Site. We may use cookies, pixels, log files and other techniques to collect such information, including IP address, device identifiers and other unique identifiers, browser type, browser language, operating system name and version, device name and model, version, referring and exit pages, dates and times of Service access, links clicked, features used, crash reports and session identification information.‍

Cookies

How We Use Cookies
We may use cookies to make interactions with our Site easy and meaningful. When you visit our Site, our servers may send a cookie to your computer. We may use cookies that are session-based or persistent. Session cookies exist only during one session. They disappear from your computer when you close your browser software or turn off your computer. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your browser or turn off your computer. We use cookies that enable you to navigate our Site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of our Site. Because required cookies are essential to operate our Site, there is no option to opt out of these cookies. We use cookies to provide features and services such as:

• Remembering your preferences and allowing you to enter your information less frequently;
• Presenting information that’s targeted to your location.  This may include our content presented on our website, or links to third party websites, affiliated partners, and advertisers;
• Measuring the effectiveness of our sites, services, content, and advertising;
• Providing other services and features that are only available through the use of cookies;

‍How to Manage Cookies
The Options/Settings section of most internet browsers will tell you how to manage cookies and other technologies that may be transferred to your device, including how to disable such technologies. You can disable our cookies or all cookies through your browser settings, but please note that disabling cookies may impact some of our Site features and prevent the Site from operating properly.

‍Web Beacons and Similar Tracking Technologies
When you visit our Site, we may collect your IP address for certain purposes such as, for example, to monitor the regions from which you navigate our Site. We have a “Use My Location“ feature to help prioritize content based on the user’s location. We may also use web beacons alone or in conjunction with cookies to compile information about your usage of our Site and interaction with emails from us. Web beacons are clear electronic images that can recognize certain types of information on your computer, such as cookies, when you viewed a particular site tied to the web beacon. We may use web beacons to operate and improve our Site.

‍How We Use Your Information
We use the information you provide or we collect in various ways to provide our Site and services or operate our business. More specifically, we use your information to:

• Enable you to engage with our Sites and services and to access an Account;
• Recognize you when you return to our Site and to streamline access;
• Provide, analyze, administer, improve, and personalize the Site, our products, or services;
• Provide you with our Site, and access to content relevant to your location and expressed interest, and any information relating thereto;
• Allow you to access directories, lists, reviews and other information of 3^rd party service providers in your area:
• Communicate with you in response to any postings that you may have made in our discussion forums;
• Send you updates, promotional materials, or information we believe to be of interest to you and relevant to your geographic location;
• Contact you to fill out surveys, obtain feedback, or participate in other types of market research;
• We use a WordPress plug in ‘Nextend Social Login’ or similar third party applications to implement login and registration via Google and Facebook.
• Allow you to communicate with other users on our Site in our public forums;
• Protect our rights or our property and to ensure the technical functionality and security of the Site and service;
• Comply with applicable law, assist law enforcement, and to respond to regulatory or other legal inquiries;
• Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it or consent.

We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences, or affiliate partners or other service providers who may be of interest to you. 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 or affiliate partner, the advertiser or partner may assume that you meet its target criteria.

How We Share Your Information

In operating our business and providing our services, we may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

• To our group companies, subsidiaries and affiliates.
• To the extent you post public comments in our Discussion Forums – We may share, display and/or disclose your user name, the location you provide to us (city/county/state), and any information you choose to post in the Forum with those in the Forum and any others who have access to the Forum;
• To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them;
• 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 Hack The DMV’s 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 is among the assets transferred;
• To third parties to market their products or services to you only if you have consented to, or expressed interest in receiving information from the third party;
• To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you give us a text address to use the “Share with a Friend” feature of our Website, we will transmit the link to the relevant content and your user name or other identification to the recipients;
• For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information;
• 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.
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Hack The DMV, our customers, or others.
• If we believe disclosure is necessary to protect the emotional or physical safety of any users on our site.‍

Sale Of Personal Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information to any third parties or other organizations. 

Aggregated or Deidentified Information
To better serve our users, business partners, to improve our, course, Site, and services, and for other purposes, we may conduct research on user demographics, interests and behavior or engage in other activities based on personal information that we aggregate or de-identify. Aggregated or de-identified information is not considered personal information and does not identify an individual personally. We may use and share this aggregated or de-identified information with third parties and/or in any manner that is not prohibited by applicable law.‍

Browser Do Not Track  
Our Site does not support Do Not Track (DNT) at this time. DNT is a privacy preference you can set in your web browser to indicate that you do not want certain information about your web page visits tracked and collected across websites. For more details, including how to turn on Do Not Track, visit www.donottrack.us.‍

How We Use Analytics Services, Including Google Analytics 
We may use certain third-party analytics services to improve the functionality, features, or delivery of our services. We may also use these analytics services to record mouse clicks, mouse movements, scrolling activity, as well as any text that you type into our services. For example, we use Google Analytics on our services to track user trends and usage. For more information on Google Analytics’ processing of your information as it relates to our service, please see http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. By using a browser plugin provided by Google, you can opt out of Google Analytics.‍

Links to Other Websites
Our Site contains links to third-party websites, marketing affiliates of Company or other commercial parties as a convenience to you. The inclusion of any link does not imply our endorsement of any other company, its site(s), or its product(s) and/or service(s).  We do not take responsibility for the accuracy or recency of information on third-party websites or other content portals that we link to.  We do not control these third-party websites, and Hack The DMV does not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices and/or procedures of other such websites. Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to be aware when they leave our website and to review the privacy statements of those websites. This Privacy Policy applies only and to the information collected by our Site.

Google AdSense or Alternate Ad Exchange Platforms

Our Site provides access to third-party ad exchange platforms such as Google AdSense which will serve digital ads on our website with potential links to other third-party vendors. 

Google uses cookies to help serve the ads it displays on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying Google ads or participating in Google certified ad networks. When users visit a Google partner’s website, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser.Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites.

• Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, users may opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)

Social Media Features:

Our Site includes links to social media features, such as links to our Instagram pages. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting while using our services, and any Instagram cookies on your device (including your Instagram ID). These services may set cookies to enable the feature to function properly. Please note that the social media services may collect this information even if you are not logged in to the relevant social media account when you are using the services. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

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Access and Control of Your Information
We enable you to have control over the accuracy of your personal information.   You can access, review, and edit most of your personal information by logging into your Account. You can also access your personal information by emailing us at admin@hackthedmv.com.  To protect your privacy, before we give you access or let you update your information, we may ask you to verify your identity or provide additional information.

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Children Under 13 Years Old
Hack The DMV Site(s) and applications are not directed toward or intended to be used by children under 13 years old. If we determine that we have collected personal information from a person under 13 years old, we will delete that information.

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Security
We take the protection of your information seriously and take reasonable and appropriate physical, administrative, and technical measures to protect the information collected through our Sites and services. While we implement commercially reasonable security measures to protect your privacy, please keep in mind that the Internet is not a 100% secure medium for communication, and we cannot guarantee that the information collected about you will always remain private when using our Site and/or services. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.

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Changes to this Privacy Policy
As applicable laws and our organization changes over time, this Privacy Policy may change as well. We reserve the right to amend the Privacy Policy at any time, for any reason, without notice to you, other than the posting of the amended Privacy Policy on our Sites. We will provide you notice of material changes by indicating that the Privacy Policy has been updated on our homepage and will indicate the date we made the update above. Your continued use of any of the Sites and/or services after the changes have been made will constitute your acceptance of the changes. Please, therefore, make sure you read any such notice carefully. If you do not agree with any updates to the Privacy Policy, please discontinue using the Sites and/or services.

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How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Privacy Policy related to our Site, please feel free to contact us at the below. Please note that email communications may not be secure. Accordingly, you should not include personal or other sensitive information in your email correspondence to us.

Hack The DMV Inc.
35 Miller Ave.

Suite 110
Mill Valley, CA  94941
admin@hackthedmv.com

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California Consumer Privacy Notice (CCPA)

This privacy notice is intended for consumers residing in the state of California.

Effective Date: November 1, 2021‍

Hack The DMV (“Hack The DMV”), “we,” “us,” or “our”) provides this Privacy Notice for California Consumers (the “CCPA Privacy Notice”) to supplement the information contained in the Hack The DMV Privacy Policy.  This CCPA Privacy Notice sets forth our privacy practices in accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) to the extent it applies to Hack The DMV.‍

The CCPA Privacy Notice applies only to individuals residing in the State of California who are considered Consumers under the CCPA and from whom we collect “Personal Information” as described in the CCPA (“Consumers”).      ‍

Information We Collect

We may collect Personal Information from you in a variety of different situations, including, but not limited to on our website, your mobile device, through email, and/or over the telephone.  More specifically, Hack The DMV may collect the following categories of Personal Information from its Consumers, which will depend on the particular Business Purpose (described in How We Use Personal Information below) for which we collect it:‍

Category

Examples of Personal Information We May Collect

1. Identifiers.

A real name, alias, city/county/state, gender, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, and email address.

1798. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).
1799. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.

Sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression).  This is optional to you.

1. Commercial information.
   None.

1. Biometric information.
   None.

1. Internet or other similar network activity.
   Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.

1. Geolocation data.
   Physical location..

1. Sensory data.
   None.

1. Professional or employment-related information.
   None.

1. Education information, as defined by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
   None.

1. Inferences drawn from other personal information.
   Profile reflecting a person’s preferences.

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Personal information does not include deidentified or aggregated consumer information.

Hack The DMV obtains the categories of Personal Information listed above from the following categories of sources:

• Directly from you. For example, from forms you complete or services with which you engage.
• Indirectly from you. For example, from observing your actions on our website or from information your computer or mobile device transmits when interacting with our website or mobile applications, among other things.

‍How We Use Personal Information

We may use, or disclose the Personal Information we collect from you or about you to do one or more of the following:

• Enable you to engage with our Sites and services and to access an Account;
• Recognize you when you return to our Site and to streamline access;
• Provide, analyze, administer, improve, and personalize the Site, our products, or services;
• Provide you with our Site, and access to content relevant to your location and expressed interest, and any information relating thereto;
• Allow you to access directories, lists, reviews and other information of 3^rd party service providers in your area:
• Communicate with you in response to any postings that you may have made in our discussion forums;
• Send you updates, promotional materials, or information we believe to be of interest to you and relevant to your geographic location;
• Contact you to fill out surveys, obtain feedback, or participate in other types of market research;
• Allow you to communicate with other users on our Site in our public forums;
• Protect our rights or our property and to ensure the technical functionality and security of the Site and service;
• Comply with applicable law, assist law enforcement, and to respond to regulatory or other legal inquiries;
• Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it or consent.

How We Share Personal Information

Hack The DMV may disclose your Personal Information to a third party for a business purpose, including to our service providers.

We share your personal information with the following categories of third parties:

• Third parties with whom you direct us to share your personal information

Disclosures of Personal Information for a Business Purpose

In the preceding twelve (12) months, Hack The DMV has not shared Personal Information.

Sales of Personal Information

In the preceding twelve (12) months, Hack The DMV has not sold Personal Information.‍

Your Consumer Rights and Choices

The CCPA provides Consumers with specific rights regarding their Personal Information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.‍

Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights

You have the right to request that Hack The DMV disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your Personal Information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights), we will disclose to you:

• The categories of Personal Information we collected about you.
• The categories of sources for the Personal Information we collected about you.
• Our business or commercial purpose for collecting that Personal Information.
• The categories of third parties with whom we share that Personal Information.
• The specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you.
• If we disclosed your Personal Information for a business purpose, a list identifying the Personal Information categories that each category of recipient obtained.‍ 

Deletion Request Rights

You have the right to request that Hack The DMV delete any of your Personal Information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights), we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete your Personal Information from our records, unless an exception applies.

In accordance with the CCPA, we may deny your deletion request under certain circumstances, and will inform you of the basis for the denial, which may include, but is not limited to, if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to:

• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
• Comply with a legal obligation.
• Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.‍

Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights

To exercise the access, data portability, and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by either:

• Emailing us at admin@hackthedmv.com
• Mailing us at Hack The DMV Inc., 35 Miller Ave., Suite 110, Mill Valley, CA 94941.

Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Personal Information. You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request must:

• Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information or an authorized representative.
• Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with Personal Information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the Personal Information relates to you.

Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We will only use Personal Information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.‍

Response Timing and Format

We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to an additional 45 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.  We will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.

Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable consumer request’s receipt. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable.  If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.‍

Other California Privacy Rights

California’s “Shine the Light” law (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. We do not disclose your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes unless at your expressed request.‍

Changes to Our CCPA Privacy Notice

Hack The DMV reserves the right to amend this privacy notice at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this privacy notice, we will post the updated notice on our Site and update the notice’s Effective Date above. Your continued use of our Site or interaction with us through other methods following the posting of changes and/or our directing you to the updated CCPA Privacy Notice constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

 Contact Information

‍If you have any questions or comments about this notice, the ways in which Hack The DMV collects and uses your information described above and in the Privacy Policy, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under California law, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

Hack The DMV, Inc.
35 Miller Ave., Suite 110
Mill Valley, CA 94941