Privacy Policy for California Residents

Introduction

This Privacy Policy for California Residents supplements the information contained in Almedia's Privacy Policy and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California ("consumers" or "you"). We adopt this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this Policy.

Information We Collect

Our Website collects information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer, household, or device ("personal information"). Personal information does not include:

• Publicly available information from government records.
• Deidentified or aggregated consumer information.

In particular, our Website has collected the following categories of personal information from consumers within the last twelve (12) months:

Our Website obtains the categories of personal information listed above from the following sources:

• Directly from you: e.g., forms you complete to register or participate in surveys.
• Indirectly from you: e.g., observing your actions on our Website.
• Third parties: e.g., additional profiling information.

Use of Personal Information

We may use, sell, or disclose the personal information we collect for one or more of the following purposes:

• To fulfill the reason you provided it (e.g., respond to account inquiries or redemption of rewards).
• To provide, support, personalize, and develop our Website, products, and services.
• To create, maintain, customize, and secure your account.
• To process requests, offers, transactions, payments, and prevent fraud.
• To provide customer support and improve our responses.
• To personalize your experience and deliver relevant content or targeted offers (with consent where required).
• To maintain safety, security, and integrity of our systems and business.
• For testing, research, analysis, and product development.
• To comply with law enforcement requests or legal requirements.
• As otherwise described when collecting your information or set forth in the CCPA.
• For conducting surveys.
• To evaluate or conduct mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, or asset transfers.

We will not collect additional categories or use your information for materially different purposes without notice.

Sharing Personal Information

We may disclose your information to third parties for business purposes under written contracts that require confidentiality and limit use to performance of the contract. We may also sell personal information, subject to your opt-out rights. In the past 12 months, we have:

The CCPA prohibits resale of personal information without explicit notice and opt-out. You consent to certain businesses purchasing your information; you may opt out here.

Your Rights and Choices

Right to Know and Data Portability

You may request disclosure of:

• The categories of personal information collected about you.
• The sources of that information.
• Our business or commercial purposes for collection or sale.
• The categories of third parties with whom we share it.
• Separate lists of sales and business-purpose disclosures by category of personal information.
• The specific pieces of personal information collected (data portability request).

Right to Delete

You may request deletion of your personal information, subject to exceptions such as:

• Completing transactions or maintaining account credits.
• Detecting security incidents or fraud prevention.
• Debugging products.
• Exercising free speech rights.
• Complying with legal obligations.
• Research in public interest with consent.
• Internal uses aligned with consumer expectations.

We will deidentify or delete data not subject to an exception and direct service providers to do the same. We do not provide deletion rights for B2B information.

Exercising Your Rights to Know or Delete

To submit a request, please:

• Email: [email protected]
• Visit: https://freecash.com

Requests must verify your identity and describe your request in detail. You may submit up to two "know" requests in a 12-month period. We will only use data provided to verify your request.

Response Timing and Format

We will acknowledge your request within ten (10) business days and respond substantively within forty-five (45) days. If more time is needed, we will notify you. Responses will cover the 12-month period prior to your request. We do not charge a fee unless a request is excessive or unfounded.

Personal Information Sales Opt-Out and Opt-In Rights

If you are 16 or older, you have the right to opt out of personal information sales at any time. We do not sell information of known minors under 16. To opt out, email [email protected]. Once opted out, you won't be asked again for at least 12 months; you may opt back in at any time.

Non-Discrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights. We may charge different rates or offer different quality of service only if reasonably related to the value of your data.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this policy at our discretion. We will post updates and the effective date on our Website. Continued use of the Website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Information

If you have questions or wish to exercise your California privacy rights, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected]
Almedia GmbH
Potsdamer Str. 125
10783 Berlin, Germany