Privacy Notice
Last modified: August 16, 2023
1. Introduction
UNITE-LA (collectively the “Organization” or “we” or “us”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy.
This Privacy Notice (our “Privacy Notice”) describes the types of information we may collect, use, maintain, protect, disclose, or otherwise process about you when you visit the website www.cleantechacademy.org (our “Website”) or apply to the LA Regional Cleantech Career Academy (the “Academy”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, disclosing, or otherwise processing that information.
This Privacy Notice applies to information we collect:
on our Website;
when you apply to or attend the Academy, and when you participate in its curriculum;
in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and our Website.
It does not apply to information collected by:
except for any information provided to us, any information collected and used by Guided Compass themselves, who operates our application portal; and
us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by the Organization or any third-party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries);
Please read this Privacy Notice carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website or apply or participate in the Academy. By accessing or using this Website or by applying or participating in the Academy, you agree to this Privacy Notice. This Privacy Notice may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Notice). Your continued use of this Website or by applying or participating in the Academy after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Notice periodically for updates.
2. Children Under the Age of 16
Our Website and the Academy are not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any information to the Website or apply to the Academy. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not apply to the Academy, or provide any information about yourself to us on the Website, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Data from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information directly from a child under 16, please contact us through the contact information below.
3. Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
Throughout this Privacy Notice, the term “Personal Data” means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual or device. However, Personal Data does not include any deidentified or aggregated information.
Generally
We collect Personal Data from various sources, including:
directly from you when you provide it to us, either on the Website, or when you apply to or participate in the Academy or any of its programs;
automatically as you navigate through the Website or participate in the Academy;
information that we create about you as you use our Website or participate in the Academy; and
From third parties, for example, our business partners.
Information You Provide to Us
We collect the following types of Personal Data directly from you when you access or use our Website or apply to or participate in the Academy: real name, postal address, unique personal identifier, email address, telephone number, account name, age, birthdate, citizenship, employment information such as job title, employer name, employment history, training history, and educational information such as grades, transcriptions. In addition, we also collect other types of information that you may provide when you fill out a form or through your correspondence with us.
The Personal Data we collect on or through our Website or when you participate in the Academy through:
information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of contacting us, requesting further information, or apply to jobs or internships from our website. We may also ask you for information when you contact us and when you report a problem with our Website;
records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us;
your application to the Academy;
assignments and other activities when you participate in the Academy, including when apply for an internship, job placement, or scholarship; and
your search queries on the Website.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with our Website or participate in the online activities for the Academy, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain Personal Data about your interaction with our Website and participation in the Academy, including information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns:
details of your visits to our Website. This includes: browsing history, search history, traffic data, location data, logs, date and time of your visit to our Website and participation in the Academy, communication data and the resources that you access, use, or otherwise interact with on the Website or participate in the Academy;
Information about your computer and internet connection, i.e., your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
The information we collect automatically may include Personal Data or we may maintain it or associate it with Personal Data we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and the Academy and to deliver a better and more personalized service by enabling us to:
estimate our audience size and usage patterns;
store information about your preferences;
customize our Website and the Academy according to your individual interests;
speed up your searches; and
recognize you when you return to our Website or the Academy.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. Our Website may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website or participate online in the Academy. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, if you do not consent to our use of cookies or select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website or the Academy, or certain parts may not function correctly. You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.
Session Cookies. Our use of cookies also includes “session cookies.” Each time you access the Website, a session cookie containing an encrypted, unique identifier is placed on your browser. These session cookies allow us to uniquely identify you when you use the Website or participate in the Academy and track which pages of the Website and activities of the Academy you access. Session cookies are required to use the Website and the Academy.
Third-Party Use of Cookies
Some content or applications and other functions on the Website or the Academy are served by third-parties, including content providers, analytics providers, social media companies, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies to collect information about you when you use our Website or participate in the Academy. The information they collect may be associated with your Personal Data or they may collect information, including Personal Data, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services.
We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
Information We Create About You
We may also create certain information about you. When we associate this information with other Personal Data about you, we consider this information to be Personal Data. This information includes: the results of your participation in the Academy, such as records of participation, your final project, mock interviews, internship interviews, and scholarships granted (if any).
Information We Collect from Third Parties
We may collect Personal Data from third parties, such as Guided Compass, who operates our Academy application process. When we associate this information with other Personal Data about you, we consider this information to be Personal Data. This information includes: real name, current home postal address, unique personal identifier, email address, telephone number, account name, drivers’ license or other state-issued ID number, employer name, employment history, age, birthdate, color, citizenship, gender, gender identity, gender expression, educational information including educational history, grades, transcripts, and other background check information.
4. We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any Personal Data:
to provide and personalize our Website and its content to you;
to consider your application to the Academy and, if accepted, to allow you to participate in the Academy;
to process your requests and prevent fraud;
to provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our responses;
to help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Website and the Academy, and of our databases and other technology assets, and business;
detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity;
debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality on the Website or the online portion of the Academy;
to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;
to notify you about changes to our Website or the Academy;
to allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website and the Academy;
in any other way we may describe when you provide the information;
to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it; and
for any other purpose with your consent.
With your consent, we may also use your information to contact you about our own services that may be of interest to you. If you wish to opt out from this use, please contact us through the contact information below. If you wish to change your choice, you may do so at any time by contacting us through the contact information below. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
5. Disclosure of Your Information
We do not share, sell, or otherwise disclose your Personal Data for purposes other than those outlined in this Privacy Notice. However, we may disclose aggregated information about our users without restriction.
We may disclose Personal Data that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Notice:
to our subsidiaries and affiliates;
to contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep Personal Data confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
to a potential or actual buyer or other successor in the event of a planned or actual merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all UNITE-LA assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by UNITE-LA about our Website’s users is among the assets transferred;
to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you provide references in your application, we will use that information to contact those individuals and possibly disclose the fact that you applied to or are participating in the Academy;
for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; and
with your consent.
We may also disclose your Personal Data:
to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;
to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes; and
if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Organization, our customers, or others.
6. Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We do not control the collection and use of your information collected by third parties described above in Disclosure of Your Information. When possible, these organizations are under contractual obligations to use this data only for providing the services to us and to maintain this information strictly confidential. These third parties may, however, aggregate the information they collect with information from their other customers for their own purposes.
In addition, we strive to provide you with choices regarding the Personal Data you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with control over your Personal Data:
Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
Promotional Offers from the Organization. We will only use your email address/contact information to promote our own products and services with your express consent. If you wish to consent to such use, you can check the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your Personal Data, if you wish to change your choice, you may do so at any time by sending us an email stating your request to info@cleantechacademy.org. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may click the unsubscribe link in the body of that email to be omitted from future email distributions. This opt out does not apply to information provided to the Organization as a result of a product purchase, service registration or use reports, product service experience or other transactions.
We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can learn more about interest-based advertisements and your opt-out rights and options from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on its website (www.networkadvertising.org) and from members of the Digital Advertising Alliance on its website (www.aboutads.info).
California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Jurisdiction-Specific Privacy Rights for more information.
7. Accessing, Correcting, and Deleting Your Personal Data
You may send us an email at info@cleantechacademy.org to request access to, correct or delete any Personal Data that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your Personal Data except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
The jurisdiction in which you are a resident or are located may provide you with additional rights and choices regarding your Personal Data. Please see Jurisdiction-Specific Privacy Rights for more Information.
8. Jurisdiction-Specific Privacy Rights
The law in some jurisdictions may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of Personal Data. To learn more about any additional rights that may be applicable to you as a resident of one of these jurisdictions, please see the privacy addendum for your state that is attached to this Privacy Notice.
Your California Privacy Rights
If you are a resident of California, you have the additional rights described in the California Privacy Addendum.
9. Do Not Track Signals
We also may use automated data collection technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). Some web browsers permit you to broadcast a signal to websites and online services indicating a preference that they “do not track” your online activities. At this time, we do not honor such signals and we do not modify what information we collect or how we use that information based upon whether such a signal is broadcast or received by us.
10. Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your Personal Data from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website or to participate in the Academy, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Website or the Academy like message boards. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Website or the Academy.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Data transmitted to our Website or the Academy. Any transmission of Personal Data is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures deployed on the Website.
11. Changes to Our Privacy Notice
We may change this Privacy Notice at any time. It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Notice on this page. The date this Privacy Notice was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Notice to check for any changes.
YOUR CONTINUED USE OF OUR WEBSITE OR THE ACADEMY FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF CHANGES CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO SUCH CHANGES.
12. Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, complaints, or suggestions regarding our Privacy Notice or the ways in which we collect and use your Personal Data described in this Privacy Notice, have any requests related to your Personal Data pursuant to applicable laws, or otherwise need to contact us, you may contact us at the contact information below or through the “Contact Us” page on our Website.
UNITE-LA
1055 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1750
Los Angeles, CA 90017
United States
cleantech@unitela.com
UNITE-LA
Cleantech Academy Privacy Notice Addendum for California Residents
Effective Date: December 14, 2022
Last Reviewed on: August 16, 2023
1. Introduction
This Privacy Notice Addendum for California Residents (the “California Privacy Addendum”) supplements the information contained in the UNITE-LA Cleantech Academy Privacy Notice (the “Privacy Notice”) and describes our collection and use of Personal Information (as defined below). This California Privacy Addendum 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 as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (collectively, the “CPRA”) and any terms defined in the CPRA have the same meaning when used in this notice.
Note that this California Privacy Addendum does not apply employment-related Personal Information collected from our California-based employees, job applicants, contractors, or similar individuals. Please contact your local human resources department if you are a California employee and would like additional information about how we process your Personal Information.
2. Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We collect and have collected over the prior twelve (12) months, information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device (“Personal Information”). Personal information does not include:
Publicly available information from government records.
Deidentified or aggregated consumer information.
In particular, we collect, and over the prior twelve (12) months have collected, the following categories of Personal Information about consumers:
A. Identifiers
A real name, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name.
B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).
A name, signature, address, telephone number, education, employment, and employment history. Some Personal Information included in this category may overlap with other categories.
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law
Race, color, citizenship, and sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression).
D. Internet or other similar network activity
Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.
E. Geolocation data
IP-based physical location, which can determine your location down to neighborhood, city, and state, but generally cannot determine your location within a radius of less than 1850 feet.
F. Professional or employment-related information
Current or past job history or performance evaluations.
G. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99))
Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades and transcripts.
3. Sources of Personal Information
We collect Personal Information about you from the sources described in our Privacy Notice.
4. Purposes for Our Collection of Your Personal Information
We only use your Personal Information for the purposes described in our Privacy Notice.
5. Third Parties To Whom Do We Disclose Your Personal Information
The Organization may disclose your Personal Information to non-service provider and non-contractor third parties for a business purpose. When we disclose Personal Information for a business purpose, we enter a contract that describes the purpose, requires the recipient to both keep that Personal Information confidential and not use it for any purpose except for the purposes for which the Personal Information was disclosed, requires the recipient to otherwise comply with the requirements of the CPRA.
Disclosures of Personal Information for a Business Purpose
In the preceding twelve (12) months, OR has disclosed the following categories of Personal Information for a business purpose to the listed categories of non-service provider and non-contractor third parties:
A. Identifiers.
Recruiters; service providers (such as IT and cloud hosting providers, payroll providers, and other similar entities); potential employers; background check providers; business partners; and affiliates, parents, and subsidiary organizations of the Organization.
B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).
Recruiters; service providers (such as IT and cloud hosting providers, payroll providers, and other similar entities); potential employers; background check providers; business partners; and affiliates, parents, and subsidiary organizations of the Organization.
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.
Recruiters; service providers (such as IT and cloud hosting providers and other similar entities); background check providers; and affiliates, parents, and subsidiary organizations of the Organization.
D. Internet or other similar network activity.
Internet cookie information recipients; service providers (such as IT and cloud hosting providers and other similar entities).
E. Geolocation data.
Internet cookie information recipients; service providers (such as IT and cloud hosting providers and other similar entities).
F. Professional or employment-related information.
Recruiters; service providers (such as IT and cloud hosting providers, payroll providers, and other similar entities); potential employers; background check providers; business partners; and affiliates, parents, and subsidiary organizations of the Organization.
G. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).
Recruiters; service providers (such as IT and cloud hosting providers, payroll providers, and other similar entities); potential employers; background check providers; business partners; and affiliates, parents, and subsidiary organizations of the Organization.
We disclose your Personal Information to the categories of non-service provider and non-contractor third parties listed above for the following business purposes:
Performing services on behalf of us, including maintaining or servicing accounts, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling requests and inquiries, verifying customer information, processing applications, or providing similar services on behalf of us.
Auditing related to counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with this specification and other standards.
Helping to ensure security and integrity to the extent the use of the consumer's personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for these purposes.
Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
6. To Whom Do We Sell or Share Your Personal Information
“Sale” of Your Personal Information for Monetary or Other Valuable Consideration
In the preceding twelve (12) months, the Organization has not “sold” Personal Information for either monetary or other valuable consideration, and we have not “sold” any Personal Information about minors under the age of 16.
“Sharing” of Your Personal Information for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising
In the preceding twelve (12) months, the Organization has not “shared” Personal Information for the purpose of cross-context behavioral advertising, and we have not “shared” any Personal Information about minors under the age of 16.
7. Consumer Data Requests
The CPRA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their Personal Information. This section describes your CPRA rights and explains how to exercise those rights. You may exercise these rights yourself or through your authorized agent.
Right to Know. You have the right to request that the Organization disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your Personal Information over the past 12 months (a “Right to Know” request). This includes the categories of Personal Information we have collected about you and the categories of sources from which that Personal Information came from, our purpose for collecting this Personal Information, the categories of third parties with whom we have shared your Personal Information and, if we have sold or disclosed your Personal Information, a separate list of categories of people that we disclosed and sold it to. You must specifically describe if you are making a Right to Know request or a Data Portability Request. If you would like both the information about our collection and use over the past twelve (12) months and a copy of the specific pieces of Personal Information, you must make both requests clear in your request. If it is not reasonably clear from your request, we will only process your request as a Right to Know request.
Access to Specific Pieces of Information (Data Portability). You also have the right to request that the Organization provide you with a copy of the specific pieces of Personal Information that we have collected or created about you (a “Data Portability” request). If you make a request for the specific pieces of Personal Information electronically, we will provide you with a copy of your Personal Information in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily reusable format that allows you to transmit the Personal Information to another third-party. You must specifically describe if you are making a Right to Know request or a Data Portability request. If you would like both the information about our collection and use over the past twelve (12) months and a copy of the specific pieces of your Personal Information, you must make both requests clear in your request. If it is not reasonably clear from your request, we will only process your request as a Right to Know request. We will not disclose your driver’s license number or other government-issued identification number. We will also not provide this information if the disclosure would create a substantial, articulable, and unreasonable risk to your Personal Information, your account with the Organization, or the security of our systems or networks. If we are unable to disclose certain pieces of your Personal Information, we will describe generally the types of personal information that we were unable to disclose and provide you a description of the reason we are unable to disclose it.
Correction. You have the right to request that we correct any incorrect Personal Information about you to ensure that it is complete, accurate, and as current as possible. You may also request that we correct the Personal Information we have about you as described below under Exercising Access, Data Portability, Correction, and Deletion Rights. In some cases, we may require you to provide reasonable documentation to show that the Personal Information we have about you is incorrect and what the correct Personal Information may be. We may also not be able to accommodate your request if we believe it would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
Deletion. You have the right to request that the Organization 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, Correction, and Deletion Rights), we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your Personal Information from our records, unless an exception applies. Some exceptions to your right to delete include if we are required to retain your Personal Information to complete the transaction or provide you the goods and services for which we collected the Personal Information, or otherwise perform under our contract with you, to detect security incidents or protect against other malicious activities, and to comply with legal obligations. We may also retain your Personal Information in order to make other internal and lawful uses of it that are compatible with the context in which we collected it.
Non-Discrimination. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CPRA rights. Unless permitted by the CPRA, we will not do any of the following as a result of you exercising your CPRA rights: (a) deny you goods or services; (b) charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties; (c) provide you a different level or quality of goods or services; or (d) suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
Exercising Access, Data Portability, Correction, and Deletion Rights
To exercise the right to know, data portability, correction, and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by either:
Emailing us at cleantech@unitela.com.
Visiting cleantechacademy.org and submitting a request via contact form.
If you (or your authorized agent) submit a request to delete your information online, we will use a two-step process in order to confirm that you want your Personal Information deleted. This process may include verifying your request through your email address on record, calling you on your phone number on record or sending you a text message and requesting that you text us a confirmation.
If you fail to make your submission in accordance with the ways described above, we may either treat your request as if it had been submitted with our methods described above or provide you with information on how to submit the request or remedy any deficiencies with your request.
Only you, or your agent that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Personal Information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child. To designate an authorized agent, see Authorized Agents below. We may request additional information so we may confirm a request to delete 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. This may include:
A name, address, email address, and/or telephone account name.
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.
We will only use Personal Information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.
Authorized Agents
You may authorize your agent to exercise your rights under the CPRA on your behalf by registering your agent with the California Secretary of State. You may also provide your authorized agent with power of attorney to exercise your rights. If you authorize an agent, we may require that your agent provide proof that they have been authorized exercise your rights on your behalf. We may request that your authorized agent submit proof of identity. We may deny a request from your agent to exercise your rights on your behalf if they fail to submit adequate proof of identity or adequate proof that they have the authority to exercise your rights.
Response Timing and Format
We will respond to a verifiable consumer request within ten (10) days of its receipt. We will generally process these requests 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.
If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.
Any disclosures we provide related to a Right to Know request 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. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your Personal Information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. 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.
8. Personal Information Retention Periods
If you are accepted into the Academy, we will keep all categories of your Personal Information indefinitely until you request that we delete it (this is necessary to provide you with scholarships to support continued training and for consideration for future employment as you embark on your career in clean energy). If you are not accepted in the Academy, we will retain your Personal Information for one (1) year. However, we may retain any or all categories of Personal Information when your information is subject to one of the following exceptions:
When stored in our backup and disaster recovery systems. Your Personal Information will be deleted when the backup media your Personal Information is stored on expires or when our disaster recovery systems are updated.
When necessary for us to exercise or defend legal claims.
When necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
When necessary to help ensure the security and integrity of our Website, IT systems and the Academy.
Your Personal Information will be deleted when we no longer require your Personal Information for any of the above purposes.
9. Changes to This CPRA Privacy Addendum
The Organization reserves the right to amend this California Privacy Addendum at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this California Privacy Addendum, we will post the updated addendum on the Website and update the addendum’s effective date. Your continued use of our Website or the Academy following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.
10. Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about this California Privacy Addendum, the ways in which the Organization collects and uses your information described above and in the Privacy Notice, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under California law, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
UNITE-LA
1055 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1750
Los Angeles, CA 90017
United States
Website: www.cleantechacademy.org
Email: cleantech@unitela.com