## Introduction.

Website Owner. Paint Biz Scale is the owner of this website (“Paint Biz Scale Website"). Paint Biz Scale can be contacted by email at [info@paintbizscale.com](mailto:info@paintbizscale.com), , or by e-mail at [info@paintbizscale.com](mailto:service@paintbizscale.com). This online privacy notice discloses Paint Biz Scale's information practices for this Paint Biz Scale Website, including what type of personal identifiable information is requested in order to make a purchase, how the information is used, and with whom the information is shared. Note that other Paint Biz Scale websites may be governed by privacy notices containing different information practices applicable to those sites.

Website Visits. In general, you can visit the Paint Biz Scale Website and by doing so agree to this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Use, and the collection of certain personal information collected electronically for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Policy, including without limitation personal and company financial data collected in connection with the Employee Retention Credit services provided by Paint Biz Scale. In addition, Paint Biz Scale does keep track of the domains from which people visit us.

Website Transactions. At times, Paint Biz Scale will need personal information regarding a customer or a prospect. For example, to process an order or provide a subscription, Paint Biz Scale may need to know a customer's name, mailing address, e-mail address and credit card details. It is Paint Biz Scale's intent to inform you before Paint Biz Scale collects personal information, such as user's name and/or address on the Internet. If you tell us that you do not wish to have this information used as a basis for further contact with you, Paint Biz Scale will respect your wishes.

## Personal Information That May Be Collected.

Identifying Information. In order to access designated subscriber services and/or restricted areas within the Paint Biz Scale Website, Paint Biz Scale will request a user to provide certain personal identifying information, which may include: legal name, postal address, e-mail address, screen name, password, telephone number, facsimile number, method of payment, and, if applicable, credit card number. Paint Biz Scale may request additional information necessary to establish and maintain customer's account.

Service Quality Monitoring. Some Website transactions may require a customer to telephone Paint Biz Scale, or Paint Biz Scale to call the customer. Paint Biz Scale will not contact you by telephone without your prior consent, except to confirm an order placed online and/or to inform a customer of the status of such order. Customer should be aware that it is Paint Biz Scale's practice to monitor, and in some cases record such calls for staff training or quality assurance purposes.

Information from Children. Paint Biz Scale does not sell products or services for purchase by children, and will not knowingly collect or post information from a child under the age of 18 without the involvement of a parent or guardian. To the extent reasonably possible, Paint Biz Scale will notify the child's parent or guardian at the e-mail address provided by the prospective customer, alerting the parent or guardian to the child's use of the Website and providing instructions as to how the parent or guardian can delete the child's registration from the Website.

Lost or Stolen Information. If a customer's password is lost or stolen, the customer should promptly notify Paint Biz Scale in order to enable Paint Biz Scale to cancel the lost or stolen information and to update its records with a changed password.

Chat Rooms, Forums and Bulletin Boards. If customer participates in a Paint Biz Scale chat room, discussion forum, or posts messages to a Paint Biz Scale bulletin board, customer should be aware that the information disclosed and shared will be broadly available to other persons, both inside of and/or

## Uses Made of the Information.

Limited Uses Identified. Personal information collected by Paint Biz Scale will be used by Paint Biz Scale for the following purposes: for statistical analysis of customer's behavior; for product and service development; for content improvement; to customize the content and layout of Paint Biz Scale website; for marketing related services from Paint Biz Scale and from third parties in which customer may be interested in Paint Biz Scale's judgement. Marketing Uses. The information you provide to the Paint Biz Scale Website may also be collected, used, analyzed and/or processed by Paint Biz Scale, or selected third parties on Paint Biz Scale's behalf, for marketing and other business purposes. Before Paint Biz Scale uses the information, however, Paint Biz Scale will notify customers and offer customers the opportunity opt-out if a customer wishes not to have personal identifying information used in this way.

Stored Information Uses. Paint Biz Scale stores and retains customer information. Stored information is used by Paint Biz Scale and Paint Biz Scale agents and by third parties: to support customer interaction with the Paint Biz Scale Website; to deliver customer purchases; and/or to contact customer again about other Paint Biz Scale services and products. Online Advertising. Some companies that help Paint Biz Scale deliver interactive on-line advertising, such as banner ads, may collect and use information about Paint Biz Scale's customers to help Paint Biz Scale better understand the types of advertising or promotions that are most appealing to Paint Biz Scale's customers. After it is collected, the information is aggregated so it is not identifiable to a specific individual. If, however, customer would prefer that these companies not collect such information, please mark an "x" on the opt-out option box herein provided.

## Disclosure of the Information.

Within Corporate Organization. Paint Biz Scale is a multinational organization, with legal entities, business processes, management structures, and technical systems that cross borders. Paint Biz Scale may share your personal information within the Paint Biz Scale corporate organization, and may transfer the information to countries in the world where Paint Biz Scale conducts business. Some countries may provide less legal protection for customer personal information.

Mergers and Acquisitions. For the purpose of developing and expanding its business, Paint Biz Scale may share, rent, sell or buy business assets. In such transactions, customer information is generally one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event Paint Biz Scale is acquired, customer information will be one of the transferred assets.

Agents. Paint Biz Scale employs or engages other companies and individuals to perform business functions on behalf of Paint Biz Scale. These persons are provided with personal identifying information required to perform their functions, but are prohibited by contract from using the information for other purposes. These persons engage in a variety of functions which include, but are not limited to, fulfilling orders, delivering packages, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer services.

Affiliated Businesses. Paint Biz Scale works closely with affiliated businesses operating website stores, providing services or selling products on each other's Websites. These businesses identify themselves to customers. Customer information related to a transaction with an affiliated business is shared with that affiliated business.

Marketing Analysis by Third Parties. Paint Biz Scale reserves the right to disclose to third parties personal information about customers for marketing analysis; however, any information disclosed will be in the form of aggregate data that does not describe or identify an individual customer.

Disclosure to Governmental Authorities. Paint Biz Scale releases personal identifying information when Paint Biz Scale believes release is appropriate to comply with law, to enforce Paint Biz Scale agreements, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Paint Biz Scale customers. Paint Biz Scale may also release such information in an exchange of information with other companies and/or organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

## Use of Computer Tracking Technologies.

No Tracking of Personal Information. Paint Biz Scale's Website(s) are set up via cookies and other means to track, collect or distribute information not entered by visitors. Through website access logs, Paint Biz Scale does collect clickstream data and HTTP protocol elements, which generate certain kinds of non-identifying site usage data, such as the number of hits and visits to our sites. This information is used for internal purposes by technical support staff for research and development, user analysis and business decision making, all of which provides better services to the public. The statistics garnered, which contain no personal information and cannot be used to gather such information, may also be provided to third parties.

Use of Cookies. Paint Biz Scale, or its third party vendors, collects non-identifiable and personal information through the use of various technologies, including "cookies." A cookie is an alphanumeric identifier that a Website can transfer to customer's hard drive through customer's browser. The cookie is then stored on customer's computer as an anonymous tag that identifies the customer's computer, but not the customer. Cookies may be sent by Paint Biz Scale or its third party vendors. Customer can set its browser to notify customer before a cookie is received, giving an opportunity to decide whether to accept the cookie. Customer may also set its browser to turn off cookies; however, some Websites may not then work properly. Use of Web Beacon Technologies. Paint Biz Scale may also use Web beacon or other technologies to better tailor its Website(s) to provide better customer service. If these technologies are in use, when a visitor accesses these pages of the Website, a non-identifiable notice of that visit is generated which may be processed by Paint Biz Scale or by its suppliers. Web beacons usually work in conjunction with cookies. If customer does not want cookie information to be associated with customer's visits to these pages, customer can set its browser to turn off cookies; however, Web beacon and other technologies will still detect visits to these pages, but the notices they generate cannot be associated with other non-identifiable cookie information and are disregarded.

Collection of Non-Identifiable Information. Paint Biz Scale may collect non-identifiable information from user visits to the Paint Biz Scale Website(s) in order to provide better customer service. Examples of such collecting include: traffic analysis, such as tracking of the domains from which users visit, or tracking numbers of visitors; measuring visitor activity on Paint Biz Scale Website(s); Website and system administration; user analysis; and business decision making. Such information is sometimes known as "clickstream data." Paint Biz Scale or its contractors may use this data to analyze trends and statistics.

Collection of Personal Information. Paint Biz Scale collects personal identifying information from customer during a transaction. Paint Biz Scale may extract some personally identifying information about that transaction in a non-identifiable format and combine it with other non-identifiable information, such as clickstream data. This information is used and analyzed only at an aggregate level (not at an individual level) to help Paint Biz Scale understand trends and patterns. This information is not reviewed at an individual level.

## Information Security.

Commitment to Online Security. Paint Biz Scale employs physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard the security and integrity of personal information. Billing and payment data is encrypted whenever transmitted or received online. Personal information is accessible only by staff designated to handle online requests or complaints. No Liability for Acts of Third Parties. Paint Biz Scale will exercise all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of customer personal information. However, transmissions protected by industry-standard security technology and implemented by human beings cannot be made absolutely secure. Consequently, Paint Biz Scale shall not be liable for unauthorized disclosure of personal information due to no fault of Paint Biz Scale, including but not limited to errors in transmission and unauthorized acts of Paint Biz Scale staff and third parties.

## Privacy Policy Changes and Opt-Out Rights.

Changes to Privacy Policy. This privacy notice was last updated on July 8, 2022. Paint Biz Scale reserves the right to change its privacy policy statement at any time. A notice of such change will be posted on the Paint Biz Scale website on the page for three (3) days prior to the implementation of such change.

Opt-Out Right. Customers have the right at any time to cease permitting personal information to be collected, used or disclosed by Paint Biz Scale and/or by any third parties with whom Paint Biz Scale has shared and/or transferred such personal information. The right of cancellation may be exercised by contacting Paint Biz Scale via e-mail at info**[@paintbizscale.com](mailto:service@paintbizscale.com)**, telephone, or certified postal mail. After processing the cancellation, Paint Biz Scale will delete the customer or prospective customer's personal information from its database.

## Access Rights to Data.

Information Maintained by Paint Biz Scale. Upon customer's request, Paint Biz Scale will provide a reasonable description of the customer's personally identifiable information that Paint Biz Scale maintains in its database. Paint Biz Scale can be contacted by e-mail at [info@paintbizscale.com](mailto:info@paintbizscale.com)

Corrections and Changes to Personal Information. Help Paint Biz Scale to keep customer personal information accurate. If the customer's personal information changes, or if the customer notes an error upon reviewing the information that Paint Biz Scale has on file, please promptly e-mail Paint Biz Scale at [info@paintbizscale.com](mailto:info@paintbizscale.com) and provide the new or correct information.

Your California Privacy Rights. Beginning on January 1, 2005, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers of Paint Biz Scale who are California residents to request certain information regarding Paint Biz Scale’s disclosure of personal information for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please write to: Paint Biz Scale, [address], [city], [state] [zip code]. Within 30 days of receiving such a request, Paint Biz Scale will provide a list of the categories of personal information disclosed to third parties for third-party direct marketing purposes during the immediately preceding calendar year, along with the names and addresses of these third parties. This request may be made no more than once per calendar year. Paint Biz Scale reserves its right not to respond to requests submitted other than to the address specified in this paragraph.

California’s privacy laws require a company to provide notice to California users of their rights to receive information on to which entities their information was shared for marketing purposes.

## Accountability.

Questions, Problems and Complaints. If you have a question about this policy statement, or a complaint about Paint Biz Scale's compliance with this privacy policy, you may contact Paint Biz Scale by e-mail at [info@paintbizscale.com](mailto:info@paintbizscale.com). If Paint Biz Scale is unable to resolve your