WBFAA Privacy Policy

Western Burglar and Fire Alarm Association

Last updated: May 21, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes WBFAA policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve our Services. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.

Business, for the purpose of CCPA/CPRA, refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects Consumers' personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers' personal information.

CCPA and/or CPRA refers to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the "CCPA") as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the "CPRA").

Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Western Burglar and Fire Alarm Association (WBFAA), 333 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey, CA, 90292.

Consumer, for the purpose of the CCPA/CPRA, means a natural person who is a California resident.

Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.

Country refers to: California, United States

Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.

Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.

Facebook Fan Page is a public profile named Western Burglar and Fire Alarm Association - WBFAA specifically created by the Company on the Facebook social network.

Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

Service refers to the WBFAA UATC Website.

Website refers to WBFAA UATC, accessible from https://www.wbfaa.net/

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Company name
  • Bank account information in order to pay for products and/or services within the Service
  • Usage Data
  • Account password

When You pay for a product and/or service via bank transfer, We may ask You to provide additional information including:

  • Date of birth
  • Passport or National ID card
  • Bank card statement
  • Other information linking You to an address

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. You are asked to establish a profile on the Service which includes much of the data we collect. In certain cases, managers may upload user data via a spreadsheet and then that information is deleted if not pertinent to the function of the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent.
  • Web Beacons: Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons that permit the Company to count users who have visited those pages.

Types of Cookies We Use

Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features.

Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as login details or language preference.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service: including to monitor the usage of our Service
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract
  • To contact You: by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication
  • To provide You with news: special offers and general information about other goods and services
  • To manage Your requests: to attend and manage Your requests to Us
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale
  • For other purposes: such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service. You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account and visiting the account settings section.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

Other Legal Requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

Third-Party Service Providers

Analytics

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. You can opt-out by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Google Privacy Policy

Email Marketing

HubSpot

We may use HubSpot for email marketing services.

HubSpot Privacy Policy

Payments

PayPal

We use PayPal for payment processing. We do not store or collect Your payment card details.

PayPal Privacy Policy

GDPR Privacy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

  • Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes
  • Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You
  • Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation
  • Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary to protect Your vital interests
  • Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task carried out in the public interest
  • Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for legitimate interests pursued by the Company

Your Rights under the GDPR

If You are within the EU, You have the following rights:

  • Request access to Your Personal Data
  • Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You
  • Object to processing of Your Personal Data
  • Request erasure of Your Personal Data
  • Request the transfer of Your Personal Data
  • Withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data

Facebook Fan Page

The Company is the Data Controller of Your Personal Data collected while using the Service. As operator of the Facebook Fan Page, the Company and Facebook are Joint Controllers.

We use the Facebook Insights function to obtain anonymized statistical data about Our users. Facebook places a Cookie on the device of users visiting Our Facebook Fan Page, which remains active for two years.

CCPA/CPRA Privacy Notice

This privacy notice section for California residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and applies solely to visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.

Categories of Personal Information Collected

Category Examples Collected
A: Identifiers Name, email address, IP address, account name Yes
B: Personal Information Name, address, telephone number, bank account number Yes
C: Protected Classifications Age, race, color, ancestry, national origin No
D: Commercial Information Records of products or services purchased Yes
F: Internet Activity Interaction with our Service or advertisement Yes
L: Sensitive Personal Information Account login and password information Yes

Your Rights under the CCPA/CPRA

If You are a California resident, You have the following rights:

  • The right to notice - You have the right to be notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected
  • The right to know/access - You have the right to request disclosure of information about Our collection and use of personal information
  • The right to say no to the sale - You have the right to direct Us to not sell Your personal information
  • The right to correct Personal Data - You have the right to correct inaccurate personal information
  • The right to delete Personal Data - You have the right to request deletion of Your Personal Data
  • The right not to be discriminated against - You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your rights

Children's Privacy

If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

Mail

333 Washington Blvd.
Marina del Rey, CA 90292