California Privacy Rights
🏛️ CCPA Compliance: This page addresses California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requirements for California residents.
We Do Not Sell Personal Information
✅ Clear Statement: Check.Systems does NOT sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.
We want to be absolutely clear: we have never sold personal information and we don't plan to. We provide network diagnostic tools, not data brokerage services.
Your California Privacy Rights
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California residents have specific rights regarding their personal information:
Right to Know
- What personal information we collect about you
- Why we collect it and how we use it
- What third parties receive your information
- How long we keep it and when we delete it
Right to Delete
- Request deletion of personal information we've collected
- We'll honor deletion requests unless we need the data for legal or operational reasons
Right to Non-Discrimination
- We won't discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights
- Same service quality regardless of privacy choices
What Information We Collect
Categories of Personal Information (Last 12 Months)
| Category | Examples | Collected? | Sold? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | IP address, device ID | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Internet Activity | Pages visited, tools used | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Geolocation | Approximate location from IP | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Commercial Information | Purchase history, preferences | ❌ No | ❌ No |
| Financial Information | Credit cards, bank accounts | ❌ No | ❌ No |
Business Purposes for Collection
- Service Provision: Providing IP intelligence and network diagnostic tools
- Analytics: Understanding usage patterns to improve our service
- Performance: Caching results to improve response times
- Security: Detecting abuse and preventing security threats
- Legal Compliance: Meeting legal obligations and protecting rights
Third Parties Who Receive Information
- IP Geolocation Service: ip-api.com (for IP location data)
- Analytics: Google Analytics (for website usage statistics)
- DNS Providers: Public DNS servers (for domain name resolution)
- WHOIS Databases: Public registrars (for domain registration data)
Note: We only share the minimum necessary data for these services to function.
How to Exercise Your Rights
📧 Contact Us
To exercise your California privacy rights, contact us through our website. We'll respond within 45 days.
What We Need From You
- Identity Verification: Provide your IP address and approximate timestamp of site usage
- Specific Request: Tell us exactly what you want (access, deletion, etc.)
- California Residency: Confirm you're a California resident
Our Response Time
- Acknowledgment: Within 10 business days
- Response: Within 45 days (may extend to 90 days for complex requests)
- No Fee: We don't charge for legitimate privacy requests
Opt-Out Options
⚠️ Service Impact Notice
Our service requires some data collection to function. If you opt out of essential data collection, the network diagnostic tools won't work properly.
What You Can Opt Out Of
- Analytics Tracking: Disable Google Analytics (use browser ad blockers)
- Non-Essential Cookies: Clear browser cookies and disable in settings
- Future Communications: We don't send marketing emails, so nothing to opt out of
What You Cannot Opt Out Of
- IP Address Processing: Required for geolocation services
- DNS Query Logging: Required for diagnostic tools to function
- Basic Usage Analytics: Required for service operation and security
Bottom Line: If you don't like how we collect data, don't use the service. We're not changing our program.
Data Retention
- Diagnostic Results: Cached for 24 hours, then automatically deleted
- Analytics Data: Aggregated data kept for service improvement
- Access Logs: 30 days for security purposes
- Personal Data: Deleted when no longer needed for business purposes