PRIVACY POLICY

I. Scope and Who We Are
Adams Group (“Adams Group,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and we are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (this “Policy”). The Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information when you use our website and online services that link to this Policy (the “Services”). This Policy also serves as our Notice at Collection for California residents.

Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your personal information and how we treat it. By interacting with our Services or providing us with your information, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Policy. This Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to this Policy). Your use of the Services, and your continued use of the Services after we make changes as described here, is deemed to be acceptance of this Policy, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

In conjunction with this Policy, you should also review our Terms and Conditions (our “Terms”), available at this link, for a more complete understanding of the rules governing our Services. This Policy is incorporated into and subject to the Terms, in particular the provisions concerning dispute resolution and liability.

II. Children

Our Services are not intended for, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from, children under the age of 16. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 years old without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.

III. Personal Information We Collect

We collect the following categories of personal information:

Information You Provide Us Directly: identifiers and contact information, including your name and email address. Such information may be collected through forms submitted by you or other authorizations/acceptances you provide to us (e.g., email newsletter).
Information Collected Through Use of the Services: this includes basic technical information automatically sent by your browser (e.g., IP address, browser type, pages visited, timestamps) necessary to operate the website or improve our Services.
Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on your device when you interact with the Services. You may refuse to accept or disable cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser or device. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain features of the Services.
Web Beacons. Some parts of the Services and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those parts or opened an email and for other related statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain content and verifying system and server integrity).

Note: We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information (such as government IDs, precise geolocation, financial, health, or biometric data).

IV.  How We Use Personal Information

Respond to your inquiries submitted via the Contact Us form.
Enroll you in and send you our email newsletter (if you sign up).
Operate, secure, and improve our Services (including basic traffic logs and diagnostics).
Comply with law and enforce our Terms.

We may also use personal information as described to you at the time of collection or as otherwise set forth in this Policy. Note: We do not use personal information for targeted advertising, profiling, or automated decision-making.

V.  Disclosures of Personal Information We do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA). We do not disclose personal information to advertisers, data brokers, or for cross-context behavioral advertising. We may disclose personal information:

To service providers that host our website or support email/newsletters, solely to perform services for us and under written contracts restricting their use.
As required by law or to protect rights, safety, and security.
In connection with a business transaction (e.g., merger or asset transfer), with appropriate protections.

VI.  Retention We keep the categories of personal information described in this Policy for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described or for as otherwise legally permitted or required, such as maintaining the Services, operating our organization, complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and for safety, security, and fraud prevention. This means that we consider our legal and business obligations, potential risks of harm, and nature of the information when deciding how long to retain personal information. At the end of the retention period, personal information will be deleted, destroyed, or deidentified. At a mini