CCPA Notice for California Consumers
CCPA Notice for California Consumers
This California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") Notice for California Consumers ("Notice") applies to California consumers as defined in the CCPA of 2018. It provides information about how the Royal Canadian Mint (the "Mint") collects, uses and discloses personal information (as defined under the CCPA) about California consumers when they interact with us. It also describes the rights of California consumers under CCPA and how they may exercise them. For more information about our privacy practices, please consult our website Privacy Notice.
Personal information we collect and how we use and disclose it
In the last 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information about California consumers. This table describes the sources of such personal information, the purposes for which we have collected it, and the categories of third parties to whom we may have disclosed such information.
| Categories of personal information and source | Purposes | Third-party recipients |
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| Identifiers that you provide directly to us: name, postal address, Social Security number (only for U.S. customers with purchases of $2,500 CAD or more), user ID and password, online identifier, email address, telephone number, account number, or other similar identifiers |
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| Identifiers that we collect from you when you visit our website: Internet protocol (“IP”) address |
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N/A |
| Commercial information that we collect from you when you visit our website: products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies |
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| Financial information that you provide to us to conclude a transaction: credit card numbers |
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| Inferences that we create based on any of the information listed above to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer's preferences |
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N/A |
| Feedback and opinions you provide to the Mint and other information you provide to the Mint in your email correspondence with us |
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| Information we collect from a third-party service provider to detect and prevent fraudulent transactions on mint.ca: information about credit card users supplied by the third-party provider’s network of participating merchants, including such things as device data, IP address, email address, payment information, physical shipping address and billing address. |
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Certain categories of personal information mentioned above are considered to be sensitive personal information, namely: credit card numbers, Social Security number, user ID and password. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes other than to perform our services and provide the goods reasonably expected by an average consumer who requests those goods or services or for other purposes specified in section 7027, subsection (m) of the California Consumer Privacy Act Regulations (for example, for security and safety purposes).
We do not sell or share personal information of California consumers as these terms are defined under the CCPA.
Rights of California Consumers
California consumers may submit a verifiable request that we disclose the following information:
- The categories and specific pieces of personal information that we have collected about you , as well as the sources from which personal information is collected, the business and commercial purposes for collecting it; and
- The categories of personal information about you that we have disclosed for a business purpose and the categories of persons to whom it was disclosed.
You may submit a verifiable request to correct inaccurate information that we maintain about you.
You may submit a verifiable request that we delete any personal information that we have collected about you, subject to the exceptions provided by the CCPA.
We will not, because you have exercised any of the rights detailed in this Notice, deny you any goods or services, charge different prices or rates for goods or services, or provide you with a different level or quality of goods or services.
Methods for exercising your rights
- Calling us at this toll-free number: 1-800-268-6468
- Contacting us online
We will only be able to process your request if we can verify your identity. We will inform you of the information required to identify you on a case-by-case basis. For instance, whenever feasible, we may ask you to provide identifying information that we can match with the personal information we maintain about you.
In order to make a request on your behalf, an authorized agent must provide the Mint with your written and signed permission to make such request.
We invite you to contact us with any questions that you may have related to this Notice or regarding our privacy program by contacting our Privacy Office.
This Notice was updated on March 22, 2023