Privacy Policy

At DumpsterDiving101, we deeply value privacy and prioritize protecting the personal information of our users, partners, and community members. This comprehensive Privacy Policy outlines the data we collect, how it is used and safeguarded, as well as the privacy rights and options available to you. Please review this policy carefully before engaging with our website and services.

Information We Collect

DumpsterDiving101 may collect various types of data from you through our website, mobile apps, email communications, event registrations, surveys, and other interactions.

This can include but is not limited to:

Personal Identifiers: Name, contact details, billing address, email, phone number, date of birth, login credentials, and other identifiers you voluntarily provide.

Online/Device Data: IP address, browser details, operating system, device IDs, location data, pages/content accessed, referring sites, and general usage analytics.

Transaction Details: Purchase history, products/services obtained, billing information, subscription details, and communication records with our support teams.

User Content: Any information, media, files or other content you choose to voluntarily share or post publicly on our forums, blogs, social media pages, etc.

Automatically Collected Data: Through cookies, web beacons, tracking technologies and other methods, we may automatically log certain information like browsing behavior, search queries, and interactions with ads/links on our site.

We do not intentionally collect any sensitive data categories like racial/ethnic information, political opinions, health conditions, sexual orientation, or precise geolocation details without first obtaining your explicit consent. Whenever possible, we de-identify or aggregate data to remove personal identifiers.

How We Use Collected Information

DumpsterDiving101 collects and processes user data for specific operational, service-related, legal compliance and business purposes, such as:

Providing and delivering requested products, services, support and account management
Processing payments and transactions, as well as preventing fraud/abuse
Personalizing and improving the user experience across our digital properties
Facilitating online community interactions, forums and networking opportunities
Communicating important updates, notices, marketing messages and special offers
Generating analytics/insights to optimize our content, advertising and operations
Complying with applicable legal regulations, court orders and law enforcement needs
Protecting the rights, property, privacy and safety of our users and the Company

How We Share Information

DumpsterDiving101 does not sell, rent or trade personal user data to any external entities for their direct marketing purposes without explicit consent. However, we may share certain data under the following limited circumstances:

Affiliates & Subsidiaries: Information may be shared internally amongst our corporate family members, affiliates, subsidiaries, and parent/holding companies as needed for legitimate business purposes in alignment with this policy.

Service Providers: We engage vetted third-party service providers to perform certain functions on our behalf (e.g. web hosting, payment processing, marketing/advertising, data analysis, etc.) Limited data is shared only to enable successful service delivery.

Legal & Safety Reasons: We may disclose user information if legally required by valid court orders, warrants, subpoenas or government/law enforcement authorities. Data may also be shared if needed to investigate security/fraud incidents, violations of our policies, exercising legal rights or defending against legal claims.

Consent & Need: With user consent or when demonstrably necessary to fulfill a service obligation, transaction or request, personal data may be shared with third parties accordingly. Users will be given adequate opportunity to opt-out or withdraw consent.

Business Transfers: In the event that our company undergoes restructuring, acquisition, merger, asset sale or other transfer scenario, we reserve the right to share or transfer user data as an inseparable business asset. Users will be given ample notification.

Data Security & Storage

Protecting user privacy and data integrity is of paramount importance at DumpsterDiving101. We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to secure data within our systems against unauthorized access, modification or destruction – both during transmission and storage.

However, no security protocols can be 100% infallible – there remains an inherent risk whenever transmitting data over the internet or storing on servers accessible via networks. Users engage with our site and services at their own discretion.

User data may be stored and processed both domestically within the United States on servers managed by our hosting provider(s), as well as potentially across secure cloud infrastructure in other countries where our service providers maintain global operations – all pursuant to Standard Contractual Clauses or other approved data transfer and processing mechanisms.

Your Privacy Rights

As an individual user, you may have certain rights available to you regarding the personal information DumpsterDiving101 retains about you.

Depending on applicable regulations where you reside, these rights could include:

Accessing and receiving copies of your personal data
Correcting inaccurate or incomplete personal information
Deleting your data from our systems (deletion requests may be subject to legal obligations)
Restricting, objecting to or opting out of certain data uses
Revoking consent for purposes it was originally obtained
Requesting data portability and transmitting your information to another service

To exercise your available privacy rights or submit related inquiries, please contact us directly at [email protected] and be prepared to verify your identity. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to respond promptly in accordance with applicable law.

Additionally, most modern web browsers provide options for blocking or deleting tracking cookies, as well as tools for controlling various privacy settings and preferences related to online tracking and interest-based advertising. Reviewing browser documentation may help for customizing desired privacy controls.

Children’s Privacy

Our website, services, and digital products are intended for consumption by general audiences. They are not designed nor marketed toward children under 13 years old. We do not knowingly collect or solicit any personal data from anyone in that protected age group. If we learn that a child’s information has been collected without parental consent, we will promptly delete it.

Updates to this Policy

We may revise and update this Privacy Policy from time to time as our practices evolve to better protect user data in alignment with emerging laws, technologies, and best practices. Whenever this policy undergoes any material changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date and notify users via email or prominent notice on our website prior to the new version taking effect.

Your continued use of DumpsterDiving101’s website, services and digital properties following any such notifications constitutes your acceptance and consent to the revised policy terms. We encourage all users to periodically review this page to stay informed about our latest data privacy measures.

Contact Us

If you have any other questions, concerns or inquiries related to data privacy and how DumpsterDiving101 handles user information, please feel free to contact our Data Protection Officer at: [email protected]

Or you can reach us by mail at:

DumpsterDiving101 LLC

Attn: Data Privacy

526 Columbus Ave

San Francisco, CA 94133

DumpsterDiving101 pledges to respect user privacy as a core tenet. We will remain steadfastly committed to upholding our users’ data rights through ethical, transparent stewardship and industry-leading security protocols.

Thank you for trusting us with your information as we strive to create a more sustainable world together.