Privacy Policy

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for santamariavalley.com. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following:

  • What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
  • What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
  • The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
  • How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or direct contact with you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request.

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Your Access to and Control Over Information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

  • See what data we have about you, if any.
  • Change/correct any data we have about you.
  • Have us delete any data we have about you.
  • Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

Santa Maria Valley shall take reasonable steps to protect the Information from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the Information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration or destruction. Although information sent to and from Santa Maria Valley is secured according to industry best practices, we cannot guarantee the security of Information on or transmitted via the Internet.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at (805) 925-2403 or via email at [email protected].

Cookies

We use “cookies” on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.

Some of our advertising and marketing business partners may use cookies on our site. However, we have no access to or control over these cookies. You can visit this page to opt out of AdWords and their partners’ targeted advertising.

Sharing

We share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Surveys & Contests

From time-to-time, our site requests information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information and demographic information. Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics for aggregated, anonymized website traffic analysis. In order to track your session usage, Google drops a cookie (_ga) with a randomly-generated ClientID in your browser. This ID is anonymized and contains no identifiable information like email, phone number, name, etc. We also send Google your IP Address. We use GA to track aggregated website behavior, such as what pages you looked at, for how long, and so on. This information is important to us for improving the user experience and determining site effectiveness. If you would like to access what browsing information we have – or ask us to delete any GA data – please delete your _ga cookies, reach out to us via telephone at (805) 925-2403 or via email at [email protected], and/or install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On.

Facebook

We use Facebook pixel for three purposes:

  1. Measurement: Data used to measure first-party conversions. Additionally, we are starting to apply ML to learn when unlabeled conversions happened (i.e. no standard events sent) by looking at existing pixel data across the ecosystem
  2. Ad Targeting: Data used to reach people similar to your existing audiences or who visited your website
  3. Ad Delivery: We pool events at a person level to build richer understandings of what ads are relevant for people (from terms of service)

If you would like to know more about your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), review the data Facebook collects, or opt-out and delete your Facebook data, please visit this link and submit your request with Facebook.

User Generated Content

Santa Maria Valley enables users to submit their own content for contests and use on social media and in marketing materials. Please remember that any such information you disclose becomes public information and is not covered by this Privacy Policy. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal, financial or other information in a submission. Santa Maria Valley cannot prevent such information from being used in a manner that may violate this Privacy Statement, the law, or your personal privacy and safety. Santa Maria Valley is not responsible for user generated content. User generated content remains the sole responsibility of the person who submitted it.