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AXIOM PRIVACY NOTICE

Last Updated: March 1, 2026

This Privacy Notice explains how Axiomcasts LLC (“Axiom”) collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes personal data in connection with Axiom’s website and Axiom’s products and services, such as ForbesPredict by Axiom.

This Privacy Notice does not address our privacy practices relating to Axiom job applicants, employees and other employment-related individuals, nor data that is not subject to applicable data protection laws (such as deidentified or publicly available information in certain jurisdictions). This Privacy Notice is also not a contract and does not create any legal rights or obligations not otherwise provided by law.

Our Role in Processing Personal Data

Data protection laws sometimes differentiate between “controllers” and “processors” of personal data. A “controller” determines the purposes and means (the why and how) of processing personal data. A “processor” processes personal data on behalf of a controller subject to the controller’s instructions.

This Privacy Notice describes our privacy practices where we are acting as the controller of personal data. For example, if you create a ForbesPredict by Axiom account and make predictions while you are logged in to that account, this Privacy Notice applies. If you use the ForbesPredict by Axiom widget on the Forbes site, but have not yet created an Axiom user account, we process your personal data as a processor on behalf of Forbes. More information about Forbes’s privacy practices is available here. Please note that Axiom is an entity independent of Forbes.

Our Collection and Use of Personal Data

The categories of personal data we collect depend on how you interact with us and our services. For example, you may provide us your personal data directly when you sign up for our mailing list or otherwise contact us or interact with us.

We also collect personal data automatically when you interact with our websites and other services and may also collect personal data from other sources and third parties.

Personal Data Provided by Individuals

We collect the following categories of personal data individuals provide us:

• Contact Information, including first and last name, phone number, email address, mailing address, and communication preferences. We use this information primarily to fulfill your request or transaction, to communicate with you directly, and to send you marketing communications in accordance with your preferences.
• Account Information, including first and last name, email address, phone number, account credentials or one-time passcodes, and the products or services you are interested in, purchased, or have otherwise used. We use this information primarily to administer your account, provide you with our products and services, communicate with you regarding your account and your use of our products and services, and for customer support purposes.
• Predictions and Related Data, such as predictions you make when you make when using the ForbesPredict by Axiom service
• Event, Contest, Promotion, and Survey Information, including information provided when you sign up for an event, enter a contest or promotion, complete a survey or submit a testimonial. We use this information primarily to administer and facilitate our products and services, respond to your submission, communicate with you, conduct market research, inform our marketing and advertising activities, improve and grow our business, and facilitate the related event, contest, promotion, or survey.

Personal Data Automatically Collected

We, and our third-party partners, automatically collect information you provide to us and information about how you access and use our products and services when you engage with us. We typically collect this information through the use of a variety of our own and our third-party partners’ automatic data collection technologies, including (i) cookies or small data files that are stored on an individual’s computer and (ii) other, related technologies, such as web beacons, pixels, embedded scripts, mobile SDKs, location-identifying technologies and logging technologies. Information we collect automatically about you may be combined with other personal data we collect directly from you or receive from other sources.

We, and our third-party partners, use automatic data collection technologies to automatically collect the following data when you use our services or otherwise engage with us:

• Information About Your Device and Network, including the device type, manufacturer, and model, operating system, IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, and unique identifiers associated with you, your device, or your network (including, for example, a persistent device identifier or advertising ID). We employ third-party technologies designed to allow us to recognize when two or more devices are likely being used by the same individual and may leverage these technologies (where permitted by law) to link information collected from different devices.
• Information About the Way Individuals Use Our Services and Interact With Us, including the site from which you came, the site to which you are going when you leave our services, how frequently you access our services, whether you open emails or click the links contained in emails, whether you access our services from multiple devices, and other browsing behavior and actions you take on our services (such as the pages you visit, the content you view, videos you watch, the communications you have through our services, and the content, links and ads you interact with). We employ third-party technologies designed to allow us to collect detailed information about browsing behavior and actions that you take on our services, which may record your mouse movements, scrolling, clicks, and keystroke activity on our services and other browsing, search or purchasing behavior. These third-party technologies may also record information you enter when you interact with our products or services, or engage in chat features or other communication platforms we provide.
• Information About Your Location, including general geographic location that we or our third-party providers may derive from your IP address.

All of the information collected automatically through these tools allows us to improve your experience. For example, we may use this information to enhance and personalize your user experience, to monitor and improve our products and services, to offer communications features such as live and automated chat, and to improve the effectiveness of our products, services, offers, advertising, communications and customer service. We may also use this information to: (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the site; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information, including targeted content and advertising; (c) identify you across multiple devices; (d) provide and monitor the effectiveness of our services; (e) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, usage, and demographic patterns on our website; (f) diagnose or fix technology problems; and (g) otherwise to plan for and enhance our products and services.

For information about the choices you may have in relation to our use of automatic data collection technologies, please refer to the Your Privacy Choices section below. For additional details about the cookies we use on our websites and to adjust your preferences with regard to those cookies, please visit our cookie settings link in the footer of our websites.

Personal Data from Other Sources and Third Parties

We may receive the same categories of personal data as described above from the following sources and other parties:

• Our Affiliates: We are able to offer you the products and services we make available because of the hard work of our team members across all Axiom entities. To provide our products and facilitate our services, Axiom entities receive personal data from other Axiom entities for purposes and uses that are consistent with this Privacy Notice.
• Single Sign-On: We may provide you the ability to log in to our services through certain third-party accounts you maintain, such as an account for the Forbes website. When you use these single sign-on protocols to access our services, we do not receive your login credentials for the relevant third-party service. Instead, we receive tokens from the single sign-on protocol to help identify you in our system (such as by your username) and confirm you successfully authenticated through the single sign-on protocol. This information allows us to more easily provide you access to our products and services.
• Mobile Sign-On: We may provide you the ability to log in to our mobile applications or authenticate yourself using facial, fingerprint, or other biometric recognition technology available through your mobile device. If you choose to utilize these login features, information about your facial geometry, your fingerprint, or other biometric information will be collected by your mobile device for authentication purposes. We do not store or have access to this biometric information. Instead, your mobile device will perform the biometric authentication process and only let us know whether the authentication was successful. If the authentication was successful, you will be able to access the applicable mobile application or feature without separately providing your credentials. For more details, please refer to the biometric authentication guides offered by your device provider.
• Other Customers: We may receive your personal data from our other customers. For example, a customer may provide us with your contact information as a part of a referral.
• Social Media: When you interact with our services through other social media networks, such as when you follow us or share our content on other social networks, we may receive some information that you permit the social network to share with third parties. The data we receive is dependent upon your privacy settings with the social network, and may include profile information, profile picture, username, and any other information you permit the social network to share with third parties. You should always review and, if necessary, adjust your privacy settings on third-party websites and social media networks and services before sharing information and/or linking or connecting them to other services. We use this information primarily to operate, maintain, and provide to you the features and functionality of our products and services, as well as to communicate directly with you, such as to send you messages about features that may be of interest to you.
• Advertisers, Influencers, and Publishers: We engage in advertising both on our services and through third-party services. Advertisers, influencers, and publishers may share personal data with us in connection with our advertising efforts. For example, we may obtain information about whether an advertisement on our services led to a successful engagement between you and a third-party advertiser.
• Business Partners: We may receive your information from our business partners, such as companies that offer their products and/or services as a part of or in connection with our services. For example, certain of our products and services allow our customers to integrate third-party services. If you choose to leverage these third-party service integrations, we may receive confirmation from our business partner regarding whether you are an existing customer of their services.
• Other Sources: We may also collect personal data about you from other sources, including through transactions such as mergers and acquisitions.
• Inferences: We may generate inferences or predictions about you and your interests and preferences based on the other personal data we collect and the interactions we have with you.

Additional Uses of Personal Data

In addition to the primary purposes for using personal data described above, we may also use personal data we collect to:

• Fulfill or meet the reason the information was provided, such as to fulfill our contractual obligations, to facilitate payment for our products and services, or to deliver the services requested;
• Communicate with you, including via email, text message, chat, social media and/or telephone calls;
• Request you provide us feedback about our product and service offerings;
• Address inquiries or complaints made by or about an individual in connection with our products or services;
• Create and maintain accounts for our users;
• Verify your identity and entitlement to our products and services;
• Register you for and provide you access to events, contests, sweepstakes, and surveys;
• Market our products and services to you, including through email, phone, text message, push notification, and social media;
• Administer, improve, and personalize our products and services, including by recognizing you and remembering your information when you return to our products and services;
• Develop, operate, improve, maintain, protect, and provide the features and functionality of our products and services (including by training or fine-tuning our and our third-party providers’ artificial intelligence and machine learning models);
• Identify and analyze how you use our products and services;
• Infer additional information about you from your use of our products and services, such as your interests;
• Create aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you, which information we may use for purposes outside the scope of this Privacy Notice;
• Conduct research and analytics on our user base and our products and services, including to better understand the demographics of our users;
• Improve and customize our products and services to address the needs and interests of our user base and other individuals we interact with;
• Test, enhance, update, and monitor the products and services, or diagnose or fix technology problems;
• Help maintain and enhance the safety, security, and integrity of our property, products, services, technology, assets, and business;
• Defend, protect, or enforce our rights or applicable contracts and agreements (including our Terms of Use), as well as to resolve disputes, to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights, and to protect our business interests and the interests and rights of third parties;
• Detect, prevent, investigate, or provide notice of security incidents or other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity and protect the rights and property of Axiom and others;
• Comply with contractual and legal obligations and requirements;
• Fulfill any other purpose for which you provide your personal data, or for which you have otherwise consented.

As noted above, we may use your personal data to improve our services and train or fine-tune the artificial intelligence and machine learning models that power our platform and services.

Our Disclosure of Personal Data

We disclose or otherwise make available personal data in the following ways:

• To Our Affiliates: We are able to offer you the products and services we make available because of the hard work of our team members across Axiom entities. To provide our products and facilitate our services, Axiom entities disclose personal data to other Axiom entities for purposes and uses that are consistent with this Privacy Notice.
• To Marketing Providers: We coordinate and share personal data with our marketing providers in order to advertise and communicate with you about the products and services we make available.
• To Ad Networks and Advertising Partners: We work with third-party ad networks and advertising partners to deliver advertising and personalized content on our services, on other websites and services, and across other devices. These parties may collect information automatically from your browser or device when you visit our websites and other services through the use of cookies and related technologies. This information is used to provide and inform targeted advertising, as well as to provide advertising-related services such as reporting, attribution, analytics, and market research.
• To Business Partners: We may share personal data with our business partners, or we may allow our business partners to collect personal data directly from you in connection with our services. Our business partners may use your personal data for their own business and commercial purposes, including to send you information about their products and services.
• To Service Providers: We engage other third parties to perform certain services on our behalf in connection with the uses of personal data described in the sections above. Depending on the applicable services, these service providers may process personal data on our behalf or have access to personal data while performing services on our behalf.
• To Other Businesses as Needed to Provide Services: We may share personal data with third parties you engage with through our services or as needed to fulfill a request or transaction including, for example, payment processing services.
• In Connection with a Business Transaction or Reorganization: We may take part in or be involved with a business transaction or reorganization, such as a merger, acquisition, joint venture, or financing or sale of company assets. We may disclose, transfer, or assign personal data to a third party during negotiation of, in connection with, or as an asset in such a business transaction or reorganization. Also, in the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, receivership, or insolvency, your personal data may be disclosed, transferred, or assigned to third parties in connection with the proceedings or disposition of our assets.
• To Facilitate Legal Obligations and Rights: We may disclose personal data to third parties, such as legal advisors and law enforcement:
  • in connection with the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
  • to comply with laws or to respond to lawful requests and legal process;
  • to protect our rights and property and the rights and property of our agents, customers, and others, including to enforce our agreements, policies, and terms of use;
  • to detect, suppress, or prevent fraud;
  • to reduce credit risk and collect debts owed to us;
  • to protect the health and safety of us, our customers, or any person; or
  • as otherwise required by applicable law.
• With Your Consent or Direction: We may disclose your personal data to certain other third parties or publicly with your consent or direction. For example, with your permission, we may post your testimonial on our websites.

Your Privacy Choices

Communication Preferences

• Email Communication Preferences: You can stop receiving promotional email communications from us by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link provided in any of our email communications. Please note you cannot opt-out of service-related email communications (such as, account verification, transaction confirmation, or service update emails).
• Push Notification Preferences: You can stop receiving push notifications from us by changing your preferences in your device’s notification settings menu or in the applicable service-specific application. Please note we do not have any control over your device’s notifications settings and are not responsible if they do not function as intended.

Automatic Data Collection Preferences

Certain of our services may provide you the ability to adjust your preferences regarding our use of automatic data collection technologies. For example, there is a cookie preferences manager linked in the footer of our websites that allows you to adjust your preferences regarding certain automatic data collection technologies on the specific website you are visiting for the specific device and browser you are using at that time (which means you will need to change your preferences on each device and browser you use to interact with the specific website you are visiting).

You may be able to utilize third-party tools and features to restrict our use of automatic data collection technologies. For example, (i) most browsers allow you to change browser settings to limit automatic data collection technologies on websites, (ii) most email providers allow you to prevent the automatic downloading of images in emails that may contain automatic data collection technologies, and (iii) many devices allow you to change your device settings to limit automatic data collection technologies for device applications. Please note that blocking automatic data collection technologies through third-party tools and features may negatively impact your experience using our services, as some features and offerings may not work properly or at all. Depending on the third-party tool or feature you use, you may not be able to block all automatic data collection technologies or you may need to update your preferences on multiple devices or browsers. We do not have any control over these third-party tools and features and are not responsible if they do not function as intended.

Targeted Advertising Preferences

We engage third parties to help us facilitate targeted advertising designed to show you personalized ads based on predictions of your preferences and interests developed using personal data we maintain and personal data our third-party partners obtain from your activity over time and across nonaffiliated websites and other services. The data we and our third-party partners use for purposes of facilitating targeted advertising, as well as to provide advertising-related services such as reporting, attribution, analytics, and market research, are primarily collected through the use of a variety of automatic data collection technologies, including cookies, web beacons, pixels, embedded scripts, mobile SDKs, location-identifying technologies and logging technologies. We may share a common account identifier (such as a hashed email address or user ID) with our third-party advertising partners to help link the personal data we and our third-party partners collect to the same person, or otherwise target advertising to an individual on a third-party website or platform.

In addition to taking the steps set forth in the Automatic Data Collection Preferences section above, you may be able to further exercise control over the advertisements that you see by leveraging one or more targeted advertising opt-out programs. For example:

• Device-Specific Opt-Out Programs: Certain devices provide individuals the option to turn off targeted advertising for the entire device (such as Apple devices through their App Tracking Transparency framework or Android devices through their opt out of ads personalization feature). Please refer to your device manufacturer’s user guides for additional information about implementing any available device-specific targeted advertising opt-outs.
• Digital Advertising Alliance: The Digital Advertising Alliance allows individuals to opt out of receiving online interest-based targeted advertisements from companies that participate in their program. Please follow the instructions at https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN for browser-based advertising and https://www.youradchoices.com/appchoices for app-based advertising to opt out of targeted advertising carried out by our third-party partners and other third parties that participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance’s self-regulatory program.
• Network Advertising Initiative: The Network Advertising Initiative also provides individuals instructions for further controlling how information is used for online advertising. Please follow the instructions at https://thenai.org/how-to-opt-out/ to exercise these controls.
• Platform-Specific Opt-Out Programs: Certain third-party platforms provide individuals the option to turn off targeted advertising for the entire platform (such as certain social media platforms). Please refer to your platform provider’s user guides for additional information about implementing any available platform-specific targeted advertising opt-outs.

Please note that when you opt out of receiving interest-based advertisements through one of these programs, this does not mean you will no longer see advertisements from us or on our services. Instead, it means that the online ads you do see from relevant program participants should not be based on your interests. We are not responsible for the effectiveness of, or compliance with, any third parties’ opt-out options or programs or the accuracy of their statements regarding their programs. In addition, program participants may still use automatic data collection technologies to collect information about your use of our services, including for analytics and fraud prevention as well as any other purpose permitted under the applicable advertising industry program.

Partner-Specific Preferences

Certain of our third-party providers and partners offer additional ways that you may exercise control over your personal data, or automatically impose limitations on the way we can use personal data in connection with the services they provide:

• Device-Specific / Platform-Specific Preferences: The device and/or platform you use to interact with us (such as your mobile device or social media provider), may provide you additional choices with regard to the data you choose to share with us. For example, many mobile devices allow you to change your device permissions to prevent our products and services from accessing certain types of information from your device (such as your contact lists or precise geolocation data), and many social media platforms allow you to change your platform permissions to prevent integrated products and services from accessing certain types of information connected with your profile. Please refer to your device or platform provider’s user guides for additional information about implementing any available platform-specific targeted advertising opt-outs.
• Google Analytics: Google Analytics allows us to better understand how our customers interact with our services. For information on how Google Analytics collects and processes data, as well as how you can control information sent to Google, review Google’s website here: www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You can learn about Google Analytics’ currently available opt-outs, including the Google Analytics Browser Add-On here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.We may also utilize certain forms of display advertising and other advanced features through Google Analytics. These features enable us to use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick advertising cookie) or other third-party cookies together to inform, optimize, and display ads based on your past visits to our services. You may control your advertising preferences or opt-out of certain Google advertising products by visiting the Google Ads Preferences Manager, currently available at https://myadcenter.google.com/?ref=help-center.

Children’s Personal Data

Our services are intended for people who are at least 18 years of age. If you are less than 18 years old, please do not send any personal data to us—including information such as your name, address, or email address. We do not knowingly collect (nor do we wish to collect) any personal data from children under the age of 18. If we learn we have collected any personal data from a child under the age of 18, we will delete that information from our database and terminate the corresponding account, if any. We encourage you to discuss the services with your parent or guardian.

Third-Party Websites and Services

Our websites and other services may include links to or redirect you to third-party websites, plug-ins, applications, or other services, including social media services where you may connect with us. Third-party websites and other services may also reference or link to our websites and services. This Privacy Notice does not apply to any personal data practices of these third-party websites, plug-ins, applications, or other services. To learn about these third parties’ personal data practices, please visit their respective privacy notices.

Updates to This Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. When we make changes to this Privacy Notice, we will change the date at the beginning of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we will notify individuals by email to their registered email address, by prominent posting on this website or our other platforms, or through other appropriate communication channels. All changes shall be effective from the date of publication unless otherwise provided.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or requests in connection with this Privacy Notice or other privacy-related matters, please contact us at: legal@axiomcasts.com.

ADDITIONAL UNITED STATES PRIVACY DISCLOSURES

These disclosures supplement the information contained in our Privacy Notice by providing additional information about our personal data processing practices relating to individual residents of certain states in the United States. For a detailed description of how we collect, use, disclose, and otherwise process personal data, please read our Privacy Notice.

Nevada Residents

If you are a resident of the state of Nevada in the United States, you have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal data. Although we do not currently sell personal data of Nevada residents (as defined under Nevada law), you may submit a request to opt-out of the sale of your personal data by emailing us at legal@axiomcasts.com.

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia Residents

If you are a resident of the state of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia in the United States the following supplementary disclosures apply to you.

Personal Data Disclosures, Sales and Targeted Advertising

We disclose all of the categories of personal data we collect to the categories of recipients set forth in the Our Disclosure of Personal Data section of our Privacy Notice. Our disclosure of personal data to the following categories of third parties qualifies as the sale of personal data or the sharing or processing of personal data for the purpose of displaying advertisements that are selected based on personal data obtained or inferred over time from an individual’s activities across businesses or distinctly-branded websites, applications, or other services (otherwise known as “targeted advertising” or “cross-context behavioral advertising”) under certain privacy laws:

• Advertising Partners: IP Address, Advertising ID

Depending on you state of residency and subject to certain legal limitations and exceptions, you may be able to limit or opt-out of the sale of personal data or the processing of personal data for purposes of targeted advertising (as described in the Your Additional U.S. Privacy Choices section below).

Please note we do not sell the personal data of individuals we know to be less than 18 years of age or share such information for targeted advertising purposes.

Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

We do not conduct automated processing of personal data for the purposes of evaluating, analyzing, or predicting an individual’s personal aspects in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects. As a result, we do not provide a right to exercise control over such forms of automated decision-making and profiling.

Your Additional U.S. Privacy Choices

Depending on your state of residency and subject to certain legal limitations and exceptions, you may be able to exercise some or all of the following rights:

• Right to Know: The right to confirm whether we are processing personal data about you and, under California law only, to obtain certain personalized details about the personal data we have collected about you, including:
  • The categories of personal data collected;
  • The categories of sources of the personal data;
  • The purposes for which the personal data were collected;
  • The categories of personal data disclosed to third parties (if any), and the categories of recipients to whom this personal data were disclosed;
  • The categories of personal data shared for targeted advertising purposes (if any), and the categories of recipients to whom the personal data were disclosed for these purposes; and
  • The categories of personal data sold (if any) and the categories of third parties to whom the personal data were sold.
• Right to Access & Portability: The right to obtain access to the personal data we have collected about you and, where required by law, the right to obtain a copy of the personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance.
• Right to Correction: The right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data, taking into account the nature of the personal data and the purposes of the processing of the personal data.
• Right to Control Over Sensitive Personal Data: The right to exercise control over our collection and processing of certain sensitive personal data.
• Right to Control Over Automated Decision-Making / Profiling: The right to direct us not to use automated decision-making or profiling for certain purposes.
• Right to Opt-Out of Targeted Advertising: The right to direct us not to use or share personal data for certain targeted advertising purposes.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sales: The right to direct us not to sell personal data to third parties.
• Right to Deletion: The right to have us delete personal data we maintain about you.

Depending on your state of residency, you may also have the right to not receive retaliatory or discriminatory treatment in connection with a request to exercise the above rights. However, the exercise of the rights described above may result in a different price, rate or quality level of product or service where that difference is reasonably related to the impact the right has on our relationship or is otherwise permitted by law.

Submitting Privacy Rights Requests

Please submit a request specifying the right you wish to exercise by emailing legal@axiomcasts.com.

To exercise your right to opt-out as it relates to the use of cookies and related technologies that involve the sale of personal data or the use of personal data for targeted advertising purposes, please click the cookie settings link in the footer of the website and adjust your preferences accordingly. If you are visiting our site with the Global Privacy Control enabled, any cookies that constitute sales or are used for targeted advertising should already be turned off automatically in our cookie preference manager. Please note this opt-out tool is website, device, and browser specific, so you will need to change your preferences on each device and browser you use to interact with the specific website you are visiting. In addition, you can also opt-out of cookie-based sales by businesses that participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance’s CCPA Opt-Out Tool by visiting https://www.privacyrights.info/. Lastly, you may follow the other steps set forth in the Automatic Data Collection Preferences and Targeted Advertising Preferences sections of the Your Privacy Choices section of our Privacy Statement to further exercise control over automatic data collection technologies.

Before processing your request to exercise certain rights (including the Right to Know, Access & Portability, Correction, and Deletion), we will need to verify your identity and confirm you are a resident of a state that offers the requested right(s). In order to verify your identity, we will generally either require the successful authentication of your account, or the matching of sufficient information you provide us to the information we maintain about you in our systems. As a result, we require requests submitted through our online form and toll-free number to include first and last name, email address, phone number, state of residency and/or the date of your last interaction with us.

In certain circumstances, we may decline or limit your request, particularly where we are unable to verify your identity or locate your information in our systems, or where you are not a resident of one of the eligible states.

Submitting Authorized Agent Requests

In certain circumstances, you are permitted to use an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf through the designated methods set forth above where we can verify the authorized agent’s authority to act on your behalf. In order to verify the authorized agent’s authority, we generally require evidence of either (i) a valid power of attorney or (ii) a signed letter containing your name and contact information, the name and contact information of the authorized agent, and a statement of authorization for the request. Depending on the evidence provided and your state of residency, we may still need to separately reach out to you to confirm the authorized agent has permission to act on your behalf and to verify your identity in connection with the request.

Appealing Privacy Rights Decisions

Depending on your state of residency, you may be able to appeal a decision we have made in connection with your privacy rights request. All appeal requests should be submitted by replying to the communication resolving your original request.

Additional California-Specific Disclosures

The following disclosures only apply to residents of the State of California.

California Categories of Personal Data

California law requires we provide disclosures to you about what personal data we collect by reference to the enumerated categories of personal data set forth within California law. To address this obligation, we have identified the relevant enumerated California personal data category for the personal data described in the Our Collection and Use of Personal Data section of our Privacy Notice below:

• Identifiers, such as first and last name, phone number, email address, and mailing address.
• Internet / network information, such as IP address and advertising ID.
• Geolocation data, such as approximate location derived from your IP address.
• Inferences, such as predictions or assumptions about your interests and preferences.

Shine the Law

California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) provides certain rights to California residents that have an established business relationship with us with regard to the disclosure of certain types of personal data to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. It is company policy that we do not disclose personal data to third parties for their direct marketing purposes if a consumer has exercised their right to opt out. To opt out of having your personal data disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, please follow the instructions for opting out of targeted advertising and personal data sales (below).

ADDITIONAL EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND SWITZERLAND PRIVACY DISCLOSURES

These disclosures supplement the information contained in our Privacy Notice by providing additional information about our personal data processing practices relating to individuals who access our services or otherwise interact with us from the European Economic Area (“EEA”), United Kingdom (“UK”), and Switzerland. For a detailed description of how we collect, use, disclose, and otherwise process personal data, please read our Privacy Notice.

Controller Details and Privacy Contacts

EEA, UK, and Swiss Controller

Axiom, a company duly incorporated and organised under the laws of the state of Delaware in the United States, having its registered address at OMC Chambers, Wickhams Cay 1, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, is the “controller” responsible for the processing of personal data in connection with our EEA, UK, and Swiss services and operations. This means Axiom determines and is responsible for how your personal data is used. You may contact Axiom by emailing us at legal@axiomcasts.com.

Additional Questions or Complaints

If you have a concern about our processing of personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority where you reside, where you work, or where an alleged violation of the law has occurred. Contact details for applicable Data Protection Authorities can be found using the links below:

• European Economic Area: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en
• United Kingdom: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
• Switzerland: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home/the-fdpic/contact.html

We would, however, appreciate the chance to handle your concerns directly prior to a complaint being filed, so please contact us directly at legal@axiomcasts.com if you have any concerns.

Purposes and Legal Bases of Processing

When we process your personal data, we will do so in reliance on the following lawful bases:

• Contract: Where the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, or to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you. This applies to any processing where you sign a contract with us, for example when you become our customer or deliver services to us as a vendor or contractor. This may also include processing necessary for the performance of our Terms of Use.
• Legitimate Interest: Where the processing is necessary for the purposes of a legitimate interest that are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms (e.g., to provide, maintain, and improve our products and services, conduct data analytics, and communicate with you regarding our services).
• Vital Interest: Where the processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of you or another person (e.g., to protect your physical safety).
• Public Interest: Where the processing is necessary to perform tasks carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us (e.g., to cooperate in an ongoing law enforcement investigation).
• Legal Obligation: Where the processing is necessary to comply with our legal obligations (e.g., to maintain a record of your personal data to comply with laws and regulations related to bookkeeping, accounting, taxation, and employment).
• Consent: Where we have your consent for the processing (e.g., when you opt in to receive marketing communications from us). When consent is the legal basis for our processing of your personal data, you may withdraw your consent at any time.

You are not required to provide personal data to us, but we do rely on your personal data to provide certain of our products and services. For example, we need your personal data to facilitate and deliver an order that you request. If you choose not to provide us with your personal data, we may not be able to provide you with a service or product you request. We will inform you at the point that we collect personal data from you if the provision of certain personal data is mandatory or optional for receipt of our products and services.

Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

We do not conduct automated processing of personal data, including profiling, for the purposes of making decisions about you.

Retention of Personal Data

We will usually retain the personal data we collect about you for no longer than reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, and in accordance with our legitimate business interests and applicable law. However, if necessary, we may retain personal data for longer periods of time as required under applicable law or as needed to resolve disputes or protect our legal rights.

The criteria used to determine the period of time for which personal data about you will be retained varies depending on the legal basis under which we process your personal data:

• Contract: Where we are processing personal data based on contract, we generally will retain the information for the duration of the contract plus some additional limited period of time that is necessary to comply with law or that represents the statute of limitations for legal claims that could arise from the contractual relationship.
• Legitimate Interest: Where we are processing personal data based on legitimate interests, we generally will retain the information for a reasonable period of time based on the particular interest, taking into account the fundamental interests and the rights and freedoms of data subjects.
• Vital Interest: Where we are processing personal data based on vital interests, we generally will retain the information for the period of time necessary to protect the vital interests of the relevant person plus some additional limited period of time that represents any applicable statute of limitations for legal claims that could arise out of the related events.
• Public Interest: Where we are processing personal data to perform tasks carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us, we generally will retain the information for a reasonable period of time based on the public interest / official authority, taking into account any obligations we may have to retain the information for a longer period of time.
• Legal Obligation: Where we are processing personal data based on a legal obligation, we generally will retain the information for the period of time necessary to fulfill the legal obligation plus some additional limited period of time that represents the statute of limitations for legal claims that could arise from the legal obligation.
• Consent: Where we are processing personal data based on your consent, we generally will retain the information for the period of time necessary to fulfill the purposes for which you have provided your consent.

In certain circumstances, we may need to apply a “legal hold” that retains information beyond our typical retention period where we face threat of legal claim. In that case, we will retain the information until the hold is removed, which typically means the claim or threat of claim has been resolved. In all cases, in addition to the purposes and legal bases identified above, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of personal data, as well as the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of personal data, in determining the relevant retention period.

Once retention of the personal data is no longer reasonably necessary for the purposes outlined above, we will either delete or deidentify the personal data or, if that is not possible (for example, because personal data has been stored in backup archives), we will securely store the personal data and isolate it from further active processing until deletion or deidentification is possible.

International Transfers of Personal Data

We operate and engage third-party partners and providers in various jurisdictions. Therefore, we and our third-party providers may transfer personal data to, or store, access, or process personal data in, a country other than the one in which it was collected, including, but not limited to, the United States. The country to which personal data is transferred may not provide the same level of protection for personal data as the country from which it was transferred.

We may transfer personal data about you outside of the EEA, UK, and Switzerland, and when we do so we rely on appropriate or suitable safeguards recognized under applicable law, including adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses, and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. If you would like more information on the specific safeguards we use (and obtain a copy of such safeguards, where applicable), please contact us at legal@axiomcasts.com.

Adequacy Decisions

We may transfer personal data about you to countries that the relevant regulatory authority have deemed to adequately safeguard personal data, either automatically or in connection with a specific safe harbor framework.

Standard Contractual Clauses

Certain regulatory authorities have adopted standard contractual clauses, which provide safeguards for personal data transferred outside of the originating jurisdiction. We may use these standard contractual clauses when transferring personal data to a third country that has not been deemed to adequately safeguard personal data.

EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework was designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission to ensure adequate protection for personal data transferred to a company participating in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. If we transfer any personal data about you from the EEA to a third party outside the EEA who is participating in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, we may rely on their participation in the Framework to ensure adequate protection for personal data so transferred.

Your Additional EEA, UK, and Swiss Privacy Choices

Subject to certain limitations at law, you may be able to exercise the following rights:

• Right to Access: The right to obtain confirmation of whether we are processing personal data about you, access to and a copy of the personal data we are processing about you, and information relating to its processing, including:
  • The categories of personal data being processed;
  • The purposes of the processing;
  • The categories of the sources of the personal data;
  • The categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed;
  • The envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or the criteria used to determine that period;
  • Any automated decision-making or profiling performed in connection with your personal data; and
  • The safeguards relied upon for the transfer of personal data to any third country.
• Right of Portability: The right to obtain a copy of the personal data we have collected about you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and the right to transmit that personal data to another controller without hindrance.
• Right to Rectification: The right to correct or update any personal data about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Right to Restriction of Processing: The right to require us to limit the purposes for which we process your personal data if the continued processing of the personal data in this way is not justified, such as where the accuracy of the personal data is contested by you.

• Right to Withdraw Consent: The right to withdraw your previously provided consent to our processing of your personal data. Please note withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of our use of your personal data before your consent was withdrawn, nor our processing of personal data pursuant to a different lawful basis for processing.
• Right to Erasure: The right to have us erase your personal data if the continued processing of that personal data is not otherwise justified.

Please note that if the exercise of these rights limits our ability to process personal data, we may not be able to provide our services to you, or otherwise engage with you in the same manner.

Submitting Privacy Rights Requests

Please submit a request specifying the right you wish to exercise by emailing legal@axiomcasts.com.

To exercise your right to object as it relates to the use of automatic data collection technologies (including cookies) that facilitate our online targeted advertising activities, please click the cookie settings link in the footer of the website and adjust your preferences accordingly. Please note this preferences tool is website, device, and browser specific, so you will need to change your preferences on each device and browser you use to interact with the specific website you are visiting. In addition, you may follow the other steps set forth in the Automatic Data Collection Preferences section of the Your Privacy Choices section of our Privacy Notice to further exercise control over automatic data collection technologies.

Before processing your request to exercise certain rights (taking into account the confidential nature of any personal data we maintain), we will need to verify your identity and confirm you are accessing our services or otherwise interacting with us from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland. In order to verify your identity, we will generally either require the successful authentication of your account, or the matching of sufficient information you provide us to the information we maintain about you in our systems. As a result, we require requests submitted through our online form to include first and last name, email address, phone number, state of residency and/or the date of your last interaction with us.

In certain circumstances, we may decline or limit your request, particularly where we are unable to verify your identity as needed to protect your personal data or locate your information in our systems, or where you are not accessing our services or otherwise interacting with us from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland.