Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: charterindustries.com

What personal data we collect, and why we collect it

Your privacy is critically important to us. As such, we have a few fundamental principles:

  1. We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it
  2. We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights
  3. We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of one of our services

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available by clicking that link. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Contact Forms

We retain contact form submissions for a certain period for customer service purposes, but we do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes without explicit consent

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use third-party analytics providers to understand how our visitors use our website. This information helps us improve our services and user experience.

Who we share your data with

We may share your personal information with:

  • Service providers who assist us in meeting business operations needs.

  • Advertising partners to deliver relevant marketing messages (you have the right to opt-out).

  • Legal authorities when required to do so by law.

We do not sell your personal information unless explicitly stated. If we do, you will be provided with a clear “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see and edit their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

For California Residents: Your Rights Under the CCPA/CPRA

Introduction

This CCPA Notice is provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), asamended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). It applies solely to residents of California and supplements our general Privacy Policy.

Categories of Personal Information Collected

We may collect the following categories of personal information:

  • Identifiers (e.g., name, email address, IP address)
  • Commercial information (e.g., purchase history)
  • Internet activity (e.g., browsing history)
  • Geolocation data
  • Employment-related information
  • Inferences drawn from other personal information

Sources of Personal Information

We collect personal information from:

  • Direct interactions (e.g., forms, emails)
  • Automated technologies (e.g., cookies)
  • Third-party partners (e.g., analytics providers)

Purpose of Collection

Personal information is collected for:

  • Providing and improving services
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Security and fraud prevention
  • Legal compliance

Sharing and Selling of Personal Information

We may share personal information with:

  • Service providers
  • Advertising partners
  • Legal authorities (if required)

We do not sell personal information unless explicitly stated. If we do, you will be provided with a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link.

Consumer Rights Under the CCPA

California residents have the right to:

  • Know what personal information we collect and how we use it
  • Delete personal information (with exceptions)
  • Opt-out of the sale or sharing of personal information
  • Correct inaccurate personal information
  • Non-discrimination for exercising CCPA rights

How to Exercise Your Rights

You may submit requests via:

We will respond within 45 days of receiving a verifiable request.

Updates to This Notice

This notice is reviewed and updated annually. Last updated: 08/15/2025