California Notice at Collection and Privacy Policy

Last revised: June 21, 2023

This Stella & Chewy’s California Notice at Collection and Privacy Notice (“California Privacy Notice”) is only applicable to California residents (“you”). It supplements the information contained in our online Privacy Policy. It is delivered on behalf of Stella & Chewy’s, LLC, and its affiliates (“Stella & Chewy’s” or “we”, “our”, “us”) and governs certain personal information we collect or receive from or about you when you visit www.stellaandchewys.com (“Website”) and any of our websites, social media pages and online applications that link to this Privacy Policy and in connection with delivering the services to you, whether online or offline (collectively, the “Services”).

We have adopted this California Privacy Notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act, Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.100 et seq. (“CCPA”). Please take the time to read and understand this California Privacy Notice.

Scope

Some personal information we collect from you may not be covered by this California Privacy Notice. The CCPA includes certain exemptions that may apply to our collection and processing of your personal information. It is possible that not all personal information we collect from or about you is fully covered by the CCPA. Accordingly, this California Privacy Notice and/or the California privacy rights set out herein may not apply to you or to all of your personal information. For example, the following personal information is not covered by this California Privacy Notice:

• Personal information we have from California residents in their capacity as current or former employees, personnel, or independent contractors of Stella & Chewy’s;
• Personal information we have from California residents in their capacity as current or former job applicants to Stella & Chewy’s;
  • California-Resident Stella & Chewy’s Job Applicants: Please read Stella & Chewy’s California Resident Applicant Privacy Notice

The following is not personal information for purposes of the CCPA: (i) publicly available information; (ii) lawfully obtained, truthful information that is a matter of public concern; (iii) deidentified consumer information about California residents; and (iv) aggregate consumer information about California residents (in each case, as those terms are used in the CCPA). This California Privacy Notice does not apply to such information.

Notice at Collection

We do not collect sensitive personal information from you pursuant to this California Privacy Notice.

Sales of Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information for purposes of the CCPA.

“Sharing” of Personal Information for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising

We may share the following categories personal information with third-party cookie, ad-tech providers and others throughout the online advertising ecosystem for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising: (i) Identifiers and Categories of personal information described in Cal. Civ. Code Section 1798.80(e); (ii) Commercial Information; (iii) Internet or other electronic network activity information; (iv) Geolocation data; or (v) Inferences drawn from personal information such as preferences, characteristics and behaviors.

Data Retention: We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and processed, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, accounting or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for your personal information, we will consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk from unauthorized use or disclosure, the purposes for which we process personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and applicable legal requirements.

Our Prior Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

The CCPA requires us to give you specific information about the categories of personal information we collect about you, the sources from which we have obtained that information, the purposes for which we collect it and the categories of entities to whom we disclose it. The table below sets out our relevant practices over the last twelve months. Our collection, use and disclosure of personal information depends on your relationship with us and your interaction with the Services.

We do not collect sensitive personal information from you pursuant to this California Privacy Notice.

How We Disclose Personal Information

In the past twelve months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information for business purposes:

• Identifiers and Categories of Personal Information described in Cal. Civ. Code Section 1798.80(e)
• Commercial Information
• Internet or other electronic network activity information
• Geolocation data
• Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory or similar information
• Professional or employment information
• Inferences drawn from other personal information

Sales of Personal Information

We do not currently sell your personal information for purposes of the CCPA.

Sharing Personal Information for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising

Depending on the relationship we have with you, in the last 12 months we may have “shared” the following categories of personal information with third-party cookie, ad-tech providers and others throughout the online advertising ecosystem for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising:

• Identifiers and Categories of personal information described in Cal. Civ. Code Section 1798.80(e)
• Commercial Information
• Internet or other electronic network activity information
• Geolocation data
• Inferences drawn from personal information such as preferences, characteristics and behaviors

Minors Under the Age of 16

We do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share the personal information of minors under the age of 16.

Your Rights as a California Resident

As a California resident, you may have certain rights in relation to your personal information.

Right to Know

You may have the right to know how we have collected, used and disclosed your personal information. Specifically, you may have the right to know:

• The categories of personal information we have collected about you.
• The categories of sources from which we have collected your personal information.
• The business or commercial purpose for which we collect, sell or share your personal information.
• The categories of third parties to whom we have disclosed your personal information.
• The categories of personal information that we have sold or shared about you and the categories of third parties to whom it was sold or shared.
• The categories of personal information we have disclosed about you for a business purpose and the categories of persons to whom we have disclosed it.

In addition, you may have the right to know the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you. Subject to certain limitations, you may request that we provide this information dating back to January 1, 2022.

Right to Make a Deletion Request

You may have the right to request that we delete your personal information that we have collected or received. Subject to certain exceptions, we must delete your personal information and direct our service providers and contractors to delete your personal information.

Right to Correct Inaccurate Personal Information

You may have the right to request that we correct inaccurate personal information about you, taking into account the nature of the personal information and the purposes of the processing of the personal information.

Right to Opt-Out of Sales of Personal Information

If we were to sell your personal information for purposes of the CCPA, you may have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information.

Right to Opt-Out of Sharing of Personal Information

You may have the right to opt-out of us sharing your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes.

Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information

If we were to collect sensitive personal information about you pursuant to this California Privacy Notice, subject to certain exceptions, you may have the right to limit our use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information. We do not collect sensitive personal information from you pursuant to this California Privacy Notice.

Right to Non-Discrimination

You have the right not to be discriminated against by us for choosing to exercise your rights under the CCPA.

Other Rights: Notice to California Consumers

You have other rights under California’s “Shine the Light” law. California Civil Code section 1798.83, requires certain businesses to respond to requests from California customers asking about the businesses’ practices related to disclosing personal information to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. Alternately, such businesses may have in place a policy not to disclose personal information of customers to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes if the customer has exercised an option to opt-out of such information-sharing. We have such a policy in place. As discussed above, if you wish to opt-out of our sharing of your information with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes, please contact us at privacy@stellaandchewys.com.

Notice of Financial Incentives

From time to time, Stella & Chewy’s may offer rebates, coupons or other financial incentives in exchange for your voluntary participation in certain programs. These programs will frequently require that you provide certain personal information, including your name, address and/or email address. This information is used and shared consistent with the disclosures in this Privacy Policy. The terms of the financial incentive will generally be presented to you at the time you sign up. The value of your data is the value of the offer presented to you. You can unsubscribe at any time. If you would like to stop participating in a program, please contact us at privacy@stellaandchewys.com.

How to Exercise Your California Privacy Rights

If you wish to exercise your applicable rights, please submit a request to us here, call us at 1-888-477-8977, ex. 100, or contact us at privacy@stellaandchewys.com.

You can opt-out of processing for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising, by clicking here:
Do Not Share My Personal Information

Information for Authorized Agents

You may be permitted to authorize a person (“Authorized Agent”) to exercise your California privacy rights on your behalf. To submit a request to Stella & Chewy’s on behalf of another person as an Authorized Agent, please submit a request to us here, call us at 1-888-477-8977, ex. 100, or contact us at privacy@stellaandchewys.com.

Verifying Your Requests

We only respond to your requests when we can verify that you are a California resident exercising your rights regarding your personal information.

We may need to ask you for personal information to verify your request so we can match it to the personal information we already have about you. We may also need to obtain additional information about you that we do not already have. If you provide us with new personal information that we do not already have about you, we will use it solely for the purpose of verifying your request. We will let you know via email if we need more information from you to verify your request. Please reply to our requests promptly.

We will communicate with you about your requests via email. We will use the email address you provided when submitting your request.

If we cannot verify your identity, we will let you know.

Responding To Your Requests

We aim to promptly verify and respond to your requests within 45 days of receipt but may require a total of up to 90 days to respond to your requests. If we require additional time beyond the initial 45 days after we receive your request, we will let you know within the first 45 days.

We do not ordinarily charge a fee for our response to your requests. However, we may do so to the extent your request(s) are excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that charging a fee is warranted, we will let you know and will provide you with an estimate of the associated costs of responding to your request(s).

If we determine that we cannot or will not take the action that you requested, we will let you know. We will inform you of our reasons for not taking action and any rights you may have to appeal the decision.

We will respond to your requests via email. We will contact you at the email address you provided when submitting your request(s). If you would like to receive responses to a request to know or access personal information via postal mail rather than email, please let us know when submitting your request(s).

Limitations

The CCPA does not apply in full to all personal information we collect from California residents. As set out in “Scope” above, the CCPA is not fully applicable to much of the personal information we collect from California residents. Therefore, even if you are a California resident and submit a verifiable request, we may not be required to comply with your request.

We are only required to respond to certain requests twice in any twelve-month period. We are not required to provide you access to specific pieces of personal information more than twice in any twelve-month period. Similarly, we are not required to comply with your “requests to know” more than twice in any twelve-month period.

Opt-Out Preference Signals

We rely on a third-party service provider to implement a tool in an effort to recognize and honor “do not track” and Global Privacy Control signals as requests to opt-out of “sharing” your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes (as such term is defined in the CCPA).

Changes to Our California Privacy Notice

From time to time, Stella & Chewy’s or its affiliates may update or revise this California Privacy Notice. If there are changes to the terms of this California Privacy Notice, an updated policy will be posted to the Website and relevant portions of the Services.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this California Privacy Notice, please contact us at privacy@stellaandchewys.com.